However, he usually looks like this, so no one can tell what he is thinking at this moment.

We left the main hall.

The Second Elder Ling Jie, the Third Elder Chong Beishan, and the Fourth Elder Ling Yuan of the Han Yu Sect were already waiting there, all with joy on their faces.

"The sect leader didn't break his promise, he really came back!" Ling Yuan, Ling Qing's aunt, was so happy that her eyes were a little red.

"Yes, after a thousand years of trials, the sect leader's temperament must have become even stronger," the Third Elder Chong Beishan said optimistically, as if Ling Qing had not abandoned his body to be reborn a thousand years ago out of despair, but simply decided to be reborn and undergo trials.

Ling Jie didn't speak, but respectfully bowed to Ling Du and said, "Elder, let's go to the mountain gate together to welcome the sect leader."

His voice sounded flat, but he spoke with utmost sincerity.

The tone of his statement showed no regard for whether Lingdu would mind.

Ling Du's face darkened further, becoming as black as the bottom of a pot that had been burning for tens of thousands of years. He even cursed inwardly, "This stubborn old blockhead, he neither ascends nor dies, he's just standing here getting in the way!"

Upon hearing the bell toll, many inner disciples of the Hanyu Sect showed excitement, guessing that their sect leader had returned.

Most of the disciples followed the main group to the training ground with blank expressions.

Nearly a thousand years have passed, and the term "patriarch" is now too distant from them.

Black Owl stood outside the mountain gate, one hand behind his back, with snow-capped peaks behind him. He wore a green robe and had long, flowing hair. His robes fluttered in the wind, and he was tall and handsome.

Chongbeishan and Lingyuan saw the Black Owl from afar and were so happy that their steps were a little unsteady: "It's the sect leader! The sect leader has returned!"

Ling Du's droopy eyes narrowed slightly, and his lips pursed even tighter.

Zhao Guanchao glanced at Ling Du discreetly, his expression complex, and subtly, almost imperceptibly, fell a tiny bit behind.

Only Ling Jie remained unchanged, his gaze fixed on Ling Qing, his expression solemn and respectful.

Lingdu waved his hand to recall the jade tablet at the core of the formation, thus dispelling the mountain gate formation.

On the surface, he looked exactly like Ling Jie. He stepped forward respectfully and bowed to Hei Xiao, saying, "Welcome back, Sect Master. The Sect Master has been gone for a long time, and all of us in the Han Yu Sect have been waiting for you!"

"It's good that the sect leader has returned safely. From now on, my Hanyu Sect will no longer be leaderless, and we can look forward to our former glory," Ling Jie said calmly.

The attitude was understated, yet surprisingly warm.

The word "welcome" is much warmer than the seemingly enthusiastic but actually resentful greeting from the Lingdu.

But Ling Jie has always been like this, and Ling Du knows that Ling Jie did not mean to offend him, so he feels even more frustrated.

The only thing that made Ling Du feel gratified was that although Ling Qing in front of him looked the same, the spiritual energy fluctuations on his body were only at the Great Perfection Realm!

The Great Completion Realm is a cultivation level that is neither low nor high.

It should be noted that after a thousand years of accumulation, many inner disciples have already reached the Great Completion Realm in their cultivation.

Over the past thousand years, there have been no major celestial anomalies on the Danling Continent, indicating that no one has ascended to immortality in the last thousand years.

Therefore, in the current Danling Continent, the mere Great Completion Realm is really nothing, and it would not be surprising if something "unexpected" happened one day.

It wasn't that he, as the eldest uncle, was heartless, but rather that if he let Ling Qing live, their Han Yu Sect would be disgraced sooner or later.

—If he wasn't mistaken, Yunxiao was standing not far away!