Chapter 474: Instant Kill of the City Lord

Wang Dun killed the Third Ancestor of Qi State?

That guy who was at Nascent Soul Level One?

But… when did this happen?

"Do you know exactly when?" He He Pingsheng asked Zi Lan.

Zi Lan said: "It was about twelve or thirteen years ago!"

He He Pingsheng's pupils contracted slightly: twelve or thirteen years ago?

Fine, back then, I was still in the Dead Zone.

But after leaving the Dead Zone, I used the Divine Art of Heavenly Eye Geography to search for all major destiny-bearers across the land.

I didn't find Wang Dun.

Could it be that Wang Dun was killed by Qi State after slaying that Nascent Soul Level One?

That doesn't make sense.

If Wang Dun was already dead, why keep posting the bounty notice?

Damn…

No way!

Wang Dun is missing too?

He He Pingsheng's mood grew heavy.

"Zi Lan, I have other matters to attend to—let's meet again sometime!"

He He Pingsheng rented a massive courtyard in Dingxiang City and set up several fourth-rank arrays to conceal it.

He also installed a huge teleportation array.

Because of the fourth-rank concealment arrays, no one could see what was inside the courtyard!

But the problem was, it still drew the attention of the City Lord's mansion.

The people at the City Lord's mansion weren't fools.

Why would you suddenly set up a fourth-rank array in the city? That's nonsense.

So two Foundation Establishment cultivators came immediately to investigate.

He He Pingsheng stepped out of the array and casually dismissed both Foundation Establishment cultivators with his own cultivation.

After all, he was a Great Nascent Soul—Foundation Establishment couldn't touch him.

Then, less than an hour later, a Daoist nun in green robes appeared above He He Pingsheng's fourth-rank array.

She was a Great Nascent Soul.

And since He He Pingsheng had disguised himself after meeting Zi Lan, this Nascent Soul couldn't recognize his true appearance.

But He He Pingsheng recognized her.

If he wasn't mistaken, she was one of the Nascent Souls who, years ago, had tested He He Pingsheng and Wang Dun for the Nine Dragon Destiny.

"So you're Nascent Soul Level Four…"

The female cultivator said coolly: "I am of the imperial family—my name is Jiang Chu!"

"And I am the City Lord of Dingxiang City!"

"You've set up not one, but multiple fourth-rank arrays in Dingxiang City!"

"What is your intent?"

He He Pingsheng replied coolly: "I purchased this courtyard myself; I installed these arrays myself—does this violate any City Lord's regulations?"

"As for why I installed fourth-rank arrays? Hmph… simple enough—I fear someone might spy on my cultivation ground!"

"City Lord, is this reason sufficient?"

Jiang Chu's cultivation had reached Nascent Soul Level Eleven.

No doubt, she had hit a bottleneck.

Nascent Soul bottlenecks are peculiar—they cannot be broken through with heavenly treasures, because no such treasures exist in this cultivation world.

To break through a Nascent Soul bottleneck, one must rely solely on fortune.

If you cannot break through, you remain locked in the Nascent Soul realm for life.

This is why there are so few Soul Transformation cultivators.

"The reason is sufficient…" Jiang Chu said coolly: "But… as City Lord, I must know everything that happens in Dingxiang City!"

"Who can guarantee you're not doing something vile beneath those fourth-rank arrays?"

"Everything in Dingxiang City must be under my surveillance!"

"Now, I give you two choices!"

Jiang Chu looked at He He Pingsheng with contempt: "First, open your fourth-rank array so I may inspect it."

"Second, dismantle your array yourself and leave Dingxiang City!"

"Choose one."

She added: "Don't think becoming a Nascent Soul makes you special—I'm Level Eleven, and killing you would take no more than a flick of my wrist!"

She was right.

In the Nascent Soul realm, each level is a world apart.

Even one level higher grants absolute dominance over the lower.

Under normal circumstances, Level Eleven crushing Level Four would be effortless—she could obliterate him in a few moves.

He He Pingsheng smiled: "Sorry, City Lord—I choose neither."

"Neither?" Jiang Chu's eyes flashed with killing intent: "Hahaha… since Wang Dun, every stray cat and dog thinks they can ignore our Qi imperial family!"

"Sigh…"

"Everyone thinks they're Wang Dun!"

"Hahaha… it's time to teach these stray cats and dogs a lesson."

"Strike the mountain to shake the tiger—kill one to warn a hundred!"

Boom…

As she spoke the word "hundred," Jiang Chu didn't care about the lives of the city's people—she flicked her hand and hurled out a water-ice lotus.

The lotus spun rapidly, instantly growing to dozens of zhang in size, descending toward He He Pingsheng's head.

He He Pingsheng made no defense.

He merged with his black divine spear and shot away like a streak of light.

Pfft…

In the vast void, several drops of blood sprayed out.

Before countless eyes, He He Pingsheng's black spear pierced through Jiang Chu's body.

At the same time, He He Pingsheng threw out a massive ancient cauldron.

The Ancient Xuan Cauldron.

The Ancient Xuan Cauldron absorbed the ice lotus, preventing a potential catastrophe if it had landed in the city.

A palm-sized glassy Nascent Soul fled from Jiang Chu's corpse, desperately trying to escape.

But He He Pingsheng seized it in one hand.

"Cultivation friend… cultivation friend, this is a misunderstanding…"

"I was merely fulfilling a mission—I had no choice!"

"Spare my life…"

"Spare me!"

Jiang Chu stared at He He Pingsheng, terrified beyond measure.

Yet throughout, He He Pingsheng merely gazed at her calmly: "The 'stray cats and dogs' are your Qi imperial family—not us cultivators!"

"Collect…"

A pitch-black, hundred-zhang banner suddenly appeared in the city, swallowing the woman's soul in a single breath.

Then He He Pingsheng retrieved the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the glassy Nascent Soul, as if he had done nothing, calmly returning to his array to continue setting up the teleportation array.

Such a long-distance teleportation array was not easy to set up in a short time.

"My god… who is that?"

"One strike killed the City Lord?"

"Sss… I heard the City Lord was a Nascent Soul Level Eleven powerhouse—could this man be at Soul Transformation?"

"Too terrifying!"

"Let's go, don't watch anymore!"

Countless people trembled with fear.

Zi Lan, dozens of li away, had also witnessed He He Pingsheng's instant kill of the City Lord.

Because He He Pingsheng had disguised himself, Zi Lan didn't recognize him at first—but after catching fragments of his conversation with the City Lord via spiritual sense, Zi Lan knew who it was.

He He Dao You.

My god… has He He Dao You become this powerful?

Has he formed his Nascent Soul?

Zi Lan was stunned.

In the City Lord's mansion, two other Nascent Soul cultivators were present.

They had witnessed He He Pingsheng's instant kill of Jiang Chu—and were too terrified to move.

Only after He He Pingsheng reentered the great array did they hurriedly depart, heading toward the imperial capital of Qi.