People were stunned, then burst into loud laughter.

"Your master's JiaYe Divine Pill is unparalleled in Huaxia, who else in this world could possibly produce anything better?"

"Hahaha, indeed, you child, you're just too young, what a wrongful loss you've suffered."

Amidst the laughter, an old man with a goatee frowned and said, "Is there such a matter?"

The youth nodded at the same time.

The leader of the Qingfeng Mountain Three Masters spoke, "Not just you and your master, but we three brothers have also been called trash by him."

"Who has such audacity!" The goatee old man's face darkened.

"Surname Shen!" The youth's eyes lit up, "About twenty-three or twenty-four years old! Looks fairly decent but spews filth, sarcastic and venomous. Master, you mustn't let him off."

"Come with me, I want to see if he's grown horns on his head or scales on his body to dare such insolence!" The goatee old man snapped.

Just then, as Bai Jiao turned around with a beaming smile, obstructing their way, she smiled and said, "Uncle, I know this person. Please be more tolerant. He is indeed somewhat rude, but his master is a first-class alchemist. With your experience, there's a chance you might even have old ties with his master."

"His master is an alchemist? Which one?"

Bai Jiao smiled faintly and said, "I'm not sure exactly which one. When I asked that Mr. Shen, he only said his master didn't allow him to mention his name."

Goatee old man snorted coldly, "If even his name can't be mentioned by the disciple, then he's obviously a good-for-nothing."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Exactly, which master wouldn't want his disciple to respect him at all times? The likely reason he's not allowed to mention it is because he has poor cultivation and low ability, fearing that it would bring shame."

"Hahaha, that must be it. Probably just a rebellious disciple who likes to cause trouble."

Hearing the laughter of the crowd, although Bai Jiao kept smiling, her gaze grew colder.

Others might not understand Shen Qiang's situation, but Bai Jiao knew it all too well. Just by Shen Qiang's fastest surgical techniques and the "Flowers Opening Nine Branches" acupuncture technique, he was already a peak medical cultivator.

Forget about ordinary family descendants, even facing the great masters of medical cultivation in the Cultivation World, if it really came down to a contest, it wasn't certain who would win or lose.

"Miss Bai." Goatee old man frowned, "It doesn't matter if he didn't say, but since you know him, then at tomorrow's Elixir Pill trade fair, he and his master will make an appearance, won't they?"

Bai Jiao smiled faintly, "Cheng Xinyi did indeed invite his master, but his master only sent him with three elixir pills."

Goatee old man frowned, "Such a grand event, and his master won't attend?"

"He probably won't come, and besides, even if he did, I doubt he would reveal his connection."

Goatee old man scoffed, "Hiding his head and showing his tail. Being able to teach such an unreasonable disciple, he's probably but a mediocre practitioner. Miss Bai, what type of pills did he send?"

"Pei Yuan Pills," Bai Jiao replied with a smile.

The crowd uttered a collective "Oh."

Goatee old man raised an eyebrow and scoffed, "Since they're Pei Yuan Pills, then it's easy. The formula for Pei Yuan Pills is no secret in the Cultivation World, many can refine them, and according to different techniques, they are classified as Southern or Northern alchemy methods."

"The Southern method values meticulous combination and has strict standards for the selection of raw materials, so the Pei Yuan Pills it produces are milky white."

"The Northern method, however, is unrestrained and lenient with raw materials, usually resulting in a milky yellow color with black spots."

"Among them, there are seven distinguishable Southern methods for Pei Yuan Pills, and thirteen distinguishable Northern methods. Although the person isn't here, just by looking at his Pei Yuan Pills, I can tell who he is, and from which school he hails."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jiao furrowed her brows.

The rest of the crowd, however, cheered.

"Master Tianji is truly impressive, to have such a firm grasp on the Pei Yuan Pills of the various families and sects. Now, even I have become a bit curious. Can the master truly determine the refiner of an elixir pill merely through the pill itself?"

"Impressive indeed!"

