Chapter 229

The massive spiritual sense fell from the sky, paused on He Pingsheng's body, and then lightly swept past.

Cold sweat seeped out densely on He Pingsheng's back; after that powerful pressure swept past, he dared to look up, but above his head, there was nothing but the void.

There was no one at all.

What did that mean?

It meant that the person who exerted the powerful spiritual sense to sweep across the entire Extreme Xicheng was not necessarily watching He Pingsheng; they just scanned it normally.

Nascent Soul!

He Pingsheng made a judgment in his heart in an instant; only a great Nascent Soul could do this.

In other words, a great Nascent Soul had entered this Extreme Xicheng.

What did they come to do?

He Pingsheng didn't know, but he could infer.

"Phew..." He Pingsheng took a deep breath and then walked all the way along the main street of this Extreme Xicheng.

There were not too many people on the road, and he walked into several other spirit tea houses to scout for news.

But the news he got was basically consistent, which was that the Qi State imperial family had already started to surround and intercept, and this encirclement was also getting smaller and smaller.

In the cave, red candles flickered!

A warm candlelight reflected on Seeing Qiao Huizhu's face.

He Pingsheng looked at her, having a feeling of looking at a beauty under the lamp.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu spread the meditation cushion flat and said: "So speaking of it, in a few more days, we won't be safe here either!"

He Pingsheng nodded: "Yes, we have to find another place!"

"Qiao Shijie Qiao, sorry!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu shook her head and said: "It's okay, Junior Brother, let's not talk about this for now!"

"You've been rushing around these days, rest well for one night first, let's make a decision about everything tomorrow!"

"Anyway... isn't there still a few days left?"

He Pingsheng said: "Okay!"

Rushing around these days, he was indeed tired.

After washing up casually in the small stream in the valley, He Pingsheng lay down on the meditation cushion in the cave, but he couldn't sleep at all.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu also sat on the edge of the meditation cushion, her face red, and said: "Didn't you want to mess around before?"

"I'll let you mess around today!"

He Pingsheng sat up with a bang like a carp jumping: "Qiao Shijie... you..."

"Don't talk!" Seeing Qiao Huizhu took a deep breath, lowered her face and said: "I don't know how long we can live, let's make this marriage real first!"

Dazed, not knowing how long he had slept, He Pingsheng opened his eyes abruptly.

He turned his head to look at his left side.

That place where Seeing Qiao Huizhu should have been sleeping was now empty.

He Pingsheng hurriedly turned his head to look at the right side, which was also empty.

"Qiao Shijie..." he climbed up abruptly, his gaze looking around.

In the pitch-black cave, there was no shadow of a person.

Boom...

He Pingsheng even mobilized the spiritual power in his body to condense a fire crow on his palm.

The entire cave was illuminated.

Still no one!

"Qiao Shijie!"

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense expanded, but he didn't see any trace of anyone in the cave.

He hurriedly put on his clothes, then pushed aside the four layers of second-tier formation light membranes outside and walked out.

Outside the cave, dawn was breaking, and the sky was gradually turning white.

Misty water vapor rose from the ground, and the surroundings were blurry, unable to see the mountain rocks, grass, and trees clearly.

He Pingsheng was not afraid, his spiritual sense stretched out again, and this time he saw Seeing Qiao Huizhu.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu was sitting on a huge rock not far away, her body somewhat curled and bent, at a glance, she looked like a painful shrimp.

"Qiao Shijie!"

He Pingsheng rushed over in a hurry!

He jumped up and also jumped onto that huge rock.

But the person in front of him made his body instantly stiff.

Her hair was gray!

There were also quite a few wrinkles on her face.

The key was that on her face, there were also streaks of bloodstains.

It was as if they had been formed by someone cutting through the flesh with a dagger.

If it weren't for smelling the faint fragrance remaining on her body from last night, He Pingsheng wouldn't even dare to believe that the person in front of him was the person in his heart.

"Junior Brother!" Seeing Qiao Huizhu smiled and said: "Can you still recognize me?"

He Pingsheng felt a pang of heartache, squatted down and said: "What exactly happened to you?"

"How did you become like this?"

"And... what about your cultivation base?"

"Where did your cultivation base go?"

"What exactly is going on?"

He Pingsheng held Seeing Qiao Huizhu's body, asking repeatedly.

Tears dripped from his eyes.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu reached out and touched He Pingsheng's face.

Her hand was still as soft, white, and delicate as before, her fingers slender: "The encirclement of the Qi State imperial family is getting smaller and smaller, I know what you mean, you want to break through, breaking through at the cost of your life!"

"You might be able to escape by yourself, but the two of us together, there is absolutely no possibility of escaping!"

"So, I was thinking all night last night, how to break the situation!"

"Finally, I thought of a method!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu took two deep breaths, trying hard to keep herself calm, and said: "That is to disperse the Qi..."

He Pingsheng's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife: "Disperse the Qi... and re-cultivate?"

"Hmm..." Seeing Qiao Huizhu nodded and said: "You have the Jinlan Treasure Robe, you can change into any shape, a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator will definitely not be able to tell!"

"But I can't!"

"Let alone Nascent Soul, even if a Golden Core Stage comes, I won't be able to escape their magic eyes!"

"But dispersing the Qi is different!"

"The spiritual power in the body is dispersed, and then all the cultivation base is lost; in this way, I will become a mortal without any foundation or cultivation base!"

"Secondly, with the loss of the cultivation base, my real age will also be exposed!"

"Junior Brother should be over thirty-seven years old this year, right?" Seeing Qiao Huizhu looked up at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng said: "Yes, almost thirty-eight!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu said: "Your concubine is a few years older than you, already over forty this year; I originally thought that after dispersing the Qi and reaching forty, my appearance would change greatly!"

"But I only discovered after dispersing the Qi that it wasn't like that!"

"My appearance actually almost didn't change!"

"So... I thought since I had already paid such a price and still couldn't hide, then I might as well be ruthless!"

He Pingsheng understood.

He nodded.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu's method was indeed not bad.

Dispersing the Qi, making one's cultivation base return to zero; in this way, not only was there no cultivation base, but one would also age, and one's appearance would change greatly.

It was a pity that after dispersing the Qi, she discovered that her appearance hadn't changed much.

So she gritted her teeth and ruined her own appearance.

Now the problem of passing the border wasn't big anymore!

"Qiao Shijie!" He Pingsheng's heart was filled with mixed feelings; besides being moved, there was also heartache; he reached out and picked up Seeing Qiao Huizhu: "Don't worry, I will definitely let you reshape your immortal roots!"

"If I can't do it, I, He Pingsheng, won't cultivate anymore!"

Dispersing the Qi and re-cultivating, it sounds simple.

Actually, it's very difficult.

After dispersing the Qi, one cannot cultivate.

Exactly the same as an ordinary mortal.

Even re-cultivating the previous cultivation technique is useless.

Because the meridians, spirit roots, and dantian have all closed.

To continue cultivating, one must reopen the meridians, spirit roots, and dantian.