My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 489 Plan
Inside a thatched hut in a small valley in the Daqingshan Mountains.

After implanting the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into the remaining eighteen Yin Spirits and instructing them not to reveal their whereabouts, Chen Mu let them go, allowing them to continue their patrol missions. Only the first two Yin Spirits, one tall and one short, remained to gather information.

"What are these strange demons you're talking about?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

"We don't know either. All we know is that they appear and disappear mysteriously, shrouded in white smoke, without any warning."

"They attack cities and prey on evil spirits. Once eaten, they are transformed into vengeful ghosts and bound to the demons, never to be reincarnated."

"The Netherworld actually has something like this?" Chen Mu was surprised.

He didn't stay in Jigu City for very long, spending most of his time hiding there. He had only heard that the outside world was dangerous, with black winds that could freeze spirits to death, but he didn't know that such a strange thing existed.

Previously, I thought the Underworld was dangerous, but now it seems that the Underworld is not so peaceful either.

But why does this sound a little familiar?

Chen Mu thought about it carefully, but couldn't come up with a solution for a while.

"I originally planned to recuperate in this remote mountain valley for a while, but now it seems that plan is probably not going to work out." He shook his head inwardly with regret.

"Does Qingshan City have any way to resist the demons?" Chen Mu continued to ask.

“Yes.” The short, ghostly spirit nodded: “The demons are fierce and strange, but as long as you don’t attack or provoke them, they are actually quite easy to deal with.”

Chen Mu felt relieved.

As long as there's a solution, that's fine.

"Just make sure they're full," the tall, malevolent spirit suddenly said.

Chen Mu was immediately stunned.

What do you mean?
"The Ghost King captured many lonely ghosts and formed the Green Mountain City Suicide Squad. Whenever a demon appears, the Suicide Squad will be dispatched. Once the demon has eaten its fill, it will disappear without a trace."

Chen Mu: "..." This works?!
A suicide squad? This is practically a death trap!

This Ghost King doesn't sound like a good person.

"Are other cities doing the same thing?" Chen Mu asked incredulously.

Although he did not stay in Jigu City for long, he did not hear of any suicide squad.

“No, not at all.” The short ghost shook his head: “The big city is guarded by a huge number of ghost soldiers. We just need to drive them away.”

That's more like it. Just like Jigu City, which can traverse the void to hunt monsters in the outer heavens, it's impossible for them to actively feed Yin spirits when facing a local monster. That would be too cowardly.

“Your Green Mountain City is not so great…” Chen Mu shook his head.

He was just thinking of hiding in Qingshan City.

The two spirits shrank back, unable to refute. They knew their own situation well; Qingshan City was just a small mountain town, the private property of Ghost King Shangyang, and was indeed somewhat rudimentary.

"Where is Qingyang City? It won't be like this there, will it?" Chen Mu then asked.

"Qingyang City is more than 300 li east of Daqingshan. It is a large city that can accommodate millions of Yin spirits and has its own Yin soldiers to guard it. I haven't heard of any suicide squads," the short Yin spirit said with a hint of envy.

That's okay.

Chen Musong breathed a sigh of relief.

If it's this bad, he wouldn't dare go.

"By the way, have you ever heard of Fengdu City?" Chen Mu asked, a thought suddenly occurring to him. He wasn't a spirit, after all; if he could return to the mortal realm, he should do so as soon as possible.

The two spirits, one tall and one short, looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Chen Mu was taken aback.

The number of Yin spirits in Jigu City is already enormous, numbering in the millions, but according to Old Ghost Shen, Jigu City is merely a garrison city of Fengdu City. By that logic, Fengdu City should be a major city in the Yin realm, renowned far and wide.

"Never heard of it?"

The two spirits, one tall and one short, pondered deeply for a while, but finally shook their heads. Chen Mu's heart sank immediately.

If I can't even find Fengdu City, how am I supposed to return to the mortal world?

