904 Peach Mountain in Havoc after the Snowstorm (2/2)

The dense crowd cleared a way for them. The Abbey Dean sat in his wheelchair and gazed at the Divine Halls that he had kept his distance from for years. It was hard to tell whether he felt yearning or indifferent. However, his eyebrows slowly furrowed upon the sight of the half-ruined Divine Hall of Light.

Dozens of elder divine priests hasted to kneel down in front of the wheelchair, and prostrated to him with the highest level of courtesy in Taoism. They were old enough to know who this Taoist in indigo rope was.

Upon seeing, this they immediately realized who he was. The looked at each other and wondered what they should do. Some lower ranking divine priests and deacons also fell on their knees upon seeing this appealing scene in front of the Divine Hall of Light.

Zhao Nanhai, Ye Hongyu, and the rest of the people from the South Sea also rushed to the Divine Hall of Light. These important figures at Peach Mountain all greeted and saluted to the indigo-robed Taoist in the wheelchair.

It was the Abbey Dean who arranged for the group from South Sea to return to the Divine Halls. They had to pay him respect upon his arrival at Peach Mountain. As for Ye Hongyu, she used to live in the Zhishou Abbey when she was a child, and her dearest elder brother was a disciple of the Abbey Dean. Therefore, she also had to kneel down to him.

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There was one less person in Haotian's Divine Hall now, and only two were left. The Abbey Dean sat quietly in the wheelchair, while the Hierarch stood by his side with complex expressions.

Looking at the Abbey Dean in the wheelchair, the Hierarch started trembling.

He could not figure out why. The Abbey Dean was already paralyzed by the God-Stunning Array and abandoned by Haotian. He had never come the Divine Halls for years. Yet today by merely showing up at Peach Mountain, he had the Hierarch utterly isolated. It was only until then that the Hierarch realized he had underestimated the Abbey Dean's standing and influence in Taoism.

It was deadly quiet in the hall. His radiating light dimmed like a dying candle with dreariness and desperation.

The Hierarch knew he could have easily killed the wheelchaired Abbey Dean with his psyche. Yet he did not dare. He was so afraid without knowing why. For what reason could a paralyzed man make him feel so oppressed?

Finally he kneeled in front of him and greeted, ”Honorable Uncle.”

The Abbey Dean questioned, ”Have you ever called me uncle ever since you became the Hierarch?”

The Hierarch kept his head low and replied, ”Honorable Uncle, you have been traveling around the South Sea for years. It was hard for us to meet.”

The Abbey Dean said, ”You'd rather not see me.”

The Hierarch did not say anything. He knew that he could make no explanations in front of the Abbey Dean. Yet he wondered what he had come back for.

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