A little less than half an hour slipped by in a flash. The sound of light, scattered footsteps reached Lin Xuan's ears, and he turned his head to see a woman of thirty-seven or thirty-eight enter his view.
She could not be called especially beautiful, and her figure was even a little plump, but she naturally exuded the charm of a noble madam. She truly did bear some resemblance to the shopkeeper.
Her cultivation was quite good as well. She was actually a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator.
"My apologies. I was held up by a sudden matter and made several fellow Daoists wait so long. How about this: I will gift each of you a gourd of spirit wine as compensation."
The woman tidied the hair by her temples, her face full of smiles. Then she flicked her sleeve, and glowing light swept past the three of them in turn. On each of their tables, there was now an extra gourd the size of a palm.
"A small gift of apology, hardly worthy of respect. However, this Heaven Origin Spirit Wine is brewed by our pavilion with a secret recipe. Not only is its flavor mellow and fragrant, but the speed at which it restores magic power is also around ten percent faster than ordinary spirit wines on the market."
Lin Xuan's heart stirred. He picked up the Purple Gold Gourd before him, pulled out the stopper, and took a small sip. The taste was indeed quite good, and its effects did not seem exaggerated either. Still, such a tiny gourd of spirit wine was only worth a few thousand Spirit Stones. If a low-level cultivator obtained it, they would naturally be overjoyed, but to a Lihe Realm cultivator, it was nothing remarkable.
The gift itself was nothing much,