My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 665 Bone-Illuminating Mirror

Cliffside cave.

Chen Mu, who had been calm and composed just moments before in Thousand Lanterns City, now looked dejected and sighed helplessly.

"The Seven Flames of Delusional Thoughts combined with the Nightmare Spell are indeed extraordinary, but he cannot kill Meng Qingchan with them now."

"His confident assertions just now were mostly just bluffing."

As Chen Mu pondered silently, the gray wall came into view.

Nightmare Spell: 3493/10000;

"Fortunately, Meng Qingchan is unaware of my true strength. This confrontation will at least make her wary."

Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have obediently handed over the complete Jade Cicada Manual.

Ever since Meng Qingchan entered Qiandeng City, he felt as if he were carrying a bomb.

Now that we have some means of restraint, we don't have to be so worried anymore.

"I still need to practice the Nightmare Spell more."

"The more experience one has, the more pronounced the effects of the seven emotions and delusions will be."

"I need to completely master this restraining method before the other side can react," Chen Mu decided.

Then he took out the brand-new Jade Cicada Manual, infused it with magic power, and a giant sphere, about the size of a hot air balloon, suddenly appeared in his mind.

The sphere is jade white, and inside it are densely packed threads of various shapes, resembling a human nervous system map, or a tightly huddled mass of tree roots.

"A tiny bit leaked?"

"I think it's more like a tiny bit was missed." Chen Mu's face twitched.

The enormous silken tennis ball before us is the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation Map.

In the version Meng Qingchan provided before, the sphere was full of holes and gaps. Although it was a sphere, it was far less perfect than it is now.

As magical power was injected into the jade tablet, the internal Dao diagram in his mind changed again, and the enormous sphere contracted inward.

In a flash of jade-white fluorescence, it instantly grew to the size of a walnut. Round and lustrous, it resembled a dense jade bead.

"This is probably the complete Dao Foundation Diagram." Chen Mu squinted.

and……

"This basic diagram is quite similar to the Yin Spirit Embryo?!"

Chen Mu immediately drew out the Yin Spirit Divine Embryo from between his eyebrows, and after comparing it, his surprise deepened.

"Only by returning to the origin and refining the divine embryo can the Yin spirit be made into a Yin deity."

"Only when a Qi cultivator reshapes the jade seed into a foundation for the Dao can he nurture his primordial spirit."

“The Yin Spirits and Qi Refiners can even be considered two different species, yet their paths to advancement are so similar.”

"Interesting," Chen Mu said thoughtfully.

"Or rather, cultivators in the world follow different paths, yet they all arrive at the same destination."

"The methods of Qi Refining Foundation, Heavenly Demon True Body, and Yin Spirit Divine Embryo are different, but they all involve altering the original foundation of a living being, giving it the possibility of further advancement," Chen Mu realized in his heart.

Meng Qingchan had said something similar before, and now, comparing the complete Dao Foundation Diagram with the Yin Spirit Divine Embryo, Chen Mu immediately had a more vivid understanding.

Looking at the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation Diagram in his mind, he could only shake his head in regret.

The first version of the Dao Foundation Diagram was incomplete and could not be practiced.

The second version has been completed by Meng Qingchan, but he is even more afraid to practice it.

If you can overlook something once, you can overlook it twice. Who knows if there are hidden dangers in this foundational map?

"We'll make plans after we reach the Thousand Machines Sect."

……

One month later.

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

Six months later, the signing ceremony of the military-civilian agreement was held again in the same place.

The only difference is that the ritual was previously presided over by the Hundred Illusions Sect, but now it has been changed to the Peach Mountain Temple.

The burly abbot of Taoshan Temple stood before the four-sided bronze cauldron, his loose, bright red Taoist robe now appearing as a fitted version.

The Pure Yang Mantra was chanted, and flames containing golden threads were ignited. Taoist soldiers stepped forward to burn the contract, and the entire process proceeded in an orderly manner.

Those who signed the contract today, besides Taoshan Temple Daobing, also included Hu Buwei and Lu Han.

"Did Elder Hu offend Taoshan Temple? He's so old, can't they show him some leniency?" The former disciples of Baihuan Sect, who were watching the ceremony from a distance, couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"Who told him to be the only elder left in our Hundred Illusions Sect? His Daoist skills are truly captivating."

"What do you mean?"

"That means that, whether it's the previous one or the current one, all the Dao power extraction from the Hundred Illusions Sect's Dao soldiers has gone to Elder Hu."

"With such a massive amount of Dao merit, who wouldn't be envious?"

"So, the reason for having Elder Hu and Senior Brother Lu Han sign the contract was to divide up this Hundred Illusions Sect inheritance?"

“Of course…” Chen Mu, standing at the edge of the crowd, suddenly realized.

No wonder Old Hu led the way in swindling the white jade coins from Taoshan Temple, and the people at Taoshan Temple didn't care.

