My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 724 Soul-Fixing Stake

"Go ahead and run! Go ahead and run!" Chen Mu grabbed the two big ears of the double-flowered rabbit with his left hand and lifted it into the air, while his right index finger poked the rabbit's soft belly.

Even so, the fat rabbit still had a pair of dead fish eyes, slowly chewing on the flowers and grass, completely unmoved.

Hey!
I'm about to eat you up, and you still give me that look?

How could someone like this possibly be related to the safety of Sacred Heart Institution?
I can't figure it out.

Chen Mu chuckled and shook his head.

This was clearly a secret of Sacred Heart Monastery. Although I had signed the contract, I was still an outsider, so it was reasonable for them not to tell me.

Since that's the case, then even though I don't know the inside story, catching and eating two rabbits shouldn't be a problem for me.

After all, ignorance is no excuse.

Hey!

Hmm, should it be steamed or braised...?

This is a problem.

Just as I was struggling with how to cook, I looked up and saw five little paper ghosts riding five double-flowered rabbits, running towards me from afar with loud laughter.

Chen Mu immediately smiled.

Now there's no need to think about it anymore; you can braise, steam, roast, stew over a fire, or simmer in an earthenware pot—it'll all work!
But as he laughed, he frowned.

The dappled rabbits are indeed lazy, even eating while lying down, but they are also very alert. Previously, when I showed the slightest sign of malice, they quickly ran away.

But the five rabbits not far away all had blank stares, as if they were idiots.

Even more unbelievable is...

"His mouth was clearly stuffed full of flowers and herbs, yet he didn't eat a single bite?!"

Chen Mu looked at the rabbit in his hand that was still munching on a four-leaf clover with its mouth still open, and then looked at the double-flowered rabbit being ridden by the Five Ghost Paper Doll in the distance.

This scene...this scene looks so much like the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls driving away the Yin-Yang Insects!
Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Once the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains technique is mastered to its peak, it can unleash the power of the Yama Emperor's Decree, allowing the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls to control the Yin-Yang Insects carried by the evil spirits.

The first time I demonstrated this ability was at Jilong Mountain.

Do the Five Ghost Paper Dolls also have the ability to control other living beings?
Chen Mu frowned.

wrong!

The problem lies with the rabbit.

The reason they were controlled by the Five Ghost Paper Dolls is because they were also subject to the orders of Yama, the King of Hell!

Are the Twin Flower Rabbit and the Ghostly Spirit related?
Lifting the double-flowered rabbit in his left hand, Chen Mu looked at its dead fish eyes and sighed regretfully.

"We can't eat this rabbit now."

……

To the west of the Temple of Divine Interpretation, there is a cluster of gray brick and black tile buildings, where the Shuanghuayuan General Affairs Office is located.

"Double-flowered rabbits produce more than ten offspring per litter and reproduce rapidly. They are also very healthy, with a survival rate of nearly 100% for their young, and they rarely get sick or die."

"Simply plant a large number of four-leaf clovers in the valley and provide them with plenty of food, and they will grow well."

"Overall, they are very easy to raise..." Lu Wo, the head of the General Affairs Department, carefully explained the breeding of Shuanghua rabbits to Chen Mu.

After listening for a while, Chen Mu still couldn't detect anything unusual about the Twin Flower Rabbit.

"Do you know what's so special about these rabbits?" Chen Mu asked, unwilling to give up.

"All we know is that their bones are unusual and can be used to make earthen carriages."

"As for the rest..." Lu Wo glanced at Chen Mu cautiously.

"I heard... I heard that rabbit meat tastes pretty good."

This……

Fine.

It seems I'm not the only one eyeing the fat rabbit.

Chen Mu glanced at Lu Wo, who looked uneasy, waved his hand, and left the General Affairs Office.

"Those people in the General Affairs Department who also raise rabbits probably don't know what's so special about the Double Flower Rabbit."

He had been wandering around Twin Flower Valley for a day but had not found anything.

These rabbits spent their days eating and sleeping, and apart from their innate ability to burrow underground, they showed no other unusual behavior.

……

Late at night, in the Temple of the Gods, before the altar.

Chen Mu lit three incense sticks and inserted them into the bronze incense burner, then looked at the white jade disc behind the burner.

It is engraved with a simple cloud pattern, which has a kind of elegant beauty.

This is the core of the Shuanghua Valley's magical restrictions; all kinds of restrictions, such as those for protecting the mountain, reinforcing the earth's veins, and regulating the earth's spiritual energy, are connected to it.

"Since this thing covers the entire Shuanghua Courtyard, we might be able to find something by using it as a probe."

Chen Mu summoned the gray stone door and looked at one of the columns.

Lingbao Cardinal Chapter: 8955/10000/Sixth Order;

This method was obtained from the City God Temple in Luandu County. It allows one to probe into the City God's sacred space and observe the entire Luandu County. Furthermore, this method is also effective against the restrictive formations of Qi cultivators.

Back in the Hundred Illusions Sect of Haizhou, he had used this to penetrate deep into the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Restrictions and extract the core of the Ink-Silver Peach Wood from within the sealed area. "Observing the Twin Flower Valley using the Twin Flower Valley's restrictions will definitely provide a clearer view."

Chen Mu pressed his right hand against the white jade disc, activating the Spirit Treasure Pivot Chapter. An invisible force, like clouds and mist, emerged and then surged into the white jade disc with a whooshing sound.

