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!"

saw Su Ming enter, Wang Defa froze for a moment, then dropped his hammer and

"Hall Master! You’re back!"

was already a True Disciple, Wang Defa habitually called him Hall

slips full of orders hanging on the wall, and nodded in

"Is business good?"

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

Ming patted Wang Defa’s

are

received!" Wang Defa

time Su Ming left the Repair Hall,

his steps. Passing the Discipline Hall, a

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

and glanced

perfected state; to

seek profit

in his sleeves, and walked step by step back to Gazing Star Cliff

daily routine,

......

after

Gazing Star Cliff cave

of Solidify runes, and an extra minor heavenly cycle Zhou Tian star defensive formation set up by Su Ming

sat cross-legged on his meditation

cave; only a few moonlight stones embedded in the dome

Like Water Art was cycling his Great Heavenly Cycle at an exquisitely slow

lake in his Dantian Qihai had expanded a full ring compared to before he descended the mountain. At the

traces after the Earth Vein Spirit Milk’s kintsugi

veins, the previous stuttering, reef-like resistance disappeared, replaced by a sense

a faint blue light

The spiritual