Chapter 2112: The Sage Awakens on the Altar VS The Tomb-Raiding Woman (Part 7)

Gu Shengyin, however, furrowed her brows.

She scrutinized the middle-aged man in front of her, whose expression was full of excitement, and only after quite a while did she finally manage to pull from the body’s distant and jumbled memories a figure related to the man before her.

She hesitantly called out, "Xiao He?"

The middle-aged man’s expression lit up with joy, and he said repeatedly, "That’s right, I’m Xiao He, Aunt!"

Gu Shengyin: "..."

In Huang Tian’s fragmented memories, Huang He had only been a four- or five-year-old child, the youngest son of Huang Tian’s elder brother.

She vaguely remembered that the little kid especially loved to cling to her, and beyond that she couldn’t recall a thing.

Besides...

It was really hard to connect that memory with the middle-aged man in front of her, who looked a whole zodiac cycle older than she did.

Putting aside Gu Shengyin’s slight dislike, the other Phoenix Family clan members standing respectfully to the side were already dumbfounded!

X-Xiao He?

So Ancestor Huang He actually had such an adorable little nickname!

Huang He had no mind to bother with the clansmen behind him.

He still remembered that when he was young, the person he worshiped most was this extraordinarily gifted blood aunt.

Not just him—every junior and young person in the Phoenix Family clan took the Great Sage Huang Tian as the goal they would strive toward for their entire lives.

Only, before any of them had grown up, that legendary Great Sage of the clan disappeared overnight.

He had once gone to ask his father, who was Clan Leader at the time, but his father only stroked his head and sighed.

Later, when his own exceptional talent was discovered, he slowly grew up, became an Elder of the Phoenix Family clan, and only then did he learn the secrets that ordinary clan members knew nothing of.

It turned out his dazzlingly brilliant aunt hadn’t vanished for no reason, but for the sake of the entire Phoenix Family clan, she had Sealed her own fleshly body to suppress the earth veins.

The name Huang Tian was then entered into the Ancestral Hall of the Phoenix Family to receive offerings from the retainers—only those who had contributed greatly to the Phoenix Family clan were qualified to be enshrined there.

He had never imagined that his aunt would one day awaken again.

...

Huang Tian was escorted back to the estate by Ancestor Huang He with utmost respect.

And those direct-line disciples of the Phoenix Family who witnessed this scene were all warned not to leak a word of it.

An old ancestor from several thousand years ago had awakened, and judging from her realm, she was still above Mystic Saint.

Her return would raise the overall strength of the Phoenix Family clan by a large margin.

The clansmen all knew the weight of the matter, so they naturally didn’t dare spread it lightly.

As for Huang Tian, she met many juniors in the Phoenix Family clan’s council hall.

All the Elders of the Phoenix Family clan at Xuan Venerable realm and above, the core high-ranking members, as well as several of the most gifted youngsters of the newer generation, had all come to pay respects to her.

To be honest, waking up from one long sleep and seeing so many "juniors," her mood was indeed a bit subtle.

Especially when all those juniors were looking at you with eyes as if you were some kind of legend and martyr...

Gu Shengyin maintained an aloof demeanor as she greeted everyone with a light nod, indicating that the formalities were done, then she shot a look at Huang He, the only one she was even slightly familiar with.

Huang He nodded and had everyone withdraw.

As the current old ancestor with the highest seniority and greatest strength in the Phoenix Family clan, Huang He’s authority was absolute.

Seeing everyone leave, Gu Shengyin’s aura relaxed.

"Find me a secret chamber. I’m going into seclusion."

Huang He’s heart jolted. "Aunt, are you alright?"

Gu Shengyin shook her head. "I’ve slept for too long. My strength has dropped drastically. I need a good long seclusion to sort myself out."