My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 538 Try
Inside the Divine Image Cave.

With a thought, the space in front of his brow distorted, and the bald-headed figure of the Heavenly Demon appeared.

Consciousness entered the body of the Heavenly Demon, and the power of Yin Spirit surged. The supernatural ghost patterns that spread throughout the body like a neural network suddenly shone brightly.

Upon closer inspection, Chen Mu immediately realized that all the secret techniques learned by the Yin Spirits were imprinted in their flesh and bones using supernatural ghost patterns. Using these techniques was as natural as eating or drinking, occurring effortlessly with a thought.

He looked down at his physical body on the recliner, attempting to activate the true meaning and magic talisman within the jade seed. But in the blink of an eye, his consciousness returned to his physical body.

"The Heart-to-Heart Mantra is a secret technique for cultivating Qi and immortality. The Heavenly Demon Body only has Yin Spiritual Power and no Magic Power, so it is indeed not very effective to directly cast the Heart-to-Heart Mantra."

"Hmm, using the secret embroidery technique to implant the Heart-to-Heart Mantra into the Heavenly Demon's body as some kind of secret method?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu shook his head.

The Secret Manual of Embroidery can plant the essence containing the aura of a demon within the body, nurture it until it grows strong, and then gain its innate supernatural powers, similar to a variant of plant grafting.

The Heart-to-Heart Mantra is different from the supernatural powers of gods, demons, and monsters; its foundation and core are the true meaning and talismans within the jade seed. Without the residual energy of this secret technique within the flesh and blood, the Embroidery Manual cannot be performed.

"Either transform the true meaning of the Heart-to-Heart Mantra into a supernatural ghost pattern, allowing the Heavenly Demon Body to directly activate it."

"Either we have to use the power of the Yin spirit to simulate magic, and let the Heavenly Demon body weave the true meaning of the Heart-to-Heart Mantra talisman." Chen Mu said thoughtfully.

Magical power is fundamental to Qi cultivators, while Yin Spiritual Power is unique to the Yin and Netherworld. How the two can be transformed is something even top Qi cultivators and long-established ghosts may not fully understand.

"It would be worthwhile to study the true meaning of the talisman."

The core of Qi Refining secret techniques is the True Meaning Talisman, while the core of Yin Spirit secret techniques is supernatural ghost patterns. They differ in appearance but are fundamentally similar, both being manifestations of the innate supernatural powers of celestial demons and gods.

"If the true meaning of the Heart-to-Heart Mantra is transformed into a supernatural ghost pattern, the Heavenly Demon Body can successfully cast the Heart-to-Heart Mantra."

Chen Mu drew up the gray wall and stared intently at his comprehension of the Qi Refining Test Secret Method and the Yin Spirit Side Secret Method, trying to find common ground between them.

……

half a month later.

The Divine Image Cave is located in the main hall of the City God Temple.

Chen Mu lay sprawled on the offering table, his left hand supporting his cheek, while his right hand flashed with arcs of lightning. He stared at the statue that resembled him by about five or six points, his face full of helplessness.

"What am I supposed to do with you?"

According to his thinking, the gray wall contains the secrets of the True Meaning Talisman and information related to supernatural ghost patterns, so it should be easy to find the substitution relationship between the two.

But reality told him that he was just daydreaming.

After pondering for half a month, Chen Mu came up with nothing.

"Do you really want to be imprisoned in this grotto of the divine statue for a hundred years?"

"Even if one's divine abilities are perfected and one's lifespan increases to more than two hundred years, it's still not a waste to do it this way."

With a sigh, Chen Mu rolled over and lay back on the offering table, his left leg crossed over his right knee. He swung his left foot while pondering all the secret techniques he had learned, hoping to find a way to escape the grotto-heaven of the divine statue.

Faintly, wisps of noise appeared in his mind, but before he could hear them clearly, they disappeared in an instant.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, and with a thought, a large, round, luminous bead appeared before his eyes, surrounded by countless shimmering white stars, like a galaxy.

This is the Yin Spirit Divine Embryo, a manifestation of the Heavenly Demon Body's innate talent returning to its source.

