Chapter 630: Nan Qiqi

Two months passed in a flash!

He Pingsheng had refined almost all the origin he had on him into pills.

He first gave Seeing Qiao Huizhu some fifth-tier 【Gathering Dao Pills】 of water, space, and time attributes.

"These pills should be enough for you to break through the Soul Transformation Stage Dao barrier!" He Pingsheng took a deep breath and looked at Seeing Qiao Huizhu, his expression serious: "Senior Sister, after reaching the bottleneck, don't be in a hurry to look for those heaven-defying materials to break through; try to break through naturally as much as possible!"

"This is beneficial for us!"

"Hmm, hmm, hmm!" Seeing Qiao Huizhu nodded.

He Pingsheng then gave some Gathering Dao Pills to the old servant Hao Cang.

"You two go into seclusion; I'm going to buy some materials. If everything goes smoothly, I will also go into seclusion soon!"

He Pingsheng also needed to go into seclusion.

He had broken through too quickly during this period, and he needed to consolidate his foundation.

Especially the Dao laws; he needed to temper them well using the Dao-Refining Heavenly Tablet.

"Okay!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu and Hao Cang each went into seclusion.

But He Pingsheng hadn't even gone out yet when the quiet courtyard welcomed its first visitor!

The visitor was a woman.

The woman was tall, her skin fair, and her appearance naturally not bad.

And her cultivation had already reached the Void Refinement Stage.

He Pingsheng's heart shook, his spiritual sense instantly communicated with the defensive treasure, and at the same time, he bowed to the woman politely: "Greetings, Senior... I don't know why you are here..."

"No need for courtesy!" The woman wearing a brown Daoist robe stepped into the courtyard, looked around, and then turned her gaze back to He Pingsheng: "My name is Nan Qiqi, and I am the Saintess of the Zhu Que clan!"

"Ah?"

He Pingsheng was shocked again: "It's you!"

Nan Qiqi, he had heard this name before from the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di.

Isn't this the Saintess that the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di entrusted him, He Pingsheng, to accompany to participate in some 【Stone Platform Assembly】?

"Very good, it seems you already know who I am!"

Nan Qiqi's gaze turned around the courtyard again: "Won't you invite me to sit?"

He Pingsheng pointed to a pavilion nearby: "Let's go over there!"

The two sat in the pavilion.

The cramped courtyard was not very exquisite, even somewhat rough.

Nan Qiqi, however, had no Saintess image; she didn't bring any attendants, came alone, and when sitting opposite He Pingsheng, she even crossed her legs, left leg over right, shaking them back and forth.

He Pingsheng took out two cups of ordinary spirit tea.

Nan Qiqi didn't wait for He Pingsheng to offer and took one directly, taking a sip: "Do you want me to change your place of residence? This place is a bit shabby!"

He Pingsheng remained unmoved: "Saintess is too kind; I, He Pingsheng, do not cultivate the Dao of wealth, so whether it is shabby or not is not important!"

"That's true!" The Zhu Que Saintess nodded: "If you are willing to live here, that's up to you!"

"I heard from my grandfather that you are very powerful!"

"Can kill Void Refinement?"

Nan Qiqi stared curiously at He Pingsheng.

Her eyes were yellowish-brown, which looked good and matched her temperament.

He Pingsheng smiled: "I killed a first-layer Void Refinement enemy before, using some means, and it was with the joint effort of another eighth-layer Soul Transformation cultivator that we slaughtered her. Being able to kill her can only be said to be luck!"

Nan Qiqi said: "Don't be humble; luck is actually part of strength!"

"Fine, let's not talk about this. Since my grandfather recognizes you, it shows that your strength is absolutely extraordinary. Earlier today, he already went to the Heavenly King Mountain Ascension Platform to prepare for ascension. Before leaving, he told me you were here and asked me to meet you first!"

"Ah?" He Pingsheng was a bit surprised: "Already ascended?"

"Not yet!" Nan Qiqi said: "It's not that simple... first go to Heavenly King Mountain to prepare, then notify all the Holy Emperors on the Heavenly Fire Continent to come and observe the ceremony, and conclude a ten-thousand-year continuation alliance with all the Holy Emperors, and only then will he ascend!"

"But... the time shouldn't be long now!"

He Pingsheng picked up the spirit tea, took two light sips, but stopped mid-sentence.

Nan Qiqi sneered: "Say what you want to say..."

"Sigh..." He Pingsheng asked: "That... in this situation, shouldn't one ascend secretly?"

Fearing Nan Qiqi wouldn't understand, he explained again: "I mean, the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di is, after all, at the Mahayana Tianpeng Diyu. If he ascends, the strength of your Zhu Que clan will be weakened. If another Mahayana expert comes and wants to forcibly occupy the Zhu Que Tianpeng Diyu, wouldn't that be... a disaster?"

"You think too much!" Nan Qiqi crossed her arms over her chest, leaned back in her chair, and said faintly: "First point, ascending to the Immortal Realm is not something you can just do anywhere!"

"I don't know about other continents, but on the Heavenly Fire Continent, there is only one place to ascend, and that is the 【Heavenly King Mountain Ascension Platform】."

"This place is not in our Zhu Que Tianpeng Diyu, but in another vast domain far away called the 【Nirvana Tianpeng Diyu】!"

"Only there can one ascend!"

"And the Ascension Platform is guarded by high-level experts; it is impossible to ascend just like that!"

"That's the first!"

"Secondly... I just said, every Tianpeng Diyu powerhouse, before ascending, will sign a 【Ten-Thousand-Year Continuation Alliance】 agreement with all the other Demon Emperors on the continent!"

"The various Demon Emperors swear by the Heavenly Dao not to attack the ascending clan within ten thousand years!"

"Taking my Zhu Que clan as an example, if my grandfather can ascend successfully this time, then our Zhu Que clan will have another genius who achieves the Mahayana Tianpeng Diyu within ten thousand years, and we can inherit this Zhu Que Tianpeng Diyu!"

"Having said this, do you understand?"

He Pingsheng understood.

He nodded.

As for why those Demon Emperors would all abide by the agreement, he didn't ask, but he could imagine that it was nothing more than the rabbit dying and the fox grieving.

Because no matter who it is, there is always a time for falling or ascending.

What if one day they ascend? Wouldn't they also want to rely on this kind of rule to protect their descendants?

In a word, it's driven by interests!

Then it was very clear: the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di wanted Nan Qiqi to advance to the Mahayana Tianpeng Diyu within ten thousand years.

Thinking of the Zhu Que Kongkong Kongkong Yao Di's ascension, He Pingsheng remembered his own previous ascension.

Suddenly, a thought rose in his mind: He had been in the Spirit Realm for so many years, yet he hadn't seen any cultivators who ascended from the Cultivation World to the Spirit Realm!

Wang Dun should have ascended too, right?

Where do these people from the Cultivation World go after ascending?

This was a problem.

He Pingsheng couldn't be bothered to flip through the Spirit Realm Customs, so he asked directly: "Saintess Senior, this junior has a question I'd like to ask!"

Nan Qiqi said: "Don't call me Senior, Senior. I am now at the sixth layer of the Void Refinement Stage; you will probably advance to Void Refinement soon!"

"How about this... just call me Fellow Daoist Nan; if you are willing, you can also call me Fairy Qiqi..."

He Pingsheng:...