Chapter 427: Trading Cultivation Techniques

Liang Huaqiu's eyes stirred with killing intent.

But after a few breaths, she smiled again.

"He Pingsheng… I heard you killed a Nascent Soul?" Her beautiful eyes fixed on He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng was startled: "Don't go spreading rumors!"

"Heh… you dare do it but won't admit it?" Liang Huaqiu said. "This isn't something you can hide—word has spread all across Ruokai Mountain!"

He Pingsheng's face darkened.

That's right!

Back then on Ruokai Mountain, he killed the Ruokai Patriarch.

Even if no one knew for a while, eventually everyone would find out.

For instance, countless people on Ruokai Mountain witnessed that battle firsthand.

"How about this!" Liang Huaqiu said. "Let me test your true combat power—we fight. See if your Foundation Establishment tenth layer can suppress my Nascent Soul second layer."

Her eyes brimmed with provocation.

He Pingsheng smiled: "Better not. We're not enemies—why fight?"

"Yeah… don't fight!" the Ninth Imperial Prince added. "Brother, I know your wife is beautiful—like a flower, like jade wreathed in mist—but my sister is the number one beauty of the imperial capital! Asking you to swap her out is unfair!"

"But adding another wife? You can't possibly refuse!"

"Otherwise, you're being unreasonable!"

Two pairs of royal eyes, one on each side, fixed on He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng closed his eyes and thought for about three breaths, then pulled a jade slip from his storage ring and said: "Both of you, I have a summary of a Heaven-grade cultivation technique—take a look… what do you think?"

He tossed the jade slip out.

Hearing of a Heaven-grade technique, the prince and princess immediately withdrew their pressure, their gazes snapping to the jade slip.

"Heavens, is there really such an incredible technique in this world?"

"Incredible!"

"Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture?"

"Sssss… Five Elements unified? This is tailor-made for Five Elements cultivators!"

Liang Zhiliang and Liang Huaqiu instantly forgot their earlier confrontation.

The Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture was far too tempting to them.

Indeed, what He Pingsheng had pulled out was precisely the summary of the Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture.

He had thought it through: he cultivated the advanced version—the enhanced Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture—so who would inherit the old man's technique?

After observing them for some time, he found this royal brother and sister were suitable.

In both character and talent, they were ideal.

So he decided to pass it on to them, fulfilling the old man's legacy.

"Brother He… this… this… this is real?" Both stared at He Pingsheng in shock.

He Pingsheng said: "It's real…"

"I have the complete version!"

"You may learn it—but you must agree to three conditions!"

"Speak!" Their eyes burned with fervor.

He Pingsheng pointed a finger at Liang Huaqiu: "First, this technique is the secret of my master, Grand Void True Person. You may learn it, but you must become his disciples—henceforth, you are my junior brother, you are my junior sister!"

"Cough… Grand Void is our shared master!"

"He's currently absent, so I'll take his place and accept you as disciples!"

"That's the first condition!"

"Easy!" Liang Zhiliang said. "If we're to inherit his legacy, we must sincerely bow to our master!"

"Second!" He Pingsheng looked at Liang Huaqiu and continued: "Qinghe Commandery was formerly Shangdang Commandery of the old Qi Kingdom. Without me, you'd never have claimed it. So my second condition: rename Qinghe Commandery to Grand Void Commandery, and establish a great sect there in my master's name—Grand Void Gate."

"Future disciples of the old Grand Void Gate may all cultivate here."

"No problem!" Princess Qinghe said. "I can decide this myself!"

"And the third?" Princess Qinghe asked.

He Pingsheng took a deep breath: "The third… is difficult."

"The third… cough… cough…"

"I want to learn… Emperor Liang's Heavenly Gang."

Emperor Liang's Heavenly Gang is a divine art.

This divine art was incredibly powerful.

It boosted combat power by fifty percent after battle.

It was utterly outrageous.

If further enhanced, it would be even more outrageous.

"This…" Liang Huaqiu shook her head. "Impossible—not because we won't, but Emperor Liang's Heavenly Gang's lineage is never passed to outsiders!"

"But there is a way!" the Crown Prince said. "Marry my sister. Make her your wife. Then you become the imperial family's son-in-law. Swear not to leak our royal secrets, and you may learn Emperor Liang's Heavenly Gang—there will be no obstacle."

Liang Huaqiu said nothing, her beautiful eyes glancing sideways at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng retracted the summary and said: "Then… let me think on it for a while."

"Don't!" the Ninth Imperial Prince said. "Don't hold back—give me the summary!"

"I'll take it to our ancestral elder—he might agree!"

"Come on, come on!"

"Give it to me!"

He Pingsheng handed the jade slip to the Crown Prince again.

In truth, he had already decided: even if the imperial family refused to grant him Emperor Liang's Heavenly Gang, he would still find someone to pass on the old man's legacy.

It was just a matter of whom.

He believed the Liang imperial family wouldn't be so foolish as to threaten him.

Of course, if they did, he wasn't afraid—he had his own countermeasures.

"Hurry up!" Liang Huaqiu looked at the Ninth Imperial Prince. "I still need to go to the Tianji Absolute Land. If I'm late, our marriage won't happen. We might even die there—and then you'll be my husband in the next life!"

"Don't worry!" the Ninth Imperial Prince said. "Wait here—I'm off now…"

Saying this, he hurried away in a fluster.

The pavilion was left with only He Pingsheng and Liang Huaqiu.

Afraid the conversation might turn to concubines again, He Pingsheng quickly shifted topics: "Princess, what exactly is the Tianji Absolute Land?"

"Where is it?"

"What dangers does it hold?"

"What treasures are worth risking your life for inside?"

He fired off several questions at once.

Liang Huaqiu's cheek muscles twitched slightly. "You're good at changing the subject, aren't you?"

Indeed, this woman wasn't foolish.

But she didn't press him—only shifted her round, plump buttocks slightly, repositioning herself close beside him, then leaned her jade face near his and whispered: "Want to hear?"

"Sister will tell you."

He Pingsheng quickly sipped his spiritual tea, eyes down, mind focused inward.

"Pfft… fake propriety." Liang Huaqiu snorted. "The Tianji Absolute Land… it's an absolute dead zone."

"The number one dead zone on the cultivation continent."

"It's located in Chu Kingdom."

"But it doesn't belong to Chu—it belongs to the entire cultivation world."