My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 635 Inadequacy

On the easternmost side of the Hundred Illusions Sect, the rough patterns on the Bing-character Demon-Stabilizing Needle are a deep crimson.

Not far below, a thick, jet-black peach tree, so large that it would take one person to encircle it, stood silently in the thick fog.

The dark brown soil on the ground suddenly rolled, and a barely perceptible force emerged, as nimbly as a small snake. It slowly climbed up the dark green grass blades. The grass blades trembled slightly, and the invisible force, like a small snake, floated lightly into the sky along the direction of the grass blades' movement.

hum!

A crimson flying blade suddenly appeared in mid-air.

puff!

A hand pierced through the thick fog, grasping the strange, hair-like power in its palm.

"Another powerful tonic pill in hand!"

Chen Mu stepped out of the thick fog, feeling the invisible power slowly sinking into the Heavenly Demon Armor in his palm, and smiled.

"It is most likely some kind of demonic essence."

"It's possible that this is what stimulates the growth of the Moli silver peach tree."

More than ten days ago, he discovered that the Heavenly Demon Armor's experience had inexplicably increased, so he immediately returned to the Prison Valley to investigate the reason.

Using the power of the Divine Listening and the senses of the Heavenly Demon Armor itself, it took quite a bit of effort to finally discover a clue next to a strange peach tree whose core had been removed.

This was an extremely subtle aura; even with the full power of the Divine Listening ability, one could only vaguely sense a slight rhythm. Moreover, neither magical power nor the power of Yin spirits seemed capable of interfering with it.

Fortunately, that thing likes to gather around the Ink Silver Peach Tree, and the Heavenly Demon Armor seems to have a natural attraction to it. As long as it gets close, it can be absorbed and contained into the Heavenly Demon Armor.

After several careful investigations, he finally discovered the pattern of this invisible aura's appearance.

Feeling the subtle changes taking place throughout his body, Chen Mu was overjoyed.

With a thought, a gray wall appeared before Chen Mu's eyes.

Celestial Demon Armor: 7133/10000/Tier 7;

"nice one!"

"If we had more similar demon essences, we might be able to refine the Heavenly Demon Armor to its highest level in no time."

With a chuckle in his mind, Chen Mu walked up to the peach wood and reached out to press down on the jet-black, exotic peach wood.

As the secret technique was activated, a hollow sensation returned to his mind.

"If only there were still peach wood cores in this peach tree, I could have double happiness."

"What a pity..." Chen Mu wiped the smile off his face and shook his head with a sigh.

As time went on, he discovered that many of the Moli Silver Peach trees were intact on the outside, but the core had long been removed from their interiors.

He wasn't too worried about the peach wood core raw materials before, because the Hundred Illusions Sect was big enough and the Imprisoned Valley was long enough.

But now...

"There are probably far more than just one or two people who cultivate the Nine Lives Tribulation Technique."

"We need to hurry up and dig out more peach wood cores."

A sense of urgency rose in Chen Mu's heart, and he turned around and quickly disappeared into the thick fog.

……

As the sun and moon passed, time flew by. Early that morning, Chen Mu was awakened by a slight buzzing sound.

Stepping out of the cave, one could see dozens of tiny, ant-like figures on the vast, seemingly endless spiritual fields of Jin Yuan Valley.

They held magical artifacts resembling cloth bags in their hands, flying low atop flying kites. With a flick of their fingers, the Golden Yuan Valley below immediately detached from its ears of grain, resembling sheets of golden sand, and swiftly flew into the open bag.

These people lined up in mid-air, flying from north to south, quickly harvesting the Golden Yuan Valley.

Dozens of people followed closely behind on the ground, each holding a yellow gourd. Streams of scorching air continuously spewed out, instantly turning the stems and leaves of the Golden Yuan Valley into ashes that fell into the spirit field.

"We can go to the General Affairs Office this afternoon to buy some fresh Jin Yuan Valley." Chen Mu patted the rough railing at the entrance, his mouth watering.

When Chen Mu first arrived at the Hundred Illusions Sect, the boundless Golden Essence Valley was already sprouting ears of grain. After four months of growth, today is finally harvest time.

The disciples of Lu Han's Hundred Illusions Sect were also taken to harvest the Golden Yuan Valley. These newly arrived Dao soldiers were given a rare day off.

"Others can rest, but I can't." Stretching and loosening his muscles, Chen Mu turned and disappeared into the mist like a gentle breeze.

……

At the southernmost tip of the Hundred Illusions Sect's territory, the top of the rugged and menacing Jia-character Demon-Stabilizing Needle was shrouded in white clouds.

Chen Mu's figure appeared atop the jagged rocks, and he immediately spotted a pitch-black, exotic peach tree that was half a person's height.

