My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 638 Nine Heads

At dawn, the sounds of insects chirping and birds singing echoed through the mountains and forests.

Some people went to the Prison Valley to dig for demonic energy stones, some went to the stone mill to grind stones, and some went to the spirit field to take care of the newly sprouted Golden Yuan Valley. The Hundred Illusions Sect in Qingqiu Mountain slowly awakened, and even the mist that had been shrouding the surrounding area for many years seemed to come alive and drifted around.

The entire Qingqiu Mountain resembles a round basin. Near the inner side of the cliff is the deep and secluded Prison Valley, while the central basin is flat and has been cultivated into spiritual fields for planting Golden Yuan Valley.

The millstone workshop is located at the northernmost edge of the basin plain.

Chen Mu, along with two other soldiers, followed Lu Han to a row of black-tiled houses.

The doors and windows were half-open and made of wood, with a faint buzzing sound coming from each room.

"Senior Brother Lu, with these three, you'll probably have seventeen Dao Soldier apprentices graduating this year! Congratulations!" Yang Fu, with his small eyes and round face, came forward, his face full of admiration and envy.

"Congratulations, congratulations! You'll definitely get a share of the Daoist merits you gain in the future." Lu Han replied cheerfully, "You'll have to take good care of these Daoist soldiers who were just sent to the millstone workshop."

"Don't you know my methods?" Yang Fu said smugly, raising his head. "You can rest assured that these people are all in my hands. I guarantee they will all be trained by the end of the year."

"The others are fine, but there's one person you need to keep an eye on," Lu Han said, pulling Yang Fu aside to give him instructions.

"See that lazy, gray-clad youth?" Lu Han said with a look of disdain. "This guy does have some talent, but he's incredibly cunning. He's always using the excuse of going to the Myriad Scriptures Cave to escape his cultivation. He's really not doing anything productive."

Chen Mu, who was observing the millstone workshop with great interest not far away, was speechless.

Am I neglecting my duties?

I was refining the Peach God.

That's what true spiritual practice is all about.

If I hadn't discovered the Ink Silver in the underground space, which would have allowed me to cultivate more Peach Gods, I would definitely still be stubbornly staying in the Prison Valley, instead of coming to this Millstone Workshop to cultivate with you.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes inwardly.

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Yang Fu glanced sideways at Chen Mu from afar: "In my territory, even a dragon has to coil up!"

"Just watch what I've got!" With that, he snorted coldly and strode confidently toward Chen Mu.

On the first day of meeting, you have to give them a hard time and deflate their arrogance.

In the blink of an eye, nine ways to bluff and provoke appeared in Yang Fu's mind.

But before he could decide which method to use, everything went black and his legs went weak.

With a thud, he knelt down neatly and swiftly not far from the three Daoist apprentices.

Lu Han: "..."

Is this your method?

Begging a Daoist soldier to cultivate?

Your methods are truly brilliant.

Like the two Daoist apprentices beside him, Chen Mu's face was full of fear and confusion, but his eyes were about to burst with laughter.

We may meet again anywhere in life.

Back then, in front of the Washing Cave, this chubby guy with small eyes even called me a bad person.

It seems we've run into someone we know.

I must say, the Nightmare Spell is really effective.

……

The work at the Grinding Stone Workshop and the work at the Prison Valley may seem different, but they are essentially the same; it's just that the latter requires more precision.

In the Prison Valley, the goal is to excavate demonic energy stones; here, the goal is to grind them into fine powder.

The training in the Prison Valley focuses on quickly harmonizing and dispelling the aura of demonic arts, finding the necessary power to break through the demonic energy in the shortest possible time.

The millstone workshop not only needs to find the corresponding supernatural force, but also needs to maintain it for a sufficient duration and intensity.

Prison Valley trains skills, while Grinding Stone Workshop trains both skills and endurance.

After all, if you don't have enough strength, even if the knife is very sharp, it will still take a long time and a lot of effort to dissect demons and monsters.

After only a few initial attempts, Chen Mu discovered that the Three Yin Demon Slaying Technique was still invincible.

It seems to have an automatic operating mechanism; as soon as it comes into contact with demonic energy, it will quickly adjust itself and transform into a specific anti-demon power that counters demonic energy.

As long as Chen Mu can provide enough mana, it can guarantee stable output.

With the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Technique as a cheat, Chen Mu could even immediately pass the level of the Grinding Stone Workshop cultivation.

"Unfortunately, the time is not right yet." Chen Mu, who was circling in the underground cavern, shook his head and sighed to himself.

In just over ten days, he hollowed out the cores of all twenty-six Ink Silver Peach Trees, and the number of Peach Gods in his hands increased to ninety-nine.

"Is this the end? I wonder if these Peach Gods can withstand the Five Thunderbolts." Chen Mu, unwilling to give up, inspected the peach grove again.

After a while, he stopped beside the sealed gourd.

"The demonic essence has stopped overflowing; are the extraterrestrial demons within the sealed barrier dead?"

Chen Mu frowned.

"The progress of the millstone workshop's repairs needs to be slowed down a bit."

"If no more exotic peach trees regenerate in the underground cave, and we cannot refine enough Peach God Lords, then we can only wait for the next Thousand Machines Sect recruitment order."

He felt a little disappointed, but it wasn't unacceptable.

After all, he was already mentally prepared to miss this year's conscription order before the underground cave was discovered.

