My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 405 Opening

Inside the underground chamber, a series of crackling sounds, like tearing silk, were accompanied by a burst of blue and white light.

A moment later, the light dimmed, and Chen Mu collapsed to the ground, his clothes tattered. White smoke was rising from his chest, which was charred black.

"Before the new secret technique is even discovered, I'm afraid I'll be chopped to a crisp first." Chen Mu looked utterly hopeless.

To temper his bloodline, he suppressed his body's defenses and actively absorbed the lightning. However, the Kui Shui Yin Lightning was only at the second level, making it difficult to control. If he wasn't careful, and the lightning's power was even slightly excessive, he would immediately be torn and bleeding.

"Even if I can endure the pain, numbness, and itching, it will still take at least three days for my body to recover and withstand the next lightning strike."

"At this rate, I might as well just stick to the Yellow Springs General Principles and cultivate."

Chen Mu lay on the ground and wouldn't get up, feeling more and more that it wasn't worth it to chop himself up.

"If you want to speed up the opening of the secret technique, you should first apply the Kui Water Yin Thunder and then control it precisely."

"We either need to find a way to accelerate the healing of the injury."

He looked at the gray wall in front of him, and a series of skills appeared.

Chen Mu stared intently at one of the columns.

"Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenation Technique..."

This skill came from the six siblings of Wushan. They initially copied it simply to get a few secret techniques for free, glanced at them briefly, and then never practiced them again. He vaguely remembered that this secret technique seemed to have the ability to accelerate wound healing.

As he focused his attention on the gray wall, a series of documents flooded his mind.

After a long while, Chen Mu withdrew his gaze with a complicated expression.

The information on the gray wall indicates that the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique can indeed accelerate injury healing; moreover, it can also enhance physical fitness.

But the price was rather strange.

It requires the essence and vitality of living beings as fuel; only in this way can it achieve its effects of healing injuries and strengthening the body.

"You might as well change your name to the Evil Six Siblings," Chen Mu said, rolling his eyes.

Of all the secret techniques obtained from the six siblings, very few were legitimate; most were somewhat strange.

“I remember… the Giant Spirit God also seemed to need essence and vital energy.”

"So, Soul-Seizing Return and Giant Spirit God are actually two complementary secret techniques?"

Chen Mu was astonished.

Using the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique to absorb the vital energy of others can heal one's own injuries, strengthen one's physique, and can also be used to support the cultivation of the Giant Spirit God.

"Since the Giant Spirit God can use the Rejuvenation Soup as a substitute, then the Soul-Seizing Rejuvenation Technique..."

Chen Mu immediately began the experiment.

A force that draws in strange energy instantly condensed in both hands.

He carefully manipulated it, channeling it into his body.

The strange force affected his body, and he immediately felt a swelling sensation as if he was being forced to expand outward.

In the palm of his hand, a wisp of blood-red smoke rose and spread from nothing.

Chen Mu raised his hand and patted the smoke into his chest.

The charred skin and flesh immediately peeled off, and fresh, vibrant muscle and tendons grew rapidly at a visible pace from the cracked, dark red wound.

With just one use, the injury to his chest had already healed by more than half, and the branching, tree-like lightning strike marks that covered his chest and abdomen were becoming increasingly faint.

At the same time, a faint sense of emptiness also came from within my body.

Chen Mu was not afraid at all; on the contrary, he was overjoyed.

He was very familiar with this feeling; he had experienced this sense of depletion when he first overdid the cultivation of the Yellow Springs General Principles.

This weakness is caused by excessive depletion of the body's vital energy.

Huiyuan Decoction excels at strengthening the body's foundation and nourishing its vital energy!
"That works, haha!"

From then on, every night, Chen Mu would sneak into the underground chamber and unleash the Kui Water Yin Lightning upon himself.

If you get injured, drink a mouthful of Rejuvenation Soup and apply the Soul-Seizing Rejuvenation Technique to your body.

Day after day, before he could even feel the opening of his secret points, his physique grew stronger and stronger.

……

That night, at Chaoyang Mountain.

A few chirps of insects and calls of birds could be heard from time to time.

Under the moonlight, a tree shadow was cast on the ground.

At one moment, the shadow suddenly began to wriggle and expand, and a human figure slowly emerged from the shadow of the tree, revealing Chen Mu's joyful smiling face.

"It really can disappear into the grass and trees! Haha!"

For many days, he had been stimulating his body with Kui Shui Yin Lei. Finally, this evening, another secret acupoint opened up in the area below his right rib and abdomen.

It has no attached body organs, contains black mist-like magic power, and exists in a state between reality and illusion.

"My hard training over the past month has not been in vain."

Chen Mu was glad that he had never given up his cooking skills, otherwise he would not have been able to make the Rejuvenating Soup.

It was precisely because of the Rejuvenating Soup that he dared to unleash the Soul-Seizing Rejuvenating Technique without restraint.

Stimulating the body daily with Kui Water Yin Thunder causes a completely new escape technique to emerge.

Furthermore, with continuous application, the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique and the Sunflower Water Yin Thunder have also made significant progress.

Chen Mu brought up the gray wall and looked at two columns.

Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique: 9235/10000/Tier 3;

Kui Shui Yin Lei: 3103/10000/Second Rank;

After a month of intense training, the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique is about to enter a new stage. The Sunflower Water Yin Thunder technique is also rapidly accumulating experience through daily use.

"Once the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique advances, the recovery speed will definitely increase again."

"At that time, you will be able to withstand more Yin Lightning stimulation, and the speed of opening up the secret passages will also be faster."

