42: Chapter 24 Ping’an Returns 42: Chapter 24 Ping’an Returns The female Immortal Qing Su merely grunted in response, and there was no further answer.
Now free of the bloodstains and back to her original appearance, she truly was of ice-clear and jade-bone beauty, a Heavenly Immortal’s grace; her temperament was just too indifferent, making her seem unapproachable.
This long escape, for Li Ping’an, was a kind of extraordinary trial.
After all, not every minor cultivator at the Condensation Stage could make a Primordial Immortal rescue an almost-Heavenly Immortal…
In any case, this experience felt extremely peculiar to Li Ping’an.
If it weren’t for Minister Weiyen at his side, Li Ping’an would likely bid the female Immortal farewell with a clasped fist, then flee swiftly.
——The main reason Li Ping’an stayed to help was actually the Wanyun Return-to-Sect command token in his hand,
The female Immortal was quite interesting.
Her temperament wasn’t actually cold, but rather, it was a kind of indescribable ‘naivety’.
She didn’t act high and mighty because of her profound cultivation level, nor did she indulge in cryptic or profound phrases;
After consuming the Golden Immortal’s life-saving pill and being able to use an Escape Skill, Qing Su took the initiative to become ‘Weiyen No.2’, always following Li Ping’an’s commands.
Sometimes, she would even reply with simple words like ‘oh’ or ‘hmm’.
Li Ping’an remembered the texts he had read within his sect, where an ancestral sage had commented on the Plainheart method of cultivation:
[Follow one’s nature and be true, the Plainheart knows no self.]
This Immortal Qing Su was almost exactly that.
Upon their brief encounter, Li Ping’an quickly understood that Qing Su was likely on the verge of a breakthrough.
Qing Su did not disclose what treasure she had obtained, and neither Li Ping’an nor Minister Weiyen felt it right to pry;
Li Ping’an guessed that the treasure must be some kind of powerful nourishment, which has already fully integrated with Qing Su’s Primordial Spirit, and was the main reason spurring her imminent breakthrough into the Heavenly Immortal realm.
This is what’s called a great opportunity.
True·wealth is sought in dangers.
Every time Li Ping’an thought about his own father, who was accompanied by Great Fortune, once his father achieved True Immortal status and walked down the mountain as a Heavenly Immortal, it was very likely he could encounter some great opportunity just by walking…
Li Ping’an was then resolute.
In the future, whenever his father went out, no matter where he was headed, he would follow!
Suddenly, Qing Su opened her eyes, “Do you have any other wishes?”
Why did it always feel like she was asking him to prepare for his last rites whenever she said that?
Li Ping’an replied with a smile, “My father Li Dazhi, was a disciple of Ancestor Kongming.”
“I have heard of this.”
Qing Su’s eyes carried a hint of confusion:
“I mean to ask if you have any wishes I can help fulfill.”
“Predecessor, what I mean is, I am not lacking resources for cultivation,”
Li Ping’an’s eyes showed a touch of disappointment:
“My current wish is only to take a master, to have someone guide me on the Path of Immortality.
“Because my father’s rank is too high, the disciples and Immortals are also wary of this point, and no one has taken me as an apprentice yet.”
Qing Su nodded lightly, showing no reaction before closing her eyes in meditation.
Li Ping’an was somewhat baffled…
Having broached the topic as far as he did, shouldn’t this elder sister say something like ‘I have several friends’ ‘I’ll help recommend you upon my return to the mountain’?
Li Ping’an waited for a good while, then decided to be more direct.
He whispered, “I actually don’t aspire to take a Heavenly Immortal as my master, having a True Immortal as a teacher would be extremely good,”
Qing Su opened her eyes once again to look at Li Ping’an.
Her face was serene, her gaze free of emotion, as if she saw through Li Ping’an’s inner thoughts with just one look.
Li Ping’an inwardly marveled…
The pressure from Qing Su, far outstripped Elder Yansheng, Elder Xiaoyue by more than several times!
“I need to consider it,”
Qing Su murmured, then fell silent again.
Li Ping’an did not wish to make a nuisance of himself, and simply refrained from mentioning it further.
Even though there was a peak True Immortal, who had recovered about sixty percent of her strength, by his side, Li Ping’an’s own feeble Spiritual Sense was still deployed, cautiously scanning the surroundings.
Not far off, following Li Ping’an’s suggestion, Minister Weiyen disguised as a middle-aged female cultivator, was hurrying over with several figures.
Reinforcements had arrived.
Thoroughly impressed.
Minister Weiyen, at this moment, was completely impressed with Li Ping’an, the minor Qi Cultivator of the Condensation Stage!
Minister Weiyen felt that these past three days and two nights were more ‘exhilarating’ than the thousand years he had spent in the mountains!
In the beginning, the various arrangements made by Li Ping’an came into effect in succession, which established Li Ping’an’s ‘absolute command authority’ afterward.
The Immortals hunting Qing Su included both forthcoming Heavenly Immortals of upright schools and powerfully wicked masters brimming with sinister energy, including those who had taken human form.
These experts had various ways of tracking people, some relied on Divine Skills, others used their sense of smell, and some resorted to divination.
The countermeasures devised by Li Ping’an left Minister Weiyen dazzled.
Using the turbidity of a mundane large city to confuse the Qi signatures of cultivators, referencing a map back and forth to avoid an ambush zone, setting up real and fake cave dwellings to deceive the enemy’s vision, producing a spherical magical artifact that performed wonders, applying various and sundry strategies of military tactics…
What made Minister Weiyen find even more unbelievable was Li Ping’an’s sky-high imagination and meticulousness in planning.
The trio had hidden in crevices with experts searching back and forth a thousand feet away, but Li Ping’an’s Dao heart didn’t waver in the slightest, instead, he firmly gripped the arm of Minister Weiyen, the Primordial Immortal;
They had also quietly returned to the burnt-down Taoist temple and hid in the cellar under the ashes, ‘reversing the usual practice’ to elude the sharpened sights of the crowd, returning to that temple four times back and forth;
They even actively followed one of the pursuers—the person was searching ahead while they meticulously followed underground, using such daring methods to successfully escape the deadly trap that group of enemies had laid out.