Chapter 433

He Pingsheng put away the items.

During these three months of seclusion, not only had he comprehended the divine ability of the 【Heavenly Gang Three Transformations】 and reached the minor success stage, but he had also crafted the remaining few array discs for the teleportation arrays one by one.

After entering Elder Biyun Peak and Elder Biyun Palace to bid farewell to Elder Biyun Xianzi, He Pingsheng left the Xiaoyao Immortal Sect with Qiao Huizhu and Xiaohe.

They headed east all the way.

After arriving at Hongshi City, the group did not stop, but continued flying directly eastward.

After flying for another two or three days, they finally crossed the border between Liang Guo and Qi Guo and arrived at Shangdang Commandery in Qi Guo.

Of course, nowadays, this Shangdang Commandery already belonged to Liang Guo.

"Master!" Xiaohe stood behind He Pingsheng, tugged at his clothes, and said, "Is this... near my home?"

If Xiaohe hadn't mentioned it, He Pingsheng would have truly forgotten.

Home?

It seems so!

He nodded.

"That... Master... could we?" There was a hint of anticipation and pleading in Xiaohe's eyes.

Qiao Huizhu also walked over and said, "Xiaohe probably wants to go back and take a look; after all, it is the place that gave birth to her and raised her."

"Sigh..." He Pingsheng let out a deep sigh and said, "The mortal world is easily corrupted. It has been a full sixty years since you left home, hasn't it?"

Xiaohe nodded and said, "Yes... sixty-seven years!"

"Let's go!" He Pingsheng said, "But I must warn you first: after you go back and see it, don't be sad and cry..."

"And you are not allowed to affect your Dao heart!"

Xiaohe was overjoyed and said, "Don't worry, Master!"

He Pingsheng changed the direction of the flying boat, and in about an hour, they arrived at that Extreme Xicheng.

This was a small city on the westernmost edge of Shangdang Commandery; it was not large, but there were cultivators inside.

After passing Extreme Xicheng and heading north, it wasn't long before they arrived at that familiar large mountain.

Seeing the familiar mountain range, Xiaohe's eyes became moist.

Soon, the flying boat hovered and stopped above a certain low mountain peak.

The three of them looked down from the flying boat, and all they saw was a stretch of overgrown weeds.

The thatched cottage from sixty years ago no longer had any thatch.

Only a few sections of mud walls remained, lying amidst the dense weeds.

The fields cleared by the old Cheng family had now become wasteland; not only were they overgrown with weeds, but a few trees were also growing there.

The fertile fields had long since lost their shape.

If not for the remaining sections of mud walls, the traces of life here back then would likely have been completely erased.

"I want to go down and pay my respects to my father and mother while I'm at it!"

Xiaohe looked at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng nodded.

He put away the flying boat, and the three of them landed in this patch of weeds.

"This is our family's water well!"

"This is our family's house!"

"This is the latrine..."

"Wuwuwu... this is our family's old ox..."

Amidst the weeds, they suddenly saw a skeleton.

This was the bone of an ox.

Over sixty years of time, even the bones were about to turn into soil; only the thick and massive ox skull remained in place because it was relatively sturdy.

Xiaohe said, "When Grandpa and I left, we let the old ox go, letting it fend for itself. I didn't expect it to return in the end and die in our home!"

"Wuwuwuwu..."

Being moved by the scene is human nature.

After crying for a while, Xiaohe offered three sticks of incense to her parents, then stepped onto the flying boat again, and followed He Pingsheng as they streaked across the sky and left.

She looked back, gazing for a long time in the direction of her hometown, silent and speechless.

After a long time, Xiaohe suddenly asked, "Master... look, Grandpa and I are both single Fire Void Linggen. Do you think... if my father were alive, would he also be a single Fire Void Linggen?"

He Pingsheng smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true!"

"However... there is a high probability that he had a Void Linggen!"

Xiaohe said, "What a pity!"

He Pingsheng said, "There is nothing to pity... Immortal fate in the world has its own destiny and cannot be changed by human effort!"

Once dead, that means there was no opportunity.

Let alone a single Fire Void Linggen, in this world, are there few 【Void Linggen】 who die for no reason?

If it weren't for heaven-defying opportunity, how could Xiao Xuan have awakened?

Everything is just opportunity.

The flying boat continued forward, and three days later, they flew past Shangdang Commandery and finally arrived at the territory of Dingxiang Commandery.

He Pingsheng was going to the imperial capital of Qi Guo, while Qiao Huizhu was going to the Cultivation Alliance of Dingxiang Commandery.

Here, the two of them would part ways.

The Eight Treasure Ship hovered in the void.

He Pingsheng said, "In about a year or so, I will be able to finish my business. When the time comes, if I succeed, I will wait for you here!"

"No!" Qiao Huizhu shook her head and said, "I'm just going to the Cultivation Alliance to take a look; I will definitely finish earlier. Do you see that large mountain below?"

"I will wait for you at the top of that large mountain then!"

Qiao Huizhu stretched out her jade hand and pointed to a high peak in front.

He Pingsheng took out the map to verify it, and said, "I understand, Sister, take care!"

The two parted ways here.

As for Qiao Huizhu, He Pingsheng was not worried.

Because she was a heaven's pride expert who had passed the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and now she was at the Nascent Soul Stage, in terms of combat power, she was not much worse than He Pingsheng.

With her cultivation, even if she went to the Cultivation Alliance, she would be an existence that could sweep through everything, and she could come and go as she pleased.

Boom—

He Pingsheng's flying boat headed all the way to the imperial capital of Qi Guo.

From here to the imperial capital of Qi Guo, there were still several large commanderies.

Another half a month or so later, He Pingsheng finally arrived at the imperial capital of Qi Guo.

After arriving, he did not immediately go to look for any Long Yuan Daoist, but directly hid himself in the marketplace.

The first step was to find a place to settle down.

Settle down first, then talk.

"Hello!" He Pingsheng took Xiaohe and walked into a large hall in the imperial capital.

Here, there were cultivators responsible for the rental and sale of houses in the entire imperial capital.

In the spacious hall, there were more than two hundred windows, all handling house trading matters in the imperial capital.

The rules here were naturally exactly the same as in Dingxiang Commandery; one could only purchase a hundred-year residency right and also had to pay a hundred years of taxes.

"I want to find a house in a prosperous area, right next to a sect, do you have one!"

"Any size is fine!"

He Pingsheng looked at the woman at the window.

The woman's cultivation was only at the second layer of Foundation Establishment.

"Senior, we do... please wait a moment!" The woman took out a map and said, "In the south of the city, thirty miles away from the imperial palace, there is a residence here, with sects inside the city on both the left and right sides!"

"Do you think it's suitable?"

He Pingsheng took a look.

This residence was not small, a thousand zhang in circumference.

"What is the price?" He Pingsheng asked.

The woman said, "A hundred-year usage right, a total of one million spirit stones, mid-tier spirit stones!"

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

He Pingsheng gasped.

One million?

And mid-tier spirit stones?

Then if converted into low-tier ones, wouldn't that be... ten billion?

Good fellow.

But it was true that this house was large, and it was located in a prosperous area.