"Ha ha ha..." The old man stopped, then burst into laughter and said arrogantly, "Yang Yu, you were right. How could this old man not know that bastard True Person Huanhua's temperament? He must be just like me, hiding in his cave abode, quietly watching Luoxing Heaven make a mess of things and waiting for Luoxing Heaven's lifespan to run out. What we are competing in is not strength, but who can turtle up longer. Whoever lives longer is the victor. Everything we are putting on now is nothing more than flowers in a mirror and the moon in water..."
Just as the old man was laughing heartily, his brows suddenly rose. His smile vanished as he looked beyond the cave abode.
The young man noticed and said with a fawning smile, "It must be news from Qi Jianghai!"
"Correct!" The old man nodded. "This old man reckoned the time was about right! Alas, thinking that the Thunder Control Sect is about to be wiped out just like this, this old man feels somewhat lonely..."
As he spoke, the old man raised his hand to extend an ice crystal, but had barely lifted it before withdrawing it again. He instructed, "Bring this old man the communication jade slip!"
Knowing that the old man did not wish to use magic power, the young man nodded. "Yes, this disciple obeys!"
When the young man entered the cave abode again, he respectfully presented a jade slip radiating brilliant light from his hands. "Ancestor, this is the horn of victory. This disciple did not dare look first. Please, Your Elder self should look first!"
"Hehe, good!" The old man smiled faintly, accepted the jade slip, and after a moment's hesitation released his divine sense into it to inspect it.
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