It's troublesome.

……

The next day, on the porch in front of the thatched wooden house.

Chen Mu lay in the rocking chair, with a ball of water the size of a human head and the Nine Nether Azure Flames chasing and spinning in the air in front of him, like two agile fish.

The Yellow Spring Guide is the only secret technique on the Heavenly Demon True Form that he hasn't mastered to its full potential. During his stay in the small mountain valley these past few days, he has often taken it out to practice, and the rapid increase in experience and insights has given him a lot of enjoyable experiences.

Today, he was grinding for experience points as usual, but he wasn't really paying attention to it.

"Those two spirits don't know Fengdu, perhaps they're just too ignorant." Chen Mu was unwilling to accept this.

"According to them, Qingshan City has a population of only a little over 100,000, and they usually do despicable things like highway robbery and exploiting ordinary spirits."

"It's less a big city and more a large bandit stronghold, which flaunts its power in the Daqing Mountains every day, but knows very little about the outside world."

"A mere Yin spirit at the Divine Embryo Realm dares to call himself the Ghost King? What a bunch of bumpkins and bandits."

"It would be best to go to Qingyang City to inquire. After all, it is a large city comparable to Jigu City, and its information will be more readily available than that of the closed and remote Daqingshan."

He looked at the newly cultivated vegetable garden next to the thatched hut and felt quite regretful.

"I'm afraid we won't need this vegetable garden anymore."

He originally planned to stay here for a few months until he had maxed out the Yellow Springs Guidance skill before leaving.

When he wanted to avoid using his magic as much as possible, the Yellow Spring Guide was the main protective method he had prepared for himself.

Mastering this secret technique will allow you to draw upon deeper layers of Netherworld Azure Flames and the River of Oblivion, greatly increasing its burning and corrosive properties. It might even be able to burn away Yin Soldiers of the same level in battle.

As for the true form of the Yin Soldiers, those things have to fight shirtless and muscle-bound, which is too low-class and doesn't fit his style at all. The Yellow Spring Guide is much better. Combined with the Qi Restriction for defense and control over a hundred miles, as long as you point your sword, you can either drown or burn your opponent to death. That's cool enough.

"I had a good plan, but who would have thought that there would be strange demons living in the Yinming Wilderness. Tsk..." Chen Mu shook his head: "We need to get into the city as soon as possible."

Whether it was to inquire about news from Fengdu City or for his own safety, he needed to enter Qingyang City as soon as possible.

Now he knew why the demon seemed familiar; he had seen it before.

Surrounded by white mist, its appearance and disappearance were abrupt, and it was also accompanied by Yinming insects as accomplices. Isn't this the same monster we encountered in Chicken Cage Mountain?

The culprit that caused the dissipation of the earth's spiritual energy and the withering of the yellow sprout rice was eventually killed by Elder Song Wuji of the Chicken Cage Sect.

"Judging from Elder Song's strength, this demon is actually not invincible." Chen Mu suddenly had a thought.

The owner of Yupinxuan, Leyang Anle, once said that the supernatural powers and ghostly patterns of Yin spirits are similar to the rudimentary form of a Dao foundation. Based on this calculation, the Yin spirit's divine embryo could be comparable to a Qi cultivator's Dao foundation.

Having traced the origins of his divine embryo more than halfway, he might not be able to compare with a Dao Foundation cultivator, but he should be able to rival a Condensation Aperture expert.

Song Wuji was a master of Qi Condensation.

"If Elder Song can kill a demon, then if I face a demon, I can also... escape."

"Sigh... It's best to hide in Qingyang City for now."

"Ghostly demon," as the name suggests, is something eerie and troublesome. It's best to avoid it if possible.

"I wonder if Qingyang City will also have to go hunting in the Outer Heavens like Jigu City."

"Moreover, as an outsider spirit, my identity is also a problem."

"We still need to inquire further."

(End of this chapter)