My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 426 Similar Powers
Before long, Old Man Shi's worries became a reality. Yin Liu started grinning and heading towards the various campfires, and soon he arrived at their spot.

"Brothers, you all saw it just now. Brother Haiyuan has successfully awakened his supernatural powers."

"He will arrive at Jigu City soon. He will definitely enter the inner city as a ghost soldier. He might even become a squad leader right from the start."

"Money makes the world go round. If we have enough Jade Dewdrops, Brother Hai's team will be able to win with a sure thing."

"This is a great opportunity for everyone."

"I heard from Master Niu that Jigu City is not very peaceful."

"If we can help Brother Hai at this time and help him become the team leader, Brother Hai will surely repay us and take care of us. Then we will be able to survive safely."

"If I'm lucky enough to catch Brother Hai's eye, I might even be recruited by him to join the city as a ghost soldier. That would be a truly promising future."

"Actually, everyone doesn't need to put in much effort. Just collect half a gourd of jade dew every day and give it to Brother Hai."

"I've finished speaking. Now, everyone should think carefully about what to do tomorrow..."

Yin Liu chuckled and talked for a long time, then bowed and took his leave, running to the next campfire to continue his persuasion.

The few people who had been silent just moments before couldn't help but start discussing it.

Shi Dechun leaned closer to Chen Mu, his face filled with anger: "That sounds nice, but with everyone's skill level, besides the gourd of jade dew we give to Niu Tou each day, we can only collect half a gourd at most. This is everyone's food!"

"Although I can survive for a short time without jade dew, I'm so hungry and cold, and my whole body feels terrible!"

Listening to Shi Dechun's rambling, Chen Mu suddenly paused.

Each spirit can collect a maximum of one and a half gourds of jade dew.
So these spirits spend a lot of time going to the river to collect spirits, not just to try their luck, but also because they can't collect more jade dew?
Chen Mu silently dispersed the jade dew that had condensed in front of him.

You can't stand out from the crowd.

His true form as a celestial demon was indeed different from that of a yin spirit.

"That man surnamed Hai didn't even show up. What kind of help or support is he talking about? Whether the other party acknowledges it or not, isn't it all up to him to decide?" Shi Dechun said with a sneer.

"Yin Liu was a gambler and scoundrel in his previous life, and he continues to do these selfish and harmful things in the underworld."

"Why should we hand over the jade dew we painstakingly collected to that person?" Shi Dechun asked indignantly. "Brother Chen, are you willing to accept this?"

Chen Mu glanced at the other person.

What's that old fox up to?

Shi Dechun chuckled and leaned closer to whisper, "Why don't you praise him a couple of times too?"

Chen Mu immediately rolled his eyes.

What the hell do you mean by praising him?!
It seems they're trying to get me to take the lead.

But...

He glanced at the traffic light in the distance, still holding its chin high, then looked at Yin Liu with a smug grin: "Tsk, he does look a bit like he deserves a beating."

"Really?!" Shi Dechun was immediately pleasantly surprised.

After spending several days together, he had long since realized that this little bald boy was no ordinary person. He didn't want to hand over the Jade Dew, but he couldn't resist. But the little bald boy was different. With this guy taking the lead, things were practically settled!

"Just you wait and see what I do tomorrow," Chen Mu said with a calm smile.

Shi Dechun couldn't help but grin: "This old man will follow Brother Chen's lead without question."

……

The next day, evening.

The campfire was lit as usual.

Holding a large gourd, Yin Liu waited for Niu Sanmiao to finish collecting the travel expenses, then grinned and gathered around the campfire one by one.

Although those people looked unwell, they all surprisingly handed over the jade dew.

The other person quickly arrived at Chen Mu's campfire. He immediately looked at Chen Mu with a malicious expression and said, "Brother Chen, what are you planning to do?"

"The ghost soldiers hold a high position in Jigu City; a single word from them can bring us peace, but a single word can also..."

He smiled, but his words carried a hidden threat.

Chen Mu suddenly realized why everyone around the campfire had looked so aggrieved, yet had obediently handed over the jade dew. Now, they weren't hoping for the other party's protection, but rather wishing that the other party wouldn't cause trouble.

The expressions on everyone's faces immediately turned grim.

A subtle smile appeared in Shi Dechun's eyes.

Threatening him is good. The young, hot-blooded bald guy will only become more rebellious the more he's threatened.
He looked at Chen Mu with anticipation.

