"Was it you?" Lin Dongxue raised her head and asked earnestly to be sure.
Tang Yan nodded.
Dazzling light suddenly shone all around them.
Everyone looked up curiously and saw countless crimson clouds gathering from every direction.
Vast amounts of Dao Resonance Qi spread through the air, filling this stretch of heaven and earth with incomparable peace.
Before long, the crimson clouds gathered into an enormous vortex. A beam of golden light shot from its center, landed on Lin Dongxue, then sank into her body.
A quarter of an hour later, the golden light dissipated.
Lin Dongxue's aura grew increasingly ethereal, then a majestic, imposing presence radiated from her.
Lu Ruiqing exclaimed excitedly, "A Heavenly Venerable! Dongxue has become a Heavenly Venerable!"
Everyone was both surprised and delighted. They had never expected the Human Clan to gain another Heavenly Venerable, and they all congratulated Lu Ruiqing.
Only after Lin Dongxue's aura stabilized did Tang Yan release her and cup his hands toward the people opposite him.
"Tang Yan?" Rao Baoyue looked at the skeleton, her beautiful eyes brimming with excitement.
Tang Yan nodded.
Rao Baoyue threw her arms around Tang Yan and said joyfully, "It's wonderful that you're back!"
Tang Yan patted Rao Baoyue's back to calm her down.
Rao Baoyue felt both heartache and delight. Once she had accepted Tang Yan's skeletal appearance, she finally regained her composure and grumbled, "Digging up their ancestral graves was one thing, but why did you dig up our Pill Alliance's too?"
At the mention of the Mausoleum, everyone's expressions immediately turned strange.
Something occurred to Xia Jiazi. Her face flushed as she pointed at Tang Yan and asked, "Were you secretly practicing Dual Cultivation?"
Pfft!
Tang Yan nearly spat blood. He was so frantic that he almost started speaking human words.
*There