"It's time to leave!"
He Pingsheng took a deep breath. "Once I'm out, I'll look for alchemy ingredients for Sister Qiao while improving my cultivation!"
"It's also time to leave the Li Household!"
He Pingsheng turned into a streak of light and shot upward.
Of course, he also changed his appearance to that of the Patriarch Dao Yuan.
"Fellow Daoist Li?" The first Nascent Soul cultivator from the Hu Household he encountered asked with a genial smile, "Did you gain anything down below?"
He Pingsheng shook his head. "No. This sinkhole seems endless. Who knows how deep it goes?"
"Hehehe..." The Hu Household's Nascent Soul cultivator said, "Indeed... Legends say that extraordinarily gifted people once ventured down into depths untouched by human footsteps, but even they never managed to see the nine-heavens mystic fire!"
"But there are still six months before this ends. Why are you leaving in such a hurry, fellow Daoist?"
He Pingsheng cupped his hands. "I'm not leaving. The fire energies below are too chaotic, making it difficult to hold fast to my true heart. I intend to go a little higher, then continue my secluded meditation!"
"Very well. In that case... I wish you good luck, fellow Daoist!" The Hu Household's Nascent Soul cultivator had no suspicions.
He Pingsheng continued upward.
When he was about to reach that old fellow, the Patriarch Dao Yuan, he hurriedly changed into Cheng Xuanfeifei's appearance and passed him.
After traveling farther, he changed into Zhu Ci!
Then he continued ascending.
He went up much faster than he had gone down.
He never saw True Person West Lake. Eventually, He Pingsheng stopped roughly below Zhu Dong's position and returned to his original appearance.
Of course!
After changing his appearance, he also concealed his cultivation, then used the divine ability **[Stealing Heaven