“Hahahahaha…”
After hearing Cheng Siyu’s words, the Old Man suddenly burst into laughter. He looked at He Pingsheng and the other person without any scruples and said, “This is the funniest joke I’ve heard in the one hundred and sixty-plus years I’ve lived!”
What?
He Pingsheng’s heart trembled.
Cheng Siyu’s brows also furrowed.
She said, “You… you’re not in the Qi Refinement Stage?”
In the Cultivation World, people of each Realm possess different Lifespans.
Qi Refinement Stage Disciples, like ordinary Mortals, can generally live to about one hundred years old if they don’t incur Karma or suffer calamities.
Ninety-plus, or one hundred and ten years old, is normal.
The Lifespan of Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples, however, doubles on the basis of the Qi Refinement Stage.
That would be two hundred years.
This person said he had lived for over one hundred and sixty years, so he was naturally not a Qi Refinement Stage Disciple.
He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought opened with a boom and swept over the Old Man.
When his Divine Thought scanned, the Old Man still appeared to be at the Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Level.
What’s going on?
Bang…
Just as He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought was scanning, the Aura on the Old Man suddenly burst open.
Upon scanning again, it was discovered that this fellow’s cultivation had been revealed; he was indeed a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.
And he was at the Foundation Establishment Stage Second Layer.
“You two don’t even think about running!” Hou Muling stood with her hands behind her back, looking at Cheng Siyu with a triumphant expression: “Senior Sister Cheng, actually, I have a good impression of you, and I didn’t want to ambush you!”
“But… hehe…”
“Who told my sister-in-law not to trust him?”
“My brother is indecisive, and my sister-in-law was afraid he would rekindle things with you, so she instructed us to definitely take your life here today!”
Cheng Siyu gritted her teeth and said bitterly, “Good, good… Let me ask you, does your brother also know about this matter?”
Hou Muling said, “Although it might make you sad to hear it, I’ll still tell you the truth: my brother knows!”
“He wasn’t the mastermind, but he also didn’t stop us!”
He Pingsheng understood everything in an instant.
What a scheme!
It truly was a good scheme.
Using the excuse of going to Black Frontier, then luring people to an uninhabited place to kill them.
After killing them, they would return and say these people had perished in Black Frontier.
This way, even Tai Xu Sect would have no evidence and couldn’t accuse them of anything.
What a scheme.
“Hahahahaha… hahahahaha…” Cheng Siyu laughed like a madwoman, saying, “Good… good… good for you, Hou Muxian!”
“Don’t let me run into you again!”
He Pingsheng, however, whispered, “Senior Sister… I’ll hold him off for a while… you hurry and go…”
As he spoke, He Pingsheng launched a preemptive strike!
Boom…
He conjured a large flag in his hand, and in an instant, infused his internal wood spiritual power into it.
Then, a giant Dragon composed of lightning burst forth and charged towards the Old Man.
“Run quickly…”
As he spoke, He Pingsheng himself also activated a paper crane and swiftly rode it away.
Cheng Siyu also rode a paper crane and fled.
Despite the hatred, at a crucial moment, running was still necessary.
But the Old Man on the other side didn’t seem to be in a hurry.
He stroked his beard and said with a chuckle, “Good treasure… it’s mine…”
“Junior Sister, I’ll chase this boy, that girl is yours!”
Whoosh…
The next moment, the Old Man took a step, landing precisely on a Flying Sword, and pursued He Pingsheng.
His speed was several Times faster than He Pingsheng’s.
And the woman, also flying with a sword, went after Cheng Siyu.
He Pingsheng’s heart trembled, and he thought to himself: This is bad.
Originally, I thought there was only one Foundation Establishment Stage Old Man, but how is this woman also a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator?
“Hehehe… Kid, you actually didn’t have to die!” The Old Man got closer and closer to He Pingsheng. He wasn’t in a hurry to attack, but instead sneered, “Unfortunately, you got mixed into this muddy water!”
“No choice, you can only die!”
“Go!”
The Old Man waved his hand, and a fireball condensed from his palm.
The fireball wasn’t large, only about the size of an egg.
However, this fireball was Time, and then it shot out like a missile towards He Pingsheng.
“Not good!”
He Pingsheng’s Vajra Shield instantly opened outside his body!
Then, he casually sent out a fire crow.
Bang…
The fire crow collided with the missile and then exploded.
But one fire crow couldn’t stop that fire missile at all.
The fireball ultimately struck He Pingsheng, knocking him off the paper crane.
The good news was that He Pingsheng’s fire crow and one layer of Vajra Shield defended against the Old Man’s attack.
The bad news was that he was rapidly falling from a high altitude towards the ground.
Cultivators are somewhat better than ordinary people in their cultivation, so even though he was rapidly falling now, He Pingsheng could rely on his own magical power to slightly reduce his speed.
Then he conjured another paper crane!
This Time, he didn’t dare to fly into high altitude, but instead lowered the paper crane’s flight height, and in a few breaths, it flew into the jungle.
He Pingsheng naturally rolled off the paper crane and onto the ground.
After landing on the ground, he didn’t dare to pause for a moment, instantly pulling out a Talisman from his Storage Pouch.
A Second Grade Talisman: Vajra Talisman.
Once activated, this item can form a light membrane outside the body, capable of blocking three full-strength attacks from a Foundation Establishment Stage Peak Cultivator.
Old Man Changping is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage Second Layer; it should be able to block dozens of attacks, right?
The key was, how long would it take to activate the Talisman?
Because Old Man Changping had already controlled the Flying Sword and was calmly descending into the forest below.
“Open for me…”
He Pingsheng infused his Divine Thought and magical power into the Talisman.
One breath!
Two breaths!
Three breaths.
Finally, at the moment Old Man Changping arrived, He Pingsheng took a full three breaths to activate the Talisman.
Immediately, a Time spherical light membrane protected his body.
“A little interesting, it’s actually a Second Grade Talisman?” The Old Man stroked his beard and said, “Hehehe… Too bad it’s useless. The light shield formed by this Talisman cannot be replenished with energy. Even if I can’t break it in a short while, if I hit it a few more Times, it will break!”
“There are really a lot of good things!”
“It truly makes this Old Man look forward to it immensely!”
The Old Man stroked his beard, then waved his hand and took out a Flying Sword.
This Flying Sword was also not simple; it was actually a Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact.
“Open…” Daoist Changping shouted, activating his Flying Sword and fiercely slashing it towards the defensive light shield around He Pingsheng’s body.
However!
After one strike, the light shield remained as steady as a mountain.
“Hehe…” He Pingsheng chuckled, feeling relieved in his heart.
It’s good if it can’t be broken.
While the Old Man was slashing at his defensive light membrane, He Pingsheng waved his hand and took out another Talisman.
A Second Grade Talisman: Mountain Moving Talisman.
This was something strengthened from the Falling Rock Talisman.
He Pingsheng hadn’t even started strengthening this Talisman when he saw a Time flash overhead, and another ray of light descended.
It was that woman.
“Junior Sister?” Daoist Changping was a little surprised: “Resolved?”
“Hehe…” The woman chuckled and said, “Just a mere Qi Refinement Stage Disciple, isn’t it easy to deal with?”
“Just one sword strike to kill!”
He Pingsheng’s heart trembled: Senior Sister Cheng is already dead?