I am grinding experience in another world-Chapter 719 - 707 Strange Demon
In the mountain, there is no sun or moon, and several months passed by in a blink.
The mountains are full of towering ancient trees.
Their bark is rough and reddish-brown, their branches are straight and resilient. The tallest ones have even reached up into the sky clouds.
A touch of faint golden light suddenly blooms on a branch.
Soon, light and shadows change, the golden light rapidly expands, revealing a human figure.
"Three hundred yards in a moment, the Jade Cicada Secret Scripture advances, indeed the longitudinal rainbow light's flying escape distance has increased again!" Chen Mu rejoiced.
Over the past few months, Chen Mu secluded himself peacefully. Every day, he followed a regular schedule and cultivated methodically. The Jade Cicada Secret Scripture successfully progressed to the Ninth Layer.
He took another steady step forward on the path of Qi Refinement cultivation.
At this moment, the Jade Seed has become even more rounded and ancient, densely packed with golden fine lines filling the ever-thicker outer shell of the Jade Seed.
Threads of golden light shuttle and flicker within the lines, resembling the tangled roots of dense foliage, or like the aggregated blood vessels and nerves of a human body.
"Why does it look about seventy to eighty percent similar to the Yin Spirit Divine Fetus?"
Chen Mu slightly raised his eyebrows, lifted a hand to gently touch his brow, pulling out a walnut-sized jade white round pearl from the secret acupoint, it was the Yin Spirit Divine Fetus cultivated by the Heavenly Demon Body.
"The Divine Fetus is the return to origins of the Netherworld Yin Spirit, completing the innate ghost pattern to form, and it's the foundation for further progress of the Yin Spirit."
"The Daoist Foundation is what Qi Cultivators attain by remodeling the Jade Seed based on the Daoist Foundation Atlas, and it's also the foundation for forming the Primordial Spirit."
"Qi Cultivators and Yin Spirits look completely different, yet in some aspects, they have certain similarities."
"Who copied whom, probably only the high-talented Daoist Ancestor who paved the path of cultivation knows."
Chen Mu smiled and stuffed the Divine Fetus back into the secret acupoint in his brow.
The golden light flickered, the longitudinal rainbow light urged again, and his figure disappeared.
Soon, loud shouts of joy echoed in the mountain forest, prompting fierce beasts to call out wildly in response.
...
At dusk.
A long table is arranged on the veranda in front of the wooden building on the cliff.
A pitch-black Mixed Element Pill Furnace is embedded in the center of the table, inside which a whole pill furnace of Exotic Beast Meat is boiling.
Chen Mu took a sip of Nourishing Spirit Wine, smelling the rich aroma of meat, his face full of satisfaction.
There were quite a few exotic beasts in the deep mountain forest, roaring at him earlier in the afternoon. Now thinking back, still a bit unnerving.
"Can only eat more to suppress the shock." Chen Mu shook his head helplessly, clamping a piece of stewed meat into his mouth and chewing fiercely.
Among them, the fellow in this pot roared the most frighteningly!
Paired with cold wild salad, accompanied by cool Nourishing Spirit Wine, for a moment, Chen Mu ate heartily.
While eating, he did not forget to activate the divine skill Truthful Listening.
In West Market, hundreds of miles away in Zhang'an County, a Vermilion Feather Sword quietly hummed beneath the ground. Various sounds inside and outside the West Market entered Chen Mu's ears.
During his months of seclusion in the deep mountains, he always practiced this.
Partly for gathering information, partly for connecting with the energy of living people.
A conversation caught Chen Mu's attention.
"Looking at the entire Kangzhou Thirteen Countries, the Great Zhou Empire is indeed powerful."
"The Emperors of Great Zhou are all martial arts faction, always criticized for warmongering, whether it's good or bad for our Great Hong to be annexed."
"Sigh, such is the situation, helpless. Besides, annexation is better than extinction of the nation."
"Indeed..."
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, and his chewing slowed by three points.
"Kangzhou?"
"Is it the Kangzhou I know?" An old memory slowly surfaced.
In Xiao Wa Town of Pingdan County, Luo Feng County, under the land guarded by Tao Yu True Monarch.
This was the divine position he sealed when signing the Divine-Sealing Pact in the Netherworld.
And this Luo Feng County, Pingdan County, is in Kangzhou!
"After wandering around for more than ten years, finally came here, truly..."
Although he had never been to Kangzhou, a complex emotion akin to revisiting old grounds still rose within him.
...
Upon realizing he was in Kangzhou, aware of the powerful Netherworld Power permeating here,
Chen Mu's life remained calm, every day either cultivating or roaming in the mountains.
Occasionally catching a couple of unlucky exotic beasts to satisfy his hunger.
In the depths of the forest, towering ancient trees requiring more than ten people to encircle stood high.
In the sunset, Chen Mu leaned against the tree trunk, sat on a flat branch blowing cool wind.
He sat cross-legged, one leg hanging, a semi-transparent gray wall floated into his view.
