Chapter 2057: Steward Peng Dahxi

"He Pingsheng, helping you is naturally possible!"

"However, don't you go spouting empty, vague nonsense at me!"

"Give me some real, tangible benefits!"

"Be specific!"

After the agreement, Gu Baiping put forward her own demand.

By this time, she had long known that He Pingsheng was not Wang Dun, so she addressed him directly by name.

He Pingsheng asked, "What benefits do you want?"

Gu Baiping said, "For instance, let me out ahead of time!"

"Hmph..." He Pingsheng snorted coldly: "Seems you've forgotten your own predicament, haven't you?"

"Back in the Collapsed Dao Fallen Yellow equal zone — that is, inside this Grand Primordial Supreme Dao Bell's artifact space — you pretended to team up with me on the surface, but secretly launched a sneak attack!"

"If this old man didn't have a divine ability that prevents sneak attacks, I would have died at your hands that time!"

"For such a deep grudge and great hatred, is it excessive for me to say I'll kill you to avenge it?"

"The reason this old man didn't kill you is because I was worried about the person behind you, your so-called uncle!"

"Otherwise, I would have sliced you into a thousand pieces long ago!"

"Originally you were going to be killed by me; now I've agreed to let you out later, which for you is already a benefit you couldn't ask for, yet you're insatiably greedy and still want to leave early?"

"Gu Baiping, are you trying to treat me like a fool?"

He Pingsheng's voice wasn't loud, yet it was extremely piercing.

He narrowed his eyes, staring fixedly at Gu Baiping.

Gu Baiping was rendered speechless by his words, and could only nod: "Fine... hope you keep your word when the time comes!"

He Pingsheng said: "Rest assured, this He has always kept his word!"

After communicating with Gu Baiping, He Pingsheng left the artifact space and headed for the clan's grand hall.

The clan's personnel were in a flurry of activity.

All were preparing for the Peng clan's coming fury.

At the same time, the Peng clan!

Demon Devil Mountain is a vast mountain range, several times larger than the Fuyu Mountain where the He clan resides.

The entire mountain houses only one clan: the Peng clan.

The Peng clan is no ordinary clan!

Originally they were merely an ordinary five-star clan; the current Grand Elder is named Peng Dahxi, a man skilled in management and smooth in all directions.

Leveraging the clan's strength, he brought in thirteen God Venerable Realm elders from outside in one breath.

Adding the Peng clan's original fourteen God Venerable Realm experts, the Peng clan's strength multiplied several times over in an instant.

But the Peng clan does not enshrine these elders; instead, they separate these elders' divine statues and send them respectively to their subordinate clans to exploit.

Originally, the He clan was not under the Peng clan's jurisdiction.

But the Peng clan later obtained Gold Star clan qualifications, so the He clan was assigned to the Peng clan by the City Lord's Mansion.

The Peng clan's Ancestor Peng Dahxi has just broken through to the eleventh layer.

He certainly cannot advance further in the short term.

While he was in seclusion researching a divine ability, he suddenly felt the power of faith on him recede by a fraction.

"What's going on?"

Peng Dahxi in the dao-chamber frowned slightly, then pinched his fingers to calculate.

After several breaths, Peng Dahxi slammed the table in a towering rage: "Good one, He clan — actually so careless as to smash my divine statue!"

In his understanding, a minor four-star clan like the He clan would absolutely not dare deliberately damage his divine statue.

It must have been accidentally broken.

Easy to settle!

Since it was accidentally broken, just replace it with a new one.

Peng Dahxi walked out of his dao-chamber, took out a new divine statue, and handed it to the clan's steward.

"Master!" Steward Peng asked: "What is the meaning of this?"

Peng Dahxi said: "The divine statue at the He clan on Fuyu Mountain has broken for some reason; you go swap in a new one!"

"This is my new statue!"

"Yes, Master, I'll go at once!" Steward Peng accepted the statue and left.

Peng Dahxi naturally returned to his dao-chamber.

Steward Peng was secretly delighted, feeling he could extort another sum — after all, the He clan broke the statue, so they must pay compensation!

Oh, right!

There are also the two guest elders' statues that I sent to the He clan; hmm... I'll check on those together later.

Steward Peng first went to the two guest elders' dao-chambers, then discovered both were absent, off wandering the clouds.

So he directly deployed his flying boat and went from Demon Devil Mountain to Fuyu Mountain.

After roughly one incense stick's time, he arrived at the He clan on Fuyu Mountain.

From afar, a golden mountain-protecting grand formation had appeared outside the He clan.

The formation's light membrane shone brilliantly under the sunlight, incomparably majestic.

"Huh..." Steward Peng was startled: "Has the He clan encountered some enemy attack?"

After scrutinizing for a long while and discovering no enemy attack, Steward Peng then proceeded toward the He clan.

Old Diao led him to the main hall of the He family.

In the hall, He Pingsheng sat in the chief seat, while the other elders took their places in order below.

Seeing that He Pingsheng was merely a low-level cultivator at the tenth layer of the Spirit Realm, Peng the steward instantly felt contempt, he lifted his head and said haughtily: "So you're the one calling the shots in the He family!"

"What is your name?"

He Pingsheng did not answer his question, merely asking lightly: "And who are you?"

As he spoke, He Pingsheng activated the 【Cavity Void True Eye】 divine ability and scanned him — this Peng family man's cultivation was not in the God Venerable Realm.

He was merely at the eleventh layer of the Divine Lord Realm.

"I am the chief steward of the Peng family!" Peng the steward stood with hands behind his back, looking down on He Pingsheng: "You He family have gall the size of a dog's, daring to neglect us so that our ancestor's divine image was wantonly destroyed in your He family!"

"If today you do not give us an explanation!"

Peng the steward spoke with righteous indignation.

"Oh?" He Pingsheng smiled slightly and said: "Is that so?"

"Then why have you come today?"

Pa...

Peng the steward then produced another divine image and placed it on the table in this hall, saying: "First, enshrine the new divine image in your He family's Divine Image Hall!"

"Second, compensate for the destruction of the old divine image!"

He Pingsheng only said lightly: "Chief Steward Peng has misunderstood — your family's ancestor's divine image was not wantonly destroyed!"

"It was I who personally shattered it!"

"Uh, uh uh uh..." Peng the steward instantly lost his ability to speak, uttering a few confused sounds like a goose, yet not knowing where to begin.

Moreover, the arrogant aura he had just put on instantly dissipated.

His years of experience in reading expressions and tones let him instantly realize that the He family might not be easy to provoke.

Joking aside, if they were easy to provoke, would he dare smash their ancestor's divine image?

Clearly, he must have some backing...

Damn it, if he dares to cause trouble again today, my life might well be forfeit here.

No, no...

"Hah..." Peng the steward drew a deep breath, then shifted his expression into a smile, saying: "He family patriarch, this matter is no joking matter — our ancestor repeatedly instructed us to safeguard his divine image properly; how could it have been smashed?"

"Forget it — if it's broken, simply replace it with a new one now!"

"Trouble you for that!"

This fellow shifts with the wind, his tone changing faster than a child's face.

He Pingsheng also gave him a approving glance: "Not only did I smash your ancestor's divine image, I smashed the other two as well!"

"Go tell your ancestor: if he wishes his divine image to reside in our He family, let him come himself!"

"I am waiting for him here!"