“Let’s go, Junior Brother!”
After coming out of Yu Ning Palace, Zhao Ling'er pulled He Pingsheng’s hand: “Let’s go to He Laoba’s place first to drink some spiritual tea and chat!”
Beside them, Laoba Xu Kunlun and Laoqian Tian Xiaoqing both looked at He Pingsheng.
Both of them were full of anticipation.
“Alright… let’s go!”
He Pingsheng naturally couldn't be unappreciative, so he immediately agreed.
“Hahahaha…” The chubby Xu Kunlun was instantly overjoyed and said, “That’s great, let’s go, let’s go, Laojiu, I’m telling you, I have spiritual tea there, you’ll definitely be satisfied after drinking it!”
“Let’s go!”
At first, He Pingsheng thought that these few people were trying to win him over to help them refine Medicinal Pills.
He didn't refuse, merely thinking that Alchemy was fine, and refining one more furnace each month would be enough.
But he was mistaken.
They had no intention of asking him to refine Medicinal Pills.
Entering Xu Kunlun’s small courtyard, everyone sat down in his room.
Xu Kunlun said, “Come, come, come, drink tea… This gathering of ours is for the upcoming Cuiping Mountain Trial.”
While pouring tea for everyone, he said, “This thing happens once every thirty years, and none of us have ever been inside, but it’s said to be very dangerous. The Senior Brothers have all reached Qi Refining Stage Minor Perfection and Great Perfection, and they won't take us with them. The four of us, being in the Late Stage of Qi Refinement Stage, can only stick together!”
He Pingsheng nodded.
That was indeed true.
Among the nine Senior and Junior Brothers under Yu Ning, the cultivation of the first five are all at Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer and above, which is the Perfection Realm of Qi Refining Stage.
The five of them usually stick together and generally don't include Xu Kunlun and the others.
“Let me mention something first!” Xu Kunlun said, “We are all fellow Disciples, not brothers and sisters, but closer than brothers and sisters. When we enter that Secret Realm later, the four of us will stick together through thick and thin and search for Opportunity together!”
“As for the treasures obtained, everyone will distribute them according to their contribution, how about that?”
Xu Kunlun looked at the few people.
“I have no objection!” Zhao Ling'er raised her hand to show agreement.
Tian Xiaoqing said, “I have no objection either!”
He Pingsheng also said, “I have no objection!”
For He Pingsheng, having a team to advance and retreat together was the best possible outcome.
He didn't believe that a mere Disciple at the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer like himself could encounter any Heaven-Defying Opportunity after entering.
Of course, he was still at the sixth layer now; the seventh layer was for later.
“Alright then!” Xu Kunlun said, “It’s settled… Also, once Laojiu Breaks Through, after he Breaks Through the seventh layer, let’s go to Matou Mountain together to purchase some self-defense items, just to be safe!”
Everyone naturally had no objection.
After speaking, Xu Kunlun looked at He Pingsheng with a solemn expression and said, “He Pingsheng, I wasn't in the sect a while ago, and I heard that you were almost swallowed by that beast Senior Martial Uncle Yu De raised?”
He Pingsheng nodded and said, “Yes… But it’s not the beast’s fault, someone plotted against me!”
“I understand!” Xu Kunlun said, “It’s that little bitch Linglong… Damn it, if she ever falls into my hands, I’ll definitely first j…”
Looking up at Tian Xiaoqing and Zhao Ling'er beside him, Xu Kunlun suddenly felt that saying that wasn't appropriate, so he quickly changed his words: “Kill her, that woman is truly too arrogant, too cheap…”
“Junior Brother, you don’t know, she relies on being Senior Martial Uncle Yu De’s biological granddaughter, and she has truly harmed many people over the years!”
“Before, there was a Pill Apprentice named Hao Yun in the Pill Refining Room of our Xiuzhu Peak…” Xu Kunlun counted on his fingers, listing them off as if they were family treasures: “She went to the Pill Refining Room to refine Medicinal Pills, but it failed, so she blamed it on Hao Yun!”
