"My name is real!" He Pingsheng said earnestly. "There's nothing false about that!"
"Oh..." Tao Yaoyao nodded. "As long as I know your name!"
"Husband... Fellow Daoist He..." She was a little apprehensive and a little shy, a blush spreading over her face and neck. "Actually... I swore long ago that I would never marry in this life!"
"I pledged all my life's energy to the lineage!"
"Today, I became your wife in pretense, but whether it's real or false, I won't seek another man afterward!"
"There's no need for that!" He Pingsheng said.
"People's minds always change. Once your cultivation reaches the Divine King Realm, you might change yours!"
"No..." Tao Yaoyao was utterly resolute. "No matter what, I won't!"
"So... you can treat me as your real Dao companion, Fellow Daoist He. It's all right!"
"You may do as you please!"
He Pingsheng understood what the woman before him meant, but he remained unmoved and merely said lightly, "All right, I understand!"
Hum, hum, hum...
As he gave his perfunctory reply, He Pingsheng activated his Void-Piercing True Eye divine ability and swept his gaze over Tao Yaoyao.
Since they had just mentioned the Divine King Realm, he wanted to see how many divine apertures Tao Yaoyao had opened and whether she could cultivate to the Divine King Realm.
The next moment, Tao Yaoyao was laid completely bare before He Pingsheng's eyes.
Beneath her skin, as fine and smooth as jade, her flesh, blood, tendons, and meridians were clearly visible.
He Pingsheng saw that this woman had opened twenty-four divine apertures in total.
Not few, but not particularly many either.
Twenty-one divine apertures guaranteed entry into the Divine King Realm, while twenty-seven guaranteed entry into the Divine Emperor Realm.
She had opened twenty-four divine apertures, neither here nor there.