My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 424 Gathering Dew
The next day, by the River of Oblivion.

A group of people dispersed in twos and threes and wandered along the riverbank.

Chen Mu stood next to Shi Dechun, looking at the vast and calm water with lingering fear. The memory of struggling at the bottom of the river was still vivid in his mind.

As I was gazing intently at the river, a splash of water suddenly appeared.

A humanoid black shadow suddenly leaped out of the water, then sank back in. As it rose and fell, it would sometimes take on a human form, and sometimes revert to the shape of black smoke.

After struggling dozens of times, it finally sank to the bottom and disappeared. Only a ripple slowly spread out, but it quickly returned to calm, becoming as smooth as a glass mirror once more.

"What a pity." Shi Dechun's face was full of sorrow.

Chen Mu frowned: "What will happen to that person if he falls into the river again?"

"What else can we do?" Shi Dechun sneered.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Will I die completely?
He remembered that the water of the River of Oblivion was extremely corrosive, comparable to a terrifying poison.

Shi Dechun's face was gloomy: "Of course, it's to be reincarnated."

Chen Mu's expression froze: "Being able to reincarnate doesn't seem so bad, does it?"

Shi Dechun said with a sour face, "He can go and live a carefree life in the world, but I have lost five jade dewdrops for nothing."

“Niu Tou said that whoever helps him pick up a Yin Spirit from the river will get five fewer Jade Dewdrops for the journey to Jigu City.”

"We lost out..."

Chen Mu couldn't help but roll his eyes.

I thought you were feeling sorry for your own kind, but it turns out you were worried about your own income.
tsk...

but……

"Is reincarnation really possible?" Chen Mu expressed his doubt.

"Why not?" Shi Dechun looked at Chen Mu strangely: "As long as you soak at the bottom of the river long enough, you can wash away the marks of your past life."

"At that time, your body will turn from black to white, and you will become as light as a feather, able to fly out of the River of Oblivion and head to the Bridge of Helplessness."

real or fake? !
Chen Mu asked suspiciously, "Have you seen the Bridge of Helplessness?"

Isn't this all just stuff from stories and legends? He had been practicing Qi cultivation for over ten years and had never seen such a statement in any serious Taoist scriptures.

Shi Dechun said calmly, "I've never seen the Bridge of Helplessness, but I often walk along the River of Oblivion and frequently see spirits flying off to be reincarnated."

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes, raised his chin and pointed to the river with a look of anticipation: "Look, isn't there one over there?"

Chen Mu looked up in surprise and saw a cloud of white smoke fly out of the water.

Its head changed color rapidly, revealing clear facial features, but below its neck was a white wisp of smoke resembling a long snake.

The person's face was blank, with drooping eyes. As if summoned by something, the white smoke tail swayed slightly, and then it flew towards the boundless opposite bank of the River of Oblivion in a flash, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Chen Mu froze, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Isn't this the human-faced, long-snake monster we encountered on Chicken Cage Mountain?!

How did it end up in the River of Oblivion?
Is this thing... transformed from those dark shadows at the bottom of the river?
"Were you scared?" Shi Dechun looked at Chen Mu with a smile.

"It really startled me," Chen Mu said, still shaken.

He ignored Old Man Shi's prank and quickly asked, "What exactly is that thing?"

"The Netherworld Insect."

"All the spirits whose past lives have been washed away by the River of Oblivion are like that."

"I was scared the first time I saw it, but I got used to it after a while," Shi Dechun said, sounding like someone who'd been there before.

Chen Mu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Back in Jilong Mountain, he once used the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain technique to devour a batch of Yin-Yang Insects. As a result, they not only did not die, but instead burrowed into the Five Ghosts Bag and turned into Yin-Yang Monsters.

Here at the River of Oblivion, he saw humanoid shadows transformed into Netherworld Insects. Thinking back to the shapes of those humanoid shadows at the bottom of the river, they seemed more like vengeful spirits molded into human form.

Therefore, under special conditions, can the Yinming Insect and the Yin Soul Monster transform into each other?
The human-shaped torrent of black smoke at the bottom of the river...

Could they all be ghosts or monsters?!

Chen Mu looked up at the River of Oblivion, whose width and length were unknown, and felt a chill run down his spine.

How many ghosts are there?!

It took him a long time to come to his senses, and he looked at Shi Dechun with a puzzled expression again.

