"You managed to find this place. You do have some ability!"
Inside Xin Baobao's residence!
Beneath a quiet pavilion, He Pingsheng sat in the seat of honor. Opposite him sat two elders at the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal level.
Judging by their attire, both belonged to the Northern Rampart Kong Household.
"You misunderstand, Young Master Wang!" one elder said. "We were not deliberately spying on you. Rather, when Kong Shengji was competing, we were just outside that grand array!"
"When you returned, we followed the traces of Spatial Daoist Law left by your Instantaneous Teleportation and found our way here!"
"Hehehe... please don't take offense!"
"Mm!" He Pingsheng said. "Your Kong Household and I have neither grievances nor enmity, and we have never crossed swords!"
He Pingsheng's tone was perfectly level, neither courteous nor angry, simply matter-of-fact. "There is just one thing I cannot understand, however much I turn it over in my mind. Kong Shengji has targeted me time and again. Does he think I am easy to bully?"
"Alas..." The Kong Household elder heaved a deep sigh. "At the risk of making you laugh, Young Master Wang, having a Holy Son like him makes even this old man want to cough up blood!"
He Pingsheng could not help smiling.
The Kong Household elder said, "Kong Shengji originally came from a collateral branch of our Kong Household. Before he reached the Golden Immortal Stage, the lineage's elite disciples constantly suppressed him. He was timid by nature and poor at communicating with others. As this cycle repeated, he became even easier to suppress!"
"There was nothing we could do. Our household is vast, our holdings extensive, and our disciples numerous. We elders cannot attend to every detail and look after every disciple!"
"But who could have imagined that, after breaking