Setting Up a Big Game

Listening to Miss White Wine's frank explanation, Hu Ma let out a quiet breath.

So it was all connected to those Reincarnators in the Imperial Capital who had been secretly investigating the Twelve Ghost Altars?

They had asked Miss White Wine to look after him back then because the investigation was at a crucial stage, and they didn't want to alert the enemy?

Now that they had discovered his true identity and his connection to the Great Luo Dharma Sect, they had seized the opportunity to make their decision. Not only had they stopped looking after him, they were even willing to mobilize the entire Reincarnator circle to kill him?

What, exactly, was their goal?

Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, and a vague answer gradually began to take shape. If some Reincarnators had been the first to learn that Purple Taisui was a target of the Reincarnators, had they formed a faction devoted to harvesting Purple Taisui long ago?

Were they worried he would become a Roadblocker in their efforts to harvest Purple Taisui?

"Are you feeling sad?"

Seeing Hu Ma fall silent, Miss White Wine waited a moment before tilting her head slightly to study his face.

She didn't know that, given her bearing, the sudden gesture created a bit of a contrast.

"What you just said to those Ten Clans disciples was very good."

Looking at Hu Ma, she suddenly smiled. "There was some wisdom in it that I'd never thought of before. I only understood after you said it."

Hu Ma gave a bitter smile, then sighed softly and raised his head to meet her gaze. "Perhaps that's because you were born with these things, so you don't realize how important they are."

"Only someone like me, who never had them but once caught a glimpse