My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 406 Hunyuan
Second floor window.

Chen Mu lay on the rocking chair, squinting his eyes.

"Human pillar?"

"That doesn't sound very proper," he said, frowning.

Have things only been peaceful for a few days?

Is someone trying to cause trouble again?

Once things get chaotic on the mountain, how am I supposed to farm experience peacefully?
A cold glint flashed in Chen Mu's eyes.

"Since you're not being honest, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

……

"Someone is plotting to kill for money and cause chaos in Chicken Cage Mountain. Senior brother, are you going to do anything about it?!"

Two days later, at dusk, in front of the porch, Chen Mu looked solemnly at the table opposite him: "I want to report this!"

Mo Wuzhou picked up a piece of boiled pork and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes filled with surprise.

"Who's so blind as to mess with Junior Brother Chen?"

"You didn't just kill him? And you come here to complain to me?"

"How strange!"

Chen Mu looked displeased: "What are you saying, senior brother! I am a law-abiding and good person, how could I do such a thing as disregarding human life!"

Mo Wuzhou was speechless for a moment, forgetting to swallow the meat in his mouth.

"You don't believe me?" Chen Mu glared angrily at Mo Wuzhou, his neck stiff.

"You believe it?" Mo Wuzhou asked expressionlessly.

"I believe it!" Chen Mu said solemnly, then slapped the toad's belly again: "Yuanbao believes it too!"

The giant toad drooped its eyelids, looked at the ripples on its belly, and weakly opened its mouth in agreement.

"Ah..."

Mo Wuzhou: "..."

Fine, do whatever you want.

“Since Senior Brother doesn’t believe me…” Chen Mu said with a pained expression, “Then I’ll reluctantly tell you.”

I don't want to hear it!

Mo Wuzhou rolled his eyes.

Chen Mu, however, seemed oblivious, and continued talking incessantly: "Three days ago, a friend of mine couldn't sleep and got up to take a walk in the middle of the night..."

Mo Wuzhou's eyes were full of helplessness, but as he listened, he also felt that something was wrong.

Human pillar? Are they going to bury him on Jilong Mountain?
"Does Junior Brother have any more information?" He had to become serious.

Chen Mu immediately flipped his wrist, and a small blue booklet appeared in his hand.

Using both the magic sword and the listening device, he figured out the identities and whereabouts of the group of men in black in just two days. He compiled the information into a booklet, ready to hand it over to Mo Wuzhou for review.

Mo Wuzhou stared at the brand-new book handed to him, really not wanting to take it.

Isn't your intention to use someone else to do your dirty work a bit too blatant?
As if he couldn't see Mo Wuzhou's resistance, Chen Mu forcefully stuffed the booklet into Mo Wuzhou's hands and even thoughtfully helped Mo Wuzhou analyze and plan.

"Those people can turn into shadows, so I guess ordinary blunt force won't be very effective against them. We'll need to use magic swords, throwing knives, or other sharp weapons. If we had a secret technique for exploding lightning and fire, that would be even better!"

"They are also adept at hiding in the shadows, so it's best to launch a surprise attack during the day, and prepare fire magic that can make them nowhere to hide."

"Senior brother, remember to have the inspection bureau set up some isolation and restraint measures. Those people are quite fast, so we can't let them escape."

"besides……"

Mo Wuzhou glanced sideways.

Are you suggesting I wipe out that group of people?

And you still dare to call yourself a good person?

……

An empty house in a residential area on the edge of Jilongshan Market.

The dilapidated bungalow diagonally opposite the door is the location where the leader in black was recorded as having stayed.

Knowing that a group of people on Jilong Mountain were preparing evil magic, Mo Wuzhou didn't even finish his meal. He immediately contacted the head of the patrol bureau and led a group of black-clad patrolmen to quietly infiltrate the residence.

Before arriving, the inspection team had already conducted a check and indeed found that quite a few people had recently gone missing.

Most of these people were preparing to go to the newly established lower temple. Although the handover had been completed at Jilong Mountain, they never arrived at the new lower temple.

I initially thought there had been an accident on the way, but now it seems they might have all been killed by these men in black.

"Damn it!"

