Inside the little pavilion.
Wang Chong'an introduced everyone's identities to the girl in red and her companion.
"This is Fellow Daoist Nie Wen, the youngest son of the Nie Family's head. His talent is outstanding, and he is very likely to become our junior fellow disciple."
"This is..."
Soon, Wang Chong'an brought the two of them over to He Yuntong.
"This is Fellow Daoist He Yuntong, the granddaughter of Master He Dan, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator in Hundred Herbs Hall. She manages the largest medicine hall in the Marketplace, and her own talent is quite good as well. She is about to break through to Qi Refining Stage 7."
He spoke softly to the girl in red.
He Yuntong's expression was respectful, and she greeted them in a low voice.
In the Marketplace, her status was noble. In Hundred Herbs Hall, which she managed, the many Alchemy Masters and Spirit Plant Masters all treated her with the utmost respect.
Since childhood, she had cultivated high-grade techniques, with a steady stream of medicinal pills supplied to raise her cultivation. Her own looks were delicate and pretty, and both her abilities and temperament were extremely good. She was dearly favored by the Foundation Establishment Alchemy Master.
Yet before the girl in red, she still felt ashamed of her own inferiority.
Everything she usually took pride in was nothing at all compared with this girl in red before her.
From what she knew, the girl in red was two years younger than her, yet had long since been a Qi Refining High Stage cultivator, with cultivation at Qi Refining Stage 9 or Qi Refining Completion.
One had to know that every rise in cultivation level required vast resources and time piled up to achieve it. Many Qi Refining Rogue Cultivators of ordinary aptitude