Chapter 1938: Old Cao's Advice

He Pingsheng packed up all his belongings and took them with him after several dozen days.

All of his Dao companions, disciples, and children were also sent by him onto the great ship.

At first, He Pingsheng's idea was to leave Han Houshi and Lao Diao behind to look after the Han family.

But Lao Diao said he wouldn't do it no matter what, insisting on following along back to the He family.

Forget it!

He Pingsheng didn't bother arguing with him, so he brought him aboard the divine ship as well.

The great ship, or rather, Yusi's flying vessel.

Its speed was extremely fast.

Returning from Shuishui City to the He family in Tianfeng City took only half an hour.

The speed was so fast it was astonishing.

The He family remained as it was, with hardly any major changes.

The formation was damaged, and the divine power was relatively weak.

But for a two-star family, this was already quite good.

"Young Master, you've returned?" Seeing so many people return to the He family, Lao Cao looked quite surprised: "Not…… you're not worried about the Lu family…… did the Lu family come looking for you?"

"Hahaha……" Lao Diao laughed heartily, saying: "Great-uncle, you wouldn't know this, but the Young Master has already settled the matter of the Lu family!"

"Ah?" Lao Cao opened his mouth wide: "This…… did you kill the Lu family's old ancestor?"

"This…… is it really true, Young Master?"

"Not exactly!" He Pingsheng shook his head: "I went to the Lu family once and had a detailed talk with their old ancestor; they agreed to settle this karmic debt, and now our grudges with the Lu family are cleared!"

"Really?" Lao Cao took a deep breath: "That's great…… but…… forgive this old servant for speaking bluntly, this…… you just went to the Lu family, why would they listen to you?"

"Of course, old servant has no other meaning; I'm just…… purely curious!"

"Lao Cao, stop being curious!" Su Zhenzhen said: "Look, the servant beside the Young Master is a mighty cultivator of the God King Realm; with her by the Young Master's side, the Lu family naturally wouldn't dare have any ideas!"

"Holy shit…… my god…… I I……"

"Young Master, you're really too awesome……"

"This mighty God King Realm, you can actually take it down?"

"Quite the fellow……"

"Young Master, your poison-refining skills have improved a lot lately—you can even poison a God King?"

Lao Cao still thought He Pingsheng was using poison!

He Pingsheng also didn't explain, just smiled and said: "Alright, let's go…… talk inside!"

The crowd clattered back into the main hall.

He Pingsheng took the main seat, Su Zhenzhen sat beside him, and the other Dao companions sat in the lower seats.

Lao Cao, Lao Diao, and Yusi stood.

"Lao Cao, during my short absence, has anything happened at home?"

"No!" Lao Cao said: "Everything is normal, uh…… except once midway, the Fourteenth Elder of the Lu family came looking for trouble!"

"Lu family, Fourteenth Elder?" He Pingsheng frowned: "What's going on?"

The Lu family is a four-star family in this region, and they actually have a God Monarch Realm existence in their clan.

The Zhongxing families are all subordinate families of the Lu family!

If such a family came looking for trouble, that would really be somewhat troublesome.

"It's not a big deal!" Lao Cao said: "This Lu family Fourteenth Elder is also a respectable person; they came just to settle accounts with my great-nephew, and since my great-nephew ran away, they didn't give the He family a hard time!"

Pa……

He Pingsheng stretched out his hand and slammed it hard onto his thigh.

He finally remembered.

Back when he crushed the young master of Zhongxing, the young master had once exposed his own family's background, saying his mother Zhongxing Xu Qin and the Lu family's Fourteenth Elder had an affair.

Later, Lao Diao this guy seemed to have also had an affair with Zhongxing Xu Qin.

After that, this Lu family elder came to settle accounts with Lao Diao, and Lao Diao just ran away directly.

So that's what it was about.

"Hehehehe……" Lao Diao gave a hehe laugh, looking embarrassed.

"Alright alright…… let's not talk about this anymore!" He Pingsheng waved his hand, saying: "Now I have a few matters to entrust to you!"

He took out that top-grade divine vein, saying: "Lao Cao, this is a top-grade divine vein; you find a suitable place in the family and bury this divine vein underground!"

"Young Master, you can actually get something like this?" Lao Cao exclaimed in shock as he took the divine vein: "Too impressive, right? This kind of top-grade divine vein, even a four-star family like the Lu family couldn't possibly have one!"

"Good good good, old servant will go bury the divine vein right away!"

He Pingsheng looked left and right, saying: "Didn't see Lichanghai around?"

"Where is he?"

Lao Cao said: "He's in seclusion; this Lao Li guy spends all day just wanting to compete with me, and when he comes out of seclusion later, I estimate he won't be so desperate then!"

"Hehehe…… I really hope to see his expression when he discovers the Young Master has a God King servant beside him!"

"Hahahaha……"

"Hmm……" He Pingsheng said: "Next, with Yusi as the main, set up several major formations in the family!"

"First, the defensive formation!"

"Yusi, based on your formation level, the higher the level of the defensive formation, the better!"

"Besides the defensive formation, you guys pick a place to serve as the planting ground for Sanjiang Valley!"

"Right…… for this matter, let Wen Bunian take the lead!"

"Just listen to her arrangements!"

"After the formation is set up, Rain Si, you can leave—make sure you deliver what I gave you to my senior brother Wang Dun!"

"Go on..."

He Pingsheng waved his hand, and everyone left.

Even the Dao Companions left, as they still had to tidy up their own dojos.

Old Cao stayed behind, though.

"Old Cao, what's up?" He Pingsheng asked.

Old Cao chuckled, edging closer to He Pingsheng, and said: "Young Master, you've already reached the seventh layer of the Divine Sovereign Realm, haven't you?"

"Young Master is truly formidable—this talent can be said to have no equal in ancient or future times; breaking through three layers in just a few hundred years, old servant is in awe..."

He Pingsheng said: "Stop sucking up!"

"The reason I was able to break through is because I obtained a stalk of Gululu Meat in that ancient ruin!"

"Ah?" Old Cao made an exaggerated face: "Good heavens... Young Master, your fortune is too strong—you even managed to get such a heaven-defying thing as Gululu Meat!"

"Looks like old servant wasn't just sucking up just now—you truly are without equal in ancient or future times..."

"Alright, alright, alright... stop, stop, stop..." He Pingsheng, somewhat helpless at this flattery: "Old Cao, just get to the point!"

"Ah... ah... ah..." Old Cao took a deep breath, then said: "Young Master, seeing your cultivation, you're getting closer and closer to the Divine Spirit Realm!"

"I estimate that when you next enter seclusion, you'll be able to break straight through to the Divine Spirit Realm!"

He Pingsheng said: "Hard to say!"

Old Cao said: "Once you reach the Divine Spirit Realm, if you swallow the Nine Apertures Linglong, you'll be able to prematurely open the Divine Apertures and comprehend the great Dao of heaven and earth!"

"Ah?" He Pingsheng looked bewildered: "How do you know I have the Nine Apertures Linglong?"

"I don't know!" Old Cao spread his hands: "Old servant couldn't possibly know—I'm just saying, if... hehe... if..."

"Young Master, you really do have it?"

He Pingsheng nodded.

"Holy cow... Young Master, you're amazing... you truly are without equal in ancient or future times... uh... uh... uh... what I mean is, I've heard a certain saying!"

"It's said that once you comprehend the Dao, you should as much as possible avoid trying to devour those Dao origins!"

"Doing so brings a hundred harms and no benefit to the cultivation of the Dao—Young Master must remember this!"