"It... it's our Tianlu Dao's... We usually call her Furnace Daoist. She's a female Daoist, and she's very skilled in the art of alchemy." The young man could only answer honestly.
"Furnace as in fire furnace, Furnace Daoist? How come I've never heard of her?" Madam Woshuang asked curiously.
Lingzhao was equally bewildered. "Could she have only risen to prominence recently?"
"Exactly. I don't know where our Dao Venerable invited Furnace Daoist from. Her alchemy isn't particularly outstanding, but she can improve the medicinal formulas used in pill refinement. Quite a few of our Tianlu Dao elders have benefited from her over the years. That's why her reputation only rose in recent years." The young man hurriedly replied.
"Hmph, she's only a female Daoist, yet she's actually called the Medicine Emperor. Our Xiaotian can not only refine Heaven-Mending Pills, but Yang God Pills as well. What abilities does she have? Xiaotian is the one who deserves to be called the Medicine Emperor." Madam Woshuang snorted.
"Huh? Then aren't you the evil-path Pill Fiend!? Pill Fiends refine pills, while Medicine Emperors refine medicines. The two of you aren't actually on the same path..." The young man gave an ingratiating smile.
"All right, Mother. There's no point in asking any further. Let's cripple his nascent core and throw him down the mountain." Lingzhao could not help saying.
"That works too. You really are kind-hearted, child. If he'd encountered us from the evil path, he absolutely wouldn't have met such a good end." As Madam Woshuang spoke, her slender palm immediately moved as softly as silk. The young man was so frightened that he began begging bitterly, but Madam Woshuang paid him no heed. With a single palm strike from afar, she struck the location of his nascent core!
The young man fainted