Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1186: Chapter 617: Still Alive

Gongsun Yue hurriedly waved her hands in denial, saying, ”No, no, I’m just curious.”​

Gu Sheng left the Water Spirit Pavilion, walking along the winding, twisting mountain path. All around, clouds and mist enveloped him, occasionally accompanied by a few bird calls.

As he was walking, he encountered Daoist Xiushan head-on.

Daoist Xiushan smiled and said, ”Gu Sheng, the Holy Master permits you to cultivate at the Divine Wind Thunder Mountain for half a month. Let me take you there.”​

Gu Sheng said, ”Thank you, Daoist Xiushan, but I wish to visit my master and sister at Tianshan Residence first. I haven’t seen them in a long time and miss them dearly.”

Daoist Xiushan nodded and said, ”Very well, you go ahead first, I will wait here for you.”

Gratefully, Gu Sheng said, ”Then I must trouble Daoist Xiushan,” and headed quickly in the direction of Tianshan Residence.​​

Gu Sheng hurried all the way and arrived at Tianshan Residence.

As soon as he stepped into the area of Tianshan Residence, he couldn’t wait to sense his sister’s presence. Soon, he caught that familiar aura, but it made his heart tighten. His sister’s aura was weak and chaotic, as if she was in immense pain.​​

Following the direction of the aura, Gu Sheng quickly arrived outside his sister’s room.

He gently pushed the door open and saw his sister sitting on the bed meditating. Her body was trembling incessantly, her face turned black, and thick black blood was flowing from her seven orifices.

”Yu’er!” Gu Sheng roared and rushed to the bedside. Trembling, he gently cupped his sister’s face, wiping away the continuously flowing blood.

”Yu’er, what’s wrong? Wake up, brother is here!”

Gu Yu struggled to open her eyes. Seeing her brother’s familiar face, she showed a look of joy, but the pain quickly overwhelmed her again. With difficulty, she opened her mouth and uttered a single word, ”Pain.”​​

Gu Sheng forced back his internal grief and injected Spiritual Power into his sister’s body, carefully examining her condition.

A moment later, his eyes grew cold, a chilling light emanated, and he spoke in a low, murderous voice: ”It’s not a cultivation mishap, it’s poison! Who dared to poison Yu’er so viciously!”​​

Gu Sheng knew time was pressing. He quickly sat cross-legged by the bed, activating the Nine Revolutions of Heaven and Earth Technique.

As the incantation was recited, a powerful devouring force emanated from his body, surging toward the toxins in Gu Yu’s body.

Clenching his teeth, sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead. In his heart, there was only one thought: ”Yu’er, brother will save you, no matter the price!”​​

The toxins absorbed into Gu Sheng’s body bit by bit, Gu Yu’s complexion seemed to slightly ease, but Gu Sheng realized clearly that these toxins were far more troublesome than he had imagined.

Every wisp of toxin entering his body felt like countless fine needles stabbing him, causing piercing pain. Yet he showed no hesitation, instead increasing the output of his Spiritual Power, fully resisting the erosion of the toxins.​​

”Brother...” Gu Yu moaned in pain, her voice growing weaker and weaker, before closing her eyes and slipping into a coma.

Gu Sheng looked at his sister with a heart full of pain. He gently stroked her hair with great tenderness, but deep in his eyes, a raging fire of anger burned.

He vowed in his heart, ”Yu’er, sleep well. Once brother saves you, the person who poisoned you will pay dearly!”​​

A quarter of an hour felt exceptionally long. Gu Sheng successfully absorbed all the toxins from his sister’s body into his own.

He gently placed his sister on the bed and covered her with a quilt. Sitting by the bedside, he prepared to use his cultivation to expel the poison.​​

Gu Sheng closed his eyes and began channeling his Spiritual Power to force the toxins out of his body. But as soon as he began, he noticed something unusual.

Once inside, the toxins clung tightly to his internal organs and were rhythmically moving toward his heart.

The more he cultivated, the tighter the toxins adhered, and the more intense the pain became.

”This poison... something’s wrong!” Cold sweat drenched Gu Sheng’s back. He recalled reading in ancient texts about a poison that specifically targeted Body Refiners—the stronger the body, the more terrifying the poison’s potency.

A chill surged in his heart. Was this poison deliberately set as a trap for him?​​

Gu Sheng endured the intense pain and continued to cultivate, trying to expel the poison. But no matter how hard he tried, the toxins not only resisted expulsion, but penetrated deeper, and the pain from his heart made it almost impossible to breathe. His face turned increasingly pale, his body started to tremble.​​

”This won’t do, this is not the solution.” In his current state, he couldn’t resolve the toxins on his own. The thought of his clan’s elders crossed his mind; perhaps they could save him.

Gu Sheng forced himself to stand, staggering toward the door.​​

Before he reached the door, a sharp pain shot from his heart, his vision went black, and he fell forward uncontrollably.

After an indeterminable amount of time, Gu Sheng opened his eyes. What he saw was a sea of red. Instinctively, he raised his hand to wipe his face, finding it covered with blood. Blood was flowing continuously from his seven orifices, making his condition even more ghastly than when his sister was poisoned.​​

”Second Elder... it must be you!” Gu Sheng guessed the truth of the situation.

Second Elder had always held enmity toward him and his sister. Knowing he would come to rescue his sister, he must have planted this strange poison in her to lure him into the trap and bring about his death.​​

”Ah!” Gu Sheng roared angrily. He frantically activated his mental method, trying to expel the toxins from his body. But by now, the toxins had merged with his body, making separation impossible, still accelerating their movement toward his heart.​​

Outside the door, a man’s laughter rang out sharply, filled with mockery and glee.