My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 708 Strange Demon
Time flies in the mountains, and several months pass in the blink of an eye.

The rolling mountains are filled with towering ancient trees.

Its bark is rough and reddish-brown, and its branches are straight and sturdy. The tallest branches even reach into the clouds.

A faint golden light suddenly bloomed on a branch.

Immediately, the light and shadow shifted, and the golden light rapidly expanded, revealing a human figure.

"Three hundred feet in an instant! With the advancement of the Jade Cicada Secret Manual, the distance of the Sky-Piercing Rainbow Light has indeed increased again!" Chen Mu was overjoyed.

For the past few months, Chen Mu has been living in seclusion. He maintains a regular daily routine and cultivates step by step. He has successfully advanced to the ninth level of the Jade Cicada Secret Manual.

He took another small, solid step forward on his path of Qi cultivation.

At this moment, the jade becomes increasingly round and antique, with dense, fine golden lines filling the increasingly thick outer shell of the jade.

Threads of golden light weave and shimmer within the patterns, resembling dense clusters of roots of plants, or even clusters of blood vessels and nerves in the human body.

"Why does it look seven or eight parts similar to the Yin Spirit Embryo?"

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, raised his hand and lightly touched his brow, pulling out a walnut-sized, jade-white bead from his secret orifice. It was the Yin Spirit Divine Embryo cultivated by the Heavenly Demon Body.

"The divine embryo is formed when the Yin spirit returns to its origin and completes the innate ghost pattern. It is the foundation for the Yin spirit to advance further."

"The Dao Foundation is what Qi Refiners obtain by reshaping the Jade Seed using the Dao Foundation Diagram as a blueprint. It is also the foundation for cultivating the Primordial Spirit."

"Qi cultivators and Yin spirits seem completely different, but in some ways they are quite similar."

"Who copied whom is probably only known to the Dao Ancestor who opened up the path of cultivation."

Chen Mu smiled and put the divine embryo back into the secret acupoint between his eyebrows.

A flash of golden light, followed by another burst of rainbow light, and the figure vanished.

Before long, joyful shouts echoed through the mountains and forests, eliciting howls and strange cries from the wild beasts in response.

……

at dusk.

A long table is placed on the corridor in front of the wooden building on the cliff.

A pitch-black Primordial Elixir Furnace was embedded in the center of the table, inside which a full pot of exotic beast meat was bubbling away.

Chen Mu took a sip of the Nourishing Spirit Wine, smelling the rich aroma of meat, and looked completely satisfied.

There are many strange beasts in the deep mountains and forests; one even howled at him that afternoon. Thinking back on it now, it still sends chills down his spine.

"I can only eat a few more bites to calm my nerves." Chen Mu shook his head helplessly, picked up a piece of stewed meat, put it in his mouth, and chewed it fiercely.

Back in the afternoon, the most frightening thing was the roaring of the thing in the pot!

With the cold wild vegetables and the refreshing nourishing wine, Chen Mu ate to his heart's content.

While eating, he didn't forget to activate his supernatural ability to listen, as usual.

Hundreds of miles away in the West Market of Zhang'an County, a crimson feather magic sword buried deep underground hummed softly. Various sounds from inside and outside the West Market reached Chen Mu's ears.

He had been accustomed to this for months while living in seclusion deep in the mountains.

It's partly to gather information, and partly to absorb the presence of living people.

A conversation caught Chen Mu's attention.

"Looking at the entire thirteen kingdoms of Kangzhou, the Great Zhou Empire can be considered quite powerful."

"All the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty were militarists and were always criticized for being warmongering. We, the Great Hong, have submitted to them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Alas, the situation is what it is, what can we do? Besides, it's better to submit than to be destroyed."

"Too……"

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow slightly, and his chewing movements slowed down considerably.

"Congo?"

"Is this the Connecticut I know?" A distant memory slowly surfaced in my mind.

Xiaowa Town, Pingdan County, Luofeng Prefecture, is the land guardian under the command of Tao Yuzhenjun.

This is the divine position he was granted when he signed the deification contract in the underworld.

And this Luofeng County, Pingdan County, is located in Kangzhou!

"After wandering around for more than ten years, I've actually ended up here... It's really..."

Although he had never been to Connecticut before, he still felt a complex mix of emotions, like revisiting a familiar place.

……

Knowing that he was in Connecticut, he realized that a powerful dark force was infiltrating the area.

Chen Mu's life remained peaceful; he spent his days either cultivating or wandering in the mountains.

Occasionally, they would catch one or two unlucky exotic beasts to satisfy their appetite.

Deep in the mountains and forests, ancient trees, thick enough for more than ten people to hug, stand tall.

As the sun set, Chen Mu sat with his back against a tree trunk on a straight branch, enjoying the cool breeze.

He curled up in a ball, one leg dangling down, and the semi-transparent gray wall came into view.

