Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1801: Chapter 913: Betrothal Gift Fiasco! Divine Casting Secret Volume_2

He raised his head, turning his gaze to Yun Gucheng, who, despite being seriously injured, had been struggling to stay conscious and paying attention to the situation, and spoke to Tantai Mingjing.

"Elder, about this person... How do you intend to deal with him?"

Tantai Mingjing glanced at Yun Gucheng following his gaze and his tone returned to its previous calmness, questioning.

"Oh? You don’t seem to have known him for long, yet you want to plead for him? What do you think, how should I deal with this audacious thief who dares to cause trouble under the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall?"

Gu Sheng shook his head, his expression calm.

"I am indeed only recently acquainted with him, and there’s no need for pleading, nor do I have the standing to intervene.

How to deal with him is naturally decided by Elder according to the rules.

However, I’ve previously promised to try my best to heal his sister, Yun Meng. I earnestly ask Elder to allow me to fulfill this promise."

His words were neither servile nor overbearing, making clear his lack of deep acquaintance with Yun Gucheng, avoiding any trouble, while also highlighting his commitment to healing Yun Meng in hopes of receiving leniency.

Upon hearing this, Tantai Mingjing’s gaze lingered on Gu Sheng’s face for a moment, seemingly trying to discern the sincerity of his words.

Then, he cast another glance at the collapsed, weak but determined Yun Gucheng, and at Yun Meng, who was asleep in the array plate held by Gu Sheng. After pondering for a while, he slowly spoke.

"Forget it. Although Yun Gucheng stole the token, his motive was to save his sister, making it understandable. The token has been retrieved, and no irreparable damage was done. In light of Gu... and the situation with the girl, the death penalty can be avoided."

He shifted his tone, adopting the decisive tone of a superior.

"But he cannot escape punishment.

He broke into the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall, damaged the marketplace, disturbed the guests, causing loss and a negative impact, which he must repair and compensate for himself. Additionally, he is to serve the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall for ten years to atone for his actions! If he behaves satisfactorily after the term, he will regain his freedom."

Upon finishing, he looked at Yun Gucheng.

"Yun Gucheng, do you have any objections to this ruling?"

Yun Gucheng struggled, propping himself up with his hands and painfully straightening his upper body. Despite blood still oozing from his lips, his face pale as paper, he respectfully replied.

"I... have no objections! Thank you, Elder Mingjing, for sparing my life! Thank you... Gu!"

His final look at Gu Sheng was filled with gratitude.

Serving for ten years in exchange for his sister’s vitality and his own life was already a great pardon.

"If you have no objections, then the execution will be immediate."

Tantai Mingjing said no more, raising his hand and waving casually at Yun Gucheng.

The jade ring on his thumb suddenly flashed with a barely noticeable gleam.

The next instant, a strange scene occurred — Yun Gucheng’s figure was erased, without any spatial fluctuation or light effects, just vanishing abruptly in place, as if he was never there in the courtyard.

Gu Sheng, who had been closely monitoring, saw this and his pupils suddenly contracted! This wasn’t a Holy Realm powerhouse using their own great power to tear the void for displacement! He felt no shake or pull of space power! Yun Gucheng’s disappearance seemed more like a direct erasure and reappearance on a rule level?

His gaze immediately focused on the jade ring on Tantai Mingjing’s thumb, eyes bursting with intense curiosity and inquiry.

"Elder, this ring of yours..."

Gu Sheng couldn’t help but question, his tone filled with unmistakable interest.

Tantai Mingjing seemed unsurprised by Gu Sheng’s keen observation of the key point. He raised his hand, casually stroking the seemingly ancient and plain ring, and spoke faintly.

"Just a little trinket that I crafted myself."

"Crafted by yourself?"

Gu Sheng’s curiosity intensified.

"Was Yun Gucheng just sent directly to the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall in Tianyuan Emperor City by this ring’s ability?"

Tantai Mingjing neither confirmed nor denied, only his lips twitched slightly, a silent acknowledgment.

Receiving this acknowledgment, Gu Sheng’s mind flooded with fragments of memories from his previous life.

