"Disciple Chongyang greets Master!"
Grandmaster Chongyang respectfully cupped his hands and bowed.
He Pingsheng had a very strange feeling.
This is my Grandmaster, yet now that he’s at the entrance of the Tai Xu Divine Hall, he’s become 'Little Chongyang'?
"Come in, you two are the only ones left!"
An extremely ancient voice came from within the hall.
The Golden light barrier at the entrance of the Tai Xu Divine Hall opened a passage.
Then, several Formations inside opened one after another.
He Pingsheng slowly followed Immortal Master Chongyang into the Tai Xu Great Hall, and for some reason, once he was inside the Tai Xu Great Hall, he no longer felt as anxious.
Upon entering the hall, He Pingsheng felt his vision suddenly dim.
The light here was much dimmer than outside.
The hall was very large and spotlessly clean.
The dark, gleaming floor was like a water surface, almost reflecting the inverted images of the objects on it.
A faint scent of sandalwood wafted, making one feel very comfortable.
Whew...
Although not as anxious, He Pingsheng still dared not let out a single breath.
Before coming, his Master had also instructed him not to look around casually.
As for why?
He Pingsheng didn't ask, and Yu Ning didn't say.
"Why are you hanging your head?" The ancient voice sounded again: "Are there flowers on the ground?"
He Pingsheng was startled: Is he asking me?
Certainly not!
He must be asking Grandmaster Chongyang.
After all, I'm just a small fry.
Then the voice sounded again: "Hey... I'm talking to you, little He!"
He Pingsheng's body trembled, and he quickly looked up.
What met his eyes was a gleaming golden armchair.
The armchair was placed on three steps in the middle of the hall, and in it sat a tall but extremely thin old man.
The old man's hair was white, his beard was white, and his eyebrows were also white.
Moreover, both sides of his eyebrows drooped down to half his face.
The wrinkles on the old man's face were like the bark of an old tree, layered and stacked, full of the vicissitudes of Time at a glance.
However, the pair of eyes on his face were sharp and profound, gleaming with a keen and piercing light, like a knife that could stab through one's heart.
"Are you very scared?" the old man asked He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng didn't have Time to look around, so he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Replying to Grand Elder, this Disciple is not scared!"
He guessed that this old fellow was most likely the Grand Elder.
If it wasn't the Grand Elder, who would dare to speak like that?
"If you're not scared, why are you always looking at the ground?" Taixu asked.
He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said, "When I came, my Master instructed me not to look around after arriving at the Tai Xu Divine Hall, and to be honest!"
Master!
I'm sorry, but I'll have to let you take the blame for me for now.
"Heh..." Taixu Old Ancestor exhaled a breath in annoyance, making his beard flutter, and said, "Stuck in old ways, your Master is also a blockhead. Wait... which one is your Master?"
He Pingsheng hadn't spoken yet when Chongyang quickly interjected, saying, "Master, it's my unworthy third Disciple, Yu Ning!"
"Oh!" Taixu Old Ancestor said, "It's that girl... I saw her once over a hundred years ago, she was just a child then, and now she's also taking Disciples?"
"Yes!" Grandmaster Chongyang replied cautiously.
Taixu Old Ancestor's gaze, however, fell back on He Pingsheng, and he said, "Alright, I, the Old Ancestor, specifically order today, you can look around as you please!"
"Don't be restrained!"
"Thank you, Old Ancestor!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands in a salute and no longer stood on ceremony. He looked around, and what he saw shocked him.
There were so many people hidden in this room.
Besides Taixu Old Ancestor, there was also Xuanyang Old Ancestor, a Golden Core Cultivator from the Internal Affairs Hall, Elder Hong from the Law Enforcement Hall, and two other people He Pingsheng hadn't met.
But he could make a guess.
Since Grandmaster Immortal Master Chongyang, as well as Xuanyang Old Ancestor and Elder Hong, were all Golden Core Cultivators, then the other two should also be Great Golden Cores.
"Disciple He Pingsheng greets Senior Martial Uncles and Junior Martial Uncles..." He Pingsheng didn't know what to call them, but as long as he didn't mess up the seniority, it would be fine, so he cupped his hands and saluted them.
"Hahahaha..."
Everyone laughed.
He Pingsheng finally understood what Taixu Old Ancestor's remark, "You two are the only ones left," meant just before entering the door.
It turned out everyone else had already arrived.
"Are you done looking?" Taixu Old Ancestor above spoke.
He Pingsheng quickly averted his gaze and respectfully said, "Replying to Grand Elder, I'm done looking!"
"Good that you're done looking!"
Taixu Old Ancestor nodded and said, "He Pingsheng, I've heard of your great reputation for a long Time!"
"I, this old man, was once very curious, what kind of Genius are you exactly, that you could make the Hou Family of Tianfu Mountain go to such lengths to take you as their son-in-law!"
"Later, I, this old man, had you compete with that Empty Spiritual Root from the Ice Peak Sect, originally thinking you shouldn't lose too badly!"
"But you, you actually knocked her out!"
"Hahahaha..."
"You little fellow are quite interesting!"
He Pingsheng didn't know how to respond to Taixu Old Ancestor's comments, so he just said, "Thank you, Old Ancestor, for your reward!"
"Mm!" Taixu Old Ancestor said, "A mere two Foundation Establishment Pills are nothing!"
"This Time, with the matters of the Hou Family and the Beast Controlling Sect, you have again rendered a great service!"
"Today, I, this old man, have already performed the Soul Searching Spell on that girl, and what you said is not bad, it was indeed their combined plot against us!"
He Pingsheng's heart skipped a beat.
Soul Searching Spell.
This is a notorious Spell in the Cultivation World, yet the Old Ancestor used it so casually?
Hiss hiss hiss hiss...
His scalp tingled.
"But I, this old man, am curious, how did you kill that Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator?" Taixu Old Ancestor looked at He Pingsheng with a seemingly curious and amiable expression.
But He Pingsheng felt an inexplicable chill run down his spine.
If he said one wrong word, the Old Ancestor would probably be able to tell.
Whew...
He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said, "Disciple... Disciple was just lucky!"
"Tell me!" Taixu said, "How lucky?"
The other Golden Cores also looked at He Pingsheng, their faces full of interest.
They were also curious.
"Yes!" He Pingsheng said, "Disciple... Disciple actually couldn't have killed him!"
"At that Time, Disciple had two Talismans on him!"
"One was a defensive second-grade Talisman, and the other was an offensive second-grade Talisman!"
"That Immortal Master Changping couldn't break through Disciple's defensive Talisman light barrier for a while, and was also injured by Disciple's Spell and poisoned, so he thought of escaping with his Flying Sword!"
"Disciple also followed closely behind in pursuit!"
"Then I used a Falling Rock Talisman and threw it over. Who knew it was a coincidence, the Falling Rock Talisman knocked Immortal Master Changping off his Flying Sword, and he fell to the ground and died!"
"That's how it happened!"
This explanation was simple and had no loopholes.
Taixu nodded and said, "Wasn't there another Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple at that Time?"
"Where did that Qin Mingyue go later?"
He Pingsheng said, "That Qin Mingyue went to pursue my Senior Sister Cheng Siyu, and I didn't see her after that!"
Simplifying complex scenarios.
This way, it will avoid many flaws.
If I just say I don't know, you, Old Ancestor, won't be able to find any flaws in me, right?
