"Ha ha ha ha ha..."
Hearing this, Hu Shiqi could not help but burst into loud laughter.
"Lord Sheng, it is only because I respect you as an adept who has entered the Dao that I proposed we exchange pointers. Why must you be so overbearing, Lord Sheng, humiliating me with such words?"
There had still been amusement in his eyes, but in an instant, his gaze turned incomparably sharp, purple-black halos flickering within his pupils. No one knew what Daoist art or divine ability this young man cultivated to produce such a wondrous phenomenon.
"Humiliation? I was merely having a little fun. Why must Brother Hu be so angered?"
He Ping deliberately revealed his cultivation. Giving Hu Shiqi a glance, he spoke unhurriedly and without heat or anger. "A contest of refinement is more a contest of one's Daoist cultivation and realm... To be frank, I have comprehended two Daoist arts since entering the Dao. One is the Dragon-Elephant Dharma Seal, derived from the Five Aspects of the Silent Wheel; the other is the Five-Passes Body of Purple Armor Hall."
His tone was utterly frank.
"I, Sheng Yuzhou, began practicing martial arts at the age of three and comprehending Daoist arts at six. For more than ten years now, I have cultivated bitterly day and night. To achieve the union of Buddha and demon, I have walked on thin ice every day, never daring to slacken in the slightest."
"For over ten years, I have cultivated night and day, racking my brains and pouring out my heart's blood. I was born without a single friend. For cultivation, I even severed all ties with my kin. In the end, I even killed my entire family..."
"I severed every bond of love and cast everything aside, all to pursue the realm