My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 483 The Gate of Hell

"The main material of the Gate of Hell is the Thousand-Year-Old Forget-River Stone. This stone has been washed by the waters of the Forget-River and contains a strong aura of the Forget-River. It is precisely by using this aura as an anchor point that the Forget-River can be drawn down from a distance."

“We don’t have the Forgotten River Stone, but we have Yin Spirits. Yin Spirits also have a strong aura of the Forgotten River, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to activate the Yellow Springs Crossing.”

Inside the City of Thousand Lanterns, Chen Mu carefully studied the information about the Gates of Hell in his mind, his face filled with excitement.

“A spirit isn’t a stone. Even if it can serve as an anchor point to connect to the River of Oblivion, it can’t be integrated into the whole, can it?” Shen Yan frowned deeply.

"So, we should thank General Lan!" Chen Mu chuckled.

"The Scripture of Carrying Mountains?" Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.

"First, stack the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique on each of the spirits, and then use the Mountain Carrying Scripture to connect all the spirits into one."

"We have the anchor point, we have the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique, and they're all connected as one. Except for not looking like the Gates of Hell, all other conditions are exactly the same!" Chen Mu exclaimed excitedly.

Shen Yan scratched his head.

The Gate of Hell is actually a fixed altar for the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Method. It solidifies many complicated rituals and adds other protective secret methods to make teleportation in the void more stable and safe.

While it may seem strange to use spirits to create a gate to the underworld, it can indeed be considered a mutated altar for crossing the Yellow Springs and truly qualify as a gate to the underworld.

A living hell!
……

Just do it if you think of it.

Chen Mu spent two whole days imparting the fifth-level Jade Gate Incantation secret technique to each of the Yin spirits.

Shen Yan grinned as he watched.

The Ghost Gate Refining Method is a secret technique passed down in the City Lord's Mansion, a rare and precious method even in the entire Underworld. Yet this guy is squandering it like a spendthrift, showing no remorse whatsoever!

"You have a problem with that?" Chen Mu glanced at Shen Yan. "Why can't I pass on the secret techniques I comprehended on my own?"

Shen Yan's eyebrows twitched.

Fine, fine, you have two heads and two mouths, you're in charge!

Chen Mu snorted coldly and transmitted the Jade Gate Incantation secret technique to the last Yin Spirit.

How can I slack off if I don't pass on the Jade Gate Mantra to everyone?

It would take two whole days just to transmit the Jade Gate Incantation to these five or six thousand spirits. The thought of stacking several layers of Yellow Spring Crossing Restriction on each of them made his scalp tingle.

The workload is too heavy!
Now, every spirit knows the Jade Gate Spell. For their own future safety, they will try to pile up as many Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Techniques as possible on their bodies, refining themselves into human form towards the Gate of Hell.

Chen Mu only needs to wait for the right time to activate the Danshan Scripture combination, and this matter will be accomplished!
Besides, these spirits have all planted demonic seeds within them; they're their own crops. What's wrong with passing on a secret technique? Even vegetables need watering and fertilizing, right?

Chen Mu glanced at Shen Yan smugly: "I think you haven't planted enough vegetables. You can loosen the soil, sow the seeds, and water them, but can you pull the vegetable leaves up to make them grow taller? You have to let them grow on their own!"

Shen Yan's face twitched.

This guy thinks he can justify being lazy?
……

With a new mission, the spirits of Thousand Lantern City were as busy as if they were wound up.

The Three Yin Phosphorous Fire Mantra and the Jade Gate Mantra were practiced in turn, and the entire camp was sometimes glowing green and sometimes yellow. If a red light appeared, it would really become a giant traffic light.

Chen Mu himself wasn't idle either; he was trying his best to live his own little life.

Besides his daily routine of nourishing the divine embryo and gaining experience from the Jade Gate Spell, he still hasn't given up trying the food from the Netherworld Demon Heaven.

When he was tired, he would lie in a rocking chair and take a long nap; when he was annoyed, he would go and stay in a wooden house on a small island outside Qiandeng City for a couple of days. If he weren't afraid of the dangers of the Blood Sea, he would even want to build a small boat and go out to sea for a trip.

In short, everyone's life is very fulfilling and enjoyable.

They disappeared in the blink of an eye in two months.

On this day, Chen Mu summoned all the Yin spirits to gather in front of the wooden building, took a deep breath, and spread the power of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture.

The combined power of the Yin spirits resonated and trembled, instantly transforming into black smoke. In the blink of an eye, a cotton-like black cloud appeared, with pale green flames flashing amidst the surging smoke.

Chen Mu immediately activated the Jade Gate Mantra, and a faint but familiar aura surfaced in his mind.

"How is it?" Shen Yan asked nervously.

"Well? Of course it's a success!" Chen Mu couldn't help but grin.

Although his vital energy was weak, his condition was almost the same as when he communicated with the Ghost Gate of the Youzi Camp, which proved that his idea of ​​a human-shaped Ghost Gate was completely correct!

After dispersing the Mountain-Carrying Scripture and waving his hand to drive away the equally excited and cheering spirits, Chen Mu felt completely relaxed.

Since arriving in the Underworld, the fighting has never stopped, forcing him to hide in Thousand Lantern City all day long.

In contrast, although he didn't stay in the underworld for long and the environment was rather gloomy, he still missed it dearly.

