“Alright, thank you, Fellow Daoist Xuan Yuan, for clearing up my confusion!”
He Pingsheng cupped his hands, “In that case, I have no hope of going to Divine General Mountain. I’ll take my leave!”
He stood up, ready to depart.
However, Xuan Yuan said, “It’s not entirely hopeless. If you know any Cultivators ranked in the top hundred on the dragon soaring rankings, you still have a chance!”
“Because according to the rules, everyone who gets a spot can also bring one extra person into Divine General Mountain!”
He Pingsheng still shook his head.
He didn’t know anyone in the top hundred.
Let’s go back!
After returning to his small courtyard, He Pingsheng didn’t continue to cultivate in seclusion. Instead, he took out a poisonous Medicinal Pill and began to strengthen his Body Refining.
Strengthen the poisonous Medicinal Pill, Body Refining.
In a flash, ten days passed.
Ten days later, He Pingsheng brought the Xuan Yuan family token that Xuan Yuan had given him and came to the Coral Merchant Guild.
Because the Guild’s auction was about to begin.
He Pingsheng was attending the auction not to buy anything, but to broaden his horizons and see what kind of items the Guild would auction.
Also, he wanted to check the prices of Grade Three treasures.
For example, Grade Three Medicinal Pills, Grade Three Talismans, and so on.
Because Grade Three treasures could not be seen in ordinary Guilds and shops.
“Please…” The shopkeeper personally led He Pingsheng upstairs and said, “This floor is the auction. This is your token!”
“Fellow Daoist, I wish you a fruitful trip!”
“Haha…”
In the hall on the fifth floor, people came and went, and Cultivators continuously entered the auction hall from outside.
Just by looking at their attire, demeanor, and the Aura around them, one could tell that these people were not simple.
He Pingsheng naturally didn’t dare to casually scan others with his Divine Thought.
If he angered a Golden Core Stage powerhouse, it would be a huge loss.
He followed behind others, passed through the hall, and entered the auction.
This was a large venue, with the ground paved with red carpets and hundreds of tiered seats.
And this was just the main hall.
Above the main hall, there was also a suspended level, with another hundred or so seats.
It could be seen that those hundred or so seats on the suspended level were large and soft, clearly indicating they were higher-class seats.
He Pingsheng could only think of them as VIP seats.
It was impossible for him to have a VIP seat. He compared his token and found that it was just an ordinary seat.
And it was in a corner.
From a superficial perspective, this was a low-end seat, but for He Pingsheng, it was just right.
After all, his main purpose in coming was to gain experience, not for a specific item.
Shortly after sitting down in this corner of the venue, He Pingsheng saw a familiar figure enter through the door.
Holy cow…
Seeing that figure, He Pingsheng was utterly stunned: Not dead?
This guy, he’s still alive?
As if sensing He Pingsheng’s gaze, that person also looked over at him.
Upon seeing him, he was also startled.
“He Pingsheng?”
Wang Dun walked towards He Pingsheng with some surprise, then unceremoniously sat directly beside him.
“Why are you here?”
“This is Dingxiang City, you know?”
“And… how… are you already at Foundation Establishment Stage?”
Wang Dun’s Divine Thought swept over He Pingsheng, truly shocked beyond belief: “I thought I’d never see you again in this lifetime!”
“Hoo…” He Pingsheng took a deep breath and also swept his Divine Thought over Wang Dun.
The result was nothing.
“Hehehe…” Wang Dun chuckled, revealing his white teeth, and said, “He Pingsheng, you can’t see my cultivation. I am now…” He lowered his voice, “Foundation Establishment stage twelve layer… only one step away from Core Formation!”
“I… I…”
“Holy cow…”
After holding it in for a long time, He Pingsheng could only use these two words to express his inner shock.
Too shocking.
He Pingsheng’s cultivation speed was already fast enough; he was only at Foundation Establishment Stage Second Layer now.
Wang Dun had already reached Perfection.
He was ten small levels higher than him.
Heaven-Defying!
One layer a year?
Otherwise, it couldn’t be this fast?
“Hehe…” Wang Dun smiled and said, “He Pingsheng, I came here this time to buy Nascent Origin Pills… I heard that there will be Nascent Origin Pills for sale at this auction!”
“I just don’t know how high the price will be pushed in the end!”
He Pingsheng nodded.
Wang Dun continued, “Speaking of which, I seem to owe you a few Spirit Stones, He Pingsheng!”
“Hey…” He Pingsheng said, “How is it that you owe me? Your Pill Furnace was with me. I heard at the time that when you were fighting someone, you were killed by an Inner Sect Disciple, so I sold that Pill Furnace. If anyone owes, it’s me who owes you… By the way, Senior Brother Wang, what happened to you back then?”
Wang Dun’s face immediately darkened, and he said, “Damn the Tai Xu Sect! If this Old thing hadn’t feigned death at the time, he would probably have really died!”
“That place, the Tai Xu Sect, from top to bottom, is completely rotten. The lower-level Disciples have no resources and rely entirely on exploiting even lower-level Disciples. That Old thing, Kumuku, kept staring at me every day… Damn it!”
“Good thing this Old thing is smart!”
“Forget it, let’s not talk about what happened before!”
“It’s boring!”
He Pingsheng’s heart trembled violently.
This kid, Wang Dun, was truly clever enough to feign death and escape the Tai Xu Sect, saving his life.
However, this kid must also have a big secret.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to Breakthrough so much in such a short time.
But it doesn’t matter if others have secrets; it has nothing to do with me.
“What about you?” Wang Dun sat beside He Pingsheng, reaching out and patting him hard on the shoulder, saying, “You’ve done well these past few years, kid, you’ve actually reached Foundation Establishment!”
“How is it?”
He Pingsheng shook his head and said, “I learned Alchemy, and later entered the Inner Sect of Xiuzhu Peak, becoming a Disciple under Immortal Master Yu Ning!”
“Later, Taixu Old Ancestor ascended, and the Beast Taming Immortal Sect annexed the Tai Xu Sect, and the Tai Xu Sect was destroyed!”
“So I ran away!”
“Oh!” Wang Dun said, “So that’s how it is… Hahahaha… Serves them right!”
“A School like the Tai Xu Sect, which has long been rotten to the core, should have been destroyed long ago!”
“Alright, let’s not talk about these upsetting things!” Wang Dun had a lewd smile on his face: “Cough cough… Um, He Pingsheng… Do you have a lot of Spirit Stones on you?”
“Lend me some!”
He Pingsheng: … … … …
Damn it, seeing me means borrowing money, doesn’t it?
Is he addicted now?
But He Pingsheng still nodded and said, “Yes… How much do you want to borrow?”
Wang Dun patted his Storage Pouch and said, “I don’t know… We’ll see later. I don’t know how high the price of this Nascent Origin Pill will be pushed!”
“I don’t necessarily have to borrow!”
“If my Spirit Stones aren’t enough, I’ll ask you to borrow them then!”
“Alright!” He Pingsheng nodded.
Wang Dun then asked, “How much do you have on you?”
He Pingsheng thought for a moment and said, “About forty or fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones!”
He wasn’t lying.
After escaping from the Tai Xu Sect, he had spent quite a lot of Spirit Stones, and what remained now was only a few tens of thousands.
Of course, this referred to Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
If Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were included, he still had quite a lot.