"They're here, they're here!"
"Pill Sect is here! I can see his carriage!"
"How much farther?"
"Just over ten miles. They'll be here in the blink of an eye!"
"We need to move a little farther forward and make sure Pill Sect sees us. When we seek pills from him later, at least we'll have the bond of a familiar face."
"Haha, what a bond of familiar faces. Who would notice such a thing?"
"Fellow Daoist, you do not understand this. I spent a great sum investigating Pill Sect's life story. He possesses the air of a gentleman and never begrudges lending a hand to juniors. There were rumors that he had coveted a small family's medicinal material business and swallowed it whole. But that was merely rumors growing wings. In truth, that family still exists under his protection, and even the current Sect Master of Luo Tian Sect is a cultivator from that family."
"An outsider was allowed to become Sect Master?"
"And that is not all. I heard that when he formed his core, he left behind his Core Formation Insights in a poem and recited it freely to all cultivators in the city. Even now, there are still independent Golden Core cultivators in the Jade Cauldron Domain who remain grateful for Pill Sect's kindness."
"Core Formation Insights, given away for free? He was that generous?"
"Yes! Otherwise, how could he have forged countless connections in such a short time, with so many Nascent Soul experts willing to vouch for him? This time, Pill Sect has personally come to Soaring Sky to carry out the rotational patrol duty held once every three years. If the old master is in a good mood and lets even a tiny bit of pills slip from the cracks of his fingernails, it