The Ginsengfruit summoned the Little Paperman over. "Keep an eye on them. Don’t let them rebel!"

The Little Paperman looked at its boss with a bit of envy. It also wanted to go look for their master.

Unfortunately, their master obviously didn’t have enough people right now. This place counted as the first major base the group had set up after coming to this world.

As the master’s most trusted little sidekick, the Little Paperman deeply felt that its responsibility was huge. Naturally, guarding this place well and not letting Lü Wu and the others stir up trouble was the priority.

"Don’t worry, Boss. Leave this place to me. There will absolutely be no problem!" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The Ginsengfruit quickly packed up his things. Before setting out, he went to give those descendants of the Divine Hall’s Divine Servants another warning knock.

"I’m going to be away for a while. You’d all better behave yourselves. When I get back, if any of these kids is even a little skinnier or hurt in any way, don’t blame me for not being polite to you.

The Little Paperman will stay behind to keep supervising you. You should be very clear about what the Little Paperman is capable of. I won’t waste my breath saying more."

These people were staying in the back courtyard, focused on taking care of the babies that had been sent back. Each of them had dark circles around their eyes like giant pandas. They really didn’t have any spare energy left to make trouble.

Lü Wu was also one of the ones being warned. The Ginsengfruit glanced at her, the warning in his eyes extremely obvious.

"Even though you turned into a human thanks to enlightenment from our family’s old ancestor, once your Demon Qi leaves this courtyard, it’ll be very easily discovered by those Dark Masters.

If you don’t want to die, you’d best not leave this courtyard. Otherwise, there won’t be anyone to collect your corpse."

Lü Wu hurriedly waved her hands. "I’m a big tree that’s turned into a spirit. I can stay rooted in one place for several hundred years without moving an inch. I’m not like those birds and beasts that become spirits and love running all over the place."

Even though she had already gone through many reincarnations, Lü Wu still felt she hadn’t lived enough. After seeing too many of her own kind die unjust deaths, she was absolutely not going to go ram herself into a dead end.

Especially now—this was her first time transforming into human form. There was definitely no spirit more cautious than her.

After finishing his instructions, the Ginsengfruit picked up a simple bundle used as a cover and headed out the door.

Once he left the courtyard, the cries of those little babies could no longer be heard in his ears. The Ginsengfruit felt like the whole world had become beautiful again.

On Yun Ran’s side, after showing off her skills once again, she also felt this was almost enough and that she needed to give these people some time to buffer.

If she let them discover any more things, Yun Ran really worried that for the foreseeable future these people might not be able to sleep at all.

Seeing that it was already very late, she had originally planned to head out again tonight to scout around, but clearly that wasn’t happening anymore.

Fortunately, Yun Ran had found another reasonable excuse to stay in Moonlight City. Time was still plentiful, so there was no need to rush this one night.

"It’s already very late. I should go back and sleep. I wonder if any of you still have other matters?"

Although Yun Ran had only taken out a few slips of talisman paper, the tangle of interests behind them was definitely not something that could be made clear in just a few sentences. Elder Kang and the others still needed time to discuss and digest.

Just as well—their ages added together were several hundred years, and the shock they’d received today was a bit much. They honestly really didn’t want to keep seeing Yun Ran.

Elder Kang forced out his trademark kindly smile. "We truly didn’t take everything into consideration. It’s so late already. You should go back and rest early. I’ll have someone escort you back right away."

What was supposed to be a Hongmen Banquet ended up being completely aborted midway thanks to Yun Ran’s round of ’showing off’.

Yun Ran immediately stood up. The currents of air swirling around her hadn’t yet dispersed—one look and you could tell that Defense Talisman paper was still active.

One of the people present, for some unknown reason, suddenly struck out just as Yun Ran turned to leave, slamming a palm heavily toward her back.

There was a ’pfft’ of spurted blood, followed by the thud of something heavy crashing to the ground.

Yun Ran turned her head to see that the attacker now sat on the ground with a deathly pale face. Just looking at the grimace twisted across his features was enough to tell how much pain he was in right now.

"Oh dear, I’m so sorry. I forgot to take off the Defense Talisman on me just now. Senior, are you all right?"

The words sounded exactly like provocation, yet Yun Ran’s face was especially sincerely apologetic, as if she even wanted to personally come over and help the person on the ground up.

Anyone who saw Yun Ran’s attitude wouldn’t connect the words ’passive-aggressive’ to her at all.

Only people who knew Yun Ran very well would know that right now, she was absolutely being passive-aggressive.

The man on the ground was not only enduring the pain from the Defense Talisman’s rebound, he also had to bear the embarrassment of being a so-called ’senior’ who’d been caught sneaking an attack on a junior.

Perhaps the whole scene really was too humiliating, and with the added injuries, he simply pretended to faint on the spot. At least that way, he could temporarily avoid such an awkward situation.

Yun Ran: ...

Looked like she still had a lot to learn when it came to having a thick skin.

Elder Kang’s face flushed green then red. If the sneak attack had succeeded, it would have been one thing, but now not only had they been caught, he was even pretending to be unconscious. This kind of mess almost made Elder Kang cough up a mouthful of blood too.

Unfortunately, Yun Ran wasn’t the least bit tactful. In such an awkward scene, anyone with half a brain should politely excuse themselves and leave everyone a shred of dignity.

If Yun Ran knew what Elder Kang was thinking, she’d probably get even more delighted. She’d finally caught them by the tail—letting them off so easily would just mean she was an idiot.

Besides, she was the type to take revenge for the smallest slight. When they’d wanted to rely on their age and status to force her into handing over all her treasures earlier, how come no one was thinking about saving face then?

And now they wanted dignity? Ha. Daydreaming.

Anyway, her current persona was flashy and shallow. Being a bit simple-minded fit perfectly, didn’t it?

Yun Ran continued pouring oil on the fire. "Oh no, how did he faint? It’s all my fault. Why did I have to activate this Defense Talisman? Now look, I’ve hurt someone.

What a pity I’ve already used up all my Healing Medicine. Otherwise, I could just pull one out and he’d be cured in no time.

It’s all my fault for being too extravagant before. Now that I actually need them, I don’t have a single pill left. What should I do? I’ve caused trouble again～"

Yun Ran’s voice seemed to have some kind of magic. Listening to it not only made people feel irritated, it even had a way of penetrating straight into the heart, making their hearts thump uncomfortably.

Elder Kang endured and endured, suddenly unsure whether inviting Yun Ran here today was to make trouble for her or to make trouble for themselves.

In the end, he could only soothe her in a gentle tone. "Little Fellow Daoist Yun, you’re overthinking it. This isn’t your fault. Please don’t take it to heart. It was all just an accident!"