Chapter 402: Seven Star Spirit Spring

"A peerless genius of such stunning talent, who had already reached the Nascent Soul realm, could actually go missing?"

He Pingsheng was also full of shock.

That was an existence that had faced the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, while one couldn't say they were invincible, fighting those of the same rank shouldn't be a problem, right?

"When he went missing, he should have been able to fight those of the same rank one-on-one!" He Pingsheng looked at Liang Huaqiu.

Liang Huaqiu said, "Yes... I heard the ancestor say that when he went missing, he was at the second layer of the Nascent Soul stage and had already fought across the Nascent Soul realm without an equal!"

"He even once fought a certain old immortal of the Soul Transformation stage from the Qi Kingdom to a draw!"

"Plus, he had a Sacred Immortal Sword in his hand, so he basically wouldn't fear old ancestors of the Soul Transformation stage!"

"But how he actually went missing, no one knows!" Liang Huaqiu shook her head with regret: "Some say he was killed by several Soul Transformation stage old immortals working together; others say he suffered qi deviation; still others say he went into seclusion!"

"The most ridiculous theory is that he found the passage to the Spirit Realm and went to the Spirit Realm!"

He Pingsheng said, "Unimaginable!"

"Let's not talk about him!" Liang Huaqiu said, "Now there are more than three months left until the Nine Nations Grand Competition, and before heading to Mount Tianqiang, our imperial family will organize all the selected cultivators to go to the 【Seven Star Spirit Spring】 to cleanse their bodies. You should prepare well..."

"It is estimated that in a few days, we will set off!"

He Pingsheng was startled: "Seven Star Spirit Spring, what is that?"

Liang Huaqiu said, "A treasure land of the imperial family. I haven't seen it either, but I've heard it's an immortal spring containing a certain kind of spirit liquid. Bathing in it has endless benefits, and perhaps one might even temporarily raise their cultivation by one level!"

"Anyway, it's a good thing, and within this spirit spring, there are manifestations of the Five Elements Dao laws!"

"Just be prepared!"

"I'm off!"

After speaking, Liang Huaqiu waved her hand and left directly.

He Pingsheng returned to the Tai Xu Merchant Association.

He glanced at Ling Zhiwang: "Fellow Daoist Ling, I will be in seclusion for this period... I trouble you to have someone go over every day to check. If anyone challenges the tenth Dragon Platform, tell me in advance!"

"Alright, no problem!" Ling Zhiwang opened his mouth to agree.

After He Pingsheng left, he looked dark-faced again: "Sigh... if I had known, I would have bet on the Young Master to win today... sigh..."

What followed was exactly as He Pingsheng had expected.

No one dared to go and challenge the tenth Dragon Platform.

Until the Dragon Platform closed.

Similarly, ever since He Pingsheng let out his word, no one went to challenge Liang Huaqiu's ninth Dragon Platform.

More than ten days later, the qualification competition ended.

The top ten were fixed.

First place Tian Jiashen, second place Ascetic True Person, third place 【Red Pill Daoist Nun】, fourth place Lu Daoxuan...

Ninth place Liang Huaqiu, tenth place He Pingsheng.

And those heading to Mount Tianqiang to participate in the Nine Nations Grand Competition were not just these ten people; there were also two alternates.

On this day, everyone gathered beside the Dragon Platform.

He Pingsheng naturally came over too.

Because they were about to go to that 【Seven Star Spirit Spring】 that Liang Huaqiu had told him about.

"Here..." Liang Huaqiu walked to He Pingsheng's side and reached out to hand him a porcelain bottle.

He Pingsheng did not take it, saying, "What is it?"

"See for yourself!" Liang Huaqiu forcibly stuffed the porcelain bottle into his hand, then pouted at him.

He Pingsheng smiled, then opened the porcelain bottle to take a look.

Inside the porcelain bottle were six pills.

All were high-tier!

Enlightenment Pills!

Seeing this, He Pingsheng was moved.

A high-tier Enlightenment Pill can increase an ordinary cultivator's comprehension by two times; added to his original comprehension, that's three times.

And the duration of each pill is as long as two years.

"There are Dao law manifestations in that Seven Star Spirit Spring!" Liang Huaqiu whispered, "After arriving at the place, swallow this thing; it can allow you to absorb more rule power!"

He Pingsheng asked, "Isn't one pill enough?"

Liang Huaqiu rolled her eyes at him: "Later at Mount Tianqiang, we still have to listen to the Dao for ten years... you don't want it?"

Uh...

She had even thought of this?

Alright!

He Pingsheng smiled, then also took out a porcelain bottle, saying, "Actually... I prepared some for you too..."

This was a pure lie.

He hadn't prepared anything at all; he just took it out randomly.

A jade bottle was placed in front of Liang Huaqiu.

Liang Huaqiu reached out to take the jade bottle: "What is it?"

He Pingsheng said, "See for yourself!"

Then Liang Huaqiu opened the porcelain bottle.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss... this is..." She was slightly shocked, "Top... top-tier... Enlightenment Pills?"

"And twelve of them?"

"One batch?"

He Pingsheng nodded.

Liang Huaqiu pouted with a look of grievance: "Alright... it was my own wishful thinking... give it back to me..."

After speaking, without waiting for He Pingsheng to open his mouth, she took back the porcelain bottle she had just given to He Pingsheng with lightning speed.

Uh...

He Pingsheng opened his mouth slightly, feeling at a loss.

This...

He scratched his head: Where did I go wrong?

After thinking for a full half-stick of incense, He Pingsheng still couldn't figure it out. He hurried to Liang Huaqiu's side: "Give me those five high-tier ones... I have a use for them!"

Liang Huaqiu rolled her eyes at him, pouting.

Seemingly reluctant, but actually full of joy, she gave the porcelain bottle back to him.

He Pingsheng was overjoyed: Take them back and strengthen them, and they'll be ten top-tier Enlightenment Pills... hmm... this way I only lose two.

Hmm... not bad!

Just at this moment, Elder Futu spoke: "Everyone... in three months, we will head to the Xuan Sect holy land!"

"In order to allow you to achieve a good ranking in this Nine Nations Grand Competition and possess super-strong combat power, our imperial family has temporarily decided to open a royal mystic realm for your enjoyment!"

"Consider it a fortuitous encounter for you!"

"Please follow me onto the boat!"

After speaking, Elder Futu moved his feet and stepped onto a flying boat hovering in the air.

The others, led by Tian Jiashen, also flew one by one onto the deck of the immortal boat.

A total of twelve people.

Besides the top ten, there were two others.

These two people were Dan Dan Tai Qi and Ascetic True Person.

They were the existences second only to the top ten and were brought along as alternates.

After all, in case the disciples in front had any mishaps during the competition, there wouldn't be no one to use.

Rumble...

Elder Futu waved his hand, and the immortal boat flew up.

This boat was not large, only dozens of feet long, but its speed was not low.

The immortal boat flew over the imperial capital.

This was special treatment.

Normally, no one dared to fly over the imperial capital.

The immortal boat left the imperial capital and headed southwest. Only then did everyone realize that the so-called royal mystic realm was not in the imperial capital.

It was outside the imperial capital?