My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 661 Gourd

South of Qingqiu Mountain.

The Jia-shaped demon-fixing needle, which was level with the mountain, shattered and collapsed, causing most of the nearby cliffs to crumble as well.

Chen Mu stood on a flying kite, holding a palm-sized yellow gourd, and muttered a demon-sealing incantation.

A cloud of grayish-white mist flew out of the gourd's mouth, transforming into a giant hand of smoke tens of meters long. It scooped up a large amount of rubble from the mountain and threw it into the nearby Prison Valley.

There were more than a dozen other Qi Refiners acting in a similar manner. Working methodically, the remains of the Demon-Stabilizing Needle and the collapsed mountain were cleared away in just half a day.

At noon, Chen Mu and the others rested in the shade of the peach grove.

"It is said that the demons violated the Heavenly Law Restriction, which allowed them to bypass the Star Array. The Thousand Machine Sect knocked down the Demon-Stabilizing Needle in order to destroy the foundation of the law restriction."

"Impossible! Demons can also circumvent the Heavenly Laws?"

"Have you forgotten how evil that green worm gu is?"

"Now that you mention it, it's not impossible that they can circumvent the Heavenly Laws and Restrictions..."

The group chatted amongst themselves, sharing various rumors.

Chen Mu listened intently while playing with the yellow gourd.

The gourd is called the Qiankun Yiqi Gourd, a magical artifact temporarily distributed to disciples by Taoshan Temple.

It is similar to the pickaxe of the Prison Valley and the millstone of the Grinding Stone Workshop, and can amplify the power of sealing magic.

The smoke it exhales can easily split mountains and crack rocks; even the hardest demonic energy stone can be easily dealt with.

"If we use this thing to dig up some demonic stones and put them into Thousand Lantern City..." Chen Mu chuckled.

The city of Thousand Lanterns expanded several times over, and the original rocks and soil used to fill it were no longer sufficient.

The Demonic Stone is hard and can also block the detection of secret techniques, making it very suitable as the foundation of Thousand Lantern City.

The Thousand Machine Sect will be setting up new magical restrictions soon. If we start digging in the mountain then, we might trigger those restrictions.

and so……

"Let's do it tonight."

As he was secretly plotting, a streak of red light descended into the peach grove.

The light dissipated, and Hu Buwei appeared with a sour face.

The group, who had been discussing animatedly just moments before, suddenly fell silent. One by one, they quickly got up, preparing to continue digging for rocks.

"Why panic!"

"Is thirty pieces of white jade a lot? Why work so hard?!" Hu Buwei scolded, his beard bristling and eyes wide.

"What are you busy with in the middle of the day? Everyone take a break! No one is allowed to go out until they have rested for at least two hours!" After saying that, he angrily used his escape technique and flew out of Qingqiu Mountain.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

This is... openly letting us slack off and steal time to cheat Taoshan out of the white jade coins?

"Senior brother, what's Elder Hu doing...?" someone in the crowd asked Lu Han in confusion.

"It's all because of the Daobing Contract." Lu Han didn't hide anything.

"Elder Hu is also going to the Thousand Machines Sect to become a Dao soldier?" Everyone was surprised.

“Not only Elder Hu, but Taoshan Temple has issued an order that none of the rest of our Hundred Illusions Sect can escape it.” Lu Han couldn’t help but sigh.

“You guys are lucky, you signed the contract early on, but we didn’t have a choice, our service period starts at twenty years.”

"Elder Hu's cultivation is profound. Although his age is unknown, he will definitely be going to the most dangerous front line."

"After living a comfortable life in the Hundred Illusions Sect for so many years, he still has to fight in the outer heavens in his old age. No wonder he can't be in a good mood."

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Hu Buwei, this old man, is also going to the Tianxing Battlefield, and he's even been assigned to a dangerous front line?

Gee!

That old guy is really pitiful.

……

Late at night.

Three hundred miles underground in Qingqiu Mountain, a rumbling, muffled sound resounded.

The grayish-white smoke transformed into a giant drill bit, drilling into the dark, hard demonic stone.

The dark gate to Thousand Lanterns City opened right under the smoke drill, shattering all the demonic stones, leaving none behind, and they were all taken into Thousand Lanterns City.

Chen Mu caught a demonic stone that bounced in front of him, and through the Thousand Lanterns City's Shadow Eye, he looked at the ever-expanding rock foundation and smiled.

"As expected of the Thousand Machines Sect's specially made mountain-digging and stone-opening magic tool, excavating demonic energy stones has become so simple."

"With its help in filling the foundation of Thousand Lanterns City, it will only take me half a month at most."

"It's a pity that this gourd has to be returned in the end." He said with some regret.

"We asked everyone to help build the sect's buildings, but they didn't even give us a small magic artifact. Taoshan Temple is so stingy!" Chen Mu grumbled.

Weighing the demonic stone in his hand, he squeezed it tightly.

A slight buzzing or vibration in the five fingers.

collapse!

The tough, iron-like demonic energy stone was instantly crushed into pieces by him.

"Isn't the power of this Ten Directions Hand a bit too great?"

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, and the gray wall appeared before his eyes.

Ten Directions Hand: 131/10000/Third Tier;

The function of the third stage, Ten Directions Hand, is still to gather the power of the whole body's muscles into one point.

