My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 459 Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed
Underground at the edge of the camp.

The blood-red vines that once spread across the ground like a network of blood vessels have now become dry and rotten, turning to ashes at the slightest touch.

"Lan Zhang has indeed left the Haizi Camp." Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously, the underground and the sky were completely controlled by Lan Zhang, and the entire Haizi Camp was like a cage.

After Lan Zhang appeared to have strayed far from the camp, he immediately decided to leave the Hai-character camp.

He didn't plan to go too far. He chose a place three or five miles southeast of the camp, skillfully dug out a secret room, set up the Lesser Three Talents Light-Shielding Restriction, and then sneaked into Thousand Lantern City again.

"I went to inquire, and the Yin Soldier Camp on the north side of the camp is now deserted." Shi Dechun said excitedly, "It seems that General Lan has indeed left the Hai Character Camp."

"Not a single one of the more than 100,000 Yin soldiers was found?" Chen Mu frowned.

“Apart from the generals and lieutenants of the auxiliary troops, all the official ghost soldiers have disappeared.” Shi Dechun nodded.

Blood nerves?!
The thought of a certain possibility made Chen Mu's heart skip a beat.

"Those Yin soldiers must have already been devoured and refined by Lan Zhang." Shen Yan's expression immediately darkened: "Damn Lan Zhang!"

"Luckily, we were just some useless auxiliary soldiers, otherwise..." Shi Dechun patted his chest, looking like he had just escaped a disaster.

To practice his magic, he devoured over 100,000 Yin soldiers?

This General Blue is really crazy!
Chen Mu couldn't help but feel a chill.

What's the situation inside the camp?

"The commanders of each unit have ordered their troops to hold their camps tight. Although nothing has changed, I still have a feeling that tensions are about to rise," Shi Dechun frowned.

"Your feeling is correct." Shen Yan sneered, "The auxiliary troops have different functions, but the overall strength of the Yin Soldiers is roughly the same. When the tiger is away, the monkeys become kings. I think they're all vying to become the leader!"

Having served as a military supervisor for over a hundred years, he was a man of great experience and knowledge. He understood the situation of the camp from just a few words from Shi Dechun.

"If the military supervisor were to step forward, could he possibly unite all the ghost soldiers?" Shi Dechun asked.

Chen Mu chuckled and shook his head: "He lost the Gate of Hell, and the Yellow Springs Department under his command was wiped out by Lan Zhang. Those auxiliary generals are about as strong as him, how could they possibly submit to his orders?"

Shen Yan's face turned ugly, but he couldn't refute it.

"Intrigue and power struggles, tsk tsk, even as a ghost, it remains a constant theme for humanity."

"Let's wait and see. We'll make plans when the situation becomes clearer." Chen Mu wasn't in a hurry at all.

The quota for returning to the mortal realm from Fengdu City might indeed require great merit. However, great merit in Jigu City might not be useful in Fengdu City. A definitive answer will only be available once they arrive in Fengdu City. He wouldn't be fooled into charging into battle by Shen Yan's few words.

"What about you?" Chen Mu looked at Shen Yan and chuckled, "You should go do somersaults instead."

Shen Yan's expression froze.

……

This wait lasted for half a month.

Without the Yin Soldier Commander, the Hai-character Camp was in turmoil, with the auxiliary generals forming alliances and displaying their unique abilities.

Shi Dechun left the camp together, and it was not a good idea for him to return. Fortunately, without Lan Zhang and a large number of Yin soldiers, Chen Mu was not afraid of being discovered as odd. Every day, he would sneak out of Thousand Lantern City and use his Listening Technique to probe.

The first to suffer was the Armaments Department, which, because it had stored supplies, was the first to be attacked and divided up by auxiliary troops from various departments.

The second unlucky one was the Caiyuan Department.

Eighty percent of the members of the Yuan-Gathering Clan are newly born Yin spirits who only know the Dew-Gathering Spell. But now that the Gate of Hell has been lost and the spell has lost its power, these Yin spirits have become useless burdens who only know how to eat.

After their supplies were plundered by various units, they were relegated to the edge of the camp, left to fend for themselves and no one cared about them anymore.

"A bunch of useless trash!" Shen Yan's face was grim as he listened to the live broadcast. He cursed three times in a day: "This is the Netherworld Demon Heaven. Whenever demons attack, such a scattered group will surely die!"

"Lan Zhang isn't dead yet, and the consequences will be dire. A bunch of idiots only know how to fight amongst themselves!"

Chen Mu glanced sideways at Shen Yan.

Are you insulting them, or are you targeting me?

“I own Thousand Lanterns City and have already escaped the prison of the Hai Character Camp. I am not afraid of Lan Zhang’s return or the monsters’ attack.”

"Don't you want to go back to Yinming?" Shen Yan stopped pretending and started urging Chen Mu to take the lead again.

"Isn't it you I still have?" Chen Mu said with a smile.

This guy is the military supervisor; he's knowledgeable and experienced, so he must know the way back to the Underworld. As long as we keep this guy in check, he won't have any trouble returning to the Underworld.

Shen Yan's face immediately turned ugly.

“I do know other methods, but they require opening an altar and sacrificing demon blood, which is time-consuming and laborious. It is far less effective than gathering the power of Yin spirits to perform a spell to teleport.”

"Hey! I knew you had other ideas." Chen Mu's lips curled up.

