My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 461 Cai Yuan
"A spirit seed, a spirit seed... this Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed really is a seed?"

Right now, all he can do is water and fertilize, providing support unilaterally. To reap any rewards, he has to wait until the flowers and fruit ripen. And the time required to bear fruit is a lifetime.

Tsk!
"This Heavenly Demon is really a lousy demon god, and that Cloud Mirage Heavenly Demon is probably a lousy heavenly demon as well." Chen Mu was quite indignant.

What a waste of my time!

"At least it can help you speed up your cultivation of the Peaceful Mind Sutra, right?" Shi Dechun comforted him with a cheerful smile.

That's about all the use it has.

Chen Mu sighed.

Shi Dechun chuckled again: "How about you pass on another copy of the Flying Flame Scripture to me?"

Addicted to taking advantage, huh?

"Fuck off!"

……

after one day.

After repeatedly testing the effects of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, Chen Mu began to figure out how to use it.

"Are you sure the more people involved, the more effective the Three Paths Curse will be?" he asked, looking at Shen Yan.

He had tried it yesterday, and with Shi Dechun's assistance, the amount of Weak Water he attracted during his cultivation session did indeed increase, well... just a little bit more.

It had some effect, but not much, and he suspected that Shen Yan had been fooling him.

"Ah...that's true. When multiple people use it at the same time, it forms a cluster, and the effect can be multiplied." Shen Yan replied lazily.

This was a good opportunity to urge Chen Mu to gather the Yin spirits, but he was a little distracted whenever he thought about Shi Dechun's act of submitting his pledge of allegiance yesterday.

Chen Mu's undisguised display of his true demon form only made him less and less interested.

The more he knows, the less likely he is to leave Thousand Lantern City, and all his plans will come to naught.

"Why don't we recruit Yi Sanqi into Qiandeng City first?" Shi Dechun said excitedly.

There are quite a few old friends there. If we could bring them all into Thousand Lantern City, just imagining their shocked faces is quite exciting.

Chen Mu was also somewhat eager to try.

Previously, we dared not recruit people into Thousand Lanterns City for fear that too many people would lead to leaks of information. But now that we have the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, we are no longer afraid of leaks.

The spirit seed transforms Chen Mu into a human form and creates a soul-separating soup, which also makes the recipient identify with Chen Mu. It's as if a stamp has been placed on their subconscious, preventing them from betraying Chen Mu.

With the help of the Yama Emperor's Decree, as long as it's not a three-hundred-year-old ghost like Shen Yan, basically anyone you bring in will immediately become one of your own.

"If we bring in a large group of people, with the combined power of the Three Paths Curse, wouldn't the speed of tracing the origin of the Divine Embryo skyrocket?!"

"What is this? This is a cheat for gaining experience points!" Chen Mu was immediately tempted.

After listening for a while, Shen Yan couldn't help but speak up: "I suggest you give priority to the Ministry of Construction."

"Most of the people inside are proficient in multiple spells and are skilled at combining spells."

"They have extensive experience in practicing secret techniques and can quickly master the Three Paths Mantra. They are also more adept at drawing upon the power of the River of Oblivion together."

Chen Mu nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

That makes sense!
Shen Yan remained calm.

This was a plan he had considered many times. If they could work together to cast the Three Paths Curse, they could also work together to cast a secret technique to help him reclaim the Gates of Hell. Unfortunately, this plan is now likely to fail.

"It's decided!" Chen Mu said firmly, "I'll go to the Caiyuan Department to recruit people tonight!"

Wait, the Yuan-gathering Department?

"No, did you even listen carefully?!" Shen Yan was getting a little frustrated.

"The Yuan-Gathering Tribe is now full of newly born Yin spirits with weak divine power, making it impossible for them to quickly learn the Three Paths Spell!"

"Select workers and manufacture goods."

"Those people in the manufacturing department are very experienced and can get up to speed much faster!"

Learn the Three Paths Spell quickly? How could that be faster than the secret transmission of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed?

Chen Mu and Shi Dechun exchanged a smile.

This old ghost couldn't implant the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, so naturally he didn't know its wondrous uses.

"Let's go to the Yuan Cultivation Tribe!"

Even if you don't choose the Industrial Department, the Flame Department would be fine. What's the point of choosing those newborn ghosts who are only a few years old?
Are you deliberately doing the opposite of what I'm doing?
Shen Yan suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, making him feel uncomfortable.

……

As dusk fell, a large cluster of low, mud-brick barracks lay neatly on the ground at the northwest edge of the Hai-character camp.

Upon closer inspection, one will find that these barracks are not only low, but their doors and windows are also completely open to the outside and have no obstructions.

Each barracks was like a long box with three holes cut out: a rectangular opening about the width of a person serving as the door, and two large square holes serving as windows. The rooms were dark and gloomy, and when the cold wind blew in at night, the rooms would whine and growl, making them unbearably cold.

This is the camp of the Caiyuan tribe.

The camp was eerily quiet, as if no one was alive. In reality, however, the campers had run out of food and were forced to lie flat inside their houses to conserve energy.

The westernmost edge, the Gengliuqi camp.

The spirits that should have been lying in the rooms were now all gathered together. In the open space outside the barracks, more than a dozen soul-guiding lamps were gathered together, illuminating the open space brightly.

“Look at our dilapidated barracks, think about what we’ve been through. I’m sure you all understand perfectly well that we’ve been completely abandoned by the Hai Battalion.” Hong Xiu stood in the center of the crowd with a gloomy expression, his voice low.

