My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 557 Yuan Xian
"These Dragon Lockers are treasures of the Great Qian Dynasty, they really cannot be touched." On the nameless desolate mountain, Xie Ji's face was full of anxiety.

"What a load of rubbish about Dragon Lockers!" Chen Mu cursed. "Would a proper Dragon Locker raise the pulse point towards the ground? This is just a bunch of thieves trying to steal the City God statue!"

"What if this is their special plan?"

"You're not a dragon-locker, how do you know if what they did was right or wrong?" Xie Ji retorted, sticking out his neck.

“I really don’t know,” Chen Mu said angrily, “but we’ll find out if we arrest them all and interrogate them.”

Xie Ji was stunned.

Beating up one dragon-locker is already a big problem, and now you want to arrest all the dragon-lockers and interrogate them?
Done!

"How about...we reconsider?"

"Shut up!" Chen Mu glared at Xie Ji.

With a wave of his hand, he threw Xie Ji and the man in black robes into Thousand Lanterns City. He activated the Yellow Springs Ferry and headed straight for the nearest Dragon Locker outpost.

……

In the evening, in the main hall of the Qiluo Mountain City God Temple in Luandu County, Li Buxian was chanting scriptures with his eyes closed.

At that moment, a strange feeling arose in Li Buxian's heart, and he suddenly opened his eyes. He found that, without him noticing, an old man with a cold and stern face was quietly standing not far from him.

At that moment, the other party was looking up, staring expressionlessly at the statue of the City God.

Yuan Xian, the head of the 29th Academy?!
How could he appear at Qiluo Mountain without a sound?

Li Buxian was startled and immediately stood up, clasping his hands in greeting: "Academy Master, your presence is an honor! I have failed to greet you properly!"

Yuan Xian remained silent, staring intently at the statue.

Li Buxian carefully sized up the other party. Through the special perception bestowed by the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, a dense silver mist was swirling around the other party.

His heart skipped a beat.

With such intense power of the seven emotions, this academy master is not as calm and composed as he appears on the surface!

Li Buxian remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he silently recited the second chapter of the Crescent Moon Sutra.

A faint pulling force was generated, and a wisp of mist quietly drifted to his right. He touched it with his index finger and immediately sensed an intense, greedy obsession!

He followed the other person's gaze to the solemn and dignified statue of the City God, and his heart skipped a beat.

This abbot, ostensibly here to protect the City God's temple, actually intends to steal the statue and keep it for himself?!
Li Buxian's forehead was immediately covered with fine beads of sweat.

“You’re very clever, Li Buxian.” Yuan Xian’s eyes darted around slightly as he glanced at Li Buxian with a half-smile.

"I wish I could be a little more oblivious," Li Buxian said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

First I stepped into the pit of the Heavenly Demon Path, and now some Yuanxian with ulterior motives have come. It looks like my life is about to end. Am I too unlucky?

This year isn't even my birth year in the Chinese zodiac!
His mind raced, and he forced himself to speak, trying to smooth things over: "Given your status, you shouldn't lack for offerings and resources."

"May I know the real reason why you stole the idol?"

"What? You want to help me solve my problems? As a condition for getting away?" Yuan Xian's lips curled into a sinister smile.

"You'll know when you master the Eleven Transformations of the God of the Underworld, but unfortunately, you won't have that chance."

Li Buxian felt a chill run down his spine and abruptly retreated five meters, shouting as he did so, "Is it possible that the Upper Spirit God is unable to suppress the will of the gods and demons and is rebelling? I have a way!"

"Just you?"

A cold, sinister voice suddenly appeared behind Li Buxian.

……

boom!
A massive figure flew backward out of the City God's main hall, smashing a bronze incense burner as tall as a person in front of the door. The burner twisted into a ball as if it had been turned into mud.

Li Buxian, who had transformed into a five- or six-meter-tall miniature giant, was now rapidly shrinking like a deflated balloon, his two arms hanging limply in front of him like noodles.

Li Buxian looked up, his face bitter as he gazed at the unharmed Yuan Xian: "Master, can I surrender?"

"Being able to bend and stretch, no wonder someone with no background like you could so easily master the Seven Transformations of the Underworld God." Yuan Xian said calmly, "It's a pity that only the dead can keep their mouths shut, that's truly safe!"

"You embezzled from your own post, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Locked Dragon Academy?!" Li Buxian had no more illusions, and his face turned ugly.

"Locking Dragon Academy?"

“I wasn’t the one who killed the temple keeper and destroyed the statue, so why should I be afraid of the Lock Dragon Academy?” Yuan Xian curled his lips, and a crazy smile suddenly appeared on his cold and stern old face.

A thick white mist rose up beneath his feet and instantly enveloped the entire courtyard of the City God Temple.

"A demon?! You dare to bring a demon into the Great Qian Dynasty? Are you crazy?!" Li Buxian's expression changed drastically.

Then, as if he had discovered something, his expression changed again: "No, this isn't an alien demon, it's you! You just failed to cultivate the Twelve Transformations of the Underworld God and were turned into a demon by the backlash of the will of gods and demons!"