Heavenly Demon Armor: 379/10000/Eighth Rank;
Nine Cups Calculation Scripture: 436/10000/Fifth Rank;
Ten Directions Hand: 7653/10000/Third Rank;
"These three secret techniques, I'm afraid they'll have to be temporarily put aside." Chen Mu shook his head regretfully.
Without the dissection of the Outer Heaven Monster, the Heavenly Demon Armor once again fell into a turtle-like pace, having to pause.
Nine Cups Calculation Scripture?
Forget it, better not mention this thing. It's decent for calculating the weather on regular days, but when it comes to big matters, it's been quite unreliable.
Ten Directions Hand originated from the Thousand Mountains Scripture Fragment, once perfected, it must have wonderful uses. Unfortunately, now with insufficient energy, it must also be paused.
Chen Mu pondered for a moment, then continued to look at other secret techniques.
Mechanical Technique: 1115/10000/Seventh Rank;
Soul Capturing Return to Origin Technique: 2138/10000/Fifth Rank;
Plague Immortal Technique: 7419/10000/Sixth Rank;
Jade Cicada Secret Scripture: 439/10000/Ninth Rank;
"Jade Cicada Secret Scripture is fundamental to Dao, it must be cultivated with great effort."
"Plague Immortal Technique combined with Demon Poison is truly useful, can spend some time training it, maybe achieve miraculous results."
"Soul Capturing Return to Origin Technique doesn't require too much effort, as the Giant Spirit Divine absorbs Vital Energy and nourishes itself, it can improve along with it."
"Mechanical Technique is similar, anyway, the Vermilion Feather Sword must be manipulated daily to scout around, no need for special cultivation."
Chen Mu planned his recent cultivation schedule against the gray wall.
"The Heavenly Demon Body also needs to continue nourishing and transforming." He again looked at the Divine Embryo Round Pearl wrapped in colorless flames within the secret acupoint at his forehead.
This object's importance is second only to Daoist Foundation Cultivation, and it can also be considered as fundamental to Dao.
...
The moon hung high in the sky, casting its bright glow over the mountains and forests.
In the dead of night, a wisp of mist appeared silently in the shadows at the foot of the mountain.
This mist resembled a jellyfish, expanding and contracting, floating slowly forward in mid-air.
Silently creeping up the mountainside, avoiding the small waterfall's splashing droplets, it arrived by the window of a thatched cottage.
Like a drop of water merging into the sea, it gently fell into the shadow and disappeared.
The dim shadow became increasingly dark, like an abyss with no bottom.
Then it seemed to come alive, slowly wriggling and crawling up the wall beneath the window.
Penetrating through the window gaps, it infiltrated the room, gathering gradually at the top of the thatched cottage.
Buzz!
A pitch-black shadow protruded outward, and a bizarre human face suddenly surfaced on the roof.
Its mouth slowly split open to the ears, revealing a row of saw-like sharp teeth.
Two lantern-sized scarlet eyes stared fixedly at the sleeping Chen Mu below, filled with ferocity and greed.
Food... chew... slurp...
The intermittent murmurs wandered within the shadow, as if countless voices were yelling crazily, the giant eyes filled with a blood-red hue.
"You want to eat me?" A soft chuckle echoed.
The monstrous face, just about to leap down, suddenly froze.
Unbeknownst to it, Chen Mu, lying flat on the bed, had already opened his eyes. He tilted his head towards the shadow on the roof, revealing a carefree smile.
"What a coincidence, I also want to eat you!"
Candle Dragon Transformation!
Roar!
A puff of gray smoke burst from Chen Mu's body, instantly transforming into a menacing dragon head.
With a single inhalation, that shadowy monster face on the roof was abruptly yanked down.
The monster face speedily spawned countless shadowy ropes to grab hold of the rooftop, trying to prevent the fall.
But after just a moment of stalemate, accompanied by a series of snapping sounds, it let out a panicked scream, and was sucked into the giant mouth of the Candle Dragon.
A short, sorrowful wail suddenly sounded.
Bang!
Countless heads trailing white smoke tails emerged, racing to pass through the walls and rushing out of the thatched cottage, disappearing into the world in the blink of an eye.
"Strange Demon, it's truly been a while." Chen Mu stood by the window, feeling the fading power of the River of Oblivion in the air, and shrugged cheerfully.
An Underworld God Transformation Warrior must accommodate Divine Demon Bloodline into their body, if they lose control and mutate, they transform into the strange and unpredictable demon monsters.
Previously when encountering them, I could only flee.
But now...
Glancing at the Five Ghosts Bag newly housing hundreds of Ghosts, Chen Mu smiled.
"I haven't trained in vain these years."
Strange Demons carry Netherworld Worms with them, the Five Ghosts Bag can devour the Netherworld Worms, turning them into Ghosts.
The more Ghosts there are, the stronger the Candle Dragon Transformation becomes. Moreover, it can provide more Yin Spirit Divine Power, allowing the Heavenly Demon Body to transform more rapidly.
"Are Strange Demons dangerous?"
"Hehe..."
"The more, the merrier!"
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