My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 559 The True Method of Dark Clouds
As the weather grows warmer, Qiluo Mountain remains lush and green.

Inside the Divine Statue Cave, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair under a big tree, his hands folded together, holding a jade tablet with golden patterns inside to his chest.

The magical power slowly flowed into the jade tablet, and the invisible force, like smoke and mist, spread out and entered Chen Mu's body.

Within the jade seed, calm magical power surged and fluctuated. It rapidly gathered and condensed, transforming into countless tiny and intricate magical runes, which then merged and connected into a whole.

In the blink of an eye, the magical power within the jade seed was nearly half depleted, and a cluster of gray, cloud-like magical runes appeared.

He floated around the divine aperture, and when you looked at him suddenly, he looked like dark clouds floating around the bright moon in the sky.

"It's done!"

With a thought, Chen Mu saw a gray wall appear before his eyes.

Dark Cloud True Method: 9/10000/First Tier;
Ever since obtaining this Dark Cloud True Technique, he had been hiding in his cave to study it diligently. Now, he has finally condensed the Dark Cloud Talisman and successfully entered the first stage of its practice.

He was admiring it with a delighted expression.

hum!
The dark cloud-shaped talisman trembled, and its edges slowly disintegrated. Before long, the entire dark cloud talisman completely collapsed and disappeared.

"In the end, it was still condensed with the power of the jade tablet. It was unstable and I wasn't skilled at it, so it's only natural that the talisman collapsed." Chen Mu was not discouraged.

He has cultivated dozens of secret techniques, and he has experienced countless times scenes similar to the disintegration of true intent talismans.

"But the mana consumption seems a bit high." Chen Mu opened his eyes.

In the past, when practicing secret techniques, even if the talisman failed to be condensed, it would disintegrate and revert to magical power, with losses not exceeding 20%.

However, the Dark Cloud True Method is different. Each cultivation session consumes nearly half of the body's magical power, and after the magic talisman dissipates, ninety percent of the magical power disappears into thin air!
"It's also a major drain on energy."

"It's thanks to the more than 20,000 white jades that Sun Ke left behind as a life-saving money, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to support my cultivation."

"But collecting the Primordial Qi is a bit troublesome."

The fourth stage of Qi Refining is called "Training the River Chariot," which requires using Primordial Qi to cleanse the divine aperture, causing it to undergo a qualitative change, and thus gaining the ability to nurture innate Qi.

Only with the innate Qi can one build a foundation for the Dao and proceed with subsequent cultivation.

Besides requiring specific techniques, the most important resource for this level is the Primordial Chaos Qi.

According to the jade tablet, primordial energy mostly appears only near the earth's veins and spiritual springs.

"But now the earth's veins in Yunzhou have changed drastically, and the spiritual springs of the earth's veins have disappeared. How can there still be any Primordial Qi?"

Chen Mu couldn't help but scratch his head.

……

Half a month later, the Divine Image Cave Heaven appeared.

Chen Mu sat under the big tree as usual, closing his eyes to cultivate. Within the jade seed, magical power surged, and a dark cloud quickly formed.

After a long while, seeing that the dark clouds were still floating steadily around the divine aperture, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "At least they're not dissipating anymore."

Unlike other secret magic talismans, the Dark Cloud Talisman is more like a one-time use talisman.

Once you master the magic talisman, you can gather primordial energy. When the energy is fully stored, you can release it to refine your divine senses.

However, during this process, the Dark Cloud Talisman will also disintegrate and need to be re-condensed before the next purification can begin.

Now that he has successfully condensed the Dark Cloud Talisman, he can begin to gather primordial energy and attempt to refine his divine aperture.

"I need to think about the Primordial Qi." With these thoughts in mind, Chen Mu took out a delicate jade plate.

He placed it gently in the middle of the stone table beside him and solemnly put a white jade coin into the center of the jade plate.

As the silver threads on the jade plate lit up, familiar spiritual energy appeared around him.

The dark cloud talisman within the jade seed flashed slightly, like lightning in the clouds, and the world before one's eyes instantly changed.

Chen Mu noticed a vague boundary, faintly visible about two meters in front of him.

The boundaries are irregular and constantly changing, resembling a spherical cloud. The earth's spiritual energy only appears within this large sphere, which is three to four meters in diameter.

He stared intently at the space, and half an hour later, a black stream of air, as thin as a hair, suddenly appeared in mid-air.

As soon as it appears, its end begins to collapse, like the ashes of a burnt-out straw rope, turning into invisible dust and quickly disappearing.

Chen Mu's expression hardened, and he immediately stepped forward, extending his right index finger. He activated the Dark Cloud True Technique, and the hair-thin black energy darted into Chen Mu's fingertip in a flash.

laugh!
Chen Mu felt a sharp pain in his finger and quickly pulled his hand back to look at it, only to find a needle-like wound on his finger.

"Primordial Qi!" Chen Mu was overjoyed.

According to the records of the Dark Cloud True Method, Primordial Qi possesses extremely strong annihilating and corrosive power. The fact that it could damage his body, which he had cultivated for many years, must be due to Primordial Qi.

