Seeing Jiang Er so nervous, Lilia was puzzled as to why, so she asked in confusion: "Brother Jiang Er, what are you doing?"
Jiang Er was not the only one who saw the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand. Aunt Song and the others also saw it. After hearing what Lilia said, Aunt Song quickly lowered her voice and said to her, "Put it away quickly, don't let anyone see it."
After what happened today, Aunt Song and the others have realized the selfishness and cold-bloodedness of these people, so they are afraid that if these people see the fruit in Lilia's hand, they will come to fight for it.
Nowadays, food is scarce, and powerful monks like Jiang Yi are not here, but no one can stop these people.
Lilia looked at Aunt Song with innocent eyes and asked, "Aunt Song, why can't people see it?"
Aunt Song then noticed that Lilia's pupils were blue. Although she was a little surprised, she didn't think much about it. Instead, she explained to her, "Food is precious nowadays. If others see it, they will come and snatch it away."
In the eyes of Aunt Song and the others, Lilia was just a three-year-old child, so it was normal for her not to know all these twists and turns. Even they had to experience what happened today to see the true colors of those people.
However, Aunt Song and the others did not blame everyone, because everyone just wanted to survive. There was nothing wrong with that. If they had to blame someone, they could only blame the bad world.
However, although they did not blame everyone, they felt a little disappointed. After all, the food they had now was brought back by Jiang Er's elder brother and his men at the risk of their lives, but they were not grateful at all and even blamed and scolded Jiang Er.
It's really ridiculous. They themselves are supported by others, so what qualifications and position do they have to say these things?
Although Lilia had just arrived, she had already understood the situation here. Although there were many people here, they were all ordinary people, with only two cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage. She didn't think anyone could snatch things from her, so she smiled and said, "They can't snatch it away, don't worry."
As she spoke, she put the spiritual fruit in her hand into her mouth and took a bite. Immediately, the rich juice filled her mouth and she squinted her eyes in satisfaction.
Seeing this, Brother Li’s 13-year-old son Xiaohu couldn’t help swallowing.
Before, the Lingyun Town where they lived was still intact, and because there were cultivators with wood spiritual roots who helped plants grow, they had no worries about food and clothing, and they could naturally eat fruits often. But since he had drifted here, he seldom ate fruits, and even if he did, they were only wild fruits that grew sour and astringent.
But even if the wild fruits are sour and bitter, you can't eat them whenever you want.
I don’t know if the Lingyuan Realm has run out of luck. Although the spiritual energy in this world has not completely dried up, it is becoming thinner and thinner. Many rivers and lakes have dried up, and the vegetation has withered.
This makes life, which is already difficult for human beings, even more difficult.
Unlike Aunt Song and the others who thought that the fruit Lilia ate was just an ordinary fruit, Jiang Er saw that it was a spiritual fruit. He was a cultivator and was naturally sensitive to spiritual energy, so he could distinguish the difference between spiritual fruits and ordinary fruits.
Although Jiang Er was very jealous of Lilia's spiritual fruit, his character and upbringing prevented him from stealing other people's things. He asked curiously, "Lilia, where did you get this fruit?"
Nowadays, the spiritual energy in Lingyuan Realm is exhausted, and even ordinary vegetation is difficult to survive, let alone spiritual plants with harsh living environments. Therefore, even if the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand is only a low-level spiritual fruit, it is an extremely rare thing.
However, before Lilia could answer him, a scream came from behind them.
"Spiritual, spiritual fruit!"
After living together for five years, I could tell who the owner of the voice was even without turning around.
At some point, Zhang Qiang, who was originally on the other side of the cave, far away from them, actually came over. At this moment, he was pointing at the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand with shock and excitement.
Jiang Er became alert and blocked Lilia behind him, asking him, "What are you doing here?"
Zhang Qiang ignored Jiang Er and pushed him away, staring straight at the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand, his eyes full of greed.
"Give it to me now!" the voice was urgent and threatening.
Although the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand had been bitten by her, it was still a spiritual fruit and eating it could increase one's cultivation, so he did not despise it.
In fact, even if the fruit in Lilia's hand was not a spiritual fruit but an ordinary fruit, someone would come to snatch it if they were extremely hungry, not to mention that it was an extremely precious spiritual fruit.
"Ah——" Aunt Song and others were frightened by Zhang Qiang's actions and screamed.
Zhang Qiang's cultivation was higher than Jiang Er's, so when Jiang Er was pushed to the ground by him, it was Brother Li and Brother Qin who helped him up from the ground.
As soon as he stood up and steadied himself, he shouted angrily at Zhang Qiang: "Zhang Qiang! What are you doing?!"
Zhang Qiang used a lot of strength when he pushed Jiang Er. No matter how little he practiced, he was still a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Moreover, he pushed Jiang Er when he wasn't paying attention, and Jiang Er fell heavily.
Jiang Er still feels a dull pain in his back.
But he didn't care about the pain at the moment, but wanted to stop Zhang Qiang.
They were negligent and forgot that Zhang Qiang was a cultivator with better hearing than ordinary people. Besides, their place was so small that he could hear them even if they spoke in a low voice.
Zhang Qiang boasted that his cultivation was higher than Jiang Er's, so he was not afraid of him. After all, Jiang Yi, Jiang Er's big backer, was no longer around, and he was now the most powerful person here.
He ignored the obstruction of Jiang Er and Brother Li and reached out to snatch the spiritual fruit from Lilia's hand.
Xiaohu, who was standing by, had already shrank back in fear due to this sudden change. Lin Shuangshuang and others also gathered around to watch the fun.
Now they naturally guessed the whole story. Although everyone was drooling over the spiritual fruit in Lilia's hand, they knew they were no match for Zhang Qiang, so they only dared to watch from the side.
When Lilia saw that Zhang Qiang was trying to snatch her spiritual fruit, she stuffed the remaining spiritual fruit in her hand directly into her mouth, chewed it a few times, and spit out a fruit core.
The spiritual fruit was not big to begin with, only the size of her fist, and she finished it in just a few bites, not to mention that she had already taken a bite before.
Everyone was shocked by her action, but Jiang Er and Aunt Song were relieved.
The food has been eaten. No matter how cruel Zhang Qiang is, he can't let the child vomit it out.
However, they underestimated Zhang Qiang's ferocity. He flew into a rage and yelled at Lilia, "You little bitch! How dare you eat the spiritual fruit!"
As he said that, he stretched out his palm and slapped Lilia hard.
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