Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 758: Chapter 403 Trial of Bow and Arrow

"Damn it! How dare you show disrespect to Senior Brother Ling Mu!"

In an instant, a cultivator from Ling Peak charged toward Gu Sheng.

With his right hand forming a sword gesture, powerful Sword Qi radiated from his fingertips, directly aiming at Gu Sheng.

"I really didn’t do it intentionally."

Seeing this, Gu Sheng explained while backing away quickly.

"Give me your life!"

It was unclear whether this cultivator was blinded by hatred or deliberately seeking Gu Sheng’s death.

At this moment, he seemed to have gone mad, disregarding everything.

Gu Sheng hurriedly countered with defense.

After all, he was on someone else’s turf, had hit their senior brother, and absorbed the Spiritual Energy of their peak.

There’s no way to explain this away.

But just as Gu Sheng made his move, a streak of light suddenly shot forth from his palm.

"Bang!"

The streak of light hit the cultivator directly.

The cultivator’s Sword Qi was instantly devoured by the light emitted by Gu Sheng, and with a powerful counterforce, it rebounded toward himself.

"Ah..."

The cultivator let out a tragic cry as he was sent flying backward in an instant.

"Careful!"

Seeing this, Gu Sheng dashed forward and caught the cultivator locked by his Sword Qi in his arms.

"How dare you injure people from Ling Peak? This is simply outrageous!"

A few other cultivators, upon witnessing their companion being hurt by Gu Sheng, immediately rose together and charged at him.

"Stop! All of you, stop!"

Ji Ziyue saw this and stepped forward to intervene.

The group exchanged glances, a hint of sinister intent flashing in their eyes.

"Ji Ziyue is also from Ling Peak; should we act against her as well?"

"She’s just a new girl here. What’s the big deal? Kill her too!"

"Exactly! If someone dares to bully Ling Peak, they deserve death!"

They muttered amongst themselves, seemingly reaching some sort of agreement to deal with Ji Ziyue and Gu Sheng together.

"Ziyue, the situation doesn’t look good; they are planning to attack us."

Gu Sheng analyzed the situation in a low voice.

"It’s fine; at worst, we’ll fight to the death!"

Ji Ziyue showed her resolute and straightforward nature.

Gu Sheng felt a warmth in his heart, unexpectedly touched by Ji Ziyue’s loyalty at this critical moment.

However, just as the opponents were about to act, a mighty presence descended suddenly.

"Stop, all of you!"

A stern and authoritative voice rang out.

Everyone looked up to see an elder with snow-white hair descending from the sky.

This was one of Ling Peak’s elders, responsible for overseeing new recruits in the Supreme Mysterious Sect.

"Elder."

The cultivators, Ling Mu, and Ji Ziyue all respectfully bowed upon seeing the elder.

As a disciple of the Supreme Mysterious Sect, even though Gu Sheng did not belong to Ling Peak, he owed respect to the elder.

Thus, he followed suit and called out, "Elder."

The elder’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness as he scanned the cultivators and said, "Have you all forgotten the rules of the Supreme Mysterious Sect? No mutual killing is allowed between peaks—that is the sect’s regulation!"

After saying that, the elder turned to Ling Mu.

"Ling Mu, you are the most senior among them. Have you forgotten as well?"

"I... I dare not forget."

Ling Mu lowered his head, appearing timid and submissive.

"Hmph!"

Hearing this, the elder snorted coldly, then looked at the other cultivators.

While the cultivators were indignant in their hearts, under the elder’s pressure, they dared not say much.

But Gu Sheng noticed that the venomous hatred in their eyes was growing stronger.

"Which main peak are you from? What’s your name?"

The elder turned to Gu Sheng and asked.

Gu Sheng did not hide anything and replied, "Reporting to the elder, I am from Zhuo Peak, named Gu Sheng. Ji Ziyue is my friend."

The elder looked at Ji Ziyue, and she quickly responded, "Yes, elder, the two of us belong to different peaks, so..."

"Hmm."

The elder nodded lightly and then continued asking, "Just now, I saw an anomaly in the power of the Spiritual Spring—was it you who absorbed it?"

"Yes, but I didn’t actively absorb it. It was Senior Brother Ling Mu who tried to absorb it, but the power of the Spiritual Spring rejected him and directly entered my body."

Gu Sheng explained.

The elder furrowed his brows slightly, showing signs of disbelief.

Gu Sheng perceived the elder’s doubt and quickly added, "If you don’t believe me, you can ask Ziyue or... or Senior Brother Ling Mu—they can testify."

Ling Mu and the others already disliked Gu Sheng.

Now, being asked to testify for him? Not a chance!

"Elder, he is lying! He actively absorbed the power of the Spiritual Spring, and we tried to force him to release it; that’s why we confronted him. Elder, please investigate thoroughly."

Ling Mu spoke, clasping his hands together and bowing submissively.

Damn...

You bastard...

Gu Sheng was rendered speechless.

He hadn’t expected Ling Mu to blatantly lie in front of everyone.

"Senior Brother Ling Mu, how can you say such a thing!"

Ji Ziyue questioned angrily, her face full of fury.

"Junior Sister, you’d best stay out of this. We are defending Ling Peak’s authority and, more importantly, the elder’s dignity."

Ling Mu added fuel to the fire, escalating the situation.

Upon hearing this, the elder seemed inclined toward Ling Mu’s narrative.

The elder’s brows furrowed tightly, and a trace of displeasure flickered in his eyes.

He turned to Gu Sheng, his voice tinged with icy hostility. "Gu Sheng, do you admit to absorbing the power of the Spiritual Spring?"

Gu Sheng nodded, "I admit."

"In that case, return the power of the Spiritual Spring to its source immediately."

The elder commanded.

"This..."

Gu Sheng appeared troubled.

Although he had absorbed the power of the Spiritual Spring, he lacked the ability to control it.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have unintentionally injured Ling Mu and the other cultivator.

"Elder, I can’t release it; the power of the Spiritual Spring is completely uncontrollable to me."

Gu Sheng explained with a tone of exasperation.

"Uncontrollable? Nonsense!"