My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 628 Bathing

Inside the Washing Cave, Chen Mu overheard the gambling game among several Hundred Illusions Sect disciples at the cave entrance, which piqued his interest in the dark cave before him.

The method of listening was employed, and by carefully probing inch by inch, a certain fluctuation was soon discovered.

As the group ventured deeper, a faint, eerie aura seeped from the surrounding cave walls.

This aura was formless and intangible, stirred by the air currents from the group's movements, like a lifeless wind. But soon after the group passed, it seemed to come alive again, moving without wind, slowly following behind them.

Before they knew it, Chen Mu and his group were completely immersed in this atmosphere.

"Is this demonic energy?" Chen Mu glanced at the oblivious crowd and reached out to grab a wisp of it.

As he pressed and tested the waters with his magic power, the energy in his hand began to shift, changing into more than ten different rhythms in just a few breaths. If he hadn't held it firmly in his hand, Chen Mu would have thought he had encountered more than ten different kinds of strange beasts.

"Ever-changing? Interesting." Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Just as he was about to try to detect another wisp of aura, a strange feeling suddenly arose, as if someone was watching him from the darkness.

Chen Mu suddenly turned his head and found that a white figure had appeared deep in the cave at some point.

The other person stood behind a group of strange rocks with their back to Chen Mu. They were dressed entirely in white, with their hair loose, and they looked vaguely familiar.

Just as I was wondering what was going on, the other person's head suddenly spun 180 degrees. A face with its eyes closed and a strange smile on its lips suddenly appeared.

Jiao Shi?!

"Is this the effect of demonic energy?"

"To incite resentment and create illusions?" Chen Mu asked calmly.

We're not afraid of the living, let alone the dead.

It's just an illusion; at worst, we'll just kill it again!

In the blink of an eye, the five dragon auras appeared beside the white figure.

The black mist was particularly well concealed in the dimly lit cave, silently approaching. Before the newly formed figure could react, it was completely swallowed up by the Five Dragon Dharma Form.

"This bathing cave is interesting..."

At this moment, figures emerged from the depths of the cave, and many of their companions immediately began to sweat.

According to the discussion among Dongkou Luhan and others, the more feuds and killings are committed, the more illusions are triggered.

As the figures continued to appear, Chen Mu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.

“There are bad people among the masses.”

In just a short while, various disheveled, broken-armed, and crippled figures began to surround the crowd. Even the dozen or so Qi cultivators who had long since mastered their magical powers couldn't help but tremble and quickly took out their protective magical artifacts.

Chen Mu was watching the performance with amusement when he inadvertently glanced at a group of headless figures carrying their own heads.

Then he realized that these people seemed...familiar!

Those who sneaked off to find their ancestor in the Heavenly River Dharma Realm and had their heads chopped off by the Zhu Yu Dharma Sword.

No!

Chen Mu quickly looked up again.

Immediately behind this group of headless men, they found a stout figure dressed in a purple robe, his body covered in charred soot.

The other party's swollen face bore a striking resemblance to Huang Jian, who had tried to seize the Pingning and was struck to dust by his Kui Shui Yin Lightning!

He suddenly glanced around and saw a dense crowd of vaguely familiar figures; his face immediately flushed red.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"I've always been kind to people, how could I possibly harbor so much resentment!"

"This bathhouse is definitely framing someone!"

Roar!

With a loud roar, a large swath of gray-white mist appeared in mid-air, and an invisible pressure descended suddenly.

Four-armed red-haired apes, seven-headed ferocious dragons, three-headed fox spirits covered in human heads... countless enormous creatures suddenly appeared in the wide cave.

Chen Mu: “…”

"These monsters either died at the hands of the Yin soldiers controlled by the Danshan Sutra, or were devoured by the Five Dragon Dharma Forms. Why is it all my fault?"

"This is not fair!"

Chen Mu's face was full of indignation.

The Classic of Carrying Mountains and the Classic of Five Dragons: "..."

You, the one with the knife, are acting all wronged?

When people die, is it all our fault, those of us who were the executioners?

Shameless!

……

Outside the Washing Cave, more than ten people were discussing something animatedly. A series of muffled roars, accompanied by a shockwave, burst out of the Washing Cave.

A cloud of dust suddenly blew up and covered them, startling everyone.

