The fellow looked thoroughly sneaky.
But...
Wait!
He Pingsheng swept his divine sense over Hu Chen.
Good grief!
He had broken through?
This fellow had broken through his bottleneck too?
"Fellow Daoist Hu Chen, come here!" He Pingsheng waved him over.
Hu Chen jumped, thinking He Pingsheng was going to give him trouble. He stepped back and waved his hands. "Fellow Daoist Taixu Zi, I... really didn't mean to. I was telling Bingyao the story of that battle against Crown Prince Azure Qilin, and when I got to the exciting part... I just... hehehehe..."
He Pingsheng said, "Forget that. I wanted to congratulate you on breaking through your bottleneck!"
"How did you break through?"
"Did you consume some heavenly materials and earthly treasures?"
He Pingsheng was genuinely curious.
Hearing He Pingsheng say this, Hu Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Hehehe... that? No, I didn't consume any heavenly materials and earthly treasures!"
He walked up to the counter in front of He Pingsheng. "It was thanks to the favor of your fortune, fellow Daoist. Before I knew it, I'd broken through!"
"Actually, I'd been stuck at this Body Integration Realm bottleneck for two thousand years. This breakthrough came with help from a benefactor, and the water flowed into its channel!"
"Thank you!" Back then, he had vaguely sensed that following He Pingsheng would let him break through.
But he had never imagined it would happen so quickly. In just a few years, he had broken through.
"Congratulations!" He Pingsheng said. "Now that you've broken through your bottleneck, your next step is entering the Mahayana Emperor Realm. But to become a Mahayana Emperor, you need that eighth-grade pill, the [Great Creation Pill]..."
"Have you obtained the pill?"
"No!" Hu Chen shook his head. "How rare is that thing? You can't