Amid the murmurs of the crowd,

The goateed Master Tianji proudly said, "I have spent my life immersed in elixir pills, playing with countless pills from famous families and large sects. As long as it's a renowned family and the pill refinement is decent, there's none I cannot recognize."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they said in unison,

"Miss Bai, please take out the Pei Yuan Pill refined by that arrogant and ignorant youngster's master for Master Tianji to examine."

Bai Jiao smiled and said, "That wouldn't be appropriate."

An elderly man spoke in a deep voice, "Miss Bai, these elixir pills will ultimately be auctioned tomorrow. They will have to be shown then, so there's no harm in taking them out now. Besides, there are many ways to refine Pei Yuan Pills, but the selling price can vary greatly depending on the quality."

"It just so happens that all of us are here, so we could also take this opportunity to appraise his Pei Yuan Pills."

Bai Jiao furrowed her brows, clearly hesitating.

Even though Shen Qiang was not present and the Pei Yuan Pills were brought for the auction, sooner or later they would have to be shown to people. But in this situation, allowing everyone to freely criticize seemed somewhat disrespectful to Shen Qiang's master. After all, fellow practitioners are often rivals. Pei Yuan Pills were not a rarity, and once taken out, they'd probably be harshly criticized by these people.

"Miss Bai can rest assured that I will be very objective in examining his Pei Yuan Pills. I will not demean his pills over personal feelings," the goateed Master Tianji seemed to see through Bai Jiao's thoughts.

Boosted by the crowd's egging on, if Bai Jiao didn't produce the Pei Yuan Pills that Shen Qiang had sent, she would appear rather petty.

Furthermore, when she thought back to how Xu Nan had annoyingly mocked her during the meal, and how Shen Qiang had pretended to be drunk, she felt an irritation she couldn't shake off. Looking at the Guiyuan Pills praised by everyone and then thinking about Shen Qiang's appearance, Bai Jiao guessed that the Guiyuan Pills were most likely made by Shen Qiang's hands.

"I'm so beautiful, yet you won't help me, siding with that tomboy. I even came to you for help, and you don't give me any Divine Grade Guiyuan Pills but fob me off with Pei Yuan Pills instead, hmph, fine. You've started on the first, I'll take it up to the fifteenth. I'd be happy to see your Pei Yuan Pills get torn apart by their criticism."

Slightly irritated in her heart, Bai Jiao smiled softly and said, "Please wait a moment, everyone."

Before long, her female assistant brought over the Pei Yuan Pills sent by Shen Qiang to the table.

"Since these are just ordinary Pei Yuan Pills, our grandmaster did not examine them, so the pills are still sealed as they were. Since all the elders are interested in these pills, I'll trouble you to appraise them."

Looking at Bai Jiao, the goateed Master Tianji smiled faintly, proudly pressed down on the lid of the box, and said, "There are many refiners of Pei Yuan Pills; basically, every alchemist will refine them. However, the quality varies based on the ingredients and the alchemist's skill level."

"We usually classify them into five grades: substandard, ordinary, top grade, divine grade, and immortal grade."

"An ordinary alchemist can only refine ordinary Pei Yuan Pills. If that fellow's master is indeed a grandmaster alchemist, then the quality of his Pei Yuan Pills should be consistently top grade. If he is a grandmaster level genius, it's not hard to refine divine grade Pei Yuan Pills, so by just glancing at the pill, I can tell what level the person who refined it is at in this profession."

Hearing this, the people around nodded and focused intently on the box in his hands.

The Master Tianji, with the consensus of the crowd, arrogantly opened the lid without even glancing at the pills inside.

Unexpectedly, the other alchemists around did not immediately announce the grade of the Pei Yuan Pills in the box but instead looked stunned.

This odd turn of events made him involuntarily lower his head.

The moment he saw the three vivid red, faintly glowing and luminescent Pei Yuan Pills inside the box, his mind buzzed.

"Divine Grade! Red Pearl!"

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