"What's your name?" He Pingsheng asked.
The grand elder froze for a moment. I'm here talking to you about my life, and you ask me my name?
But she could only answer truthfully, "My name is Qianzhu Ruqing!"
"Qianzhu?" He Pingsheng asked. "Your surname isn't Hong?"
"No!" Qianzhu Ruqing said. "We belong to the Qianzhu Tribe. Our Qianzhu family predominates within the tribe, with all sorts of other surnames mixed in, too many to list!"
"Oh..." He Pingsheng nodded, then asked, "You're at the peak of the Divine Venerable Realm twelfth layer now, aren't you?"
"Why haven't you broken through to the Divine King Realm?"
"Oh... around here, you probably call it the Witch King Realm!"
Qianzhu Ruqing froze again. I'm desperate to negotiate whether I live or die, and you're making small talk with me?
But she had no say in the matter now. She could only take a deep breath to compose herself and say as sincerely as possible, "My preparations are insufficient!"
"Breaking through to the Witch King Realm requires not only pure, high-tier essence blood to assist, but also a Golden Core used for body refining!"
"I have neither right now, so I haven't broken through to the Witch King Realm!"
"What sort of essence blood and Golden Core?" He Pingsheng asked.
"High-tier essence blood, sixth grade will do," Qianzhu said. "But it must be at least high grade, and I'll need three to five drops!"
"As for the Golden Core..." Qianzhu paused before continuing, "It's also sixth grade, a sixth-grade Golden Core called the [Heavenly King Pill]. I've already prepared the ingredients, but unfortunately, I can't refine it. I don't know alchemy, and practically no one in the Witch Race knows it either!"
"I would have to trouble a Mystic Sect cultivator, but I don't