Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1805: Chapter 915: Secret Realm Deathmatch! Breakthrough from Despair_2

He took a deep breath, suppressing the trace of absurdity in his heart, and stepped aside to let her in, his tone calm and unruffled.

"Come in first."

Upon hearing this, Tantai Xuefei seemed to receive some kind of permission. She felt both relieved and even more nervous.

She bowed her head and quickly walked past Gu Sheng into the room.

As she entered, a scent mixed with a girl’s fresh fragrance and the cold and serene aroma of the Heavenly Ghost Snow Plum filled the room, adding a few ambiguous and captivating nuances to the originally quiet cultivation quiet room.

Tantai Xuefei felt her face burning fiercely, her heart pounding like a drum.

She had gained fame early on and was pursued by countless admirers among the young generation of talents in the Central Province, but she was proud and aloof, seeing only her fellow heavenly girl Tantai Bingtang as a formidable rival and her only recognized confidante.

Investing all her energy in the pursuit of strength in Martial Arts, she was almost blank and naive about romantic feelings between men and women.

However, the values of her family had deeply influenced her. When the "Primordial Yin," symbolizing a woman’s most precious chastity, was taken by the blending of Gu Sheng’s spiritual power during that previous accident, she subconsciously identified Gu Sheng as her destined partner for life.

At this moment, her heart was filled with mixed emotions: a vague affection for Gu Sheng that even she couldn’t explain, intertwined with some fear due to that accident, confusion about the future, and a determination akin to burning bridges behind her.

After pondering and struggling in the room for a long time, she finally gathered the courage to approach in such an awkward yet direct manner.

She kept her head down, not daring to look at Gu Sheng. Her mind was in chaos, driven only by vague understanding and an impulse, quickly walking to the only "suitable" looking surface in the room—the smooth stone tabletop.

Watching her odd action, Gu Sheng slightly furrowed his brow and couldn’t help but ask.

"Why are you walking over there?"

Tantai Xuefei paused upon hearing this and looked at the smooth, cold surface, obviously meant for placing items, and then thought of the chaotic, fragmented snippets in her mind, her face turned as red as if it were about to drip blood, and even her fair neck and delicate ears were tinged with crimson.

She... she felt something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint what. She steeled her mind, thinking she was already here anyway, so she might as well... She tightly shut her eyes, preparing to submit with a resigned acceptance. Her body was slightly stiff due to extreme tension.

Gu Sheng, seeing her ready-to-meet-her-fate, shy and hesitant yet also somewhat silly demeanor, finally sighed helplessly, understanding fully what was in the girl’s mind.

He rubbed his forehead, his tone carrying a bit of amusement and helplessness.

"I called you in to hand this engraved Jade Talisman over to your father, Uncle Mingjing."

Saying so, he raised his hand and passed the warm Jade Talisman, freshly recorded with the "Divine Casting Hundred Refinements Chapter," over to her.

"Huh?"

Tantai Xuefei suddenly opened her eyes, staring dumbfoundedly at the softly glowing Jade Talisman in Gu Sheng’s hand, momentarily at a loss.

"Just... just for this?"

She had struggled inwardly for so long tonight, even secretly using a sleep aid Spiritual Medicine to ensure her sister slept soundly, and had meticulously "dressed up," mustering the greatest courage of her life... And it turned out he just wanted her to act as a mere messenger?

For a moment, the huge discrepancy made her body tremble slightly. The blush on her face quickly faded, replaced by the frustration of being teased, but as she looked at Gu Sheng’s calm, even slightly puzzled gaze, this frustration quickly settled, transforming into an indescribable sense of grievance and coy reproach.

"You... you bastard!"

She grabbed the Jade Talisman from Gu Sheng’s hand, clutching it tightly as if it were Gu Sheng’s neck.

She glared angrily at Gu Sheng, tears of humiliation shimmering in her eyes. No longer caring about maintaining a strong demeanor or the other person’s status, she suddenly turned around and practically ran out of the room.

"Bang!"

The door slammed with a thunderous sound, reflecting its owner’s current deeply unsettled mood.

Gu Sheng looked at the still slightly trembling door, shook his head, and did not take Tantai Xuefei’s loss of composure to heart.

