Chapter 2028: Backer

God King Realm peak, twelfth layer.

Only one layer away from the God Emperor Realm.

Perhaps swallowing a single Boundary-Breaking Pill would be enough to break through to the God Emperor Realm.

Upon reaching the God Emperor Realm, one can directly open a Void Passage; truly enviable.

He Pingsheng's face was full of envious admiration.

"My Wang Shixiong is incredibly formidable..." Gao Ming lowered his voice and said, "Do you know of the Hongmeng Dao Body?"

He Pingsheng's pupils trembled: "I've heard of it!"

"Hehehe... my Wang Shixiong possesses the Hongmeng Dao Body; he once tempered his body with Hongmeng Purple Qi, making him unmatched in strength and invincible among his peers!" Gao Ming said with a complacent air: "Previously in the Equality Zone, we ran into two God King Realm cultivators who didn't know their place and tried to ambush us!"

"The result was my Wang Shixiong slapped them each to death with a single palm strike!"

"You tell me, is this Hongmeng Body awesome or not?"

"Awesome!" He Pingsheng gave a thumbs up: "But... it's said the Hongmeng Body requires Hongmeng Purple Qi for tempering, yet hasn't Hongmeng Purple Qi ceased to exist long ago?"

Gao Ming said: "You know only one side, not the other. Although Hongmeng Purple Qi theoretically dissipated long ago, back then quite a lot of it was sealed away inside artifacts by people!"

"So within the fragments of certain artifacts, Hongmeng Purple Qi can still be extracted!"

"My Wang Shixiong used precisely this method!"

"What a pity... I just don't have that kind of fortuitous encounter!"

Gao Ming sighed repeatedly, filled with envy.

He Pingsheng discovered this man was not only a chatterbox but also knew a great deal, so he deliberately pursed his lips and said: "Fellow Daoist Gao, then right now... what are we both waiting for here?"

"What else is inside this grand formation?"

"This... you... no way?" Gao Ming wore an exaggerated expression and said: "You don't even know this, yet you sat down?"

He Pingsheng said: "Wasn't it your Wang Shixiong who told me to sit down?"

"Hahaha..." Gao Ming laughed heartily and said: "Right, right, right, I forgot..."

"This place... is a tomb. Have you ever heard of Daoist Tian Guan?"

He Pingsheng shook his head: "No!"

"You don't even know Daoist Tian Guan? Wang Shixiong... when you have nothing to do, you should go out more, visit disciples of aristocratic clans and major sects; it'll do you good!"

"Cough cough cough... back to the main topic..."

"This Daoist Tian Guan was a God Emperor from the ancient era. Although he ultimately didn't monopolize a single Dao to achieve the titled God Emperor rank, he still reached the God Emperor level!"

"This man acted with sinister ruthlessness, struck without mercy, and crucially, his combat strength was extremely powerful, plus he liked to operate alone!"

"Legend has it that in that era, he alone suppressed countless Assistant Gods!"

"He earned the title of 'First Under the Titled God Emperors,' and it was no empty reputation!"

"Unfortunately, in the era he was born, the Three Thousand Great Daos were already full, leaving no position for him!"

"So he was born at the wrong time, ultimately offended a Titled God Emperor, and was besieged by several Titled God Emperors, heavily injured, and fled!"

"He finally perished right here!"

"This place is Daoist Tian Guan's tomb!"

He Pingsheng knew all this information; the reason he asked was to stimulate the other party's desire to talk.

Once the desire to talk was stimulated, asking other things would become easy.

"Formidable..." He Pingsheng praised: "Is Daoist Tian Guan so strong because the Great Dao he cultivated was powerful?"

"Fellow Daoist, you're confused!" Gao Ming said: "Ordinary Great Daos don't have much difference; cultivated to the extreme, all can achieve the extreme!"

"The reason his combat strength was unmatched wasn't because his cultivation technique or divine abilities were different, and it had even less to do with the Great Dao!"

