After Jiang Fan finished speaking.
The many elders throughout the great hall had long since been reduced to tears.
Yuheng True Person wiped his tears with his sleeve, his voice choked with emotion.
"More than two hundred years ago, Junior Brother Cangming went to pursue Demonic Beasts and never returned!"
"The sect searched for many years without result. We all thought he had already fallen somewhere outside!"
"Who could have imagined that he had fallen into the Lower Realm, alone, facing terrifying Demonic Beasts and standing guard for two hundred years!"
"What unimaginable loneliness that must have been!"
Another elder also spoke hoarsely.
"Junior Brother Cangming, thank you for all your effort!"
"It was us senior brothers who were incompetent, unable to find you..."
"You gave so much for the Cangming Sect, for the righteous path of mankind. We senior brothers... we senior brothers have failed you!"
Upon hearing this, the remaining elders also mourned in succession.
"Even at the end of his life, Junior Brother Cangming was still thinking of the sect!"
"We... we truly..."
Only after a long while did everyone finally manage to compose themselves.
Yuheng True Person straightened his robes, faced the direction of the void, and solemnly bowed, saying in a deep voice.
"Junior Brother Cangming displayed great righteousness. He suppressed demons for two hundred years, sacrificed himself for the Dao, and protected the peace of an entire region. He did not disgrace the name of the Cangming Sect!"
"Such merit should shine upon the sect's chronicles!"
He turned and spoke resolutely to the elders.
"Pass down my order!"
"Immediately enter Junior Brother Cangming's name into the Hall of Heroes and Martyrs of the Cangming Sect. Let him receive the everlasting incense offerings of future generations of disciples!"
"Record his deeds in the sect's inheritance