My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 714 Mystery
"What exactly is this stone gate?"

The next morning, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, bathed in the morning light, staring blankly at the stone gate in front of him.

He had been pondering this all night, looking up, down, left, and right, gazing into the distance and zooming in inch by inch.

All they could see was that the gray wall was a huge gray double stone door; they found nothing else.

The stone gate still displays the progress of the arcane arts and provides detailed insights at the corresponding level, just like before. But apart from that, there are no other changes.

"The area above is still obscured by gray fog."

"Perhaps I will be able to see it clearly once I have cultivated my primordial spirit." Chen Mu shook his head regretfully.

After putting away the stone door, he came to his senses and finally remembered that he had completed the jade seed reshaping and cultivated the foundation of his Dao late last night.

The slight regret of not being able to see the whole stone gate was immediately washed away by joy.

In a great mood, he suddenly found everything around him to be lovely.

Even the warm morning light shining on my face seemed to...sweet and delicious?
Ok?
Just sunbathing, how did it turn into something so delicious?!

Isn't this right? !
Chen Mu's eyes widened, and he suddenly stood up.

……

half an hour.

Combining his insights from the stone gate, Chen Mu finally understood the reason.

"Once the foundation of the Dao is established, the Qi cultivator can feed on the celestial primordial energy and transform it into his own magical power, thus initially freeing himself from the need for earthly primordial energy."

"Live just by sunbathing? And have an endless supply of magic power... Amazing!" Chen Mu was overjoyed.

According to the information provided by Shimen, the so-called celestial energy is the radiance of celestial stars.

The sun is the closest celestial body to the earth, and its light contains endless celestial energy, which is why it tastes sweet and delicious.

Chen Mu sighed with emotion, feeling that the world was truly vast and full of wonders.

"The sun in the past was a giant fireball, but the sun here is not necessarily like that."

He thought of his previous experience in the Hornwood Cluster.

The stars in the sky shine not because of the nuclear fusion reactions that occur inside them, but because of a layer of starlight.

That spiritual light is similar to the protective aura of a Qi cultivator, capable of protecting stars from damage and also radiating light inwards and outwards.

"The sun in the sky is probably the same."

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

“The earth’s spiritual energy is probably transformed from the celestial energy.” He said thoughtfully.

The generation of earth's spiritual energy requires special earth vein restrictions.

He had previously ventured underground many times to observe and had long ago discovered that the earth's veins themselves could not generate vital energy.

Looking back now, the ley line restriction was nothing more than a converter.

By harnessing the power of mountains and rivers, the celestial energy is transformed into earth elemental energy that can be refined by Qi cultivators.

Why don't Qi cultivators just use Heavenly Star Qi directly?
"It's not that we don't need to use it, it's that we can't!" Chen Mu understood after a little thought.

When a Qi cultivator refines their spiritual apertures and cultivates the River Chariot, they need to use Primordial Qi.

The primordial energy appears near the earth's veins and spiritual springs, possessing both yin and yang properties.

Now that I think about it, Hunyuan Qi was probably a special kind of primordial energy that was somewhere between celestial and earthly primordial energy.

It possesses both the properties of earth's spiritual energy and the characteristics of celestial energy.

Even if it is just a mixture of primordial energy with a little bit of celestial energy, it can easily corrode the divine aperture of a Qi cultivator.

"If someone absorbs the celestial energy directly without having cultivated a foundation of Dao, they would probably turn into a human torch immediately!"

Chen Mu flipped his wrist, and a delicate jade plate appeared in his hand.

"The earth elemental energy created by the exquisite jade plate must also be transformed from celestial elemental energy," he thought with certainty.

"No wonder the exquisite jade plate can't be used in Thousand Lantern City. It's pitch black inside, with no trace of celestial energy."

……

For several days in a row, Chen Mu carefully comprehended the changes in his Dao Foundation.

The jade seed was successfully reshaped, and the body underwent a rapid transformation. However, this change did not happen overnight, but rather slowly over a long period of time.

At this moment, golden light flashed from time to time on various organs in his body.

As the transformation progresses, more and more miraculous changes gradually occur.

"This must be the innate protective energy."

Chen Mu felt the invisible and intangible yet ever-present, all-encompassing, invisible force field protecting him, and he understood.

This protective force not only surrounds the outside of the body, but also extends to the inside and outside of every cell within the body.

It is a protective force that comes from the inside out and permeates the whole body.

It was as if Chen Mu was frozen inside a block of ice. To harm him, one would first have to penetrate the thick layer of ice on the outside.

Even if the outer defenses are breached, Chen Mu himself remains as hard as an old popsicle, possessing formidable defensive capabilities.

"The protective aura of celestial demons and monsters is probably similar."

Recalling his previous experience exorcising demons in the Starry Sky, Chen Mu nodded knowingly.

Those extraterrestrial demons, regardless of size, were all surrounded by an invisible aura. Even in death, this aura protected their bodies. To skin and dismember them, one would first need to use demon-dispelling techniques to break through that aura. "Could my aura also be suppressed by demon-dispelling techniques?" Chen Mu hesitated for a moment.

