My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 706 Success
The days passed by.

Aside from cultivating his Dao foundation, Chen Mu spent most of his time hunting demons.

He used the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra to determine the direction and used the Plague Immortal Technique to release demonic poison. Many demons and monsters in the underworld were defeated, and the essence and flesh stored in the bottomless pool increased day by day.

That day, following the directions calculated by the arithmetic manual, he appeared outside a valley.

Using his supernatural ability to listen, he quickly spotted a rather familiar middle-aged man.

The other person had no hair on their head and blood-red eyes, with thin lines of blood spreading from the corners of their eyes to the top of their head, outlining patterns like lotus petals, creating an eerie beauty.

"This is... Zhou Tong?"

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine.

Before he could figure out why Zhou Tong's appearance had changed so drastically, similar figures began to appear one after another within the perception of the Divine Listening Power.

Those were the Dao soldiers of Huodao City who followed Zhou Tong.

At this moment, their auras changed drastically; their eyes were bloodshot and they were emaciated. Their faces were filled with ferocity, like cats whose fur was about to stand on end, ready to fight at the slightest provocation.

In the short time Chen Mu was observing, three disputes suddenly broke out.

The onlookers not only didn't stop them, but instead cheered excitedly. Their eyes even gleamed with greed, as if they were looking at their companions as if they were prey.

Something's not right with this group!

Chen Mu felt a tightness in his scalp.

The calculations clearly indicated the presence of demons and monsters in this area, yet this group of mutated Dao soldiers appeared instead...

This... this classifies Zhou Tong and the others as Netherworld Demons?

Chen Mu looked up at the blood-red sky, then down at Zhou Tong and the others whose figures and auras had drastically changed, and a chill suddenly ran down his spine.

This demonic blood light can actually transform a Qi cultivator into a demonic monster?!
hiss!
"No wonder when the Netherworld Demon Heaven invaded before, they only drove them away slightly before letting Zhou Tong's Dao soldiers scatter. So that's what they were waiting for here!" Chen Mu felt a chill in his heart.

But why am I okay?

Is it because of the transformation of the God of the Underworld?

Chen Mu had a guess in his mind.

He no longer cared about hunting demons and immediately returned to the underground cave to enter Thousand Lantern City.

Then, Zhu Yu used his magic sword to search for Li Jiu, Fei Zhao, and the others, and indeed found that both of them and their subordinate soldiers had undergone varying degrees of change.

Previously, he was thinking about escaping the heavy responsibility of the Fire Path Star, but now he spends his days fighting for territory with the surrounding monsters, and has become a local demon of the Underworld Demon Realm.

"This Fire Star... can't stay here any longer."

……

More than ten days later, in the City of a Thousand Lights.

Dozens of enormous soul-guiding lamps floated in mid-air, illuminating the dark city of a thousand lanterns.

On the vast, flat land, in front of the only remaining three-story wooden building, Chen Mu lay with his eyes closed in a rocking chair.

His magical power fluctuated slightly, and his consciousness seemed to be immersed in a constantly churning gray fog.

The fog condenses and disperses, creating scenes that are sometimes familiar and sometimes unfamiliar.

At one point, a small hill that was three parts unfamiliar and seven parts familiar appeared in my mind.

"Qiluo Mountain is complete!"

Chen Mu's lips curled up, and he opened his eyes.

With a slight thought, the gray wall came into view.

Nine Cups Arithmetic: 337/10000/Fifth Order;

Having discovered Zhou Tong's unusual behavior and learned of the strange effects of the Netherworld Blood Light, Chen Mu has been staying in Thousand Lantern City these past few days and hasn't dared to go out.

In order to leave as soon as possible, he began to practice the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra with all his might, and the results were quite pleasing.

"This arithmetic scripture isn't entirely useless, is it?" Chen Mu chuckled.

After entering the fifth level, the gray wall provided a lot of feedback, and he gradually discovered the wonders of this secret technique.

"Using abacuses to predict fate is definitely nonsense, but it is not impossible to use them to measure real things."

"Its function is less about calculation and prediction and more about theft."

"Stealing all the information that already exists in the world." Chen Mu realized.

