Chapter 627: Stone Platform Assembly

"Then..."

He Pingsheng asked: "Is Senior also human?"

"Of course..." The old man paused, then continued: "No!"

No?

Hearing this, He Pingsheng was even more confused: You are not human, yet you keep your promise to give this good thing to humans instead of leaving it to your own descendants?

Truly a person who values relationships and righteousness.

But... it could also be that some kind of Heavenly Dao oath was made.

Hard to say!

"What?" The old man stared at He Pingsheng: "You seem to still have doubts?"

He Pingsheng had doubts but dared not speak them clearly, so he could only stall: "This junior always thought that only cultivators below the Soul Transformation Stage could enter the Netherworld Imperial Palace; I didn't expect Senior could enter too!"

"That goes without saying!" The old man flicked his sleeves: "Otherwise, why do you think I would have people sit at the entrance of the Mystic Realm to guard it?"

"If no one were guarding it, and Soul Transformation, Void Refinement, and even Body Integration experts all went in, wouldn't the Mystic Realm be in chaos?"

He Pingsheng nodded. He hurriedly stood up, bowed to the old man again, and said: "Junior Long Zhe, pays respects to His Majesty the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di..."

If he didn't understand who the person in front of him was by now, he could really just find a piece of tofu and smash his head against it.

"Hahahaha..." The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di laughed heartily: "You finally recognize me now!"

After finishing, he waved his gray sleeves again: "No need for courtesy, no need for formalities!"

"Sit down and talk. The so-called Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di is merely a respectful title given to me by fellow Daoists in the Spirit Realm because my cultivation realm has reached this level!"

"In fact, in the end, I am nothing more than a feathered beast in the eyes of others."

"I won't hide it from you; the reason I have been guarding this Netherworld Imperial Palace is because this palace was built by the Netherworld Great Emperor!"

"And I am merely a slave and mount under the Netherworld Great Emperor, existing only to fulfill my master's last wish!"

"But I am happy to do so, because if it weren't for her, I might have perished in the vast red dust long ago!"

"Hehehehe..."

After finishing, the old man chuckled. He looked into the distance, at the sparkling lake surface.

A brief silence fell between the two.

After about a dozen breaths, He Pingsheng waved his hand, took out a jade bottle, and said: "This is something this junior obtained in the Mystic Realm... this... ahem... this junior was greedy, so..."

He Pingsheng's forehead was covered in sweat.

Only now did he realize how stupid his act of stealing the spring water in the Mystic Realm, which he thought was flawless, had been.

That's right!

The other few people indeed didn't know it was him.

But someone must have known.

Because there was a pair of eyes that had been watching them all along.

If he hadn't been watching He Pingsheng comprehend the poison-attribute divine ability, and then seeing that He Pingsheng was human, this Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di would not have personally placed the 【Hongmeng Zijin】 into the Hongmeng Hall.

Then one can imagine, this old guy has been watching me all along!

At the very least, he should have been watching me since after the fifth zone!

Damn it, he shouldn't have seen my Treasure Gathering Basin, right!

"Hehehe..." Zhu Que smiled, then waved his hand at the bottle He Pingsheng sent over: "It's yours!"

"If you didn't even have these means, I would have looked down on you by three points!"

"A real man, in standing in the world, must be firm and decisive; take when you should take, cut when you should cut, give up when you should give up, and die when you should die."

"If you don't even have greed, why cultivate immortality?"

"Seeking longevity is the greatest greed in this world!"

Since he said so, He Pingsheng felt at ease.

The slight guilt in his heart instantly vanished, and he directly put away that drop of Nanke Immortal Spring: "Many thanks, Senior!"

"Now that you have taken this Hongmeng Zijin, my task can be considered complete!" The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di smiled: "Long Zhe... or should I say He Pingsheng, I should thank you instead!"

He Pingsheng was a bit embarrassed.

Because he didn't expect the other party to know his real name.

"Senior is too kind!"

The Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di said again: "If you have any questions, you can ask me; otherwise, there won't be another chance!"

"Because I am about to ascend soon!"

He Pingsheng's heart shook: Ascend?

That means becoming an immortal?

In other words, this guy could ascend at any time, and the reason he hadn't yet was to find a human and pass this 【Hongmeng Zijin】 to them!

Then...

What exactly is this Hongmeng Zijin?

"Senior!" He Pingsheng took a deep breath and asked the doubt in his heart: "What is the use of this Hongmeng Zijin?"

"Hongmeng Zijin!" The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di said: "To be precise, it is a very high-level refining material... When it appeared in the hands of the Netherworld Great Emperor, it was still in block form. Later, the Netherworld Great Emperor spent her whole life shaping this piece of purple gold into the shape of a rod. Actually, she originally wanted to create a long spear!"

"Alas... the tier of this metal is too high; even the most basic shaping was difficult to complete!"

"The spear wasn't successfully shaped, so it was shaped into a rod!"

"So... having said this, do you understand?"

The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di looked at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng nodded.

The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di continued: "However... this thing also has a characteristic, which is that it can absorb any high-level refining material in the world, thereby strengthening itself!"

"The Hongmeng Zijin rod you see now is what it looks like after absorbing countless heaven-defying treasures!"

"If you encounter high-level refining materials in the future, just give them to it; it will fuse with them on its own!"

He Pingsheng was shocked to hear this.

It means this rod is still an unfinished treasure.

This treasure doesn't need to be specially refined in the future; it just needs to be fed various heaven-defying materials used for refining.

"I am about to ascend!" Zhu Que continued: "But there is still one worldly matter unfinished!"

"I hope you can help me!"

He looked at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng said: "Senior, please speak!"

Zhu Que said: "In the Zhu Que Tianpeng Diyu, there are many of my clansmen, among whom there is a girl named 【Nan Qiqi】, who is my direct descendant and carries the most of my will and inheritance!"

"She has just stepped into the Void Refinement Stage and is the Saintess of my Zhu Que clan!"

"On our Heavenly Fire Continent, every once in a while, a 【Stone Platform Assembly】 is held!"

"The Stone Platform Assembly invites geniuses and prodigies from every Tianpeng Diyu on the Heavenly Fire Continent to participate; it is a grand event!"

"At that time, I hope you can accompany Nan Qiqi and help her at a critical moment, can you?"

The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di looked at He Pingsheng with a pleading expression.

He Pingsheng didn't know what this so-called Stone Platform Assembly was, but from the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di's words just now, it should be related to various competitions.

That would be no problem.

"Fine... Your Majesty, rest assured, this junior will naturally do my best!"

"Good, thank you!" The Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di laughed: "Your Dao companion is still waiting for you; go find her quickly. By the way, if you have nowhere to go in the future, you can let her cultivate beside Qiqi; I can guarantee her safety!"