The living room was not large, but it was tastefully furnished.
A few pieces of porcelain stood on an antique display shelf against the wall. A landscape painting hung nearby, its brushwork conveying a leisurely air.
A pot of tea sat on the tea table by the window, its delicate fragrance slowly spreading through the air.
A woman rose from a traditional armchair.
She looked about thirty, dressed in a plain-colored qipao with a knitted cardigan over it. Her long hair was gathered into a loose bun at the back of her head and secured with a wooden hairpin.
Her features were not stunning, but there was a scholarly air about her eyes and brows that made her pleasant to look at.
Her mature grace was not affected; it came from deep within, like a cup of tea steeped to perfection, neither too strong nor too weak, with a lingering finish.
But Luo Fan did not dwell on her bearing for long.
He adjusted the Monitoring Glasses on his nose, and a ring of light on the lenses quickly locked onto the woman before him.
When the number appeared, his eyebrows rose slightly despite himself, and a trace of surprise he could not conceal flashed through his eyes.
Lv59.
Level fifty-nine.
Just one step away from the sixth tier.
She was the highest-level human Sequence User he had ever seen.
Mo Yuling was Lv49, Jiang Shengnan and Han Xiangdong were both fourth tier, and Ding Wanning, the Holy City's City Lord, had only been Lv55 before being corrupted by the Weird.
Yet this woman, living quietly in this remote little town, was four levels higher than Ding Wanning.
Luo Fan suppressed his surprise, shifting his attention from the Monitoring Glasses back to the woman's face.
He noticed that while he