As the four of them were chatting, a burly man with a full beard suddenly appeared in front of He Pingsheng.
“Hey…”
The big man glanced at He Pingsheng and said, “Damn it… didn’t you say you weren’t going?”
“And now you’re here queuing!”
He Pingsheng’s face fell.
Although he didn’t recognize him at first glance, upon hearing his voice, he knew who it was: Wang Dun!
“I just went to the courtyard to find you, and you weren’t there!”
“You secretly snuck over here, kid?”
Wang Dun stared at He Pingsheng with a serious expression.
He Pingsheng touched his forehead and said, “Senior Brother Wang… this, I came to watch the show!”
Wang Dun asked, “So, are you going or not?”
“As long as you go, my mission will be complete… Junior Brother, I’m begging you, okay?”
Wang Dun had a bitter smile on his face.
He Pingsheng said, “Senior Brother Wang… I’d rather just return your 100,000 Spirit Stones!”
“Ah, don’t…” Wang Dun quickly stepped forward and grabbed He Pingsheng’s arm: “No, no, no… Junior Brother, let’s talk this over. This… this is… I… forget it, I don’t want these Spirit Stones anymore… is that okay? Just come with me?”
“I truly have no ill intentions!” Wang Dun stared at He Pingsheng: “You’d best know what’s good for you, don’t make me use force!”
“Otherwise, I’ll tie you up!”
“You dare!” A sharp Battle Intent suddenly erupted from Zi Lan’s body beside them, and her Flying Sword snapped open with a clang. Her apricot-shaped eyes wide, she stared at Wang Dun: “In broad daylight, you dare to bully people?”
Wang Dun’s gaze shifted slightly, staring at Zi Lan for a breath before chuckling, “Heh… not bad, Foundation Establishment stage twelve layer.”
“Do you think Foundation Establishment stage twelve layer is enough to stand up for others?”
“Haha…” The White Dragon Immortal Master beside them chuckled, “Your Excellency is underestimating people too much. This is Zi Lan, she’s ranked sixty-fourth on the dragon soaring rankings!”
“How much?” Wang Dun raised an eyebrow.
The White Dragon straightened his back and said, “Sixty-fourth!”
Whoosh…
Many Cultivators around them gasped, all looking at Zi Lan with newfound respect.
Sixty-fourth on the dragon soaring rankings was definitely a master among masters.
A Prodigy.
Zi Lan also looked at Wang Dun with considerable confidence, raising her three-foot long sword and pointing it at him as she asked, “May I ask Your Excellency’s esteemed name?”
Wang Dun said indifferently, “I am Wang Dun!”
“Who?” Zi Lan’s body trembled: “Wang Dun?”
“Wang Dun, ranked first on the dragon soaring rankings?”
“What?!”
Everyone around them looked at Wang Dun in terror.
This was the number one on the dragon soaring rankings!
Even He Pingsheng was shocked: “Weren’t you fourth?”
Wang Dun smiled coldly: “That’s old news… I’ve been number one for half a year already!”
Just then, an aged voice suddenly came from within the City Lord’s Mansion: “Everyone, please enter the City Lord’s Mansion in an orderly fashion now!”
With a rumble, a huge Formation light barrier at the entrance of the City Lord’s Mansion disappeared.
The Cultivators outside poured in one by one.
He Pingsheng naturally entered with the crowd.
He asked Wang Dun, “Why are you like this?”
Wang Dun said, “I’m scared. The rules have changed now, and many forces from previously remote areas have sent people into Dingxiang City. If I’m recognized by an enemy, I’m afraid…”
Although he was powerful, he was still just a Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple.
Disguise was the most basic operation.
After Wang Dun said that, He Pingsheng felt he should also disguise himself.
He took out a Disguise Talisman, slapped it onto his body, and in no time, his entire appearance changed.
This Disguise Talisman was originally bought at Qiao Huizhu’s stall, and later strengthened into two. One was used in the Secret Realm of Cuiping Mountain, and the one he was using now was the second one.
After use, it could evade the Divine Thought detection of Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples.
No other way!
Only this would work.
However, He Pingsheng felt it should be enough, after all, even if people from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect came, they couldn’t possibly use Divine Thought to scan every single Cultivator.
As long as he recognized them in time and kept a distance from them, there wouldn’t be a big problem.
“Take a look…” He Pingsheng asked Wang Dun, “Can you see through it?”
Wang Dun’s Divine Thought swept over He Pingsheng’s face, then he shook his head and said, “With my cultivation, I really can’t tell without looking closely!”
As they spoke, everyone entered the City Lord’s Mansion.
The City Lord’s Mansion was very large!
In the front part, there was a huge plaza where various Disciples, in groups according to their Sect, successively found places to sit down.
He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought extended out, sweeping the surroundings.
Fortunately, within the five hundred zhang range his Divine Thought could reach, he didn’t see any Sects from the Dao Xuan Alliance.
Not long after He Pingsheng sat down, several people suddenly walked past not far from him.
Those people wore Daoist robes with the Tianfu Mountain insignia, both male and female.
He Pingsheng was so excited he almost stood up. His Divine Thought swept over, and in less than two breaths, he saw Qiao Huizhu.
Qiao Huizhu was at the end of the line, and walking with her, besides Qiao Xiaoqiao, was a man: Xiao Xuan.
He Pingsheng had already risen halfway, wanting to go and acknowledge them, but suddenly he saw a group wearing the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s Sect attire.
With that, he, who had just risen halfway, decisively sat back down.
The Beast Taming Immortal Sect came too?
If he went out to acknowledge them now, wouldn’t he be caught red-handed?
He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought spread out, sweeping through all the Disciples of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and he actually saw many former Disciples of the Tai Xu Sect.
There were Senior Brother Xiao Xuejian and Yang Qingyun.
There were also many Disciples of Old Ancestor Xuanyang, and he even saw Kumu Zhenren.
Whoosh…
He Pingsheng could clearly feel Wang Dun’s body tremble the moment he saw Kumu Zhenren.
He reached out and pressed Wang Dun’s shoulder, saying, “Senior Brother, don’t get excited!”
“Mm…” Wang Dun took a deep breath and whispered, “I hope this fellow can enter Divine General Mountain, I’ll kill him!”
Many Disciples from the Dao Xuan Alliance, including Tianfu Mountain, Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and Ice Peak Immortal Sect, quickly sat down.
Fortunately, they were far from He Pingsheng, beyond five hundred zhang.
He wasn’t worried about the Cultivators opposite scanning with Divine Thought.
…
Not far from He Pingsheng, in the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s camp.
The last two people in line, a man and a woman, the man was extremely old, but the woman looked like she was in her twenties.
Yet the man called the woman Senior Sister.
“Senior Sister… look closely!” The old man’s gaze swept around as he said to the woman, “If that He Pingsheng is here, he’ll most likely come to the Tianfu Mountain Disciples’ side!”
“Don’t worry!” The woman said, “I deliberately let Xiao Xuan go to Qiao Huizhu’s side precisely to provoke that kid’s jealousy!”
“Young men can’t stand this kind of trick. Once he appears, our Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s great enemy can be eliminated!”
“Hmph!” The old man said, “I really can’t understand. Although He Pingsheng is that Old thing Tai Xu’s Personal Disciple, he’s just a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Disciple. What’s there to worry about?”
“You don’t understand!” A smile appeared at the corner of the woman’s mouth: “You don’t need to know the reasoning behind this. You just need to know that if he grows up, our entire Beast Taming Immortal Sect will have no peace!”