He stepped forward and raised his hand to press down. He slightly activated the Dividing Calamity Technique, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

The trunk of the jet-black peach tree rippled with water-like patterns. He reached out and pinched a piece of jet-black pith, about the thickness of a walnut, from inside the tree using his middle and index fingers.

"Although it's just a small peach tree, the core contains abundant supernatural energy, more than enough to refine the Peach God." Chen Mu flipped his hand and put away the peach core, looking it over from all sides. At the tip of the broad Demon-Stabilizing Needle, quite a few plants had grown. There were dozens of peach trees, but only this one was a suitable exotic peach tree.

"It's all that heartless old man Hu Buwei's fault!" Chen Mu pouted.

For the past two months, he has been working day and night, constantly searching for the Ink Silver Peach Tree to refine the Peach God. As time went by, he found quite a few exotic peach trees, but most of them had their cores dug out.

Now, not a single Moli Silver plant that meets the requirements can be found in Prison Valley.

Fortunately, the peach tree in front of him was growing on the top of the Demon-Stabilizing Needle, which ordinary people dared not climb up to explore, otherwise it would not have fallen into his hands.

"I wonder how many copies of the Tribulation Dividing Technique Old Man Hu sold."

"I've only trained seventy-three Peach Gods."

"If we encounter a backlash from the Dao soldiers in the future, this number might not be enough," he said with deep concern.

"No, we need to search Prison Valley again. We might find a fish that slipped through the net in some hidden corner."

……

Several days later, at dusk, at the entrance of the cliffside cave.

Chen Mu lay in the rocking chair, gazing absently at the clouds in the distance, which were bathed in the fiery red light of the setting sun.

In the past few days, he has not been able to find any other exotic peach trees that meet his requirements.

The number of Peach Gods stopped at seventy-three, and even the demon essence that could advance the progress of the Heavenly Demon Armor disappeared completely.

"It seems we can no longer continue refining the Peach God."

After pondering for a long time, Chen Mu suddenly had an idea.

"How about we try combining a few other calamity-blocking secret techniques?"

"Layered armor? I'm an expert at that!"

……

The next day, in the Valley of Imprisonment, Lu Han looked at Chen Mu speechlessly.

"Fellow practitioners of multiple tribulation-bearing secret techniques?"

"Who exactly did you learn the Jade Seed and Yuan Gathering Talisman techniques from? Have you forgotten the basics?!"

"Is that not allowed?" Chen Mu asked, looking bewildered.

"No matter how profound the Secret Technique of Bearing Calamity is, it is still within the scope of the secret techniques of Qi Refiners. As long as it is used, there will always be a sequence."

"A Qi Refiner's Jade Seed contains only one fundamental Yuan Talisman, which is the only channel through which secret techniques can be cast to the outside world. Before reaching the Dao Foundation stage, a Qi Refiner can only release one secret technique at a time."

"Many secret techniques appear to be used simultaneously, but in reality, they are simply switched and connected quickly enough."

"No matter how many Tribulation-Bearing Secret Techniques you practice, when the time comes, you can only use one at most. Even if you switch between them quickly, can you be faster than the Dao Ancestor?" Lu Han glanced at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu's lips twitched, and he suddenly realized.

A Qi cultivator before reaching the Dao Foundation stage is like a single-barreled gun. No matter how many bullets are loaded into the magazine, only one can be fired at a time.

Although he could fire in rapid succession, unfortunately, the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor was too powerful. No matter how fast he fired in rapid succession, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the backlash.

"The armor-layering plan failed." Chen Mu scratched his head.

"Instead of thinking about these trivial things, you should focus on figuring out how to break the sorcery."

"Most of your fellow cultivators have already entered the grinding stone chamber to begin the next stage of cultivation. How long do you plan to dawdle?" Lu Han reprimanded him with an unfriendly expression.

This leek isn't growing very well.

"It'll be soon, Senior Brother, don't worry. I'll go to the grinding stone room to cultivate in a few days," Chen Mu replied with a smile.

"You're not still thinking about that secret technique to ward off calamity, are you?" Lu Han glanced at him with displeasure.

"What, are you planning to rebel against the Thousand Machines Sect, or kill someone from the Thousand Machines Sect? You haven't even entered the Thousand Machines Sect yet, how can you be so sure that you'll be struck by lightning?" He looked at him with suspicion.

It was originally just a joke, but as I was talking, my heart skipped a beat.

Did I somehow manage to hire a madman?

He started plotting trouble before even going to the Thousand Machine Sect?

Looking at Chen Mu, who was always smiling, Lu Han suddenly felt a sudden, inexplicable panic.

(End of this chapter)