Even if she had never eaten pork, she had at least seen pigs run. Though the young woman's cultivation was too shallow for her to sense Lin Xuan's exact realm, she still had a measure in her heart: he was definitely a cultivator above Core Condensation Realm.
She could not help growing a little nervous.
She did not believe that a dignified Core Condensation Realm cultivator would take a fancy to the few worthless materials and talismans she was selling.
Could he be someone with ill intentions?
For example... had he taken a fancy to her beauty?
At this thought, the young woman's face turned even paler.
Although in the cultivation world, there was nothing shameful about low-level female cultivators selling their looks, attaching themselves to high-level cultivators as concubines or even cauldrons in exchange for temporary ease and protection.
But this female cultivator named Li Zhilan did not think that way.
Speaking of which, her background was rather winding, and her ties to Horizon Sea Pavilion ran extremely deep.
Her mother had once been an inner-palace steward of Horizon Sea Pavilion, and had also been an in-room disciple greatly favored by the Third Elder, Ji Yueru.
One had to know that Meng Ruyan generally did not concern herself with sect affairs, so Ji Yueru, as a great cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, was already part of the absolute upper echelon.
Although Li Zhilan's mother had only been at early Core Condensation back then, she had been considered among the most promising group of disciples.
As long as she cultivated diligently, there was a great possibility she could condense a Nascent Soul after a hundred years.
In terms of sect rules, although Horizon Sea Pavilion allowed its disciples to become dual-cultivation companions with men from outside, it even