With a loud "crash," everything that had been neatly arranged on the table was slapped flying to the floor, hitting with a loud clatter.

Right after that, those tables, chairs, and stools that were already quite heavy all toppled over in a jumble onto the ground.

A bunch of obstacles suddenly appeared on the floor, and the people who wanted to run for it suddenly couldn’t move so smoothly anymore.

At least, that’s what those who failed at running thought; it never crossed their minds that this was all caused by the gust of wind Er Dan had fanned out.

Seeing its enemies’ movement get restricted, Er Dan immediately charged forward, planning to give the other party a profound lesson.

First, its claws went in, and it raked several times at the man’s clothing that was clearly made of very fine fabric.

The outfit he’d spent a fortune on was instantly turned into rags.

Next, the upper claws went for the man’s hair, and in just a few swipes, the hair he’d carefully styled turned into a bird’s nest.

Seeing that it had already made such a big scene and "Yun Ran" still hadn’t stopped it, it looked like "Yun Ran" was truly furious.

Er Dan immediately curled up its beak, wanting to give this man a bloody, tear-filled lesson.

But before that, out of the corner of its eye, Er Dan sneaked a glance in Ginsengfruit’s direction.

Clearly, it was secretly testing, wanting to see where this new "Yun Ran"’s tolerance level for it lay.

If she was as strict as the old Yun Ran and kept it on a tight leash, then it would pull back.

If she didn’t care, then it could go wild as it pleased.

Er Dan controlled its strength well, so that it could pull back at the very last second if needed.

Just as Er Dan’s beak was about to jab into the man’s arm that was flailing around, Ginsengfruit finally spoke up lazily.

"Er Dan, come back!"

Er Dan: ...

It knew it would end like this. Sigh, got excited for nothing~

But Er Dan still stopped its beak at the critical moment; its whole body radiated an air of unhappiness and dejection.

Everyone: ...

Seriously, that bird that was just now so fierce it looked like it was about to stab the guy on the ground to death... is actually this obedient? One word to stop and it stops!

Looks like this bird that so many people call vicious and brutal... doesn’t seem that terrifying after all.

A raptor that listens to persuasion and actually has a master is like a domesticated fowl with a safety rope looped around its neck.

Now, when everyone looked at Er Dan again, their gaze wasn’t as wary as before.

Though they all faintly felt that when the bird was called back, it looked... not very happy.

Uh... must be their imagination...

Er Dan returned to "Yun Ran"’s side; in those round eyes of its, there was still deep regret and an even more palpable boredom.

What had happened here actually just burst out all of a sudden; from start to finish, it was over in a flash.

The trouble it caused looked serious, but the actual losses were just some tables and chairs, plus the items that had originally been placed on them.

No one was actually hurt; they just looked a bit bedraggled.

But the thing was, this whole mess wasn’t started by "Yun Ran" in the first place. If they wanted to追究责任, it didn’t quite make sense to pin it on her.

The Manager, who had rushed over in a hurry, looked at the attendants he’d assigned to serve nearby with a very speechless expression. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"What on earth happened here! What are you people even doing, just standing around watching? Don’t you know the preliminary round of the selection is about to start?"

To say the Manager had no idea what had happened would be nonsense.

It was just that the responsibility for this wasn’t easy to divide; no matter whose head he tried to pin it on, it wouldn’t be appropriate.

So he could only take the opportunity to scold his own people, pointing at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree.

The attendants being scolded felt terribly wronged, but their status was low and their words carried no weight. What could they do?

Anyone here, picked at random, was someone they couldn’t afford to offend.

When the conflict first broke out just now, they had tried to step forward to stop it.

But that bird really did look a bit terrifying, so they didn’t dare.

So now, being scolded like this, they didn’t have the guts to protest.

"What are you still standing around for? Hurry up and get people to clean this place up, and take the honored guests to freshen up!"

Looking at the mess in front of him, the Manager found himself with quite the headache. Not a single one of them could give him peace of mind.

The attendants instantly had a clear direction and immediately sprang into action.

They hadn’t dared to go up and ask those honored guests anything earlier, but now that they had someone backing them, things were different.

"Sir, we have clean clothes prepared here. We’ll take you to wash up right away."

The ones with better tempers felt they’d been caught up in a disaster they didn’t deserve, but since the people of Moonlight City were being so polite and thorough in cleaning up afterward, they couldn’t really make a fuss.

As for the most miserable one of the lot, he had no energy to make a scene now. After the humiliation he’d just suffered, he only wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible.

Besides, he’d clearly felt just now that the bird hadn’t used its full strength when dealing with him.

It had been more like a cat toying with a mouse, strolling about at its leisure while keeping him suppressed the entire time.

It felt like if it wanted to, it could have taken his life easily.

Once most of the people had followed the attendants away, the Manager himself walked over to "Yun Ran."

His expression was cautious to the extreme. "Fellow Daoist Yun..."

"Yun Ran" wasn’t actually that tall; at this moment, the Manager deliberately bent down so his line of sight would be level with hers.

"Yun Ran" swept her gaze up and down the man once, then pulled out a stack of talisman paper from her person and handed it to him.

"What happened just now must have startled you all. This is to calm your nerves. Also, could I trouble you to have some fresh, tender grass delivered for my mount?"

The Manager had mentally prepared himself that this currently high-profile Lady Yun would be hard to serve. He had even imagined being cursed out by her right in front of all his subordinates.

But since he’d been unlucky enough to get pushed out here by everyone else to clean up this mess—

Even if he did get chewed out, he could only keep smiling and say she was right to scold him.

But now... why was the reality totally different from what he’d imagined?

What happened to that eccentric, hard-to-please temper?

This whole stack of talisman paper looked an awful lot like High-level Talisman Paper.

Though his mind was spinning a thousand times over, the Manager didn’t delay for a moment. He immediately reached out to take the talisman paper, and bent his waist even lower.

This time, his line of sight couldn’t even come level with Ginsengfruit’s.

Yun Ran lifted her foot and left, clearly not planning to say anything more.

The attendants were efficient; the damaged tables and chairs were soon replaced with new ones, and Ginsengfruit chose a spot with a good vantage point and sat down.

Before long, an attendant arrived carrying several baskets of the freshest grass.

Er Dan had still been somewhat dejected, a wad of frustration stuck in its chest, neither going up nor down.

But now, seeing that "Yun Ran" had ordered so much food to be brought over for it, it instantly tossed all its gloomy mood to the side.