My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 562 Plot
The Divine Image Cave.

The Heart-Connecting Rope split into a black thread about the length of an index finger in front of Chen Mu.

With a thought, the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains technique was activated. A plume of black smoke emerged in front of him, swallowing the black, thread-like Yin-Yang worms into the Five Ghosts Bag.

Chen Mu's mind was completely absorbed in it, and he looked around expectantly.

Before long, a black mist the size of a human head appeared inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

"This is... a success?" Chen Mu was overjoyed.

But the next moment, the black mist the size of a human head began to tremble continuously, and then it contracted and expanded repeatedly in place.

Then, under Chen Mu's anxious gaze, it burst open with a pop, like a bubble being punctured, shattering into tiny fluorescent specks that disappeared.

The joy on Chen Mu's face instantly froze.

The Yinming Insect dies and turns into a Yin Ghost Monster, the process is correct, how could it fail?

……

Half a month later, the Divine Image Cave Heaven appeared.

Under the big tree by the moon gate in the east courtyard, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, his face pale as he opened his eyes.

After nearly two months of preparation, he completed another round of spiritual purification.

He replaced the delicate jade plate on the stone table beside him with a brand new white jade coin. While absorbing the earth's spiritual energy to restore his magical power, Chen Mu also experienced the changes brought about by the qualitative transformation of his divine aperture.

Although only three purifications have been completed, the body has already undergone noticeable changes, slowly transforming into an active state. Like a newly sprouted seed, like a newborn baby, it exudes a fresh sense of vitality.

"The fourth stage of Qi Refining, the River Chariot Training, ultimately aims to cultivate innate Qi. This transformation is clearly laying the foundation for cultivating innate Qi," Chen Mu understood.

"It's a pity there are too few Yin spirits, so we can't speed up the purification process."

Chen Mu took out the Five Ghosts Bag again and focused his mind on the space inside the bag.

The original Five Demon Bag was only the size of a bedroom.

Over the years, nourished by the flesh and blood of various mythical beasts and magical power, the internal space has continued to expand, and is now comparable to a football stadium.

Chen Mu glanced at the swarms of ghostly spirits floating at the edge, then shifted his attention to the center of the Five Ghost Bags.

There stood a tall, black wooden stick, about the height of a person, upright on the ground.

Three large black plumes of smoke, resembling kittens huddled obediently next to a pillar, nestled close to a fire.

"Four more have died. It was a failure after all," Chen Mu sighed.

He never stopped cultivating wraiths during this time. The wraiths he initially created would dissipate without fail. It was only after he unexpectedly discovered this black pillar that things began to change slightly.

The pillar is called the Soul-Stabilizing Pillar. It comes from the remote Liang Dynasty more than ten years ago and is a ritual implement that is part of the Yin-Cultivation Strategy. It also comes from the secret scroll of the Thousand Mountains Scripture.

Because of its cold and damp nature, it was originally used as an air conditioner and refrigerator by him, but unexpectedly it was able to delay the death of the ghost.

"Unfortunately, it can only delay the death, not completely stop it," Chen Mu sighed, shaking his head.

"Is it because there are too few soul-stabilizing stakes? Or are these Yin-Yang worms inherently deficient?"

"The plan to cultivate ghosts is probably doomed."

"I really hope a monster will appear."

That thing is surrounded by a large number of Yinming insects. As long as one of them appears, you can take the opportunity to use the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain technique to devour it and transform it into hundreds or thousands of Silver Soul Monsters.

What a pity...

My thoughts were racing.

A soft sound came from beside me.

Chen Mu snapped out of his daze and skillfully replaced the white jade coins on the exquisite jade plate.

He played with the blank white jade while pondering his next cultivation plan.

"We still need Li Buxian and the others to collect and gather the ghosts."

"The white jade coin probably won't last long enough to complete the purification of the divine aperture."

Sun Ke left behind 20,000 pieces of white jade, but that would only last for two years at most. However, based on the current progress, the refinement of the divine aperture would take at least fourteen years.

