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Let Hong Xiu lead Feng Qianli to settle the newly acquired Yin Spirits, while Chen Mu took Shen Yan and sneaked out of Thousand Lanterns City, beginning their nocturnal pursuit.

With the Truthful Listening Technique, the dim light of the night did not hinder his investigation. He and Shen Yan could both merge into the Gentle Breeze, easily avoiding most of the dangerous demons and monsters active in the night.

A busy night unfolded, as they gathered four more scattered small groups of Yin Spirits.

By the time the Xue Yang rose in the east, Chen Mu had not found any trace of the main force.

Inside Thousand Lanterns City, seeing more and more humanoid Spiritual Fields, he simply couldn’t bring himself to feel happy.

"There are Yin Soldiers in the Auxiliary Soldier Camp, aren’t there? They should be able to hold their ground to some extent. How could such a large group of people just disperse like that?" Chen Mu scratched his head.

Shen Yan examined the Yin Spirits they gathered last night, frowning deeply, "We gathered five teams last night, not to mention the Cai Yuan Department, the leaders of the two Flame Moving Division teams, weren’t Yin Soldiers."

"If the Yin Soldiers ran away on their own, fine, but I’m worried they were deliberately drawn away by someone with ulterior motives!" His face was grave.

"You’re telling me someone purposely withdrew all the competent Yin Soldiers?" Chen Mu’s heart skipped a beat and he couldn’t help but widen his eyes, "Gather the elite and then use the large number of ordinary auxiliary soldiers as bait to attract the water monkeys?"

It couldn’t be, right?

That ruthless?

All of a sudden, Chen Mu remembered that not long after the troops had fled the camp, they immediately split up, with a small detachment heading southeast. Could that have been the Yin Soldier teams led by the Generals of the Auxiliary Soldiers?

Those were powerful Safe Heart Yin Soldiers, and their leading Generals were even at the Divine Fetus realm.

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To engage in such acts?

Really lame!

...

Three days later.

Thousand Lanterns City, inside a small courtyard.

Bai Qing was a dark-skinned, tall, and sturdy man. His upper body was wrapped in bandages stained with blood. He sat upright and respectfully at the round table.

"Military Supervisor, there indeed was a military order calling us, but I didn’t go," Bai Qing shook his head and then sneered with irony, "I don’t pee in the same pot as those old soldiers from the City Defense Camp."

"These sons of bitches really became deserters!" Shen Yan’s face turned the color of iron.

For the past few days, they had been tracking incessantly. They had gathered quite a few Yin Soldiers from the Flame Moving and Cai Yuan Departments, but not a single one from the main group of Yin Soldiers. Until today, they had encountered Bai Qing here, a White General who was surrounded and attacked by three water monkeys in a small mountain hollow.

"Why haven’t we seen any Yin Spirits from the Medicine Stone Sect?" Chen Mu asked curiously.

These past two days, they had gathered many Yin Soldiers who had fled, the most from the Cai Yuan Department. Next were the Flame Moving and Craftsmanship Departments. The Yin Wind Sect’s escaped by flying, which was normal, but there were none from the Medicine Stone Sect.

"They must have been taken by the Yin Wind Sect; we hadn’t encountered them either," said Bai Qing, his complexion not looking too good.

"Hu Cheng is just a coward. He only dared to take the few from the Medicine Stone Sect with him; afraid that with more people, they’d slow down and be tracked by the water monkeys," Shen Yan snorted coldly.

Chen Mu sat beside a stone table and smirked.

The Craftsmanship and Flame Moving Divisions were scattered, while the Yin Wind and Medicine Stone Sects were still intact, but since those could fly, they had long since disappeared.

Counting on these bastards, when could they possibly return to the Netherworld?

...

Five days later, Thousand Lanterns City, inside a small courtyard.

Chen Mu sat in front of the round table, carefully wrapping a piece of scorching hot barbecued meat with a dark green leaf, before sprinkling a bit of spicy seasoning and immediately swallowing it in one bite.

"Aren’t you worried at all?" Shen Yan looked at Chen Mu in surprise.

After five consecutive days of searching, they had only encountered small groups of Yin Spirits, and as time went on, the number of Yin Spirits they could find decreased. Whether dead or having fled far away, it was feared that the more than one hundred thousand auxiliary soldiers from the Cai Yuan, Craftsmanship, and Flame Moving Divisions had indeed completely dissipated.

"Worrying is useless," Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders, slowly stuffing another piece of barbecued meat into his mouth.

Ever since he started on the path of cultivation, he hadn’t had many peaceful days. Faced with the current uncertain situation, he was far more experienced than this three-hundred-year-old ghost before him.

Now, he had Thousand Lanterns City as a refuge, no worries about food and drink, just a bit of difficulty returning to the Netherworld, nothing close to danger.

A minor scene!

"Besides, I have you with me," Chen Mu glanced at Shen Yan and chuckled.

He had been taken aback by the disbandment of the large camp and influenced by Shen Yan, traveling all day to gather Yin Spirits.

Having a little bit of free time these last two days, he gradually came to his senses.

Following the main force might save time and effort in returning to the Netherworld, but if they really couldn’t find those people...

As long as he kept this well-informed Military Supervisor tied to his side, there would always be a way to return to the Netherworld. What remained was just a matter of time and difficulty.