"Mainly because of a divine artifact!"

"Divine artifact?" He Pingsheng instantly perked up: "What level of divine artifact?"

"Naturally, it's the Heavenly Coffin!" Gao Ming gave him a sidelong glance: "You don't even know this?"

"Legend says this Heavenly Coffin is a ninth-grade divine artifact, and a supreme one among ninth-grade!"

"It has a miraculous function: enhancing combat strength!"

He Pingsheng's brows furrowed slightly: "A coffin, how does it enhance combat strength?"

"Hush hush hush..." Gao Ming said in a low voice: "This is very evil..."

"It's like this... this Heavenly Coffin can trap people!"

"For instance, I, Gao Ming, am the Heavenly Coffin's master, and you, Wang Dun, are my opponent... once I defeat you, I can trap you inside my Heavenly Coffin!"

"Then, when I carry the Heavenly Coffin and fight others, a single strike's power contains not only my own strength but also the strength of the person inside the coffin!"

"Equivalent to the combined power of two people blasted out together — who could block that?"

"As time goes on, the more people trapped in the coffin, the stronger the combat strength becomes!"

"Cycling like this endlessly, the Heavenly Coffin's master just keeps getting stronger!"

"Of course, people trapped in the coffin will eventually have their origin divine power consumed dry, but it doesn't matter — once drained, just swap in another person!"

"Supposedly it can trap a maximum of three people simultaneously!"

Hearing this, He Pingsheng suddenly felt icy cold all over: Damn... this is way too strong.

Not just strong, but f*cking cruel and evil!

If someone possessed such a coffin, they truly could be invincible among their peers.

Huu—

He Pingsheng took a deep breath, deciding that no matter what, he had to make a grab for it.

"Junior Brother... do you know what is most important for us cultivators in cultivation?" After finishing, Gao Ming changed the subject and asked He Pingsheng a question.

He Pingsheng said: "Talent, luck!"

"No no no..." Gao Ming waved his hand: "Talent and fortune, those things are ethereal and intangible; in the situation where you don't have them, they just aren't important!"

"Speak of practical things!"

"Practical things?" He Pingsheng said: "That would be cultivation resources!"

"Wrong!" Gao Ming shook his head.

He Pingsheng said: "Cultivation methods and divine abilities!"

"Wrong!" Gao Ming continued shaking his head.

He Pingsheng said: "Then it's divine artifacts, just like Daoist Tian Guan!"

"Also wrong!" Gao Ming said: "Even though Senior Tian Guan suppressed an era, he ultimately still fell at the hands of a Titled expert, becoming a speck of dust in history!"

He Pingsheng asked: "Then I don't know... may I ask, Fellow Daoist Gao, what is this most important matter?"

He was still hoping Gao Ming would speak some earth-shattering great principle.

As a result, the moment Gao Ming opened his mouth, he spoke two words: "Backing!"

Pfft—

He Pingsheng nearly coughed up blood.

Backing?

"Junior Brother..." Gao Ming continued: "You're not situated in a great clan or major sect, you don't understand the importance of this backing!"

"With backing, there are endless cultivation resources!"

"With backing, there's someone to watch your back, keeping your Dao heart from corrupting!"

"With backing, there's the confidence to directly face all sides of the Divine Realm."

"So finding a backing is very important!"

Speaking to here, that Gao Ming had a face full of self-satisfaction.

He Pingsheng figured he understood: after messing around for half a day, this guy talked to me for half a day, turns out he was showing off to me?

In front of me, a loose cultivator or bottom-rung cultivator, seeking a sense of existence?

"Enlightened, enlightened..."

"Brother Gao's words have truly opened my eyes, suddenly clearing my confusion!"

"Spoken truly too reasonably!"

Who doesn't know how to blow hot air?

He Pingsheng also couldn't be bothered to argue with him: Anyway, whatever you say is right.