Chapter 18: Ants and grass

"Wang Shixiong Hao!"

"Wang Shixiong Hao!"

He Pingsheng shouted a few more times, then returned to his own house with a nervous expression.

What to do?

His gaze swept across the room, looking at everything inside!

One pottery basin!

Two jade bottles!

Two books!

Especially these two jade bottles and two books, which looked particularly eye-catching.

He Pingsheng was already starting to get anxious at this moment.

Why?

Because Wang Shixiong Hao didn't return, it was highly probable that something had happened.

Thinking about Elder Yude's character, they couldn't possibly be drinking and chatting happily with Wang Shixiong Hao, could they?

Because of Wang Shixiong Hao, that woman named Linglong was punished to reflect on her mistakes at the teleportation square for three days; why was it such a coincidence that just as three days passed, Elder Yude's disciple invited Wang Shixiong Hao?

It's likely something happened!

He Pingsheng took a deep breath, feeling his hands trembling.

No...

Must not lose composure.

Something happened to Wang Shixiong Hao, I must not let anything happen to me.

He Pingsheng forced himself to calm down, then quickly dug open the ground, pulled all twenty-four pills out of the soil, and put them into the jade bottles one by one!

Twelve pills in each jade bottle.

Put on the lids.

Sure enough!

The next moment, the fragrance was gone.

The jade bottle... could perfectly conceal the medicinal fragrance emitted by the top-tier pills.

But keeping these pills in hand definitely wouldn't work, so He Pingsheng buried these two jade bottles and the two books together under the bed!

Spread a layer of soil, cover with stone slabs.

Sweep away the excess soil on top!

Not a trace!

As for the pottery basin, He Pingsheng wasn't worried at all, because no matter how you looked at it, it was just an ordinary old basin.

After everything was done, he took two iron bowls and ran to the servant class to get food.

Until he finished eating and the morning sun rose, He Pingsheng still hadn't seen the figure of Wang Shixiong Hao Yun.

However, another Daoist who looked like an immortal came to the small courtyard of the alchemy room.

This person was tall, wearing a cyan Daoist robe, with gray hair, but a pitch-black beard.

His complexion didn't look very good?

"Greetings, Master!" He Pingsheng bowed respectfully.

Anyway, calling an unknown immortal "Master" was never wrong.

That middle-aged cultivator stretched out his right hand to stroke the three wisps of black beard on his chest and said indifferently: "I am Yude!"

"Yu..." He Pingsheng's voice trembled, saying: "Elder Yude?"

"Correct!" Yude nodded and said: "You are that servant from the servant class, right?"

He Pingsheng nodded: "Yes... the little one is He Pingsheng!"

"Mm!" Yude said seemingly casually: "Hao Yun said the reason his injuries healed so quickly was because you gave him a top-tier Jin Gu Dan, is that so?"

*Bang! * He Pingsheng's heart felt like it had stopped.

Wang Shixiong Hao... actually sold me out?

Ruined, ruined...

Finished!

Now my secret is going to be discovered.

Having the Treasure Basin taken away is a small matter, but if I lose my life, that's a big matter.

"Speak!" Yude suddenly shouted loudly.

This sound, like thunder, exploded in He Pingsheng's ears.

He Pingsheng knew that his hesitant expression just now had already betrayed him halfway.

However, having practiced the 【Basic Breathing and Meditation Method】 for the past few days, although he hadn't truly guided spiritual energy into his body, he could feel the fluctuations of spiritual energy outside, and He Pingsheng's mind had opened up a layer, his reaction speed becoming slightly faster.

Hearing Yude's shout, he stammered: "El... Elder... the little one knows about Jin Gu Dan... but what is this top-tier Jin Gu Dan you speak of?"

Asking this question actually made Yude pause for a moment.

That's right...

How could a servant disciple know what a top-tier item is?

"I heard that before, your Senior Sister Luoyu once gave you two Golden Bone Elixirs?" Yude stared at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng said: "Yes... the little one doesn't know that fairy's name, but indeed a fairy gave me a porcelain bottle, and there were two pills in that porcelain bottle!"

Yude asked: "Where are the pills?"

He Pingsheng said: "One was eaten by me... the other one and the porcelain bottle were taken away by the servant class monitor, Zhang Laoda..."

By the end, He Pingsheng's voice became lower and lower.

Yude looked at him for a full dozen breaths, then stepped directly into He Pingsheng's room.

His gaze swept around the room, rummaging around, but he didn't find anything suspicious, so he came out of the room.

"He Pingsheng!" Yude looked up at the sky and said: "There is something I want you to do!"

"Yes!" He Pingsheng followed closely behind Yude, looking respectful.

Yude said: "Hao Yun was the alchemy boy of the alchemy room. Yesterday, I kindly invited him over, wanting to treat his injuries, but unfortunately, he disagreed and argued with my disciple Linglong, and in the end, both sides fought, and Linglong accidentally..."

"Accidentally..."

"Killed that Hao Yun!"

*Boom... *

He Pingsheng's heart shook violently.

His whole body trembled.

Wang Shixiong Hao...

Dead?

Just gone like that?

"Don't be sad!" Yude said: "All mortals have their destiny; this was a tribulation in his life."

"This is his fate... do you understand?"

At this moment, He Pingsheng had collapsed to the ground, his face full of fear and confusion.

A trace of sadness also rose in his heart.

Wang Shixiong Hao was such a good person, just gone like that?

Fate?

Killing someone and then saying they had bad fate?

What kind of bullshit logic is this?

He Pingsheng was angry and wanted to curse, but at the critical moment, he held back.

"Why?" He Pingsheng looked up at Yude: "Couldn't you just talk things out? Why did you have to kill him?"

"He was a very good person!"

"Sigh..." Yude sighed and said: "I also feel sad. Linglong committed such a grave mistake, and last night she was already sentenced by the Ancestor!"

"This matter has already been settled, you don't need to ask more!"

"In the eyes of immortals, ants and grass, what's there to talk about?"

"And what's there to pity?"

*Bang... *

While speaking, Yude took out clothing from his storage bag and threw it casually on the ground.

It was a corpse.

Hao Yun!

Hao Yun's chest had seven sword wounds!

Every sword had pierced through his body.

He Pingsheng looked at Hao Yun before him, trembling: was this an accidental injury?

"I asked, Hao Yun had no relatives or friends, and we don't know where his family is!"

"But he was your superior after all, his remains are left to you!"

"You are responsible for finding him a good burial spot and burying him!"

"Oh, right!" Yude paused and added: "Xiuzhu Peak is a precious land of immortals and cannot be defiled... go find a place in the outer sect!"

After speaking, Yude drifted away.

He Pingsheng sat on the ground, feeling extremely lost, like a wooden sculpture, motionless.

After a long time, He Pingsheng suddenly moved again.

He stood up from the ground, first closing the courtyard gate of the entire alchemy room.

Then he closed the door to Hao Yun's room.

Finally, he walked into his own bedroom.

It was time to make a choice. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====