"Blood sacrifice to the underworld is time-consuming and laborious. Gathering the spirits of the underworld is the best option. Did you even listen carefully?" Shen Yan asked anxiously, his face turning red.

Chen Mu smiled but remained silent.

From the moment he caught this guy, the old ghost became suspicious every day, always feeling that the old ghost was up to no good.

He was skeptical of any suggestions from the other party, and he wouldn't take action unless he was absolutely certain.

Ignoring Shen Yan's incessant chatter, he quickly led Shi Dechun and the other back to Thousand Lantern City. Although he wanted to continue eavesdropping on the commotion at the camp, reality wouldn't allow it; the Netherworld Demon Heaven's Crimson Sun Solar Energy was stirring up his inner fighting spirit.

With Guimenguan taken away by Lan Zhang, the fog of obscuring the gods dissipated, and even the effect of the bronze ghost face plaque was diminishing. He dared not stay outside for too long.

……

A few days later, Chen Mu returned to Thousand Lantern City to grind experience points, just like he always did after listening to the excitement.

Instinctively, he unleashed the Three Paths Curse, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

Previously, the connection between the River of Oblivion and the Three Paths Curse was like a cotton candy thread, delicate and fragile, easily broken if not handled carefully. Now, however, the connection is like a strand of hair, still delicate, yet incredibly resilient.

He immediately summoned the gray wall and discovered that the Three Paths Curse had indeed been mastered to its peak.

"Another skill has reached its limit, so satisfying!" Chen Mu was immediately filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Under the operation of the Three Paths Mantra, it was as if a small tributary had been dug from the side of the river, causing the source of the River of Oblivion to flow continuously to his front.

Once the flow reached a stable state, Chen Mu had a thought, and the power of the Calm Mind Sutra slowly emerged.

It was like a barrier, blocking the middle of this tributary of the River of Oblivion. Threads of the Weak Water's power were captured and continuously flowed into the secret acupoint between his brows, instantly giving the Heavenly Demon True Form a sense of satisfaction.

After a long while, the power drawn by the Three Paths Curse dissipated, and the effect of the Peaceful Mind Sutra was greatly reduced. Chen Mu wanted to activate the Three Paths Curse again, but suddenly felt a familiar rhythmic pulsation coming from the secret point between his eyebrows.

He was immediately overjoyed and went into the room to release the true form of the Heavenly Demon to investigate.

Sure enough, the ghostly patterns that covered his entire body like a neural network of blood vessels were shining brightly, and specks of special power emerged. Then, starting from the soles of his feet, the specks gradually converged into lines, drilling into the top of his head, and the nascent divine embryo disappeared.

next moment.

hum!
The nascent divine embryo suddenly emitted a radiant white light, instantly illuminating the dimly lit room.

"I've cultivated another wisp of divine embryo power, double happiness!" Chen Mu happily removed the nascent divine embryo and examined it closely, a sudden realization surging into his heart.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Dots of something resembling fluorescent powder flew out from the divine embryo, like flocks of birds in the sky or groups of fireflies, sometimes gathering and sometimes scattering, slowly circling around the divine embryo.

A series of subtle insights flooded into Chen Mu's mind, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"A Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed? What the hell?!"

"Could this divine fetus actually give birth?"

……

"What changes have occurred to the divine embryo?" Shen Yan really didn't want to pay attention to Chen Mu. But...

We are at their mercy.

"The River of Oblivion contains countless divine and demonic spirits."

“When spiritual energy is bestowed upon a spirit, it creates the spirit’s innate endowment, which manifests outwardly as supernatural powers and ghostly markings.”

"But this endowment is incomplete; at best, it is a broken branch. Only by being nourished by the Weak Water and returning to its source can it transform into a complete seed, which is the divine embryo."

“Some spirits who were Qi cultivators in their previous lives like to call ghost patterns ‘talisman seeds’ and divine embryos ‘yin spirit Dao seeds,’ meaning that these two are the foundation seeds.”

"Once the seed is formed, the next step is for it to take root and sprout, which means nurturing the divine embryo into a Yin spirit."

"As for the changes..."

"As the foundation of the Yin spirit, the divine embryo naturally possesses incredible supernatural powers as it continues to improve, but most of these powers are simply enhancements of the original abilities."

At this point, Shen Yan suddenly paused, then looked shocked as if he had just realized something: "You didn't connect to another grotto-heaven, did you?"

Linking to the celestial realm?

Not that.

The Thousand Lanterns City was formed by the Heavenly Demon's true form devouring Liancheng; it was not due to his supernatural powers.

If we're talking about the original ability of the Heavenly Demon's true form, it should be that clumsy bewitching divine power.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Shi Dechun: "Old Shi, come on, sing a song for everyone."

Shi Dechun was completely dumbfounded.

"I...I don't know how to do this either."

"It seems your supernatural powers can only control the physical body of a spirit, not bewitch the mind," Shen Yan chuckled.

He mistook the Yama Emperor's Decree for Chen Mu's innate supernatural power.

Chen Mu's face darkened. Sure enough, it was that damn clumsy supernatural power!
"Have you ever heard of the Heavenly Demon?" Chen Mu resisted the urge to make this guy do a somersault and continued to ask.

"A demon? Ha!"

"What kind of pathetic demon god is that? I've never even heard of it." Shen Yan said nonchalantly.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

Looks like this guy hasn't done enough somersaults!
(End of this chapter)