My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 696 Clone
early morning.

Tiangongying Qingyuluo Camp Area.

Inside a snail shell, as a gentle breeze spun, Chen Mu's figure appeared.

"It's a pity we still have to work, otherwise..." Chen Mu looked at the monsters that had once again filled Thousand Lantern City with regret.

As a subordinate soldier of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Camp, he couldn't skip work during the day in order to hide in the Demon-Slaying Department and cultivate peacefully in the future. He could only leave the Heavenly Craftsmanship Camp to gather demon beasts during his free time at night.

Did he have Wu Gang take his place at work during the day?
Chen Mu thought about it for a moment and then shook his head in denial.

He was competing with the Thousand Machines Sect for demonic beasts, and it was best if few people knew about it.

"If only I had a clone technique, I could have a clone do the work for me," Chen Mu thought with a chuckle.

As he was laughing, a thought suddenly struck him.

"Believe it or not, I actually do have a clone!"

A giant spirit in full armor appeared beside him.

"It's a bit difficult to have the Giant Spirit God do the work for me, but if I could have this guy collect monsters for me..."

Chen Mu circled the giant spirit twice, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

With his magical power activated, he drew a seed of the Pulling Machine from the Zhu Yu Magic Sword and immediately sent it into the body of the Giant Spirit God.

The next instant, the giant spirit god turned into a cloud of scarlet smoke and vanished without a trace.

They reappeared in a dense forest sixty miles north of Tiangongying.

Without the giant spirit making any move, a fist-sized ball of golden smoke gathered in front of him.

Chen Mu's face immediately lit up with a smile: "It really has potential!"

"Use the Connecting Technique to link the Giant Spirit God with the main body, and transmit magic power and Jade Cicada Qi over an extremely long distance. Then use the Giant Spirit God to cast the Plague Immortal Technique, and the demonic poison can be eradicated."

"As long as the Giant Spirit God carries the Five Ghost Bag with him, he can continuously throw monsters into the bottomless pool."

"All I need to do is stay in the Heavenly Craft Camp and devote some of my attention to controlling it."

"This way, I can gather monsters day and night without being exposed."

"The best of both worlds!"

……

Several days later, in a valley somewhere on Fire Star.

A group of white-haired ape-like monsters, each over three meters tall, lay sprawled on the ground. They had sharp fingers and two enormous eyes that nearly occupied half of their faces, making them quite bizarre in appearance.

A hundred miles away in the mountains and forests, a giant spirit god clad in golden and red armor appeared.

With the help of the Zhu Yu magic sword and the Di Ting supernatural power, they easily discovered the situation inside the valley.

Just as they were about to head into the valley to gather the demonic beasts as usual, they discovered a group of Dao soldiers concealed by magical restrictions thirty miles outside the valley.

If it weren't for the ability to hear the pulse of life, these people would have really escaped.

"Another ambush?"

Inside the Tiangong Camp, Chen Mu, lying on a recliner at the entrance of the Demon-Slaying Camp tent, couldn't help but scratch his head.

This is the third wave of lurking Taoist soldiers he has discovered today.

I just picked up some monsters, why did they send people to ambush me?

Where is the heart and mind?
Where is the capacity?
This is so petty!
Chen Mu curled his lip and immediately controlled the Giant Spirit God to move away.

Fire Star is enormous. If there's an ambush here, could there be ambushes everywhere?
Ah!
……

Half a month later, at noon, the sun was shining brightly.

The Heavenly Craftsmanship Camp's Demon-Slaying Department.

Chen Mu leaned against the entrance of the Demon-Slaying Camp tent, feeling the warm sunlight streaming down from the sky.

Just as I was enjoying myself, I saw Wu Gang walking towards me.

"Go back and rest. There are still no demon-slaying tasks today," Wu Gang said helplessly.

"It's been three days already, so what happened to the Five Clouds Tribe?" Chen Mu asked curiously.

"The camp is short-handed, so the Wuyun Division has been transferred to assist in tracking down the person who stole the monster."

“Without them carrying it, we naturally wouldn’t have been able to complete the demon quest.” Wu Gang said casually, but his eyes were fixed on Chen Mu, carefully observing the expression on his face.

The mysterious disappearance of the monsters has been a hot topic for several days, and the person in front of us happens to have a great need for monster flesh and blood.