"Without jade dewdrops to fill our stomachs, without the protection of the divine mist, and without the intervention of the Yin soldiers, in this perilous outer heaven, if even a single Crimson-Eyed Water Ape attacks, we will suffer heavy casualties!"

"Think about this bleak future that you can almost see the end from the beginning, are you willing to accept it?"

Everyone stared intently at the flickering flame inside the soul-guiding lamp, their eyes darting around.

Hong Xiu's expression grew increasingly cold and stern: "I am not reconciled!"

"I finally crawled out of the River of Oblivion, and finally got a second life. How can I die here so meaninglessly? My life should be in my own hands!" "But we are just newly born spirits, and we only know a broken Dew Gathering Spell. It's hard enough to survive, let alone control our own lives!" In the crowd, a spirit with bloodshot eyes asked the question with resentment, expressing the thoughts of everyone.

"Good question!" Hong Xiu's voice was high-spirited: "We are all new Yin spirits, and our individual abilities are weak, but many hands make light work."

"One of us is no match for the water ape, but ten of us might be able to escape. If a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand of us were to combine our strength, that power would be enough to save our lives in this dangerous outer heaven!"

“I have a secret technique here called the ‘Mountain Carrying Scripture’. It can bind the scattered spiritual power of everyone into a single rope.”

"As long as everyone works together with one heart and one mind, and thousands of Yin spirits join forces, even the high-ranking generals of the Flame Path Department and the Construction Department will have to look at us with awe!"

"With this power in hand, they'll have to obediently return the stolen supplies to us!" Hong Xiu clenched his right fist and swung it fiercely.

The hearts of the spirits, already agitated by the blood-red sun, were now even more restless!

Hong Xiu pulled out a brown animal skin scroll and held it above his head: "Do you dare to fight me to the death!"

"Done!"

After a brief moment of calm, a chorus of responses erupted from the crowd!

Hong Xiu's lips curled up slightly, and a smug smile flashed in his eyes.

Done!

He immediately handed the animal skin scroll to his trusted confidant, who then passed it around for everyone to read and memorize.

Hong Xiu slowly sat down by the lamp, looking at the blood-red, excited spirits around him, and he couldn't help but feel his blood boil.

"Flame Department, Construction Department... you snobbish bastards, just you wait!"

"You ignore my offer to join you, but once I gather these tens of thousands of Yin spirits from the Caiyuan tribe, hmph..."

He was feeling incredibly excited.

But suddenly they found that the once lively crowd had fallen silent.

He looked up abruptly and saw that everyone who had been walking around the camp just moments before was now frozen in place. It was as if they had all fallen into a piece of amber, fixed in place and unable to move at all.

He could clearly see the panic and fear on their faces.

What's going on? Could it be that those guys in the Ministry of Works know about my plan and are trying to eliminate me completely?!

He immediately got up and tried to escape.

Before he could straighten up, a familiar sense of oppression swept over him.

He was then slapped to the ground.

"Old Niu, long time no see." A teasing voice suddenly rang in my ears.

It's that bastard again?!

Damn it!

Hong Xiu was completely stunned.

No, I didn't offend you much back then, so why did you come all the way to Caiyuan Tribe?
Are you fucking crazy?!
……

Late at night, in the brightly lit courtyard of Qiandeng City.

Chen Mu sat at the stone table.

A short, fat ghost dressed in gray, its face full of fear and resistance, still walked up to Chen Mu involuntarily and swallowed a dust-like bead that emitted a bright white light.

Before long, the fear on his face turned into surprise and delight.

Feeling the connection that was gradually being established, Chen Mu waved to him and said, "Go outside and level the ground."

Shen Yan skillfully lit a white lantern and handed it to the other person.

The short, stout figure took the soul-guiding lamp and immediately walked happily out of the courtyard.

At this moment, dozens of small earthen mounds, each about two people high, have appeared around the courtyard.

The scattered lights of lanterns illuminated the surroundings, and one by one, the ghosts were carrying clay shovels, moving and sprinkling soil from the small hill, covering the black, void-like ground, and then compacting and shaping it into a flat area that could be walked on.

In this way, one by one, the more than 300 Yin spirits of the Gengliu Banner of the Caiyuan Division were successfully implanted into the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, and soon only Hong Xiu was left.

He looked at Shen Yan, recognized his identity, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes.

He immediately looked at Chen Mu with a complicated expression. Although they had met several times, this was the first time he had seen Chen Mu's true face.

"What did I do to offend you that someone as important as you would relentlessly pursue me?"

Hong Xiu couldn't help but recall their initial encounter, but no matter how he looked at it, he always felt that he was the victim.

What did you do to offend me?
Does charging me a toll count?

As for this time...

Chen Mu touched his nose: "Would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?"

Hong Xiu looked at Chen Mu expressionlessly.

"It's really just a coincidence." Chen Mu shrugged helplessly.

"Who told you to have such a remote campsite, and to gather everyone together so late at night instead of sleeping?"

His Yama Emperor's Decree is an area-of-effect control skill. With so many people gathered together, it's easy for him to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Hong Xiu's face tightened involuntarily.

remote?

If it weren't for its remote location, how could I have kept the news and gradually eroded the Caiyuan tribe?

Gathering a crowd?

If I don't gather people together, am I supposed to go around encouraging and talking to each one individually?
Seeing the fluorescent dust reappear on Chen Mu's fingertips, Hong Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Oh, fate!
(End of this chapter)