Chapter 1309

"Enough, go back and speak of the matter!"

He Pingsheng looked worriedly at the horizon, then at the land below.

For ten thousand li around, everything had become ruins.

"Oh!" Seeing his master so stern, Luo Bing Yao dared not speak recklessly, and followed He Pingsheng slowly back to the sect.

Upon reaching the main hall, He Pingsheng sat down, while Luo Bing Yao stood not far before him.

"Speak, then—what exactly happened?"

"And what else are you hiding from me? Say it all!"

"If I can protect you, I will do my utmost; if I cannot, I will take you and flee!"

"You must tell me the truth!"

He Pingsheng sat behind the table, his face very stern.

For he truly did not know how strong this so-called Xiling Clan was.

Moreover, the great competition is in over a thousand years, and He Pingsheng does not wish to cause trouble.

After all, this competition concerns whether he can see Li Mu the Celestial Emperor, and whether he can inquire of Li Mu the Celestial Emperor about his wife's whereabouts.

"Yes..." Luo Bing Yao knelt obediently, and said solemnly: "Disciple did not speak before, thinking that regardless, the Xiling Clan people could not find us!"

"Who knew they would find me so quickly!"

Beside him, the Great Lun Ming Wang said gently: "First, tell us how you came to feud with the Xiling Clan?"

"Eh!" Luo Bing Yao said: "Madam, I am such an obedient person—how could I casually feud with others? It was they who bullied me!"

He Pingsheng: ……

Great Lun Ming Wang: ……

"Don't look at me like that!" Luo Bing Yao said, face full of grievance: "I am telling the truth; I have at times been somewhat excessive, but this matter is truly not my fault."

"At that time I had just arrived at Li Mu Yuan not long ago, and the Xiling Clan people somehow knew I was of seventh-grade spiritual root, so they deliberately sent their clan's young lady, the Xiling Holy Maiden, to approach me!"

"That Xiling Holy Maiden got close to me and sent me all kinds of gifts!"

"She even taught me a divine ability!"

"I thought she truly cared for me, so I became sworn sisters with her, and even moved into her clan's home!"

He Pingsheng asked: "And then?"

Luo Bing Yao said: "Then, later I learned that this Xiling Holy Maiden of their clan was actually also of seventh-grade spiritual root!"

"And it is said she is even the top among seventh-grade spiritual roots!"

"The Xiling Clan set up a great formation to imprison me, intending to draw out my fate-energy and transfer it to that Xiling Holy Maiden, so as to elevate her fate-energy by one level, reaching the eighth level!"

"Master... if not for Heaven saving me that time, I would truly have died!"

As He Pingsheng listened, his face grew darker, and the killing intent on his body intensified: "Continue speaking!"

His tone unconsciously grew a few degrees sharper.

"Don't get agitated!" Great Lun Ming Wang walked to He Pingsheng's side, reached out and pinched his shoulder.

He Pingsheng then took a deep breath, slowly dispelling the hostility within.

"Bing Yao, tell us—how did you escape afterward?" Great Lun Ming Wang asked gently.

Luo Bing Yao said: "Under normal circumstances, disciple would certainly not escape. Unfortunately, Heaven did not aid their Xiling Holy Maiden, and the great formation for drawing fate-energy was not so easily set up; during its operation, everyone in the main formation suffered backlash, including the Xiling Holy Maiden herself—all fell into a brief backlash!"

"It was during that opening that I struggled to escape!"

"Now thinking back, it is indeed frightening!"

"Hah..." He Pingsheng closed his eyes again, drew two deep breaths, then exhaled: "Tell me all you know... just what level of power is this Xiling Clan?"

"Eh!" Luo Bing Yao said: "The Xiling Clan's power is still great; they occupy a vast region across all of Li Mu Yuan, and their clan also possesses over eight hundred star systems beneath the Star Cluster!"

"Good heavens!" Hearing this, Great Lun Ming Wang gasped in shock: "That is truly extraordinary!"

"Eh!" Luo Bing Yao said: "The Xiling Clan has an ancestor who, a hundred thousand years ago, had already broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm; he should now be at the early stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal!"

"But Master, do not worry—though they have this ancestor, he cannot possibly emerge from seclusion in the short term, for he has closed the Life and Death Pass!"

He Pingsheng's brow twitched: "Life and Death Pass?"

"Having reached Great Luo Golden Immortal, why must he still close the Life and Death Pass?"

If it were the twelfth layer of Taiyi Golden Immortal, seeking to comprehend his own Dao and break through himself, closing the Life and Death Pass would still be understandable.

You blasted Great Luo Golden Immortal, and still close the Life and Death Pass?

Luo Bing Yao said: "I do not understand either... but hearing the Xiling Holy Maiden say, it seems he wishes to refine a clone. He says separating Dao is difficult, requiring the separation of good, evil, and self!"

Upon hearing this, He Pingsheng instantly understood.

That is, after this fellow broke through to Great Luo Golden Immortal, he has never separated his good, evil, and self.

Then it is clear.

No wonder he must close the Life and Death Pass!

Of course, as to how difficult it is to separate good, evil, and self, He Pingsheng does not know.

"I understand!" He Pingsheng nodded: "That is, this Xiling ancestor actually will not emerge from seclusion in the short term!"

"But... they should know, your combat ability is extraordinary, right?"

"Why then did they come to seize you, sending only a seventh-layer Taiyi Golden Immortal fellow!"

"Are their Taiyi Golden Immortals insufficient?"

"No!" Luo Bing Yao shook her head: "They say they are seizing me, but in fact they do not truly wish to seize me... because seizing me and taking me back would be useless!"

"That formation for drawing fate-energy and bloodline, they themselves have not mastered it!"

"The reason only one person came is actually because their true purpose is to provoke me!"

"To provoke me into breaking through!"

"Ah?" He Pingsheng indicated he hadn't understood.

Luo Bing Yao continued explaining: "A thousand years from now is the Golden Feather Gathering; the Xiling family wants to create conditions for their Holy Maiden, forcing me to advance prematurely into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, so that I lose the qualifications to participate in the Golden Feather Gathering!"

"Perhaps they think that once they force me into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the Xiling Holy Maiden can dominate alone!"

"Pfft..." Hearing these words, He Pingsheng, who was drinking tea, sprayed a mouthful of tea out.

Good fellow!

As long as Luo Bing Yao doesn't participate, no one is my opponent?

Good, good, good...

"Hahaha..." He Pingsheng couldn't help but laugh loudly, saying: "This Xiling clan is really a bit naive!"

"Too small a view of the world's heroes!"

Not to mention Luo Bing Yao, a seventh-grade bloodline root!

Besides Luo Bing Yao there's also me, He Pingsheng, and also Han Houzhi!

Even Ji Wuxin this guy is an eighth-grade bloodline, did you know?

This family is really a bunch of clowns!

He Pingsheng felt the Xiling family were clowns, but in reality, the Xiling family's way of thinking wasn't wrong.

What's wrong is, who could have imagined geniuses would appear in clusters?

Under ordinary circumstances, a single star cluster producing one or two seventh-grade bloodlines is already the limit.

Where could one see eighth-grade, let alone ninth-grade?