Is it possible...

"Without the demon-slaying mission, I can't extract the flesh and blood of demons, which delays my cultivation. That person is really despicable!" Chen Mu glanced at Wu Gang, who was full of questions, and immediately spoke angrily.

You guessed wrong, it's not the person in front of you?

Wu Gang scratched his head. That's true.

General Zhou Tong has already been dispatched, but still has gained nothing.

To be able to play hide-and-seek with the entire Heavenly Craft Camp, how high must the demon thief's cultivation level be? How could such a master possibly be hiding in the filthy and chaotic Demon Exorcism Department?

Wu Gang chuckled, shook his head, said goodbye, and turned to leave.

"Yes, yes, yes, there's absolutely no way someone like that could be hiding in the Demon Exorcism Department!" Chen Mu chuckled as he watched Wu Gang's departing figure.

And then there's the Five Clouds Division, which is the main force of the Heavenly Crafts Camp in transporting demonic beasts.

Now they've all been transferred by Zhou Tong to set up an ambush, this... this is truly an unexpected delight!

Chen Mu couldn't help but smile.
Without them, there are one less group of people competing with me for monsters!

As for being discovered?
Fire Star is so big, and I have the ability to hear with divine hearing, how could I possibly be ambushed?

He immediately returned to the snail shell barracks with a smile and continued to control the giant spirit to gather monsters everywhere.

……

Several days later, inside the central waterside pavilion of Tiangong Camp.

The middle-aged Taoist priest in a black robe spoke nervously, "We have people lying in ambush and monitoring all the large monster hordes on Fire Star, but we haven't found any trace of that thief these past few days. On the contrary..."

"On the contrary?" Zhou Tong's face darkened.

"On the contrary, the area around the monster horde was thoroughly looted, and all the monsters, regardless of size, were wiped out!" The middle-aged Taoist was covered in cold sweat.

This is a provocation!
Zhou Tong's forehead veins bulged.

"Why don't we hurry up and gather the demonic beasts?"

"If we don't act soon, aside from those dozen or so monster hordes, ninety percent of the monsters in other places will probably fall into that person's hands," the middle-aged Taoist priest suggested in a low voice.

"Are you scared?" Zhou Tong's eyes were cold and sharp.

How could I not be afraid?

It can accurately detect our ambush and silently take away the monsters outside the ambush area.

Such an elusive appearance suggests he must be at least a high-level cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage!

If I really had to run into it...

"I suspect this is very likely the work of the sect leader," the middle-aged Taoist said with certainty.

"Taking away the demonic beast but not attacking the disciples lying in ambush nearby is both clear evidence and a hint."

"This implies that we should focus on fulfilling the responsibilities of the Heavenly Crafting Camp, and methodically capture and exorcise demons to build the Fire Path Star, without getting involved in any messy ideas," the middle-aged Taoist priest said earnestly.

"As for the vanished monster corpses..."

"The entire Eleven Stars of Heavenly Pillar were conquered by the Sect Master. All the demonic beasts are the Sect Master's spoils of war. It's just a tiny fraction of what was taken, which is perfectly reasonable!"

Zhou Tong: "..."

He was clearly afraid of that person, but he wouldn't admit it!
How dare they shift the blame to the sect leader?

"You're right!" Zhou Tong nodded, his face full of seriousness.

"Our main purpose in coming to Fire Path Star is to set up a law to prevent the invasion of extraterrestrial demons."

"Collecting and disposing of the monster corpses is just a minor matter. Since the sect leader has a need for it, let's just pretend we don't know anything about it."

The middle-aged Taoist priest: "..."

So you're afraid too.

"The elder is wise!" He immediately bowed and accepted the order.

……

Snail Shell Camp.

Chen Mu listened to the voice coming from beside him and was speechless.

"You are a general, a high-ranking cultivator, how could you be so cowardly?" He was quite dissatisfied.

With many Taoist soldiers busy ambushing him and no one to move the demon beasts, he could seize the opportunity to gather demon beasts before the Five Clouds Division could.

But now...

"Why couldn't you have held on a little longer?" Chen Mu said with a look of regret.

Well, one shouldn't be too greedy. What I've gathered during this period is enough to support my cultivation of the Dao foundation.

It's time to stop and focus on spiritual practice.

(End of this chapter)