Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 458: Counting the Spoils

Su Ming stepped out of Gazing Star Cliff and followed the mountain path downward. Passing Sword Peak, he heard a sharp tearing sound of air from afar.

A cold, white figure was dancing like a startled swan on Sword Peak’s sword-testing stage.

It was Eldest Senior Sister Ling Shuang.

She wasn’t using any flashy sword techniques, only repeatedly practicing the most basic chops, slashes, and thrusts. Yet each swing released an Ice Soul sword intent that seemed capable of freezing the soul, carving a frost mark into the hard test-stone that plunged so deep it disappeared into darkness.

Ling Shuang seemed to sense Su Ming’s gaze. She sheathed her sword and turned her head. Her face, as cold as ancient profound ice, showed no expression; she only gave a very slight nod in Su Ming’s direction.

Su Ming stopped as well and returned a respectful bow.

He could clearly feel that Eldest Senior Sister’s sword intent had become purer and sharper than before he descended the mountain. It was the kind of clarity that had cut away all confusion, leaving only an unstoppable, single-minded Dao heart.

Continuing down, Su Ming had just reached the edge of the Purple Bamboo Sea when two figures in outer sect disciple robes burst out from the bamboo grove.

Qingfeng and Mingyue.

"Senior Brother Su! You're finally back!" Qingfeng, all scandal and gossip, hurried forward and lowered his voice, "I heard the capital was in chaos. Was the Yongchang Marquis really executed along with his entire clan? Were you there?"Mingyue shoved Qingfeng aside and handed Su Ming an exquisite food box. "Ignore him, Senior Brother Su. I made this spiritual bamboo cake from Purple Bamboo shoots. Try it."

Su Ming took the box and, looking at those two lively faces, felt a good mood swell.

"Who can say for sure what happened at court? I only went to negotiate, I didn’t watch any of the commotion." Su Ming tossed them some mundane gossip with a harmless tone, satisfying their curiosity, then waved goodbye and headed toward his real destination—the Repair Hall.

In the Repair Hall courtyard, the furnace blazed high.

Wang Defa stood bare-chested, directing apprentices along the assembly line as they etched formation plates.

"Be careful! Hall rules require spiritual energy node deviations not exceed one hair’s breadth! If anyone ruins our Repair Hall's reputation, I’ll skin them alive!"

Ming enter, Wang Defa froze for a moment, then dropped his hammer and jogged over, his jowls squeezed into a

"Hall Master! You’re back!"

habitually called him Hall Master—an intimacy and loyalty unique to the

line and the jade slips full of

"Is business good?"

are specifically requesting formation plates custom-made by our Repair Hall. Cheap, durable, not flashy. Our Repair Hall's account already has over three

patted

are secure, everyone can

Wang Defa answered

Su Ming left the Repair Hall, dusk

steps. Passing the Discipline Hall, a sharp

keen to Su Ming and said to be a descendant of the Truth-Hearing bloodline, was now tied to a stone pillar. When it saw

Ming stopped and glanced at

this wasn’t because he had become kinder. It was because his Aura Concealment Art had reached a perfected state; to the hound’s senses, he now appeared like a

seek profit

Ming ignored Blacktooth’s attempts to ingratiate itself, folded his hands in his sleeves, and walked step by step

life, daily routine,

......

seventh day after returning to the

the Gazing Star Cliff

extra minor heavenly cycle Zhou Tian star defensive formation set up by Su Ming himself made the cave dwelling as

sat cross-legged

candles burned inside the cave; only a few moonlight stones embedded in the dome

imperceptible. His Like Water Art was cycling his Great Heavenly Cycle at an exquisitely

a full ring compared to before he descended the mountain. At the lake’s depths, the Dao foundation pedestal that bore his cultivation root had its once-abundant cracks now

after the Earth Vein

those dark-gold veins, the previous stuttering, reef-like resistance disappeared,

eyes, and a

Establishment. The spiritual energy is