Chapter 424: Inverted Yin to Yang, Re-entering Seclusion

One night passed!

The next day, the talismans inside the Treasure Basin had become two.

The reinforced talismans seemed larger, shimmering with purple-gold luster.

They looked even more refined.

He Pingsheng reached out and took them out—both talismans were identical.

Take a look!

Boom…

He Pingsheng extended his spiritual sense into the talisman, and in the next instant, information surfaced within his spiritual sense.

Name: Inverted Yin to Yang Immortal Talisman.

Rank: Fourth-grade, Supreme

Function: After activation and affixed to the body, the talisman's rule-force integrates into the soul; upon death, the rule-force activates, forming an exact duplicate to take the fatal blow, while the original body rebirths millions of miles away. Upon rebirth, all possessions and cultivation base are retained.

Note: Ineffective if cultivation base exceeds Nascent Soul Level 12!

Hisssss…

After reading this description, He Pingsheng gasped in shock.

Previously, it was a Substitute Death Talisman.

This one also grants substitute death.

But unlike the Substitute Death Talisman, which resurrects the soul millions of miles away and rebuilds the body using the talisman's energy, this reinforced Inverted Yin to Yang Immortal Talisman activates at the moment of certain death, summoning a duplicate to die in your place.

You remain unharmed, escaping death entirely, and rebirth occurs millions of miles away.

Crucially, upon rebirth, none of your magic treasures are lost.

The old Substitute Death Talisman only saved the soul—the body, treasures, and Treasure Basin all became someone else's spoils.

Compared to the old one, this reinforced 【Inverted Yin to Yang Immortal Talisman】 is far superior.

"Snap…"

Without hesitation, He Pingsheng pulled out the Immortal Talisman and pressed it against his body.

The talisman merged into his flesh, and a faint, elusive rule-force settled over his soul.

Permanent existence.

Of course, not truly eternal.

This is a fourth-grade Immortal Talisman; once He Pingsheng reaches Soul Transformation, the Substitute Death Talisman will no longer function.

It can only enable rebirth for those below or at Nascent Soul level.

But for He Pingsheng, this is more than enough.

"One left…" He Pingsheng stared at the remaining Inverted Yin to Yang Immortal Talisman in his hand: "Hmm… I'll give this to Sister Qiao later."

"Huh…"

After finishing everything, He Pingsheng sighed again.

Too much to do.

First, his cultivation had reached Golden Core Level 10, so body refinement and spirit refinement must also advance.

But they hadn't.

Second, he still needed to rescue his Master and the others.

But he couldn't rush it.

To rescue his Master, one crucial task remained: the teleportation array.

In He Pingsheng's plan, no matter how he rescued his Master and the others, they'd have to leave the Qi Kingdom's capital.

The best way to leave the Qi Kingdom was via a teleportation array.

So he must first learn to set up a teleportation array.

The lowest-tier long-range teleportation array—like the one the Grand Void Ancestor secretly installed in Dingxiang City—is also a fourth-grade array.

Moreover, setting up a teleportation array requires a certain understanding of spatial rule-force.

Now, He Pingsheng met both conditions.

First, he had comprehended spatial rule-force for twenty-seven years—add in the use of 【Insight Elixir】, and it totaled over a hundred years.

That should be sufficient.

Second, he was already a fourth-grade array master.

Let's try!

He Pingsheng buried himself in work, studying teleportation arrays in his hall.

But in the end, he found he couldn't set it up.

The reason: though he had comprehended spatial Dao for over a century, he had not yet refined it.

What to do?

Forge it!

No choice!

Only step by step.

He Pingsheng chose to re-enter seclusion, taking out the Dao Refining Heavenly Stele to forge his spatial Dao.

Simultaneously, he swallowed a third-grade poison elixir to refine his body.

Then, within his spiritual sense, the 【Mystic Stillness True Scripture】 activated, cultivating the Golden Core section.

Cultivation knows no time—year after year passed.

In the blink of an eye, seventeen more years had gone by.

After seventeen years, He Pingsheng's cultivation base had not advanced, but his understanding of spatial Dao had reached a new level.

Second, his body refinement and spirit refinement techniques finally broke through to Level 10.

He Pingsheng stepped out of his hall and returned to the Grand Void Trading Society.

"Still no news about my Master and the others?" He Pingsheng asked again, unwilling to give up.

Ling Zhiwang said nothing, only shook his head.

"Understood!" He Pingsheng said: "Go… bring me all the array materials you've collected these years!"

Ling Zhiwang went to gather the materials.

But Xiaohe ran over.

"Master…" Xiaohe looked up at He Pingsheng: "You haven't cared about me at all!"

He Pingsheng frowned, scratching his head: "What's wrong? Have you found a cultivation partner?"

"No!" Xiaohe stamped her foot in frustration: "Look at my cultivation level!"

"Oh oh oh…" He Pingsheng had indeed neglected it.

Since returning from Nianshan, he hadn't checked his disciple's progress—he checked now.

Hmm…

He didn't realize until he looked—then he was stunned.

"Damn…" He Pingsheng blurted out a curse: "You… you… you're Level 10?!"

Holy hell!

His disciple had reached the same level as him.

And even worse…

He Pingsheng's face turned dark.

But he could understand it—he'd been in seclusion for seventeen years studying arrays, and before that, he'd spent ten years listening to Dao on Nianshan.

That's twenty-seven years total.

Xiaohe had decent talent and insight; reaching Level 10 wasn't surprising.

After all, He Pingsheng advanced one level every six or seven years because he cultivated the Five Elements Merged Heavenly Scripture—five dantians accumulating simultaneously.

But Xiaohe had only a single Fire Spirit Root—she only needed to cultivate one.

After examining Xiaohe, He Pingsheng turned his spiritual sense to Old Cheng.

Old Cheng had reached Golden Core Level 3.

Holy hell, this grandfather-granddaughter pair was impressive.

"Xiaohe…" He Pingsheng spoke gently: "I'm sorry… I've been too busy to properly care for you."

"Tell me—what do you need?"

Xiaohe said: "I need a cultivation partner!"

He Pingsheng: ………………

"I can't help you with that… find one yourself!" As he spoke, he pulled out another Greed-Anger Fruit.

This one had been reinforced.

Previously, Zhenyu had given him ten Greed-Anger Fruits in a storage bag; after reinforcement, they became twenty.

These twenty were enough for his close friends and family.

"This is a Greed-Anger Fruit!" He Pingsheng said: "When you reach Level 11, use this to break through your bottleneck. Take it!"

"Got it!" Xiaohe beamed with joy.

Watching Xiaohe leave happily, He Pingsheng frowned slightly.

Since Xiaohe had reached Level 10…

That... Sister Qiao, I wonder if she's hit a bottleneck yet.

It's been many years since I last saw her.

Hmm... once I've built the teleportation array, I must go visit the Free and Easy Immortal Sect.