I am grinding experience in another world

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Two days later, in Chen Mu’s small courtyard in Thousand Lanterns City.

A tall, thin Yin Spirit in black clothes walked out in high spirits.

By this time, the small mounds that were once scattered around the courtyard had vanished, replaced by a large expanse of flat, hard-packed soil.

Numerous Yin Spirits, following their original organization, gathered around the Soul-Attracting Lamps in groups of over ten, clustering together in the open space in front of the courtyard.

Seeing the tall and thin figure emerging with such joy, everyone’s eyes were filled with envy and hope. Who wouldn’t want to experience learning a Secret Technique without toil, in just the blink of an eye?

However, gazing intently at the small courtyard, there was no call for more to enter.

They were not disappointed, though, because they knew that this would continue tomorrow.

Inside the courtyard, Chen Mu let out a long sigh and hurriedly retracted the True Form of Heavenly Demon back into his brow.

"It’s easy to plant the Spiritual Seed, but hard to transmit the Secret Technique!"

He took out a frozen macaque corpse and activated the energy-restoring technique accompanying the True Form of Heavenly Demon to recover his Vital Energy.

Transmitting the Secret Technique required a massive amount of Yin Spirit Divine Power to carry the true intent of the technique. Even though he had cultivated a rudimentary form of the Divine Fetus that greatly increased his Yin Spirit Divine Power, he still could not transmit to all three hundred at once; he had to do it in batches.

"Now, there aren’t enough macaque corpses," Chen Mu scratched his head.

After the Divine Fetus was developed, he no longer needed the fiery refinement of the Flight of Flame Scripture or the rapid Vital Energy cultivation technique, so he stopped collecting macaque corpses. Little did he expect that he would now face a problem.

"If I just had a large quantity of Jade Dew Pearls, that would work too," Chen Mu sighed.

This was initially a specialty of the Cai Yuan Department, but the Dew Harvesting Spell of the Yin Spirits within Thousand Lanterns City had long since ceased to function.

Pondering this, Chen Mu looked towards the house next door, his face revealing a playful smile.

"I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble Supervisor Shen."

With Shen Yan’s profound cultivation, he could easily extract Jade Dew to water his vegetables. It probably would not be a problem to extract more to help himself recover his Divine Power.

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"Are you an idiot!" Shen Yan’s face was incredulous: "With so many Cai Yuan Department Yin Spirits available, you want me to collect Jade Dew for you?"

"You’re the idiot!" Chen Mu replied unhappily: "If they could still use the Dew Harvesting Spell, I wouldn’t need you!"

"Ha! It seems you have no idea where Jade Dew really comes from." Shen Yan’s lips curled upwards, his face full of teasing.

"Is that so? It seems like you would prefer an additional experience of doing the splits in front of three hundred Yin Spirits!" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

Hisss… The threat had obviously worked.

Shen Yan looked helpless: "Jade Dew comes from the River of Oblivion."

"The Dew Harvesting Spell ceased functioning because Lan Zhang destroyed the Bottomless Pool of the Netherworld Department and sealed the Ghost Gate, resulting in no influence of the River of Oblivion’s power within the camp. The newly born Yin Spirits have weak Divine Power and can’t reach across the void to connect with the River of Oblivion, so naturally, the spell fails."

"But now they all know the Three Paths Curse, which can draw upon the source of the River of Oblivion. You can extract the Weak Water from it, and naturally, they can also collect Jade Dew from within."

Chen Mu’s eyes immediately lit up.

He had not merely taken in three hundred Yin Spirits; he had gained three hundred humanoid Jade Dew Spiritual Fields!

How wonderful it is to farm – I love farming!

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With the Yin Spirits from Hai Character Camp collecting Jade Dew, Chen Mu could quickly recover his Vital Energy. Splurging Divine Power without any restraint, it took him only one day to complete the transmission of the Three Paths Curse.

In order to collect Jade Dew more efficiently, he even took half a day to transmit his perfected Dew Harvesting Spell.

When it comes to farming, watering, fertilizing, choosing seeds, and cultivating seedlings are all normal undertakings. Chen Mu passed on his Dew Harvesting Spell experience extraordinarily eagerly.

In addition, he took time to venture outside Thousand Lanterns City to gather information about the camp.

