Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1523: Chapter 784: Magnificence (Part 2)

”Thank you for saving us. I just didn’t expect... your strength is far beyond what I imagined.”

Gu Sheng neither agreed nor disagreed, he just reminded her.

”Don’t forget our agreement.”

”Of course.”

Shen Qingtan nodded, speaking with solemn seriousness.

”I, Shen Qingtan, swear upon my Martial Arts heart: everything I have seen and heard today will never be leaked, not even half a word.”

Qin Yurou hurried to add her stance.

”Me too! I won’t say a single word about what happened today!”

Gu Sheng glanced at them, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.

”I trust you.”

He paused, then added.

”I hope you won’t betray that trust.”

Shen Qingtan heard the warning hidden in his words, but what she cared about was another matter.

She walked over to Jiang Feiyu’s dried corpse not far away, and carefully stored the body into her Storage Ring.

”Once the mission bounty is issued, I’ll have Yurou bring the reward to you.”

Shen Qingtan said to Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow.

”Will Jiang Feiyu’s death bring trouble to you?”

A shadow flickered in Shen Qingtan’s eyes.

”There’ll definitely be trouble, but I can handle it.”

”If you can’t handle it, you can come to Linyin Pavilion to find me.”

Gu Sheng said it offhandedly, yet it made Shen Qingtan and Qin Yurou show surprised expressions at the same time.

”Linyin Pavilion?”

Qin Yurou exclaimed.

”Isn’t that...”

Shen Qingtan stopped her with a look, then turned to Gu Sheng and spoke seriously.

”Thank you. Once I’ve finished dealing with this matter, we can talk about cooperating again.”

Gu Sheng nodded.

”I’ll wait for your news.”

Just as Shen Qingtan and Qin Yurou’s figures vanished into the distant mountain range, Gu Sheng withdrew his gaze.

He lowered his head to look at the corpse on the ground that had been twisted into pieces by the Heavenly Demon Vine, a cold smile tugging at his lips.

”Blood Refining Evil Cultivator? That’s all?”

Gu Sheng murmured softly to himself, lifting a foot to nudge the corpse that no longer resembled a human.

Blood seeped into the soil, giving off a nauseating, fishy stench.

Gu Sheng frowned, raised his hand and beckoned. A dark-red Storage Ring flew out from within the mangled flesh, hovering above his palm.

”Let me see what kind of goodies you Evil Cultivators carry.”

His spiritual power surged into the Storage Ring like a tide, and Gu Sheng immediately sensed a cold, evil aura.

His brows lifted slightly. With a thought, a strangely-shaped scythe appeared in his hand.

The scythe was pitch-black all over, its blade covered in dense blood-red patterns, the handle wrapped in thorny vines that squirmed like living things.

Those thorns seemed to sense Gu Sheng’s aura—they slowly stretched out, trying to coil around his wrist.

”Hmph!”

Gu Sheng gave a cold snort. His True Yuan shook within his body, and the thorns instantly shrank back, letting out faint hissing sounds, as if mourning.

”Sect Realm Evil Artifact? That’s rare.”

Gu Sheng carefully sized up the scythe.

”But it suits Evil Spirits and that path’s Evil Cultivators more. Looks like this Blood Refining Evil Cultivator had someone behind him.”

He shook his head, completely uninterested in this kind of Evil Artifact that erodes the mind.

With a thought, the scythe was returned into the Storage Ring.

Continuing his search of the Storage Ring, Gu Sheng found two bottles of Elixir Pills and a blood-red Jade Talisman.

He first took out the pills, pulled the cork and sniffed, immediately recognizing what they were.

”Blood Burst Pill?”

Disgust flashed through Gu Sheng’s eyes.

”Force a Martial Artist to take it, make him explode and die, then absorb his Essence Blood—typical Evil Cultivator methods.”

Causally tossing the pills back into the Storage Ring, Gu Sheng took out the Blood Jade Talisman.

As soon as the talisman touched his hand, he felt a cold force trying to burrow into his meridians.

”Courting death!”

Gu Sheng’s True Yuan circulated, easily isolating that force.

He sent his spiritual power into the talisman, immediately reading the contents recorded within.

”Thousand Threads Bone Marrow Stealing Technique?”

Gu Sheng let out a derisive laugh.

”A Blood Line Secret Technique that needs to be fed with大量 Martial Artist fresh blood is still not as useful as my Heavenly Demon Vine.”

He shook his head, completely uninterested in this kind of crooked, evil path.

The Heavenly Demon Vine was a Heaven-and-Earth aberrant species; its effect in absorbing Martial Artist Essence Blood was a hundred times stronger than this so‑called Secret Technique, and it wouldn’t leave any hidden dangers.

