Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

”Go there.”

Ling Xiao gasped— the lava there was darker, nearly black-red, clearly the higher temperature core region.

”Are you crazy? The guards said...”

”You stay here.”

Gu Sheng interrupted him.

”I must go down.”

Ling Xiao stared at Gu Sheng for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

”Are you kidding, do I look like someone who would back down at the last minute?”

Without waiting for Gu Sheng to respond, he dove down first.

Gu Sheng shook his head with a wry smile, following closely behind.

As they descended, the pressure increased sharply.

The lava turned from viscous to flowing like water, the temperature so high that even the Protective Gang Qi began to distort.

Ling Xiao’s skin began to crack, blood evaporated as soon as it seeped out, but he gritted his teeth and continued to descend.

”We’re here.”

Gu Sheng suddenly stopped.

They were suspended in a sea of black-red lava, where the Yang Qi was so rich it almost became tangible, forming countless small golden-red light spots floating in the magma.

”This place...”

Ling Xiao’s voice was hoarse.

”It’s literally life-threatening.”

Deep in the Golden Crow Volcano’s crater, the crimson lava boiled relentlessly like seething blood.

In the deepest part, it seemed like a miniature sun was being nurtured, emitting suffocating Ultimate Yang Qi, forming nine golden beams that shot straight to the sky, dyeing the clouds within a hundred-mile radius in golden hues.

”Hiss—”

Gu Sheng sat cross-legged on the lowest rock platform of the second barrier, surrounded by grey-black Yin Sha Qi continuously steaming.

The moment those Yin Qi touched the Gold Crow Yang Qi permeating the air, they erupted in sharp sounds like water and fire clashing.

”The concentration of Yang Qi in this second barrier is more than three times stronger than the first one...”

Gu Sheng’s tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, sweat oozed from his forehead, evaporating instantly in the high temperature.

The [Nine Dragon Heaven and Earth Technique] circulating within his body was cycling at extreme speed, and every complete circulation would force out a wisp of pure Yin Qi from his Dantian.

Three zhang below the platform was the boiling Magma Lake, which suddenly erupted in a wave of fire.

Gu Sheng suddenly opened his eyes, his hands rapidly forming Seals in front of his chest, instantly forming a Yin Qi barrier.

With a loud ”boom,” the wave of fire slammed into the barrier, exploding into countless sparks.

”That was close...”

Gu Sheng tasted sweetness in his throat, forcibly swallowing back the reversed blood.

He looked down at his palm, where there was a charred scorch mark.

”Just the second barrier has such power, no wonder they say you shouldn’t enter without reaching the Heavenly Palace Realm.”

Across the Magma Lake, several Body Refiners who were cultivating were startled by the commotion, casting curious glances.

One bare-chested man sneered.

”Another ignorant Yin Attribute Cultivator, really thinks Golden Crow Mountain is an ordinary training ground?”

”Shh, quiet down.”

A companion lowered his voice.

”To last so long at the bottom of the second barrier, he must be a Core Disciple of some major power.”

Gu Sheng ignored these discussions, simply taking out a piece of Spirit Grass glowing with a blue luminescence from his bosom.

The leaves still had two crystal-clear leaflets remaining, precisely the [Holy Infant Grass] he had risked his life to obtain in the Ancient Ruins.

”Only two pieces left...”

Gu Sheng’s eyes showed pain, but they soon turned firm.

He plucked a piece and placed it in his mouth, instantly feeling a refreshing sensation flowing through his body.

The tiny burns on his skin caused by the Yang Qi started healing at a visible speed.

As the Holy Infant Grass’s energy infused him, the Yin Qi within Gu Sheng surged once more.

He formed Seals with his hands on his knees, and nine illusory dragon-shaped airstreams suddenly emerged around him.

These airstreams intertwined with each other, forming a tightly sealed Yin Qi vortex.

”Nine Dragon Heaven and Earth, reverse Yin and Yang!”

Gu Sheng shouted lowly, and the nine dragon-shaped airstreams suddenly swelled.

The surface of the Magma Lake suddenly caved in, and the energy within a hundred-meter radius was frantically drawn in, forming a huge energy eye in mid-air.

The nearby Body Refiners, caught off guard, almost got pulled into the vortex’s center.

”Is this guy insane?!”

The bare-chested man clung awkwardly to the rock wall, shouting in shock and anger.

”Creating an energy storm in a place like this, intending to drag everyone down with him?”

In the storm’s center, Gu Sheng’s figure had become indistinct.

Only the nine dragon-shaped airstreams became more solid, continuously devouring the surrounding violent Yang Qi.

The Ultimate Yang Qi was forcibly transformed into pure energy, injected into Gu Sheng’s body.

”Still not enough...”

Gu Sheng gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

He could feel the mental method’s shackles starting to loosen, but it was still short of the final force for a complete breakthrough.

At this moment, a figure silently appeared at the storm’s edge.

It was Ling Xiao who had just broken through the realm.

He squinted at the storm’s center, a playful smile emerging on his face.

The Magma Lake’s anomaly also caught the attention of stronger figures within deeper barriers.

Behind the fourth barrier, two Cultivators who were training opened their eyes simultaneously.

One had flame patterns on his forehead, while the other was as crystal clear as jade all over.

”Someone is triggering an energy tide in the second barrier.”

The flame-patterned Cultivator said indifferently, his voice like rolling magma.

”Should we deal with it?”

The Jade Body Cultivator shook his head.

”Just an ants’ squabble. But that newcomer Ling Xiao has decent potential, worth keeping an eye on.”

Saying this, the two of them closed their eyes again in meditation.

The aura emanating from them was at the level of the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Palace Realm.

Even more astonishing, the Golden Crow Yang Qi spilling from the magma automatically diverted three feet from them, as if intimidated by a natural enemy.

Five days flew by in the blink of an eye.

The sky over Golden Crow Mountain was perpetually draped in red clouds, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night.

The storm center where Gu Sheng was at had shrunk to a radius of ten zhang, yet the energy concentration had increased by more than tenfold.