Then, Chen Mu, expressionless, decisively tossed the yellow gourd from his waist to Yin Liu. Shi Dechun: "..."

Is he really that cowardly?
You didn't even resist? You're a young man!

"Didn't you want to praise him?" Shi Dechun leaned closer and asked in a low voice, unwilling to give up.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Chen Mu said with a look of sudden realization, "Sixth Brother Yin, Elder Shi asked me to say a few words of praise for your hard work!"

Shi Dechun's face turned green.

Everyone hates Yin Liu to the core right now, but you're telling me I should praise him? Aren't you just making me the target of hatred?
That little bastard is doing something inhuman!

Sure enough, the way that person looked at him immediately changed.

Yin Liu also looked at Shi Dechun with a half-smile.

His eyes darted around and he immediately guessed that the cunning old man wanted to stir up trouble and get the bald boy to cause him trouble. Unfortunately, the bald boy was too cowardly and afraid of Brother Hai behind him.

Yin Liu immediately chuckled strangely, "Elder Shi, your Jade Dew..."

With a long face, Shi Dechun had no choice but to take the gourd from his waist and hand it over.

Yin Liu didn't stand on ceremony and took the gourd, pouring the jade dew from it directly into the wide-mouthed gourd in his hand.

The gourd had been filled with empty jade dew beads long ago, and the jade dew was immediately absorbed when poured in. Everyone around the campfire had handed over half a gourd of jade dew. Yet, his wide-mouthed gourd still didn't overflow.

After Yin Liu left, Shi Dechun sighed as he looked at the strange looks from the people around him.

How could you do such a thing?

Chen Mu looked surprised: "Didn't you tell me to praise him?"

Shi Dechun's face turned even greener.

Did I ask you to praise people like that? I wanted you to unleash your amazing ability to praise others.

Chen Mu watched with amusement as Old Man Shi's expression changed.

You old fox, you think you can get me to stick your neck out? You've got the wrong person!

Shi Dechun was almost laughing in anger. He knew perfectly well that he had been tricked by this little bald guy.

After a long while, he sighed helplessly: "Are you really willing to endure hunger and cold and hand over half a gourd of jade dew every day?"

Chen Mu chuckled: "It's alright, let him keep it for me for a few days."

Shi Dechun was taken aback for a moment, then quickly came to his senses: "Hey! I knew you were being petty, how could you hand over the Jade Dew so readily. So that's why..."

Small-minded?
Who are you talking about?
Chen Mu squinted and turned his head.

Shi Dechun froze.

Oh no, I blurted out my inner thoughts in my excitement!
……

After the initial resistance, everyone quickly accepted the one-eyed man Haiyuan's exploitation. Even Niu Sanmiao acted as if it were perfectly normal. Naturally, the many ordinary Yin spirits were powerless and dared not resist.

Chen Mu continued to mingle in the crowd, slacking off and constantly grinding for experience with the Dew Gathering Spell.

However, he stopped collecting more jade dew because he discovered through indirect means that ordinary spirits like Shi Dechun did indeed have an upper limit to the amount of jade dew they could collect.

On this day, by the River of Oblivion.

As Chen Mu dispersed the small particles of jade dew that had just gathered around him, a sense of familiarity suddenly arose in his heart.

He discovered that the power used in the Dew Gathering Spell was essentially similar to that of the Qi Restriction Spell.

"So, the Dew Gathering Spell utilizes the special power of ghostly spirits, similar to the magical power of a Qi cultivator?"

"Using the Dew-Gathering Incantation to activate the ability to collect jade dew. Using the Qi-Restriction-Hundred-Mile Technique to activate it, is that the Qi-Restriction-Hundred-Mile Technique that integrates perception and control?"

"No wonder my Dew Gathering Spell has a higher limit than Shi Dechun's and the others'." Chen Mu suddenly realized.

His Qi Restriction Hundred Miles had been awakened and used for more than ten years, and the unique power of the Yin Soul Monster within his body was far stronger than that of Shi Dechun and other newly born Yin Spirits.

"A power system distinct from Qi cultivators and heretical demons?"

"Interesting, so interesting!"

He immediately became interested in Jigu City.

"If they recruit ghost soldiers there, do they have methods for training armed ghost soldiers?"

We need to find out something.

(End of this chapter)