Chapter 158: Invisibility Talisman

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

He Pingsheng stared at the old man before him, the simple shelf, and the countless bottles and jars upon it, and for a moment he was dazed.

His long-held impressions and guesses also seemed to waver.

Yet after three breaths, he sharply shook his head.

Reality returned to reality.

"This is the key to the left side hall!" The old man handed He Pingsheng a long, white jade tablet.

This jade tablet can control the surrounding array, allowing him to enter the left side hall at any time.

"Hold onto this jade slip!" Tai Xu handed He Pingsheng another crimson jade slip: "It records a third-rank array. In a while, I'll be setting up this third-rank great array!"

"You'll set it up, and I'll assist you from the side!"

"Study it carefully over this period, analyze it thoroughly, and if you have questions, come ask me!"

"Go!"

He Pingsheng walked out of the Tai Xu Divine Hall holding the jade slip.

Since he was already inside the illusion array, the scenery he saw was completely different from the outside.

In He Pingsheng's eyes, everything here remained unchanged.

After leaving the Tai Xu Divine Hall and returning to his own right-side cultivation hall, He Pingsheng pulled out the crimson jade slip and extended his spiritual sense deep into it.

The old man was right—it contained a great array.

The array's name: Nine Yang Array.

After reading the introduction, this array was supremely yang and fierce, but what was its purpose?

Only one point: it could dispel yin and evil.

Why set up this thing?

He Pingsheng was utterly baffled.

But since the old man hadn't explained, there was no need to dwell on it—he could ask him when the time came to set it up.

Actually, the method to set up the Nine Yang Array wasn't difficult at all!

He Pingsheng spent a few days and fully understood it.

Before the time came to meet Tai Xu, He Pingsheng received a message-light from Zhao Linger.

That day, he left the Tai Xu Grand Hall and shot through the air like a streak of light toward Xiuzhu Peak.

Grandmaster Tai Xu had forbidden him from leaving the Tai Xu Gate, but within the gate, he could still move freely among the ten peaks.

A grand hall.

He Pingsheng looked up at the plaque above the hall: Zhen Ling Hall.

Hmm… that name!

Since the Grandmaster's order, every Foundation Establishment disciple had begun frantic construction of grand halls.

And they were also franticly recruiting disciples.

The doors of Zhen Ling Hall opened, and Zhao Linger stepped out.

Behind her followed more than twenty disciples, both male and female.

"Come quickly!" Zhao Linger waved to her disciples: "Come pay respects to the Ancestor!"

"Greetings, Ancestor!"

Whoosh—

The disciples behind her knelt one by one.

Zhao Linger said: "This is Ancestor He, the direct disciple of the Supreme Elder, of the same generation as my Master's Master!"

Hearing this, everyone became even more reverent.

He Pingsheng could only smile helplessly.

This generational rank was truly too high.

"Alright, you may all go!" Zhao Linger dismissed her disciples one by one.

He Pingsheng said: "It's only been a few days—how did you get so many disciples?"

"Hmm…" Zhao Linger said: "The Grandmaster said at least twenty, no fewer, and no more than fifty!"

He Pingsheng asked: "How many did you recruit?"

"About thirty-three."

"Hehe… Brother, you don't know—the sect gives rewards for recruiting disciples! Beyond the twenty, each additional disciple earns you two extra spirit stones per month!"

"Guess how much my stipend is now?"

He Pingsheng said: "I can't guess."

Zhao Linger said: "Fixed stipend is one hundred, plus twenty-six in bonuses—so one hundred and twenty-six per month!"

"Enough! Just get my things out!" He Pingsheng had no interest in her monthly spirit stones—he cared about something else.

Qiao Huizhu had news.

She obtained the Hundred Hidden Talisman.

"Hmm…"

Zhao Linger pulled a talisman from her storage pouch and said: "This one!"

He Pingsheng reached out and took it.

Third-rank talisman.

Black.

Held in hand, it felt like a piece of jade—solid, textured.

Not like a paper talisman.

After obtaining the Hundred Hidden Talisman, He Pingsheng immediately put it into his own storage pouch.

After a few brief words with Zhao Linger, He Pingsheng returned to his side hall.

He sat cross-legged, his brow slightly furrowed.

Based on his earlier tests of the Treasure Basin, he concluded it could enhance objects, but not beyond a certain rank.

No more than two ranks higher!

When he was still in Qi Refining, he could only enhance second-rank items.

Third-rank items were beyond its capability.

This talisman was third-rank.

But fortunately, his cultivation base had now advanced from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

Whether the Treasure Basin could now enhance third-rank items, he didn't know.

But he could try.

How could he get this into the Treasure Basin?

That was the problem.

After all, he was constantly under the Grandmaster's spiritual sense—once he used the Treasure Basin, how could he be sure the Grandmaster wouldn't notice?

So he needed a location and timing that could best avoid the Grandmaster's spiritual sense.

He had already thought of a plan.

So when the sun set, He Pingsheng arrived at a deep pool behind Yulong Peak.

He stripped off every stitch of clothing and plunged into the water with a splash.

He soaked comfortably.

Ahhh!

He Pingsheng lay with his eyes closed in the pool, using his spiritual sense to communicate with the jade talisman inside his storage pouch.

With spiritual force as a guide, he tossed the talisman into the Treasure Basin.

The Treasure Basin was also inside his storage pouch.

Finally, He Pingsheng moved both the Treasure Basin and the talisman into a Hundred Treasures Pouch.

The Hundred Treasures Pouch, of course, was also inside his storage pouch.

Thus, the current order was this:

Inside his storage pouch was a Hundred Treasures Pouch; inside the Hundred Treasures Pouch was the Treasure Basin; inside the Treasure Basin lay a third-rank 【Hundred Hidden Talisman】.

He Pingsheng believed that, naked in the water here, the Grandmaster wouldn't be so lewd as to keep his spiritual sense constantly hovering over him.

And bathing was the only opportunity.

The best chance to evade the Grandmaster's spiritual sense.

Whether he could succeed or not—that was up to fate.

The next morning, before rising, He Pingsheng stealthily extended his spiritual sense into his storage pouch.

The third-rank jade talisman had become two.

Still black, but its quality had improved.

And the Hundred Hidden Talisman had become the 【Invisibility Talisman】.

Item name: Invisibility Talisman.

Rank: Third-rank (Supreme).

Function: When activated, it places the user in an invisible state—form and aura both undetectable.

He Pingsheng was filled with excitement.

Originally, he had only hoped to conceal his own aura, so that the Ancestor could not scan him with his spiritual sense.

Now, his very form was invisible.

Brilliant!

Perfect.