Living as a Mortal: Grinding Experience Starting from the Underworld

Boom boom boom!

The knocking sounded as usual, and Zhang Feng opened the door as he always did.

"Brother Zhang!"

Huang Tianhe's voice rang out as always, but this time, it carried a hint of excitement.

Zhang Feng glanced over and discovered the reason.

A beautiful and gentle female cultivator, around fifteen or sixteen years old, stood timidly behind Huang Tianhe, but looked at Zhang Feng with a scrutinizing and probing gaze.

"Brother Zhang, this is Xiao Cui. She's agreed to be with me."

Huang Tianhe's face was filled with undisguised joy.

"Oh, I really have to congratulate you on getting what you wanted."

Zhang Feng joked, "I don't know what happened to make my little brother so happy with his new love."

"Take this, consider it a congratulatory gift for you."

Zhang Feng tossed the secret manual for controlling formations, which he had obtained from a formation cultivator, to Huang Tianhe.

He had seen this manual yesterday; it wasn't anything special, and he didn't need it. It was just a modified, simple enemy-trapping formation, not very powerful, but enough to deal with ferocious beasts.

"Thank you, Brother Zhang. My name is Cuizhu, originally a rogue cultivator from the Five Dragons Sea. Could you perhaps...?"

Cuizhu stepped forward to bow, and was about to continue speaking when Zhang Feng interrupted her with a gesture:

"Tianhe, I was too tired yesterday, you guys should go back first!"

Interrupted, Cui Zhu's eyes held a hint of resentment.

This woman has a lot on her mind!

Zhang Feng didn't want to pay attention to it. As for Huang Tianhe, there was no need to worry. After all, several elders had died, the village chief had passed away, and Huang Tianhe was about to master the Netherworld Body Refining Technique.

In this dark and gloomy place, it is immediately clear who is stronger between Huang Tianhe, who possesses martial prowess, and the female cultivator who has lost her spiritual power.

"Okay, Brother Zhang, you get some rest."

Yesterday, Grandpa announced the appointment of my father as village chief and my second uncle as the captain of the hunting team.

And I'm in charge of a small squad.

"My dad specifically instructed that Brother Zhang can stay as long as he wants, food will be provided on time, and no one will disturb you."

"Oh, by the way, Elder Li will be held in the village for a collective trial in three days. If Brother Zhang is interested, I'll call you then."

After Huang Tianhe finished speaking, he put down the salted fish in his hand, pulled the somewhat resentful Cuizhu along, and left happily.

Zhang Feng watched Huang Tianhe leave, then turned and closed the door.

The matter in Huangtu Village has come to an end, but he still has things to do.

First, there's the cultivation technique. The Netherworld Body Refining Technique I initially practiced was incomplete, so now that I've obtained the complete "Netherworld King Technique," I naturally need to examine it carefully.

Zhang Feng held a piece of salted fish in one hand and opened the "Underworld King's Manual" with the other.

The Underworld King's Technique is a demonic body-refining technique, divided into three stages.

One section is the Netherworld Body Refining Technique, which involves cultivating the skin, flesh, bones, and marrow one by one, paying attention to the order of cultivation.

Huang Tiangu initially provided a portion of the refined meat.

I just didn't expect Zhang Feng to have a proficiency panel. He started with the basics of meat refining and then proceeded to the normal order of skin refining after that.

Looking at it this way, the panel is indeed quite useful.

The second stage is the Hades Immovable Technique, which requires refining the body from the inside out in reverse order until it is completely integrated with the first stage.

The third section is the Undying Demon Soul Technique, which is a technique to strengthen the soul. After all, a strong body can easily lead to disharmony between the soul and the body, and an imbalance of spiritual power.

The three sections combined form the general outline of "The Underworld King's Secret".

Although it is said to be divided into three stages, the first and third stages can be practiced simultaneously.

Cultivating the spirit does not involve spiritual energy; it cultivates the soul body, which requires yin energy.

In Zhang Feng's memory, there was a lot of Yin energy in the Yinming Land, and there was a place underground where Yin energy was abundant.

This technique was practically tailor-made for Zhang Feng.

Liver surgery!

Zhang Feng took out the beast crystal and first used the Netherworld Body Refining Technique.

With each increase in proficiency...

Zhang Feng gradually became engrossed in it; the visible progress he made always brought him joy, confidence, and hope.