"You know too much!" Yuan Xian's mouth suddenly split open to his ears, revealing two layers of fine, sharp teeth. His voice was rough and hoarse, overlapping like the roar of countless people at once.

"Master, I really have a secret method to suppress the backlash from gods and demons!" Li Buxian shouted anxiously.

"I don't believe it!" With a roar like that of a wild beast, a millstone-sized crimson cloud of energy suddenly appeared in front of Li Buxian.

Within the cloud of air were countless blood-red faces, their expressions ferocious as they charged around, their mouths agape as they silently screamed.

Li Buxian only glanced at it, and his mind was immediately shaken to the point of near collapse.

Done!

next moment.

hold head high!
A deep dragon's roar resounded in my ears.

Li Buxian's mind cleared, and when he looked up, he saw a dragon head that looked like it was cast from black iron appearing in mid-air.

With a single bite, the dragon head tore off half of the scarlet cloud. Countless human faces with tails scattered and fled within the cloud, only to be sucked into the dragon head's mouth.

A flash of black light appeared before my eyes, and a figure in gray appeared in front of me.

Gongsun Sheng?
We're saved!

With all his strength released, Li Buxian collapsed onto the scattered incense ash.

……

As the last ray of light disappeared on the horizon, in the pitch-black night, Chen Mu glanced at Li Buxian, who was lying on the ground, and looked at Yuan Xian expressionlessly.

At this moment, all that remained of the other person's face was a large mouth full of sharp teeth; the nostrils, eyes, and other facial features had all melted into a smooth piece of flesh. Yet, it seemed that the other person still had a gaze, their face turned towards Chen Mu, staring intently at him.

"So it's you who wants to steal the statue." Chen Mu said coldly.

After a long day of work, he captured all the Dragon Lockers and brought them to Thousand Lantern City. After planting the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed in them, he interrogated them one by one.

They initially thought the men were thieves in disguise, but it turned out these black-robed Dragon Lockers were actually from the Dragon Locking Academy.

The reason for raising the pulse point towards the ground was entirely at the behest of Yuan Xian, the head of the 29th Academy. The reason given was to move the statue to Southern Shu and use a powerful city god to suppress the territory they had just seized.

That's ridiculous!
If that were the case, why would there be a need for such cover-up?
Chen Mu immediately returned to Qiluo Mountain, and then saw Yuan Xian about to kill Li Buxian.

He looked at Yuan Xian, who resembled a demon, with a solemn expression: "Is this what happens when you finally master the Underworld God Transformation?"

“Normally, cultivation wouldn’t be like this. He’s gone wrong in his cultivation, and he’s been backfired on by the gods and demons, becoming partly demonic, which is why he looks like this.” Li Buxian, lying on the ground, had a gloating look on his face.

A strange demon?

Chen Mu was stunned for a moment.

He truly hadn't expected that the demonic creature was actually a demonic transformation of a Netherworld God Transformation martial artist who had gone mad!

Chen Mu looked up at Yuan Xian, only to find that the other's figure had become semi-transparent.

He faced Chen Mu, opened his mouth and laughed silently, then suddenly disappeared from their sight.

next moment.

hum!
The air on Mount Qiluo suddenly trembled, and thick fog abruptly filled the dense forests. Hehehe…

A series of sharp, piercing laughs suddenly rang out, instantly spreading throughout Qiluo Mountain.

Li Buxian's expression changed. Ignoring the countless broken bones in his body, he scrambled to his feet: "Let's go quickly! As long as we tell the Locking Dragon Academy about this guy's demonic transformation, he's definitely finished!"

go?
I do want to leave.

But what if the City God statue is destroyed after I leave?
Chen Mu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Just as I was about to ask for more information about Yuanxian, an invisible force suddenly attacked.

The Yang-type bone shield and protective aura suddenly appeared in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, the bone shield shattered with a bang, and the protective aura, which resembled a ball of light, quickly caved inward. It only held out for a single breath before collapsing into a shower of fluorescent light and dissipating.

Chen Mu's expression changed drastically.

Five Dragons Formation!

Before that invisible force could touch his body, a black smoke, as if it were alive, blocked his chest.

boom!
Chen Mu felt a powerful force strike his chest, and he was like a baseball, whooshed into the sky.

He smashed a large hole in the thick fog.

Before he could adjust his posture.

bang bang bang...

A series of invisible attacks came one after another. He was like a rag doll, flying around in mid-air. If it weren't for the protection of the Five Dragon Qi, his martial arts would have been completely destroyed by now.

What kind of attack method is this? How can it be so covert and powerful?!
Back in the Underworld, he had dealt with many strange demons, and apart from that fox-faced scholar Li Wuyou, no other demon had ever behaved so strangely.

"I have to find this bastard first!" With a determined look in his heart, he unleashed his full magical power, using the Di Ting Fa (a magical technique).

Then he discovered that the mist covering Qiluo Mountain seemed to be alive, with a life rhythm everywhere, but Yuanxian was nowhere to be found.

Even when attacked, the opponent showed no trace whatsoever.

