Chapter 1661

"I..."

He Pingsheng hesitated a little!

He wasn't unwilling to help... but what if there was an ambush on this Mahayana Heaven above? What then?

But after a moment's thought, He Pingsheng again felt it unlikely.

Among the Dao Yuan Dao Lords, today the one with the greatest combat power is Zhu Ran Yu, ranking first.

If this fellow can't do anything to me, what can the other Dao Yuan do?

Even if they besiege He Pingsheng, I'm not afraid—after all, he's no Floating Tower Bodhisattva!

The Floating Tower Bodhisattva couldn't leave back then because the void was sealed.

But He Pingsheng is different!

You sealed the void—I, old man, can leave with a single 【Stars Shift, Battle Turn】!

Ignoring space, when leaving, I won't pass through any spatial path.

Hmm...

After thinking that over, He Pingsheng said again: "It's not that I don't agree... Fellow Daoist Ye, truly, I now only have the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. No matter how proficient I am in this Dao art, I may not be as skilled as your senior brother Zhou Yiren?"

"I'm afraid I'm not up to it!"

"No problem!" Ye Xiaodao said: "You can try—trying costs nothing... at worst, we ruin a single immortal fruit!"

"If you truly can help me pick this fruit, then later we'll make it five-two, split evenly!"

"Agreed or not?"

Ye Xiaodao looked at He Pingsheng with a face full of longing.

He Pingsheng asked: "Trying is no problem, but... can you make the decision?"

"You say split evenly, then split evenly—but will your senior brothers and sisters agree?"

"Fellow Daoist He, you're overthinking!" Ye Xiaodao laughed heartily: "The Tai Xuan Ancient Apricot has been growing on our Guan Changsheng Heaven for who knows how many years. My senior brothers and sisters have long made use of it—they have more than enough!"

"Even their disciples have long been fed full by the immortal apricot!"

"To them, the immortal apricot is of little value, so over these years, they've basically let me have all the immortal apricots!"

"Hehehe... I can make the decision!"

He Pingsheng also has plenty of Tai Xuan Immortal Apricots on him—more than enough, really.

But who would ever complain about having too much?

Though I myself can't use them, my disciples and children also have some.

But... if I give these to Yuqing and Tianya, letting their descendants use them too, to strengthen my old He family's influence—would that not be good?

And there's Li Tianxin, Su Nian, Su Muyu, Xu Zhishan, Lu Xiaoci, Chu Sheng...

When He Pingsheng's Tai Xuan Immortal Apricots aren't enough, they might not get a share—but if there's enough, these people can also raise their cultivation to the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Tai Xuan Immortal Apricot—the more, the better!

"Alright... let's give it a try!"

He Pingsheng finally nodded in agreement.

"All right!" Ye Xiaodao pulled out a long-handled knife, stabbed hard into the void, and a void passage opened: "Fellow Daoist He, let's go..."

He Pingsheng gazed deeply at Ye Xiaodao: to be able, at the seventh layer of Great Luo Golden Immortal, to execute a Dao Yuan realm method and pierce the void?

Truly worthy of being a sage's closed-door disciple!

Not simple at all!

Next, the two stepped together into this vortex.

After a few breaths, He Pingsheng and Ye Xiaodao appeared above the Guan Changsheng Mahayana Heaven.

On Guan Changsheng Heaven, though the Guan Changsheng God Emperor is gone, this place has become even more prosperous.

People come and go, endless streams, bustling and lively!

Ye Xiaodao said: "Follow me!"

The two turned into streaks of light, slicing through the void, and soon landed in a vast palace.

After turning a few directions in the palace, after just a few breaths, He Pingsheng followed Ye Xiaodao to a somewhat secluded garden.

Here, there is a tree.

At a glance, an ancient aura rushes toward you.

Even if you take a deep breath and smell the scent emanating from this tree, you know it is a divine tree.

But if you really just look with your eyes, it seems utterly ordinary.

The tree isn't very tall—just a bit taller than the lofty palace; quantified, it's only a little over a hundred zhang.

The entire tree is almost completely dead.

Blackened and withered trunk, blackened and withered branches!

Only from the waist of the trunk grows a fresh branch, about several zhang long, densely covered with leaves; between those layers of leaves, dozens of fruits faintly gleam.

He Pingsheng couldn't help but say: "This tree is truly remarkable!"

"Is it mostly dead?"

Ye Xiaodao nodded slightly: "How could it be just mostly?"

"Ninety-nine percent of it is dead!"

"My master said, when he first saw this divine tree years ago, it was just like this—so there's nothing strange about it!"

He Pingsheng still felt a faint shock: Good grief...

Just how long has this tree lived?

"See the fruit?" Ye Xiaodao pointed at that clump of leaves: "There... those are them!"

He Pingsheng's Divine Sense swept over, and he asked with some surprise, "Forty-six?"

"Wasn't it said that the Taixu Ancient Apricot produces forty-nine Immortal Apricots each time?"

"Hehehe..." Ye Xiaodao laughed hehe, saying, "This is because I couldn't find Wang Shixiong... then I just randomly found a few people to come try, and they all failed!"

"So... three fruits were lost!"

"Hehehe... it's fine... Fellow Daoist He, please go ahead and try!"

"You must remember, use your Metal-attribute Earth Dao technique to form a blade or sword, and sever the fruit's stem!"

"Then, within a single breath, use a Wood-attribute Dao technique to seal the wound on this stem!"

"Otherwise, the Dao techniques within the fruit will dissipate, and it will be useless!"

"I know..." He Pingsheng nodded.

Next, He Pingsheng flew up, approaching the leaves of that cluster of Taixu Ancient Apricot!

A Metal-attribute Dao technique condensed and took shape, transforming into a streak of sword light that fiercely chopped at a certain fruit's stem.

The fruit fell in response, caught in He Pingsheng's hand.

He Pingsheng's internal 【Grand Void Profound Devil Scripture】 turned slightly, converting all his Dao techniques into Wood-attribute.

Then a mass of Wood-attribute laws and origins brimming with vitality condensed and fell upon the stem's wound, sealing the stem shut.

Below, Ye Xiaodao laughed loudly, saying, "Success... wonderful, wonderful... hahaha... it really succeeded!"

"Fellow Daoist He, pick all the remaining fruits!"

He Pingsheng nodded: "Good!"

After half an incense stick's time, all forty-six fruits had been picked by He Pingsheng.

"Half each!" Ye Xiaodao said: "Two-one makes five, we each get twenty-three!"

"Hehehe..."

"Fellow Daoist He... although we don't really need this to raise our cultivation, try not devouring the Dao techniques inside, just devouring the flesh and energy!"

"This is the number one delicacy in the Immortal Realm!"

"Hehehe..."

Finished speaking, Ye Xiaodao directly picked one up, put it in her mouth, and with a slurp swallowed it down.

An intoxicated appearance.

"Delicious..." After she finished eating, she even licked her lips.

He Pingsheng then cupped his fists toward her: "Fellow Daoist Ye, I have not failed my mission!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave!"