With the thought, Chen Mu became increasingly relaxed.

...

After the meal.

Chen Mu prepared himself a cup of Replenishing Origin Soup and made a cup of... Jade Dew Water for Shen Yan.

The stash of deer horn and black sheep meat is running low; can’t just whittle it away carelessly.

"With these three thousand yin spirits and your Jade Gate Curse, can you summon the Ghost Gate across the distance?" Chen Mu glanced at Shen Yan and lifted his chin toward the swarm of yin spirits in the distance of the courtyard as he asked.

"They’re not yin soldiers, and most of them are still newly born yin spirits from the Cai Yuan Department." Shen Yan shook his head: "Moreover, I don’t know where Lan Zhang has taken the Ghost Gate. If it’s too far, or if it has been restricted..."

Then it seems it’s still of no use.

Chen Mu sipped some Replenishing Origin Soup.

"The Yinfeng Sect must continue searching; the yin spirits must also continue to be gathered."

"However... aimlessly buzzing around like a headless fly isn’t going to cut it."

Shen Yan’s brows furrowed slightly: "Do you want to stop?"

"The Yin Wind Medicine Stone Sects are hard to find; since the construction of the Flame Moving Division has collapsed, if we want to return to the Netherworld, we can only rely on ourselves."

"The more yin spirits we gather, the easier it is to recall the Ghost Gate, how can we stop?!"

Chen Mu waved his hand nonchalantly: "The surviving yin spirits are either hiding or have fled far away. I still need to practice; I don’t have the energy to chase them everywhere."

As he said this, he lifted his chin toward the yin spirits outside the courtyard: "With so many Auxiliary Soldiers, it’s a waste not to use them."

Compared to running around aimlessly, he preferred to stay put in Thousand Lanterns City.

Search the mountains for people?

Those Auxiliary Soldiers should be the ones to take action.

Actually, it would be best if Shen Yan took the lead, but sadly, I can’t implant the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into this old ghost. I can only keep him by my side all the time, wasting a great master.

...

The next morning.

Countless Soul-Attracting Lamps were lit one by one, giving Thousand Lanterns City its literal thousand lanterns.

A group of yin spirits sat down not far from the courtyard, proficiently starting to activate the Three Paths Curse together. A vast and secretive aura suddenly filled Thousand Lanterns City.

Chen Mu lay in his rocking chair, with the Safe Heart Sutra in circulation. His yin spirit divine powers trembled as their substance transformed, resembling a net probing into the River of Oblivion’s origin.

Threads and strands of weak water essence were intercepted and lifted out, then immediately surged into the secret point between his eyebrows, disappearing without a trace.

Far away, Bai Qing, Hong Xiu, Feng Qianli, and other generals hastily organized their subordinates to collect Jade Dew, stocking up their three thousand yin spirits’ daily food.

The interior of Thousand Lanterns City was immediately filled with various Curse Command voices.

Accompanied by the tick-tock dripping of bamboo tubes, the morning passed in the blink of an eye.

Hum!

The air trembled slightly, and a dazzling white light suddenly shone from inside the courtyard. After a moment, it gradually faded away.

The many yin spirits, unsurprised, gathered their Dharma Curses and, led by the generals, moved away from the vicinity of the courtyard.

"Another piece perfected." Chen Mu looked satisfied at the still uneven but now slightly smaller openings in the Divine Fetus’s fledgling form.

Then, a dense swarm of tiny pinhead-sized Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds flew out from it.

"Another spawn?" Chen Mu was somewhat speechless: "This Cloud Mirage Celestial Demon isn’t focusing all its abilities on breeding, is it?"

Because the Spiritual Seeds were fragile and extremely difficult to achieve symbiosis—and the clumsy Bewitching Divine abilities weren’t effective—was the strategy to produce as many as possible, then cast a wide net and hope for luck, counting each success as a victory?

Tsk! This feeble and helpless yet stubbornly determined temperament, it’s a bit simple-minded.

Luckily I have the Yama Emperor’s Command, which allows yin spirits to follow unconditionally and willingly consume it. Otherwise...

Humph! Clumsy Demon God!

...

In the afternoon.

After implanting the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed into the last yin spirit, Chen Mu took a long breath.

Now, aside from Shen Yan, all the yin spirits in Thousand Lanterns City were his own, eliminating the possibility of them causing trouble in groups. However, the subsequent transmission of the Three Paths Curse was still a major project.

"If only the Divine Fetus could be perfected a little more." Chen Mu thought to himself.

With the Divine Fetus perfected and the origin strengthened, yin spirit divine powers would surge. Perhaps he could complete the transmission all at once.

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"Do you have any better Divine Fetus Origin Tracing Secret Techniques?" Chen Mu asked with a grin toward Shen Yan.

"Even in Fengdu City, at least eighty percent of the Divine Fetus Realm yin spirits are cultivated through the Safe Heart Sutra." Shen Yan looked sideways at Chen Mu.

"The Safe Heart Sutra excels at tailoring to the individual. The greater the potential, the more weak water one can leverage, and the faster the Divine Fetus can be cultivated."

"Complaining about the slow pace of cultivation? Hah..." Shen Yan glanced at Chen Mu: "That’s because you’re not up to par!"

Hey!

Has this old ghost been on edge lately, so brash?!