Mo Wuzhou's face turned ugly, and he immediately instructed the inspection team to implement various measures.

Dawn.

A dark figure suddenly stood up from the shadows by the wall.

Mo Wuzhou's pupils contracted. He had been intently observing his surroundings, but he still hadn't noticed how the other party had appeared!

He suppressed his urge to act immediately and waited patiently. As dawn broke, news of preparations being completed came from the other ten locations.

Mo Wuzhou clenched his fist tightly.

"Do it!"

The next moment, an invisible force suddenly rose up around the mansion, like an invisible bowl, turning the entire mansion upside down inside.

Almost the instant the barrier unfolded, a dark figure sprang out from inside the dilapidated bungalow and crashed into the edge of the barrier with lightning speed.

boom!
A series of transparent ripples spread and rippled in the air.

Mo Wuzhou's heart skipped a beat.

If it weren't for the secret restraint technique set up in advance, this sudden attack could have allowed the opponent to escape successfully.

The next moment, a large number of talismans were thrown into the courtyard by the black-clad patrolmen.

boom!
A flash of light appeared, and a series of fireballs exploded in mid-air, raining fire down on the dark figure like arrows, instantly engulfing it in a sea of ​​flames.

The muddy black shadow thrashed about, hissing and screaming, like an eel thrown into boiling water.

It kept bouncing and darting around, crashing into the barrier with loud bangs. After struggling for a while, it finally fell weakly to the ground, thrashed around a few times, and then lay motionless in the raging flames.

The group of black-clad patrolmen breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Wuzhou gave a cold laugh.

He spread his right hand, and a dense array of icy blue needle-like sword energies appeared in mid-air. Then, without hesitation, he pressed down on the dark figure on the ground, and countless icy needle sword energies crashed down.

The dark figure that had been lying silently in the sea of ​​fire suddenly sprang up and slammed into the barrier, creating a sharp protrusion in it.

Just as it was about to break through the restraints, a large number of needle-like sword energies attacked, instantly piercing the dark figure to pieces.

With a desperate scream, the dark figure fell to the ground with a thud, slowly returning to human form, and then burst into flames from the inside, turning into nothing but white ashes in the blink of an eye.

"You still want to play dead to escape, but little do you know that someone has already figured out your state before and after death."

"They even prepared several plans to ensure you all die without a burial place!" Mo Wuzhou said expressionlessly, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"You died without any injustice."

A series of booming sounds erupted simultaneously from all parts of Jilong Mountain, accompanied by bursts of lightning and fire, and the aura of the Demon-Slaying Sword rose up.

Before long, news began to come in one after another.

All eleven men in black have been eliminated. They all possessed the bizarre secret technique of turning into shadowy mud, and their homes contained a considerable amount of stolen goods, clearly indicating that they had committed numerous murders.

Mo Wuzhou frowned deeply: "Who exactly wants to harm Jilong Mountain? Is it the Goose and Sheep Sect and the Flying Crane Sect? Or is it the remnants of the Eastern Ridge witchcraft causing trouble?" He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

“If we trace the origins of these eleven people, we might find something.”

"Forget it, let the inspection bureau have a headache."

Thinking this, he gave some instructions to the disciples of the patrol academy, then set off on his escape light and returned to Chicken Cage Mountain.

……

The group of black-clad patrolmen bowed respectfully to Mo Wuzhou's escape light.

When the light disappeared, the group exchanged glances and couldn't help but smile.

The leader made a hand seal, withdrew the magic orb, and removed the restriction. Looking at the eager eyes of the crowd, he smiled and said, "Same as always, 30% to be handed over, the rest to be split equally. Let's get started."

His men immediately rushed into the dilapidated house and began a thorough search, digging and ransacking the place.

But they didn't see a dark shadow, about the length of a chopstick and the thickness of a finger, flashing among the ruins.

It was like a nimble little snake, disappearing silently into the surrounding streets from the blind spots of everyone's sight.

A moment later, in a secluded field of yellow rice sprouts.

A short, stout outer disciple dressed in a brown short-sleeved shirt was busy inside.

