Chapter 1945

Afterwards, about two months passed, and Old Tong emerged from seclusion.

"Young Master!"

"Young Master, Young Master, the blueprints are ready!"

Old Tong immediately brought Old Cao to He Pingsheng's dojo entrance.

He handed a jade slip to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng extended his Divine Sense into it and scanned it briefly.

Old Tong said: "Young Master, I designed three types in total. Take a look—one is two hundred zhang long, one is five hundred zhang, and one is one thousand zhang!"

"Which one do you think is suitable?"

He Pingsheng scanned all three blueprints, then said: "The two-hundred-zhang one is too small, the one-thousand-zhang one is too big!"

"Hmm... the five-hundred-zhang one then!"

"This five-hundred-zhang one is just right!"

"It has a main hall, two side halls, and six hundred small courtyards!"

"Good, let's proceed with this design for now!"

The five-hundred-zhang-long divine vessel is also one hundred zhang wide, with six hundred small courtyards each measuring three zhang square, plus one main and two secondary halls—three great halls in total.

For any family, this is more than sufficient.

"How about the speed?" He Pingsheng looked at Old Tong and asked.

Old Tong replied: "Since it's only a third-tier divine vessel, the speed isn't great... but if we could refine it into a top-grade one, its speed would surely be much faster than an ordinary third-tier divine vessel!"

He Pingsheng asked: "I'm talking about production speed!"

Old Tong chuckled: "Young Master, I misunderstood. As for production speed... if I get a few helpers, I can refine three to five vessels per year!"

Being able to produce three to five top-grade vessels per year, He Pingsheng would then strengthen one of them into two supreme-grade ones.

Enough!

"Oh right..." He Pingsheng walked over, patted Tong Haotian's shoulder, and asked: "I remember giving you a refining manual last time. Now that you've studied it, can't you refine a fourth-tier divine vessel?"

Old Tong gave a bitter smile: "No... Young Master, I still can't refine a fourth-tier divine artifact!"

"Although the manual you gave me is good... but... my Divine Sense is a fatal flaw!"

"Divine Sense?" He Pingsheng said: "That's easy to fix. I have a Three-Zhang Valley here—just go and cultivate your Divine Sense properly!"

When He Pingsheng first took this fellow as a servant, he was only at the fourth layer of the Spirit Divine Realm. Now, after several tens of yuan of time, his cultivation has broken through one layer, reaching the fifth layer.

But he's still far from the God Lord Realm!

However, it doesn't matter!

Soon!

He Pingsheng thought: When my cultivation reaches the Spirit Divine Realm, I'll enhance the Nine Apertures Pearl Lotus, then give this old fellow a stalk.

By pre-opening the divine apertures to comprehend the Dao laws, then I'll be able to refine fourth-tier divine artifacts and divine warships.

"How much Azure-Purple Tea Wood does one of these five-hundred-zhang divine vessels need?"

Old Tong immediately produced a list and said: "Young Master, here's the detailed list!"

He Pingsheng took the list and glanced at it—dense with required materials, numbering in the hundreds—but he didn't need to worry, as Old Tong would handle it all.

Only this Azure-Purple Tea Wood needs to be purchased in large quantities.

A five-hundred-zhang divine vessel requires three thousand six hundred stalks of Azure-Purple Tea Wood, each stalk no shorter than one hundred zhang.

After that, it's simple—He Pingsheng brought Old Tong and Old Cao directly to the Lu family's residence on Mount Tianze.

Since they're in the same region, and the He family is still one of the subordinate families under the Lu family, the distance is short. The three of them arrived at the Lu family's mountain gate in less than half an hour.

Looking afar, the Lu family resides on both sides of a vast mountain range ridge, stretching for hundreds of li, immensely vast.

Upon landing at the mountain gate, Lu family gatekeepers immediately stepped forward.

"We are from the He family, a two-star family of Mount Tianze, here to seek an audience with the Lu family's Internal Affairs Elder, to purchase some of their materials!"

"Eh..." He Pingsheng thought for a moment, then added: "The purchase quantity is enormous—please be sure to relay the message!"

"Alright, alright, alright..." Upon hearing it was for material procurement, the gatekeeper instantly beamed with joy: "No need to relay—three seniors, follow me, I'll take you to see the Internal Affairs Elder!"

The three followed the gatekeeper into the Lu family estate. After passing through the mountain gate, they rode the Lu family's unique flying vessel into the interior, finally landing on a certain mountain peak!

The spiritual energy here is extremely rich, but overall, it still falls short of the He family's spiritual energy.

He Pingsheng roughly estimated that the Lu family's buried divine veins underground are likely of medium grade.

But not just one—there should be multiple medium-grade divine veins to produce such spiritual energy.

"The Internal Affairs Elder of our Lu family is inside the main hall—you may go in directly!"

"Right now, the Elder's side happens to be empty!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng thanked the gatekeeper, then led the two directly into the main hall.

Although he didn't bring the God King Realm Yu Si, He Pingsheng felt no fear.

After all, no matter the situation, the opponent is at most a God Lord Realm cultivator—a single drop of water would suffice to resolve the issue.

"Please be seated!" The Internal Affairs Elder is a plump middle-aged man, his appearance somewhat refined, but his attitude extremely arrogant: "You three, are you from the He family?"

He Pingsheng clasped his hands: "Yes!"

"It's the He family of Mount Tianze!"

As he said this, He Pingsheng suddenly felt the Elder's Divine Sense rudely sweep over him, scanning his entire body directly.

He Pingsheng also showed no courtesy, returning the sweep in kind.

He discovered the Elder's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Spirit Divine Realm, twelfth layer—only a hair's breadth away from the God Lord Realm.

"He family, He family... hehehe..." The Elder chuckled: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be the He family under the Zhongxing family, right?"

He Pingsheng nodded: "Yes!"

Elder stared at He Pingsheng: "Who are you from the He family?"

He Pingsheng said: "I am He Pingsheng, I suppose I can be considered a Young Master of the He family!"

"Hmm!" the Elder said, "I am the Fourteenth Elder of the Lu family, my name is Lu Jianwo, and I previously had some dealings with your He family!"

"There's a gatekeeper at your He family's gate, surnamed Diao, right..."

"This guy is quite unusual!"

He Pingsheng immediately frowned: What a fellow...

Matched the number.

The Lu family's Fourteenth Elder, the guy who has something going on with Xu Qin of Zhongxing?

This...

Such a coincidence?

"Uh..." He Pingsheng suddenly felt both amused and exasperated: "This... I have heard a bit about it, our family's old Diao has such a personality; if I have offended you, Senior, I apologize to you!"

"Hehe..." the Fourteenth Elder coldly laughed: "This matter is not easy to handle!"

"Easy, easy..." Old Cao squeezed over, smirking at Lu Jianwo, and said: "Old Diao is my nephew, I will take responsibility for this... Elder Lu, how about this: I will go back to Tianxie Wangcheng later, purchase five beautiful female slaves to send over to you as attendants to serve your daily needs, hoping Elder Lu will not refuse!"

"Hahahaha..." Lu Jianwo's expression changed, then he became all smiles: "Good to say, good to say... this is easy to say, hahaha... may I ask, fellow Daoist, who are you?"

Old Cao said: "I am an Elder of the He family, Cao Zhiwei!"

"Fellow Daoist Cao is quite a remarkable person..."

"What are you intending to purchase from our Lu family?"