My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 709 Source
On the hillside of an unnamed hill, a small waterfall cascades down, and the stream trickles into a pool.

In front of the thatched hut, five paper ghost figures sat in a row on the back of a rocking chair, rocking the chair like a cradle.

Chen Mu lay comfortably in the rocking chair, enjoying the mountain breeze.

From the open Five Ghosts Bag in his right hand, unseen streams of Yin spiritual power surged forth, arcing through the air before entering Chen Mu's brow.

By a twist of fate, it spun around, absorbing and refining the immense power of the Yin spirits. Wisps of cool and agile white mist appeared, all drilling into the divine embryo bead at the center of the secret aperture.

The white, jade-like bead trembled slightly, spinning merrily, as if it had eaten honey. The colorless, seven-emotional flames surrounding him instantly surged and expanded a full circle.

"The increased number of Yin spirits is indeed accelerating the transformation of the Heavenly Demon Body." Chen Mu opened his eyes, glanced at the densely packed Yin spirits inside the Five Ghost Bag, and couldn't help but smile.

Over the past few months, strange monsters have appeared from time to time.

Because of the Jade Cicada Manual, Chen Mu frequently exhausted his magical power, forcing him to use the Exquisite Jade Plate to generate earth spirit energy to replenish it. This caused the concentration of spirit energy in the surrounding area to rise, attracting demons to his doorstep.

The Candle Dragon Transformation has been deployed repeatedly, and the number of Yin spirits in the Five Ghost Bag has increased dramatically, now exceeding ten thousand.

"Kangzhou has been infiltrated by the Netherworld for many years, and Netherworld God Transformation warriors are everywhere."

"With the base population increasing, it is inevitable that mutations will occur and a large number of strange monsters will emerge."

Before the thought could even finish, white mist suddenly appeared in the dense forest at the foot of the mountain.

Another strange demon has come to offer warmth?
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, looking as happy as a fisherman who saw a big fish actively crawling into his fish basket.

……

Late at night.

The space inside the Five Ghosts Bag was pitch black.

Clumps of ghostly spirits, like duckweed floating on water or drunken fish, drifted slowly inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

a moment.

A plume of black smoke flew seemingly unintentionally to the center of the Five Ghosts Bag, skimming across the calm, mirror-like surface of the Bottomless Pool.

Like a thief casually reaching into his pocket, he swiftly snatched a wisp of white smoke from the bottomless pool. After rapidly absorbing it into his smoke-like body, he turned and leisurely left the bottomless pool, feigning nonchalance.

Not long after it left, another plume of black smoke stealthily appeared. It was as if the scene had been repeated, the same thing happening again.

Inside the thatched hut, Chen Mu, who was pretending to sleep with his eyes half-closed, had a face as black as a rock: "So that's why half of the demon flesh and blood in the Bottomless Pool was missing! It turns out it was you little bastards!"

Several days ago, he discovered that the amount of demon flesh and blood essence stored in the Bottomless Pool was abnormal, and he initially suspected the Five Ghost Bag.

The bag's original form was the stomach of the demon Red Pot. Although it had been refined into a magical artifact, it was still a living entity with the instinct to devour flesh and blood. Over the years, it had consumed a considerable amount of flesh and blood essence.

However, after observing carefully for two or three days, it was discovered that the Five Ghosts Bag did not harm the Bottomless Pool at all.

He only realized it was the Yin Spirit Monster that was secretly devouring flesh and blood essence when he woke up in the middle of the night and subconsciously looked around.

To be precise, they should be the ghostly creatures that have been transformed from the devouring demon Yinming over the past few months.

"The original four thousand Yin Soul Monsters contained Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds and would not disturb the Bottomless Pool."

"Several thousand new ghostly monsters have arrived, but they are merely forcibly confined to the Five Ghost Bags by the Yama Emperor's decree."

"The bottomless pool is right there, and given the inherent greed of the ghosts for flesh and blood essence, it's like putting a bunch of fish in front of a group of cats. How could they not steal the fish?"

Chen Mu felt a pang of heartache as he watched the vital energy in the bottomless pool shrink.

"Thankfully, it was discovered in time."

"We need to hurry up and implant the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into the Yin Ghost."

……

The next day.

In front of the thatched house.

Chen Mu sat on a small bamboo chair with a backrest.

A cloud of black smoke, one meter in diameter, floated in the air in front of him.

The power of Yama's incantation radiated, freezing the ghost in place.

A tiny spark, no bigger than a pinhead, flew out from between the eyebrows, like a candle flame that might be extinguished at any moment, and drifted unsteadily toward the cloud of black smoke.

The bright spot disappeared into the body of the ghost, and Chen Mu stared at it with some tension.

After a long while, sensing the appearance of the invisible connection, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and put the black smoke cloud in front of him into the Five Ghosts Bag.

"Another one."

"The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed truly retains its true nature." Chen Mu said with deep agreement.

"Yeah, still pitifully weak." He tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling a slight ache in his teeth.

