My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 730 Ghost Mark
One evening, in a dense forest three hundred miles east of Shuanghua Valley.

As the light and shadow shifted, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

The man was dressed in a black robe, with a wide hood that completely covered his face, and strands of golden light shimmered and flowed beneath the hood.

The man in black robes stood quietly on a tree branch, gazing at the distant, faintly visible mountain peaks.

"When are you going to finish? Hurry up and go back. There are too few worshippers here, it's unbearable!" A rough voice came from under the hood.

“No, no, no, Dean Xiao said that the Taoist guarding Shuanghua Valley is most skilled at bewitching minds, so we can’t rush in recklessly.” Another voice calmly spoke up.

"He can bewitch you, but he can't bewitch me, can he? I'm not human." The rough voice was nonchalant.

"Yes, yes, you're not human, you're a spirit. You're powerful, you're awesome," another voice replied dismissively.

"Xiao Liang, you're a fucking coward! A wimp!" a gruff voice roared.

"You are me, and I am you. If you insult me, you are insulting yourself." Xiao Liang didn't care at all, and even laughed out loud.

"..." A rough voice.

"It's only been a little over a month, what's the rush?" Xiao Liang calmly reassured him.

“I am indeed powerful and fearless against ordinary bewitching magic. With your spirit residing in the underworld, there is a high probability that I can withstand that Taoist’s bewitching demonic puppet.”

"But those scouts and agents in the past were not useless. The reason they failed can only be said to be that this person was very difficult to deal with."

"In that case, there's no need for us to fight head-on."

"Based on the previous movements of scouts and spies, I estimated that 300 li is a safe distance."

"Moreover, we also have the Five Ghosts Escape Technique, which allows us to escape into the Five Elements, making it both secretive and swift."

"We just need to wait for an opportunity, a gap when that Taoist priest leaves Shuanghua Valley."

"It won't be long, at most a quarter of an hour, before we can break the underground magic barrier without anyone noticing and escape safely."

Xiao Liang looked confident.

"When will we have a chance?" the gruff voice asked impatiently.

jingle……

A clear, crisp bell sound suddenly rang out from the black-robed man's waist.

"The opportunity has come," Xiao Liang chuckled.

A chilling aura enveloped him, and he vanished into thin air like a gentle breeze.

A moment later, in the underground cave of Twin Flower Valley, a gentle breeze swirled and appeared, revealing Xiao Liang's figure.

"No one noticed, we infiltrated successfully. See, wasn't our wait worthwhile?" Xiao Liang said smugly.

Hee hee hee……

A sharp, mocking laugh suddenly rang in my ears.

Xiao Liang froze instantly.

He subconsciously looked up at the sky.

Then I saw five small paper figures, each about the size of a palm, with strange smiles on their faces.

hum!
Suddenly, plumes of black smoke rose from the top of the cave.

A cold and menacing aura slowly filled the entire cave.

Under the hood, Xiao Liang's face turned as pale as paper.

After a while.

A short, agonizing scream echoed from underground.

Immediately, the entire underground cavern fell into deathly silence once again.

……

The next morning.

Chen Mu lay comfortably in the rocking chair at the entrance of the Temple of Divine Intervention.

Last night I went out to test the power of a series of unexpected events, and on a whim, I blew up several small hills.

We played until the early hours of the morning before heading home under the starlight, thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

With progress in all aspects of his cultivation and magical artifacts, and having just completed a stage of spiritual treasure condensation, Chen Mu was in a very good mood.

He wasn't in a hurry to take the next step in his cultivation. Instead, he lay in the rocking chair and slowly drifted off to sleep, listening to the birdsong and insect chirps of the morning.

Not long after, he was awakened by a soft footstep.

Chen Mu opened his eyes and frowned as he looked at Lu Wo, the supervisor of the General Affairs Bureau, standing in front of him.

"Imperial Academy, some strange things have been happening in Shuanghua Valley recently..." Lu Wo said, his voice filled with suspicion.

"Some people heard eerie screams in the middle of the night, and others saw strange figures. They all say..."

"Everyone says the valley is haunted!"

Chen Mu: “…”

Every single one of them in this valley is a Qi Refining Master capable of flying and escaping into the earth.

But these Qi cultivators claimed that the valley was haunted.

Ah!
This valley... it really is haunted!
Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help feeling uneasy inside.

He knew what was going on as soon as he heard it; those strange noises and figures must have been caused by ghosts and monsters.

In order to cultivate the Yin spirits using the Soul-Fixing Stake, he released all the Yin spirit monsters from the Five Ghost Bag into Twin Flower Valley. These monsters were best at transforming into terrifying objects to scare people.

"Mountain wind!"

"This must be the strange noise caused by the mountain wind blowing through the hall!" Chen Mu said with certainty, refusing to admit it.

