My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 492 Settlement
Are you sure you want to go to the mortal realm now?

"Of course," Chen Mu nodded.

What's there to hesitate about? I'm a living, breathing person, what's the point of spending all my time in the underworld?
“Since the beginning of three hundred years ago, the vitality of Kangzhou in the mortal world has been restored, and the world has gradually become chaotic. In the last hundred years, there has been constant strife. Especially in the region where our Qingyang City is located, at least five out of ten living gods have died in the mortal world.”

"You still want to go to the mortal realm with this?" Lü Liang asked with a strange expression.

Connecticut?

A resurgence?

Five out of ten die in the mortal world?

This...is that dangerous?!

"Well, it's not that we can't take it slow."

……

Five days later, 800 li west of Qingyang City, lies Feng'an City.

In Ningyun Ward within the city, in a small courtyard with one entrance, Chen Mu lay on a rocking chair, gazing absently at the fiery red burdock tree on the west side of the courtyard.

Realizing that the profession of being a living god was too dangerous, he decided to postpone his actions.

He didn't go into Qingyang City; he waited outside the city and then followed Lü Liang and his entourage, who had finished their business, to Feng'an City.

With years of moving experience and the help of the locals in Lüliang, he adapted to the new environment smoothly in just a few days.

With his current profound Yin Spirit power, combined with the max-level Dew Gathering Spell, he can condense a hundred or eighty jade dew beads in an hour. This is enough for him to have no worries about food and drink in Feng'an City, and his wealth can even be considered that of a small-time tycoon.

Previously in Jigu City, it would take more than a month to save up Jade Dew to buy a copy of the Flying Flame Scripture. Now, he only needs two or three days to save enough.

Unfortunately, most of the secret techniques that are allowed to circulate widely are similar to the Flying Flame Scripture, with low potential and high risk, and are of little use to him now.

Holding handfuls of jade dew, yet still unable to buy a spell that suits one's desire.

"Tsk tsk! Secret techniques are monopolized, they're not uncommon everywhere." Chen Mu shook his head and stopped thinking about it, turning his attention to returning to the mortal realm.

According to Lü Liang, Yinshan Prefecture began sending Yin soldiers to the mortal realm more than 6,000 years ago.

In Yunzhou, however, the underworld is merely a folk tale.

Moreover, during his more than ten years in Yunzhou, he only vaguely sensed a decrease in the concentration of earth spirit energy, with no real recovery of spirit energy.

And there's Connecticut.

He knew that Jilong Road was located in Yunzhou, and he also knew that the neighboring region separated by 100,000 mountains was called Haizhou, but who was Kangzhou?

"Living gods, City God temples, revival of vital energy, tsk tsk, troublesome..." He couldn't help but scratch his head after just a moment's thought.

"This is a completely unfamiliar area, and there are countless dangers inside."

"I was only thinking about leaving the Underworld before, and as soon as I heard the news I wanted to run away and become a living god. That was really inappropriate."

"Let's settle down first and gradually integrate into the local community."

"We'll take action after we've gathered all the information."

……

In the days that followed, Chen Mu settled down peacefully in Feng'an City.

I usually grind for experience points as usual, and every few days I wander around the city's market. I buy some ingredients I've never tried before and see some strangely shaped spirits.

He even went to restaurants and teahouses to listen to storytelling and opera, and secretly learned the cooking skills of the master chefs by relying on his culinary experience.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Mu's life became increasingly comfortable.

"Thinking about it carefully, staying here isn't so bad." He lay back in the rocking chair, swaying back and forth, looking quite content.

The surrounding environment is stable, with abundant living resources and plenty of opportunities for dining, entertainment, and leisure.

Although the cultivation of the Qi cultivators has stalled, the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon True Form has progressed smoothly.

In contrast, even if he were to return to the mortal realm and condense a divine aperture, he would know very little about the subsequent River Chariot and Dao Foundation realms. He would have to put in a lot of effort to find a way out in the future.

The Heavenly Demon Heretic is different. He has the Peaceful Mind Sutra and the Three Paths Curse, so cultivating a divine embryo is easy for him. At most, it will only take him three to five... thirty to fifty years.
Yes, this might be a bit too long.

But it doesn't matter!

According to Boss Le, the divine embryo of a Yin spirit is equivalent to the Dao foundation of a Qi cultivator.

"The Dao Foundation is far beyond my reach, but the Divine Embryo is within my grasp!" With a thought, a round, lustrous, jade-white bead appeared in Chen Mu's left palm.

"If I cultivate the Divine Embryo, I might be able to rival Dongli, the Dao Master of the Chicken Cage Sect!" "That's a big shot who can roam freely throughout Yunzhou." Just thinking about it made Chen Mu's heart race.

It took him a long time to put away the divine embryo and regain his composure.