After all, the absence of an entire group of over three hundred Yin Spirits might lead to consequences. However, the factions within the camp were still fighting fiercely, and even members of the Cai Yuan Department did not notice anyone missing.

"They’re doomed sooner or later!" Shen Yan who had heard the live update couldn’t help but curse again.

Chen Mu, however, was utterly relaxed and cheerfully returned to Thousand Lanterns City.

After being busy for many days, it was time to test the effectiveness of the Three Paths Curse.

Accelerating the back-tracing cultivation of the Divine Fetus was his original intention for bringing people into Thousand Lanterns City.

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In the evening.

Atop a small hill thirty miles away from Hai Character Camp.

Lan Zhang stood in the biting cold wind, staring off into the distance at the faint lights within the camp.

After some time, the shadows behind him stirred, and suddenly, countless eyes opened.

"Those people are busy trying to swallow up each other’s forces. They all want to consolidate all the auxiliary troops in hopes of gaining Antiquity City’s favor and then replace you," Wu Mu’s echoed with layers of childish voices, full of mockery.

"They probably don’t realize that all the auxiliary troops combined are still not as important as a single Soul Summoning Banner. Even if they connect with Antiquity City’s Yin Soldiers, they likely can’t escape being abandoned."

"So we need to find a way to get the Soul Summoning Banner into their hands. That way, Antiquity City will take away these enhanced auxiliary troops," Lan Zhang said with a smile.

"Haven’t seen Shen Yan?" he then asked curiously.

"He might have already left the main camp," Wu Mu replied, puzzled too.

"Forget about him," Lan Zhang shook his head: "We need to pressure these people to contact Antiquity City’s Yin Soldiers sooner."

Following Lan Zhang’s gesture, a group of three-meter-tall red-haired, four-armed, ruby-eyed macaques suddenly burst out from the dense forest of the small hill.

They moved on six limbs, leaping tens of meters at a time; wherever they passed, mud flew and exploded into big pits, and grass, wood, and stones shattered instantly into powder.

Countless ruby-eyed macaques swarmed out in groups, like a fierce, blood-red tide surging towards Hai Character Camp. In a few breaths, they covered the thirty miles and uncontrollably broke into the camp.

Explosions, flames, panic, and screams instantly threw the entire camp into chaos.

The auxiliary troops, with no combat experience, could not organize any effective resistance. In just fifteen minutes, the entire camp was in turmoil. More than a hundred thousand Yin Soldiers scattered in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only a ruined, burning camp.

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In the middle of the night, Thousand Lanterns City.

Chen Mu adjusted the brightness of the Soul-Attracting Lamp, ensuring the lights within Thousand Lanterns City shone brightly, eager to start testing the efficacy of the Three Paths Curse.

The ghost soldiers of the Geng Six Banner were unified in their casting under the command of Hong Xiu, and a massive surge of energy roared into Thousand Lanterns City.

The source!

The source of the River of Oblivion!

Chen Mu was overjoyed.

In the past, when he himself used the Three Paths Curse, he could at best dig a tiny channel from the River of Oblivion’s edge. Now, with three hundred leaders casting together, the small channel instantly became a river two to three meters wide.

He immediately started circulating the Safe Heart Sutra within his body, whereupon a continual flow of weak water surged in; the secret aperture between his eyebrows throbbed rhythmically, filling him with a sense of utter satisfaction.

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How thrilling!

He immediately focused his spirit, exerting all his effort to intercept the force of the weak water, guiding it into the secret aperture between his eyebrows. Feeling the spirited vitality of the visibly enhancing ghost pattern, Chen Mu was so immersed in the process that he couldn’t bring himself to stop.

The bamboo tube’s dripping echoed, and time slowly passed, the night growing ever deeper. It wasn’t until dawn approached, and the divine power of the Yin Spirits gradually depleted, causing the source of the River of Oblivion to slowly fade, that Chen Mu came back to his senses.

The True Form of the Heavenly Demon burst forth from his body, the Divine Ghost Pattern within him seeming to flicker with a silver radiance, and tiny, star-like fragments of the Divine Fetus emerged, flowing from his feet up to his crown, and then, with a swoosh, diving into the nascent form of the Divine Fetus.

