Inn.
Ao Tang transformed back into a donkey, carrying the unconscious Gu Wen on his back and trotting through the fine rain of early morning as he returned. Along the way, countless gazes were cast in his direction—fewer greedy, more wary than before.
Jiu Zhenjun followed beside him, his steps much lighter than before, chuckling, "It seems the Sanqing Taoist Sect is about to see the rise of another Venerable Yun Miao."
Venerable is a common honorific for the leaders of a sect, typically reserved for the strongest. However, as the head of the Mystical Sect, the Sanqing Taoist Sect had three Venerable positions in the union of three branches, with the highest of these being the Venerable Sect Leader.
"I think it's more than that."