"Sure enough, the exquisite jade plate is not simply releasing the spiritual energy within the white jade coins, but rather creating spiritual energy, just like a small, portable earth vein spring!"

Having used the exquisite jade plate for many years, he had long suspected this.

Since the Primordial Qi appeared near the buried spiritual spring, it is also possible that it appeared next to the Exquisite Jade Plate.

Chen Mu was thrilled. Ignoring the pain in his fingers, he focused his consciousness into the jade seed, staring intently at the Dark Cloud Talisman. The Dark Cloud True Method had the effect of gathering primordial energy; the more primordial energy stored, the darker the talisman would become. When it completely turned into a pitch-black cloud, it meant that there was enough stored energy to perform the purification of his divine aperture.

But after looking left and right for a while, he finally found a small, dark cloud in a corner.

This cloud was only the size of a sesame seed, and compared to the entire Dark Cloud Talisman, it was really inconspicuous.

"If we wanted to dye the entire dark cloud black, we would probably need hundreds or even thousands of units of similar primordial energy!"

"It takes half an hour to see a trace of primordial energy appear after staring at the jade plate. Even if you do this all day, you probably won't be able to collect ten portions."

"It seems difficult to master the River Chariot technique using the Exquisite Jade Plate," Chen Mu shook his head and sighed slightly.

With a flick of his wrist, the Five Ghosts Bag appeared in his palm.

Chen Mu activated the Dark Cloud True Technique and stared intently at the bag.

The Five Ghosts Bag once contained a primordial aura, which attracted the frequent visits of the giant toad Yuanbao. Now, however, no trace of primordial aura can be seen.

"Is it because the ghosts are missing?" Chen Mu wondered thoughtfully.

Back in Jilong Mountain, he once used the Five Ghosts Bag to devour a batch of Yin-Yang Insects. After those Yin-Yang Insects died, they transformed into Yin-Yang Monsters and hid inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

It was because of these that the Five Ghosts Bag was able to produce primordial energy.

Unfortunately, they later fell into the River of Oblivion, and the souls in the bag were sucked away by the river.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

"We need to capture a batch of wandering spirits and put them in a bag to see if we can bring back the primordial energy."

……

Late at night, Qiluo Mountain in Luandu County.

Li Buxian happily jumped off the wall. He had a purple-skinned gourd with gold patterns tied to his waist on each side, and a Yin spirit was sealed inside each gourd.

The City God's temple has undergone a transformation, and its incense and spiritual energy are now even more abundant. Previously, even one batch of millet wine couldn't guarantee success, but now two batches can be brewed at once.

"The Crescent Moon Sutra is wondrous and can strengthen the spirit of the upper fetus."

"But if I have both the Yellow Millet Wine and the other medicine, I will be able to start the Nine Transformations of the Underworld God in less than a year!" Li Buxian was excited.

Moreover, since Yuan Xian also joined the Heavenly Demon Path, Gongsun Sheng has rarely shown himself in front of him.

Clearly, the other party values ​​Yuan Xian, this brand-new "tool," more.

Ah!
Who can blame him when he's the head of the Dragon Locking Academy?

"It's good that they don't like me!" Li Buxian thought happily. "With no one causing trouble, I can enjoy the double benefits of the Heavenly Demon Path and the City God Temple, and cultivate in peace and quickly!"

He made up his mind that once the conditions were right, he would immediately resign from his position as temple keeper, hide in a place where Gongsun Sheng could not find him, and begin the Nine Transformations of the Underworld God.

If I can't beat you, can't I at least hide?

Once I master the Twelve Transformations of the Underworld God, what a piece of bullshit Gongsun Sheng will be nothing but humph!
While happily imagining the future, Li Buxian skillfully took the Yellow Millet Gourd from his waist and threw it towards the Dragon Locking Well.

Then he saw a vortex of black smoke suddenly appear above the Dragon Locking Well.

Suddenly, two hands shot out, precisely grabbing the two purple gourds, and with a whoosh, they were pulled into the vortex and disappeared without a trace.

Li Buxian was stunned.

Gongsun Sheng?
That bastard dared to steal my gourd?!
"What the hell..."

He had barely opened his mouth to curse when a human head emerged from the black vortex.

"Continue capturing more ghosts tomorrow night, the more the better, I have a great use for them!" Chen Mu said calmly.

“No problem!” Li Buxian’s expression turned serious, his face full of respect.

"Hmm... what were you trying to say just now?" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes into slits.

"I'm praising your skillful methods!" Li Buxian said sincerely.

My two-pronged plan is probably going to come to nothing!

Gongsun Sheng is a bastard!

The Heavenly Demon Path is indeed a huge trap!
No way, I can't always be the only one getting screwed over!
“Lord Yuanxian is of high rank and great power. If he were to take action, we should be able to collect more and faster Yin Souls,” Li Buxian said earnestly.

Ah!
Lao Deng!

"Mind your own business first," Chen Mu said with a half-smile. "Next time you speak recklessly, I'll tell Yuan Xian that you recommended him to collect Yin spirits."

"I think he will be very grateful for your recommendation!"

Upon hearing this, Li Buxian's scalp immediately tightened.

That damn Gongsun Sheng is truly insidious!

Damn it, I've stepped into another huge pit!
(End of this chapter)