"And another thing..."
"Even if a Sage can see through the past and future, are you, He Pingsheng, an ordinary man? How could I possibly see through you?"
Gouchen looked at He Pingsheng with a genial smile.
He Pingsheng remained as calm as still water on the surface, but inwardly, he breathed a sigh of relief.
What worried him most was a Sage's Divine Ability to see through people's hearts.
Legend had it that a Sage could behold the Heavenly Dao and human hearts with a single glance.
Wouldn't it be terrible if he saw that I had the Treasure-Gathering Basin?
But now, after hearing Gouchen's words, He Pingsheng felt reassured.
At least he no longer had to worry about others peering into his heart, did he?
"My cultivation has reached a bottleneck. The reason I kept charging into the Chaos Heavenly Eye for the past sixteen hundred years wasn't actually to reach the Fourth Layer Heaven, but merely to break through my own bottleneck!"
"Still, looking at it now, that was indeed wishful thinking!"
"You're not too foolish, then. You know when to stop!" Gouchen nodded. "A Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal's bottleneck is difficult to break, especially for a prodigy like you!"
"You cannot possibly break through it in a short time!"
"Even if you fought your way through here for sixteen thousand or a hundred and sixty thousand years, you might still fail to break through. You would only be wasting your energy!"
He Pingsheng cupped his hands. "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Senior!"
"Mm..." Gouchen nodded. "I have a way to help you break through your bottleneck. Do you want it?"
Without the slightest hesitation, He Pingsheng said, "Yes!"
"Hahahaha..." Gouchen roared with laughter. "You're a straightforward fellow!"
"However... before I give you this treasure,