Study it, my ass!
This was outright robbery!
Yet He Pingsheng could do nothing about it.
As the saying went, one had to sever an arm to survive. To avoid having his soul searched while giving them a plausible explanation, he could only hand over his cultivation technique.
Still, it hardly mattered.
He had already given this technique to plenty of people before.
Xuan Yang, Chongyang, his master Yu Ning, and others.
After all, it only contained three sections, from the Qi Refining Stage to the Golden Core Stage.
It would have seemed strange if He Pingsheng simply left like that, so he cupped his hands again and said with an utterly fearful expression, "Senior, this is a family heirloom. It has been passed down for six or seven generations before reaching me. I cannot be the one to lose it!"
"Please be sure to return it, Senior!"
"Rest assured, we will certainly return it!" The white-templed cultivator waved a hand. "Take him outside for now!"
He Pingsheng was led outside.
Surrounded by layers of guards, he sat on the steps outside the palace.
About an hour later, he was called back inside.
The white-templed cultivator returned the technique to him and said, "We have just studied it. You are indeed unconnected to Wang Dun... Here is your divine refining method. Take it!"
"However, you cannot leave the City Lord's Manor for the time being. Stay here for now!"
"If any information comes in, we will question you again promptly!"
In effect, He Pingsheng had been placed under house arrest.
He Pingsheng was escorted to a place within the City Lord's Manor and settled in.
He took a deep breath and brought out a talisman: an Invisibility Talisman.
This was his trump card.
If they truly intended to kill him,