Sunlight streamed down, accompanied by white clouds!
Beneath an enormous old pine, four people sat on its roots.
Su Muyu studied He Pingsheng with curiosity written all over her face. "You're far too monstrous! When I heard yesterday that you'd broken through to the fifth layer, I didn't believe it!"
"To think it was actually true!"
"Exactly, Junior Brother!" Xu Zhishan leaned over, his fat, broad face wedged between Su Muyu and Su Huang. "This... I've never seen anyone cultivate so quickly. Are all you ascenders this monstrous?"
"You reached the fifth layer in one go in less than four hundred years?"
"Plenty of people can't reach the fifth layer even in a thousand years!"
He Pingsheng smiled.
"You're advancing too quickly," Su Huang said. "Master said to keep it hidden under normal circumstances. Don't show off in front of others, or you'll invite endless trouble!"
He Pingsheng nodded. "No problem... I can hide it!"
As he spoke, he took out a Bronze Mask and fitted it directly over his face.
The next moment, the Bronze Mask shimmered slightly and vanished.
The aura around He Pingsheng changed as well, dropping from the fifth layer of the Human Immortal Stage to the third layer.
"That miraculous?" Xu Zhishan leaned his broad face closer. "Junior Brother, what treasure is that?"
"It's a mask," He Pingsheng said. "Its only function is to conceal my cultivation!"
None of them pressed him further about the mask. Instead, Su Huang said, "No one is to tell anyone that Junior Brother has broken through to the fifth layer. It's enough that we know among ourselves!"
"Also, even if we don't tell anyone, I still think we ought to celebrate!"
"Yes, yes..." Xu Zhishan said. "I love celebrations. But how should we celebrate?"
They looked at one another.