Putting the Jade Talisman away as well, Gu Sheng swept his gaze around. After confirming that he’d missed nothing, his figure flickered, turning into a streak of black tunneling light that shot into the sky, flying toward the distant Transmission Array.

The Martial Artist guarding the Transmission Array saw Gu Sheng return after leaving, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

”My lord, why are you...”

The guard’s words weren’t even finished before Gu Sheng’s icy gaze scared him into silence.

”Some trifles.”

Gu Sheng said calmly, casually tossing out a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.

”Activate the Transmission Array.”

The guarding Martial Artist fumbled to catch the Spirit Stone, and upon feeling the pure Spiritual Power within, he immediately nodded and bowed respectfully.

”Y‑yes, yes, my lord, please wait a moment, it’ll be ready at once!”

He didn’t dare ask more, and quickly activated the Transmission Array.

As the Array Patterns lit up, Gu Sheng’s figure was gradually swallowed by the radiance.

Not long after Gu Sheng left, the Transmission Array lit up with dazzling light once again.

The guarding Martial Artist raised his head in surprise, only to see a young man in a white long robe step out from within the array.

The young man’s features were handsome, yet there was a sharp, ferocious killing intent between his brows.

A golden insignia was embroidered on his robe, and the moment the guard saw it, he was so frightened he fell to his knees.

”Y‑Young Master Jiang...”

The guard’s voice trembled.

”I did not know you were gracing us with your presence, and have failed to welcome you from afar!”

Jiang Feihong didn’t even spare the guarding Martial Artist a glance. His gaze was like lightning, sweeping around, finally landing in the direction where Gu Sheng had departed.

”Where did that person just now go?”

Jiang Feihong asked coldly.

Cold sweat broke out on the guard’s forehead.

”R‑reporting to Young Master Jiang, that lord said nothing, and I didn’t dare ask...”

Jiang Feihong let out a cold snort, ignoring the guard from then on. His figure flickered, turning into a streak of white flowing light that shot into the sky, heading toward the place where Gu Sheng had previously been.

His speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the spot where Gu Sheng had battled the Blood Refining Evil Cultivator.

The air still carried the stench of blood and lingering fluctuations of True Yuan.

Jiang Feihong’s gaze immediately fell upon the dark red bloodstains on the ground.

He crouched down, lightly touching the bloodstains with his fingertips, closing his eyes to sense.

”Feiyu...”

Jiang Feihong’s voice was low and dangerous.

”You died so miserably.”

He suddenly opened his eyes, killing intent boiling within them.

From the lingering aura, he had already confirmed the cause of his younger brother Jiang Feiyu’s death... strangled by a powerful Wood Element Technique, his Divine Soul annihilated.

Jiang Feihong stood up and looked around, his brows suddenly knitting together.

He sensed three different residual auras... besides Shen Qingtan and Qin Yurou, there was another unfamiliar aura.

”Shen Qingtan...”

Jiang Feihong gnashed his teeth.

”You actually dared to join hands with an outsider to harm my younger brother!”

He carefully memorized the characteristics of that unfamiliar aura, cold light flashing in his eyes.

No matter who that person was, since he dared kill Jiang Feihong’s younger brother, he would have to pay the price!

”No matter who you are.”

Jiang Feihong’s voice was bone‑chillingly cold.

”You had better pray you have nothing to do with my brother’s death, or in Great Wilderness City there will be no place for you to even stand!”

Before the words finished echoing, his figure had already turned into a white streak and vanished into the sky, leaving behind only the surging killing intent at the scene and that line filled with threat.

Gu Sheng’s boot sole stepped onto the jade‑stone floor of the Transmission Array, producing a crisp sound.

The lingering Spiritual Power ripples coiling around the array had yet to fully dissipate, forming a faint blue halo around him.

Several guards stood far away at the edge of the array, their eyes filled with reverence as they watched this powerhouse descending from the heavens; none dared step forward to question him.

”The Transmission Array of the Underground City is indeed much grander than those of small border towns.”

Gu Sheng’s lips curled slightly as his gaze swept around.

This was the core area of Great Wilderness City; to use this Transmission Array one had to at least be a Heavenly Martial Realm powerhouse. The guards had long since learned to use their eyes to distinguish which people could not be provoked.

Gu Sheng strode out of the array area with great, confident steps, his robe fluttering though there was no wind.

He didn’t need to deliberately release any pressure, but the naturally circulating Spiritual Power around him made the passersby along the way unconsciously part to open up a path.

Great Wilderness City forbade Sky-controlling flight, but for a powerhouse like Gu Sheng, even walking on foot was as fast as a raging gale.

In less than half a stick of incense, that imposing seven‑story pavilion had already come into view.

The three gilt characters ”Linyin Pavilion” shone brilliantly under the sunlight, while the gemstones set in the eyes of the two stone lions at the door emitted a faint spiritual light.