The dark shadows at the bottom of the river are ghosts and monsters, but what state are these so-called ghost spirits, like the old man in the stone, in?
Furthermore, according to Old Man Shi, all the Yin-Yang Insects went to the Bridge of Helplessness to be reincarnated. So where did the Yin-Yang Insects from Chicken Cage Mountain come from?
"I can't figure it out." Chen Mu scratched his head. "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore."

"What ghosts and spirits? Just think about it and you'll know there's a bunch of hidden troubles involved."

"We're just nobody here. We'd be better off spending that time grinding for Dew Gathering Spell experience."

According to Old Man Shi, these spirits do not need to eat; they can survive on dew alone.

This dew, however, needs to be collected using a special incantation.

He looked up at Niu Sanmiao, the horned man who was diligently searching for spirits in the distance, and quietly moved his feet, using Shi Dechun to block his view. He pretended to be inspecting the riverbank, but actually began to examine the experience on the gray wall.

Dew-Gathering Spell: 913/10000;

This skill is a scripture composed of hundreds of obscure and difficult characters.

Similar to the incantations of Qi cultivation techniques, they are transformed into a unique pronunciation through phrasing, rhythm, and tone changes, thereby attracting supernatural forces and producing miraculous changes.

However, unlike the Qi cultivation techniques, he couldn't sense any trace of magical power in this Dew Gathering Incantation. It could probably only be explained by the fact that it was a unique incantation from the Yin-Yang realm.

He's just getting started and doesn't plan to delve into it yet. He'll probably understand once he's more proficient.

"Tsk tsk, here comes the familiar part, let's grind!"

His original body had always been hidden in the pitch-black space created by the true form of the Heavenly Demon.

Although the damage caused by the corrosion of the Milky Way water on his body is slowly healing, it is still terrifying.

Being unfamiliar with the place and unaware of any danger, he dared not rashly exchange bodies.

He decided to adapt to local customs and settle down first before thinking about the future.

……

On the banks of the River of Oblivion.

Chen Mu followed Niu Sanmiao's group, pretending to stroll around all day.

He had encountered several Yin-Yang Insects and seen a few Yin-Yang Monsters that nearly climbed ashore. Unfortunately, none of them successfully transformed into Yin-Yang Spirits. Niu Sanmiao's face was visibly grim.

His expression grew even more unpleasant when he discovered that Chen Mu was only going through the motions, acting as if he were on a leisurely spring outing.

After being glared at and scolded several times, Chen Mu respectfully agreed, and then immediately hid behind Shi Dechun to slack off and gain experience.

Enraged, Niu Sanmiao reached for the whip at his waist several times, as if he wanted to lash him out.

The old man Shi Dechun was so frightened that he kept his distance from Chen Mu several times.

Unfortunately, no matter where he went, Chen Mu followed him, infuriating the old man. He wanted to yell at Chen Mu to leave, but he didn't dare.

He hadn't forgotten Niu Sanmiao's strange behavior last night, and he felt that this little bald guy in front of him was a bit unusual.

……

Night fell in the same open field as yesterday, where several campfires had just been lit.

Niu Sanmiao then stormed over to the campfire.

He immediately looked at Chen Mu, his right hand gripping the whip.

Just as he was about to speak, Chen Mu decisively handed him a palm-sized yellow gourd.

The gourd was heavy; it felt sluggish as soon as he picked it up. Niu Sanmiao was taken aback and immediately pulled out the cork, revealing a gourd full of clear, watery liquid.

He quickly brought it to his nose and immediately smelled the fragrance of fresh grass. His face fell in astonishment: "Jade Dew?! When did you learn the Dew-Gathering Spell?"

Chen Mu smiled and asked, "Uncle Niu, is this enough jade dew?"

Niu Sanmiao hesitated for a long time before reluctantly removing his hand from the whip.

He reached into the leather pouch at his waist and pulled out a large, transparent, gel-like bead, about the size of a longan, and threw it into the gourd.

He shook the gourd, then turned it over and poured it out. Instead of dew flowing out, only a cherry-red round bead came out.

Niu Sanmiao glanced at the round bead in his palm and finally nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, let's continue tomorrow."

Chen Mu nodded with a smile.

Rather than collecting spirits to earn travel expenses, he preferred to practice his skills and condense jade dew himself.

After four consecutive days of grinding, the Dew Gathering Spell has accumulated over 1,200 experience points, making it usable.

Today, despite the difficulties, I successfully condensed a gourd of jade dew, which took most of the day.

After that, as long as he handed over a gourd of jade dew every day and had Niu Sanmiao make it into jade dew beads, he could raise enough money for the journey in just over ten days, so he was naturally not afraid of the bull-horned monster causing him trouble.

(End of this chapter)