In the void, starlight and fine lines of various colors suddenly appeared before our eyes; that was the manifestation of the Twin Flower Valley's magical restrictions in operation.

Within this inescapable net, however, lie twelve locations resembling black holes. They are protected by magical restrictions, yet completely disconnected from the jade plate in his hand.

If I hadn't possessed the Spirit Treasure Cardinal Manual, I would never have discovered it!
"There is indeed a problem!"

Chen Mu frowned, withdrew his hand, and then disappeared underground in a flash.

……

Deep underground, in a clearly man-made hemispherical underground cave, Chen Mu's figure appeared.

Black smoke billowed out, and several white paper lanterns flew out, their pale white light illuminating the surroundings.

In the center of the cave, a black pillar immediately comes into view.

The pillar was as tall as a person, as black as ink, resembling both a tree and jade. Wisps of silver patterns emanated from it, and a chilling aura emanated from its surroundings.

"A soul-stabilizing stake?!"

Chen Mu was taken aback.

He actually recognized this thing!

Five ghosts filled the air with black smoke, and with a flick of his wrist, he took out a pitch-black wooden stake.

Except for being smaller, its shape is almost identical to the pillars inside the cave!
Chen Mu frowned immediately.

The Soul-Fixing Stake originates from the fragmentary scroll of the Thousand Mountains Classic, "The Strategy of Nurturing Yin Spirits," and is an important component for raising yin spirits and monsters.

Back in the remote border region of Daliang, someone wanted to use this method to raise vengeful spirits and extract the essence of the three treasures from the people of a city.

After Chen Mu accidentally destroyed it, he obtained this Soul-Stabilizing Stake.

Because it emitted a cold and gloomy aura, Chen Mu had been using it as a refrigerator for a long time, never expecting to find other soul-fixing stakes here.

"There should be twelve Soul-Stabilizing Stakes, but there are blind spots in the magical restrictions within Twin Flower Valley..."

Chen Mu fell silent immediately.

……

Several days later, late at night, at the Temple of Divine Intervention.

Chen Mu, holding the white jade plate, lay on the rocking chair by the door, staring blankly at the sky.

However, his consciousness, aided by the protective mountain laws, carefully observed the inside and outside of Shuanghua Valley.

Since discovering the twelve soul-fixing stakes underground, he has spent almost all his free time doing this, except when he is refining the Yellow Springs Gourd.

After several days of observation, we finally made some discoveries.

"Twin Flower Valley is actually raising Yin-Nether Insects?!"

With a flash, Chen Mu vanished like a gentle breeze.

In a dry and comfortable burrow deep in the mountains, a two-spotted rabbit was giving birth, and seven or eight hairless, bright red baby rabbits were born one by one.

In the void unseen by ordinary people, tiny black specks, like dust particles, appeared and then poured into the body of the newborn twin rabbit.

"The Yinming Insect parasitizing the newborn Twinflower Rabbit... this scene... why does it look so familiar?!"

Chen Mu thought for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat.

"It's Luandu County!"

When I was a living deity in Luandu County, whenever a newborn was born in Luandu County, Yinming worms would appear and parasitize the child, and the scene was almost exactly the same as it is now!
The Yinming Insect accompanies a child throughout their life. After the host dies, it transforms into a Yin Spirit through the cycle of birth and death. This is the fundamental method by which the Yinming Underworld cultivates Yin Spirits using mortals.

"And the Sacred Heart Academy... the Sacred Heart Academy is there to deal with the demonic monster?!"

Chen Mu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and realized the truth.

Using monstrous creatures to devour and destroy the earth's spiritual springs is a common tactic employed by the Dragon Locking Academy.

The mountain gates of Yunzhou Chongshan Road and Jilong Road were both damaged in this way.

The demon can infiltrate the Spirit Void Cave Heaven, and unless it appears on its own initiative, even Qi cultivators will find it difficult to detect.

Once a monstrous demon lurks at the mountain gate, one can only watch helplessly as life is cut off and vitality dissipates.

But with these double-flowered rabbits, it's different.

“Hong Yi once said that if a demon devours too many people, it will automatically fall into the underworld.”

"That's because the people of Kangzhou all have Yinming worms in their bodies. When the demons devour mortals, the Yinming worms die, and the demons will have many more Yin spirits in their bodies."

"With too many evil spirits, the pull of the River of Oblivion will increase, eventually dragging the evil demons into the underworld."

"The rabbit that has symbioticated with the Yinming Worm is similar to the person who has symbioticated with the Yinming Worm. If the demon devours too much of it, it will also be pulled into the Yinming."

"These fat rabbits really can protect Sacred Heart!"

"But if that happens, who will protect my safety!" Chen Mu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Shuanghua Courtyard is the core breeding ground for Shuanghua rabbits. If the Great Zhou Dragon Locking Courtyard finds out about this place, it will definitely launch a large-scale attack!
At that moment, the Heavenly Capital Martial Artists and the eerie Dragon-Locking Warriors attacked one after another, unleashing a barrage of attacks, until...

Chen Mu's face began to darken.

Sacred Heart Monastery knew this place was dangerous, yet they still sent me here to oversee it. They're clearly trying to put me to death!
The key point is that they didn't explain anything at all.

You damn bastard!
(End of this chapter)