"Fellow Daoist Song, did you look carefully? This man is a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent. Have you truly never heard of him?"
Seeing Song Qingming answer so decisively, a middle-aged man beside the thin-faced old man spoke up again, seemingly still unconvinced.
"To be honest with you two, there are countless Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent. I have only advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm for a few hundred years.
Though I have made the acquaintance of quite a few fellow Daoists, I have not had the opportunity to know everyone. I truly have never seen this man.
If I have failed to help you two, then I am indeed sorry."
As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Lu Yuan at the side immediately nodded and said:
"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Song is right. Though the Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent cannot compare to our Central Yuan Prefecture, it likely has at least one or two thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators.
This man was originally merely a rogue Nascent Soul Cultivator. It would hardly be strange if Fellow Daoist Song had never seen him."
Seeing that Lu Yuan seemed deliberately inclined to speak up for Song Qingming, the thin-faced old man fell silent for a moment before saying nothing further and directly putting away the portrait in his hand.
He then stroked the white beard at the corner of his mouth and looked once more toward Song Qingming in the distance.
"Since Fellow Daoist Song does not know this man, Old Man has another matter to ask you about."
"Half a month ago, Fellow Daoist attended an Exchange Meeting here and traded with Fellow Daoist Li of Earth Origin Mountain for a Level 4 High-grade Taiyi Flame Talisman. May I ask whether that talisman