Chapter 110

"Where?"

"Mount Tianqiang?"

The senior uncle Yu Xuan immediately opened his mouth in shock and said, "That's not right, our Tai Xu Men has never had much of a friendship with Mount Tianqiang, so why would someone come to visit the sect?"

"And they even ran all the way to our Xiuzhu Peak?"

"Let's go, everyone, let's go see together!"

Yu Xuan's expression was exceptionally grave: "It might be that they've come to challenge us!"

So, the crowd rushed off, following Uncle-Master Yu Xuan as they flew down from the high peak toward the main hall of Xiuzhu Peak.

In a few breaths, they landed at the entrance of the Master Yu Ninggong.

After the group entered the Master Yu Ninggong together, they saw that in this vast palace, besides Yu Ning, there were only three people.

A Daoist nun of similar age to Yu Ning, but her cultivation and the aura about her were immeasurably more profound.

Beside the Daoist nun were two disciples, one male and one female.

The man was handsome, and the woman was devastatingly beautiful; anyone who saw them would find it hard to forget.

Too beautiful!

Everyone was astonished, except for He Pingsheng, whose eyes lit up.

Isn't this Qiao Shijie Qiao?

That elderly Daoist nun was Qiao Shijie Qiao's aunt, Senior Qiao.

"What are you doing?" Yu Ning looked at the swarming crowd at the door and said, "Didn't I say to only let Old Nine come over?"

Yu Xuan's face flushed, and he said, "Junior Sister, we also wanted to pay our respects to a senior expert from Mount Tianqiang!"

"Hehehe..." Senior Qiao chuckled and said, "I wouldn't dare!"

Yu Ning hurriedly said, "Senior Brother, this is Senior Qiao from Mount Tianqiang." Having said this, Yu Ning looked at the disciples and said, "You all come over too, and pay your respects to Senior Qiao!"

The crowd was shocked once again.

Senior?

If both their Master and Uncle-Master had to call her Senior, wouldn't this person's cultivation have reached the Golden Core Stage?

"Greetings, Senior!"

The group paid their respects in turn.

The Daoist nun Qiao waved her hand: "Don't stand on ceremony with me, rise!"

After everyone rose, Seeing Qiao Huizhu walked to He Pingsheng's side, stretched out her fair little hand to measure the top of He Pingsheng's head, and then said in shock, "He Pingsheng, you... it's been three years, and you've actually grown taller?"

He Pingsheng said, "This... is there a problem with that?"

Compared to three years ago, He Pingsheng had indeed grown a bit taller.

Because back then, Seeing Qiao Huizhu was about the same height as him, but now, He Pingsheng was half a head taller than Seeing Qiao Huizhu.

"You... how old are you?" After Seeing Qiao Huizhu asked, her face turned bright red.

This question was a bit inappropriate.

He Pingsheng, however, did not notice anything and said, "I'm a little over twenty-two this year, not yet twenty-three!"

"So young!" Seeing Qiao Huizhu pouted and said, "I'm much older than you; I'm already twenty-nine!"

When Seeing Qiao Huizhu spoke, her eyes were entirely fixed on He Pingsheng.

In the distance, the Daoist nun Qiao shook her head gently with a sigh.

"Alright!" she said. "I'll wait here for Fellow Daoist Chongyang; you young people go out and play."

The crowd was even more shocked: Fellow Daoist Chongyang?

To call their founding ancestor "Fellow Daoist" meant she was truly at the Golden Core Stage.

"Go!" Yu Ning also waved her hand, signaling for the disciples to leave.

The disciples walked out of the Master Yu Ninggong one by one!

Walking forward along the courtyards where the Xiuzhu Peak disciples lived, there was a thick cypress tree near the cliff.

Under the cypress tree, there was a stone table and a few stone stools.

He Pingsheng and Seeing Qiao Huizhu sat facing each other on the stone stools.

Not far beneath their feet, the sea of clouds stretched out, vast, white, and pristine.