He was carrying a wooden bucket, sprinkling bone meal fertilizer handful by handful, unaware that a small, dark snake had silently approached him from behind.

The next moment, the snake sprang up and shot straight at the back of the opponent's head like an arrow.

Just as it was about to pierce the skull, an invisible force descended from the sky.

The small black snake was like a mosquito trapped inside amber, instantly frozen in mid-air.

As the short, stout disciple hummed a little tune and walked into the yellow rice field, a figure slowly emerged from underground.

Chen Mu smiled as he looked at the Shadow Serpent, then raised his hand and unleashed a bolt of lightning.

A burst of white light flashed.

In a short while, the dark figure turned into a wisp of white ash and drifted away in the wind.

"I didn't want to, but you all had to cause trouble."

"Although things haven't gotten chaotic yet, it's better to be safe than sorry."

“You will definitely understand me.”

Chen Mu clapped his hands with a look of satisfaction. Ripples appeared on the ground beneath his feet, and he disappeared underground.

A moment later, a short, stout figure emerged from the yellow-sprout forest, scratching the back of his head as he stared at the grayish-white bone powder on the ground, utterly bewildered.

"Why did I hear what sounded like thunder just now?"

"Could it be that I stayed up too late cultivating immortality last night?"

"You need to eat something good to replenish your energy."

……

The inspection team investigated for a period of time but found nothing.

Mo Wuzhou did come to Chen Mu to inquire, but he genuinely didn't know the origins of those people and couldn't provide any more detailed information. Besides reporting it and increasing security, he could only let the matter drop.

Jilong Mountain returned to peace, and Chen Mu continued his cultivation at home.

Every day, he would unleash lightning spells on himself and then use the Soul-Seizing and Rejuvenating Technique to quickly recover.

His physical strength gradually increased, and occasionally a pulsation different from a heartbeat appeared inside his heart; a brand new secret was being conceived. Everything was progressing steadily.

……

this day.

At sunset, in front of the porch.

Chen Mu lay in the rocking chair, with the giant toad squatting beside him.

As the fiery sunset hung in the sky, the disciples who had been busy in the terraced fields returned one after another.

Chen Mu felt the warmth of the setting sun on his face and was unwilling to open his eyes.

As if he had thought of something, he lazily reached out and gently poked the big toad's jade-white belly.

"Yuanbao, tell me, does the Rejuvenation Soup really accelerate your cultivation?"

The giant toad ignored it completely, squatting motionless on the ground with its eyes half-closed.

"Hey!"

Chen Mu poked its jade-white belly again.

The giant toad slowly scratched its belly with its webbed feet.

"Crack."

"Scratching?"

"Just keep scratching!"

"If you don't tell the truth, I won't make you the Rejuvenating Soup!" Chen Mu threatened.

The giant toad, however, didn't seem to care and slapped away Chen Mu's hand as he poked at it again.

"Cuck!"

"Not afraid?" Chen Mu was immediately surprised.

"So, your rapid increase in strength isn't because of the Rejuvenation Soup?"

The giant toad froze, squatting motionless, pretending not to hear.

"Tell me quickly! What exactly happened!" Chen Mu poked the toad's belly repeatedly.

"Croak..." The giant toad helplessly slapped Chen Mu's hand away and let out a weak croak.

"I have Hunyuan Qi around me? What is that? How come I haven't noticed it?"

Chen Mu was genuinely surprised this time.

"Crack."

"do not know?"

"How could you not know!" Chen Mu practiced poking at the toad's belly.

The giant toad dodged left and right, looking utterly helpless.

"Cuck!"

"That's all you have in your mind, nothing else?"

"So, this is the information hidden in your Cold Moon Toad bloodline?" Chen Mu suddenly realized, then looked at the giant toad with a dissatisfied expression.

"Even if your ancestors didn't tell you more information, wouldn't you go to the Scripture Academy to read and study?"

Upon hearing this, the giant toad's eyes widened in surprise.

You want a monster like me to go read and study? Listen to what you're saying!

Why are you glaring at me?

"And he's supposed to be a great, enlightened demon?"

"Stupid big toad!"

Yuanbao: “…”

You must have some serious illness!

(End of this chapter)