"If I were to fully awaken the Five Elements Escape Technique, my ability to protect myself would definitely be greatly enhanced," Chen Mu thought to himself with delight.

It then disappeared back into the vegetation, running around Chaoyang Mountain.

In the dead of night, he wasn't afraid of being discovered. He would pop his head out from time to time as he disappeared into the rice terraces, becoming increasingly brazen.

……

With the moon high in the sky, the mountains grew even quieter.

At the mountaintop, Chen Mu, still feeling unsatisfied, stepped out from behind a tall tree trunk and slowly returned to his residence along the blue stone steps leading up the mountain.

Just as I reached the mountainside, a short, agonizing scream suddenly reached my ears.

His heart tightened, and he activated the Listening Dharma, causing invisible fluctuations to spread in all directions.

Various scenes from Chaoyang Mountain immediately flashed through my mind.
On the western side of the mountain, in a secluded wooden and stone bungalow, a constantly writhing and struggling black shadow caught Chen Mu's attention.

That dark shadow was like a pool of thick, sticky ink, hidden in the shadows by the wall, making it difficult to discern.

If it weren't for the humanoid figure struggling in the shadows, Chen Mu wouldn't have noticed it.

But in just a few breaths, the figure seemed to be digested, quickly shrunken, and completely disappeared.

At the same time, the shadow returned to calm, completely blending into the shadows of the house walls. If he hadn't been watching intently, he wouldn't have noticed it at all!
"What kind of monster is this? Its ability to hide is so amazing." Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine: "If I hadn't heard the scream, even if it had run into the shadows next to me, I might not have seen it at all!!"

"Hmm... With such abilities, has it already infiltrated Chaoyang Mountain tonight? If so, wouldn't it be very likely that it saw me disappear into the grass and trees?" Chen Mu's scalp tightened immediately.

"This thing is far too dangerous!"

The next moment, a red line descended from the sky, pinning the shadow that had just crawled out of the room to the ground in a flash.

It was as if it were a shadow, but when the magic sword pierced it, it was as if it had pierced a very tough cowhide.

The shadowy creature hissed like a wild beast, then suddenly sprang up, allowing the flying sword to pierce through it. Despite being severely injured, it broke free instantly and rushed into the dense forest.

"So fierce, indeed dangerous!"

"Pull the loom!"

Another beam of red light descended from the sky, pinning it to the ground once more.

Before the shadow could struggle to break free, Chen Mu's magical power surged wildly.

Three crimson feather magic swords appeared simultaneously, constantly piercing and striking the shadows on the ground.

After piercing the shadow eighty-three times in a row, turning it into a sieve, Chen Mu finally stopped using the Zhu Yu magic sword.

The shadow struggled and writhed on the ground, like a swamp of boiling mud.

After a long while, there was no more movement.

Then, the shadow began to slowly shrink, gradually transforming into a strange, burly man dressed in black.

The opponent was covered in blood, and the wounds from the flying sword piercing through his tattered clothes were faintly visible beneath.

Chen Mu zoomed in on the magic sword to examine it more closely, but before he could even see the other man's face clearly, beams of red light suddenly shot out from the black-clad burly man's body, and he burst into flames from the inside out. In just a moment, the man and his clothes turned into a cloud of white ash and disappeared without a trace.

Not far away, the surface of a large tree rippled like water. Chen Mu frowned, staring at the white ash in the distance, and walked out of the tree trunk with a solemn expression.

"I didn't expect it to be a person?"

"Is it the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique, or the secret embroidery manual of the Witchcraft Sect?"

"To cultivate oneself into a dark shadow like mud and ink is not like that of a proper Qi cultivator."

"This ability to operate covertly is truly extraordinary."

He then looked at the solitary little house beside the woods: "Who lives in this house that would warrant such a person launching a sneak attack in the middle of the night?"

The Zhu Yu sword scattered in all directions, and the Listening Technique enveloped all around. The surroundings were completely silent; apart from himself, there was no one else.

"There might be bigger trouble behind this." Chen Mu's brows furrowed deeply.

"I'd better pretend I didn't notice and not meddle in other people's business."

Once he made up his mind, Chen Mu quickly retreated, stepped into the tree trunk, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

……

The night was quiet, and the moon slowly began to set in the west.

As a red glow slowly appeared on the eastern horizon.

Within the silent, shady woods, a shadowy mass moved silently. The next moment, figures rose from it, transforming into burly men clad in black.

"The aura of Eleven disappeared here." The leader of the men in black stopped and touched the white ash that had not yet been scattered by the mountain wind.

“It’s something no ordinary lower-level disciple could do to make Eleven disappear without a trace,” another man in black said in a low voice.

“Chaoyang Mountain is a bit eerie. No wonder the general told us to be careful when approaching this mountain before he left.” Another man in black frowned deeply: “Eleven is also a good-for-nothing. Jilong Mountain is so big, why does he have to keep coming here every day to find a human pillar?

"His death would be a clean break, but I'm afraid it might have alerted the enemy and put us in danger."

"Should we go into hiding?"

The man in black, who had been crouching down to examine the ashes, stood up: "The work of burying the human pillar cannot be stopped."

"Avoid Chaoyang Three Mountains and go to Jilong Mountain to search first."

"We'll make plans regarding Chaoyang Mountain once the general returns."

The remaining ten men in black exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

The next moment, the eleven men in black retreated into the shade of the trees. Their bodies collapsed with a crash, as if composed of mud and ink, instantly transforming into a layer of black shadows clinging to the ground, wriggling rapidly along the still-lingering darkness of dawn, and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)