Chapter 1998: Wu Dabao

Of course, it wasn't that He Pingsheng didn't want Primordial Purple Qi.

It was just too difficult.

Even if you found a fragment of this thing, it would be of no use.

By He Pingsheng's estimation, aside from the existing Primordial Purple Qi, he would need to obtain roughly ten more fragments to accumulate enough to cultivate the Primordial Dao Body.

Others have wandered here for countless years without finding a single piece, and I come in and find ten?

Not very likely, right?

That would be too fake.

So, He Pingsheng really didn't hold much hope for these fragments.

But!

He could still look.

When he returned to the Equality Zone later, and his cultivation rose to the Divine Monarch realm, he could strengthen items while searching for opportunities in the Equality Zone; if he could get a fragment or two, that would count as opportunity knocking.

The Primordial Dao Body — take it slow!

In this dead zone, He Pingsheng didn't know the direction either!

But no big problem!

Because as he moved toward the center, the pressure of heaven and earth would gradually increase.

As long as he felt the life-and-death pressure on his body strengthening, there was no problem.

Bang—

He Pingsheng deployed the Divine Profound Heaven Boat, then split off a wisp of Divine Sense to pilot it, speeding across the void!

Of course, he didn't dare fly too high.

Flying too high easily attracted attention; if it brought unnecessary trouble, that would truly violate his original intent.

He Pingsheng lowered the spirit boat's height until it nearly skimmed the ground, only a hundred zhang from the earth.

But he had barely flown for half an incense stick's time when, on the crimson ground that looked like some kind of rock, several black giant pythons suddenly burst from the soil and attacked He Pingsheng.

"Demonic beasts?"

He Pingsheng, sitting cross-legged on the deck, was startled.

By the time he leaped up from the deck, his spirit boat had already been tightly wrapped by these "giant pythons."

Those weren't giant pythons, but black vines.

The number of vines kept increasing; they shot up from underground one after another, not only entangling He Pingsheng's Divine Chosen spirit boat, but even winding toward his main body.

He Pingsheng didn't counterattack immediately; instead, his Divine Sense moved, shrinking the spirit boat to palm-size, letting it land in his palm, then stowing it away.

As a result, even more vines wound toward He Pingsheng's body.

He Pingsheng wasn't afraid at all!

Since he could so easily stow the spirit boat just now, it showed these vines didn't understand space laws.

Even if you bind me, a single Void Swift Movement would let me escape.

He Pingsheng's Divine Sense blasted out, spreading downward along the vines, and sure enough he saw this thing's main body.

It was a plant.

Third tier!

Meaning an all-out attack would only be equivalent to a Divine Spirit realm expert's strength; such strength, even if poisonous, was nothing for He Pingsheng to fear.

He Pingsheng's thought was: how to uproot this fellow from underground and see if it had the function of a divine herb!

What if it was a divine herb?

Just then, several streaks of light flashed by in the distance.

Very fast!

As they passed He Pingsheng, one suddenly stopped.

It was a woman.

Precisely the white-clad woman embroidered with peach blossoms from outside the dead zone earlier.

"Yo..." The woman looked at He Pingsheng, a trace of mockery on her face: "Little brother seems to want to solo in the Collapsed Dao Fallen Yellow; how come you barely entered and already ran into such a powerful demonic beast?"

"You take your time dealing with this demonic beast!"

"Big sister is leaving first!"

"Wishing you an early escape!"

Finished speaking, the woman turned into a streak of light and left directly.

He Pingsheng smiled, not caring in the slightest!

He used a Void Swift Movement, his body shaking off the vines, and casually pulled out a long sword, hacking wildly at the vines below — three strikes, five cuts, a messy flurry.

"Fellow Daoist... Fellow Daoist, spare my life..."

He Pingsheng had only chopped a few times when the vines below spoke: "I was reckless... Fellow Daoist, spare my life!"

"Hehe..." He Pingsheng chuckled: "You ambushed me just now, and now that you see you can't beat me, it's just that you were reckless?"

"Why should I spare your life?"

"You delayed my precious travel time, and just now you still wanted to kill me?"

"No no no..." The vine said: "I... I didn't mean that..."

He Pingsheng said: "Want me to spare you? That's possible, depends on how you satisfy me!"

"I'll only give you three breaths' time!"

"My Divine Spark can be given to you!" The vine immediately said decisively.

He Pingsheng shook his head: "I don't care for that thing of yours!"

"I..."

"How about this!" He Pingsheng said: "Hand over your poison core!"

"No way!" Jing Tiao said: "The poison core is my inner core; if I hand it over, I will certainly die!"

"Fellow Daoist, I can still provide you with a piece of information!"

"Two days' journey from here, in the valley in this direction, there is a hidden innate divine formation!"

"Inside that formation is a Buddha Hand Golden Gourd!"

"The Buddha Hand Golden Gourd is a top-grade body-refining treasure for you human cultivators!"

"Not only can it strengthen the body after consumption, it can also increase your strength!"

He Pingsheng's eyes brightened: Buddha Hand Golden Gourd?

This was the first time he had ever heard of this thing.

"Good..." He Pingsheng nodded: "You'd better not lie to me; anyway you cannot leave this territory, if you deceive me, I will come back and tear you to pieces!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare, this little demon wouldn't dare!" That vine trembled in fright.

He Pingsheng deployed the spirit boat again, and truly flew off in the direction the little demon spoke of.

It happened to be more or less straight ahead anyway; might as well go take a look.

Buddha Hand Golden Gourd!

The name alone sounds extraordinary!

Two days later!

He indeed saw a valley.

The earth here was still crimson, the mountains also crimson.

Amidst the crimson mountain range a clear river surged forth, cutting a deep gorge between the two peaks.

If nothing was amiss, this should be the gorge that vine spoke of.

He Pingsheng's body lightly descended, Divine Sense and gaze sweeping the surroundings.

Saw nothing.

He raised his hand slightly, a strand of divine power flew out, landing in the valley.

Still no reaction!

"Open..."

He Pingsheng waved a hand, this time dozens of strands of divine power shot out simultaneously, each falling toward a different direction of the valley.

The next moment, a light membrane indeed emerged.

Hum hum hum...

It was a golden light membrane.

He Pingsheng had not yet moved to break the light membrane, when at this moment the void suddenly flickered.

A streak of light halted.

"Heh... it's you?" A chubby Daoist looked at He Pingsheng: "You are... that that..."

He Pingsheng also smiled: "Wu Dabao, what a coincidence?"

This person was the fellow he had met back then in a tavern near the Xuanji Merchant Guild in Xuanji City.

It was also this fellow who told He Pingsheng some matters concerning Collapsed Dao Fallen Yellow.

Wu Dabao!

"You really came?" Wu Dabao landed beside He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng said: "How long have you been here?"

Wu Dabao said: "Just entered less than ten days ago, what a coincidence... what is this?"