"It's just that my path as a heretic demon is a bit unorthodox, and I don't know if it can have that much power."

The orthodox Heavenly Demon Unorthodox sect uses the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill to collect the energy of gods and demons, nurture and strengthen themselves, and transform their own bodies. Ultimately, they transform their originally weak bodies into powerful Heavenly Demon true forms, gaining immeasurable power and greatly extending their lifespan.

However, Chen Mu's true form as a celestial demon was pulled out by the River of Oblivion and became a separate clone. If cultivating the divine embryo only strengthens the clone's power and cannot nourish the original, then... that would indeed be a bit of a loss.

"No rush, just take it one step at a time and see how it goes." Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly calmed down.

He didn't intend to give up on Qi Condensation, but he wasn't in a hurry either.

Once his mind was settled, Chen Mu began practicing the Calm Mind Sutra as usual.

Unfortunately, without the boost from a large number of Yin spirits reciting the Three Paths Mantra, the amount of Weak Water he could collect was limited. Even after cultivating continuously for an hour, his supernatural ghost patterns only grew stronger slightly.

Chen Mu was used to this and treated the Pingxin Sutra as a daily exercise. Then he turned around and started grinding for experience points in the Yellow Springs Guide.

Ever since he acquired it in the Underworld, he has never stopped cultivating this secret technique, which is one of the few combat methods he can currently use effectively.

This secret technique is listed on the gray wall, and one can clearly see the progress of its application. Apart from practicing the Peaceful Mind Sutra at fixed times, most of the rest of the time is spent on this secret technique.

Yellow Springs Guide: 9390/10000/Sixth Rank;

"It seems that today marks the beginning of a completely new phase."

After glancing at his current experience level, he began to grind for experience points.

……

As evening fell, the sky grew dim.

hum!
The air in the courtyard suddenly trembled, and a pitch-black sphere the size of a human head appeared in front of Chen Mu.

The sphere's surface was transparent like glass, while its interior was filled with a liquid as black as ink, resembling a cloud of mist. At first glance, it looked just like those glass marble toys from my past life, filled with fine sand and liquid.

But Chen Mu knew very well that this was not a toy at all, but a high-explosive bomb.

The seemingly calm and slow-moving black clouds were actually a large amount of Nine Nether Azure Flames from the third level of the Boundless Realm. If it weren't for the suppression by the river water from the third level of the River of Oblivion, it would have already turned into a sea of ​​fire soaring into the sky.

Even so, wisps of explosive energy still lingered in the air.

The two burdock trees on the west side of the courtyard moved swiftly without wind, their fiery red leaves rustling as if blown askew by the wind, leaning to one side and trying to get away from the black ball of fire in Chen Mu's hand.

"I wonder if this attack will kill the ghost soldiers." Chen Mu's heart leaped with joy.

He's like a firecracker in his hand, always wanting to find a pond or cesspool to throw it in and see what happens.

After a long while, he finally suppressed his impulse, his face full of regret.

"Forget it, I'm new here and haven't even been here for six months yet, so I should try to keep a low profile." He had finally found a stable place to stay, and he didn't want to cause any trouble.

"It's a pity that the Yellow Springs Technique has reached its peak and can no longer be practiced."

With a flick of his wrist, he extinguished the black flame, and a gray wall appeared before Chen Mu's eyes.

Huangquan Yin: The Limit;

It was precisely by using the perfected Yellow Spring Guide that he was able to compress the Nine Nether Azure Flame in large quantities and perfectly fuse it with the water of the River of Oblivion, creating a secret bomb with high explosiveness, high corrosiveness, and high temperature.

According to his own estimation, this fireball has surpassed the secret technique of the Fire Bell attached to the Mountain-Carrying Scripture in terms of both explosive impact and corrosive burning power.

If you use the Divine Power Gathered by the Mountain-Carrying Scripture to unleash it, it won't be a rain of fire from the sky, but rather a bomb falling from the sky!

"This can be considered as having another means of attacking the enemy."

Among the secret techniques of the Heavenly Demon True Form, the Five Elements Escape Technique and the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed are more supportive. Apart from the Yin Spirit True Form, only the Qi Restriction Hundred Miles Technique is worth mentioning. Now that there's an additional secret technique bomb, the sense of security has increased by three... well, one and a half points.

"I still need to find a more advanced secret technique to practice." Chen Mu still felt uneasy: "I need to find some time to ask Lü Liang for advice."

"However, after such a long delay, it's time to integrate with the local natives."

"It's decided, we're going to Nightfall tonight!"

"I heard that the female ghosts there can tell stories, sing operas, and perform shamanic dances that are quite extraordinary, and many locals enjoy watching them."

“That’s definitely a great place to gather intelligence!” Chen Mu said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)