Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1534: Chapter 790: Something Happened

”Is he the heir of the Emperor?”

Gu Sheng chuckled softly, neither confirming nor denying it.

He walked slowly to a child’s corpse, crouched down, and gently brushed his fingers over the small forehead.

”Three hundred years ago, Qin Beichen used the Beichen Flower to burn down the Seven Great Sects.”

Suddenly, he spoke, his voice deep.

”Do you know why?”

Tantai Bingtang’s pupils shrank slightly.

This detail isn’t even recorded in ancient texts!

”Because they used living people for alchemy?”

She ventured to ask.

Gu Sheng stood up, dusting off non-existent dust.

”More or less.”

He turned to Tantai Bingtang, his eyes filled with an emotion she couldn’t understand.

”You still have questions.”

This wasn’t a question.

Tantai Bingtang.

She did have a bold theory, but it was too absurd for even herself to believe.

”I...”

She hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

”Nothing more to ask.”

Gu Sheng seemed slightly disappointed but soon reverted to his nonchalant demeanor.

Just then, Tantai Bingtang felt the oppressive sensation enveloping her body suddenly vanish, as if it had never existed.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally realizing her robes were soaked with cold sweat.

”The seeds of the Beichen Flower.”

Gu Sheng suddenly spoke, as if reading her thoughts.

”You want them.”

Tantai Bingtang’s heart skipped a beat.

She indeed had such an intention... to use the legendary Beichen Flower to completely cleanse the Wanliu Sect of this tumor.

”Yes.”

She admitted frankly.

”But it appears you don’t intend to give them.”

Gu Sheng laughed, this time genuinely.

”Smart. I can’t give you the seeds, but...”

He paused.

”Someday, if you need it, the Beichen Flower will bloom where you want it to.”

The weight of this promise struck Tantai Bingtang’s heart.

She quickly weighed the pros and cons, finally nodding.

”Deal.”

”Aren’t you curious why I can’t give you the seeds?”

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow.

Tantai Bingtang pursed her lips.

”Curious, but I won’t ask. If you wish to tell, you’ll naturally inform me.”

Gu Sheng’s eyes held admiration.

Suddenly, he lifted his trouser leg, revealing the part below the knee...

Tantai Bingtang gasped.

They weren’t human legs at all, but two segments of eerie white bones! No muscle, no skin, just lustrous white bones glimmering eerily in the moonlight.

”The Beichen Flower is a secret technique.”

Gu Sheng said calmly, as if discussing the weather.

”The cost of activation is my flesh. This dissolved flesh... can’t be healed.”

Tantai Bingtang’s face changed drastically.

She finally understood the weight behind Gu Sheng’s promise... Each time the Beichen Flower was used, it was depleting his life!

”You...”

Her voice trembled.

”Why are you telling me this?”

Gu Sheng lowered his trouser leg, his expression returning to indifference.

”Because of your eyes.”

He turned and walked toward the door.

”They resemble those of Qin Beichen.”

Tantai Bingtang stood frozen.

The information in that sentence was too overwhelming for her to process all at once.

At the doorway, Gu Sheng paused.

”Feeling more relaxed.”

He spoke without turning around.

”The remaining corpses and the trouble with Wanliu Sect... they’re yours to deal with.”

Before his words had faded, his figure had already vanished into the night like mist.

Tantai Bingtang stood stunned for a long time before coming back to her senses.

She looked down at the children’s corpses, her eyes rekindling with anger.

”Wanliu Sect...”

She murmured to herself.

”No one can save you this time.”

With a flick of her sleeve, twelve corpses were stored into the storage ring.

She then took out a communication jade scroll and infused true qi.

Moments later, two figures silently appeared outside the room.

”Sect Master.”

Two women in white kneeled on one knee.

Tantai Bingtang expressionlessly took out the storage ring.

”Properly bury these children, erect a monument, inscribe their names.”

”Yes.”

One of the women received the ring with both hands, hesitating for a moment.

”Sect Master, these are...”

”Evidence of Wanliu Sect’s use of live infants for alchemy.”

Tantai Bingtang’s voice was icy.

”Pass my order, Intelligence Hall is to put down all matters and fully investigate the interactions between Wanliu Sect and the evil cult, Blood Infant Sect. Within three days, I want all evidence laid out before me!”

The two subordinates trembled and immediately accepted the order.

”As you command!”

”Also.”

Tantai Bingtang added.

”Notify the Master Fan of the Great Wilderness Holy Academy, meet at the old place tonight at midnight. Tell him... I have urgent matters to discuss, if he doesn’t come, the consequences will be on him.”

When Gu Sheng pushed open the door, the bloody atmosphere in the hall had already dissipated without a trace.

He raised his eyebrow slightly, his gaze sweeping over the empty hall... The corpses of the Xie Family had been cleaned up, leaving only a few dark red stains still on the floor, like scars that could never be erased.

Xie Qingxuan sat in the center of the hall, her white clothes dyed dark red with blood.

She no longer wept, merely stared blankly into the void, as if her soul had departed with her family.

Her once lively eyes now appeared terrifyingly hollow, even as Gu Sheng approached, his footsteps failed to startle her.

”How is she?”

Gu Sheng softly asked Tantai Xueling, who stood by.

The silver-haired girl spread her hands helplessly, the ice-crystal earrings on her earlobes gently swayed with the movement.

”I... I’m not good at comforting people.”

Her voice carried a rare embarrassment.

”I said I’d help her seek revenge and take care of her, but she seems to listen to nothing.”

Gu Sheng sighed, striding toward Xie Qingxuan.

He didn’t speak, simply bending down to embrace her trembling body.

Xie Qingxuan’s body stiffened for a moment, then softened as if finally finding support.