“She beat Hao Yun half to death, but then Hao Yun, that kid, somehow got a top-grade Gold Bone Pill and ate it. To get the source of that Gold Bone Pill, the little bitch tortured Hao Yun for a whole night!”
“That kid Hao Yun’s mouth was tough enough; he didn’t say anything until he died!”
“Finally, he was killed by the little bitch!”
He Pingsheng appeared calm on the surface, but waves of shock surged in his heart: Senior Brother Hao, he didn't expose me even until his death.
“Sigh…” Tian Xiaoqing sighed and said, “So what?”
“Hao Yun was just an Outer Sect Disciple with no Foundation, while Linglong is Senior Martial Uncle Yu De’s granddaughter. Even though she beat Hao Yun to death, she still only had to reflect for seven days in the end, didn't she?”
“This is a human life!”
“And a while ago, she failed to frame He Pingsheng, and didn't that Dao Child Mingzhu also die in the end?”
“She killed him too!”
Tian Xiaoqing’s face was pale: “Two lives, gone just like that. This woman is truly heartless!”
“And that’s not all!” Xu Kunlun continued, “I remember a few years ago, when I was only at the Qi Refining Stage Fifth Layer, that Linglong had already killed a couple. At that time, there was an Outer Sect Disciple named He Sanjie outside, who for some reason angered Linglong and was directly swallowed alive by the giant python she commanded!”
He Pingsheng’s body suddenly trembled.
He Sanjie?
He Sanjie?
Isn't that my father?
“And then…?” he asked somewhat nervously.
Xu Kunlun said, “And then? Then He Sanjie’s Dao Companion came to argue and was also killed by Senior Martial Uncle Yu De. Sigh… This woman really… commits many evils!”
He Pingsheng gently closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He tried his best not to let his tears flow.
He tried his best to remain calm!
Father!
Mother!
So this is how they died?
Uncle Jiang had told him that his father went out and encountered a Yao Beast, and was killed by the Yao Beast. His mother, to avenge his father, also went to find the Yao Beast, and was also killed.
It turns out it wasn't a Yao Beast.
It was a person!
It was Linglong and Yu De, that pair of grandmother and grandson.
“He Pingsheng!” Zhao Ling'er looked at He Pingsheng and said, “What’s wrong?”
He Pingsheng’s face was a bit pale. He opened his eyes, forced a smile, and said, “I… I’m a little scared…”
“And a little scared afterward!”
“Don’t be afraid!” Zhao Ling'er reached out and patted He Pingsheng’s shoulder, saying, “It’s all in the past… Just be careful when you see her in the future!”
“Oh, right!” Tian Xiaoqing suddenly said, “I’m just afraid that He Pingsheng has offended Linglong. If we go to the Secret Realm for the trial this time, what if she targets us?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Xu Kunlun slapped the table with a bang and said, “At that time, the four of us will be together. I don’t believe she would still dare to come and kill us to silence us?”
Tian Xiaoqing said, “That’s true!”
The few of them talked back and forth, but He Pingsheng didn't interrupt.
He tried his best to remain calm.
Some past events connected, and there was also Karma.
He still remembered that when he was working as an odd job in the Pill Room with Hao Yun, Senior Martial Uncle Yu Xuan once went to refine Medicinal Pills. At that time, when he saw He Pingsheng, he asked, ‘Do you know He Sanjie?’
He Pingsheng, of course, said he knew him.
Later, Senior Martial Uncle Yu Xuan also reminded him, saying, ‘In the future, don't say you are He Sanjie’s son in front of outsiders!’
At the time, He Pingsheng was confused.
Now it seems that Senior Martial Uncle Yu Xuan was trying to protect him, to prevent Yu De and his granddaughter from knowing his identity.
With this comparison, the enemies who killed his parents also matched up.
It was the two of them, Yu De and his granddaughter.