"What is it?" He Pingsheng asked!
Lian Nihong said, "Young Master He... could you accompany me to Divine Dream Mountain?"
"I... I want to retrieve the Lian Household's belongings!"
"Don't worry, I won't make you go for nothing. Once we kill the Demon King, that fragment will be yours!"
Lian Nihong looked at He Pingsheng expectantly.
He Pingsheng understood what she meant.
Back then, He Pingsheng had first met Lian Nihong near Divine Dream Mountain.
Lian Nihong had been killed in battle with a powerful Divine Venerable Realm demon, surviving only thanks to a treasure that took her death in her place.
In that battle, Lian Nihong had lost everything she carried.
Now she wanted to retrieve her belongings.
"In that... ring, besides the fragment, there are some of our Lian Household's resources, as well as my father's belongings!"
"I have no family left now. I don't want to lose what my father left behind!"
"He Pingsheng... please!"
"As long as you're willing to help me, I'll do anything you want!"
Lian Nihong's cheeks were flushed.
He Pingsheng said, "You think I'm ugly. I don't want to do anything to you..."
"You..." Those words struck a nerve with Lian Nihong. She immediately glared at He Pingsheng, her almond-shaped eyes widening into circles. But remembering that she was asking him for help, she softened again. "Fine... what will it take for you to help me?"
He Pingsheng did not answer her question, asking one of his own instead. "Your younger sister-how did you deal with her?"
"Did you kill her?"
"No!" Lian Nihong shook her head. "She's my own younger sister, after all. I couldn't kill her with my own hands!"
"I only crippled her cultivation and sent her to tend my father's grave!"
He Pingsheng asked again, "Why did she