My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 522 Broken
On a hillside covered with red flowers, Chen Mu stood beside the white jade Ghost Gate.

Those yin insects with human heads and trailing white smoke and snake tails are now lining up to crawl into the gates of hell.

The expressions of joy or anger on their faces disappeared, replaced by blankness and indifference.

The once lifelike human heads began to fade and darken, evolving into a state of white mist.

"In addition to protecting the Yin-Yang Insects so they can be reincarnated smoothly, the Rebirth Wine will also wear away their last lingering attachments from their previous lives."

"On this journey to the gates of hell, all past events will vanish completely," Le Dian sighed as he approached Chen Mu.

This is somewhat like the Meng Po soup (a legendary soup for forgetting past lives).

Chen Mu was surprised.

The River of Oblivion washes away past memories, the Wine of Rebirth dispels the last obsessions, and the wandering spirits transform into pure white paper-like yin insects, which then pass through the Gates of Hell to be reborn in the mortal world.

Past folk tales and rumors were brought to a complete circle in his presence.

only……

"These are just ghosts and monsters, how did they become the souls of living beings?"

He felt a strange sensation whenever he thought about it for even a moment.

"Forget it, it's none of my business." Chen Mu shook his head.

All he wants now is to get back to the world of the living.

“Those two people are indeed from the Qian family, and they are cousins.” Le Dian hesitated. “Qian Ning received a large amount of secret techniques and resources from Qian Huan, and is expected to have a divine embryo. That’s why he agreed to act as a substitute and help the other party guard the temple for a hundred years.”

"It doesn't seem like... a secret agent from Qingyang City."

"It doesn't matter." Chen Mu said indifferently, glancing at Qian Ning in the distance.

The other party was currently trembling as they voluntarily left their aura on a contract—a secret contract for recruiting Yin soldiers in Feng'an City.

Qian Ning is, after all, a member of the Qian family of Baojiang City. Killing him or letting him go would be inappropriate. Le Dian had no choice but to make him sign a strict contract, forcing him to go to Feng'an City so that Lü Liang could make the decision himself.

Chen Mu nodded slightly, acquiescing to Le Dian's actions, and then looked back at the distant banks of the Wangchuan River.

At the head of the Bridge of Helplessness, the octagonal pavilion is partially obscured by the mist.

Behind the white jade beaded curtain, the figure dressed in red seemed to be calmly staring at him as she turned her head.

Feeling that emotionless gaze, Chen Mu shivered.

This underworld, which usually looks normal, sometimes makes him tremble with fear.

"Let's go, let's head to the mortal realm as soon as possible." Chen Mu withdrew his gaze and immediately strode towards the Gates of Hell.

hum!
It was as if I had passed through a thin curtain of water, and then everything went dark, as if I had fallen into a deep pool, and the surrounding light quickly dimmed and faded.

The sound of the wind rustling through the flowers outside the Gates of Hell suddenly became distant, and the surroundings fell silent.

A familiar feeling of weightlessness washed over me. Everything slowed down except my thoughts. Even turning my head felt like an eternity.

An invisible tearing force appeared around him.

Meng Shenjun's cold divine power began to take effect, with streams of pale white energy flowing around them, blocking the pulling and tearing forces and keeping them safe.

Not far away, a Yinming Insect that had entered with him was also protected by a verdant power.

At this moment, the other party's head had completely turned into a white mist, and the facial features had also scattered and merged, gradually turning into a round ball, like a tadpole made of a huge white mist.

Chen Mu was watching curiously when, unexpectedly, the Yinming Worm suddenly swelled to twice its size and then exploded with a bang.

The white mist-like body instantly transformed into countless black threads covered in emerald light. Before Chen Mu could examine it closely, they scattered in all directions and vanished into the depths of darkness in the blink of an eye.

Chen Mu's pupils suddenly contracted.

Because he recognized the black thread.