Compared to the enormous commission they would receive from future cultivation practices, how much could the white jade they swindled out of less than a hundred people be worth?

Chen Mu looked at Hu Buwei with a face full of sympathy.

He could have inherited a large sum of money and lived a comfortable old age. But now, not only has he lost his Taoist cultivation, he has to go to the front lines to fight demons in the heavens.

Tsk tsk, this old man is really pitiful.

However, if I were Momoyama-kan, I would do the same!

As Chen Mu thought to himself with a smile, he felt the pure Yang Dao Ancestor's power permeating the mountaintop, no longer as terrified as he had been at the beginning.

Over the years, the number of Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds bound by the Tribulation Divide Technique has exceeded 20,000.

As time goes on, the effects of the Divide and Tribulation Technique will only become more and more powerful.

Ultimately, it's just a contract as proof; the power of the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor cannot be continuous. If the Five Thunderbolts truly strike, as long as one survives the first wave, the danger can be averted.

The Nine Lives Dividing Tribulation Technique was the ingenious method that helped him withstand the first wave of attacks.

"Meng Qingchan is indeed capable, as someone who almost became the sect leader of the Thousand Machines Sect."

Amidst a flurry of thoughts, the Taoist priest completed the signing ceremony, the golden flames went out, and everyone dispersed.

As Chen Mu descended the stone steps, he gazed at the distant Qingqiu Valley.

The once vast, undulating Golden Element Valley spiritual fields have vanished, replaced by an endless peach orchard. Each plump, pink peach looks incredibly tempting.

This is the Five Elements Peach, a specialty of Taoshan Temple. Its roots can penetrate deep into the ground and automatically draw out the demonic energy from the demonic stones deep underground.

It is similar to Jin Yuan Valley, greatly replenishing the spirit, mind, and physical essence.

"We need to buy some peaches to store."

"Once you leave Qingqiu Mountain, it won't be as convenient to eat these local specialties anymore."

The rituals and prohibitions at Taoshan Temple have been completed, and the Taoist military contract was also signed today.

Before long, they will have to leave Qingqiu Mountain.

……

More than ten days later.

In the central part of Haizhou, there is the Diyin Sect.

A cloud-bat flying boat descended from the clouds and slowly landed in the spacious front courtyard at the entrance of the market town at the foot of the mountain.

The hatches on both sides opened, and a group of hundreds of people poured out of the airship like fish crammed into a tank.

"Finally arrived." Chen Mu quickly stepped out of the crowd and breathed a sigh of relief.

Being crammed into a small cloud bat flying boat with hundreds of other people, some of whom couldn't even touch the ground with their feet, was definitely not a pleasant experience.

"How are we going to get to the outer stars? We're not going to have to squeeze onto the Cloud Bat Flying Boat like we are now, are we?" Chen Mu asked Lu Han beside him with a bit of apprehension.

They only had a few hundred people on their journey, but there were tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire Haizhou. If they were all crowded together...

Chen Mu couldn't help but shiver.

“Tian Guan Star is located high above the thirty-second heaven, and the distance is immeasurable. The Cloud Bat Flying Boat cannot reach it.” Lu Han laughed, “It can only be done by using the Heavenly Gate to shrink the earth and move the body.”

Chen Mu immediately felt relieved.

Tianmen?

It sounds like some kind of magical artifact or forbidden formation that can manipulate the universe.

But whatever it is, it's better than being squeezed onto a flying boat with everyone else, your feet barely touching the ground.

“However, I heard there seems to be an extra step this year,” Lu Han said again.

"The chaos caused by demons has just subsided. Fearing that some remnants of demons might infiltrate Tianxing, the Thousand Machines Sect specially invited the Divine Bone-Illuminating Mirror from the Luofu Sect."

"Everyone has to have their picture taken before entering the Heavenly Gate," Lu Han said, looking at Chen Mu meaningfully.

After spending more than two years together, he always felt that this guy was hiding something.

He had experienced several inexplicable misfortunes, and he felt that they were all related to the person in front of him.

Playing some tricks in the Hundred Illusions Sect is fine, but when facing a behemoth like the Thousand Machines Sect, it's best to behave yourself.

"So, some outdated and strange items should be thrown away in advance," Lu Han said casually.

Since he had recruited these Dao soldiers himself, he couldn't just stand by and watch them get into trouble.

Most importantly... I absolutely cannot let this guy get involved!

Strange or eerie items?

Throw it away in advance?

Ha! The object in my hand is more than just weird!

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged, but his heart couldn't help but tremble.

He instinctively felt that the Thousand Machines Sect wasn't looking for demons, but rather for the Heavenly Gourd!

What exactly happened to Meng Qingchan back then? Now that she's the sect leader of the Thousand Machines Sect, three hundred years have passed, why is she still so relentlessly pursuing this matter?

Does it really have to be eradicated completely?!

(End of this chapter)