Heavenly Demon Armor: 379/10000/Tier 8;

Nine Cups Arithmetic: 436/10000/Fifth Order;

Ten Directions Hand: 7653/10000/Third Rank; "These three secret techniques will probably have to be put on hold for the time being." Chen Mu shook his head regretfully.

Without the dissection of the extraterrestrial monster, the Heavenly Demon Armor once again fell into a crawl and had to be put on hold.

Nine Cups of Calculation?

Forget it, let's not talk about this thing anymore. It's okay for predicting the weather on ordinary days, but it's never been reliable when it comes to big events.

The Ten Directions Hand technique originates from a fragment of the Thousand Mountains Classic. Once mastered, it must have many other wonderful uses. Unfortunately, I don't have the energy right now, so I have to put it on hold for now.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Mu continued to look at the other secret techniques.

Traction method: 1115/10000/7th order;

Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique: 2138/10000/Tier 5;

Plague Immortal Technique: 7419/10000/Sixth Rank;

Jade Cicada Secret Manual: 439/10000/Ninth Rank;

"The Jade Cicada Manual is the foundation of cultivation; one must devote great effort to its practice."

"The Plague Immortal Technique combined with demonic poison is really effective. I can spend some time practicing it and maybe it will have miraculous effects."

"The Soul-Absorbing and Rejuvenating Technique doesn't require much effort. When the Giant Spirit God absorbs vital energy to nourish itself, it can also enhance its abilities."

"The same applies to the Qi-Tracing Technique. Since you need to use the Crimson Feather Sword to probe your surroundings every day, there's no need for special training."

Facing the gray wall, Chen Mu planned out his upcoming cultivation schedule one by one.

"The Heavenly Demon Body also needs to continue to be nourished and transformed." He then looked at the divine embryo bead containing colorless flames within the secret aperture between his eyebrows.

This thing is second only to the foundation of Dao cultivation; it can also be considered the basis of Dao practice.

……

The moon was high in the sky, and its bright light shone down on the mountains and forests.

In the stillness of the night, a wisp of mist quietly emerges from the shadows at the foot of the mountain.

The mist, resembling a jellyfish, slowly drifted forward in mid-air as it expanded and contracted.

Silently climbing up the mountainside, dodging the splashing water droplets from the small waterfall, we arrived at the window of the thatched hut.

Like a drop of water merging into the ocean, it gently falls into the shadows beneath the window and disappears.

The dim shadows grew even darker, like a bottomless abyss.

Then, as if it came to life, it slowly wriggled and climbed up the wall below the window, spreading little by little.

It seeped into the room through the gaps in the window sill, and slowly gathered into patches at the end of the thatched roof.

hum!
A dark shadow suddenly appeared, and a strange human face abruptly emerged from the rooftop.

Its mouth slowly split open to its ears, revealing a row of serrated teeth.

Two large, scarlet eyes stared intently at Chen Mu, who was fast asleep below, their eyes filled with ferocity and greed.

Food...chewed...slurped...

Intermittent murmurs lingered in the shadows, as if countless people were shouting madly, their enormous eyes bloodshot.

"You want to eat me?" A soft laugh rang out.

The strange face that was about to rush off the roof suddenly stopped.

Before anyone knew it, Chen Mu, who was lying flat on the bed, had opened his eyes. He tilted his head and looked at the dark shadow on the ceiling, revealing a hearty smile.

"What a coincidence! I want to eat you too!"

Candle Dragon Transformation!
hold head high!
A wisp of gray smoke flew out from Chen Mu's body and instantly transformed into a ferocious dragon head.

With a single inhale, the grotesque face of the dark figure on the roof was violently pulled off.

The grotesque face rapidly split into countless black shadows, ropes that gripped the roof, attempting to prevent a fall.

But after only a brief stalemate, amidst a series of cracking and snapping sounds, it was sucked into the giant mouth of the Candle Dragon with a panicked scream.

A short, mournful cry suddenly rang out.

boom!
Countless heads, trailing trails of white smoke, emerged, rushing through the walls and out of the thatched huts, disappearing into the world in the blink of an eye.

"A strange demon, it's been a long time." Chen Mu got up and stood by the window, feeling the power of the River of Oblivion gradually dissipating in the air, and shrugged with a smile.

The warrior who transforms into a god of the underworld must have the bloodline of gods and demons enter his body; if he loses control and undergoes a mutation, he will turn into an unpredictable and monstrous evil.

In the past, when I encountered him, I could only run away.

but now……

Chen Mu glanced at the hundreds of newly arrived Yin spirits in the Five Ghosts Bag and smiled.

"All these years of training haven't been for nothing."

The demon is accompanied by the Netherworld Insects. The Five Ghosts Bag can devour the Netherworld Insects and turn them into ghostly monsters.

The more Yin spirits there are, the stronger the Zhulong Transformation becomes. It also provides more Yin spirit power, allowing the Heavenly Demon Body to transform more quickly.

"A dangerous demon?"

"Ha ha……"

“The more the merrier!”

(End of this chapter)