My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 433 Recruitment
Outside the south gate of Jigu City, in Chen Mu's small courtyard, two burdock trees have grown into towering giants. Their massive canopies, covering most of the courtyard, are taller than the roof of the two-story building, and their palm-sized, fiery red leaves rustle softly in the wind.

Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair by the round table under the tree.

He rested his right elbow on the rocking chair armrest, raised his arm, and held his palm in mid-air.

Accompanied by a long and complex incantation, black flames suddenly erupted from his entire right hand.

The flames burned silently, yet the hand remained unharmed.

Chen Muping calmed his mind and focused intently on the flames burning for half an hour.

Then, without warning, the quiet flames began to erupt violently, like a river bursting its banks, rushing rapidly from the palm to the arm.

He quickly sat up, thrusting his right hand to the side, and his forearm, ablaze with flames, plunged into the white jade bucket filled with the waters of the River of Oblivion beside him.

呲!
White smoke billowed, and the intense pain made Chen Mu's face twitch. He gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on the bucket.

After a long while, when the white smoke stopped appearing, he slowly withdrew his arm. Even with his quick reflexes, his entire right forearm was still scorched by the flames, leaving only a few remnants of bone.

"That was really dangerous!" Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Ninety percent of the Yin spiritual power within his body suddenly dissipated, and his right hand began to rebuild at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a few breaths, his palm was completely repaired.

"The Yin Spirit's divine power won't recover until tomorrow at the earliest, which will waste even more time." He shook his head as he threw two jade dewdrops into his mouth, crunching and swallowing them like candy beans.

Due to the characteristics of Yin spirits, although Chen Mu can use divine power to repair damaged limbs, the divine power he loses is difficult to restore.

If activating the Dew-Gathering Spell is like expending physical labor, which can be recovered with a good meal and a good night's sleep, then the divine power consumed in limb regeneration is like cutting flesh. It involves the very essence; only by actively consuming large amounts of jade dew to strengthen the foundation and cultivate vitality can one slowly recover to their former state.

"That's all for today." Without the support of Yin Spirit divine power, he dared not rashly begin cultivation.

"Unfortunately, we still failed to break through the half-hour limit."

The Flying Flame Scripture can summon the blue flames of Yin spirits to burn their bodies. The longer the flames are burned, the more likely it is that supernatural powers and ghostly patterns will emerge. At the same time, it can also increase the upper limit of the Yin spirit's divine power.

Each time he practiced, he would test himself near his limit, trying to extend the time little by little.

If you become timid and end the tempering prematurely, your endurance limit will not be expanded, and you will have wasted a training session. But if you are too greedy and prolong it too much, the flames will immediately erupt and spread throughout your body.

It is precisely this cultivation method, whose boundaries are difficult to define precisely, that makes the "Flying Flame Scripture" so dangerous and difficult.

Chen Mu brought up the gray wall and looked at one of the columns.

Flying Flame Sutra: 5352/10000;

With experience, he summoned blue flames at a significantly faster pace, and his control over the flames also increased accordingly.

"Unfortunately, the difficulty of this secret technique does not lie in the control of flames."

Even if he reaches the top and controls the flames with ease, he still cannot accurately control the limit of how long he can withstand the burning, which will still cause the flames to erupt.

"As expected, I still need to save up jade dew to buy more advanced secret techniques to cultivate."

……

Yu Pin Xuan, located in the southern part of the city.

"Every time I come here, it's always empty. Business is so bad, how can you even afford to eat?" Chen Mu joked with a smile.

"Quality over quantity, Yu Pin Xuan prefers to serve high-quality customers," Le Yang said with a smile.

"Hey! I only spend five jade dewdrops at most each time, and I can still be a premium customer?" Chen Mu laughed.

“Brother Chen is definitely a valued customer,” Le Yang’an said gently.

Chen Mu chuckled and shook his head.

"Still want the waters of the River of Oblivion?" Le Yang'an raised his eyebrows slightly. "Have you considered changing the secret technique?"

"I'm already saving money," Chen Mu said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, Le Yang'an nodded and took a jade gourd from the shelf behind him.

"It's best to consume more Jade Dew. The more abundant your source of essence, the safer your cultivation will be."

Chen Mu accepted the jade gourd, deeply agreeing with the assessment.