If we compare the entire universe to a vast database, then the Calculation Scripture is like a hacker program. It can use special calculations to intervene in the universe and obtain certain information. This was the case when calculating the location of the demon on the Fire Path Star, and it is the same when calculating the location of the Heavenly Demon in Luan Du County, Yunzhou.

……

Two days later, in the underground cave.

Chen Mu stood on the rocky platform, his bulging Five Ghosts Bag floating not far in front of him.

Within the secret aperture between the eyebrows, the Yin Spirit Embryo, enveloped in invisible flames, slowly rotated, and wisps of Yin Spirit divine power flew out and entered the Five Ghosts Bag.

Immediately, wisps of black smoke shot out from the Five Ghosts Bag.

As the mountain-carrying technique was activated, the plumes of black smoke gathered in mid-air to form a dark cloud.

Chen Mu chanted the Jade Gate Mantra in a low voice.

Dark clouds began to slowly churn in the sky.

hum!
The dark clouds suddenly swirled and converged towards the center, and in the blink of an eye, a gray archway-shaped stone gate, more than ten meters high, appeared in mid-air.

A curtain, resembling a semi-transparent water curtain, shrouded the entrance, behind which lay deep darkness, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The gates of hell are now in place!

"After more than two months of preparation, it's time to leave Fire Star."

Chen Mu extended his right hand, and twelve thin crimson lines appeared, breaking through the rock wall above his head. The scattered Zhu Yu magic swords returned, like agile fish, slowly slipping into his sleeve.

The Qi Restriction extended for a hundred miles, and the Breath-Suppressing Stones and Talismans embedded in the rock cave walls rose up, which Chen Mu retrieved one by one.

After glancing at the underground cave one last time, Chen Mu no longer hesitated. With a flash of golden light, he darted into the Gate of Hell.

The massive ghost gate transformed into wisps of black smoke, rotating and contracting inward. With a flash of black light, it vanished without a trace.

Just as Chen Mu and Gui Men disappeared together, an invisible force swept across the entire cave.

Tian Guan Star, Tian Guan City.

Meng Qingchan, who was sitting cross-legged deep inside the Star Lord's Palace, suddenly opened her eyes.

"Shrinking the earth and shifting the body? This guy actually has such a secret technique and supernatural power?" She looked surprised.

"Hiding underground and using a special magic array to conceal his aura and figure, no wonder he always managed to disappear inexplicably when we were tracking him before."

“It’s a pity that my origin was damaged, so I couldn’t quickly influence the Star Lord Jiao Mu and couldn’t fully master the Star Lord’s power, otherwise…” Meng Qingchan looked at her child-sized hands and couldn’t help but grit her teeth.

Thinking about the current situation, which was caused by Chen Mu extracting too much vital energy from the Heavenly Gourd and disrupting the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell Technique, she couldn't help but feel resentful.

Taking several deep breaths, Meng Qingchan tried to calm her fluctuating emotions.

"That little thief got off easy."

"Well, let them go. The most urgent thing is to devour Lord Hornwood as soon as possible."

"Compared to the path of enlightenment, these are just minor grudges, not worth mentioning," she reassured herself through gritted teeth.

……

This wasn't the first time Chen Mu had used the Ghost Gate Shrinking Earth Teleportation technique.

Before him was a familiar, bizarre scene, his own body was eerily stretched and twisted, yet he felt no discomfort.

At a certain moment, it was as if an invisible barrier was suddenly broken through, like fireworks exploding, with a burst of bright white sparks surrounding it.

Then it was like pressing a switch.

bang bang bang...

A series of sparks exploded, making the already bizarre passageway even more dazzling.

Chen Mu silently counted in his mind. After thirty-two consecutive bursts of sparks, the light and shadow before his eyes suddenly disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the azure sky came into view.

Swish!
Chen Mu suddenly appeared in a mountain forest.

The energy, carrying dust and grass leaves, swirled and flew in all directions.

Chen Mu stood up, looked at the somewhat familiar hill at his feet, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"We finally made it back to Yunzhou safely."

He looked up and saw that the Fire Star, which had been occupied by demons, was now completely obscured by the azure sky.

A sense of security welled up in Chen Mu's heart.

(End of this chapter)