“You brat, why are you suddenly interested in this Empty Spiritual Root?”
Yu Ning looked at He Pingsheng in confusion.
He Pingsheng scurried away and said, “Master, Disciple needs to Cultivate quickly… I feel my time is very pressing!”
Just kidding!
If others are so awesome, and I still drag my feet, then I’m truly not far from death.
No way!
Cultivate!
Cultivate quickly.
After returning to his small courtyard, He Pingsheng hung out the sign that read 【In Closed Cultivation】 again.
Zhao Ling'er, Tian Xiaoqing, and Xu Kunlun all wanted to gossip about what happened between him and Qiao Huizhu, but they were all given the cold shoulder.
He Pingsheng refused to see anyone.
At this moment, He Pingsheng sat cross-legged in his Dao field and began to Cultivate.
Currently, all his Dantian were at the Eighth Layer.
And both the Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique and Body Refining Cultivation Technique had also been Cultivated by him to the Eighth Layer.
According to He Pingsheng's original plan, he would still not Cultivate during this period, but instead study Formation knowledge, slowly learn the Dao of setting up Formations, and then slowly and leisurely increase his Cultivation, so as not to make the advancement of his conspicuous Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivation seem too abrupt.
But now, he couldn't care less.
He had to improve as quickly as possible.
A supreme-grade Gathering Qi Pill was swallowed into his abdomen, and He Pingsheng frantically circulated the 【Li Fire True Method】 to begin Cultivating.
After several days passed like this, He Pingsheng had consumed one supreme-grade Medicinal Pill.
“Junior Brother, Junior Brother… open the door quickly, something bad has happened!”
“Junior Brother, open the door!”
“Ninth Junior Brother!”
Several days later, Zhao Ling'er, Xu Kunlun, and others' anxious voices came from outside.
He Pingsheng didn't know what had happened, but he guessed it must be serious, otherwise Senior Sister wouldn't be so anxious, so he opened the door and walked out of the courtyard.
“This is bad!” Seeing He Pingsheng, Zhao Ling'er grabbed He Pingsheng's Dao robe and said, “Someone has come to challenge you!”
“Challenge?”
He Pingsheng's heart sank, and he asked, “Is it someone from Ice Peak Immortal Sect?”
“How did you know?” Zhao Ling'er was surprised for a moment, then said, “That’s right, it’s someone from Ice Peak Immortal Sect. The person who came is named Xiao Xuan, and he’s at the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer!”
“He’s in Master's palace right now!”
“Junior Brother, when did you offend him?”
He Pingsheng’s face was bitter: “I haven’t even met him!”
“Let’s go, come with me to take a look!”
Taking Zhao Ling'er and Xu Kunlun, He Pingsheng arrived at Yu Ning Palace.
“Perfect!” Yu Ning said, “Ninth Junior Brother, you come over too!”
He Pingsheng walked into the palace.
His gaze swept across, and he saw two people.
One was a thin, frail Old Man, as shriveled as an ancient corpse.
Although he looked like he was on the verge of collapsing, the terrifying aura he unintentionally emitted proved that this Old Man was by no means simple.
Beside the Old Man stood a tall, handsome male Cultivator.
When He Pingsheng looked at him, his gaze also turned, scrutinizing He Pingsheng.
Then the man smiled and said, “Is this He Pingsheng?”
“Yes!” He Pingsheng nodded.
The man said, “I am Xiao Xuan!”
He Pingsheng was not surprised.
Xiao Xuan continued, “I’ve long heard that He Pingsheng’s Cultivation is mediocre and his appearance is ordinary. Seeing him today, I realize the rumors are true!”
“Senior Sister Qiao, oh Senior Sister Qiao, how could such a Prodigy like you fancy him?”
As soon as Xiao Xuan opened his mouth, he belittled He Pingsheng based on his Cultivation and appearance.
He Pingsheng, however, smiled, his Heart-Nature unaffected in the slightest, and said indifferently, “This is a matter between my wife and me, Your Excellency needn’t concern yourself with it!”
