Chapter 260: News of Xiaoqiao

"Wait..."

He Ping called out to the male cultivator and said: "Are you... are you Old Man Cheng?"

"Ah?"

The male cultivator turned around and looked at He Ping.

Then he rubbed his eyes hard, stared at He Ping for a few breaths of time, shook his head and said: "I don't know you!"

He Ping smiled: "You don't know me, but I know you. Your granddaughter's name is Xiaohe, right?"

Old Man Cheng nodded: "That's right!"

He Ping shook his head while smiling bitterly and said: "Sigh... the Heavenly Dao is impartial; the immortal fate in this world is truly wondrous beyond words!"

Back then, he lived in Old Man Cheng's house, disguised as Old Man Cheng's son to avoid the search by the Qi Kingdom's imperial family.

Before leaving, he discovered that Xiaohe was actually a single fire-attribute Linggen, so He Ping left the Qi Condensation chapter of the 【Li Fire True Method】 to Old Man Cheng.

He let Old Man Cheng be responsible for teaching Xiaohe.

As a result...

Old Man Cheng himself had actually cultivated to the eleventh layer of Qi Condensation?

Do you dare to believe this?

Back then, he only symbolically tested Xiaohe's Linggen and discovered she was a single fire-attribute Linggen, but who could have thought that an old man of sixty or seventy years old would also have a Linggen?

And this old man had also inexplicably walked onto the path of cultivation because of him, He Ping.

This scene made He Ping feel incomparably emotional.

Immortal fate—some seek it but cannot find it, while some are white-haired yet step onto the immortal path.

Truly speechless.

"Old Man Cheng, let me ask!" He Ping said: "What is your Linggen?"

Old Man Cheng hadn't recognized He Ping at this time; after all, when He Ping was at their house, he had never shown his true face.

Old Man Cheng had also never seen He Ping's current appearance.

"This... it's not convenient for this old man to say!"

Old Man Cheng looked troubled.

He Ping said: "You still haven't recognized who I am? I hid in your house for more than a month back then! The cultivation technique for you and Xiaohe was all given to you by me..."

"I've just changed my appearance now!"

"Ah?" Old Man Cheng was immediately shocked: "You... you you..."

He was so excited he was speechless.

After a long time, he said: "So it was you... sigh... my benefactor, I actually bumped into you today... benefactor, I I I I..."

Old Man Cheng was so excited he couldn't speak clearly.

He Ping looked at him with a smile.

After a good while, he remembered the question He Ping asked and said: "Benefactor... this old man's Linggen is exactly the same as my granddaughter's, both are single fire-attribute Linggen!"

He Ping clicked his tongue.

But thinking about it, he felt relieved.

If it weren't for a single Linggen, how could he have cultivated from a mortal to the twelfth layer of Qi Condensation in twelve years?

Absolutely impossible.

"Where is Xiaohe?" He Ping asked.

Old Man Cheng said: "Xiaohe came with me, wait a moment... my great benefactor, wait a moment, this old man will go find Xiaohe right now!"

After about an hour, Old Man Cheng pulled Xiaohe and walked in from outside the door.

"Xiaohe... I wouldn't lie to you!"

"Look!"

After the old man pulled Xiaohe over, he stretched out his finger and pointed at He Ping.

However, Xiaohe looked blank.

"No... this is definitely not... not Father..."

He Ping smiled and said: "Xiaohe, when I was at your house, I was in a disguised state to avoid enemies!"

"So it's normal that you didn't recognize me!"

"Listen to my voice!"

"When I left, I also showed you your Linggen, gave your grandfather some mid-tier spirit stones, a flying sword, a cultivation technique, and a divine ability, Fire Crow Art!"

"Remember now?"

Only after He Ping said this did Xiaohe nod.

Then she burst into tears: "Father... I finally found you..."

He Ping immediately looked awkward.

Old Man Cheng was also awkward on the side.

"Cough cough cough..." Old Man Cheng pulled his granddaughter and said: "Child, this is not your father; he was just disguised back then!"

Xiaohe said: "I understand!"

"But I just feel he is Father; I always feel that Father is still alive!"

He Ping said: "Alright, don't cry, sit down!"

"Tell me, how have you been cultivating all these years, and how did you run to Red Shicheng in the Liang Kingdom?"

The three sat down, and Xiaohe began to tell He Ping the story of their cultivation.

After obtaining He Ping's cultivation technique, the old man started cultivating first.

Because at the beginning, Xiaohe couldn't understand speech.

There was no way to explain it.

It wasn't until she learned for two or three years that Xiaohe could barely understand human speech, and it wasn't until four years later that she could understand those difficult cultivation methods.

Therefore, Xiaohe's cultivation started a full six or seven years later than Old Man Cheng's.

Later, the two cultivated at home, eating some ordinary food when hungry; fortunately, He Ping had given them quite a few mid-tier spirit stones before leaving.

When they cultivated, they could directly absorb energy from these spirit stones.

Besides spirit stones, there were also some Qi Gathering Elixirs.

After a few years, the old man's cultivation became higher and higher, and his granddaughter Xiaohe's cultivation also gradually improved.

Later, their cultivation resources were almost exhausted, and they could only go down the mountain toward 【Extreme Xicheng】.

Because of the Great Qi imperial family's affairs, Extreme Xicheng was also unstable; last year, the two followed a caravan from the Qi Kingdom to the Liang Kingdom, and happened to settle in Red Shicheng.

Their cultivation growth process was relatively smooth, and there weren't any stories.

He Ping swept his gaze; Xiaohe's cultivation was relatively low, only at the sixth layer of Qi Condensation.

This was no wonder, because the time she had been cultivating was relatively short.

"How about this!" He Ping looked at Xiaohe and said: "In the future, don't call me Father; your skills and cultivation are considered to have been taught by me. From today on, call me Master!"

Cheng Xiaohe was overjoyed upon hearing this, knelt in front of He Ping, kowtowed and said: "Okay, Master!"

Old Man Cheng on the side looked bitter and said: "If that's the case, my skills were also taught by you; how about I also become your disciple? But if I become your disciple, wouldn't I be the same generation as my granddaughter? That won't do, that won't do... what should we do?"

He Ping laughed and said: "No need... Old Man Cheng, in the future, you are my elder!"

"You don't have a place to stay now; how about you stay at my elixir shop, help me look after the shop, and you can also obtain some cultivation resources!"

"How about it?"

Old Man Cheng said: "That would be great!"

The Cheng family grandfather and granddaughter were considered settled.

Originally, He Ping was thinking of recruiting two Qi Condensation disciples to guard the shop; now it was great, killing two birds with one stone.

He got the people he wanted, and Xiaohe and her grandfather also had a place to stay.

"Master... take a look, this is a list!"

A few days later, Cheng Xiaohe suddenly took a jade slip and placed it in front of He Ping.

For the past few days, He Ping had given her a new task, letting her organize the jade slips.

Over the years, He Ping hadn't killed few people, so there were many jade slips, many of which he hadn't looked at; it was just right to let Xiaohe organize them, thinking about which to sell and which to keep.

"A list?" He Ping frowned, then pressed the jade slip to his forehead.

A line of characters emerged: List of New Disciples of the Carefree Immortal Sect.

Below were hundreds of names densely packed.

He Ping swept his spiritual sense roughly, but suddenly saw a name: Qiao Xiaoqiao. ===== CHAPTER 261 =====