Chapter 1886: Journey to the Ancient Heavenly Ruins

"Let's go!" He Pingsheng flicked his sleeves. "This Young Master is leaving too!"

"Hey, hey, hey..." Old Tong hunched his body and hurriedly followed.

He Pingsheng said, "Didn't hear you mention you still have a mother?"

"Is your father still alive too?"

He Pingsheng respected women, so he hadn't used his Divine Sense to casually scan her body; therefore, he still didn't know that woman's cultivation level just now.

"Heh..." Old Tong said, "Young Master doesn't know, I lost my mother since childhood... later Father took another wife..."

He Pingsheng wore an expression of sudden realization. "I understand... this is the stepmother your father married!"

"She must have treated you well when you were young, right? That's why you're so respectful!"

"No!" Old Tong smiled bitterly. "This woman... is not my father's wife..."

He Pingsheng's face was a mess: What the hell?

Old Tong added, "And she has no kindness toward me either!"

"Uh..." He Pingsheng held his forehead, then walked out slowly.

He couldn't be bothered to pry into Old Tong's family affairs.

Might be another string of messy relationships.

But Old Tong chattered on endlessly. "My father's cultivation wasn't high back then, only the Divine Control realm, but not long after he married my stepmother, while fighting desperately with someone outside, he was killed!"

"Uh... that stepmother of mine actually treated me well!"

"All my abilities actually come from her!"

"She taught me artifact refining, taught me cultivation, helped me manage the huge clan!"

"Later, when I grew up, she found a Dao Companion!"

"Counts as my stepfather!"

If He Pingsheng weren't forcing himself not to laugh, he would have sprayed laughter by now.

Good grief!

Equivalent to his own birth parents dying, leaving behind a pair of stepfather and stepmother!

"This stepfather of mine treated me really well too!" Old Tong continued. "He got me a 【Shuang Shen Dan】, allowing me to enter the Divine Spirit realm!"

He Pingsheng couldn't help his curiosity. "And then?"

Old Tong said, "Later, my stepmother also perished, leaving only the stepfather!"

"After that, my stepfather found another Dao Companion — the one you just saw!"

"She... counts as my step-stepmother..."

He Pingsheng truly had his eyes opened. He asked quietly, "How is your stepfather?"

Old Tong's face darkened. "Six epochs ago, my stepfather was also beheaded, so now I only have the step-stepmother above me!"

"Young Master just said she showed me great kindness; in truth, she actually has no kindness toward me at all!"

"But for my stepfather's sake, I must respect her!"

He Pingsheng held back laughter for a long while!

By the time they walked out of the Tong clan, He Pingsheng's amusement ended, and he inexplicably felt a surge of respect for Old Tong.

First, this fellow is a lustful lecher, yet he has no designs on this unrelated woman, this so-called step-stepmother, and instead respects her greatly — showing he has a good side.

Second, this guy's luck is truly amazing.

His birth parents both died, yet his stepmother and stepfather treated him extremely well.

Heaven-defying, truly heaven-defying.

"Let's go..."

He Pingsheng waved his hand and left.

After leaving Tianshui City, he deployed his spirit boat and flew straight toward his home.

Returning to the clan, He Pingsheng entered the grand formation first thing.

Strengthen!

Starting with the gloves, then the staff.

Unfortunately, because they'd been strengthened once already, although the Hongmeng Purple Gold's quality improved this time — both divine artifacts upgraded from third tier superior grade to peerless grade — the quantity didn't increase.

Next, He Pingsheng gave the two strengthened divine veins to Wen Buwan, having her plant them in the Han clan's mountain gate.

Next was secluded cultivation to refine the divine artifacts.

He Pingsheng first took out that staff.

Name: Hongmeng Purple Jin Gun!

Grade: Third tier, peerless grade!

Function: Divine weapon forged from Hongmeng Purple Gold, no attribute, unstoppable and indestructible, possesses the ability to devour heaven-and-earth treasures, can upgrade quality and level based on the nature of devoured materials.

Next was refining.

While refining, He Pingsheng conveniently strengthened the 【Three Zhang Valley】 as well.

Time slowly passed.

One year!

Two years!

Three years!

In a blink, a hundred years passed.

That Hongmeng Purple Jin Gun and gloves were both refined by He Pingsheng.

Name: Purple Gold Gloves.

Grade: third tier, supreme grade.

Function: For attack divine abilities of the 【Palm】 and 【Fist】 types, it has a significant enhancing effect, and can adsorb and fix specific types of Dao methods onto it.

Seeing this introduction, He Pingsheng couldn't help but want to laugh.

The glove is fixed; once worn, the left hand cannot clench into a fist.

It can only form a palm.

In such a situation, it still has a significant enhancing effect on fist-type divine abilities — isn't that a bit redundant?

Unless this thing can shapeshift.

After refining two divine artifacts, He Pingsheng did not leave seclusion, but continued to raise his cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years hurriedly passed.

That 【Ancient Heaven Ruins】 was finally about to open.

He Pingsheng walked lightly out of the grand hall.

"Master..."

"Master..."

Luo Bing Yao and Xin Baobao were the first to transform into streaks of light and land at He Pingsheng's doorway.

"Who was fighting just now?" He Pingsheng looked at the two.

He could clearly capture some combat auras in the void.

Luo Bing Yao said: "It was me and Junior Sister... the two of us wanted to see whose combat strength was stronger, so we just had a fight!"

He Pingsheng smiled: "And the result?"

Xin Baobao touched the Silent Fire in her hand, and said: "One slash!"

Luo Bing Yao wore a face of dejection.

He Pingsheng laughed heartily: "You actually dared to fight Xin Baobao too... come, let Master see, what cultivation have you reached!"

He Pingsheng's Divine Sense swept over Luo Bing Yao, and discovered this girl had actually cultivated to the Spirit Control realm.

"Not bad... Spirit Control realm!" He Pingsheng was somewhat surprised.

Luo Bing Yao said: "Recently, disciples in our clan have surged in number, and contracted disciples are increasing too!"

"Ever since disciples cultivated the Incense Fire Dao, their cultivation speed has become faster and faster!"

"Hmm..." He Pingsheng nodded: "Cultivate well!"

Finished speaking, he turned his head and pulled Xin Baobao along: "Come with me!"

He Pingsheng brought Xin Baobao to Tai Zhen's dao arena.

The three bid farewell to Su Zhenzhen, then left the Han family.

Several tens of days later, they arrived at the Tong family again!

"Young Master!" Old Tong stood respectfully before He Pingsheng, and said: "Until the Ancient Heaven Ruins open, there is less than two months' time left!"

"You can go over a month early!"

He Pingsheng looked around.

Besides himself there were four others: Han Houzhi, Old Tong, Xin Baobao, and Tai Zhen.

Old Tong had no way to participate.

That is to say, this time only four people would participate in the Ancient Heaven Ruins exploration.

But in hand there were five Ancient Heaven Tokens!

Wouldn't wasting one be a pity?

"This Ancient Heaven Token I give to you!" He Pingsheng ultimately still took one out and handed it to Old Tong: "You can auction it off, trade it away, or give it to your own descendants to use!"

"No need to ask me again!"

"You few all prepare yourselves; one month from now, we'll activate the Ancient Heaven Tokens and head to the Ancient Heaven Ruins!"