He raised his right index finger, and a pale green blade the size of a fingernail appeared at the tip of his finger.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Mu carefully extended the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Qi towards the back of his left hand.

A force like a bouncing ball came from it. The demon-slaying energy seemed to have sentience and immediately began to change its nature, as if it wanted to find a way to resolve the corresponding energy.

At the same time, Yu Chan's energy also began to change slightly on its own.

Chen Mu burst out laughing as he watched the changes in the two.

The Demon-Slaying Blade is like a key that constantly changes shape, while the Jade Cicada Qi is like a lock whose internal structure constantly changes.

After a quarter of an hour of back and forth, the Demon-Slaying Blade failed to break through the protective aura.

"As expected of the true lineage of Qi Refining!"

"It's similar to the aura of a celestial demon, but it's clearly more sophisticated than the aura of a demon!" Chen Mu said with a smile.

The demonic energy is present from birth, but its nature is relatively fixed. As long as the target power is found, it can be easily broken.

A Qi cultivator's innate Qi cannot be achieved overnight.

It requires evolving step by step from protective armor, protective spiritual light, and innate qi, until a foundation for the Dao is established before it can be fully mastered.

Although it takes a long time, it is incredibly versatile and can withstand the effects of exorcisms, making it clearly more sophisticated.

"Take the essence and optimize it."

"We must thank the Dao Ancestors who created the Qi Refining Secret Method!"

……

Second floor of Shangpinju Restaurant, Zhang'an County.

Chen Mu sat at a square table by the window, slowly cracking pumpkin seeds.

Having cultivated the foundation of the Dao, he possessed the aptitude to cultivate the primordial spirit, with a guaranteed lifespan of at least three hundred years. The urgency he once felt in constantly pursuing the path of the Dao vanished instantly.

While waiting for his body to transform, Chen Mu spent his days grinding for secret techniques experience and wandering around.

This isn't the first time I've come to Zhang'an County to experience its local customs and culture, just like today.

"Compared to the desolate border region of Liang back then, the people here are obviously much happier."

Looking out the window at the healthy people, regardless of age or gender, Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh.

When he first came to this world, he was in the desolate borderland of Daliang. The land was teeming with ghosts and monsters, and basic productivity was insufficient.

The people were starving and cold, and they also had to suffer the torment of the spirits of the dead.

Every so often, chaos and turmoil would occur, making life a living hell.

"No matter how sinister and evil the underworld may be, the City God's ritual system they created has genuinely improved the lives of ordinary people."

Adjusting the earth's veins and diluting the earth's spiritual energy is not beneficial to Qi cultivators, but it can make crops grow more luxuriantly and livestock fatter in the mortal world.

The Yinming worms, which live together from birth, can make people strong, healthy, and free from all diseases.

In this way, the basic living standards of ordinary people are greatly guaranteed.

"Even if they knew they had Yinming worms inside them, they probably wouldn't care."

Chen Mu then turned to look at Yun Shan and Di Xing, who were sitting carefully opposite him.

"Moreover, the Yinming Worm can also enable ordinary people to cultivate the Yin God Transformation."

Without needing innate talent or divine innate ability, one can easily wield power comparable to a Qi Refiner. Meanwhile, nine out of ten Qi Refiners may never complete their Qi Condensation cultivation before death. So who would care if there were Yin-Yang Worms within their bodies?

Thinking of the hardships he had endured along the way, and glancing at Yunshan across the way, whose aura was clearly three points stronger, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Is this because he practiced the Seven Emotions Spell, thus advancing the God of the Underworld's power?
Tsk!
"Have you practiced the Seven Emotions Spell?" Chen Mu asked knowingly.

"Thank you, Lord, for bestowing such a wonderful incantation!" Yunshan's eyes shone with joy.

"How was the effect?" Chen Mu asked curiously.

He was worried about the hidden dangers of the seven emotions in sentient beings, so he never practiced the Seven Emotions Mantra and was not really clear about the detailed effects and feelings of the mantra.

"Since I acquired the Seven Emotions Curse, my mind has become increasingly clear, and the whispers of divine and demonic backlash that had been lingering in my mind have basically disappeared."

"Within a month at most, I will be able to attempt the Nine Transformations of the Underworld God!" Yunshan said excitedly.

Is it really that easy to break through to the next level?
Each stage of my spiritual practice took me several years of hard work to complete!
I'm getting more and more annoyed.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

"Didn't feel any side effects?" His eyes remained calm, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, deliberately displaying a mischievous and amused smile.

Di Xing, who was sitting next to Yunshan, immediately changed his expression.

Yunshan's heart skipped a beat as well: "Side effects?!"

"Does this Seven Emotions Curse have any side effects?!" His voice began to tremble.

"Isn't that exactly what I need you to tell me?" Chen Mu grinned, his smile growing increasingly sinister.

Yunshan: "..."

Do I really need to tell you about the side effects?
I've become a guinea pig for testing martial arts techniques!

Finished!

(End of this chapter)