"In counties like Luandu and Jiangyang, the Qi cultivators have long been captured by the Lock Dragon Academy. But since the Southern Shu region has just been occupied by the Great Qian Dynasty, there should still be some wild Qi cultivators lingering on."

"Before I'm caught by the Dragon Locking Academy, maybe I can sell some pills to earn some jade money," Chen Mu thought to himself.

……

In the following days, Chen Mu stayed in the Divine Image Cave, using the cave's water curtain to carefully investigate the two counties of Qutian and Yongmian.

These two counties originally belonged to Southern Shu, and were the two new counties that were included in the radiation range of the Daoist temple after the advancement of the Lingbao Cardinal Chapter.

For several days in a row, Chen Mu did not find a single Qi Refining cultivator.

"This isn't right!"

"Southern Shu was just conquered, there should have been at least a few Qi Refining cultivators left, how could they have all disappeared so completely?"

"Should we continue deeper into Southern Shu? To search for Qi cultivators in counties outside the area of ​​influence of the Daoist temple?" Chen Mu was somewhat troubled.

Within the area of ​​influence of the Taoist temple, he could quickly investigate thanks to the water curtain of the cave.

Once outside the power of the Daoist temple, he could only wander aimlessly using the Listening Technique. At most, he could only use that unreliable Nine Cups Calculation Sutra to do some calculations.

"It's difficult..."

……

Time passes.

On this day, in the east courtyard of the Qiluo Mountain City God Temple.

Inside the main room on the north side, Chen Mu sat in a round-backed chair on the left. A wooden box sat on the tea table beside him, filled with white jade coins. A glance was enough to tell that there were at least thirty thousand coins.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow and looked at Yuan Xian opposite him. "This is..."

"Sir, your Seven Emotions Curse helped me remove the hidden danger of the Heavenly Capital Transformation. A few pieces of white jade are nothing to me." Yuan Xian smiled and cupped his hands.

"It's a pity there are too few Qi Refiners around Yiyang County, otherwise I could have collected even more White Jade Coins for you." He said with a regretful expression.

This is the white jade money obtained from looting all the Qi Refiners in the vicinity?

Chen Mu looked at the wooden box again and found that most of the white jade pieces were old and worn, and a few pieces even had faint bloodstains on them.

Behind this box of white jade, who knows how many Qi cultivators have been buried underground to create pulse points!

Chen Mu's expression changed slightly.

No wonder I couldn't find any Qi cultivators in the surrounding counties; it turns out Yuan Xian had wiped them all out!

Such short-sighted methods, like draining the pond to catch all the fish, have eliminated all Qi cultivators within a radius of thousands of miles. Their plan to sell pills and earn money for jade has been nipped in the bud.

Yuan Xian noticed the change in Chen Mu's expression, a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth, before he regained his solemnity.

"I've been in Luandu County for too long, and I'll be heading to the Dali border soon."

"The fighting there is fierce, with deaths and injuries every day, and a large number of ghosts appearing."

“Why don’t you leave Luandu County with me? It will be safer for you to leave Daqian with my personal escort. Also, it will be more convenient to collect a large number of Yin Souls near the battlefield.” Yuan Xian looked at Chen Mu and advised him in a calm but clear tone.

"You want to drive me away from Daqian?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, looking at Yuan Xian with amusement.

The gifts and farewell were genuine, but the real purpose of this old fellow's visit was probably to lure him away from the Great Qian by using the ghosts on the front lines!

"No, no, no, I just want to repay your kindness to me," Yuan Xian said with a smile.

"You were the one who relocated the villagers from the surrounding areas of Luandu County to southern Sichuan, weren't you?" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

"No, that's impossible. How can I control the imperial court's orders?" Yuan Xian said with a smile.

"You deliberately wiped out all the Qi cultivators in the surrounding counties, didn't you? Was it to prevent me from obtaining more white jade coins?" Chen Mu's right hand clattered as he gripped the white jade coins in the wooden box, his eyes constantly glancing sideways at Yuan Xian.

