I long to return home!

After being scolded, the middle-aged man's momentum clearly weakened. He affectionately stroked the little girl and said, "Yes, I want to buy Xiaobao a cream cake."

"By the way, Brother Xue, it's been a long time since you've come. Is the cake still the same price, ten coins?"

"No, fifteen coins." Xue Wu said frankly, "You little brat, you haven't come for so long, and when you do come, you only ask me for a little something. I have to ask you for more."

"Huh? You can do that?!" The man scratched his head, at a loss, but seeing the expectant look in the little girl's eyes beside him, he gritted his teeth and took out fifteen coins from his waist. His face immediately turned dejected. "All my savings are here."

"Oh, you're hiding money? Learn from me, all the money I earn is managed by my wife, I don't have any secret stashes." Seeing the man's dejected look, Xue Wu couldn't help but tease him, and then took the copper coins.

Soon, Xue Wu carried out a super-sized cake from the kitchen, which was so well-packaged that anyone with a discerning eye could tell. At the same time, he took out a large piece of coconut milk jelly from the side and handed it to the little girl as a gift. "Eat up, your daddy paid for it. If you like it, come again next time."

The little girl happily accepted it, her mouth watering at the sight of the smooth, white coconut milk jelly, but she managed to hold it in. She pursed her pink lips, scooped out a small spoonful, and said, "Daddy, eat first."

Seeing this, Xue Wu's pupils widened in surprise, his heart filled with longing. The man, who had been dejected just moments before, now wore a smile and looked at Xue Wu with a smug grin.

He held the cake in one hand and picked up the little girl with the other, laughing, "Little Bao, Daddy doesn't eat, Little Bao should eat more." He then grinned at Xue Wu.

"I won't keep you any longer, Brother Xue and Sister Wanwan. My wife is waiting for Xiaobao and me to go back for dinner. Come over for dinner sometime."

Upon hearing this, Xue Wu's heart tightened, and he was so angry that his lungs felt like they were about to explode. "You brat, I should have charged you twenty coins! You've made me furious!"

A sweet laugh reached Xue Wu's ears. He turned his head and saw Lei Mengying, who was full of charm. His eyes lit up and he immediately thought of a way to calm down.

Before Lei Mengying could react, he pulled her into his arms, ignoring the stares of other customers in the store, and kissed her soft cheek.

Suddenly, the aura of a cultivator wafted over, and the middle-aged man who had just stepped out of the shop carrying his daughter bumped into a young nobleman.

They were just passing each other when the young man frowned and anger flashed in his eyes. As soon as the middle-aged man got close, he was blasted away by an invisible force. In his panic, he tightly hugged the little girl and crashed heavily to the ground, scattering the cake he was carrying all over the place.

“Filthy mortals.” The young man’s eyes were full of contempt. He dusted off his sleeve, which he hadn’t even touched, and said to the servant behind him, “This is the most famous dessert shop in Xinghua City that you mentioned. It’s full of lowly mortals.”

The middle-aged man endured the pain and struggled to get up. The impact had sent a sharp pain through his left arm, as if a bone had broken. He looked at the crying baby girl in his arms and, seeing that she was alright, tried to move his swollen left arm.

"Ah..." The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and got up, pulling the little girl behind him. He looked at the young man who had appeared in front of him at some point. Seeing that the young man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had the Liu family token hanging on his waist, he immediately thought of the Liu family, a cultivation family that had recently moved into the city.

Adhering to the principle that it's better to avoid trouble, and considering the differences between immortals and mortals, he endured the pain and said, "It was my fault for not seeing you earlier, young master. I apologize for any offense."

Xue Wu's eyes narrowed, a hint of coldness appearing in them. He had sensed this aura just now, but after years of peaceful mortal life, he instinctively thought it was a passing cultivator and didn't have time to protect the middle-aged man.

Seeing her father's injured and bleeding arm, and the cake scattered on the ground, the immature little girl didn't care about anything else. She rushed over and punched the young man with her two soft little fists.

"Xiao Bao!" The man was startled and quickly reached out to pull him.

"You filthy thing, how dare you touch this young master!" The young man's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his spiritual power condensed into a knife in his hand. Just as it was about to fall, Lei Mengying slammed her hand on the table and shouted angrily, which made the young man pause. Just as the knife was about to fall, he was pulled away by the middle-aged man.

"No matter who you are, this establishment prohibits all fighting. Please take your people out immediately!"

A white light fell, and the floor was sliced ​​open by a hand chop. The young man was stunned, and then his face showed unconcealed killing intent. He glared at the direction of the sound and then at Lei Mengying, but the killing intent that rose was extinguished in an instant.

A look of astonishment filled the air; no one had expected that there would be such a beautiful woman in Xinghua City!

The young man paused for a moment, then ignored the middle-aged man and the little girl on the ground and walked towards the counter. He was captivated by Lei Mengying's graceful figure and alluring charm.

Lei Mengying looked at the lewd young man walking towards her with disgust, but dared not move an inch. Under the counter, her hand tightly held Xue Wu's clenched fist, as if afraid that he would break his worldly desires.

As he approached, the young man's gaze swept over the curvaceous woman before him once more, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes as he faintly sensed a trace of spiritual energy emanating from her.

After twenty years of living in the mortal world, Lei Mengying suppressed her spiritual power, but for those with considerable cultivation, a trace of her spiritual power would still be detectable. However, this trace of spiritual power was extremely rare, even rarer than that of a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining.

As for Xue Wu, his powerful spiritual energy was beyond the comprehension of the young man before him. In front of the young man, Xue Wu was like a real mortal, unable to sense even a trace of spiritual energy, yet his body involuntarily turned cold.

Is he just an ordinary cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining? As for this one, who has no spiritual energy fluctuations, he is undoubtedly a mortal. But why do I feel a chill emanating from him, as if my cultivation is about to be torn apart?

The young man frowned, his gaze shifting from Xue Wu, whose face remained dark, to the beautiful Lei Mengying. His expression was frivolous as he leered, "If I had known that such a beautiful woman existed in this small Xinghua City, I should have come sooner."

"My name is Liu Daoyi. I am the eldest son of the Liu family patriarch and will be the next Lord of Xinghua City. Now that I know you, young lady, I will be frank with you. Joining my Liu family will bring you countless riches. I will also help you improve your health. It will only be a matter of time before you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Ah Zhen, there's no need to get angry with this person. Just drive him out." Lei Mengying frowned, completely ignoring what the young man was saying. She was about to let Xue Wu break free from her grip.

At Xue Wu's fingertips, a slit was torn open in the void, revealing a black ancient sword. Xue Wu's eyes were icy cold as the man flirted with his wife right before his eyes. This look only appeared when he wanted to kill someone; to the young man before him, he was already a dead man.