“You…” Upon hearing these words, Xiao Xuan immediately broke, his face instantly turning pale, terribly gloomy.
Yu Ning, who was seated in the main seat, let out a sigh of relief.
Putting everything else aside, judging solely by this level of Heart-Nature cultivation, her own Disciple had already won a point.
“I will not engage in a war of words!” Xiao Xuan said, “He Pingsheng, on behalf of the Ice Peak Immortal Sect, I issue a challenge to you. Do you dare to accept?”
“Xiao Xuan… step back!”
The shriveled Old Man beside Xiao Xuan finally spoke, “Let me speak!”
“Yes!” Xiao Xuan took a deep breath, then glared fiercely at He Pingsheng and took a step back.
The shriveled Old Man didn't even look at He Pingsheng, but instead turned to Yu Ning and said, “Fellow Daoist Yu Ning, the girl from the Qiao Family originally had a marriage agreement with my Xiao Family; she was to be my Xiao Family’s daughter-in-law!”
“Now, suddenly, she’s marrying into your Tai Xu Sect, it’s understandable that the children are upset!”
“My meaning is, according to the rules of our Cultivation World, the strong are respected!”
“Let the two children fight it out. Whoever wins will enter into a marriage agreement with the Qiao Family girl. What do you think?”
Yu Ning gave a cold laugh and said, “Fellow Daoist Chibing, your words are incorrect!”
“My Tai Xu Sect’s Disciple has already entered into a marriage agreement with the Qiao Family. Can it be canceled?”
“If we accept such a challenge, wouldn’t our Tai Xu Sect become the laughingstock of the world?”
“Furthermore, my Disciple is currently only at Qi Refining Stage Eight, while your Xiao Xuan is already at Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer!”
“To use the Tenth Layer against the Eighth Layer, isn’t that a bit like bullying?”
Although Yu Ning’s voice was not loud, her attitude was very firm.
“Hehehe…” Daoist Chibing sneered a few times and said, “We Cultivators value our reputation the most. If one doesn’t even dare to accept a challenge and acts like a coward, I’m afraid the Qiao Family wouldn’t look favorably upon such a son-in-law, would they?”
“How about this!” Chibing thought for a moment and said, “Our Xiao Xuan can wait for you for three years at the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer!”
“Presumably, in three years, you should be able to Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer, right?”
“At that time, the two of you can have a fair match. How about it?”
Yu Ning’s face turned dark.
Three years!
Agree to it?
If the Disciple doesn't reach the Tenth Layer, won't he still get beaten up?
If he doesn't agree, people will mock his trash Aptitude, saying he can't even Break through two layers in three years.
This was indeed a difficult choice.
“Ninth Junior Brother!” Yu Ning looked at He Pingsheng: “What do you think?”
He Pingsheng smiled and said, “Then I apologize, I’m afraid I cannot fulfill your wishes!”
“In three years, I won’t be able to reach the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer!”
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Xuan and the Old Man immediately laughed.
Xiao Xuan said, “He Pingsheng, is your Aptitude so bad that you can’t reach the Tenth Layer in three years?”
“To tell you the truth, I started Cultivating at twenty, and it only took me two years and nine months to go from the First Layer to the Tenth Layer!”
“Compared to me, you are truly trash!”
He had intended to use his impressive Cultivation speed to fiercely slap He Pingsheng’s face.
However, He Pingsheng’s expression remained unchanged, and he said, “No, no, no… Senior Brother Xiao, you might have misunderstood!”
“I’m not like you, who only has Cultivating to do every day!” He Pingsheng said, “I have other things to be busy with!”
Xiao Xuan said, “What things?”
He Pingsheng said, “Dating, of course… Every ten days or half a month, I have to go to Tianfu Mountain to find my Senior Sister Qiao, to chat and talk. How can I have time for Cultivating?”
Pfft…
After hearing He Pingsheng’s words, Xiao Xuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.