My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 649 Changes in Heaven

The underground peach forest of Qingqiu Mountain.

The peach tree stood quietly, its blossoms glowing with a warm, luminous light, illuminating the underground cave.

Elder Chuan Changzai of the Hundred Illusions Sect arrived at the underground cave as usual.

He first circled the dusty stone gourd, then stared intently at a line on its surface.

"The crack has shrunk even a little more? That's good news!"

With a chuckle, he flipped his hand and pulled out a palm-sized, green jade gourd leaf.

This leaf-shaped magical artifact was bestowed by the Thousand Machines Sect and can be used to probe the deep seals of the Heavenly Restriction.

Chuan Chang skillfully infused his magic power, and silver light immediately began to shimmer within the veins of the leaves.

After a long while, he finally regained his composure and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"The phenomenon of demons dying has disappeared, and the Heavenly Law has stabilized. Presumably, the rift will be completely repaired soon."

"Stability is good. The signing of the contract requires the celestial energy to guide the power of the Dao Ancestor to descend."

"The Heavenly Laws and Restrictions are inherently in harmony with the celestial bodies. Now that they have been restored to stability, they are no longer afraid of being disturbed by the celestial energy."

Thinking of this, he felt a sense of relief.

"By now, all the Taoist apprentices should have finished signing the contracts."

"More than a hundred Dao soldiers went to the Thousand Machines Sect, and it won't be long before they can earn a lot of Dao merit for the sect."

"As a PhD in the transmission of knowledge, I am bound to get a share of the pie."

"With the Daoist cultivation I've accumulated before, it's enough to exchange for a gourd of Primordial Chaos Qi, which will greatly improve my progress in refining my Divine Aperture."

Chuan Changzai felt a surge of excitement, and it took him a while to calm down before activating the leaf-shaped magical artifact to prepare to leave the underground cave.

Before leaving, he habitually glanced at the crack on the gourd's surface out of the corner of his eye.

Suddenly, they discovered a hidden crack, as thin as a hair, that had spread along the black runes on the gourd's surface deep into the ground. It was as if the entire gourd had been split in two by this slanted crack!

Chuan Changzai's scalp tightened instantly, and he turned around abruptly.

But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the gourd's surface was still completely intact.

The gap was still only a tiny sliver, even smaller than when it was first observed.

Dazzled?

He circled the gourd twice, still feeling uneasy, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found nothing amiss.

"I'm so worried about this gap going wrong, I'm practically obsessed." He couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

"No wonder the sect leader made us take turns on duty. He was afraid that if we stayed here too long, we would start to have wild thoughts and then be affected by the demonic energy."

"Sect Master has considered everything very well." He chuckled, then raised his hand and lifted the gourd leaf magic artifact, preparing to leave the underground cave.

But just as he raised his hand halfway, a gentle, subtle force suddenly appeared around him.

That power was like a flexible net, instantly enveloping his entire body without leaving any blind spots.

Chuan Changzai felt as if he were a mosquito trapped in amber, unable to raise his hand to activate his magical artifact, or even blink!

The magical power surging from the jade seed was completely absorbed by this invisible network, making it impossible to quietly activate the magical artifact to leave.

Swish!

A figure suddenly appeared not far to the left.

Chuan Changzai's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat. He strained to tilt his eyes to the left, but after a long time, he could only see a corner of a black skirt with gold thread embedded in it.

"Pretend you didn't see it and get away with it?"

A gentle laugh rang in my ears.

"Too late..."

……

"Respectfully bidding farewell to the Dao Ancestor!"

In front of the Qingqiu Palace, accompanied by Zheng Bailian's loud shout, the colorless golden flames inside the Four Directions Cauldron vanished with a "poof".

The unseen, immense power in the sky vanished into the void and dissipated, while the clouds that had been pushed out in all directions began to slowly drift back to the mountain peak.

Chen Mu, who was worried about the power of the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor in the crowd, came back to his senses.

