"Grave of Venerable Zhang Dingjun."
"Venerable Zhang, given name Dingjun, a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Mother... Father... Born in 11090 in Rongcheng City, Qian Province of the Immortal Sect. In 11106, he was admitted to the Cultivation Department of Spirit Veil University. Twenty years later, he graduated at Qi Refining Level Three..."
"In 11126, Venerable Zhang began teaching at Rongcheng First High School. During his tenure, his students spread like peach and plum trees across the land. He taught a great many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, three Golden Cores, and even Great Sun Sword Son Jiang Ding. He made immense contributions to the revival of the Immortal Sect, and history would surely remember his name..."
Jiang Ding's gaze paused here.
That sentence sounded somewhat like blowing one's own trumpet.
Still, he did not stop Hua Bing and Li Junhao from engraving it.
This was an affirmation of Teacher Zhang Dingjun's historical achievements. It concerned his teacher's posthumous reputation and historical assessment; it was not Jiang Ding's place to be modest about it.
"In 11372, Venerable Zhang served in the Starry Sky Force of the Immortal Sect Western Front Army. He unfortunately perished in the war to liberate the people of the Geomagnetic Realm and revive the Immortal Sect. He was recognized by the Immortal Sect as a Starry Sky Martyr, to be remembered and mourned by later generations."
The gravestone had been personally inscribed by Golden Core Cultivator Li Junhao. It was made from an utterly ordinary slab of bluestone and placed before Teacher Zhang Dingjun's grave.
On either side of the grave lay Teacher Zhang Dingjun's father and mother.
Jiang Ding's gaze turned hazy.
Vaguely, it seemed as though he had returned to more than two hundred years ago, seeing a young newlywed couple leading their little son along the