After using the Listening Technique to observe the entire underground cavity again, Chen Mu found nothing unusual. He could only sigh, shake his head, and turn to leave the underground.

……

Inside the pitch-black and vast Gourd Cave.

The nine-headed creature coiled its body, covered in crimson scales, into a ball, with three heads drooping on top.

It took a while before it opened one eye, its three pupils turning as it glanced helplessly at the top of the cave.

"The monster is finally gone..." he sighed deeply.

The three menacing faces, with their protruding fangs, were filled with helplessness and bewilderment. They had absorbed eleven strands of his own primordial energy, yet nothing had changed?

Is this still a human being?

This person is not a human being at all!

"Maybe it's just a demon or monster in human skin," Jiu Shou thought with regret.

I shouldn't have given this person my primordial energy when he first appeared outside the Calabash Cave!

"Fortunately, it's all over now."

“The core of the Moli Silver Peach Tree has been completely removed, so it won’t form again anytime soon. This guy is unlikely to come back here.” He gradually felt at ease.

Just as he was thinking this, Jiu Shou subconsciously looked up at the crack in the sky again.

Then...then he met a huge eye that filled the entire rift.

Those huge eyes were filled with malice!

Nine heads: "..."

No, didn't you leave?

Why did you sneak back and peer through my window?!

The nine-headed demon shuddered, its scales rattling, and it almost flew away in shock.

"That demonic essence came from you, didn't it?" Chen Mu chuckled, full of certainty.

The Ink Silver is gone, but the Demon Essence remains.

We've come all this way to the underground, we can't just leave empty-handed, can we?

He grinned, and his fine, white teeth gleamed with a cold light.

"This little thing does have some tricks up its sleeve, managing to find the inner gourd cave through the gaps in the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Law Restrictions." Nine Heads came back to his senses, snorted coldly, and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Demon essence?"

"Ha! You're so ignorant."

"That is my original energy, which carries the foundation of my true spirit."

"Although I don't know what method you used to temporarily suppress it, the chaotic thoughts that keep popping up in your mind must be unpleasant!" Nine Heads glanced at the top of his head, a gloating smile on his face.

"This is just the beginning. As time goes on, the spiritual consciousness within your primordial energy will slowly erode and assimilate you."

"In the end, you will become a complete part of me!"

"Ha ha!"

What do you mean?

Does the essence of demons still contain demonic consciousness?

I do not know how? !

Chen Mu, who was lying on the stone gourd with his butt sticking out, was startled and quickly began to look through the gray wall for insights.

After a while, he finally found an inconspicuous comment in the corner of the feedback information on the gray wall.

"The Heavenly Demon Armor is recorded in the Thousand Mountains Classic. This comment is probably not an annotation by the author of the Thousand Mountains Classic." Chen Mu pondered for a moment, and then carefully looked at the content of the comment.

"The Heavenly Demon Armor can assimilate and devour the essence of demons and specifically acquire their innate protective energy. However, this process damages the demon bloodline Dao essence contained within the essence energy, making it impossible to completely assimilate and tame the demon's supernatural abilities. It is a failed secret technique where the disadvantages outweigh the advantages!"

Chen Mu: “…”

No, is that a big talk?

This secret technique for failure... I wish I could have ten more copies!

Within the Calabash Cave, noticing the blank stare in the large eye above its head, Nine Heads immediately raised its head.

"Want more primordial energy?"

"Okay."

"But if I dare to give it, do you dare to take it?!" His eighteen pupils were filled with malice.

This...this is a huge gift delivered right to my door?

"How about you give me another one, and I'll give it a try?" Chen Mu said with a smile.

Nine heads: "..."

No, you really dare to ask for it!

I've already scared you like this, why don't you give up?

"Don't give up. Maybe if you give me another burst of primordial energy, I won't be able to withstand the erosion and will immediately become your clone."

"This way, you'll have a chance to break free of the seal. Don't miss this opportunity!" Chen Mu's eyes were full of encouragement.

"Thinking about it this way, it actually makes some sense... there's a lot of logic to it!" Nine Heads glared fiercely at Chen Mu.

He understood perfectly well that the bastard outside the seal was trying to trick him out of his primordial energy.

This must be an alien demon in human skin.

Otherwise, how could it withstand the erosion of the primordial energy?

"Trying to trick me out of my primordial energy? You're dreaming!"

Nine Heads snorted coldly, curled up, closed his eyes, and ignored the seductive voices coming from above.

Anyway, with the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Laws separating the inside from the outside, this extraterrestrial demon can't get out, and that human-skin demon outside can't get in either.

What's there to be afraid of!

Just as I was about to shut my ears and fall asleep, I realized I needed to.

Ding!

A metallic clang rang out as it struck the spikes on his head.

A sharp pain suddenly surged into my brain.

With a roar, Jiushou looked up abruptly and saw a barrage of emerald green blades raining down from the sky, covering his entire body like a torrential downpour.

Is it raining knives from the sky?

Or is it a knife specifically designed to target us extraterrestrial demons?

Even our demon homeland doesn't have this kind of devilish weather!

The next instant, the protective aura around his body was pierced by the dark green energy blade, and a continuous, intense pain suddenly swept over his entire body.

Despite the excruciating pain, Jiu Shou stared intently at the crack in the ceiling, gazing at the amused and smiling eyes outside, his face filled with fierce killing intent.

You think you can make me submit with mere pain?

Go ahead and dream of your spring and autumn dreams!

I would rather die than submit!

(End of this chapter)