Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1745: Chapter 885: Resolute Attitude_2

”One more thing, if Master Bingtang returns, please tell her that once I finish handling my current affairs, if I have the time, I wish to meet her for a chat.”

A faint, almost imperceptible look flashed across Tantai Xueling’s eyes, and she nodded in agreement.

”Alright, I’ll pass the message to sister.”

Just as Gu Sheng was about to turn and leave, his steps paused slightly, and a subtle transmission precision-guided into Tantai Xueling’s ears.

”Xueli, regarding the ’Profound Yin Spirit Body’ matter with you and Bingtang, my spiritual power has once again condensed, and perhaps... I’ve found some clues, a way to attempt resolving the hidden dangers of the Original Cold Qi’s backlash for you two.”

Tantai Xueling’s delicate body trembled violently, her beautiful eyes as cold as an icy pond widened in disbelief as she looked at Gu Sheng. The Profound Yin Spirit Body was the greatest secret and shackle of her and her sister, a pain outsiders could not comprehend.

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in her heart, her expression incomparably solemn as she transmitted back.

”Qingyun, are you...serious? Do you understand that Original Cold Qi...”

Gu Sheng’s gaze was calm and certain as he transmitted.

”Naturally, I know its difficulties. It is precisely because of this that we need to start from the level of soul origin and Extreme Cold Dao Principle. If you trust me, you will need to completely open your mind and fully assist me at that time. Perhaps...there is a chance to eradicate this stubborn ailment once and for all.”

Eradicate once and for all?!

Tantai Xueling’s mind was greatly shaken, these simple words were no less than a thunderbolt from the blue to her! She looked deeply at Gu Sheng, seeing only composure and confidence in his eyes, with no hint of falsehood. Though this matter still sounded like a fantasy, she inexplicably developed an almost blind trust in the young man before her who repeatedly created miracles.

”I... trust you.”

She finally lightly uttered three words, although softly spoken, they carried immense weight.

Gu Sheng nodded slightly.

”Please also pass this on to Master Bingtang, so she is aware.”

...

An hour later, Gu Sheng’s figure appeared three hundred miles outside the Great Wilderness City, on the outskirts of Phoenix Town.

The once bustling border town was now enveloped in a deathly silence. Most of the town’s structures remained intact, and the streets were relatively tidy.

However, looking around, not a single living creature could be seen, even ordinary birds and insects were eerily absent, as if the entire town was completely isolated by an invisible barrier, filled with an oppressive emptiness that made the heart palpitate.

Gu Sheng stood outside the town, his gaze calmly sweeping over this lifeless place.

At this moment, a cold, indifferent voice, devoid of any human emotion, echoed clearly over the empty town, as if it had emerged from the depths of the Nine Nether.

”Gu Sheng, you’ve finally arrived.”

The voice paused briefly, with a hint of faint ridicule and regret.

”Reflecting on the past at the Great Wilderness Holy Academy, this Young Master really misjudged you. Had I known you would come to this, I should have crushed you, this mere ant, without hesitation back then, saving all this trouble now.”

Gu Sheng’s expression remained unchanged, as if he didn’t hear the other’s provocation, speaking calmly.

”Enough nonsense. I’m here, where is my father?”

Xiao Beixuan’s voice sounded again, cold and controlling.

”It’s simple. Today, you and I shall battle here. If you win, you can naturally take whoever you want. If you lose...leave your life here.”

Gu Sheng’s lips curved into a cold arc.

”Very well.”

Through Gu Sheng’s overly calm response, Xiao Beixuan keenly sensed something unusual, his tone shifting slightly.

”It seems... my so-called father-in-law isn’t in your hands after all? Daring to come alone?”

Gu Sheng didn’t answer his question, instead, he asked back.

”Was Huang Batian sent by you?”

Xiao Beixuan neither confirmed nor denied, his voice tinged with amusement.

”And if he was? And if he wasn’t? It seems he indeed fell by your hand.”

”Correct.”

Gu Sheng admitted frankly.

”Oh?”

Xiao Beixuan’s voice rose a bit, seemingly surprised by Gu Sheng’s straightforwardness.