He had already guessed that the girl misunderstood his intentions but felt there was no need to explain.

In his view, even if there were really something to discuss or think about, the person would undoubtedly be the more mature and calm Tantai Xueling, with whom he shared deeper spiritual power integration, rather than the simple-minded, rather impulsive Tantai Xuefei.

In his eyes, although Tantai Xuefei had already shown burgeoning beauty and youthful charm, compared to her sister Tantai Xueling’s unique grace and poise, likened to a snow lotus on a solitary peak, she was ultimately lacking in certain nuances.

"Tantai Mingjing..."

Gu Sheng’s gaze returned to the emptiness, deep in thought.

"Having received the ’Divine Casting Hundred Refinements Chapter,’ at least before fully absorbing its knowledge, he should do his best to assist me. Tantai Treasure Hall has extensive and deep-rooted influence in Central Province, with a transcendent status. With their help, whether finding the whereabouts of my father and Gu Ningshuang or dealing with potential trouble from Myriad Phenomena Holy Land, everything would be much easier."

He gathered his somewhat scattered thoughts, walked to the window, opened it, and gazed at the starlit night sky. The night breeze brushed against his face, bringing a hint of coolness.

"The people from Ten Thousand Treasures Hall said that Gu Ningshuang and the others have already been in that Secret Realm for a while, but what’s their current situation..."

Gu Sheng murmured to himself, a hint of an unnoticeable concern flashing in his eyes.

That unknown Secret Realm was full of opportunities but also accompanied by unpredictable risks.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles southeast of Tianyuan Emperor City, in the depths of a relatively small-scale recently discovered Secret Realm.

Gu Ningshuang, Shen Qingtan, and Gu Yurou, three female warriors, were standing back to back, forming a tight defensive circle. The three of them were breathing heavily, all with varying degrees of injuries, their clothes tattered and stained with dust and congealed blood.

Their eyes were sharp yet weary, locked intently on the surroundings.

Engulfing them was a dense pack of hundreds of Heavenly Martial Realm Demon Beasts, their eyes blood-red, drool dripping from their mouths! These beasts were of various shapes, some resembling leopards but possessing bone spurs, others like wild bulls yet spewing Poisonous Fog, all emitting a malignant and violent aura, closely watching and blocking off all escape routes for the three women.

A little farther in front of them was a particularly large white fox demon beast, baring its fangs and emitting a threatening low growl.

Originally as white as snow, its fur had now been dyed red with large patches of blood, some its own, but mostly its enemies’.

Covered in deep claw marks and bite wounds, one of its hind legs was even bent unnaturally, yet it stood tenaciously at the forefront, its long, narrow fox eyes brimming fiercely, fixed on the restless beast herd, like a barrier refusing to fall, guarding the three behind it.

"Little White..."

Gu Yurou looked at the tragic condition of the white fox, her eyes reddening with heartache, her voice choked with sobs.

This white fox was her demon beast companion from childhood, sharing a bond of mutual understanding and her strongest ally in battle.

She knew very clearly that Little White was almost at its limit. If this continued, it might die here in protecting them.

Standing on the other side of Gu Ningshuang was Shen Qingtan, her face covered by the familiar bronze mask. Although the mask obscured her countenance, the pair of eyes visible through the mask clearly revealed deep fatigue and weakness.

She was the highest in cultivation levels and the strongest among the three women apart from the white fox, naturally bearing the brunt of the most intense pressure, blocking the fiercest demon beasts. After continuous fierce battles, her True Qi was long exhausted, her left sleeve shredded, a hideous wound stretching from shoulder to forearm, skin and flesh turned out, the faintly visible white bone!

Her body bore many wounds of varying sizes, her once elegant clothes soaked in blood, clinging to her body, outlining the silhouette of her frame trembling from suppressed pain.

Gu Ningshuang’s situation was equally dire.

The grip of her sword hand had torn, blood flowing along the damaged hilt. Her once gleaming longsword now reduced to half, its edge jagged and uneven. Since arriving in the Central Province, she had encountered more extraordinarily gifted peers with profound backgrounds, realizing her past limitations and inadequacies.