"Thank you for clearing that up, fellow Daoist!" He Pingsheng took out a Heaven and Earth Bag with a broad smile. It held a dozen or so middle-grade Immortal Crystals, and he handed it to the female Heaven Immortal Stage cultivator. "A small token of appreciation, hardly worthy of your kindness!"
"Ah?" The female Immortal was immediately startled. "Th-this... is this appropriate?"
As she spoke, her Divine Sense swept through the Heaven and Earth Bag, revealing its contents.
Although ten middle-grade Immortal Crystals were not very much to a Heaven Immortal Stage Immortal, they were still a sizable windfall.
"Oh!" He Pingsheng said. "What's inappropriate about it? I'm merely thanking you for clearing up my confusion, Immortal Maiden!"
"All right!" Only then did the Heaven Immortal accept it happily.
Seeing her accept the gift, He Pingsheng continued with a smile, "I have two more questions. Please enlighten me, Immortal Maiden!"
"Go ahead!" After accepting the gift, the Immortal Maiden became many times more enthusiastic. "I'll tell you anything I know!"
"Good!" He Pingsheng asked, "I looked at the Sunset Ascending Heavenly Stele outside, too. The highest rankings for both the Earth Immortal Stage and the Heaven Immortal Stage were tier seven, ninety-nine points. May I ask, has anyone in the entire Immortal Realm reached tier nine?"
"Yes!" The female Immortal nodded solemnly. "How should I put it?"
"Hmm... what this world lacks least is geniuses. As the saying goes, the heroes under heaven are as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river. The top-ranked person in a small place like ours wouldn't even count as a river-crossing carp in the entire Immortal Realm, just a tiny shrimp!"
"I've heard there are quite a few people over in Heavenly Heart City who can reach tier nine!"
"But only the beginning of