Listening again now, the noise that had just disappeared from my ears reappeared, and upon closer inspection, it was the entire text of the Eastern Longevity Scripture.

"Is someone guiding the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed?"

"Feng'an City?" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

This scripture appears righteous, but it is actually quite insidious. At its core, it is a demonic incantation; as long as a spirit silently recites it, it will unknowingly be implanted with a demonic seed.

Anyone who has a spirit seed implanted in their consciousness will have a dark sky filled with stars appear in their mind.

Each star represents a secret technique, containing all the experience and insights Chen Mu has mastered.

Symbiotic beings who frequently contemplate this technique will experience a significant acceleration in their practice.

If Chen Mu were willing to actively transfer the knowledge, the symbiotic spirit seed could even instantly gain control over the secret technique. However, once the spirit seed is implanted, the person will first be subtly influenced and begin to feel closer to Chen Mu. They won't blindly obey, but they will never harbor any ill intentions.

Moreover, once it dies, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed returns and will take away some kind of trait from the other party that Chen Mu is not even aware of.

This is like a particularly deceptive loan: you're given secret techniques and experience while you're alive, but after you die, everything you own will belong to me.

He always felt that this secret technique was somewhat sinister, except when he was in the underworld and had to use it due to danger. After that, he blocked out all the sounds fed back by the spirit seed and deliberately stayed away from it.

But the prayers that used to annoy and wary him now sound like celestial music.

"If we're talking about the connection of energy, the distance that the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed connects is far greater than that of the Heart-to-Heart Mantra."

"The world of the living and the world of the dead are connected even though they are separated by a world!"

"If we could implant the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into the flesh and blood body..."

Chen Mu sat up abruptly.

"The problem now is how to make the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed parasitize a flesh and blood body." His eyes gleamed.

He had previously experimented on Sun Ke, having him recite the Eastern Longevity Scripture, but the spiritual seed was not successfully implanted until Sun Ke left Luandu County.

This confirms his suspicion that the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed can only parasitize Yin...

and many more!

"Could it be that Sun Ke, that slippery fellow, has never even recited the Eastern Pole Longevity Scripture?"

"Pretending to back down on the surface, but secretly deceiving people?"

Thinking about how the other party dared to search the market despite the Dragon Locking Academy's audacity, Chen Mu's eyes widened immediately: "Did I charge too little for that life-saving fee?!"

He gritted his teeth for a long time before shaking his head helplessly.

"In the end, I still have to try it myself."

Skipping the Longevity Sutra, he directly recited the Heavenly Demon Mantra, and suddenly a murmur, as if from millions of people, arose around him.

A tiny, dust-like demonic seed appeared silently, then charged towards him with unstoppable momentum.

Just as it was about to penetrate between the eyebrows, a faint light flashed on the surface of the body.

Then, with a soft "poof," like a candle being suddenly blown out, or a spark being doused with a bucket of cold water, the menacing Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed vanished without a trace.

Chen Mu's lips twitched, and the joy that had just risen within him instantly died in the womb.

"Protective aura?"

"As expected, this Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed is still that little piece of trash."

Before the Heavenly Demon Curse was introduced, even Yin soldiers couldn't parasitize the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed on their own. Even when facing ordinary Yin spirits, he had to first control them and then forcefully stuff them into their mouths.

"Okay, suppress the protective aura and try again." Chen Mu mustered his spirits.

The eerie chanting of the Heavenly Demon Curse rang out again, and another Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed appeared, immediately rushing menacingly toward Chen Mu's forehead.

Boom!
Like a ball hitting a wall, the spiritual seed came quickly and went even faster, bouncing off in a flash.

Then, still unwilling to give up, he kept pounding on Chen Mu's forehead, like a chick pecking at a stone, never giving up, but never succeeding.

Tsk!
Chen Mu's lips twitched again.

The spiritual light was indeed gone, but his skin, honed over many years, resembled armor, impervious to the mighty Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.

"How about we just eat it?"

After a while.

Chen Mu touched his stomach, which he felt nothing at all, his face expressionless.

"Even stomach acid can't handle it, the Cloud Mirage Demon is still that damn incompetent demon god!"

(End of this chapter)