He recalled that in recent ancient times, there was indeed a refining master of legendary talent. In his later years, he devoted himself to studying space laws, attempting to break conventions by crafting portable, ultra-long-distance, restriction-ignoring space transmission Divine Weapons, rather than relying on fixed transmission arrays or the cultivator’s mastery over space power.

The master’s theories were highly advanced, but it’s said that till his last breath, he never truly succeeded, only leaving behind some incomplete manuscripts and speculations, considered by later generations as fanciful. Could it be that... Tantai Mingjing realized that master’s theory into reality?

A trace of reminiscence and sentiment flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously muttered softly.

"According to sporadic records in ancient texts, in recent ancient times, there seemed to be a master of refining who was exceptionally talented, whose greatest wish in his later years was to attempt crafting portable, instant transmission space-type Divine Weapons... Regrettably, it’s said until his Dao vanished, he never achieved complete success..."

His voice wasn’t loud, but given Tantai Mingjing’s cultivation level, he heard it crystal clear.

The always calm and even a bit playful Tantai Mingjing, upon hearing Gu Sheng’s words, paused almost imperceptibly, and his gentle eyes suddenly contracted!

Upon hearing Gu Sheng’s whisper, the sharpness in Tantai Mingjing’s eyes surged, and all prior emotions were instantly replaced by an unprecedented gravity and inquiry.

He stepped forward, his gaze intensely fixed on Gu Sheng, his voice carrying a barely noticeable urgency.

"You... you’ve heard of ’Divine Forger’? What else do you know?"

Gu Sheng snapped out of his reminiscence, seeing Tantai Mingjing’s reaction, he understood a bit.

Frankly, he replied.

"Not daring to hide from Elder, I once, by chance, obtained some refining inheritance related to the ’Divine Forger’ at an old relic."

"Indeed! Just as I thought!"

Tantai Mingjing’s face instantly flooded with uncontrollable excitement, even with reverence akin to pilgrimage.

"Divine Forger... is my spiritual master on the path of Artifact Dao! The path I pursue is precisely advancing step-by-step along the fragments and sparse speculations left by the Elder back in the day!

His later concepts regarding space transmission Divine Weapons are the direction of my lifelong research!"

His gaze at Gu Sheng became utterly complex, containing envy, sentiment, and an indescribable desire. "Gu... no, Gu Sheng, in the heritage you acquired, is there...

Is there more discourse or manuscripts on space laws or portable transmission Divine Weapons from the Elder?"

Gu Sheng nodded, calmly stating.

"That relic, if my guess is correct, should be the Divine Forger’s final abode.

Besides me, no one else should’ve entered it. I indeed obtained a refining insight left by the Elder, titled ’Divine Casting Hundred Refinements Chapter’, which encompasses myriad things, including many notes on space transmission theories and practices."

"’Divine Casting Hundred Refinements Chapter’! Abode!"

Tantai Mingjing’s breath became rapid, he grasped Gu Sheng’s arm so forcefully that Gu Sheng frowned slightly, noticing the Half-Saint powerhouse’s evident loss of composure.

"Gu Sheng! No, Gu! Could you... could you let me take a look? If not, a copy would do! Whatever conditions, as long as I, Tantai Mingjing, can fulfill, feel free to state them!"

Looking at this previously imposing Half-Saint powerhouse, now eagerly akin to a child longing for a beloved toy, Gu Sheng felt amused but also understood the other’s devotion to seeking the Dao.

He never intended to hoard it, much less since the other was Tantai Xuefei’s father, it’s a favor worth giving both emotionally and rationally.

"Elder speaks too highly."

Gu Sheng gently broke free from his grasp, speaking blandly.

"The tome is at my residence. Tomorrow morning, I’ll have Xuefei... Miss, bring the Engraving Jade Scroll of ’Divine Casting Hundred Refinements Chapter’ to Elder."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Tantai Mingjing responded with three ’good’, his excitement clearly evident, the more he looked at Gu Sheng, the more agreeable he seemed, and any previous awkwardness due to his daughter seemed to have waned significantly.