"Is that so?" Luwo asked hesitantly.

“But I also heard screams last night, and they didn’t sound like…” As he spoke, he suddenly felt a chill run down his neck.

It was like... it was like someone was blowing a cold wind on the back of his neck!
"Dr...Dr. Du, is this really a draft?" His voice trembled uncontrollably.
Is this retaliation against me because I complained to the hospital?
Luwo was completely devastated.

Chen Mu glared fiercely at the five paper ghost figures behind Lu Wo's head.

Is it really meaningful to blow a cold wind down someone's neck to scare them at this time?!

"Is there...is there something behind me?!" Noticing Chen Mu's gaze, Lu Wo's face turned pale.

"Don't be afraid, there's nothing there," Chen Mu quickly reassured her.

Liar!

"Believe me, it's definitely the draft that's causing this!" Chen Mu said solemnly.

It really is haunted!
Luwo's ​​whole body stiffened.

Chen Mu: “…”

This is still hard to explain.

It took him a lot of effort to get rid of Luwo.

Chen Mu glared at the grinning paper ghost figures in front of him.

"Don't scare people unnecessarily. Keep an eye on those ghostly spirits. Also, never provoke the disciples in the valley."

The five paper ghost figures stood obediently in a row, nodding with serious expressions.

I promise I will never lay a hand on any of the disciples in the lower courtyards.

As for the men in black from outside...

Hey!

"Have you done something bad behind my back?" Chen Mu looked at the five paper figures suspiciously.

The five paper ghosts' faces tightened, and they immediately shook their heads solemnly.

Those who did it were all ghosts and monsters; it has absolutely nothing to do with us Five Ghost Paper Dolls!
"Something feels off..." Chen Mu couldn't help but scratch his head.

Forget it, forget it.

The Five Ghosts Paper Dolls are usually obedient, so there shouldn't be any problems.

I'll just keep making my little gourds.

……

"Is Shuanghua Courtyard causing trouble again?" Luo Ding was both amused and exasperated.

"Master Xiao sent a secret letter, saying he had found an elite Dragon-Locking Warrior from his family to go, but..."

"And they never came back." San Zhangli was speechless.

That Chen Daobing is as reliable as ever.

But if you're reliable, then we're not.

Luo Ding: "..."

“Director, how about I go to Shuanghua Valley, and then…” San Zhangli gestured with his hand across his neck, his face icy cold.

"You're really brave!" Luo Ding said irritably.

"He has been stationed in the outer heavens for many years, dealing with extraterrestrial demons every day. He is most skilled in killing and fighting. Do you think you can kill him?"

Can I...can I really?

San Zhang's face was stiff.

I'm afraid I'm not quite capable of it.

"Then let's..."

"Forget it, let's move him to another place." Luo Ding waved his hand helplessly.

"Some changes have occurred outside the heavens. The Upper Academy intends to send its core elders and disciples back to the Yellow Springs Sect, and the various lower academies in Yizhou are short of people to guard them."

"You should find a remote branch of the hospital and transfer that person away as soon as possible."

We can't let a mere Taoist priest ruin our plans.

……

Several days later, late at night.

Inside the underground cave, Chen Mu circled the Soul-Stabilizing Pillar.

"The essence of the Yin-taming strategy is actually the Yin-Nether Ghost Pattern?!" He curled his fingers and tapped the Soul-Stabilizing Pillar with great interest.

The Lingbao Pivot Chapter has entered its eighth stage, enabling it to intervene in deeper levels of magical artifacts and restrictions.

After completing a new round of refining the Yellow Springs Gourd Yuan Talisman today, Chen Mu suddenly had a whimsical idea to rethink the Twin Flower Valley's magical restrictions.

The innate earth vein magic restrictions that connect to the celestial stars are still not clear, but the essence of the soul-fixing stake can be vaguely seen.

"I knew the Thousand Mountains Path had studied the Underworld." Chen Mu was certain of this.

"If I could use the Netherworld Connection Incantation to grasp the core ghostly runes of the Soul-Fixing Stake..."

"what!"

Knowing that the Soul-Fixing Stake could transform Jade Dew to cultivate Yin Soul Monsters, Chen Mu once went to the Twin Flower Valley Scripture Transmission Academy to search for the secret method of Yin-raising strategy.

Unfortunately, Shuanghua Valley is only a branch of the Sacred Heart Academy, and most of the secret techniques there are not of a high level, so naturally the Yin-taming strategy secret technique was not included.

Now it's all good. The core of the Soul-Fixing Stake is the Yin-Yang Ghost Pattern, and I had previously learned the Soul-Locking Technique of the Netherworld.

As long as you use the ghostly patterns within the Soul-Stabilizing Pillar as a guide, and spend more time trying...

"It's worth a try!" Chen Mu was immediately tempted.

(End of this chapter)