When Hall Master Hu saw the sundial crack open, he was completely dumbfounded!
It was not that he lacked knowledge or experience. The problem lay in three words: he had never expected this! He could kill decisively on the battlefield and remain unaffected by external distractions because he possessed a conquering heart! On the battlefield, he could calmly handle any sudden development because all of it remained under his control.
But Hall Master Hu was simply too specialized. When it came to matters outside his field... he was not especially perceptive.
It had nothing to do with personal ability. As the First One of the War Hall, if he wanted to do his job well, he had to stay focused—no one could master all the Cultivation Arts.
In any case, he simply could not understand. Th-this-this... what exactly had happened?
At that moment, the deep blue light bursting from the right eye socket gradually faded away.
Then came a faint sigh—strictly speaking, it was more like a soft exhalation, after which there was no more sound.
Yet that single breath made Hall Master Hu leap up. "Great Venerable... was that you?"
There was no response. It simply dissipated, but every Star Palace disciple present had turned deathly pale.
Even those who were slower to catch on did not take more than two or three breaths to realize it—was that the Great Venerable?
Only an Out-of-Body Realm cultivator could be called a Great Venerable. Cangwu had no such existence, and few people mentioned them in ordinary times.
But when it came to old tales, who had not heard of a few Out of Body Immortal Venerables?
However, within Star Palace, all the disciples recognized only one Great Venerable—the one whose Immortal Remains were buried in the restricted area of the Back