Killing intent surged in Liang Huaqiu's eyes.
But a few breaths later, she smiled again.
"He Pingsheng... I heard you slaughtered a Nascent Soul cultivator?" Her lovely eyes fixed on He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng jumped. "Don't go spouting nonsense!"
"Heh... you dared to do it, but you won't admit it?" Liang Huaqiu said. "You can't hide this. They say everyone on Ruokai Mountain knows!"
He Pingsheng's face darkened.
Right!
Back at Ruokai Mountain, he had slaughtered Patriarch Ruokai.
Even if no one knew about it in the short term, everyone would find out eventually.
Who knew how many people on Ruokai Mountain had witnessed that battle with their own eyes?
"How about this?" Liang Huaqiu said. "Let me experience your true fighting strength. Let's have a bout... and see whether you, at the tenth layer of the Golden Core Stage, can suppress me, at the second layer of Nascent Soul?"
Her eyes brimmed with provocation.
He Pingsheng smiled. "Let's not. We're not enemies. Why fight?"
"Exactly... no fighting!" the Ninth Prince said beside them. "Brother... I know your wife is beautiful, lovely as a flower, like jade wreathed in mist. But my sister is the greatest beauty in the Imperial Capital... asking you to replace your wife would indeed put you in a difficult position!"
"But surely you wouldn't refuse to have one more wife!"
"If you did, you'd really be going too far!"
From either side, two pairs of eyes belonging to the Imperial Family stared at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng closed his eyes in thought. After about three breaths, he took a Jade Slip from his Storage Ring and said, "You two, I have an outline of a [heaven tier cultivation technique] here. Take a look... what do you think?"
He tossed the Jade Slip over.
At the