My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 144 Yinming Silk

On the shore of Crescent Lake, the laborers of Dingyou Camp.

Apart from the occasional footsteps of patrolling soldiers, the rest of the place was silent.

Inside the cook's tent.

A wisp of black smoke silently appeared and disappeared beside Chen Mu's hand.

He closed his eyes slightly, and strange syllables kept coming out of his mouth.

A semi-transparent gray wall floated before him as Chen Mu watched his proficiency level gradually increase.

I don't know how long I read, but suddenly a bunch of insights came to mind.

Chen Mu was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

He couldn't help but look at the gray wall.

Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell: 1/10000/Seventh Rank;

"He's broken through..."

He raised his hand to his eyes. With a thought, black smoke appeared out of thin air.

"Have you completely broken free from the curse?"

In my mind, amidst the hazy mist, clusters of light connected by starlight and silver threads shone brightly, like a flame burning behind frosted glass.

It's hard to see, yet it's conspicuous.

As long as he focuses his attention on the dazzling ball of light, he can open and close the Five Ghosts Bag at will and instantly activate the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains!
But that's just a side effect.

Chen Mu looked at the sky with a complicated expression: "Wandering spirits..."

A small paper figure with the character "Spring" appeared with a smile.

The next moment, black smoke billowed out from its body.

In an instant, a black smoke cloud, one meter in diameter, appeared and tumbled in mid-air.

The stuffy tent suddenly turned chilly.

Chen Mu reached his hand into the air, and the cold, slippery touch sent chills down his spine.

"This is the true form of the paper effigy of the dead."

The spirit transformed into a paper figure and then vanished.

"It's a pity we left Nanyang City, otherwise I would have definitely gone to Chunfeng Tower to celebrate."

……

At dawn, the massive military camp slowly awoke from its slumber.

The cooks of Dingyou Battalion began preparing lunch with great enthusiasm.

Chen Mu popped a Bigu pill into his mouth, took a deep breath, slowly adjusted his breathing, and activated the Cloud Mirage Form Refining Technique.

He chopped vegetables while observing his comrades.

These guys are eating well and sleeping well, and they've all gotten fat!
Even Zheng Yuan, who was short and stout, had become increasingly plump.

At that moment, the other person was vigorously chopping radishes.

He didn't say a word, just silently chopped away at the wooden chopping block, making a clanging sound. It was as if he had a grudge against the chopping block.

Chen Mu smiled wryly; this short, stocky guy was quite vengeful.

So what if I didn't give you extra help? I've been ignoring him for days now.

A thought struck him, and one of the radishes in the bamboo basket beside him vanished into thin air.

The next moment, a radish silently appeared in the bamboo basket next to the short, stout man.

The Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell has been upgraded, and the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls now have a ghostly form.

The ghosts could transform and become invisible; the Five Ghost Bags opened and closed, and finally the billowing black smoke ceased.

Chen Mu looked at the oblivious, short and stocky man and chuckled, "You're welcome."

Then they gave the fat man a radish.

Half an hour later.

The short and stout Zheng Yuan looked at the radishes in his bamboo basket in disbelief.

How can there still be so many?!

If he doesn't finish cutting, he'll get a piece of trash!

Chen Mu asked enthusiastically, "Do you need any help?"

"Thank you!" Zheng Yuan forgot about being petty and her chubby face was full of gratitude.

Da Wang is a good person to get along with; he really helps when you're in trouble!

Chen Mu smiled and said, "You're welcome."

……

Life in the labor camp was repetitive and monotonous.

Chen Mu was unaware of the work and lives of the other laborers.

Anyway, all he does every day is wash and chop vegetables.

I enjoy practicing the Mirage Breathing Technique every day and watching my proficiency gradually improve.

"I heard that a lot of soldiers on the mountain died," Zheng Yuan said while chopping vegetables.

"Oh," Chen Mu nodded mechanically.

He was mostly focused on the intentions behind the Cloud Mirage Form Refining Technique, so his reactions were somewhat slow.

Zheng Yuan was used to Chen Mu's absent-mindedness and said to herself, "I heard he ran into something unclean."

"Just thinking about all those things outside makes me unable to sleep soundly," Zheng Yuan said worriedly.

Chen Mu, unusually, snapped out of his reverie and gave Zheng Yuan a strange look.

You sleep next to ghosts every day, but your snoring never gets any quieter!
After hesitating for a while, the short, stout man whispered, "Someone from the neighboring camp has secretly run away, and we've heard rumors about it in our camp too."

