Seeing this, everyone perked up. Someone immediately asked, "Incense Master, have you already seen the 'Ning' Immortal stone tablet?"
Yang Lu nodded proudly. "That's right! I'm no longer a mortal! The court? Heh. They're just a bunch of ordinary people. Before us quasi-immortals, who have been blessed by the 'Ning' Immortal, they're nothing!"
His words sent a stir through the crowd. Everyone's faces lit up with excitement.
Someone eagerly asked, "May I ask, Incense Master, how can we see the 'Ning' Immortal stone tablet?"
Yang Lu sneered. "The 'Ning' Immortal is benevolent and doesn't wish for mortals to remain deceived by so-called True Immortals, ignorant of life and death, and waste the best years of their lives worshipping them. So, if you bring a thousand followers to the 'Ning' Immortal, Leader Ye will grant you an audience."
"As long as you pass Leader Ye's test and prove your unwavering loyalty to the 'Ning' Immortal—that you're not lackeys of the court or of some other so-called True Immortal—you'll be able to see the 'Ning' Immortal stone tablet with your own eyes!"
"Of course, the 'Ning' Immortal has only just issued an immortal decree, so not many people know about it yet."
"That's why a thousand followers is all that's required for now."
"Once the 'Ning' Immortal's fame has spread far and wide... who knows what the requirement will be."
"You may not have known me before, but I'm already seventy-three this year."
"As the saying goes, at seventy-three and eighty-four, the King of Hell doesn't need to summon you—you go to him yourself."
"Just a few months ago, I was lying on my sickbed, barely clinging to life. I watched those unfilial children of mine fight over the family fortune right beside my bed, yet not one of them cared whether