Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

”I once accidentally entered an ancient cave, gained some fortuitous encounters, and also picked up some strange aura.”

This explanation was reasonable, as in the Cultivation World, it was not uncommon for cultivators to have their auras altered due to fortuitous events.

The man’s expression slightly softened, but the vigilance in his eyes did not disappear.

”Have you seen a young man in his early twenties with an Earth Palace Realm cultivation?”

”I haven’t.”

Gu Sheng shook his head.

”In this forsaken mountain, it’s hard to see a trace of anyone for days.”

The man seemed to want to ask more, but a disciple behind him whispered.

”Senior Brother, this person is not young, and his cultivation is only at the Earth Palace Realm. He cannot be that Gu Sheng. Let’s not waste time.”

Gu Sheng’s ears twitched slightly.

They really were searching for him! And they were so clear about his cultivation and age; someone must have leaked the information.

The man pondered for a moment and waved his hand.

”Let’s go, continue searching. That traitor should be nearby.”

The six of them turned and left.

They didn’t go far but instead spread out about a hundred feet away, vaguely forming an encirclement.

”It seems they’re still not completely assured...”

Gu Sheng thought to himself.

The night wind carried their whispers.

”Did that kid really see Gu Sheng?”

”No doubt, he is the Holy Master’s personal disciple, and his ’Heavenly Vision’ is never wrong.”

”But we’ve searched hundreds of miles around and haven’t even caught a shadow of that traitor.”

”Unless... he entered the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge...”

Gu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat. A personal disciple of the Qinghe Saint Master? When was his whereabouts exposed?

No time to think more, those six people were already coming towards him again.

Dragging on would only get more dangerous.

Gu Sheng’s gaze swept over the ghostly Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge not far away, and his figure suddenly dashed forward!

”Want to run?”

The man shouted sharply, and a green light shot out from his sleeve.

Gu Sheng dodged sideways without looking back, and rushed towards the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge. Behind him came several scoffs.

”Courting death!”

”An Earth Palace Realm daring to venture into the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge?”

”He’s probably dreaming of treasure in broad daylight!”

Gu Sheng ignored them, and after a few leaps, he arrived at the edge of the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge.

The heavy Yin Qi rushed towards him.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the gray mist.

”Senior Brother, should we pursue?” the female disciple asked.

The man looked in the direction where Gu Sheng had disappeared, his expression uncertain.

”The Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge is extremely dangerous, even a figure like Master wouldn’t dare to easily venture deep. This person seeks his own doom, no need to bother. We’ll guard the periphery, and if by chance he comes out alive...”

”Then let him die again!”

Another disciple said with a sneer.

The six of them spread out, each occupying a high ground, with their Divine Senses extended, forming an invisible web.

One of them took out a Jade Bottle and carefully poured out a wisp of aura.

It was the aura sample Gu Sheng had left at the Holy Land back in the day!

”With the aura granted by the Holy Master guiding us, he wouldn’t escape even to the ends of Heaven and Earth!”

What they didn’t know was that the Hidden Sky Jade on Gu Sheng’s chest was slightly warm, completely isolating that tracking aura...

Inside the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge, Gu Sheng trudged forward with uneven steps.

A ”crack” sounded underfoot, a white bone half-buried in the soil.

Gray mist filled the surroundings, visibility less than ten feet, the branches of dead trees twisted like struggling ghostly hands.

A gust of yin wind blew through, countless blurry human faces emerged in the mist, uttering shrill wails.

Gu Sheng felt his scalp tingling, quickly employing the ”Clear Heart Technique” of the Mystic Sky Sacred Land to stabilize his mind.

”Such intense resentment!”

He was secretly shocked.

”No wonder it’s called the Death Forbidden Zone.”

Legend says the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge was formed after the fall of an Ancient Divine Spirit, whose grievances merged with this land, spawning countless oddities.

For thousands of years, countless cultivators had come seeking treasures, only to become part of the bones on the ground.

Gu Sheng advanced cautiously, stopping to observe every hundred steps.

He found that although the outer area was eerie, there was no real danger.

The ghostly faces in the mist were just manifestations of resentment, incapable of harm if one’s mind remained steadfast.

”It seems the rumors are true, the danger level of the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge increases with deeper exploration.”

”If there’s truly a Supreme Treasure Sword, it must be in the deepest part.”

Gu Sheng took out the strange black stone, noticing the blood threads on its surface were more active than before, seemingly resonating with something.

”There is indeed a connection...”

Gu Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

”Could this stone be the key to entering the depths?”

As he pondered, a ”rustle” sounded from afar, as if something was crawling on the dead leaves.

Gu Sheng immediately put away the black stone and vigilantly looked towards the source of the sound.

In the gray mist, a hunched figure slowly emerged...

Meanwhile, outside the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge.

The six Qinghe Holy Land Disciples had been guarding for a whole day, yet they couldn’t sense any trace of Gu Sheng.

”Strange...”

The leading man’s brow furrowed.

”Even if he died inside, there should be some aura remaining.”

The female disciple speculated.

”Could he have escaped from another direction?”

”Or perhaps he entered the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge.”

But many also felt it was too dangerous there, unlikely that Gu Sheng would seek death.

They decided to send someone to investigate the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge, while others continued to expand the search range.

Inside the Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge, there was dead silence.

Gu Sheng trod on the brittle bones.

The gray mist slowly flowed around, like a living entity, following him at a distance.

He had walked for half a day, and apart from the increasing Yin Qi, he hadn’t encountered any danger.

”Something’s not right...”

Gu Sheng stopped in his tracks.

A Death Forbidden Zone where even Heavenly Palace Realm experts had no return, how could it be so tranquil?

This abnormal calm was more unsettling than facing a Fierce Beast upfront.

(p>The Hidden Sky Jade on Gu Sheng’s chest was faintly warm.

He took out the strange black stone, finding the blood threads on its surface several times more active than before, almost jumping off the stone’s surface.