Chapter 1519: **Is this old fellow still alive?**

If a slave is close to their master, the laws of master and servant between heaven and earth will take effect.

At this time, the master can only sense that there is a slave nearby.

But they do not know specifically which Heavenly Dao Slave Seal it is.

Naturally, He Pingsheng did not know either. His first feeling was that it was Zhou Qingmei.

Did Zhou Qingmei ascend?

But then he thought: That's not right. The slave seal between me and Zhou Qingmei was lifted.

Then who else could it be?

That old fellow Cai Shi?

*Whoosh... *

With these thoughts in mind, He Pingsheng changed direction and flew toward where the aura of the slave was pulling him.

After flying for half an incense stick's time, He Pingsheng could finally sense it clearly.

It wasn't Cai Shi!

It was Jin Ku!

That's right, it was the very same Jin Ku he had encountered back in the Spirit Realm.

Back in the Spirit Realm, this old fellow was already an Earth Immortal, a legendary figure on the Western Continent, and he had even created the Spirit Realm-level Jin Ku Mystic Realm.

Later, his soul was taken by He Pingsheng, and the two became friends as well as teachers to each other. He had even accompanied He Pingsheng into the Underworld to fish out the soul of Zhou Qingmei.

Later on, He Pingsheng wanted to kill him but couldn't. To prevent the secret of his Treasure-Gathering Basin from leaking, he had no choice but to make Jin Ku his slave. Of course, He Pingsheng had also sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao, promising that he would never enslave Jin Ku in this lifetime.

He never expected that this old fellow had actually ascended!

However... according to logic, after ascending, shouldn't he be over in the Great Horn Immortal Domain?

Why would he run all the way up to the Gouchi Great Heaven?

With these thoughts in mind, He Pingsheng landed where Jin Ku was.

Likewise, He Pingsheng could sense Jin Ku, and naturally, Jin Ku could sense He Pingsheng's presence.

"Fellow Daoist He... save me... save me... save me..."

Although He Pingsheng had changed his appearance, the master-servant rules between them still existed, so Jin Ku was able to see him immediately.

He Pingsheng was a bit shocked.

Because he never dreamed that the dignified Earth Immortal Jin Ku, a figure who had once stirred up the winds and clouds in the Spirit Realm and was a peerless genius the likes of which the Spirit Realm hadn't seen in hundreds of millions of years, would actually be locked in a massive cage at this very moment, being sold in the market like livestock.

And he wasn't the only one; besides Jin Ku, there were many other immortals.

This was the first time He Pingsheng had seen someone selling immortals since entering the Immortal Realm!

Good heavens!

Immortals!

They could actually be sold like livestock?

He Pingsheng took a deep breath and looked around: This was a medium-sized immortal city, and it was in a fairly central location. He didn't know why there were suddenly so many stalls set up.

It wasn't just this one place selling immortals; they were everywhere.

The owner of the stall where Jin Ku was located was a burly man with a fat build, and his cultivation was not high, only at the second layer of the Golden Immortal stage.

"Senior!" The stall owner couldn't see He Pingsheng's cultivation, so he respectfully bowed to him and said, "I don't know which one you have taken a fancy to, Senior. I can give you a discount!"

He Pingsheng reached out his hand and pointed at Jin Ku, saying, "Just him."

"Hey..." the stall owner said, "This guy has very low cultivation; he's a cheap piece of trash. Just give me one high-tier spirit stone!"

One high-tier spirit stone was already quite valuable.

He Pingsheng took one out and handed it to him.

Then Jin Ku was delivered to He Pingsheng.

"Wuu wuu wuu..." Jin Ku was trembling with excitement. He hugged He Pingsheng's thigh and wept bitterly, "Damn it all, if I had known, I wouldn't have come!

This Immortal Realm is really not a place for people to stay!

Wuu wuu wuu..."

He Pingsheng said, "Stop crying. You aren't a person either; you're just a Heavenly Beast."

"Sigh..." Jin Ku let out a deep sigh and stood up. "It's all the same. I've already become numb. Ever since I came to the Immortal Realm, I've been digging mines for people here for twenty thousand years!

Twenty thousand years, twenty thousand years... do you dare believe it?"

He was so aggrieved he wanted to cry.

He Pingsheng patted him on the shoulder, "Go wash up, then come find me."

Jin Ku left, and after washing up, he returned to He Pingsheng's side.

He looked much better this time. Although he couldn't be called elegant, he was at least ordinary-looking, much better than the disheveled mess he was just a moment ago.

"What happened?" He Pingsheng asked. "Where did you go after you ascended?

Why did you become a mine slave?"

"Sigh... that's a long story," Jin Ku said. "Fellow Daoist He also knows that I was already at the Earth Immortal cultivation level when I was in the lower realm!

After ascending, although my cultivation dropped back to the Human Immortal stage, I managed to sneak into a small sect, and relying on the accumulation from my previous life, I re-entered the Earth Immortal stage in just a few hundred years!

After achieving the Earth Immortal stage, I even became a small elder in that sect, but...

But shortly after I entered the Earth Immortal stage, our sect was broken by another sect, and I was captured, then sold by that hostile sect into a mine!

And just like that, it's been twenty thousand years."

He Pingsheng was speechless!

He was truly speechless; he could only say that Jin Ku's fate was relatively tragic.

He Pingsheng scanned him with his spiritual sense and found that his cultivation was still at the Earth Immortal stage, and only at the third layer.

Very low!

But it was no wonder, after all, the guy had been digging mines for twenty thousand years.

"It's fine!" He Pingsheng patted him on the shoulder. "Just cultivate slowly in the future. With your talent, there will always be a day when you ascend to the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm!

Goodbye!"

After saying this, He Pingsheng was about to leave.

After all, he and this old fellow didn't have much interaction anymore.

Taking him as a slave was also to ensure that his own secrets wouldn't be leaked.

Now, he really didn't need such a low-level slave.

Besides, He Pingsheng had sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao, so he couldn't order this guy around. Keeping him by his side would instead carry the risk of triggering the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

"Wait..."

When Jin Ku saw that He Pingsheng was about to leave, he panicked. He knelt on the ground again and hugged He Pingsheng's thigh, "Fellow Daoist He, don't go, don't go. Daddy He, Grandpa He, Ancestor He... I beg you, don't go!

You can't just ignore me!

Wuu wuu wuu..."

"I know you have treasures on you, you have a massive amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures!

You've been in the Immortal Realm for so many years, you should have reached the Golden Immortal stage by now, right?

Can you give me some treasures to raise my cultivation? Otherwise, I'm really going to die!"

"Die?" He Pingsheng's brow furrowed slightly.

Jin Ku said, "I'm at the Earth Immortal cultivation level, I only have a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. I wasted a lot back in the Spirit Realm, and now I've been digging mines in the Immortal Realm for twenty thousand years!

If you don't save me, I might run out of lifespan within a thousand years!

Ancestor... save me... If you save me, I am willing, from now on, to become your true slave!"

He Pingsheng then opened his Fiery Eyes to check Jin Ku's luck.

He couldn't see it!

He then remembered that an immortal's luck doesn't manifest until they reach the Golden Immortal stage!