For three days in a row, Zhang Feng was so engrossed in grinding experience that he couldn't tear himself away.

[Cultivation Technique: Netherworld Body Refining Technique (Proficiency 30/100)]

Every morning, Huang Tianhe would deliver salted fish meat on time.

Every night, Cuizhu stood in front of the door, hesitantly knocking.

Zhang Feng ignored it until the day when Elder Li was interrogated in the village.

To have some fun, Zhang Feng personally went to the Huangtu Village council hall.

Listening to Huang Ci pronounce Elder Li's crimes:

Li Lixing, the third elder of Huangtu Village, colluded with Liu Weiyi, the first elder, and Qin Yisheng, the second elder, to destroy Huangtu Village. Although they were stopped by Master Zhang Feng and the old village chief...

However, the damage caused is incalculable, with 23 people dying and 40 people seriously injured;

Thirteen houses were destroyed, and a section of the city wall was damaged by one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters

The three men's crimes are unforgivable and they should be sentenced to death.

Liu and Qin were executed on the spot, and Li Lixing was sentenced to death today.

Execute immediately!

After Huang Ci finished reading, his gaze swept over the villagers and the rescued cultivators.

"All villagers should take this as a warning. It is not easy for our Huangtu Village to survive in the underworld. We must unite with each other, whether we are immortals or mortals."

Finally, Huang Ci's gaze fell on Li Lixing kneeling on the ground:

"Elder Li, do you have any final words?"

"Hmph... Hmph... Hahaha, I never thought that I, a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, would die in this godforsaken place, and be judged and killed by mortals who are like ants."

Li Lixing's face was crazed, overflowing with resentment and hatred.

"The land of the dead, the land of the dead, fuck your mother!"

Huang Tiangu, and you, Zhang Feng, you can't escape. In the end, you'll be trapped here and die just like me!

Hahaha……"

"Execute!"

Seeing Li Lixing becoming increasingly frantic, Huang Ci immediately ordered several ordinary people to step out from the crowd...

Zhang Feng's lips curled slightly. The Netherworld was hell for other cultivators, but it was paradise for him.

Everything he has acquired recently includes precious cultivation techniques, rare insights into cultivation, and magical treasures he has never seen before.

Although he won't need it for now, as long as his body refinement gradually becomes stronger and he even breaks through to the second stage and reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, he can try to climb Storm Mountain.

Once they successfully escaped from Storm Mountain and the Underworld.

He then cleared the entire path from entering the Underworld to exiting it.

In this way, he essentially had his own private sanctuary for cultivation.

If trouble comes from the outside world, hide in the dark place to accumulate experience, and then go out into the outside world again after improving your cultivation.

This creates a completely closed loop.

The only uncertainty is that the teleportation location will be different.

But this is also one of his goals for going abroad in the next stage.

After watching the show, Zhang Feng walked back to the stone house.

Perhaps at Huang Tiangu's behest, Huang Qing and Huang Ci never contacted Zhang Feng once, always communicating through Huang Tianhe.

"Senior Zhang, Senior Zhang, wait a moment, I have something to tell you!"

Cuizhu jogged to catch up with Zhang Feng.

"Oh, what brings you here, Fellow Daoist Cui?"

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Zhang Feng had no choice but to slow down.

"Senior Zhang, I heard from Tianhe that you have the power to climb Storm Mountain. I would like to ask you to take me away from the Netherworld."

"If this succeeds, I will surely reward you handsomely!"

Cuizhu ran up to Zhang Feng and bowed.

"Fellow Daoist Cui, I cannot agree to this. Storm Mountain is extremely dangerous, and I have never heard of any cultivator successfully climbing it."

"My abilities are meager; I myself do not know if I can even climb Stormwind Mountain alive. How dare I grant your request, fellow Daoist?"

Zhang Feng refused without hesitation, stating that he had many secrets and could not possibly travel with anyone.

"Ah~"

Cuizhu froze on the spot, then quickly caught up with him.

"Senior, senior, as long as you're willing to help me, Cuizhu is willing to give anything..."

Zhang Feng frowned, ignored it, and quickly returned to the house, closing the door behind him.

Cuizhu stood outside the door, not daring to knock, afraid of angering her elders and losing the chance to leave, but she didn't want to give up.

After lingering for a moment, Cuizhu left unwillingly.

Listening to the footsteps fading away outside the door, Zhang Feng calmed down and continued grinding for experience.