Hum!

The entire courtyard seemed as if a high-powered light had been switched on, brightly lit by a pale white glow.

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Some while later, as the glow of the Divine Fetus diminished, Chen Mu removed the nascent form of the Divine Fetus to examine it closely, finding that the mesh-like sphere’s gaps had become more tightly interwoven by a fraction, and that it had sprouted a small cluster of luminous Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.

"If I can perfect the Divine Fetus by a trace every day, wouldn’t it be possible to cultivate it fully in just three to five years?" Chen Mu said with a face full of surprise.

"Becoming muddle-headed from staying up late? Go and get some sleep; dreams have everything." Shen Yan glanced at Chen Mu, his sarcasm undisguised.

Chen Mu could not help but squint his eyes.

This old ghost has been growing increasingly bold lately.

Under Chen Mu’s gaze, Shen Yan remained nonchalantly calm. He had thought it through; since he couldn’t leave Thousand Lanterns City anyway, what did he have to fear?

Somersaults? Splits? Whatever!

"Is there another meaning to this?" Chen Mu, unable to contain his curiosity, eventually asked.

"To complete the Divine Fetus’s recovery as quickly as possible, your three hundred Yin Spirits are nowhere near enough."

"But even if you continue to enlist more help, the Safe Heart Sutra’s ability to refine weak water cannot increase indefinitely."

"Besides, weak water has the ability to aid the ghost pattern in returning to its origin, but it is only an auxiliary. The real limit to the recovery speed is the potential of the Divine Ghost Pattern itself."

"It’s like the black-leaf vegetable freshly planted in this garden; can you expect it to become a dish within one day? Even if you applied an excess of fertilizer, it would be useless."

Chen Mu had a sudden realization: "The speed of the Divine Fetus’s recovery inherently has a limit?"

"Of course." Shen Yan nodded.

"When you initially told me to gather the Yin Spirits, you never mentioned anything about a potential limit!" Chen Mu asked, with a darkened face.

"Lie to you? Skirt around the heavy topics? It’s inevitable," Shen Yan shrugged, adopting the attitude of a pig not fearing scalding water.

Chen Mu was momentarily at a loss for words.

He admitted it! This old ghost had actually admitted to having tricked people from the beginning?!

Was he out of his mind?

Could there be some other plot?

Chen Mu scratched his head in confusion.

His calm had been restored thanks to Shen Yan’s interjection.

"After all, the Divine Fetus is the foundation of the Yin God, which ordinary Yin Spirits could only cultivate over a hundred years. Even with the Three Paths Curse giving an advantage, it’s impossible to cultivate it in a short time."

"Forget it. If it can be done, it’ll be done; I won’t force it."

In Chen Mu’s view, the True Form of the Heavenly Demon was, after all, just a Divine Supernatural Power, not fundamental, and he quickly stabilized his spirit once more.

...

Leaving the Yin Spirits to be arranged by Hong Xiu, allowing them to rest, Chen Mu left Thousand Lanterns City.

The sun rose in the east, and the clouds were a bright red.

The blood-colored sun of Nether Demon Heaven could make creatures bathed in its light irritable, and even though its rays were fervent, they chilled one to the core. Only the rising sun offered a bit of warmth.

"The environment in Nether Demon Heaven is truly awful. Under the influence of the blood sun, Nether Demon Heaven will surely not be free from strife."

"And who knows how long those fellows from the Hai Character Camp will last."

Having seen the disorganized state of Hai Character Camp, Chen Mu couldn’t help but worry. Could he really rely on these people to return to the Netherworld?

Hai Character Camp was now blatantly exposed, with no ghost soldiers to guard it; should they come under attack by the monstrous creatures of Nether Demon Heaven...

His thoughts a whirl, Chen Mu turned his head inadvertently and saw billows of black smoke rising from above the encampment.

Chen Mu’s heart skipped a beat.

It couldn’t be...

Immediately, he activated Truthful Listening, but besides the residual sounds of flames crackling, there were no other noises.

The people?! Where had the more than one hundred thousand Yin Spirits of Hai Character Camp gone?!

I’ve just spent the night cultivating immortality, and Hai Character Camp is gone just like that? Magic tricks aren’t performed like this!

Chen Mu was utterly stunned.