What are you thinking?

Run? With a black line planted on his forehead, who could run?! "I wouldn't dare run," Chen Mu said honestly.

"Look at you, so timid!" Zheng Yuan mocked, then said earnestly, "As the saying goes, the bold get rich, the timid starve. Da Wang, you need to stand up for yourself!"

Ah!
The bold will be drained of their energy and starve to death, while the timid will be fed like pigs and become plump and healthy.

Chen Mu glanced sideways at the short, stocky man.

"You dare to run?"

"I wouldn't dare either," the short, stocky man chuckled sheepishly.

……

Late at night, inside the tent of the cook in the Dingyou Battalion. Chen Mu lay on a straw mat on the ground.

A plume of cold, black smoke floated in the air in front of him.

He has been pondering how to use the ghost form recently.

"It can become invisible, and its Five Ghosts Moving Mountains technique is even more secretive."

"It can make physical contact with objects, giving it the ability to attack with physical force."

"It's a pity it can't manifest as terror," Chen Mu lamented. That was the most powerful attack of the Yin Ghost Monster.

Gulu!
A sound like someone suddenly blowing bubbles into water through a pipe suddenly rang in my ears.

Chen Mu turned to look helplessly at the short, stout man next to him.

The other person was tilting their head back, mouth wide open, snoring loudly and thoroughly.

Chen Mu glanced at the ghostly paper figure floating above Zheng Yuan's forehead, then looked at the chubby little guy sleeping soundly.

Talent!

The intoxicating smoke silently filled the air, and the stop button was immediately pressed inside the tent.

"It's quiet now..."

Chen Mugang breathed a sigh of relief.

Woo!
A sudden whooshing sound came from the air.

Then, the short, stocky guy did a somersault and leaped into the air with surprising agility.

boom!
Caught off guard, the paper effigy was knocked away.

Chen Mu stared in disbelief: "Bewitching smoke... you've used too much?"

The next moment, Zheng Yuan, who had been thrown to the ground by the rebound, sprang back to his feet.

Chen Mu then realized that nine out of the ten people in the tent had jumped up as if they had risen from the dead.

Something is wrong!
He quickly got up and stood up like the others.

In the darkness, Chen Mu stared intently at the nine people.

They were all fast asleep, their eyes closed and their breathing steady.

Nine long, thin black lines, each the length of an arm and the thickness of a hair, floated down lightly from the iron bracelet.

The moment it touched the ground, it suddenly sprang up, like an arrow, and flew out of the tent in a flash.

Chen Mu quickly took out the live fish that was parasitized by black lines.

The Tangshan army has finally started to trigger the black line!
As if summoned by some force, the moment the live fish appeared, a black line the length of an index finger emerged from it.

The moment it touched the ground, it suddenly bounced up, flying a meter and two inches before landing.

Then it bounced up again, and flew another 1.2 meters before landing.

Chen Mu: “…”

Short and weak?!

With such an unconventional style, it's hard not to be discovered!
Is this some kind of total doom?!

Sure enough, he jumped out of the tent not long after he reached 1.2 meters tall.

A thin old man barged in.

"That old man who boarded the ship for inspection?" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

This old man is the designated person in charge of the black line affairs of Dingyou Camp.

The other person was holding a fist-sized, three-legged bronze incense burner in their left hand.

It contained a faintly fluorescent emerald green liquid.

The green fluorescent light reflected off the thin old man's face, creating an eerie atmosphere.

He walked around the tent holding the bronze incense burner and stopped in front of Chen Mu.

The old man, who could make out Chen Mu's face by the glow of the incense burner, was taken aback: "Useless!"

"The foundation is too weak; no matter how much you eat, you won't be able to cultivate the Yinming Silk." The old man narrowed his eyes.

He raised his right hand, revealing a gold-threaded white jade ring on his wrist.

With a slight sway, the jade pendant ringed with a crisp clinking sound.

"Drain them and call it a day, just make use of them. It's just one more deserter."

The next moment, a dark shadow flew out from Chen Mu's sleeve and headed straight for the bronze incense burner.

But it suddenly disappeared halfway through its flight.

The thin old man's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Five Ghosts Moving Mountains!"

puff!
Drops of blood sprayed out. The thin old man vanished into thin air.

Chen Mu opened his eyes indifferently, looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm not satisfied even though I'm already 1.2 meters tall."

"It wasn't me who killed you, it was greed!"

(End of this chapter)