In the desolate borderland of the Great Liang Kingdom, those black threads are called Yinming Silk. They can weave cages to control Yinming monsters, and can coexist with the human body, strengthening the host's physique. "A mature form, a juvenile? So Yinming Silk and Yinming Worms are actually the same thing?!"

Thoughts of ghostly insects, ghostly silk, and ghostly monsters raced through his mind.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition suddenly arose.

He thought of Chicken Cage Mountain, where he had once used the Five Ghosts Bag to devour a batch of Yin-Yang Insects, only to have a group of Yin-Yang Monsters inexplicably appear inside. At that time, he had guessed that the Yin-Yang Insects might transform into Yin-Yang Monsters after they died.

He then thought of the River of Oblivion, where he had witnessed the ghostly creatures being corrupted by its waters and transformed into Yinming worms.

That's when he realized that the Yinming Worm and the Yin Soul Monster are two sides of the same coin. After the Yinming Worm dies, it will be reborn as the Yin Soul Monster, and after the Yin Soul Monster dies, it will become the Yinming Worm again. They can continuously transform through death.

Then, recalling the scene of the Yinming Insect transforming into Yinming Silk and being sent to the mortal realm through the Gates of Hell, a conjecture suddenly occurred to me.

"When the Yin-Yang Silk is implanted into the body of a living being in the mortal realm, the Yin-Yang Silk within the host will trigger a death transformation and turn into a Yin-Yang monster when the host dies."

"Then they are pulled into the underworld, and after being selected by the River of Oblivion, some become spirits and begin a new life, while others have their past lives washed away and enter the next cycle?"

hiss!
"Does the underworld maintain its existence by artificially creating spirits through the beings of the mortal realm?"

A huge sense of shock suddenly filled my heart, and my whole body was instantly covered in goosebumps!
"Because most of them are nurtured and raised in symbiosis with humans, the ghosts that enter the underworld will strangely take on human forms?"

"Is the City God's temple a transit station responsible for planting Yin-Yang Insects and harvesting Yin-Yang Monsters?"

The moment he understood, Chen Mu couldn't help but tremble all over.

Knowing this secret, will I even be able to escape death?!

Chen Mu, still shaken, looked at Le Dian beside him.

But he discovered that, without him noticing, Yue Dian, who had been standing next to him, had moved dozens of meters away!
The power of the Divine Conferment Book on his body was mostly sealed, which reduced its ability to guide his movement. He was safest only by staying by Le Dian's side.

But at this moment...

This bastard is trying to harm me?!

Chen Mu was shocked and furious.

But he soon noticed that Le Dian was leaning forward, struggling as if he were wrestling with someone, trying to get closer to him.

So, it wasn't that Yue Dian deliberately distanced herself from him, but rather that she was unknowingly pulled away from Yue Dian's side.
isn't it? !

I just figured out the grand conspiracy of the underworld, and it was immediately discovered?

Can you even read minds at the gates of hell?

He quickly turned around and exerted his strength, trying to get closer to Yue Dian.

But they discovered that, without their knowledge, seven unseen forces had already quietly gathered around them.

These seven invisible forces, like soft chains, unknowingly changed Chen Mu's direction, pulling him away from Le Dian.

He hadn't felt anything when he wasn't moving, but the moment he tried to change direction, a rebound was triggered. The invisible chains suddenly tightened, pulling Chen Mu into the boundless darkness and making him disappear.

Chen Mu felt the surrounding light dim, and a strong sense of weightlessness suddenly came over him, with sparks of silver light flashing before his eyes.

Then the light grew stronger and stronger, and suddenly it shone brightly. Even with your eyes closed, you couldn't block out the intense light, as if you were looking directly at the sun.

Chen Mu's consciousness wavered for a moment, and then a cool sensation suddenly spread throughout his body.

Then, a series of shouts, as loud as a tsunami, suddenly rang in my ears.

"Welcome the Divine Lord to Mount Qiluo!"

Feeling the faint sense of constraint around him, Chen Mu's heart sank.

broken!

I've become a stand-in!
(End of this chapter)