My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 663 Green Cicada

At the top of Qingqiu Mountain, in front of Taoshan Temple.

Chen Mu looked at the gray stone gourd through his shadow eyes and his heart skipped a beat.

I clearly buried this thing deep underground, so how... how could it still appear in Thousand Lantern City?!

This kind of evil method...

Extraterrestrial demons!

This must be related to extraterrestrial demons!

Looking up at Elder Yan Ming of the Thousand Machines Sect who was getting closer and closer, Chen Mu tried his best to keep his expression calm, but a fine layer of cold sweat had already seeped out from his back.

"We must throw this gourd out of the Thousand Lanterns City Cave Heaven immediately!" Chen Mu made a decision right away.

He glanced around discreetly.

Taking it out and handing it over directly would only cause trouble for yourself. You need to find a blind spot in everyone's sight and let it appear silently.

As he looked around, a gaunt old Taoist priest in gray robes came into Chen Mu's view from a corner of the crowd.

Why not do it?

The old man was standing in a spot that was completely overlooked by everyone!

This……

Or, let's make Elder Hu suffer a bit, and let him bear the suspicion of secretly possessing the Heavenly Gourd as well.

Hu Buwei, who was focusing his mind and trying to conceal the aura of the nine heads within his body, suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

He looked up warily, and then met Chen Mu's eyes, which were like slender crescent moons.

Hu Buwei was jolted awake at that moment.

What is this bastard trying to do?!

Could it be that he has already discovered the nine heads hidden inside me?

In order to maintain their disguised identity, are they planning to expose me first?

Damn it!

Just as Hu Buwei was tense and ready to run away at any moment, Chen Mu, who was not far away, regretfully turned his gaze away.

Throwing the Heavenly Gourd in public, while making it easier for the Thousand Machines Sect elders to discover and control it immediately, would also increase the risk of exposing oneself.

Chen Mu didn't want to get involved with the Thousand Machines Sect's Chengtian Gourd, given how much they valued it.

"It would be safer and more discreet to throw it into the small courtyard of Taoshan Temple in the distance."

Thinking this, Chen Mu's mind sank into Ying Tong's large eyes.

Just as they were about to open a small door in the wall of the Taoist temple to move the Chengtian Gourd, they discovered that the gourd hidden in the corner of the ruins had disappeared.

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine, and his hair almost stood on end.

Is that gourd alive? It can even move its position on its own!

crunch...

A sudden, abrupt sound of an old rocking chair creaking and scraping echoed through the silent city of Thousand Lanterns.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

I don't know when, but there's someone else on the rocking chair I put at the entrance of the three-story building.

The other person was dressed in a long black dress with gold thread and wide sleeves, with her hair styled in a flying fairy bun, and a lifelike golden cicada hairpin on her head.

The stone gourd that had just disappeared was now not far from the other party's feet.

Seemingly noticing Chen Mu's gaze, the person looked up at Ying Tong's large eyes.

He waved his hand gently as if to greet her, his smile gentle and kind: "If you dare to throw the Chengtian Gourd out, I will kill you right now, and even the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor will not be able to protect you."

Chen Mu: “…”

……

Late at night, in the city of a thousand lights.

Due to the isolation of the cave, the elders of the Thousand Machines Sect were ultimately unable to discover it.

Chen Mu didn't dare to throw the Chengtian Gourd out either.

He had met that woman who suddenly appeared in the Valley of Imprisonment.

At that time, the other party appeared not far behind him, but his listening ability failed to detect anything.

The opponent is either several levels stronger than me, or their methods are strange and unorthodox.

He can't afford to offend either of these two possibilities.

"My name is Meng Qingchan, and I am a high-ranking disciple of the Thousand Machines Sect." Inside Thousand Lantern City, Meng Qingchan spoke as she rocked back and forth in her rocking chair.

"Three hundred years ago, I failed to seize the position of sect leader and was framed by my opponent and suppressed in the ninety-nine sects of Haizhou."

"Having narrowly escaped this cataclysmic event, I only wish to travel to the outer stars and completely break away from the Thousand Machines Sect."

