Thunder Venerable's Visit

"Thunder Venerable was the stabilizing pillar of the Cangwu Sect."

"As long as he remained alive, the Cangwu Sect would not fall."

Kong Jiao had always believed this.

Moreover, the rumors about Thunder Venerable that had been circulating through the First Cloud Realm these days would naturally collapse without attack once Thunder Venerable showed himself.

It would soothe the anxious hearts of Wudong's people, who had been left uneasy after losing the protection of a True Person, and Huangfu Ying's burden would lessen considerably as well.

With this in mind, Kong Jiao secretly activated the World-Observing Eye and looked at Thunder Venerable before him.

What entered his sight was a mass of lightning radiance pure to the utmost extreme, so dazzling that Kong Jiao did not dare stare at it for long.

"A lightning incarnation!" Kong Jiao shifted his gaze away without a trace and raised his brows.

This was only to be expected.

Thunder Venerable was a Zao Xuan; he no longer needed to personally handle every matter. A single incarnation was sufficient to walk the world in his stead.

Thus, Kong Jiao did not slight the man in the slightest just because he was merely Thunder Venerable's incarnation. His voice remained respectful as he said, "Thunder Venerable's presence brings splendor to the humble Pill-Talisman Pavilion."

"May I ask what instructions this True Person has for visiting my humble abode?"

Kong Jiao's status was different now. He was no longer Kong Jiao of the Cangwu Sect, but Hermit Beneath the Pines.

Naturally, his attitude had to change as well. He treated Thunder Venerable with the utmost deference befitting an ordinary Life Dominion Realm cultivator facing him.

Thunder Venerable first sized up Kong Jiao from head to toe for a moment.

Clearly, even Thunder Venerable could detect nothing unusual about