Luo Yun Kong looked almost exactly like he did in the family photographs, still as heroic and extraordinary as ever, though his face had grown a little weathered, and the years showed around his eyes and brows.
She hardly knew how she got out of the car. As she looked at the people gathered there, she realized they had once been figures on the academy's wall of martial arts experts, admired by everyone—and now they stood before her, alive and breathing.
Many of the experts rumored to have died long ago were standing right there, so it all felt a little unreal.
She wasn't the only one. Yue Quan, Hua Xianling, and the others were just as stunned.
Only Gu Lianglongyao seemed relatively calm.
As the head of the world's foremost sect, Gu Lianglongyao had spent years cultivating in seclusion at Tianyi Sect. That had given him access to plenty of information, and he had connections with many powerful experts.
When he took over as sect leader, he learned that every few years Gu Lianglongyao would disappear for a time to study martial arts alongside the warriors cultivating in seclusion, seeking the secrets beyond the Heavenly Human Realm. Quite a few of them had already broken through into the Heavenly Human Realm.
Among them were Luo Yun Kong of Yunkong Martial Academy, Lou Feiyun of Qingyun Sword Academy, and Wu Yazi of Wugong Mountain Daoist Academy.
So he wasn't shocked. He just hadn't expected there to be so many—over a dozen, all peerless experts from decades ago, gathered together.
He had gained a new understanding of Gu Lianglongyao's organizational skills. Though he claimed to have been in seclusion all this time, he had actually kept a close eye on the Alliance's movements and managed to bring these people into the