The Heavenly Star Trade Fair Brought Forward?

With his doubts in mind, Ling Pengyun immediately left his cave abode and the secret realm, heading straight for the Guest Hall outside the secret realm, which had been specially built to receive visitors.

After entering the hall, he saw Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan entertaining an elderly man dressed in Heavenly Star Sect robes. The old man's hair was entirely white, his face deeply lined with wrinkles. His aura had reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, and his eyes shone like torches.

At that moment, Ling Chengyuan and the elderly Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator from the Heavenly Star Sect both noticed Ling Pengyun's arrival.

"Ancestor Pengyun!"

"This is Senior Flying Eagle, the Tenth Elder of the Heavenly Star Sect."

Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan then introduced Ling Pengyun and Flying Eagle True Person of the Heavenly Star Sect to one another.

"Senior Flying Eagle, this is our clan's Ancestor Pengyun."

Upon hearing the introduction, Ling Pengyun's expression shifted slightly. He immediately recalled the origins of this renowned Tenth Elder of the Heavenly Star Sect, Flying Eagle True Person.

This man's fame did not come from his own strength, but from the exceedingly swift Golden Core Middle Stage Thunderclap Eagle under his command.

During the previous Demon Beast Uprisings, that eagle had led Heavenly Star Sect cultivators to reinforce Yan Kingdom when it was in peril, changing the situation there and preventing the losses Yan Kingdom would otherwise have suffered in those uprisings.

Furthermore, Flying Eagle Old Daoist's Thunderclap Eagle was exceptionally formidable. A hundred years ago, during the Demon Beast Uprising, man and eagle had joined forces to slay three Golden Core Demon Beasts.

Thus, this man was fairly renowned throughout Yan Kingdom.

For that reason, Ling Pengyun felt a measure of goodwill toward him and cupped his hands in