For He Pingsheng, secluded cultivation was now useless.
He had reached a bottleneck.
He could not break through!
He stood in the pitch-black night sky, looking down at the Imperial Capital beneath his feet, his brows drawing together slightly.
Although he had settled his Master and his fellow disciples earlier, he now had no way to settle his own affairs.
What should I do?
What should I do next?
Break through?
Hopeless!
There was simply no path to a breakthrough.
Find Qiao Huizhu.
There were no clues.
It was as though Qiao Huizhu had vanished completely from heaven and earth.
He Pingsheng turned his gaze toward the imperial palace.
Perhaps he could find some faint threads of evidence and answers in Great Liang's imperial palace.
The next moment, he took a single step, crossing vast stretches of space to land outside the palace gates.
The night was deep, yet four or five Golden Core Stage disciples still guarded the imperial palace's East Flower Gate. Beyond those disciples, there were also countless Foundation Establishment Realm guards.
"Who goes there?"
"Halt!"
The general guarding the gate let out a shout.
He Pingsheng took a Token from his ring and said, "This junior requests an audience with Patriarch Zhenyu!"
Patriarch Zhenyu had given him this Token years ago, saying that it would grant him unhindered passage through the palace.
Sure enough, within a few breaths, a Golden Core Stage cultivator emerged and returned the Token to He Pingsheng. "Please follow me!"
They walked for a long time through the outer reaches of Great Liang's imperial palace before entering a hall that looked dilapidated and weathered.
Patriarch Zhenyu was seated inside.
The man who had guided him withdrew, leaving only He Pingsheng and Zhenyu in the hall.
"Senior Zhenyu!" He Pingsheng said. "I apologize