After calming down, many things became clear!
For example, why the Old Man set up the Nine Yang Formation some time ago.
He Pingsheng didn't know before.
But now, he had some guesses.
The Nine Yang Formation can disperse Yin Qi.
This was what the Old Man himself said.
Then the question arises, such a large Tai Xu Divine Hall, used for hundreds of years, when did it ever have Yin Qi?
Where was the Yin Qi?
Why disperse Yin Qi?
It was here!
Possession!
Possession is an act of Yin Qi; if not stopped, the Yin Qi would rush straight out from the Tai Xu Divine Hall.
By then, all the Disciples of the Tai Xu Sect would know that the Old Ancestor was undergoing Possession!
How bad would that look?
But now, with the Nine Yang Formation, all the escaped Yin Qi would vanish.
So the Nine Yang Formation had this purpose!
And!
In the side hall on the left, the Old Man had prepared all sorts of Medicinal Pills, from Foundation Establishment Stage to Nascent Soul Stage, everything except the Breaking Transformation Pill.
He originally thought it was really prepared for him, He Pingsheng.
Now it seems it wasn't at all!
It was prepared for himself.
Why?
Because after the Old Ancestor's Possession, his cultivation would inherit He Pingsheng's cultivation, and he would only be at the first level of Foundation Establishment Stage.
And he was a Five Elements Spiritual Root, so cultivation had to rely on Medicinal Pills.
That's why he prepared so many Medicinal Pills.
This undying Old thing!
Damn it!
He kept saying he was benevolent and moral, that he wouldn't possess anyone, and wouldn't pass on that terrifying Taixu Great Xuan Scripture to his own son.
No wonder he didn't pass it to his biological son!
It turned out he wanted to do this sinister deed himself.
Oh, right!
This Old thing must have cultivated the Taixu Great Xuan Scripture, but he wasn't a Five Elements Spiritual Root, so how could he cultivate this Great Xuan Scripture?
He Pingsheng remembered that he had said before that a Cultivator who was not a Five Elements Spiritual Root, if they wanted to cultivate the Great Xuan Scripture, must devour the Spiritual Root of a Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator.
This...
That is to say, this Old thing had once devoured someone else's Spiritual Root.
He was never a good person.
Go...
Escape!
He must escape.
And quickly.
But the problem arose.
How to escape?
He Pingsheng lay on his meditation cushion and began to think carefully.
He couldn't escape blindly.
If he ran in a panic, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?
The terror of a Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator was beyond imagination.
He had to come up with a detailed plan!
He Pingsheng closed his eyes and thought meticulously.
One day!
Two days!
Three days!
After three full days of contemplation, a perfect plan was conceived by He Pingsheng.
He walked out of the main hall, transformed into a stream of light, and landed on Xiuzhu Peak!
It was the True Spirit Hall again.
"Junior Brother, what's so urgent? Hurry and tell me, you're killing me..." Zhao Ling'er, hearing He Pingsheng say it was a matter of life and death, immediately became impatient.
He Pingsheng didn't reveal anything, only saying, "Go call Xu Kunlun over, and then I'll talk about this!"
"Okay!"
Zhao Ling'er ran out again and called Xu Kunlun to the True Spirit Hall.
He closed the hall door and activated all the Formations.
"Senior Brother, Senior Sister... I've encountered a life-or-death crisis, and I've come to you for help!"
"Don't ask me why!"
"Just do as I say!"
...
Afternoon!
He Pingsheng arrived at Daoist Wuwei's main hall.
"You are a rare visitor!" Daoist Wuwei stared at He Pingsheng, a cold smile appearing on his face: "The Old thing is in seclusion; what decree did he ask you to convey to me?"
"Speak!"
"Is he telling me to commit suicide?"
A faint killing intent flickered around Wuwei.
He Pingsheng smiled and said, "He... is not in seclusion!"
"What?" Wuwei said, "Not in seclusion, then what is he doing?"
"I don't know!" He Pingsheng said, "He has set up a huge Formation in the Tai Xu Divine Hall!"
"I don't know what he wants to do either!"
"But, I don't think it has anything to do with seclusion!"
Wuwei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Why are you telling me this?"
He Pingsheng said, "Because of fear, you're afraid the Old Man will pass the Taixu Great Xuan Scripture to me, and actually, I'm afraid too!"
"To be honest, I don't want to cultivate that thing!"
"Why?" Wuwei said, "That's something everyone dreams of; after cultivating it, you can be invincible in the world!"
"My father isn't even a true Five Elements Spiritual Root, yet he's already unrivaled in the Dao Xuan Alliance!"
"If you cultivate it, your future is limitless!"
He Pingsheng shook his head and said, "That's precisely what I'm worried about!"
"If he passes this thing to me, and then he leaves, you'll definitely kill me off immediately!"
"Am I right?"
He Pingsheng looked at Wuwei with cold eyes.
Wuwei burst into laughter: "It seems you're not that honest after all? You're quite clever!"
He Pingsheng said, "So I don't want to die!"
"This is the key to entering the Tai Xu Divine Hall!"
"You go in yourself and talk to the Old Man!"
"Just say that I willingly gave it up!"
Wuwei stared at the few tokens in He Pingsheng's hand and said, "You're not trying to trick me, are you?"
He Pingsheng said, "What could I trick you with?"
"Trick you into entering the Tai Xu Divine Hall so the Old Man can kill you?"
"Would the Old Man kill you?"
"You wouldn't even lack that much courage, would you?"
"Hahaha..." Wuwei laughed heartily: "Is there anything I wouldn't dare do?"
"He Pingsheng... just wait, if things work out, I'll let you continue to be the little Old Ancestor of the Tai Xu Sect!"
"I'm going!"
Wuwei took the keys to enter and exit the Tai Xu Divine Hall, transformed into a streak of light, and landed on the plaza in front of the Tai Xu Divine Hall.
At this moment, He Pingsheng had already flown away on his sword, then casually landed on a certain mountaintop, took out the Invisibility Talisman, and slapped it onto himself with a "pa" sound.
Motionless!
His entire being immediately turned into nothingness.
Then it was time to wait!
Patiently waiting.
Waiting for a message.
He Pingsheng had originally predicted this message would arrive half an hour later, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
After the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn, a signal light landed in front of him!
The signal light was sent by Xu Kunlun, and it contained only one sentence: "I saw the Old Ancestor..."
"Hoo..." He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then leaped up, jumped from this nameless mountaintop into a ten-thousand-foot abyss, and then flew on his sword in the opposite direction from Xu Kunlun.
His flying altitude was very low, almost clinging to the mountain range.
This way, he wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
When he reached about fifty li away from the Tai Xu Sect, He Pingsheng gave up flying on his sword, and with a flick of his hand, he pulled out a cyan flying boat: the Chuan Yun Boat!
Click!
Click, click, click...
Five Spirit Stones were embedded by him into the Chuan Yun Boat's Spirit Stone slots.
All were Medium Grade Spirit Stones!
Then the Chuan Yun Boat flew up with unparalleled speed, getting further and further away.
After flying for a full half-day, thinking that he must be ten thousand li away from the Tai Xu Sect, He Pingsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Old thing hadn't pursued him.
The perfect plan, the escape was successful!