"Patriarch, please see the truth!"
He Pingsheng made neither choice. Instead, he cupped his hands toward Immortal King Celestial Pleiades and said, "Han Houzhi is a vile man!"
"When his cultivation was still low, I saved his life, and I did not seize the Purple-Gold Bottle he held!"
"Later, after his cultivation rose, he feared his secret would be exposed, so he began hunting me down!"
"Would you really believe the words of such an ungrateful wretch?"
"If I had a treasure on me, wouldn't I have killed Han Houzhi long ago?"
He Pingsheng spoke with utter sincerity and looked quite indignant.
But it was no use.
Immortal King Celestial Pleiades slowly rose from his seat and shook out his sleeves. "Even if your words make flowers rain from the heavens, I won't believe you!"
"Han Houzhi told me that when you saved him, he was at the seventh or eighth layer of the Earth Immortal Stage, while you were at the bottleneck of the Earth Immortal Eleventh Layer!"
"Even then, you already had the ability to slay Heaven Immortals!"
"Besides, only a little over three thousand years have passed since then!"
"A little over three thousand years, He Pingsheng, and your cultivation has broken through from the Earth Immortal Stage eleventh layer to the Profound Immortal Stage eleventh layer!"
"Do you think I'd believe you had no heaven-defying treasure on you?"
"Don't rush to argue, and don't rush to speak..." Seeing He Pingsheng about to argue, Celestial Pleiades cut him off and continued, "There's more... Han Houzhi said that last time, with your cultivation at the Profound Immortal Stage first layer, you directly slew him while he was at the Profound Immortal Stage seventh layer!"
"Hehehe... bear in mind, Han Houzhi himself can slay opponents above his own rank!"