Lei Wuming seemed to have plenty of patience for this matter, so he kept explaining, sentence by sentence.
And so Qin Jiuge and Fahai learned of the Firmament Immortal World's upper echelons' handiwork.
"No wonder."
A flicker of understanding crossed Fahai's brow. "No wonder the Buddhist Sect has always been full of talent, yet in the past few hundred thousand years, there have been very few Buddhist sons descending into the world. No wonder I was merely a Buddhist son of the outer city, yet Master was able to take me in as a prized disciple.
"So it was because of this."
But Fahai quickly voiced his confusion as well. "But for people like us, every generation should have one or two slots that can be exempted."
"Heh."
Lei Wuming gave another cold laugh. "What gets exempted are the opportunities they don't care for.
"If it's a resource those Supreme Realm beings don't care for, do you think it would be yours?
"Or theirs?
"Those old fellows, each and every one of them, in order to break through to a higher realm, have truly stopped caring about anything at all."
It was clear that Lei Wuming at least harbored deep resentment toward those Supreme Realm beings of the Thunderbolt Faction. Otherwise, he would not have stood from the standpoint of the human race's camp and said such words that, on the surface, were practically treasonous and outrageous.
Qin Jiuge did not care.
He had never had any so-called sense of belonging toward this Heavenly Evil Faction to begin with. The reason he had joined was entirely because of Li Tianran back then.
Now that he had learned there were disadvantages, of course he had to guard against them properly.
"The Ancient Secret Realm has opened. Now and today, if you