Chapter 494

"You must not slander the Holy Lords and the Shengshan here..."

The one who raised the doubt was an old man.

The old man's cultivation was not bad, having reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Only one step away, he could form a Golden Core.

The old man originally thought this sentence would arouse support from the crowd, but he never expected that in the entire tea house, not a single person would agree with him.

A female cultivator smiled faintly and said: "This fellow Daoist, have you been in secluded cultivation too much recently?"

"This..."

The old man looked puzzled: "That's right, I have been in seclusion for some time recently; why does the fellow Daoist ask this?"

Someone said: "The Shengshan, it's just so-so!"

"Yes!" another echoed: "Now many people are waiting for an answer from the Shengshan, but the Shengshan cannot even answer the most basic questions!"

"What questions?" the old man asked.

The woman said: "Someone dug up the historical records of the Nine Kingdoms, proving that the two ancestors He Wen and He Nian have lived for at least two thousand seven hundred years!"

"You all also know that even for Soul Transformation cultivators, the limit of lifespan is only two thousand years!"

"But these two have actually lived for so long; why is that?"

"Six years ago, many Soul Transformation cultivators from all over the world went to the Shengshan together to demand an explanation!"

"But the Holy Lords did not give a convincing reason!"

"That's right!" the middle-aged man said: "Someone said that the Holy Lords set up a large array on the Shengshan, named 【Depriving Creation and Gathering Essence to Extend Lifespan Divine Tree Array】, specifically to absorb other people's destiny to increase their own lifespan!"

"The geniuses who have gone missing in the Cultivation World over these years have all been taken away by them!"

"For example, Liang Tianjian of the Liang Kingdom, Chu Yuxun of the Chu Kingdom, Zheng Manxiu of the Shinu Kingdom, and Princess Anle of the Tang Kingdom, etc..."

"These people are the number of people who have gone missing in the last thousand years!"

"And recently, the wife of the Liang Kingdom's child of destiny He Pingsheng, Qiao Huizhu, and the Void Linggen genius Xiao Xuan of the Qi Kingdom, etc.!"

"These people have also gone missing one by one!"

"For every great destiny-bearer, the final outcome is going missing!"

"This point has been the same for a thousand years!"

"This is too strange, isn't it?"

In the entire tea house, everyone nodded and fell into deep thought.

The woman said: "I also heard another piece of news!"

Everyone looked at her: "Please enlighten us!"

The woman stood up: "I heard that back then, this pair of brothers He Wen and He Nian accidentally broke into the ascension passage connecting the Cultivation World to the Immortal Realm, and took away a portion of the space-time origin within the ascension passage, causing the space-time origin of the passage to be insufficient, which led to the collapse of the passage!"

"This matter was also done by the two brothers!"

"Hiss hiss hiss..." someone gasped, saying: "If this is really the case, then these two are truly... guilty... guilty of heinous crimes..."

"No wonder... it is said that the ascension passage to the Immortal Realm was destroyed more than two thousand years ago!"

"This..."

People in the tea house were still discussing heatedly.

He Pingsheng, however, thought of more.

This news is detailed and subtle; none of it could be obtained by ordinary people.

Even the specific name of the array and the bad things He Nian has done are all listed out, and there is evidence and reason.

These things, even a Soul Transformation power of a certain country could not obtain.

Then... who is it?

The answer is ready to come out: Wang Dun.

These 'rumors' are eight or nine parts likely released by this kid Wang Dun.

It seems that after that time, this fellow Wang Dun has escaped again.

Not only did he escape, but he is also destroying the reputation of the Shengshan everywhere; the key is that he has also achieved very good results.

It is estimated that the current Shengshan should be in a state of utter exhaustion.

After all, he only heard this news in an ordinary spirit tea house in a Fengdu City; needless to say, this news has long been flying all over the nine kingdoms of the world.

Well done, Wang Dun!

He Pingsheng got up from the tea house and left, heading toward the largest Chamber of Commerce in this Fengdu City.

The largest Chamber of Commerce in Fengdu City is named 【Nine Nether Chamber of Commerce】.

When entering the Chamber of Commerce, the cultivation base He Pingsheng illusioned was the sixth layer of the Golden Core Stage.

Not high, not low!

"Senior!" The shopkeeper behind the counter saw He Pingsheng and hurriedly stood up respectfully: "May I ask what you need?"

He Pingsheng said: "Materials for refining 【Gathering Dao Pill】... fourth-tier items, do you have them here?"

The Foundation Establishment shopkeeper was so scared that he shivered: "This... this... Senior, please wait a moment; this junior will notify the Great Elder to come. For such high-level materials, our Chamber of Commerce generally does not sell them to the public!"

The shopkeeper left and soon returned with a woman.

The woman's cultivation was not bad.

He Pingsheng took a look; it was actually a first-layer Nascent Soul Stage.

And he always felt that he had seen this woman somewhere before.

But thinking carefully, he couldn't remember for a moment.

"Senior!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands at her and said: "This junior wants..."

"Easy to talk about... follow me!" Without waiting for He Pingsheng to finish speaking, the woman turned and left.

He Pingsheng hurriedly followed.

The two walked one after another into a private room in the backyard.

The woman looked at He Pingsheng and said: "Your courage is not small; a mere Golden Core, and you dare to inquire about Nascent Soul Stage materials!"

"How about it? Can you still refine elixirs across levels?"

He Pingsheng said: "Actually, this junior is here to purchase on behalf of my master!"

"Hmm!" The woman nodded: "That's more like it. As for the materials for this fourth-tier 【Gathering Dao Pill】... the Chamber of Commerce doesn't have them... heh heh heh... there were some before, but it's a coincidence; they were bought by someone some time ago!"

"However... I personally still have two portions!"

While speaking, she waved her hand, and two jade boxes were thrown out.

He Pingsheng didn't need to open them; a sweep of his spiritual sense told him that there were two portions of materials inside, but they did not contain Daoist laws.

"I don't want spirit stones!"

The woman looked at He Pingsheng: "Take out your treasures; let me see what can be exchanged!"

This is a bit like being a rogue.

Under normal circumstances, not wanting spirit stones and only wanting trade means they are rare items.

And what are the materials for Gathering Dao Pill?

This is something that countless Nascent Soul cultivators need, and many Chambers of Commerce can buy it.

Because it is commonly used, it is destined that some forces will cultivate it in large quantities.

How could it not accept spirit stones?

It is indeed very expensive, but not rare.

It seems that this woman is just relying on her Nascent Soul cultivation to make things difficult for others.

But He Pingsheng felt it didn't matter, so he took out a porcelain bottle: "Senior, look at these two elixirs; can they be exchanged!"

What he took out were two Gathering Dao Pills, and they were top-tier.

These were the ones left over that He Pingsheng hadn't used before.

According to reason, the ratio of elixirs to materials is generally one to five.

For two portions of materials and twenty-four elixirs, giving five is enough.

But He Pingsheng's are top-tier, so even giving two is enough; not only enough, but more than enough.

The woman took the porcelain bottle with a sneer and said: "A mere Golden Core, what kind of elixirs can you take out?"

She opened the elixir bottle and took a look, her eyes suddenly glowing with golden light: "This... top-tier?"

"Not bad!" He Pingsheng said: "It is top-tier!"

"Senior, look, can it be exchanged?"