"Senior..." As Xiao Hua was looking around, Zhu Qing put away the Hero Record, turned around, and said respectfully, "This junior cannot remain in the Heroes Pavilion for long. Please look around as you please, Senior. This junior will wait outside the Heroes Pavilion."
"Zhu Qing, there is no need for you to wait!" Xiao Hua waved his hand with a smile. "This old man does not know when he will leave either. You should rest early instead!"
"I would not dare!" Zhu Qing still replied respectfully. "Senior does not know anyone else in Star Picking Tower. This junior cannot fail to attend you!"
"Very well!" Xiao Hua understood that even if he refused, Zhu Qing would certainly wait outside. He nodded and flew straight toward Feng Wu's statue.
Zhu Qing did not dare say more and drifted out of the Heroes Pavilion. Only Xiao Hua remained within the entire starry sky.
Xiao Hua picked up the Hero Record from the sharp talons of Feng Wu's statue. After seeing the title on its cover, Annals of the Heaven-Defying Thunder Phoenix Great Sage, he took a deep breath and opened it. When he saw what was recorded within, he could not help laughing. There was only one line: "Heaven-Defying Thunder Phoenix Great Sage: origins unknown, place of ascension to Great Sage unknown. When the Seven-Star Great Sage entered the Great Sacred Hall, ten thousand stars came to offer congratulations. He led ten thousand stars to tower over the sun, bestowed the power of ten thousand stars upon the demons of the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons, and won the support of all demons..." Beside it was another line in small print: "Suspected: surviving bloodline of the Phoenix Clan, originating from the Myriad Monster Realm..."
"Not bad, not bad. This is