Chapter 494

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

The one questioning was an old man.

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

Only one step away, he could form a core.

The old man originally thought this sentence would attract support from everyone, 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 seclusion too much recently?"

"This..."

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

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

"That's right!" Another person echoed: "Now many people are waiting for an answer from the Holy Mountain, but the Holy Mountain 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, Ta-Wen and Ta-Nian, have lived for at least two thousand seven hundred years!"

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

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

"Six years ago, many Soul Transformation cultivators in the entire world went to the Holy Mountain 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 great array on the Holy Mountain, named 【Divine Tree Array of Depriving Creation and Gathering Essence to Transform Lifespan】, 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 Liang Tianjian of the Liang Kingdom, Chu Chu Yuxun of the Chu Kingdom, Zheng Manxiu of the Virgin 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 son of destiny of the Liang Kingdom, He He Pingsheng, Qiao Qiao Huizhu, and the genius with the empty spiritual root of the Qi Kingdom, Xiao Xuan, etc.!"

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

"Every person of great destiny ends up 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, Ta-Wen and Ta-Nian, once accidentally broke into the ascension passage connecting the Cultivation World to the Spirit World, took away a portion of the spacetime origin within the ascension passage, causing the spacetime 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 and said: "If this is really the case, then these two are truly... guilty... extremely guilty..."

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

"This..."

The people in the tea house were still discussing it.

He He Pingsheng, however, thought of more.

This information is detailed and subtle; none of it is something an ordinary person could obtain.

Even the specific name of the array and the bad things Ta-Nian has done are all listed one by one, and there is evidence and reason.

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

Then... who is it?

The answer is about to come out: Wang Dun.

These "rumors" are likely all 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 Holy Mountain everywhere; the key is that he has also achieved very good results.

It is estimated that the Holy Mountain now must be in a state of panic.

After all, he only heard this news in an ordinary spirit tea house in Fengdu City, so it goes without saying that this news has long been spreading all over the Nine Kingdoms of the world.

Well done, Wang Dun!

He He Pingsheng got up from the tea house and left, heading toward the largest Chamber of Commerce in 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 He Pingsheng disguised was the sixth layer of the Golden Core Stage.

Neither high nor low!

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

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

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

The shopkeeper left and soon returned with a woman.

The woman's cultivation base was not bad.

He 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 after thinking carefully, he could not remember for a moment.

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

"Easy to say... come with me!" Before He He Pingsheng could finish speaking, the woman turned and left.

He He Pingsheng hurriedly followed.

The two of them, one after the other, walked into a private room in the backyard.

The woman looked at He He Pingsheng and said: "You are quite bold; a mere Golden Core, and you dare to ask about materials for the Nascent Soul Stage!"

"How about it? Can you refine pills across stages?"

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

"Hmm!" The woman nodded: "That sounds more like it. As for the materials for these fourth-tier 【Dao-Gathering Pills】... the Chamber of Commerce does not have them... hehehe... we did have them before, but it's a coincidence; they were bought by someone a while ago!"

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

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

He He Pingsheng did not 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 Dao laws.

"I don't want spirit stones!"

The woman looked at He He Pingsheng: "Take out your treasures, let me see what you have that can be traded!"

This is a bit like being a rogue.

Under normal circumstances, if one does not want spirit stones but only wants to trade, those are rare items.

And what are the materials for Dao-Gathering Pills?

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 they not accept spirit stones?

It is indeed very expensive, but it is not rare.

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

But He He Pingsheng felt it did not matter, so he took out a porcelain bottle: "Senior, look at these two pills, can they be exchanged!"

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

These were the ones left over that He He Pingsheng had not used before.

Logically speaking, the ratio of pills to materials is generally one to five.

Two portions of materials for twenty-four pills; giving five would be enough.

But He 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 pills can you take out?"

She opened the pill bottle and took a look; her eyes immediately shone with golden light: "This... top-tier?"

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

"Senior, look, can it be exchanged?"