"Pah, could it be... there's a ruthless one hidden among these newly recruited disciples?" The short, fat, round-faced man spat out the dust in his mouth, his round little eyes widening involuntarily. "Oh no!" Lu Han's expression changed.

"Some time ago, the celestial stars shifted, the seal shook, and demonic energy leaked out everywhere."

"The demonic energy inside this Cleansing Cave is probably increasing dramatically. The illusions that were originally not very harmful might actually kill people!"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

"Quickly, save them!" Lu Han shouted and rushed into the cave.

……

After a lot of trouble.

More than an hour had passed by the time the unconscious people were found and carried out of the washing cave.

"Luckily we reacted in time, otherwise several people might have died."

"Who would have thought that the demonic energy in the Cleansing Cave would increase so much?"

"The entire army was wiped out; nobody won."

"Do you think there might be a killer among these people, which is why the illusion's power has increased so dramatically?"

"It's almost certainly true, otherwise they wouldn't have taken down everyone at once."

Chen Mu closed his eyes, controlled his heartbeat and breathing, and pretended to be unconscious, blending into the crowd. Listening to the Hundred Illusions Sect disciples' discussions about good and ruthless people, he felt a surge of grief and indignation.

It's all because the world is too chaotic that I had no choice but to take action.

What a load of bullshit killer star!

I don't admit it!

"Everyone should try to avoid contact with these people in the future. What if one day they kill you just because you breathe a little too loudly? Wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?" The round-faced, small-eyed fat man teased with a grin.

Chen Mu: “…”

Row!

You'd better keep your breathing quiet from now on!

……

Three days later, early morning.

On a cliff face that seems to stretch endlessly, countless stone steps lead in all directions, like a grid pattern drawn by a large net deep within the cliff, connecting one cave after another, covering the entire cliff face.

At the entrance of a cave, Chen Mu leaned against a rough peach wood fence, gazing into the distance through the thin mist.

A vast expanse of golden rice paddies, stretching for who knows how long, came into view.

More than a dozen people flew kites above the rice paddies, occasionally scattering large amounts of powder. Below, people were weeding and turning the soil in the rice fields, their busy work tinged with a sense of peace and tranquility.

Although there was a slight mishap yesterday, Chen Mu still managed to join the Hundred Illusions Sect.

The endless golden rice fields nestled among the mountains in the distance are special spiritual plants cultivated by the Hundred Illusions Sect.

"Golden Essence Valley is mild in nature and can strengthen the body's foundation and nourish the vital energy. When taken in large quantities, it can even replace the Vitality-Nourishing Pill for cultivating the acupoints."

"The cultivation world in Haizhou is indeed stronger than that in Yunzhou; they even have such peculiar spiritual plants."

Looking at the vast rice paddies in the distance, Chen Mu felt a sense of exhilaration.

After a year of ups and downs, traversing the Fire Path of the Loach Dragon, the Heavenly River Dharma Realm, and the Heavenly River Water Palace, encountering various dangers and escaping various possible pursuits, they have finally settled down in Haizhou.

Now that you've joined the Hundred Illusions Sect, as long as you complete the training step by step, you can join the Thousand Machines Sect in a year or two.

At that time, one can consider obtaining the Dao Foundation Record and begin the next stage of cultivation.

"I'm not afraid of difficulties, what I fear most is having no direction. Now that the path is clear and definite, it makes me feel at ease." Chen Mu patted the railing, feeling increasingly relaxed.

The wind rustled through the rice paddies, and Chen Mu stared at the waves of rice in a daze.

Boom!

After a while, a deep bell rang out, and Chen Mu finally came back to his senses.

He turned to look at the eastern cliff, where there was a large platform, and now several figures could be vaguely seen.

That is the Hundred Illusions Sect's preaching cliff.

To become a Dao soldier of the Thousand Machines Sect, one must possess the corresponding skills. Even as a butcher's auxiliary soldier, without the corresponding secret techniques, it would be difficult to skin and dismember demon corpses.

That preaching cliff is where secret methods are taught.

If it weren't for the unexpected incident at the Bathing Cave, which damaged the spiritual energy of many, they should have gone to the Preaching Cliff for training two days ago.

Chen Mu turned around and closed the stone door of his cave. Like the other Qi Refiners who came out one after another, he walked quickly down the stone steps toward the distant Lecture Cliff.

(End of this chapter)