Wind Venerable stroked his beard as he looked at me, his eyes full of emotion. He had been somewhat puzzled by the Burning Flame Valley Elder's sudden visit, but after hearing the whole story, he learned that it had all been my doing.
Burning Flame Valley was a sect even stronger than Starfall Pavilion, with a long history and deep foundations. Yet I had somehow recruited them all by myself and brought them along to rescue Yao Chen?
When Wind Venerable first heard the news, he thought it was a joke. Even if he personally stepped forward, he was not very confident he could persuade Tang Zhen to act!
Yet I, a mere Dou Zong with no backing whatsoever, had succeeded alone?
Wind Venerable hurriedly questioned the Burning Flame Valley Elder. When he learned that I had revealed Venerable Yao's connection to me, offered to help Tang Zhen refine pills, and then sworn siblinghood with Tang Zhen's daughter, Tang Huo'er, he was utterly dumbfounded. What kind of absurd mess was this?
Was that even how one swore siblinghood?
And yet Tang Zhen had actually agreed!
Then, when the Burning Flame Valley Elder spoke of how Tang Huo'er and I had encountered an attack by Ice River Valley in Blazing Fire City, and how I had been able to face a Seven Star Dou Zong head-on, Wind Venerable was greatly shocked. I had stayed at Starfall Pavilion for over two months, yet even with his discernment, he had failed to see that my combat strength was so terrifying!
The Burning Flame Valley Elder went on to describe how I had swung my sword and slain four Dou Zong elders of Ice River Valley, including that Seven Star Dou Zong, as easily as slaughtering chickens and dogs, without changing expression. Wind Venerable