My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 545 Experiment
"Why can the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed parasitize Li Buxian?" Inside the Divine Statue Cave, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, staring at Li Buxian on the water curtain in front of the door.

Is it the transformation of the God of the Underworld?

What sets Li Buxian apart from the others in Luandu County is that he has cultivated the Underworld God Transformation for many years.

"The Underworld God Transformation is related to the City God's Taoist temple, which in turn is related to the Underworld. Li Buxian may have been tainted by the aura of the Underworld because of this, and his physique has been altered, so..."

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes: "I need to find another martial artist who has undergone the Underworld God Transformation to test this out!"

He didn't want to show himself in front of the Underworld God Transformation warriors; it was too dangerous. But the Underworld God Transformation was related to his plan to leave the dojo, so he had no choice but to take the risk.

Chen Mu turned his head and looked at the left edge of the water curtain, where there were three fixed images showing the scenes inside the City God Temple of the three neighboring counties.

Luandu County belongs to Yiyang Prefecture of Weinan Road of the Daqian Dynasty. It is located in a remote mountainous area in the southwest. There are no large armies stationed around it, nor are there any powerful families. It is very difficult to find a martial artist who has transformed into a god of the underworld.

His first thought was of the temple keeper of the City God Temple. As guardians of the City God Temple like Li Buxian, they must have practiced the Underworld God Transformation.

"Speaking of which, as fellow living gods, wouldn't it be a bit offensive for me to go to someone else's territory and attack their temple keeper?" Chen Mu hesitated.

"Well, I guess I'll have to get a different face."

"As long as you're not recognized, it's not offensive!"

……

The Jiangyang County City God Temple is located on a low hill on the outskirts of the Nanlin Mountains, less than 20 miles from the county seat.

The temple keeper, Xie An, was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was a retainer of the Xie family and had been guarding the City God Temple in Jiangyang County for four years, mainly to brew millet wine for the eldest son of the Xie family.

There were many people like him in the Xie family. Once the Xie family obtained the position of temple keeper, they would send a trusted retainer to oversee it. Of the millet wine obtained, two-tenths would go to the retainer in charge, and the rest would belong to the Xie family.

Late at night, Xie An, dressed in a well-fitting black outfit, walked out of the room.

He had a purple gourd covered with intricate dark gold patterns tied around his waist. With a light touch of his toes, he flew over the wall and headed straight for Jiangyang County like a black lightning bolt.

Over the past year, Xie An had brewed millet wine more than once, and he had traveled this road countless times. Like a gentle breeze, he soon arrived at the gate of Jiangyang County.

Without pausing, he bent his knees slightly as usual and leaped onto the wall in a flash.

Before he could even get his footing on the crenellations of the city wall, a dark, rough fist suddenly appeared and slammed into his nose with a bang.

Xie An felt a sudden sting in his eyes, and tears blurred his vision. He felt like a rag doll, spinning and being thrown outside the city wall.

After landing in a sorry state, he immediately looked up and saw a burly man with dark skin and a fierce face standing not far in front of him, about ten meters away.

"Who are you, and why did you attack me?" Xie An suppressed his anger and bowed slightly.

"You scoundrel Xie An, I've finally found you!" The dark-faced fat man said with resentment.

Enemy?

Xie An's heart skipped a beat. He immediately used the moonlight to carefully examine the person, and then his brows furrowed slightly: "Are you mistaken? I don't know you."

"You don't even recognize me?" The dark-faced fat man became even more indignant.

"Back then, you were lustful at first sight, kidnapped my daughter, and killed my whole family. Do you dare to do it but not admit it?"

Abducting a woman and then murdering her to cover it up? That can't be right.

In his youth, he did indeed spend some time indulging in a life of debauchery with the eldest son of the Xie family, but he certainly never did anything like stealing someone's daughter or wiping out their entire family.

“You must have made a mistake,” Xie An said patiently, trying to calm himself down.

This fat guy looks like a master. A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle; if you can persuade him, try not to take action.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The dark-faced fat man suddenly waved his hand.

"Ten years ago, you stabbed me through the chest. If my heart hadn't been on the right side, I would never have survived."

Even if you turn to ashes, I will never mistake you!

Could they really be enemies?