"We can start building the Bottomless Pool to hunt monsters and store spiritual energy," Chen Mu said with a smile. Once the Yin spirits have accumulated enough Yellow Spring Crossings and enough spiritual energy, they can try to return to the Underworld.

With a practical and feasible plan in place and a promising future, the heavy weight that had been pressing on Chen Mu's mind was finally lifted.

……

Amidst a range of rolling mountains, gray mist, resembling a surging sea, slowly swirls among the peaks.

Eleven black flags, each as tall as a thirty- or fifty-story building, were scattered across the mountains, appearing and disappearing in the clouds and mist.

At the foot of a mountain, a gray stone archway suddenly leaped out of the void, instantly growing into a huge portal connecting to the void.

A large flag bearing the huge silver character "丙" (Bing) emerged from the dark, curtain-like doorway, trailing a trail of towering black clouds.

Amidst the mountains, the slowly flowing clouds and mist suddenly accelerated and converged, surrounding the thousands of Yin soldiers who had just landed.

boom!
With a deafening explosion, a bright silver light suddenly shot out of the clouds. Like forked tree branches, the lightning densely descended upon the ranks of the ghostly soldiers.

Most of the ghost soldiers had silver threads shimmering on their bodies, seemingly oblivious to the lightning. However, over a hundred of them suddenly changed their expressions, transforming into streaks of blood-red shadows as they dodged the lightning from the sky and quickly dispersed in all directions.

As if anticipating this, the lightning suddenly increased in quantity and intensity, filling the entire forest with silver flashes. The blood shadows had nowhere to escape and were all struck by the lightning, turning into black smoke.

On a distant mountain peak, a burly man dressed in a dark purple and gold robe, his face cold and indifferent, appeared. He stared at the blood-red shadow that had been cleaved into ashes, his expression icy.

A burly man with a dark face and black armor stood behind the man in purple robes, speaking with sarcasm: "City Lord, this Lan Zhang is truly insatiable. He has his eye on these elite Yin soldiers in our main camp."

"How about I go and spar with him? I've had my eye on that lazy guy for a long time!" His eyes gleamed, and he looked eager to try.

Jian Chan did not reply, but stared intently at the Gate of Hell, carefully sensing and examining it. After a long while, he nodded slightly and looked away.

"Before you leave, I can allow you to go and play some tricks on Lan Zhang."

"But the most urgent task is to quickly extract the essence of the Netherworld Demon and refine the Soul-Summoning Banner!"

"If we neglect our business..." He glanced lightly at the burly man behind him.

"Rest assured, Lord City Lord, I understand!" The burly man in black armor immediately bowed and acknowledged the order, his face solemn.

Jian Chan turned his head and stared at the large flag fluttering in the sky, unable to help but reveal a slight smile.

A few ghost soldiers are nothing to worry about. As long as he can master these twelve banners, he won't care even if Lan Zhang swallows all the ghost soldiers in Jigu City.

Lord of a city? Hah...

With these twelve banners, I can become the King of the Underworld!
……

In Qiandeng City, a pool of water, about half the size of a football field, appeared on the open ground to the right of Chen Mumu's building.

More than three hundred spirits gathered together, sitting cross-legged beside the pool, their spiritual power flowing slowly, maintaining the bottomless pool as smooth as a mirror.

Chen Mu circled the bottomless pool with great interest.

This thing is one of the abilities that comes with the Gates of Hell. It looks like a bottomless, dark pool, but it's actually not even a finger's width deep. It's more like a portal, connecting to a hidden space.

According to the insights provided by the gray wall, this is a section of the deep River of Oblivion space intercepted by the Gates of Hell.

It exists attached to the Gate of Hell, and can store the essence of strange beasts and monsters. It can assist the Yuan-Gathering Department in absorbing essence, help the Medicine Department in refining precious medicines, and can also be used by the Military Equipment Department to temper terracotta warriors and ghost soldiers. Its effects are diverse and extraordinary.

"This is good stuff!" Chen Mu couldn't help but praise.

He immediately waved his hand to open the Thousand Lantern City, and a squad of ghostly soldiers rode on black clouds into the city. They did not disperse, but flew directly to the sky above the Bottomless Pool and threw one blood-sea monster fish after another into the pool.

Even with the influx of numerous monsters, the surface of this pitch-black, seemingly bottomless pool remained as calm as a mirror.

After receiving the deep-sea beast prey that the leader of the Yin soldiers had specially left for him, Chen Mu waved for them to return to the camp to rest, and continued to sense the bottomless pool.

But not long after, he couldn't help but sigh.

"It's still not enough."

The Bottomless Pool is connected to the Gate of Hell, which can vaguely define the minimum amount of spiritual energy required to activate the Gate of Hell.

The Netherworld belongs to the outer heavens, separated from the Underworld by endless void. Even though they are few in number and small in size, they still require a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

Five or six thousand Yin spirits took turns capturing strange beasts and monsters for more than a month. When they were all piled up together, they could form a small mountain. However, this was far from reaching the spiritual energy limit required for teleportation.

The main problem is that the Yin spirits are not strong enough, and the beasts they capture are all weak. They may be large in size, but they do not contain enough demonic energy.

"Gather our forces to capture a big guy?" Chen Mu shook his head after a moment's thought: "Forget it, let's not take the risk."

"If the quality isn't good enough, we'll make up for it with quantity. It'll just mean waiting another year or two. Safety first."

(End of this chapter)