My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 576 Catching Monsters

South of Chongmei Mountain, above Yunze Lake, a gray falcon tucked its wings, like a sharp arrow, piercing through the clouds and swooping down towards a certain spot on the water, where a large, dark blue fish was swallowing and spitting out duckweed.

The next moment, a black beam of light suddenly shot out from the bottom of the water, and the falcon was caught off guard and was suddenly grazed by the black light.

puff!
The falcon, nearly half a meter long, instantly withered and shattered, leaving only a few broken and dry feathers floating in mid-air.

Chongmei Mountain, Chenmu Cave.

Chen Mu stared at the black pillar of light in the distance, a sense of déjà vu washing over him.

"Yes, it's Chicken Cage Road and Misty Mountain!" A memory surfaced in his mind.

First, a sudden burst of black light shot into the sky, then ghostly monsters appeared out of nowhere, causing widespread devastation within a radius of dozens of miles. He had witnessed this scene before at Dongling Misty Mountain. At that time, he even used the ghostly monsters to kill Sun Wuhuan and unexpectedly obtained the secret scroll of the Yellow Springs General Outline.

"They said it was the rebellion of the wild cultivators of Dongling, who used blood sacrifices to attack the extraterrestrial demons and then attacked Wuyan Mountain. But the entire area within three thousand miles of Yunchong Lower Academy is the territory of Goose and Sheep Path, so where did the enemy come from to attack Yunchong Lower Academy?" Chen Mu's mind raced: "Is it a conspiracy by the other seven Paths of Yunzhou? Or is it a secret plot by the Great Qian Locking Dragon Academy?"

As I was pondering this, the Di Ting Fa (a magical artifact) emitted another wave of energy, and several identical black pillars of light shot into the sky from the four directions of Chongmei Mountain: east, west, south, and north.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and black smoke suddenly appeared behind him. He immediately took a step back and disappeared into Thousand Lantern City.

……

In front of the three-story building in Thousand Lantern City, Chen Mu kept the city gates wide open. Through the large jade window of the cave dwelling outside, he could vaguely see the scene near the black pillar of light twenty miles away.

Clusters of black smoke, each two or three people tall, shimmering with a scarlet light inside, were continuously emerging from the pillar of black light.

"Why does it look a bit like a ghost?" Li Moliang, who had been taken into Thousand Lantern City by Chen Mu earlier, looked at the thick black smoke in the sky with suspicion.

“Those are ghosts; there’s no real difference between the two,” Chen Mu said, narrowing his eyes.

"Will they also devour living beings?" Li Moliang couldn't help but sigh, "With so many evil spirits running rampant, the disciples of the lower academy will likely suffer heavy casualties."

"We really can't let them run rampant like this." Chen Mu said solemnly.

Almost all the disciples in the lower courtyard know some lightning magic. What a pity if these ghostly monsters are struck dead by lightning!

I need to catch them quickly and put them in the Five Ghost Bag. This will prevent the ghosts and the lower-level disciples from dying in a fight, and it will also help my cultivation. It's a win-win-win situation!
With that thought in mind, he immediately stepped out of Thousand Lantern City.

……

At the summit of Chongmei Mountain, in a two-story pavilion, the walls, doors, and windows are covered with intricate and eerie black talismans.

In the center of the room, a jade bottle, about the height of a forearm, floats in mid-air.

Huang Jiu, dressed in a black Taoist robe, stood before the jade bottle, chanting incantations continuously. As the incantations were uttered, the patterns on the surrounding walls seemed to come alive, beginning to move.

The air subtly distorted, and strands of jet-black primordial energy, as fine as hair, emerged from the void. Then, like tiny insects swimming in water, it slowly flew into the jade bottle.

Seeing the scene before him, Huang Jiu's face immediately broke into a smile. Lian Xi, who was standing beside him as a protector, couldn't help but be filled with excitement as well.

Just as the two were enjoying themselves, the black patterns on the wall suddenly began to flicker, like an unstable light bulb flashing on and off.

Before the primordial energy floating in mid-air could be collected into the jade bottle, it began to tremble incessantly, and then exploded into a wisp of breeze with a "poof".

The originally continuous flow of primordial energy has become intermittent and extremely difficult to generate.

Huang Jiu suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Lian Xi: "This is what you meant by absolutely no problem? This is the guarantee you gave me?!"