Even though his body had undergone multiple transformations and possessed immense strength, the fact that he could crush the demonic energy stone with his bare hands still seemed odd. He hadn't used the Giant Spirit God to amplify his power; he had relied solely on his muscular strength.

Chen Mu immediately stared at the gray wall, carefully experiencing the secret techniques he received in response.

As he looked at it, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Does the so-called gathering of the strength of all the muscles in the body mean gathering the strength of every single muscle in the body?"

This reminded him of some of his previous life's views on the theoretical limits of human strength.

The theoretical strength of the human body, calculated based on muscle fibers, has a very high limit.

However, due to self-protection mechanisms and limitations in certain exertion methods, it is simply impossible for a person to reach that limit.

However, according to the feedback from the gray wall, the Ten Directions Hand is gradually gathering every bit of power in the body into one point.

"The Ten Directions Hand technique is indeed not simple." Chen Mu smiled.

It's only at the third stage now. Once he reaches a higher level, and with the amplification from the Giant Spirit God, it could very well become a trump card to protect him and save his life.

"Even a mere fragment of the Thousand Mountains Scripture has so many wonderful uses. The Thousand Mountains Dao was able to make a name for itself in ancient times, which is truly remarkable."

"Although it was destroyed by the Chunyang Dao, the fact that the Chunyang Dao was willing to take action also proves its superior methods."

"It's a pity it's just a fragment," Chen Mu sighed, shaking his head.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu focused his divine sense into the Five Ghosts Bag and looked at the seven and a half person-sized dark gourds.

When he escaped from the Heavenly River Realm, in order to break the seal of the City God's Taoist temple, he used the Seven Souls Taoist Military Technique to extract Lu Ku and others, who were the core of the meridians.

After that, the seven people turned into seven gourds and remained dormant inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

As time went by, and with occasional feeding from the heavens, the gourd grew larger day by day. The vitality within it also grew stronger day by day.

But Chen Mu still has no idea what the final outcome will be.

"Sigh, I wonder where the graves that Brother Wushan dug up are now."

"Otherwise, we should at least go and offer incense to them, and then..."

"Then dig it up again very carefully!"

"Yes, I'm definitely not doing this for the Thousand Mountains Secret Technique."

"I did this to drive away snakes, insects, and rodents, to regulate the earth's energy, and to provide a more comfortable resting place for our esteemed predecessors!" Chen Mu said solemnly.

……

The next morning.

Chen Mu opened the cave door, preparing to head to the south of Qingqiu Mountain to continue digging.

Previously, demons had ravaged the mountain, causing extensive damage. Peach Mountain Temple also needed to rebuild its sect's buildings. Therefore, a large group of people were dispatched to clean up and renovate the mountain. Chen Mu and the remnants of the Hundred Illusions Sect were among them.

Not long after stepping out of the cave, Chen Mu ran into Lu Han.

"Elder Hu is away on business, so the mountain clearing task is suspended. Bai Yuzhao will be dispatched, but the work will have to wait until he returns." Before Chen Mu could ask any questions, Lu Han directly stated his purpose.

Are they deliberately delaying the construction period to swindle money from Bai Yu?

Is it really that blatant?

Chen Mu immediately laughed.

No wonder he's such a heartless old man.

"Don't get the wrong idea, Elder Hu really has something on his mind." Lu Han rolled his eyes.

"The Thousand Machines Sect is going to set up a brand new mountain protection law, and the mountain needs special modifications. Elder Hu and other sect experts have all been taken to the Heavenly River Water Mansion to listen to the experts preach."

Chen Mu then understood.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he returned to his cave dwelling.

He wasn't idle either; he turned around and went into Thousand Lantern City to manipulate the Yellow Pi Gourd to tidy up the ground of Thousand Lantern City.

"Old Hu is really unlucky; he has to go to the outer heavens to be a Taoist soldier in his old age."

"An old man who had spent his whole life as an auxiliary soldier was sent to fight on the front lines."

"We don't know how many benefits his perfected Qi Condensation cultivation brings, but the dangers it brings are extremely clear."

Chen Mu kept clicking his tongue as he worked.

"I guess I was right to pretend to be a Qi Refiner at the Yuanfu Realm." He couldn't help but chuckle.

Those with greater strength receive heavier missions and are sent to dangerous places. Unlike me, a nobody, unnoticed, yet I can play dumb to outsmart others. If things really go wrong, I can use my hidden strength to escape.

Just as I was feeling smug, a gray glint unexpectedly appeared in the corner of my eye.

Chen Mu subconsciously raised his hand to grab it, and a stone gourd about the height of a forearm immediately appeared in front of him.

The gourd has a grayish-white skin, a round belly, and black and silver patterns on its surface.

"This gourd looks familiar."

Chen Mu turned around and examined it carefully.

Then he saw a familiar little slit on the upper half of the gourd.

"This...this is the gourd that carries the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Restrictions!!"

Although they are different sizes, they look exactly the same!

It's exactly the same as the crack from back then!

Chen Mu was greatly alarmed.

This thing sealed countless extraterrestrial demons, yet I never expected to dig it into Thousand Lantern City.

Damn it!

(End of this chapter)