Upon discovering that the ghostly spirits were stealing the essence of flesh and blood, Chen Mu immediately decided to implant spirit seeds into all the newly arrived ghostly spirits.

He even suspended his daily practice for this reason.

After a whole morning of work, he had only managed to implant the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into a little over a hundred ghostly spirits. Meanwhile, the Five Ghost Bag contained six or seven thousand newly recruited ghostly spirits. "Even if I suspend all cultivation, it will still take me more than a month to finish this!"

Just as I was figuring out how to arrange my time, five plumes of white mist surged up the mountain from its foot.

In the blink of an eye, the area around the thatched hut was filled with a thick fog so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Again? !
And it was five strange demons coming together?

What's this, a happy trouble?
Chen Mu's face twitched.

I did say that the more the better.

Five strange monsters appearing in one day? Isn't that a bit too many?!

……

Cuiping Mountain outside Zhang'an County.

As usual, Yunshan, the temple keeper of the City God Temple, came to the main hall of the City God Temple, lit incense and prayed, silently reciting the "Guardian of Life Sutra".

"I never would have guessed you were so devout, sir." A middle-aged man dressed in black entered the main hall.

“You’re actively attracting more and more strange demons, and the City God can’t show himself to watch over them.” The middle-aged man stared at Yunshan, his eyes filled with inquiry.

"Afraid that I will unleash evil spirits and wreak havoc on Zhang'an County?" Yunshan finished reciting the entire scripture, looked up at the newcomer, and spoke with a smile.

"Di Xing, you really do love the people like your own children." His eyes were full of sarcasm.

"The treacherous minister Lai Qi betrayed the country for personal gain, voluntarily submitted to the Great Zhou and became its subject, and brought the Great Zhou's evil demons into the country, causing the deaths of countless people."

"Instead of going after these treacherous officials, you come here to gossip and criticize me."

"You suspect I fed ordinary people to appease the demons? Where's the evidence?"

"You want to question my crimes? You have no right to do so!" Yunshan sneered.

Di Xing's face was ashen, but he took a deep breath and said with a tough expression, "I am the inspector of the Lock Dragon Academy, and I have the authority to supervise the City God Temple priests. Tell me, how exactly did you deal with those strange demons!"

"Oh, you want to promote my method and benefit Da Hong?" Yun Shan looked at Di Xing with amusement.

"In this entire Hong Dynasty, you're the only smart one, the only one who cares about the country and its people?" he said with a mocking expression.

Di Xing immediately frowned.

"Looking back over the past few hundred years, since the appearance of the demon, apart from driving it away and setting it aside, have you ever seen anyone who could make the demon fall into the River of Oblivion in advance?"

"The anomaly here is at most a special mechanism, a coincidence. The safest course of action is to ignore it," Yunshan said calmly.

"An excuse!" Di Xing retorted sharply, "I think you just want to monopolize this way of quickly earning military merits!"

"Ah!"

"Do you know that as early as three months ago, General Zhao, the Duke of Protector of the State and the garrison commander of Xuanmi County, sent me a message?"

"I must not make a fuss about it, nor can I investigate it," Yunshan said with a playful expression.

"Duke Protector of the Nation? How is that possible?!" Di Xing's face was full of disbelief.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, I've driven all those strange demons to Cloud Mist Mountain, three hundred miles away."

"As for how the demon disappeared, I don't care, and General Zhao won't ask. If you're so capable, go and investigate for yourself. And you'll have to bear all the consequences yourself."

Upon hearing this, Di Xing disregarded the consequences. He immediately wanted to rush to Cloud Mist Mountain to find a way to deal with the demons and stop the Great Flood of Demonic Chaos.

"Guess what the Great Zhou Empire would do if they heard that we have a way to make the demons disappear?" Yunshan said quietly.

Di Xing's foot, which had just crossed the threshold, stopped abruptly in mid-air.

war?

confusion?

"Just because we're worried, does that mean we should do nothing?" Di Xing retorted, his face extremely grim.

"Of course you can do it, but can you guarantee you'll find a way to deal with the monster?"

"Whether you succeed or not, as long as the news gets out, even without the Great Zhou taking any action, those big shots in the court will take the initiative to request more demons to enter the Great Zhou."

"Do you dare to bet?" Yunshan looked at Di Xing with an indifferent expression.

"The Great Zhou Dynasty constantly drove away the evil demons and monsters, treating the Great Flood like a garbage dump."

"Making a big fuss about finding a way to deal with the monsters will only attract more monsters and cause even greater chaos."

"If you want to bring blessings to Dahong, you might as well secretly guide a few more demons into Yunwu Mountain," Yunshan sighed, offering his earnest advice.

Chen Mu, who was eavesdropping on the two's conversation with the Zhu Yu magic sword, was speechless.

The Great Zhou treated the Great Flood as a garbage dump, and you old geezer treat me like a garbage dump, huh?!
No wonder the monsters have been attacking one after another lately; it turns out it's all because of you, old man, causing trouble behind the scenes.

Dry!
(End of this chapter)