Chirping and fluttering, the two snow-white Snow Rocs flew around the two of them, circling back and forth incessantly.

The other disciples of Xiuzhu Peak watched from afar, tactfully keeping their distance.

Tian Xiaoqing said, "This woman is truly beautiful; how does she know Junior Brother?"

"I don't know!" Xu Kunlun shook his head.

Zhao Linger said, "Have you forgotten? Junior Brother said that after he came out of the Mystic Realm, it was this woman who helped him escape Uncle-Master Yu De's watchful eye; they must have met in the Mystic Realm!"

"That's right!" Tian Xiaoqing said. "Look at the way she looks at Senior Brother He; I think she's interested in him!"

"No kidding!" Zhao Linger pouted and said, "Who couldn't tell?"

Under the cypress tree!

He Pingsheng was somewhat surprised: "You've already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"Hmm!" Seeing Qiao Huizhu lifted her pretty face, brushed back the slightly messy hair on her forehead, and smiled gently, saying, "I was quite lucky. I had originally intended to use a 【Water Origin Spirit Apricot】 to break through, but I didn't obtain one in the Mystic Realm. In the end, I went back and ate a Foundation Establishment Pill, and I broke through!"

"You're not bad either; you've also advanced a layer!"

He Pingsheng seemed unwilling to be looked down upon and hurriedly said, "It's not just one layer; in a while, I'll be able to break through to the ninth layer!"

"Is that so..." Seeing Qiao Huizhu stared at him, her large, breathtakingly beautiful eyes like two black gemstones, emitting a strange luster.

"He Pingsheng... do you... like me?"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu leaned on the stone table, resting her chin on her right hand, her large eyes looking at He Pingsheng.

The beauty was close, and her faint fragrance could be smelled!

This question was asked very suddenly.

He Pingsheng was so flustered that he didn't know how to answer for a moment, his face turning as red as pig's blood.

"Giggle..." Seeing Qiao Huizhu covered her mouth and laughed softly, saying, "Junior Brother, you're shy!"

A blush also appeared on her face.

He Pingsheng looked at the white clouds before him, took a deep breath, turned his head toward Seeing Qiao Huizhu, and said, "I like you!"

"I like you too!" Qiao Huizhu looked at He Pingsheng with her large eyes and said slowly, "My family and the Xiao family of the Ice Extreme Sect are family friends, so I have had a marriage contract with Xiao Bufan of the Xiao family since I was a child!"

"When we were in the Mystic Realm, he drugged me, wanting to take my body!"

"I would rather die than submit and fled, and fortunately, I ran into you!"

"You saved me!"

"I never had the chance to say thank you!"

He Pingsheng touched his own face and looked at Seeing Qiao Huizhu with some confusion.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu asked, "What's wrong, Junior Brother? Is there something you don't understand?"

He Pingsheng frowned and said, "You just said, Xiao Bufan wanted to take your body?"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu suddenly became anxious and said, "It's not what you think. I meant that he wanted to take it, but he didn't succeed, didn't you save me?"

He Pingsheng asked a soul-searching question: "How does one take someone else's body?"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu was instantly left in a state of disarray.

Actually, this couldn't be blamed on He Pingsheng.

He truly didn't understand.

Having lost his parents at a young age, he rarely had contact with others and lived only in his own world every day.

He started working as a handyman at fourteen, and then it was just cultivation.

Until now!

No one had ever told him about these things between men and women.

The key was that such things weren't recorded in the 【Miscellaneous Notes on Cultivation】, so how was he supposed to know?

Seeing Qiao Huizhu opened her mouth wide, staring blankly at He Pingsheng for a full dozen breaths before taking a deep breath and saying, "I don't know how to answer such a question from Junior Brother!"

"Can we not talk about this first?"

He Pingsheng said, "Alright, later I'll go ask Master; she is experienced and knowledgeable, and she will surely be able to clear up my confusion."

"You are not allowed to go..." Seeing Qiao Huizhu was going crazy.