Chapter 108: The Legacy of Yu De

For just a moment, He Pingsheng was deeply moved.

After all, his Master had thought of him.

And thought of him thoroughly.

But after the emotion passed, he was filled with deep unease.

Of all things in this world, human hearts are the hardest to fathom.

Though He Pingsheng was young, still a little short of twenty, he had encountered more than enough treachery.

Never mind distant examples—take Luo Yu as one.

When Linglong had tried to kill him, Luo Yu had intervened to stop her.

In He Pingsheng’s heart, Luo Yu was pure and flawless.

Even when he faced Luo Yu in the secret realm, and she held back, he assumed she had deliberately let him win.

Why let him win? Because Sister Luo Yu was soft-hearted.

A good person.

Who could have imagined that such a nearly perfect good person in his eyes would later ambush him, leaving his spiritual sense still unrecovered?

Yu Ning was his direct Master, but who could guarantee her sincerity was genuine, and not false?

If she knew I possessed a Treasure Basin, would she turn on me?

Hard to say.

Since I cannot see through hearts, I must only perfect myself.

Sit cross-legged!

Activate the formation.

After confirming everything was secure, He Pingsheng took out the porcelain bottle Yu Ning had given him, pinched out one [Healing Soul Pill], and swallowed it whole.

No enhancement.

At this point, he would not enhance it.

First, ensure safety.

Later, when the chance arises, he must buy a second-rank [Flame Talisman] from Mount Matou; after enhancement, it should be able to handle Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Never harbor ill intent!

But never let down your guard.

He Pingsheng focused entirely, ignoring everything else, and restored his spiritual sense.

One day!

Two days!

Three days!

Before he knew it, three months had passed.

In three months, his spiritual sense had only recovered half its strength.

There was no help for it—spiritual sense recovery was simply this slow.

But good news arrived.

After repeated review and investigation by the Enforcement Hall, no evidence was found that He Pingsheng had killed Linglong or Yu De.

Thus, all restrictions on He Pingsheng were lifted.

He Pingsheng exhaled in relief.

The sword hanging over his head had finally been removed.

After three months of caution, He Pingsheng’s courage grew a little.

One day, he lay beneath his covers and secretly took out the Treasure Basin, placing another [Healing Soul Pill] inside.

After one night of enhancement, one [Healing Soul Pill] became two.

And their quality rose to supreme grade.

After swallowing this supreme-grade [Healing Soul Pill], He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense healed rapidly.

Three days later, his spiritual sense was fully restored.

With his spiritual sense restored, many things could now be done.

He could resume cultivating the [True Method of Dispersing Flame] and other formless arts, as well as the body-cultivation technique [Nine Poison Golden Body].

He could also refine his spirit.

He Pingsheng found another moment to sneak under his covers and pulled out a new storage bag from his hidden storage pouch.

This storage bag belonged to Yu De.

It had been in He Pingsheng’s possession for a long time, yet he had never opened it.

Because his spiritual sense had not yet recovered, anything he obtained was useless—he could not refine or enhance it.

Now he could open it.

With a light brush, the faint remnants of Yu De’s seal were completely erased.

The contents within the storage bag now lay before him.

First, the storage bag was quite large—it was a top-grade storage bag.

The interior space of a top-grade storage bag was fully one zhang square.

So at a glance, He Pingsheng saw many spirit stones.

A sweep of his spiritual sense gave him the approximate count: about thirty thousand.

Thirty thousand spirit stones.

To He Pingsheng, this was an astronomical sum.

That old devil Yu De was truly filthy rich.

Take it!

He Pingsheng placed the thirty thousand spirit stones into his hidden storage pouch.

Besides spirit stones, there were some cultivation techniques and spells.

He Pingsheng had no interest in them, nor any need to enhance them.

But one blue jade slip caught his attention.

He Pingsheng took out the jade slip and pressed it to his forehead—it was a treatise on formations.

Its title: [The Origins of the Du Gu Formation].

This was good!

He Pingsheng currently knew nothing about formations—he set up first-rank formations strictly by instruction.

He had no idea why they were arranged that way.

Cultivation cannot neglect formations.

This was too useful!

Keep this.

Keep looking!

Elixirs, spirit herbs, alchemical formulas, and a cauldron.

Besides these, there were several talismans.

He Pingsheng was delighted to find that Yu De’s storage bag contained second-rank talismans.

Three in total.

One [Falling Rock Talisman], earth attribute.

Two [Flame Talismans], fire attribute.

All three talismans were offensive.

Besides talismans, there were several magic treasures.

One blue, mid-grade spirit artifact: a [Shield], bearing six sealing arrays.

He Pingsheng had seen this before—Yu De had used it once to block his [Ten Thousand Swords Dao Talisman].

And a black spear, palm-sized!

The spear was also a mid-grade spirit artifact, bearing six sealing arrays.

Hssss…

He Pingsheng drew in a sharp breath.

Now he saw that killing Yu De had truly been sheer luck.

Pure coincidence.

Had Yu De struck first, even casually using one technique, He Pingsheng would have been dead.

Whether talisman or magic treasure.

Had Yu De gone all out—or even just lowered his arrogance by three tenths—He Pingsheng would never have had the chance to activate his [Dao Talisman].

But Yu De, because of his arrogance and overconfidence, failed to seize the initiative—and lost his life.

He Pingsheng’s heart pounded as he silently warned himself: never be careless, not ever.

Even a lion fighting a rabbit gives its all!

If you’re careless, death is near.

His hand brushed the small spear, and a thread of spiritual sense extended out.

The spear’s information appeared in He Pingsheng’s mind.

Name: Black Wind Spear.

Rank: Mid-grade Spirit Artifact.

Can be enhanced!

Find a time to enhance it—my overall abilities will improve dramatically.

But…

He Pingsheng waved his hand and pulled out a small shield.

This shield was bestowed by the Ancestor, True Person Chongyang.

This thing cannot be enhanced.

What if I enhance it and then my Master asks where the shield I gave you went?

How would I explain it?

In the time that followed, He Pingsheng cultivated while secretly enhancing items.

Of course, he did not enhance daily; he took out one item at a time, only after many days had passed.

Another two years passed, and by the time He Pingsheng reached Qi Refining Stage Eight, all these items had been fully enhanced.

Flame Talisman enhanced to [Heavenly Flame Talisman].

Falling Rock Talisman enhanced to [Mountain-Moving Talisman].

The shield was enhanced to top-grade Spirit Artifact: one became [Sacred Wood Shield], the other [Ironwood Shield].

The small spear, after enhancement, became a top-grade Spirit Artifact: one became [Nine Radiance Dragon-Slaying Banner], the other [Thunderlight Spear].

The Du Gu Array Source was also enhanced: one became [Third-Rank Array], the other [Ten Thousand Arrays Treasury].