He now wished he could strike Lianxi dead with a bolt of lightning.

The Yin-Yang Transformation Technique has already been activated and cannot be stopped. The ley lines of Yun Chong's Lower Temple are definitely doomed. If we cannot collect the Primordial Qi, then it will all be for nothing!

Lianxi was even more shocked and furious than Huang Jiu.

“I checked all the laws and regulations three times, how could this be…”

"But the fact is, there's a problem now!" "I'll go check it out right away." Lianxi was covered in sweat.

"If the plan goes wrong, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Huang Jiu stared at Lian Xi with a cold expression, his murderous aura locking onto Lian Xi.

Lianxi froze, a sense of terror rising in her heart.

"Don't worry, I'm sure I can find the problem and fix it." He didn't dare to linger and immediately used his escape technique to quickly leap out of the second-floor pavilion.

……

On the east side of Chongmei Mountain, in the Chen Mu Cave residence.

As he unleashed the Listening Technique, Chen Mu used the Five Elements Escape Technique, transforming into a gentle breeze and merging into the air.

So many ghostly spirits couldn't have appeared out of thin air; they must have been summoned by someone. He wanted the ghostly spirits, but he didn't want to fight the person behind the trouble.

The Five Elements Escape Technique is a divine ability innate to celestial demons. It is not fast, but it can hide in all things, and its concealment is extremely sophisticated.

"Self-defense measures should not be overlooked."

With a thought, the protective aura of the divine aperture covered the entire body like a close-fitting armor, and the five dragon energies containing silver threads also swirled around the body.

A wisp of lightning crackled and flickered in his right palm, and he had already grasped a Kui Water Yin Lightning in his hand.

A black and red divine statue appeared and disappeared behind him, the giant spirit god urging himself on, ready to amplify his power at any moment.

Five small paper figures stood solemnly on his shoulders, ensuring that they could be summoned at any time, whether it was the possession of the Five Ghosts or the decree of the Yama Emperor.

After making all the preparations, Chen Mu took a deep breath and immediately floated towards the eastern sky of Chongmei Mountain.

Twenty miles, and we arrived in just a few breaths.

Chen Mu did not rush to show himself, but instead hid in the clouds and mist in the sky, carefully observing his surroundings.

A black beam of light, seven or eight meters in diameter, came into view first. Its surface resembled a transparent water curtain, while its interior was pitch black and deep, like an endless void.

The beam of light was over a hundred meters high, its base submerged in the water to an unknown depth, and its top seemingly pierced into the void. Several black cracks appeared faintly around it, as if it had punched a hole in the sky.

At this moment, a black smoke cloud twisted and swayed on the surface of the light pillar, struggling to break free. Soon after, it popped out of the black light pillar.

It circled around in a daze for a moment, then the whole cloud of black smoke began to contract and gather strength. Then, with a bang, like a cannonball being fired, it shot rapidly toward the top of Chongmei Mountain.

"The pillar of light is like the Gates of Hell, a special portal leading to some unknown place? No wonder so many ghostly creatures have descended here." Chen Mu suddenly realized.

"I wonder if this pillar of light connects to the underworld." He couldn't imagine where else besides the underworld could there be so many ghostly creatures.

“This gateway can’t be the natural new city; there must be someone behind it.” Chen Mu activated the Listening Technique again, carefully exploring the surroundings, but found nothing.

That being the case...

He couldn't help but squint.

The Decree of Yama, the King of Hell!
A plume of black smoke, just emerging from a black beam of light, was rapidly expanding and contracting, aggressively surveying its surroundings. But the next moment, it shuddered, and the entire plume of black smoke instantly calmed down, like a puppet, and flew straight into an ordinary cloud in the sky.

Just as it entered the clouds, a wisp of black smoke appeared out of nowhere, leaping out like a frog sticking out its tongue to catch an insect. The ghostly creature was instantly captured and pulled back, and in the blink of an eye, it was put into the Five Ghosts Bag.

Chen Mu was like a tightly compressed spring, his inner magical power surging wildly, yet his body remained still. He repeatedly activated his Listening Technique, closely monitoring his surroundings.

But after a while, nothing unexpected happened. There really was no one guarding the area around the pillar of black light!

"Since no one is in charge..." Chen Mu looked at the black pillar of light that kept sending out the ghostly creatures, and a look of eagerness suddenly appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)