"You don't need to be nervous. Just go to the outer battlefield step by step."

"I'm just here to hitch a ride, I won't do anything to you. Once we get to Tianxing, I'll leave on my own."

"It is my honor to be able to help Senior Meng." Chen Mu clasped his hands and bowed respectfully. "You're not reconciled, are you?" Meng Qingchan chuckled.

"I wouldn't be willing to be manipulated like this either," she said again before Chen Mu could answer.

“This gourd is the core of my body,” Meng Qingchan said with a smile, pointing to the Chengtian Gourd at her feet.

"Come on, try it."

"Use all your tricks, you might just kill me."

"I am a Dao soldier of the Thousand Machines Sect. I am absolutely trustworthy in helping you, a senior member of the sect. How can you falsely accuse me?" Chen Mu said angrily.

"You're quite shrewd," Meng Qingchan chuckled. "Since you've done this, I can't leave without giving something in return..."

Crunch!

Before she could finish speaking, a sharp metallic scraping sound suddenly rang in her ears.

Meng Qingchan froze, and looking down, she saw a dark dragon as thick as a forearm, biting at the Chengtian Gourd in the middle, just like a big dog gnawing on a bone.

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. This is my pet. It's been having an itchy tooth lately and keeps trying to chew on something." Chen Mu said with a sincere apology.

Meng Qingchan: "..."

Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

A palm-sized crescent blade slashed and struck the gourd's belly with tremendous force.

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I haven't refined this magic weapon yet. It's always throwing a tantrum. It won't calm down unless it cuts something hard every day."

Meng Qingchan: "..."

Crackling!

A tiny arc of electricity wrapped around the stone gourd from all angles, and the concentrated Kui Water Yin Thunder struck the gourd with a fierce electric shock.

"Are you never going to stop?!" Meng Qingchan was so angry she laughed.

"You really think I can't go to Tianxing without you?" Her face darkened. "Don't force me to deal with you!"

"Didn't you already make your move?" Chen Mu's face was equally gloomy.

puff!

A colorless flame suddenly appeared between his brows. A bright green cicada pattern slowly turned into blackish-red ash under the scorching flame.

"Green worm poison".

"It seems you are involved in the previous celestial upheaval!"

"If it were anyone else, you would have been able to control them, but unfortunately you've run into me." Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

boom!

A large ball of flame suddenly appeared, completely enveloping the Heavenly Gourd.

squeak...

A series of rapid, trembling sounds echoed throughout the Thousand Lanterns City.

Sitting in the rocking chair, Meng Qingchan was like a picture with a bad signal, constantly disappearing and reappearing.

But the expression on the other person's face returned to its gentle and kind state.

"The methods of the Heavenly Demon Path are truly something I haven't seen in a long time." Meng Qingchan chuckled, "Back then, I even practiced them for a period of time."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"To prevent me from escaping using Heavenly Magic, the Thousand Machines Sect has added quite a few special measures to this Heavenly Gourd," Meng Qingchan said with a smile, looking at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu's face immediately turned ugly.

boom!

The Seven Emotions Flame transformed into a giant ball of flame, twice the height of two people.

Meng Qingchan's figure on the rocking chair continued to change, repeating dozens of times without disappearing.

"It's no use." Meng Qingchan shook her head gently: "The Thousand Machines Sect used almost all of its methods to seal and kill me. You can't break the Heavenly Gourd."

"Things are clear now," she said with a smile to Chen Mu.

“I don’t want to leave, so you can’t make me leave this grotto. You’ve tried.”

"Moreover, now that you're associated with me, even if you surrender to the Thousand Machines Sect, you'll inevitably be wiped out completely and your soul will be scattered."

"You can't do anything to me, and I can't control you either. Cooperation is the best solution." Meng Qingchan's face was full of smiles.

"I was once a high-ranking master of the Thousand Machines Sect, possessing all the sect's secret techniques. Don't you want to see them?"

"For example, the key to creating magical artifacts, and... the secret scriptures of the Dao foundation!"

Chen Mu froze, his eyes narrowing involuntarily.

Taoji Secret Code...

(End of this chapter)