Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire (Monthly Ticket Lottery Underway)

"Thank you," Hu Ma said, and the National Teacher could no longer maintain his earlier composure.

In this lifetime, he had crossed hands with countless people. Even those Evil Spirits from years past, brilliant and audacious beyond measure, had fallen to him. Looking back, he had suffered fewer setbacks and insults in his entire life than he had in this single night at Hu Ma's hands.

Facing Hu Ma's frank, untroubled expression, he even found himself wanting to leave then and there, just to deny Hu Ma his wish.

After all, if he left now, Hu Ma would never get the chance to refine that Tenth Pillar Incense.

But the thought only flickered through his mind. In the end, he could not give up this final chance. With a heavy sigh, he slowly lowered his hands.

He fixed his gaze on Hu Ma and said quietly, "Truthfully, I never agreed with the method of cultivating Lifespan Incense—the great rite of establishing Heaven and Earth. This method comes from the Great Luo Dharma Sect, and it is one of its oldest techniques. The Great Luo Dharma Sect established Heaven and Earth through this very method."

"But ever since the arrival of the Great Year, Heaven and Earth have been changing. Strange arts and unorthodox methods have emerged one after another, yet while Heaven and Earth changed, the Great Luo Dharma Sect's method of cultivating Lifespan remained the same. To me, that was already obsolete."

"I was in too much of a hurry to cross the bridge back then, and missed my chance to carry the Twelve Ghost Altars. Only later did I realize how important they were. That was when I chose you."

"Only..."

He slowly shook his head and said quietly, "Since Old Lord's Eyebrow had already made his plans,