"Aunt Jun?!"
Before Qin Shaofeng could speak, he heard two cries of astonishment.
He turned back in confusion.
The ones who had shouted were Shuiyue Mountain's two obvious high-ranking members who had arrived alongside Aunt Jun.
The three fat men who had first discovered him nearly stared their eyes out as well.
Aunt Jun!
The moment they heard that form of address, they felt dizzy and lightheaded.
The woman before them did indeed look very young.
Yet no one who knew her identity and background would ever entertain such a thought.
Her real name was Jun Simian.
She was Shuiyue Mountain's current Mountain Lord's Madam.
She was also Xian Xiaoying's mother.
Yet that identity alone did not mean much.
The Starry Sky World was simply too vast. All sorts of figures could emerge within it, and being a woman did not prove anything.
Whether in age or cultivation, Jun Simian far surpassed Shuiyue Mountain's current Mountain Lord, Xian Wuhuan.
When she had married Xian Wuhuan years ago, she had not yet been a Sage Realm expert.
But she had already long been a Venerable whose name resounded throughout the Starry Sky World.
After they married, Jun Simian seemed to fade from public view.
Yet one fact was universally acknowledged.
Even if Jun Simian's cultivation was not ranked second in Shuiyue Mountain, she was certainly among the top three. Many even speculated that if she truly went to contend for the Sage Ranking, she would surely squeeze someone off it.
The thirty-three Sages.
That ranking only included those who had truly gone to compete for it.
There were countless experts who disliked such bustle, and even more powerful figures hidden among them.
There were likewise quite a few whose cultivation had reached the Sage Realm, who had later been pushed off