"Thank you for your trust, Miss Gu!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands. "Then... I'll take my leave!"
With that, He Pingsheng put his things away and prepared to leave.
"Young master, please wait!" Gu Ruyi said.
"Do you have any other instructions, Miss Gu?" He Pingsheng asked.
"Forgive my presumption, Fellow Daoist He, but are you buying these Heavenly Heart Golden Cores for yourself?" Gu Ruyi asked.
Before He Pingsheng could speak, Gu Ruyi continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you've already opened your divine apertures!"
He Pingsheng's pupils contracted slightly.
Gu Ruyi continued, "So you consumed [Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness] just after entering the Divine Spirit Realm. Do you have any left?"
"If you do, I'd like to trade for one stalk!"
"I'm sincere!"
He Pingsheng did not deny it!
But he did not admit it either. Instead, he asked mildly, "How are you so certain I consumed Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness and opened my divine apertures?"
"I have a special constitution, and I've cultivated a special method, so I can tell!" Gu Ruyi said.
"Please don't worry, Fellow Daoist He. I mean you no harm. I only want to make a trade with you!"
"Of course, I won't tell anyone that you've opened your divine apertures, including my father!"
He Pingsheng spread his hands and asked, "You can see other people's divine apertures?"
"Then... how many divine apertures they've opened and how talented they are can't escape your eyes either, can they?"
Gu Ruyi shook her head. "That... I can't do. I can only tell whether you've opened your apertures, not how many!"
"No!" He Pingsheng shook his head, refusing her outright. "How could something like Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness be easy to obtain?"
"My senior brother gave me that stalk!"
"You should put it out of your mind, Miss Gu!"
He Pingsheng refused her