Chapter 1882

"Old servant Tong Haotian greets the Young Master!"

"From today onward, this old servant is willing to obey the Young Master's every command, to follow the Young Master's lead in all things!"

Grandmaster Tong knelt in the void and kowtowed nine times to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng smiled: "Good... from today on, you are this seat's servant!"

"However, there are a few points you must abide by!" He Pingsheng thought for a moment and said: "First, cultivators most taboo greed; baseless greed is best avoided. I do not want you, after becoming my servant, to go around stirring up trouble!"

"Second, do not give rise to angry thoughts; keeping a low profile is the true way!"

"If not for your anger and greed today, you would not have fallen into this plight!"

"Yes!" Grandmaster Tong said respectfully: "This old servant will remember the Young Master's teachings for all eternity!"

"Third!" He Pingsheng extended a third finger: "No indulgence in lust. I see you have gone too far in this regard — how could you, when facing a matter of life and death, still listen to the words of two ignorant women?"

"If these two were people of opportunity it would be one thing, but the key is they are utterly ignorant!"

It can be said that Grandmaster Tong reaching today's state is not unrelated to the two women by his side.

"Yes, this old servant is ashamed!" A trace of shame truly appeared on Tong Haotian's face.

"Enough, let's not speak of this!" He Pingsheng looked around: "This place is not suitable to stay long. Where is your clan? We'll go to your clan first and talk further!"

Tong Haotian said: "Reporting to the Young Master, this old servant's clan is in the city; in the city this old servant has a manor!"

"In the city, ah!" He Pingsheng's brows furrowed slightly, some hesitation showing.

After all, the City Lord and Vice City Lord of Tianshui City should both be Middle Gods of the God Monarch realm.

If he stayed in Tianshui City, using the Gathering Treasure Immortal Basin would not be so convenient.

"Young Master, please rest assured!" That Tong Haotian seemed to see through He Pingsheng's misgivings and said: "If the Young Master has any inconvenience it's fine; my clan has a Fourth Grade Forbidden God Grand Formation — no matter who, none can pry into the Young Master in the slightest!"

With Tong Haotian saying this, He Pingsheng also felt at ease.

"Young Master!" Tong Haotian asked again: "May I ask the Young Master's name and Dao title, so this old servant may know?"

"Mm!" He Pingsheng nodded and said: "This Young Master's name is 【He Pingsheng】..."

"He Pingsheng?" Upon hearing this name, Tong Haotian's heart trembled slightly, and he said: "You... you are He Pingsheng?"

"What cultivation?"

He Pingsheng was quite surprised by his reaction and said: "I am a Fourth Layer God Control realm cultivator. What of it? Have you heard of my name?"

"Hiss hiss hiss..." Tong Haotian drew a deep breath and said: "Young Master, that God Monarch expert Lu Shigu of the Lu clan of Tianxie King City — could it be that you personally slew him?"

He Pingsheng, both surprised and alarmed, said: "Precisely so. Where did you get this news?"

He was surprised that this Tong Haotian had actually heard of his name.

He was alarmed that if even Tong Haotian had heard of his name, then wouldn't many people in the Tianxie Divine Continent have heard of his name?

Then from now on it would truly be difficult to move a single step.

"Young Master need not worry!" Tong Haotian hurriedly said: "I know the Lu clan is searching everywhere for you, wanting to capture you!"

"But so far they have not the slightest clue!"

"This old servant previously went to Tianxie King City to help a major clan forge artifacts; that clan's patriarch once personally told me that a God Control cultivator named He Pingsheng slew the Lu clan's God Monarch expert!"

"This news is extremely concealed, because the Lu clan sealed it off!"

"So the number of people who know is not many!"

Hearing this, He Pingsheng more or less breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fine!" He said: "Old Tong, no need to grovel before me. Take me and Han Houzhi back, making it look like you captured the two of us!"

"Absolutely do not arouse anyone's suspicion!"

"And do not tell anyone that you have become this Young Master's servant!"

"Yes!" Tong Haotian waved a hand, deployed a flying boat, and took He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi back to Tianshui City.

Upon reaching Tianshui City, he walked swaggeringly at the front, while He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi lowered their heads and followed behind him.

In this way, the onlookers would think He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi had been captured by Tong Haotian.

Tong Haotian's sect, or rather clan, is right in the center of Tianshui City, behind the extremely bustling commercial street.

A plot of land, three hundred zhang in length!

Two hundred zhang in width.

Inside stand nine towering grand halls, covered layer upon layer with formations.

The Tong clan is also an old-established clan, so the clan's disciples are numerous.

Not to mention outer disciples, just Tong Haotian's direct descendants number over a hundred.

"Old Master..."

"Greetings, Clan Head!"

"Old Master, good!"

"Pay respects to the Ancestor!"

Seeing Tong Haotian, everyone saluted one by one.

Tong Haotian said: "Starting today, the last two grand halls are designated as forbidden ground; no one is allowed to approach!"

"Yes!"

Everyone replied respectfully.

Certain Tong clan disciples who fancied they knew something looked at He Pingsheng with smug delight, thinking this was a divine slave the Ancestor had brought back.

Tong Haotian brought He Pingsheng to the very back of the Tong clan.

"Young Master!" Tong Haotian said: "The last two grand halls are for you and Young Master Han to reside in!"

He Pingsheng nodded: "Good... you come with me as well."

The three entered the main hall, and He Pingsheng took out several third-tier formation arrays again.

Tong Haotian's Divine Sense was incredibly powerful, allowing him to engrave fourth-tier formation plates, so setting up third-tier formation arrays was even faster for him.

Everything was completed in half an hour.

Boom—

After the three great formations were set up, He Pingsheng felt even more relieved!

The three sat down in order of precedence, with He Pingsheng in the seat of honor, Han Houshi and Tong Haotian sitting below him.

"Young Master, please instruct me!" the red-haired Tong Haotian cupped his hands.

He Pingsheng, however, grabbed his own Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow and brought it over, placing it in front of Tong Haotian: "Old Tong, take a look at this thing first!"

"This is a supreme-grade item among third-tier divine artifacts... it can autonomously condense the poison from third-tier poison pills and then fire it out!"

"Take a look—can this thing be upgraded to fourth-tier?"

The Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow is simply too effective to use.

If it could be upgraded to fourth-tier, then even when encountering Divine Lord realm cultivators in the future, we would have some trump cards, wouldn't we?

"This... cannot be done," Old Tong shook his head and said: "Young Master, fourth-tier belongs to the category of Dao artifacts, and in the forging process of such items, one must incorporate the corresponding Dao power!"

"I, Old Slave, currently do not possess this ability!"

"Alright!" He Pingsheng pondered for a moment, then asked again: "I ascended from the lower realm, or rather, from a small world!"

"When I was in that small world, I had a staff named 【Hongmeng Purple Gold Staff】..."

"This staff is quite special, made primarily from a piece of Hongmeng Purple Gold, and then upgraded by devouring various materials from the lower world!"

"Later, I brought it to the Divine Realm, but... as soon as this object enters the Divine Realm, it automatically splits apart!"

"This... can it still be repaired?"