"Thank you for your efforts!"
He Pingsheng took out the emerald-green jade slip and said, "This is the Great Blessing Art. Why don't you cultivate it too?"
"No!" Stone Gatherer shook his head in refusal, smiling as he said, "Crimson Feather has already told this old servant roughly what the Great Blessing Art does. Even if I rose another layer now, I would only reach the fifth layer of the Golden Immortal Stage!"
"There's no real difference between the fifth layer and the fourth, so I won't use it!"
He Pingsheng thought it over. That was true!
For ordinary people, the Great Blessing Art really was like chicken ribs-little meat to savor, yet a pity to discard.
"How about this?" He Pingsheng took out several more jade slips. "Here are some Heaven Tier divine abilities. Take them and study them. Your combat strength is sure to multiply!"
"Once your combat strength increases greatly, it'll benefit me too!"
This time, Stone Gatherer did not refuse. He put away all the jade slips He Pingsheng gave him. "Thank you, young master!"
"Young master, there is one more thing this old servant must report to you!"
"Go ahead!" He Pingsheng said.
Stone Gatherer said, "While you were in seclusion, this old servant was building the fifth-grade Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation here. City Lord Ouyang of the City Lord's Manor came repeatedly, hoping I would help him build two grand arrays as well!"
"That fellow's cultivation is very high-the eighth layer of the Golden Immortal Stage-and his aura is extremely powerful. I couldn't afford to offend him, so I put him off, saying we could discuss it once I finished setting up my grand array!"
"Now that our Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation is complete, I'm worried he'll come over!"
He Pingsheng frowned slightly. The city lord?