He then looked curiously at the crowd outside the door: "The street is so lively, is there some kind of festival?"

Upon entering the city today, he noticed a significant increase in pedestrians in the market area, with long queues forming in front of some shops.

"It's nothing much, it's just that many people are being forcibly conscripted as auxiliary soldiers by the North City Camp, and they are buying self-defense items in preparation for the expedition."

Is war really going to break out?
Chen Mu was startled.

When he first learned that Jigu City was recruiting ghost soldiers on a large scale, he guessed that there might be a war. After more than half a year of peace, there was indeed movement.

"Who is the enemy?"

Le Yang'an shook his head: "I don't know, it depends on the city lord's decision. I heard it's not in the underworld."

Not in the underworld?! Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be the mortal realm?!

He immediately thought of the Yinming Insects he had encountered at Jilong Mountain. Seemingly guessing Chen Mu's thoughts, Le Yang'an added, "Although it's not in the Yinming, it's definitely not the thirteen states of the Yang Realm where we were before."

Chen Mu was somewhat disappointed, and then asked, "What about the forced conscription of auxiliary soldiers?"

"This is the price for accepting the protection of Jigu City," Le Yang said calmly. "All residents of Jigu City must accept the conscription order and serve as auxiliary soldiers to accompany the army on the expedition."

Chen Mu's expression immediately changed: "Haven't we already paid thirty jade dewdrops in rent every month? Why are we being forced to conscript?"

“You said it yourself, that’s rent.” Le Yang’an shrugged.

Seeing Chen Mu's uncertain expression, Le Yang'an chuckled and said, "You don't need to worry."

"Jigu City is not unreasonable. Only spirits that have lived there for more than ten years will be forcibly conscripted."

"You're new here, you're not part of it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu felt a sense of relief.

You should have said it earlier!

Scared me!
Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he looked at Le Yang'an with some concern: "Boss Le, you..."

"Ah, I am among those being conscripted."

Chen Mu was speechless.

……

In the small courtyard.

Chen Mu lay in the rocking chair.

"According to Boss Le, the war of spirits is neither in the underworld nor in the mortal realm, so where is it?"

"I'm just too inexperienced to figure it out," Chen Mu shook his head.

"Luckily, I just arrived here, otherwise, if I had been forcibly conscripted, my life would have been in real danger."

"Moreover, it has been at least ten years since I was forced to undergo the symptom test, and I may have already left the underworld by then."

He was secretly pleased when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Chen Mu stepped forward to open the door and saw two middle-aged men, one tall and one short, dressed in black.

"Is it Chen Mu?" the short, fat, pale-faced man asked with a smile.

“It’s me.” Chen Mu nodded.

"Your name has been added to the conscription list, and you will soon be serving as an auxiliary soldier in the army." The tall, thin man in black said coldly.

Chen Mu's expression changed drastically.

……

In a bungalow in the western part of Jigu City.

Niu Sanmiao chewed on the braised meat with gusto.

"Those people must have received their conscription notice by now. Whoever that bastard is, he's gotten his comeuppance."

He took a sip of wine with a satisfied smile.

“Every time there is a conscription, there are always people who are afraid of death and do not want to go to war. There are countless cases of their household registration being secretly changed.”

"These are a few new ghosts, penniless and friendless, so they can only accept their fate. Haha!"

Niu Sanmiao was overjoyed, and his gloom of the past few days vanished.

"It would be even better if they secretly ran away from the city because they were unwilling to accept it!"

"Under the summoning banner, running far is useless."

"Once forcibly recalled, you're guaranteed to be thrown into the Netherflame Death Squad, which is truly a death sentence. Haha!"

Overjoyed, Niu Sanmiao was so excited that his long-dormant supernatural ghost patterns began to tremble.

He was feeling excited when there was a knock on the door.

He walked out of the room in confusion, and when he opened the door, he saw two men in black, one tall and one short.

"The city lord has ordered that all ghost soldiers immediately report to the North Camp and await deployment with the army."

Niu Sanmiao's expression immediately changed: "My lords, I am a member of the city's patrol battalion, only responsible for maintaining the city's stability. Why would I be asked to go on an expedition?"

The short man in black smiled and said, "You don't have to go."

"Unless you want to go to the Ghost Flame Camp!" the tall man in black said coldly.

Niu Sanmiao froze instantly.

(End of this chapter)