The stone steps leading up the mountain were still just as they had been, only now they carried a little more of the weathered simplicity of age than they had twenty years ago.
Yu Xiaogang climbed Dragon Head Mountain one step at a time. He couldn't help recalling the day he had been expelled from the clan, and the scene of himself walking down the mountain.
The lonely figure who had descended the mountain in his youth overlapped with the middle-aged man now climbing it again.
The young man who had stopped to look back as he descended had finally returned to Dragon Head Mountain, now in his forties.
Dragon Head Mountain, central plaza.
The elite disciples of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan had gathered in the plaza. When they saw Clan Leader Yu Yuanzhen approaching from below with a group of people, they all turned to look.
Quite a few older clan members studied the group closely before recognizing one of the figures. They turned to those beside them and exclaimed, "Hey, look! Isn't that Yu Xiaogang following behind the Clan Leader?"
"It really is him. Wasn't he expelled from the clan ages ago? What's he doing here?"
"You're way behind on the news. Yu Xiaogang has made a name for himself as the Grandmaster. He's famous throughout the Soul Master World. Things are different now."
"Back then, the clan treated him like a discarded pawn. Now he's an honored guest."
"So why's he here this time? Is he trying to return to the clan? But isn't his Martial Soul..."
"Who knows? Let's wait and see."
The crowd in the plaza buzzed with discussion. Yu Yuanzhen led his group through them and stopped in the area before the Council Hall.
The other three Elders, along with Yu Xiaolin