Chapter 577: Speculation

"What the hell..."

"Damn it!"

"You... you..." Liu Haoran extended a hand, pointing a finger at He Ping: "You brat... you're doing this to disgust me on purpose, right?"

"You, you, you..."

"Fine, continue!"

Liu Haoran cursed and swore, nearly flying into a rage.

"Crown Prince Haoran, don't be agitated!" He Ping said indifferently: "I only heard this through the grapevine. As for whether it's true or false, you can decide after you've finished hearing the story I have to tell!"

Liu Haoran said: "Fine... go on!"

He Ping continued: "Crown Prince, you might want to think about what kind of status Tian Yao holds. After being humiliated, those evil flood dragons certainly wouldn't have left her a way to live!"

"Coincidentally, just as those three evil flood dragons were taking turns humiliating Tian Yao, a cultivator named He Ping happened to pass by!"

Hearing this, Crown Prince Tianyu's brows twitched violently.

He took a deep breath.

At this moment, he was already certain that what He Ping said was true.

"And then?" Liu Haoran asked.

He Ping said: "That He Ping was also of the human race. He couldn't bear to see a woman of his own race being ravaged by the demon race, so he saved Princess Tian Yao!"

"But in the end... Princess Tian Yao was not only ungrateful, but in order to ensure her shameful affair would never be made public, she not only slaughtered the hundreds of thousands of water flood dragons in the entire Tianbo Lake, but also massacred every living thing within a hundred thousand miles of the lake!"

"She even turned around to kill her savior, He Ping!"

"Later, He Ping luckily escaped, and then the Heavenly Fire Divine Kingdom issued a wanted order for He Ping!"

"But, on this wanted order, they didn't mention a single word about what crime He Ping had committed, hehehehe..."

"Crown Prince!" After finishing, He Ping chuckled and cupped his hands toward Liu Haoran: "That is all this junior knows. If you wish to find out more, it's actually not difficult!"

"You can go and investigate the situation around Tianbo Lake!"

"Also, the Heavenly Fire Divine Kingdom is currently hunting He Ping; that is also a fact!"

"As for whether this matter is true or false, Crown Prince, you can judge for yourself!"

Having said this, He Ping cupped his hands and retreated a few steps.

No matter what, he would first ruin the marriage of that little bitch Tian Yao; consider it collecting some interest.

"Damn it... what the hell..." Liu Haoran started cursing again: "This damn thing..."

"Actually!" Crown Prince Tianyu said: "Brother Haoran, being poisoned and bullied is a matter of helplessness, and it is understandable. But to return evil for good to such an extent is truly hair-raising. Forgive me for being blunt, but such a woman, once she arrives at our Divine Crane Clan, probably won't be a simple character either!"

"Tianyu, you damn..." Liu Haoran pointed his finger at Crown Prince Tianyu, saying: "You say being bullied and humiliated is understandable? Fine, I hope you find someone understandable yourself later on... Hehe... I know about this matter now..."

"I will have my father send people to investigate this secretly!"

After saying this, Liu Haoran actually took out a high-tier 【Unity Talisman】 right in front of He Ping and the others, and told his father, the True Feather Divine Emperor, everything He Ping had just said.

As for the subsequent investigation, there was no need to worry about it.

"Damn it, my good mood is completely gone!"

"Forget it... that... Brother Tianyu, are you also heading to the Imperial City to attend the 【Hundred Feather Banquet】 held by His Majesty the Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di?"

Tianyu said: "Yes!"

Liu Haoran said: "Me too!"

This was the Heavenly Peng Imperial Domain!

The Heavenly Peng Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di was of the Feather Clan, so this time he had invited the prodigies of hundreds of Feather Clan races to head to the Imperial City to participate in the Hundred Feather Banquet.

As for what form the Hundred Feather Banquet would take, that was unknown.

"I have long heard of your reputation, brother. You are a Huang He, and I am a Bai He!"

"Both of us are in the Soul Transformation Stage!"

"Although my cultivation is higher than yours, you possess the heaven-gifted eight-nine fortune!"

"Brother, how about we have a fight right here in this wilderness today?"

"Let's see if your Huang He bloodline is purer, or if I, the Bai He, am the orthodox Divine Crane Clan!"

Liu Haoran looked at Tianyu.

A surging fighting spirit rose within Tianyu: "Fine... let's stop at the point of contact, using only spells and divine abilities, no magic treasures!"

"Agreed!"

Then, both of them manifested their true forms, two immortal cranes with bodies a hundred feet long, one white and one yellow, flew into the void and began a great battle.

Once in the Soul Transformation Stage, it can be said that every layer of cultivation is a different heaven.

If it were ordinary Soul Transformation cultivators, even a difference of one layer would result in a crushing defeat during a fight.

Not to mention that the two of them were seven layers apart?

But fortunately, Tianyu was relatively powerful in terms of innate bloodline, so although the two were different in realm, they fought back and forth.

Waves of powerful energy fluctuations turned into ripples, cutting across the void of heaven and earth.

On the ground, countless trees were destroyed, and giant rock peaks were leveled.

After half an incense stick of time, the two had not yet determined a winner, but this piece of land had been beaten into a state of devastation.

The two stopped and returned to the large rock where He Ping was located.

"Phew..." Liu Haoran took a deep breath and said: "The world says the Huang He Clan has produced a peerless genius; seeing you today, it is truly extraordinary..."

"I, a dignified eighth-layer Soul Transformation cultivator, am actually helpless against you!"

"In another hundred years, when you break through a few more layers, I will no longer be your match!"

Tianyu cupped his hands: "You flatter me!"

"Let's go, brother. We shall meet again at the Hundred Feather Banquet!"

Liu Haoran started the flying ship and took off again.

He Ping and Tianyu also returned to their ship and continued flying.

"Fellow Daoist He!" On the deck, Tianyu looked at He Ping and asked with a solemn expression: "I wonder, if I were to fight Fellow Daoist He, how many moves would it take for you to kill me?"

He Ping smiled: "Crown Prince Tianyu, don't joke. I am only a Nascent Soul cultivator; how could I possibly defeat you? You are a heaven-gifted Soul Transformation cultivator!"

"Hehe..." Tianyu shook his head: "Others might not be able to, but you can!"

"He Ping... I have always been curious, why did the Divine Emperor want to hunt you down?"

"So it was because you saw that unsightly scene of Tian Yao!"

"The person in the imperial family who wanted to kill you back then must have been Fairy Bingyi, right?"

"She is a powerful being at the first layer of the Void Refinement Stage!"

"To speak bluntly, even if she were to face my father, although she couldn't defeat him, she is a Void Refinement cultivator after all, and could hold on for more than three moves!"

"That you were able to escape from her hands shows that you are very strong!"

"Because, even if I wanted to escape from her hands, I would have absolutely no chance!"

After saying this, Tianyu continued to look at He Ping.

He Ping shook his head, his expression calm: "How could a Nascent Soul escape from a Void Refinement cultivator?"

"Since the Crown Prince has asked, I will not hide it from you!"

"The one who wanted to kill me back then was indeed that Void Refinement cultivator Bingyi!"

"The reason I escaped from her hands was that I used a 【Substitute】 treasure!"

"Theoretically speaking, I had already been killed by her!"

He Ping spoke the truth!

Tianyu was stunned for a few breaths, then said: "It was actually like that?"

"No wonder... in that case, it makes sense."

"Hehehe... I actually thought you really had the strength to contend with the Void Refinement Stage!"

"You scared me to death!"

He Ping said: "Contending with the Void Refinement Stage is impossible!"

"The Crown Prince thinks too highly of me!"