Chapter 529: Loyal words grate on the ear

"But... how am I supposed to get you up?"

Li Linger looked at He Pingsheng and was stumped!

There was only this one rope.

If she tied it to He Pingsheng, she wouldn't be able to get up herself; besides, tying it to He Pingsheng was useless anyway—her younger brother was too weak to pull He Pingsheng up.

If she went up first, even if the rope were lowered later, how could she tie it to He Pingsheng?

After all, He Pingsheng couldn't move on his own!

"It's not necessarily required to get me up!"

He Pingsheng chuckled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is a cliff, right?"

"Mm-hmm..." Li Linger nodded.

He Pingsheng asked, "Is there a path passing below this cliff?"

Li Linger said, "There is!"

"That's fine then!" He Pingsheng said, "Pick me up and throw me off this cliff... just go down later and find me!"

He Pingsheng was not lying.

Although he had lost his magic power, his Nascent Soul was shattered, and his internal organs and bones were broken in many places.

Yet, the body-refining effect of his 【Nine Poisons Refined Golden Body】 remained.

The power of space could crush his bones, but falling from a cliff would not be a problem at all.

Even now.

"That won't do!" Li Linger said, "You're seriously injured right now; wouldn't you just fall to your death?"

He Pingsheng said, "Don't worry, I won't die from the fall!"

Li Linger didn't listen to him at all; instead, she reached out her fair little hand, touched He Pingsheng's forehead, and said, "You don't have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense?"

Although her little hand was fair, the skin on her palms was exceptionally rough—clearly the result of years of hard labor, which had caused calluses to grow.

"Wait here for a moment, I'm going to cut a vine!"

Li Linger left.

She pulled on the rope that was hanging down to reach the top of the cliff, and then she actually found a thick vine on the cliff top to throw down.

Then, Li Linger climbed down along the vine and tied the rope to He Pingsheng.

Once everything was ready, she climbed back up the cliff along the vine and, together with her brother, pulled on the rope with all their might, finally dragging He Pingsheng up from below.

By the time he was on the cliff, the siblings were exhausted to the point of collapse.

"Hoo... hoo..." Li Linger gasped for air and asked, "How do you feel?"

He Pingsheng's expression was calm: "It's alright!"

In reality, his already shattered body was hurting like hell.

He really wanted to sit inside the Treasure-Gathering Basin and strengthen his body.

But he was afraid of creating two of himself.

So, forget it!

Of course, with only his spiritual sense and no magic power, he couldn't take the Treasure-Gathering Basin out of his body either.

But as for the power of self-preservation, He Pingsheng still had some.

Because his sea of consciousness was not broken.

The strength of his spiritual sense remained.

Even if a Nascent Soul stage cultivator came, as long as he unleashed the divine ability of the 【Formless Big Dipper Nail】, he could still kill them.

Not to mention ordinary people.

"What now?" Li Linger looked at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng asked, "Is your home far from here?"

"It's not exactly far!" Li Linger said, "But... there are only the two of us siblings at home; you don't want to stay at our place, do you?"

"Yes!" He Pingsheng smiled and said, "Li Linger... come here, I have something to tell you!"

Li Linger walked to his side cautiously: "What is it?"

He Pingsheng said, "Look at my waist, is there a small bag?"

That was a storage bag.

There wasn't anything particularly good inside; it was just a container He Pingsheng usually used to store some low-tier items.

These low-tier items sometimes had to be carried; if he encountered juniors with low cultivation, he would inevitably have to give them some benefits.

That was why He Pingsheng carried this thing with him.

"This..." Seeing the bag, Li Linger was so frightened that she was shocked, saying, "This... this is a storage bag... you... are you an immortal?"

"Mm!" He Pingsheng said, "Now, take me home and find a physician to help me recover my broken bones!"

"After I recuperate at your place for a while, I can give you a generous reward!"

"It will allow you two siblings to never have to toil at gathering herbs again!"

"Also!" He Pingsheng couldn't turn his face, so he could only move his eyeballs to look at the basket beside him and said, "I can also save your life!"

"Save me?" Li Linger said, "Pfft... you really are something, you can't even move yourself, and you're still bragging?"

He Pingsheng said, "I am not bragging... this hundred-year-old purple ginseng of yours is no ordinary object!"

"It would be fine if it were still growing in the soil."

"Once it is harvested, a medicinal fragrance that is difficult for ordinary people to detect will drift out!"

"If there are cultivators within a hundred-mile radius, it will easily attract the covetousness of others!"

"If you encounter a reasonable cultivator, they might just take your treasure and leave; but if you encounter someone ruthless, they won't just take your hundred-year-old purple ginseng—they might even kill you to silence you!"

"Put the hundred-year-old purple ginseng in my storage bag!"

"This aura can be isolated!"

"Am I not saving your life?"

He Pingsheng was telling the truth; he was not fear-mongering.

"Pfft!" Li Linger didn't believe him and said, "You probably want my treasure, and you're asking me to put it in your storage bag?"

"Don't even think about it!"

"I thought I saved a good person, but it turns out to be an ungrateful wretch!"

"Little Mo, let's go, don't pay any attention to him!"

"Leave him here to fend for himself!"

Li Linger was truly angry; she pulled her brother and turned to leave.

He Pingsheng had a bitter expression: It seems he shouldn't have said that.

Misfortune comes from the mouth.

However, if he didn't warn her, he couldn't bear it in his heart.

After all, he didn't want this kind-hearted young girl to die an untimely death.

Fine!

He had offended the girl, and now it was likely he would be the one to die an untimely death!

Wait then!

He didn't know how long it would take to recover on his own.

If he had an elixir now, this kind of superficial injury would heal in a few days for He Pingsheng.

Without an elixir, relying entirely on blood energy to recover, it would be a long process.

There is a saying in the mortal world: it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone.

Without several months, don't even think about getting better.

Several months it is then!

He Pingsheng closed his eyes.

At this moment, his eyelids and mouth were the only things he could move.

But less than ten breaths after closing his eyes, he heard cries for help from nearby!

It turned out that Li Linger was pulling her brother, Li Mo, and running towards him at full speed.

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense surged out and swept across the surroundings.

In the distant sky, there were actually two cultivators flying on swords.

No wonder the little girl was running; it turned out those two sword-flying cultivators were coming specifically for her.

Good grief!

If they could fly on swords, they were at least Foundation Establishment stage disciples.

Bang...

Bang, bang...

Before Li Linger could reach He Pingsheng, her path was blocked by the two cultivators who had descended from the sky.

These two, a man and a woman, were wearing the same style of clothing; one look and it was clear they were from the same sect. ===== CHAPTER 530 =====