Hao Ren finished taming the elders and came back to the Cauldron Valley. He intended to find a lodging when he realized that Grandmaster Kar might still be waiting for him. The young man headed to the main hall of the Forging Council, and realized that he was again becoming the subject of scrutiny. After all, it was not every day that someone came from outside, and managed to invoke the spirit phantom of an exalted venerable.
Hao Ren didn't mind all this, if he didn't get the gazes, that would be abnormal. Initially he thought that these elders might have some people to remind them about the progress of the situation in case someone invokes the sleeping spirit. However, when Sypher stepped forward and informed him about the situation, Hao Ren realized that these obsolete old coots have placed their eggs in a single basket.
