Chapter 577: Speculation

"Holy shit..."

"Damn it!"

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

"You, you, you..."

"Fine, continue!"

Liu Prince Haoran cursed and swore, nearly exploding with rage.

"Crown Prince Prince Haoran, don't be agitated!" He He Pingsheng said indifferently: "I only heard this through the grapevine. As for whether it's true or false, wait until you've finished hearing the story I'm telling before you make your judgment!"

Liu Prince Haoran said: "Fine... continue!"

He He Pingsheng continued: "Crown Prince, you can think about it—what kind of status does Tian Yao have? After being humiliated, the Evil Flood Dragons certainly wouldn't have left her a path to live!"

"Coincidentally, just as these three Evil Flood Dragons were taking turns humiliating Tian Yao, a cultivator named He He Pingsheng happened to pass by!"

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

He took a deep breath.

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

"And then?" Liu Prince Haoran asked.

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

"But the result... Princess Tian Yao not only felt no gratitude, 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 Sky Wave Lake, but also massacred every living creature within a hundred thousand miles of Sky Wave Lake!"

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

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

"However, on this wanted order, they didn't mention a single word about what crime He He Pingsheng had committed. Hehehehe..."

"Crown Prince!" After He He Pingsheng finished speaking, he chuckled and cupped his hands toward Liu Prince Haoran: "That's all this junior knows. If you want to understand more, it's actually not difficult!"

"You can go investigate the situation around Sky Wave Lake!"

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

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

After speaking, He He Pingsheng cupped his hands and retreated a few steps.

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

"Damn it... holy shit..." Liu Prince Haoran started cursing and swearing again: "This damn thing..."

"Actually!" Crown Prince Prince Tianyu said: "Brother Prince Haoran, being poisoned and bullied is a matter of helplessness, and it could be considered understandable. But to return evil for good to such a degree is truly hair-raising. Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but such a woman arriving at our Divine Crane Clan probably isn't exactly a simple lamp to trim, right?"

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

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

After speaking, Liu Prince Haoran actually took out a high-tier 【Unity Talisman】 right in front of He He Pingsheng and the others, and told his father, the True Feather Divine Emperor, about what He He Pingsheng had just said.

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

"Damn it, my good mood is gone!"

"Forget it... that thing... Brother Prince Tianyu, are you also heading to the Imperial City to attend the 【Hundred Feather Banquet】 held by His Majesty the Demon Emperor?"

Prince Tianyu said: "Yes!"

Liu Prince Haoran said: "Me too!"

This is the Sky Peng Imperial Domain!

The Sky Peng Demon Emperor is of the Feather Clan, so this time he invited the geniuses of hundreds of Feather Clan races to go to the Imperial City to participate in the Hundred Feather Banquet.

As for the specific format of the Hundred Feather Banquet, that was unknown.

"I've long heard of your reputation, brother. You are a Yellow Crane, and I am a White Crane!"

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

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

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

"Let's see if your Yellow Crane bloodline is purer, or if I, the White Crane, am the orthodox one of the Divine Crane Clan!"

Liu Prince Haoran looked at Prince Tianyu.

A soaring fighting spirit rose from Prince Tianyu's body: "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—one white and one yellow—with bodies a hundred feet long, flew into the void and began to battle.

After reaching 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, Prince Tianyu was relatively strong in terms of innate bloodline. Although the two were separated by cultivation realms, they still fought back and forth.

Wave after wave of tyrannical energy fluctuations transformed into ripples, cutting horizontally across the void of heaven and earth.

Upon the earth, countless trees were destroyed, and massive stone peaks were sliced flat.

After the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense, the two had still not decided a winner, but this stretch of land had been beaten into a state of utter devastation.

The two ceased their hands and each returned to the large rock where He He Pingsheng was located.

"Hoo..." Liu Prince Haoran took a deep breath and said, "The world legends say the Huang He clan produced a peerless genius; seeing it today, it truly is extraordinary..."

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

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

Prince Tianyu cupped his hands: "You flatter me!"

"I'm off, little brother; we shall meet again at the Hundred Feather Banquet!"

Liu Prince Haoran activated his flying ship and took flight once more.

He He Pingsheng and Prince Tianyu also returned to their respective ships and continued their flight.

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

He He Pingsheng smiled: "Prince Prince Tianyu, stop joking. I am merely a Nascent Soul stage cultivator; how could I possibly defeat you? You are a Soul Transformation cultivator with innate talent!"

"Hehe..." Prince Tianyu shook his head: "Others perhaps could not, but you can!"

"He He Pingsheng... I have always been curious, why did that Divine Emperor want to put a bounty on you?"

"So it was because you saw an unsightly scene involving Tian Yao!"

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

"She is a mighty expert at the first layer of the Void Refinement stage!"

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

"That you could escape from her hands shows just how strong you are!"

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

Having finished speaking, Prince Tianyu continued to watch He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng shook his head, his expression calm: "How could a Nascent Soul cultivator possibly escape from the hands of a Void Refinement expert?"

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

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

"The reason I escaped from her hands was that I used a type of 'death-substitution' treasure!"

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

He He Pingsheng spoke the truth!

Prince 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, Daoist, truly had the strength to contend with the Void Refinement stage!"

"You scared me to death!"

He He Pingsheng said: "Contending with the Void Refinement stage is impossible!"

"Your Highness the Prince thinks too highly of me!"