Their identities and status were worlds apart, far beyond what mere cultivation and strength could bridge.
After all, Medicine King Island was one of the strongest powers backing Sunset City. Over the past thousand years, it had even once appointed people to take charge of Sunset City.
To determine his fate would take no more than a word from the Island Lord.
"Thank you for your excessive praise, Fellow Daoist. However, you said that I would surely become a pillar of Medicine King Island someday."
"Does that not imply that my current cultivation realm is insufficient, that I am incapable of shouldering Medicine King Island's affairs?"
Jiang Xueyan's delicate brows lifted slightly as she sized up the slightly plump cultivator with a half-smile.
"A slip of the tongue, merely a slip of the tongue. Since you were accepted as Madam Mei's disciple, whether in Spiritual Root aptitude or strength of character and ability, you are naturally among the best."
"What I meant was that under Madam Mei's cultivation, your future achievements would surely rise a hundred feet higher from the top of a hundred-foot pole."
The slightly plump cultivator did not grow angry. He swiftly changed his tune and smiled as he flattered Jiang Xueyan.
He was no fool. How could he fail to see that she was deliberately targeting him?
Yet he had never held any grudge against her. This was plainly their first meeting.
His heart, which had just been hanging in the air, kept sinking.
Only when Jiang Xueyan said nothing further did he breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Listening to the flattering words beside her, Jiang Xueyan paid them no heed and no longer bothered with the slightly plump cultivator before her.
Her delicate brows twitched lightly, and her gaze immediately fell upon Su Shi'er.