After supper, the old farmer, whose name was Ren Bao, asked whether Qiao Zhi was a cultivator from one of the nearby schools. She told him that she had trained at Mount Hua. The name earned a few nods from the people around the table. They had heard of the sect, though most knew it as a respectable mountain school rather than one of the great powers. Ren Bao said he had once sold medicinal roots to a Mount Hua physician who paid him fairly even when the roots were damaged by rain. Qiao Zhi was pleased to hear it. She did not tell him that she was the Young Sect Leader. There was no need.