Seeing the joyful atmosphere around him, as everyone began to enjoy their future life in the Thousand Machines Sect, he couldn't help but slowly let go of his worries.

Yes.

The identity of the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor is that of a legendary being.

What about yourself?

A lowly auxiliary soldier butcher from the Thousand Machines Sect.

The Dao Ancestor and his kind are busy comprehending the Great Dao all day long; they have no time to deal with a nobody like me.

"That's just needless worry," Chen Mu said with a laugh, shaking his head.

The power of the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor is merely a witness and constraint to the Dao Soldier Contract. As long as one does not disobey the contract, there will be no backlash.

The battlefield of Tianxing is ever-changing, and there must have been instances where Taoist soldiers were forcibly dispatched to fight against demons using contracts.

But he was just a butcher in the rear camp. Let alone being forced to go, even if he volunteered to go to the front line of battle, he might not be considered.

He had no reason, or even the opportunity, to openly defy the Thousand Machines Sect's decree.

"It's all because of this wretched world," Chen Mu said with a helpless smile.

Years of experience have made me always think the worst of things.

"I can't expect all the bad luck to happen to me, can I?"

"Ha ha……"

Just as he was chuckling to himself, he heard a noisy discussion nearby.

When Chen Mu came to his senses, he found that everyone was looking up at the sky and discussing among themselves.

The star that should have been completely hidden still hung in the sky. And its light, far from diminishing, shone even brighter than usual!

A star appears in broad daylight?

This……

Before he could even figure out what was going on...

hum!

A sound like the long cry of a whale came from the Qingqiu Mountain Basin.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, followed by a series of thunderous sounds like ten thousand horses galloping.

Chen Mu instinctively activated his Listening Divine Power.

Then they discovered that the mist inside the Ring-Shaped Imprisoned Valley was surging rapidly like a river, with emerald green light emerging from within it.

Immediately afterwards, the five towering demon-stabilizing needles also hummed in unison.

Within the dark red patterns on its surface, a faint green light began to surge.

An unseen force suddenly surged into the sky from the foot of Qingqiu Mountain.

Click!

Like a muffled thunderclap, a dark crack appeared in the clear sky.

Countless emerald lights shimmered around the crack, like countless hands grabbing the crack and pulling it to both sides.

next moment.

Wow!

Countless streams of liquid, resembling thick blood plasma, gushed out from the crack.

In the blink of an eye, a wide and surging waterfall of blood appeared in mid-air.

The crimson blood rained down from the sky, crashing into the Qingqiu Mountain basin with a thunderous roar.

Countless hideous faces writhed and throbbed in the blood, the buzzing sound instantly disorienting and driving people mad with the urge to kill.

The crowd in front of Qingqiu Palace, who had been beaming with joy just moments before, suddenly fell into panic.

"Snap out of it!" Zheng Bailian shouted, waking everyone up. "It's just a little demon causing trouble. What kind of behavior is this, panicking like this?!"

He then calmly pulled out a palm-sized bronze token.

"Imperial decree!" Zheng Bailian raised the bronze decree high and shouted.

A familiar power emerged around everyone, like a gentle, invisible hand resting on their shoulders—the very command and constraint of the Daoist Military Contract.

"Disciples, use the Demon-Sealing Spell to guard Qingqiu Mountain. Anyone who disobeys will be struck by five thunderbolts!"

"Fuck them all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Bailian, who had been calm and composed just moments before, immediately took off in a flash and disappeared into the distance.

Everyone: "..."

Chen Mu: “…”

That damned Zheng Bailian! Not only did he desert his post, but he also used a contract to order his disciples to defend the mountain gate to the death.

This is clearly an attempt to buy him time by having everyone risk their lives!

He just said he was a nobody and had no chance to disobey the contract and edict.

As a result, Zheng Bailian turned around and gave him a solid blow to the head!

You damn bastard!

(End of this chapter)