Gen Qing glanced at Xiao Hua without spelling it out, then asked Qian Zhongliang, "Why did Fairy Xuanhua... why didn't she announce this sooner? Such a major matter—even if she does not say anything now, people will learn of it sooner or later! Perhaps our Thunder Control Sect has sealed off the news for now, but has it not already spread like wildfire outside? How... how is our Thunder Control Sect supposed to bear this humiliation!!!"
"This was the Great Thunder Hall's decision. You and I have no right to comment on it," Qian Zhongliang said after some thought. "Perhaps the elders of the Great Thunder Hall felt it would affect morale, and that it was not yet suitable to announce it?"
"Alas, this poor Daoist has been wholly devoted to cultivation and has given little thought to such matters!" Gen Qing sighed. "Thank you for your guidance, Hall Master!"
"Not at all..." Qian Zhongliang said. "Even if this old man does not tell you now, once you accompany me to the Great Thunder Hall shortly, you will surely learn of it!"
"Knowing is worse than not knowing!" Gen Qing muttered a few words and said no more. Clearly, the joy he had felt upon seeing Xiao Hua had already vanished without a trace.
Thunder Immortal Peak's Great Thunder Hall was not close to Gen Lei Palace. Xiao Hua did not activate his magic power, yet under Gen Qing's lead, they arrived in less than the time it took to eat half a meal. Looking at the vaguely familiar mountain ahead and the indistinctly familiar palace, Xiao Hua felt deeply moved. Ordinary disciples might not visit the Great Thunder Hall even once in their lives, yet he had joined the Thunder Control Sect only a few decades ago, and this