Chapter 845: One Staff to Establish Authority

"Senior…"

Before He Pingsheng could finish speaking, Luo Bingyao's expression changed.

From earlier disappointment, it turned to contempt now.

She stared at He Pingsheng: "You… don't know he's at Body Integration sixth layer?"

"Hahaha…"

At these words, those behind burst into laughter.

Their companions laughed exaggeratedly, whispering among themselves.

"What nonsense!"

"Exactly, hurry up and leave—let's see how you fight a Body Integration cultivator!"

"Void Refinement eleventh layer—won't kill you!"

The Thunder Dragon Daoist also crossed his arms, watching He Pingsheng with a grin.

But He Pingsheng said nothing; he merely pulled out a storage bag, opened a narrow slit, and said: "Take a look at this first!"

Luo Bingyao's spiritual sense swept into it, and her face instantly grew serious.

He Pingsheng slammed the storage bag shut with lightning speed.

Simultaneously, his spiritual sense swept outward, repelling the spiritual senses of those peeking nearby.

Inside the storage bag lay a seventh-grade supreme talisman: the 【Golden Sword Immortal Talisman】.

"If he moves, he dies!" He Pingsheng said; "What do you think?"

Luo Bingyao knew the talisman's power well: "This… can indeed kill him!"

"Hmph…" The Thunder Dragon Daoist sneered: "A seventh-grade talisman wants to kill me? Dream on!"

"Don't forget—this requires seventh-grade soul-nature to activate. A Void Refinement cultivator like you? I could kill you ten times before you even trigger it!"

Apparently, this fool had secretly glimpsed He Pingsheng's talisman.

He Pingsheng looked Luo Bingyao straight in the eye: "Lying to you benefits me nothing!"

"Rest assured—I've lived for centuries. I wouldn't gamble my life on a joke!"

"If you trust me, let's continue our discussion!"

"If you don't trust me, take your materials and leave!"

He Pingsheng pulled out a jade box.

Inside the jade box lay the materials to refine the Pure Karma Elixir.

Luo Bingyao thought for a moment, then seemed to make up her mind: "Fine… if Senior can block his strike, I'm confident I can escape!"

"I'll go outside the city with you to undergo the Tribulation!"

"Speak—what do you want?"

He Pingsheng had just said he had conditions.

He wanted her to agree to something.

After all, in this world, there are no free benefits.

He Pingsheng smiled: "My condition is simple… Kneel down now, and bow to me as your Master!"

"From this moment on, our fates and fortunes are bound together!"

"You… you you you…" Luo Bingyao finally realized: "You're trying to piggyback on my fortune?"

He Pingsheng smiled: "Yes… but you know—even if I borrow your fortune, it won't lower yours!"

"Besides, this way, I'm even less likely to let you die!"

"You can boldly go out with me!"

"Isn't that good?"

"Good!" Luo Bingyao had no other choice—this path He Pingsheng offered was already her best option.

Thud!

Luo Bingyao dropped straight to her knees and bowed nine times, head slamming the ground: "Disciple Luo Bingyao, bows to my Master!"

"Hehe…" He Pingsheng chuckled: "Good… very good…"

"Come with me—I'll give you a welcome gift later!"

In high spirits, He Pingsheng immediately led Luo Bingyao toward the city's outskirts.

A single teleportation brought them outside the city gate.

Gaining a disciple with such fortune was a good thing for He Pingsheng.

Shhh…

After teleporting, He Pingsheng grabbed Luo Bingyao's hand and instantly transformed into a streak of light, flying out of the city.

Soon, the Body Integration Thunder Dragon Daoist and several of He Pingsheng's fellow travelers also teleported over, chasing after the direction he'd flown.

It wasn't hard.

The space traces and spatial fluctuations were still fresh from the short teleport.

Anyone with even basic knowledge of space Dao could follow.

A million li away, He Pingsheng set Luo Bingyao down on a mountain peak.

Then he waved his hand, and two alchemy furnaces flew out.

One landed to his left front, the other to his right front.

"Master!" Luo Bingyao asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

He Pingsheng said: "Alchemy…"

"When you undergo your Tribulation, stay far from me—don't let me get caught in the heavenly lightning!"

"I know that!" Luo Bingyao said. "But why use two furnaces?"

He Pingsheng smiled: "The Creation Immortal Light vanishes in an instant—I must use this chance to extract your Creation Immortal Light and refine another batch!"

"So I'll start two furnaces at once!"

"Huh?" Luo Bingyao was stunned: Could someone really refine two batches of pills simultaneously?

Was that even possible?

At that moment, the Body Integration sixth-layer Thunder Dragon Daoist landed there too.

Luo Bingyao panicked and scrambled behind He Pingsheng.

The Thunder Dragon Daoist wasted no words; upon landing, he transformed into a dragon, expanding his true form to eight hundred zhang tall—the Great Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.

The colossal spiritual form crushed down through the void.

"Roar…" His roar actually seemed to summon two torrents of dragon breath.

"Get out of my way!" He glared at He Pingsheng: "Leave now, and I'll spare your life!"

He Pingsheng sneered: "You don't have the ability."

Shhh shhh shhh…

Then, the other onlookers who had followed landed one by one in the sky.

Altogether, seventeen or eighteen of them.

"Refuse the wine, take the punishment!"

"Then die!"

"Roar…"

The dragon roared, twisted its body, and slammed its mountain-sized head toward the space where He Pingsheng stood.

The impact unleashed a hurricane-force wind.

Any ordinary Void Refinement cultivator would have been obliterated by this strike.

But He Pingsheng was no ordinary Void Refinement cultivator.

He waved his hand, pulled out the Primordial Purple Gold Staff, expanded it instantly to three hundred zhang, and swung it casually at the dragon's head.

Five Elements Unified Force!

Heavenly Gang Three Transformations!

Every possible enhancement technique was channeled into this single strike.

A black staff-shadow flashed across the void.

Under this blow, the very void trembled slightly; the bright sun in the sky dimmed for an instant.

Boom…

The black staff struck the massive dragon head.

Then!

Everyone saw the dragon flung away like a slippery eel.

It tumbled through the sky, then crashed with a thunderous impact onto a mountain peak a hundred li away.

The massive energy shockwave surged outward.

Wherever it passed, the earth cracked, rocks turned to dust, and the nearest small mountains shattered like garlic cloves.

Everyone who saw this gasped in shock.

The earlier mockery vanished.

Several Void Refinement cultivators fled in terror.

He Pingsheng had established his authority with a single staff strike.