Qin Fengming looked up at the cultivator seated upright on the wooden couch in the room. A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes, because she was an extraordinarily elegant and beautiful female cultivator.
The female cultivator appeared to be around forty years old. Her teeth were white, her lips red, and her complexion rosy. Her makeup was stunning. Although a few traces of age had appeared on her face, she remained bright and captivating—a true beauty.
"Qin has always devoted himself to bitter cultivation and rarely ventures outside. I wonder, what is the Heavenly Scroll of the Pill Ranking?"
Qin Fengming did not pay much attention to the appearance of the female cultivator, who had not risen. Instead, the question slipped from his lips.
His voice was not loud. He had spoken without thinking, but it was still enough for everyone in the room to hear clearly.
"Fellow Daoist Qin actually doesn't know about the Pill Ranking of the Pill Emperor Pavilion? Then where did you obtain your Pill Dao Master's jade token?" a cultivator asked with a gloomy expression and an irritated tone. His gaze fell on the jade token at Qin Fengming's waist, as if he had begun to suspect him.
The female cultivator remained seated on the wooden couch. She neither rose nor spoke, but a faint flash passed through her eyes, and a trace of displeasure appeared and vanished in an instant.
The other two wore unfriendly expressions as well. They seemed quite dissatisfied that Qin Fengming had failed to pay his respects to the female cultivator.
The Pill Emperor Pavilion was an alliance of Pill Dao practitioners. Within the alliance, cultivators were not revered based on cultivation realm. Instead, what they valued was Pill Dao attainment. The level of one's Pill Dao attainment was