Zhou Heng did not hide it either. "Back when I was in the Mortal World, I encountered your family's Senior Kong Aokun. He was the one who taught me the Swift Cloud Flowing Light Steps!"
Though his cultivation realm was not high, he bore the title of Saint Alchemist, placing him a full notch above Kong Qingyang in status. There was no need for him to humbly call himself a junior; otherwise, Kong Qingyang would only be left at a loss.
"So that's how it is!" A flicker passed through Kong Qingyang's eyes, and a faint sorrow surfaced on his face, as though he were mourning this ill-fated descendant of his clan. Yet he immediately tucked the emotion away. "So Master Zhou hails from Xuangan Planet!"
Zhou Heng knew that revealing Kong Aokun's existence would inevitably expose some of his own secrets, but now, he was not afraid in the slightest.
Huotian had destroyed the divine avatar of a Transcendent Creation Emperor with a single glare—and that had been the universally acknowledged strongest expert in the Immortal World. Her might was beyond measure. Whoever wanted to make a move against Zhou Heng now had to think thrice before acting.
They could talk after they had withstood Huotian's gaze!
"I was fortunate enough to meet Senior Kong Aokun, though his state of mind was rather unstable. At times he was lucid, at times mad," Zhou Heng said. Speaking of it, he was still quite concerned about Kong Aokun. The Swift Cloud Flowing Light Steps the man had taught him had saved his life more times than he could count.
Although Kong Aokun had been muddle-headed and mistaken him for a member of the Kong Clan, the debt of imparting his art remained. Zhou Heng had to acknowledge that favor. But he