Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 258: Chapter 150: Chaos Ends, Gu Xiaojiang Selected for Red Cloud Guard

Gu Sheng felt overjoyed and quickly opened the panel to check.

[Name]: Gu Sheng

[Age]: 17

[Realm]: Bone Refining Realm (Copper Bone)

[Martial Arts]: Chopping Wood (First-level Tearing), Archery (First-level Penetration), Iron Stone Fist (First-level Heavy Force), Shapeshifting (First-level Strong Body), Snake Breath Skill (First-level Snake Breath), Flying Thunder Leg (First-level Extreme Speed), Golden Body Skill (Perfect 30%), Three Styles of Furious Blood (Perfect 44%), Helian Weapon Casting Skill (Small Success 69%), Blood Activation Skill (Small Success 80%), Shadow Concealment Skill (Entry-level 1%)

...

Seeing the Shadow Concealment Skill on the panel, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but grin.

He had personally witnessed the abnormality of the Shadow Concealment Skill. Qian Jin, merely at Small Success level, could render himself invisible to the naked eye. If one reached Great Success or even Perfect level, even someone at the Marrow Refining Realm might not be able to detect any flaws.

The Shadow Concealment Skill could hide one’s form, while the Snake Breath Skill could conceal one’s aura. These two complemented each other, producing a doubled effect.

Since the Shadow Concealment Skill had already been recorded on the panel, all Gu Sheng needed to do was follow the steps to cultivate. He no longer required the cultivation manual, so he took out a firestone and burned the shirt with the Shadow Concealment technique written on it.

Qian Jin, upon seeing this scene, couldn’t help but yell out, ”Hey! Why did you burn it?! I don’t have enough blood left to write another one for you!”

Qian Jin discreetly pulled out a healing pill from his chest pocket and swallowed it. After a while, he gradually regained some strength, and under the drug’s effects, his internal organs no longer hurt as much.

Standing up from the ground, Qian Jin looked at Gu Sheng with wary eyes. ”The cultivation technique is already yours. Can I leave now?”

Gu Sheng’s face broke into a cold smile. ”Of course not!”

Upon hearing this, Qian Jin’s face turned pale with shock as he leapt back a step, fixing his gaze on Gu Sheng.

”You better think this through! You swore on your Martial Dao heart just now that you would spare my life! If you violate it, aren’t you afraid of being entangled by the Heart Demon?”

Gu Sheng burst into laughter. ”I never said I’d kill you, so why are you so worked up?”

Before Qian Jin had the chance to breathe a sigh of relief, Gu Sheng suddenly made a move, gripping Qian Jin’s neck in one swift motion.

”What are you trying to do?!”

Gu Sheng pulled out a steel needle over ten centimeters long, a smile that was unnervingly warm spread across his face. ”Bear it for a moment; it won’t hurt for long!”

With that, he angled the steel needle at 45 degrees upward and pierced it into the back of Qian Jin’s skull.

The steel needle entered Qian Jin’s head, and Gu Sheng rhythmically flicked the end of the needle.

This method was commonly used by hunters who caught robust pairs of male and female prey. The purpose was to make the prey lose its ability to think independently, leaving only basic instincts like eating, drinking, defecating, sleeping, and mating.

Simply put, it made them into idiots, so they could be bred in captivity.

As the steel needle burrowed into Qian Jin’s brain, his eyes rolled back, and his limbs stiffened. When Gu Sheng pulled the needle out, Qian Jin’s eyes slowly returned to normal, but the light of intelligence had vanished entirely. His gaze became vacant; his mouth hung open while drooling uncontrollably like a flowing spring.

Completely turned into a fool, Qian Jin no longer looked at Gu Sheng with fear in his eyes. Instead, he pointed at Gu Sheng and burst into laughter, babbling incoherent sounds of ”Ah-ba, ah-ba.”

Gu Sheng grabbed Qian Jin, rifled through his belongings, and fed him two more healing pills he had found.

After ensuring Qian Jin’s life wasn’t in danger, Gu Sheng delivered a swift kick to his backside, sending him flying four to five meters away.

”Scram already!”

Qian Jin, now resembling a young child, wailed and cried after feeling the pain in his bottom. When he turned back and saw Gu Sheng’s intimidating glare, he was so frightened that he scrambled off, running away as fast as he could.

Though Gu Sheng had used a fake name when he swore, the peculiarity of swearing on one’s Martial Dao heart was not something to gamble with. Thus, turning Qian Jin into a fool had been the safer choice.

In Qian Jin’s state, even if he returned to the Cult of Fiery Worship, he wouldn’t be able to reveal any information. It was inconsequential.

”Haha! That fat idiot is loaded!”

Gu Sheng couldn’t help but exclaim as he tallied up the spoils he’d taken from Qian Jin.

The silver notes Qian Jin had collected from Zhao Honglie, combined with his own savings, amounted to a staggering 180,000 taels!

And that was just the silver notes. Gu Sheng had also unearthed a stash of pills from Qian Jin’s possessions, which included thirteen Bone Protecting Pills in addition to the Bone Strengthening Pill obtained from Bai Yuqi.

These pills alone were more than enough to sustain Gu Sheng’s rapid cultivation for quite some time.

”What a massive haul!”

As Gu Sheng packed up his gains and prepared to leave, the sound of rushing wind suddenly reached his ears—it was someone moving toward him at incredible speed.

The commotion alone revealed that the person was no ordinary individual. Realizing this, Gu Sheng quickly hid himself in a corner, deploying both the Snake Breath Skill and Shadow Concealment Skill simultaneously.

A moment later, a figure entered Gu Sheng’s line of sight.

”Master Ge?”

Upon identifying the person, Gu Sheng was slightly startled. He couldn’t fathom why someone of Ge Qing’s status would be here—normally, someone like him would disdain scavenging for leftovers.

At that moment, Ge Qing was crouched over the area where Liu Honglie had devoured Bai Yuqi. He grabbed a handful of blood-soaked dirt and brought it to his nose for a careful sniff.

After inhaling the scent of blood mixed with a unique, peculiar aroma, Ge Qing furrowed his brows deeply.

”Demonic Qi! How could there be Demonic Qi in a place like this?”