"Family ties are the most important, but they can be hidden in one's heart! And those family ties concern Master and the others, far removed from the Thunder Control Sect! Think of the hall masters of Dry Thunder Palace and Kan Thunder Palace—would they care in the slightest about the bonds of fellow disciples? Gone... then gone it was. This way, this Xiao could sever all gratitude and obligation with the Thunder Control Sect; this Xiao had received much kindness from the Thunder Control Sect, yet this Xiao had made immense contributions to the sect during the Dao Sword Great Battle. They expelled this Xiao, which was just enough to settle matters once and for all. This Xiao owed them nothing! It was like casting off an enormous burden. Cause and effect, ah, cause and effect! There was Gan Qinghuo as the cause, and Gan Qinghuo as the result! The Way of Cause and Effect... truly was one of the Heavenly Daos!!"
As he pondered this, Xiao Hua gained considerable insight. Before long, he saw a brilliant blaze of crimson ahead. A rolling mountain range was blanketed in blooming peach blossoms—how could Xiao Hua not know that Qianhong Mountain was close? Just then, a tiny speck flew out from the fiery red hue and headed toward him. At the same time, the divine sense of a late Foundation Establishment cultivator swept over him. When it landed on Xiao Hua, it paused. That divine sense was rather cold, with hostility hidden within it.
"Oh?" Xiao Hua frowned slightly. He did not release his own divine sense, merely gazing calmly at the approaching person.
When the newcomer drew near, he proved to be a skinny, dark old man. A trace of jealousy filled his narrow eyes, while a hint of anger hung