"You misunderstand. The Taoist temple in Luandu County has undergone a transformation, but it is still a newly built temple and requires more Qi cultivators to construct meridian points."

"As the head of the Dragon Locking Academy, it's only natural for me to arrest Qi Refiners and maintain the City God's temple." Yuan Xian shrugged with a relaxed expression.

Ah!
First, reduce the number of ghosts, then inform the Dali frontline of this location where a large number of ghost monsters will spawn.

They wiped out all the Qi Refiners, preventing me from obtaining more White Jade Coins.

As a Qi cultivator, my cultivation cannot be separated from the earth's spiritual energy. The white jade coins in this wooden box will only last for two or three years at most, and that's only because I have the exquisite jade plate.

In summary, if one wants to cultivate, the only option is to leave the Great Qian Dynasty as soon as possible.

What a clever scheme!

"Is it because of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed?" Chen Mu understood.

“I just think that the Great Li Goose and Sheep Path might be more suitable for your cultivation.” Yuan Xian’s expression returned to calm.

Chen Mu's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Yuan Xian through his narrowed eyelids. "Tell me, what are your plans?"

“I have a way to get you into the Upper Academy of Goose and Sheep Path,” Yuan Xian said calmly. “With the changes in the ley lines of Yunzhou, you have to admit that this place is no longer a paradise for Qi cultivators.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu fell silent.

"The Goose-Sheep Road will be relocated soon, and they will travel to Haizhou via the Tongtian River."

"It is said that the land there is rich in spiritual energy, making it even more suitable for cultivating qi and immortality."

Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh slightly.

The Divine Statue Cave was indeed safe, and the yin spirits could slowly accumulate, but he couldn't do anything about the lack of earth spiritual energy.

The Great Qian Dynasty was ruthless in its pursuit of Qi Refiners. Even without Yuan Xian's targeting, it would be difficult for him to find more White Jade Coins in the surrounding area. It was only a matter of time before he left the Great Qian Dynasty.

Yuan Xian has identified his own weakness.

"Are you so sure that Goose Sheep Road will be relocated?"

Yuan Xian smiled slightly: "My trip to Dali this time is to drive away the evil demons that are destroying their mountain gate and earth veins. For the sake of our lineage, they have no choice but to move!"

Chen Mu was startled and immediately thought of Jilong Mountain.

Back then, strange demons appeared on Chicken Cage Mountain, which led to the dissipation of the earth's spiritual energy.

And the original Chongshan Road, the changes in the mountain gate's ley lines, it's possible that these Underworld God Transformation Warriors were the ones causing trouble!

Seeing Chen Mu's changing expression, Yuan Xian continued to persuade him: "You are a Qi cultivator, you need to consider the long term..."

"Alright, we'll do it your way." Chen Mu waved his hand to interrupt, looking rather disheartened.

Even if we guessed the Great Qian conspiracy, so what?
On the surface, it's the warriors of the Great Qian Dynasty causing trouble, but behind them stands the entire Yinming Underworld.

Natural disasters and man-made calamities, natural disasters and man-made calamities...

"From this perspective, going to the Upper Courtyard on Goose and Sheep Road in Dali doesn't seem so bad."

Yuan Xian's lips curled up involuntarily: "Alright, I'll make the arrangements right away. Let's go to the front line in Dali first, and then..."

“No, let’s just go to Goose and Sheep Road.” Chen Mu shook his head.

"Aren't you going to the front lines to collect the spirits?" Yuan Xian asked, puzzled.

“I’ve found someone better.” Chen Mu suddenly smiled with a playful expression.

Old man, you'd better work hard and try to drive away more evil spirits to Goose and Sheep Mountain.

As for the task of destroying the Goose and Sheep Path's earth veins... that's none of my business, I don't belong to the Great Qian Dragon Locking Academy!
Thinking of this, Chen Mu looked at Yuan Xian, his smile growing even brighter.

Yuan Xian felt a sudden tightness in his scalp and had a bad feeling.

(End of this chapter)