”You returned to the Great Wilderness City yesterday, yet waited until today to come...are you overconfident in your own strength, or do you have other reliance? Isn’t it...too complacent?”

Gu Sheng still did not respond to his probing.

Also at this moment, in the center of the town, at the top floor of the tallest tower, a figure in white slowly emerged. Xiao Beixuan stood with hands behind his back, his gaze penetrating hundreds of meters, like a cold blade, falling upon Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng paused no longer, taking a step forward, his figure flitting past the town’s archway, formally stepping into the bounds of Phoenix Town.

He walked unhurriedly towards the town center, seeming to speak nonchalantly.

”I thought you would set up a Heaven and Earth Net here, ambushing thousands of troops.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Beixuan snorted.

”No matter how many ants there are, they are just ants. Sending them to their deaths serves no purpose, instead tainting this Young Master’s battlefield.”

He turned his words sharply, pursuing again.

”Gu Sheng, answer me, was it truly you who killed Huang Batian?”

”I’ve already answered you.”

Gu Sheng kept walking.

Xiao Beixuan stared at Gu Sheng’s calm stride, blood light flickered in his eyes, and a powerful wave of True Qi began to emanate from him, a presence exceeding the Sect Realm, clearly reaching the Earth King Realm, undisguisedly spreading!

”Entering the Earth King Realm for the first time?”

Gu Sheng sensed this aura, his gaze unchanging, even a trace of faint disappointment flashed in his heart.

”If this is your only reliance, today’s battle will be far too dull. Before his death, Huang Batian could unleash combat strength nearing the Peak of the Earth King Realm.”

”Hah...”

Xiao Beixuan let out a contemptuous laugh, the wave of True Qi around him growing ever more vehement, as if something within him was awakening.

”Huang Batian? Just a fool with a brain turned to muscle! Pure brute force, lacking understanding of its use! He believed receiving Lord Blood Demon’s gift, coexisting with it, was still relying on his laughable Body Refining Path? What utter foolishness!”

He spread his arms wide, seemingly embracing some power, his voice bearing a kind of fanaticism and disdain.

”This Young Master and he are worlds apart!”

As he spoke, in the space beside him, a twisted figure—bearing an identical appearance to Gu Lie, surrounded by numerous blood-red restriction runes and a dwindling presence—materialized on the tower top, seized by an invisible force.

”Gu Sheng!”

Xiao Beixuan’s voice suddenly turned icy.

”You waited until today to come, thinking this Young Master wouldn’t dare harm him?!”

Boom—!

An aura far more terrifying and violent than before exploded from Xiao Beixuan’s body! A fierce wind arose from nowhere, heaving his robe wildly and his hair into frenzy!

What had been a relatively controlled True Qi surrounding him now rapidly changed from white to red before the naked eye, thickening, becoming viscous and condensed, like boiling blood!

A thick, unfathomable stench of blood instantly permeated all of Phoenix Town, as if the sky had turned a faint crimson tint, and the earth beneath seemed to echo with spectral wails of countless wronged souls, transforming this silent town in an instant into a sea of corpses and blood, an Asura Slaughterhouse!

This evil, violent, all-destroying aura was so powerful that even from three hundred miles away, some of the strong within Great Wilderness City instantly sensed it!

”Such strong Evil Qi!”

”It’s outside the city! Towards Phoenix Town!”

”Are there Evil Cultivators causing havoc?!”

In an instant, within Great Wilderness City, no less than dozens of powerful presences soared into the sky, among them some in the King Realm, and even vaguely some Venerable Level Divine Thought swept by, ready to investigate.

However, just as these figures were about to set out, an aged, serene yet supremely authoritative voice, like a heavenly decree, slowly resounded from deep within the ’Heaven City’ where the Great Wilderness Holy Academy was located, echoing clearly in the ears of every expert.

”Everyone, remain in position, do not act rashly.”

”The Dean has ordered.”

”The battle at Phoenix Town, no one... is allowed to interfere.”

This voice seemed to carry some strange magic, as those presences who soared skyward paused instantly, then restrained their auras, returning to the city, not daring to make any further moves.