"What's wrong with him? Why can't I see anything!" Chen Mu, who was staggering, immediately shouted in Li Buxian's direction.

"That's the Lingxu Cave Heaven of the Nine Netherworlds!" Li Buxian didn't dare to hesitate and quickly explained loudly in the direction from which the sounds of battle came from the thick fog.

"When the Twelve Transformations of the Underworld God are perfected, the fusion of the twelve gods and demons can achieve the Heavenly Capital Transformation. Once the Heavenly Capital Transformation is mastered, one can hide in the Spirit Void Cave Heaven, unseen by outsiders!"

“Yuan Xian failed to advance to the Twelfth Transformation of the Underworld God, but he can obviously hide in the Spirit Void Cave Heaven.”

"Outsiders can't get in or see him, so they can't attack him at all. Let's run!" Li Buxian explained while also urging Chen Mu to run away.

"He just wants the City God statue, why not just give it to him? His life is more important!"

Should we give him the statue of the City God?

Does that mean I have to entrust my life to Yuan Xian?!

"If you say anything discouraging again, I'll kill you first!"

Lingxu Cave Heaven?

The Nine Netherworlds?

I, a living person, certainly couldn't see it, but surely the spirits wouldn't have noticed anything either?
Chen Mu's expression immediately hardened.

Five Dragons Formation!

hold head high!
Five ferocious dragon heads suddenly appeared around him, then immediately began to tumble and spin, firmly protecting him in the center.

Yin Wind Escape!
A gray cloud of mist surrounded him, and he was suddenly launched into the air, instantly breaking through the mist and soaring into the sky.

Once he broke free from the fog and temporarily escaped Yuan Xian's unseen attack, Chen Mu's figure shifted, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a bald young man.

She was dressed in a fitted black robe, with a fiery red floral design between her brows, and her dark eyes gleamed with a cold light, making her exceptionally alluring!

In the blink of an eye, he had switched between the Yellow Springs Crossing and the Heavenly Demon Body in the Divine Statue Cave.

Then, looking down, Chen Mu immediately noticed a dramatic change in the scenery of Qiluo Mountain.

In the thick, impenetrable fog, a gray and white world appeared and disappeared intermittently.

Just like a poorly received movie or TV show, intermittent and even with static, it overlapped with Mount Qiluo, constantly appearing and disappearing.

At this moment, a monster about three meters tall, with hands transformed into horny claws and a bald head and face except for a mouth full of sharp teeth, was staring at Chen Mu from the edge of the gray-white world, eyeing him menacingly.

Yuan Xian?

I see you!

Chen Mu's eyes narrowed, and seizing the moment the gray-white world appeared, he charged down with all his might.

He only felt a blur before his eyes, and Qiluo Mountain vanished without a trace, replaced by a gray-white grassland.

Countless long-leaved grasses swayed in the wind on the ground, just like a three-dimensional black and white animation.

Is this the Lingxu Grotto Heaven?
Roar!
Before Chen Mu could get a good look, a roar exploded in his ears, and Yuan Xian, whose body was covered in fine scales, suddenly closed in. Its five fingers, which had transformed into horny claws, attacked, grabbing hard at the side of Chen Mu's neck.

clang!
The horny hook collided with the black smoke formed by the Five Dragons Dharma Image, producing a sound like metal clashing.

Chen Mu flipped over and, taking advantage of the opponent's attack, instantly leaped dozens of meters away.

He crouched down slightly and squinted at Yuan Xian.

Before, when you were hiding in the Spirit Void Cave Heaven, I couldn't do anything about you, but now...

Possessed by a dharma spirit!

Five dragon heads roared behind him, then transformed into a cloud of black smoke with silver threads, merging into Chen Mu's body, and a dark light membrane appeared on his skin.

Chen Mu took a deep breath, and made a knife shape with his fingers together.

The Ten Directions of the Heavenly Gang!

His figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already more than ten meters behind Yuan Xian.

puff!

Yuan Xian's right hand suddenly disappeared, and in this gray and white world, dark gray blood spurted out in large gushes.

Chen Mu casually tossed aside the scaly, strange hand and, as if teleporting, approached Yuan Xian once more.

His hands moved like bees waving their wings, continuously slashing and striking at the three-meter-tall Yuan Xian.

It was as if the scene of Chen Mu being attacked before was being replayed.

Yuan Xian was immediately knocked off balance by the lightning-fast attack.

Puff puff……

The fine scales that covered its entire body scattered in all directions, and within a few breaths, its body was covered with countless wounds. Blood splattered, turning the gray-white pasture on the ground a dark gray-black.

puff!

The next instant, Yuan Xian's left calf suddenly broke off as if it had been slashed by a sharp blade.

He could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

His whole body was convulsing uncontrollably, and he tried to get up several times, but he was unable to do so.

Chen Mu appeared more than ten meters away, staring coldly at Yuan Xian.

"Dare to steal the idol?"

"Ha! Even if you transform into a monstrous demon and sneak into the Spirit Void Cave, I can still chase you in and kill you!"

(End of this chapter)