Xie An couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"My daughter took after me from a young age, and she was incredibly beautiful. But she died young, at the height of her life. You deserve to die!"

I've always resembled you since I was little, and I'm also beautiful?

Xie An stared at the dark-skinned, muscular man and fell silent. What kind of twisted taste would I have to have to do that?!
That's definitely not me!
"I am a member of the Xie family, and I have never lacked gold and silver since childhood. I am a regular customer of the Chunfeng Pavilion in the capital and have seen many beauties. It is really not my place to rob your daughter. You must have mistaken her for someone else." Xie An cupped his hands again, trying to persuade her in a rather tactful way.

"You're calling me ugly, aren't you?!" The dark-faced fat man immediately flew into a rage, letting out a loud shout as he lunged forward, arriving in front of Xie An in the blink of an eye.

Why are you getting so worked up?

I'm just telling the truth.

Xie An's expression was indifferent as he raised his hands to block the incoming fist.

The muscles in his thighs bulged into balls, and with the surge of power, his legs resembled two fully drawn bows.

If he can hold out for even a moment, he can jump back and then create distance to engage in close combat.

He used this method to capture quite a few Qi Refiners back then, and he was very familiar with it.

Just a brute...

Ah!
Before he could finish his thought, he saw the other person's right arm suddenly swell and turn blue.

The moment the arms were raised and touched, an unstoppable force struck, like a bomb suddenly exploding.

The arm that was held above his head was like a marshmallow, unable to hinder the other party in the slightest.

Xie An only had time to open his eyes wide before, with a clang, the fist slammed into his head.

He felt a tremor run through his entire body, and the tension in his body was instantly dissipated.

My head buzzed, my eyes rolled back, and I lost consciousness.

The dark-faced fat man didn't stop, smashing Xie An's face repeatedly until he was bruised and swollen like a pig's head.

"Once you're in my hands, I'll see how I slowly torture you!"

After saying that, he hoisted the other person onto his shoulder and turned to head north towards Yutang County.

……

In a sparse grove of trees within Luandu County.

Chen Mu, now a large, fat man with a dark face, stopped and used his listening technique to survey the area within a radius of twenty or thirty miles before finally setting Xie An down.

"I've gone through a long and winding road; my colleague shouldn't have noticed." He breathed a sigh of relief.

All that effort was to guard against other living gods.

He can project his divine thoughts outwards and observe the surroundings with a water screen. The City God of Jiangyang County, who is also a living god, can certainly do the same.

He was both curious and wary of the living gods of the three counties.

Since the power of the City God's temple could radiate to the surrounding three counties, the City God temples within its territory became a key focus of his observation. Although he hadn't detected any divine thoughts projected outwards, he was certain that the other party was using the cave's water curtain to view the outside world.

Even if they don't monitor the entire Jiangyang County, the living gods in Jiangyang County would almost certainly be curious to watch Xie An stealing Yin Souls in the middle of the night to refine Yellow Millet Wine.

Chen Mu didn't want to be discovered, so he pretended to be an enemy and deliberately took a long detour from Yutang County before returning to Luandu County with Xie An.

"Whether it succeeds or not depends on this one move."

With a thought, the air in front of him trembled slightly, and a shimmering, fluorescent Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed appeared before him.

Chen Mu took a deep breath and nervously pressed the star point towards Xie An.

The next moment, the dust-like speck of light, like raindrops falling on parched earth, easily disappeared into Xie An's brow.

"It's done!"

Chen Mu swung his fist hard.

"It really is because of the Underworld God's transformation!" He was thrilled.

With the Heavenly Demon Body as a substitute, his true physical body could have long since reached the Divine Immortal Cave Heaven. But the prerequisite is that his true body must be connected to the Heavenly Demon Body's energy.

In the past, he could only connect with the Qi through the power of the dojo, and the range of his true body's activities was limited to the area radiated by the power of the dojo.

Now it's all good. As long as the physical body cultivates the Netherworld God Transformation, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed can be planted into the body, thus allowing the Heavenly Demon Body and the physical body to be connected by energy over a long distance.

This infinitely widens the distance between the two, effectively causing the physical body to completely detach from the divine statue's grotto!
(End of this chapter)