"The Vast Righteousness Sect has always had an impeccable reputation on the Vast Heaven Continent. It's more or less the equivalent of the Azure Tide Sect on the Azure Mist Continent. You can't find a single fault with either."
Once the cultivator finished speaking, Su Jiu found three pairs of eyes belonging to her companions turned toward her. Even with her composure, she could not help feeling her ears grow warm.
Just as Su Jiu was awkwardly preparing to change the subject, the man standing in the center of the platform suddenly clapped his hands.
"I, Luo, am deeply grateful that you have all gathered here. The mountain paths are rugged, and the journey was long. Allow me to first offer everyone my apologies."
With that, he gently waved his hand, and an exquisitely carved, elegant box appeared on the low table before each guest.
"Unavoidable circumstances forced us to subject everyone to a tiring journey. Please accept this gift as a small token of compensation from the Vast Righteousness Sect."
The guests opened their boxes with doubtful expressions. Inside each lay a round, lovely pill.
Everyone had received a Tier Five Pill, though the varieties differed.
Leaving aside their effects, even a single fifth-tier Beauty Pill was worth no fewer than five figures in spirit stones.
Most of those seated here were at the Nascent Soul Realm or above, so five figures in spirit stones meant little to them. What was rare was that a Peak Master of the Vast Righteousness Sect had personally stepped forward to apologize and even given them a spirit pill as compensation.
Su Jiu noticed that, thanks to his gesture, quite a few faces around her were no longer as stiff as when their owners first arrived.
He certainly knew how to handle people.