Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 156: Chapter 109: Blood Refining Great Success! Overt and Covert Struggles!_2

This guy is undoubtedly a talent.

Lian Xubai was originally a beekeeper. By chance, he stepped into the Martial Arts path. With decent talent, he cultivated until reaching the entry-level of the Blood Refining Realm but began to notice that progress was increasingly difficult. To enhance his combat power, he decided to take an unconventional approach, delving into the technique of raising poisonous bees.

He really managed to create something substantial.

Relying on his poisonous bees, the Poison Bee Guest, who originally had average combat talent, instantly became a standout among those in the same realm. This time, if it hadn’t been for Furious Wind Three Calamities threatening his elderly mother, he wouldn’t have been injured so grievously and ultimately perished under Gu Sheng’s axe.

”What a pity—the poisonous bee technique can at most be considered a side path, best suited for those without hope of breakthroughs to improve their combat power.”

To Gu Sheng, this poisonous bee technique wasn’t entirely worthless but rather somewhat impractical. It required a great expenditure of energy. With that time, he’d be better off focusing on cultivating Martial Arts, as his strength could have advanced by leaps and bounds already.

”Though I won’t use it, selling it would definitely fetch a good price!”

Gu Sheng was feeling delighted.

Next were some miscellaneous items from the four bodies as well as the claw weapons stripped from Li Ping’s subordinates. Gu Sheng felt that these weapons suited him quite well—if paired with the Iron Stone Fist style, they could work nicely and might as well be kept for personal use.

Finally.

Gu Sheng turned his attention to the reward he valued most from this operation.

Golden Body Skill!

His eyes revealed a flicker of mania and excitement.

”Once I cultivate both Flying Thunder Leg and Golden Body Skill to the Perfect realm, my body will become seamless and without any vulnerabilities. My Blood Refining progress will also significantly accelerate. In the future, I’ll have a distinct advantage when tempering my bones and refining my marrow!”

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The year end of the second Guangxing era was gradually approaching.

The fearsome name of the ’Butcher’ was spreading far and wide, overshadowing figures like the so-called Autumn Water Sword or Iron Fist King Kong. Many storytellers were constantly embellishing the tales—sometimes Gu Sheng himself overheard them, finding them both absurd and amusing.

For example, stories described the Butcher’s giant axe weighing 360 pounds, his eyes like bronze bells, his height almost reaching ten feet. These were exaggerated to the point where even the real Butcher considered them laughable; only uninformed commoners listened with fascination.

Gu Sheng merely shook his head and smiled.

The recent slaying of Furious Wind Three Calamities had attracted too much attention, so he decided to lay low for a while.

For now, he had plenty of money and could focus on cultivation, while discreetly observing the movements of the Butcher group from the shadows.

The irregularities regarding the Poison Bee Guest’s mission made Gu Sheng realize that Zhang Guangqun seemed intent on stirring conflict among the Butcher group. This was a good opportunity for Gu Sheng to move unseen.

In a hidden chamber.

Gu Sheng leapt out of a wooden barrel as faint red medicinal liquid slowly slid off his fair and evenly-toned skin. Waves of condensed Qi Blood Power surged, as if something within his flesh was about to burst out.

Gu Sheng stepped out of the chamber, his posture upright, his eyes sharp yet reserved, and his vitality exceptionally vigorous.

He raised his hand, moved his leg, turned his waist, and faint flashes of golden light flickered faintly in his movements.

Iron Stone Fist, Flying Thunder Leg, Golden Body Skill—the three body-strengthening Martial Arts styles were activated simultaneously. Together, they gave off an impression of seamless unity, as though they weren’t three separate Martial Arts but rather originated from a single source.

Of course, these three Martial Arts styles were completely unrelated and couldn’t naturally reach such synchronicity.

This was entirely because Gu Sheng possessed a status panel.

For ordinary people, no matter how many body-strengthening Martial Arts they practiced, their generated Power would never harmonize and might even conflict with one another.

But Gu Sheng need not worry—his panel allowed the Power generated by the three Martial Arts styles to merge seamlessly, further transforming into Qi Blood Power, making his Qi and blood far more robust than others in the same realm.

He estimated that if he brought the three Martial Arts styles to a certain realm, they might even fuse into a single Martial Art!

By then, it could perhaps rival so-called top-tier body-strengthening Martial Arts, or even surpass them.

But for now.

Gu Sheng’s thoughts weren’t distracted by such distant possibilities; his flesh and blood had once again reached their limit, and his Qi Blood was about to undergo a second transformation!

Inside his body, his Qi Blood continued to boil.

With the combined effects of the three body-strengthening Martial Arts styles, everything proceeded naturally. For Gu Sheng, as long as his progress reached the required level, bottlenecks simply didn’t exist. His persistent soaking in Strengthening Blood Powder baths over recent days finally led him to the peak.

Bzzzz! Bzzzz!

A faint buzzing sound emanated vaguely from within his body, growing increasingly distinct.

In the next instant.

Gu Sheng’s agile movements abruptly froze. His Qi Blood Power within erupted with a roar, completing its transformation in one decisive instant!

His Qi Blood condensed further, its quality climbing to an entirely new level!

Above Gu Sheng’s head, a column of blood-red Qi Blood smoke slowly rose upward. The faint Qi Blood mist cloaking his entire body completely transformed—Qi Blood smoke was the hallmark of Blood Refining Realm Great Success.

Without a doubt.

Gu Sheng had successfully broken through!

His eyes were filled with joy as he sensed the slow, steady flow of power transmitted by his Qi Blood Power throughout his body. His skin, flesh, and muscles had all advanced further, with notable improvements in both strength and speed.

”So this is the feeling of achieving Great Success in the Blood Refining Realm... The Qi Blood Power is noticeably more solid. I can even sense that it may be discharged outward to affect others directly!”

Gu Sheng softly clenched his fist.

The biggest difference between Great Success and Small Success in the Blood Refining Realm was precisely this—Qi Blood smoke ascending, and the martial artist’s aura gaining the ability to harm opponents. Ordinary people could be overwhelmed by the sheer force of the aura, leaving them weak in the limbs or, in extreme cases, bleeding from their orifices.

This was the power to influence the spirit.

He quickly withdrew the Qi Blood manifestation, ensuring it stopped rising to avoid attracting undue attention.

Though his strength in Gu’s Manor was unrivaled, he didn’t wish to stir up unnecessary trouble, treating this place instead as a temporary foothold.

Once his wings had fully matured, he would likely leave quietly, heading into a larger world to pursue greater mastery in Martial Arts.