Faced with Xia Nishang's question, Feng Jun answered with complete frankness, "Without a physical sample to match against, I can't provide any relevant data."
Xia Nishang did not dwell on the matter. She withdrew her Divine Sense and glanced at Sun Rongxun in the distance. "Oh, I still have to make another trip for you. Why don't you ask Feng Jun what else he might need, so we don't have to keep running back and forth?"
Sun Rongxun had originally planned to return herself. She had asked Qu Jianlei to help collect some poisons, but she had intended to return to Glory Merit Hall and ask everyone else for help with most of it.
The Merit Honorees were not all particularly close, but their collective sense of honor was quite strong, and they were highly proficient at coordinating battle formations—this might be a place where people coasted through life, but formations meant to protect the Dao still had to be drilled.
Sun Rongxun was not especially well liked in Glory Merit Hall, but she believed that if she asked, the others would still give her some face. Besides, a group of Merit Honorees gathering poisons would carry considerable influence.
But now Xia Nishang wanted to make the trip on her behalf. That was something Sun Rongxun had never dared imagine before. Yet when she considered the words "Golden Crow Essence Blood," she knew that she simply lacked the standing to discuss the matter if she returned herself.
Merit Honorees held high status, but treasures of that level were not something she could borrow just by asking.
As for gathering poisons, Xia Nishang stepping forward would be far more effective than Sun Rongxun doing so herself.
As long as True Adept Xia spoke, she could choose freely from the Red Phoenix