Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

The man in black sneered disdainfully, ”What for? With the might of my sect, how could we possibly covet the likes of a sect at your level?”

Upon hearing this, Wu Gui’s expression turned serious. He wasn’t a fool—if the other party didn’t seem to want anything at all, then surely there had to be an enormous trap looming behind this scenario.

”Then I must ask you to leave! Although your strength is formidable, our Thousand Poison Sect’s Sect Master is also a ninth-layer Marrow Refining Realm expert. Coupled with the numerous elders, if they all work together, even you wouldn’t escape unscathed.”

The man in black was unperturbed, pulling out a red porcelain vial and placing it on the table. ”This is called a Bloodfire Spirit Pill. With just one, it can immediately raise a Marrow Refining Realm cultivator by a minor realm. You need not concern yourself with my intentions. Just know that as long as you’re loyal to my sect, I will not harm you—and furthermore, I can help you ascend to the highest seat in the Red Cloud Prefecture!”

The man in black then took out a fiery red talisman from his robe and handed it to Wu Gui. ”This is called a Fire Summoning Talisman. If you come to a decision, light it, and I will come to find you.”

Standing up, the man in black turned and walked away. As he moved just a couple of steps, Wu Gui felt a faint breeze. In the flickering candlelight, the light on the man in black’s body rippled like water, and in mere moments, he vanished from Wu Gui’s sight!

”Hiss! What kind of technique is this?”

Though the man in black was undoubtedly strong, he was still in the Marrow Refining Realm. Wu Gui had even activated the restrictions within his pavilion, yet the man had vanished so silently under his nose. Such a method was beyond Wu Gui’s comprehension.

Rising to his feet, Wu Gui fully expanded his senses and carefully searched the pavilion. Only when he confirmed the man in black had truly left did he sit in his chair and let out a long, deep breath.

At this moment, Wu Gui’s face was pale with lingering fear; his breathing was heavy, and his back was soaked with sweat.

Though Wu Gui had feigned calm during his conversation with the man in black, inwardly, his panic had nearly overwhelmed him!

After all, with the man’s strength, if he had wanted to kill Wu Gui, Wu Gui would not have even had the chance to resist.

Once he calmed down, his curiosity got the better of him, and Wu Gui picked up the fiery red talisman.

As the talisman rested in his hand, Wu Gui felt an intense warmth, as if he were holding a piping hot cup of tea. Attaching his senses to it, he immediately discerned a strange and extraordinary power emanating from the talisman.

Talismans were a powerful technique, versatile in their uses for offense, defense, communication, and teleportation. However, this method had long been thought lost to time. Wu Gui had only encountered brief mentions of it in ancient texts.

”To think the Burning Flame Sect’s foundations are so terrifying—they even have practitioners of the supposedly lost art of talisman crafting!”

In light of this revelation, Wu Gui elevated his estimation of the Burning Flame Sect’s power. Carefully storing the Fire Summoning Talisman, he then picked up the crimson porcelain vial before him.

Opening the vial, he saw inside a blood-red pill the size of a dragon’s eye.

As Wu Gui poured the pill into his hand, a peculiar medicinal fragrance immediately filled the air.

This scent was unique, distinct from other elixirs. It lacked the typical herbaceous undertones, replaced instead by a potent mix of metallic sweetness and faint traces of fresh blood.

Breathed in deeply, this strange scent caused Wu Gui’s strength to surge, the long-unyielding barrier in his martial path showing signs of loosening. This discovery left him alarmed.

Inexplicably, Wu Gui felt his spirits lifted, and a powerful urge arose within him—to consume the pill then and there.

”Could it be true? Could this really allow a Marrow Refining Realm cultivator to immediately break through a minor realm?”

Wu Gui’s gaze was fixated on the crimson pill in his hand, astonished. However, his rationality prevailed, and he suppressed his impulse, returning the Bloodfire Spirit Pill to its vial.

He wasn’t about to recklessly ingest something of unknown origin and unverified effect.

Wu Gui fell into deep contemplation. Suddenly, his eyes darkened with a murderous glint. Glancing again at the crimson vial in his hand, he muttered, ”Time to test it out! If it’s truly effective, perhaps cooperation is worth considering. No matter what, I must make Wen Mingyan and Gu Sheng pay a terrible price! New Yu, rest assured, your father will see those who caused your unjust death torn to shreds!”

The following morning, Wu Gui summoned an honorary elder at the fifth layer of the Marrow Refining Realm.

Upon meeting Wu Gui, the honorary elder quickly bowed in greeting.

”Niu Guli greets the Second Elder.”

Wu Gui nodded slightly and asked with a smile, ”Niu, how have I treated you?”

Hearing this, Niu Guli straightened, a solemn expression on his face. ”Second Elder, not only did you save my life, but you also accepted me into the sect and taught me the way of cultivation. To me, you are like a second parent! Your grace is higher than the heavens!”

”If I were to assign you an extremely dangerous task—one where even with your cultivation there’s a high chance of death—would you accept it?”

Faced with Wu Gui’s question, Niu Guli didn’t hesitate for a moment. ”If not for your intervention back then, I would already be a pile of bones! My life belongs to you, Second Elder. No matter the cost, no matter the task, I, Niu Guli, will never utter a single word of refusal!”

Hearing this, Wu Gui burst into hearty laughter. ”No need to be so tense. Since I chose to save you back then, I would hardly send you off to die in vain. Still, your loyalty brings me comfort! For your devotion, I’ve decided to reward you with a great opportunity!”

Wu Gui spoke as he retrieved the Bloodfire Spirit Pill given to him by the man in black, handing it to Niu Guli. Wu Gui’s gaze stayed fixed on him. ”Consume it.”