My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 441 Soul Separation Soup

The camp of the Third Banner of the Flame Army.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a futon, examining a palm-sized terracotta figurine from all angles.

The terracotta figurine is a miniature version of a red-eyed ape, with four arms, protruding fangs, and eyes that look like two crystal-clear blood-red pearls.

Whenever I meet those blood-red eyes, a malicious roar suddenly appears in my mind.

"These terracotta ghost soldiers, could they have been made from the corpses of red-eyed water apes?" Chen Mu couldn't help but scratch his head: "That would be a bit eerie."

He then took out a human-shaped terracotta figurine and examined it carefully, turning it over and over.

"Luckily, it's just an ordinary clay puppet, otherwise..." Chen Mu couldn't help but shudder.

Both of the terracotta warriors and ghost soldiers came from Hong Xiu.

The first one was looted last time, probably purchased from Jigu City. The second monkey terracotta warrior came from the enemy's gas-eating bag, likely recently obtained through military merit.

"No wonder the Hai-character camp is so obsessed with the water apes." He felt that his previous guess was correct; the Hai-character camp was stationed here to hunt water apes.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, he took out a bamboo tube about the length of a palm and the thickness of a child's wrist.

The bamboo tube also came from Hongxiu's Qi-eating bag. It was sealed with a wooden stopper and beeswax, and was entirely green with the three simple and ancient characters "Huangquan Yin" engraved in the middle.

Pulling out the cork reveals a clear liquid inside, with several thin threads bobbing and shimmering with silver light.

"He's always thinking about earning military merits to buy secret techniques, and now the secret techniques are delivered to his doorstep?" Chen Mu chuckled as he stared at the silver threads inside the bamboo tube. "That Hong Xiu is truly a great person."

This liquid with silver threads is called Soul-Separating Soup, and it is similar to the jade tablet used by Qi cultivators to transmit their teachings.

Once ingested, one will obtain the true seed of the secret technique. By constantly nourishing it with the power of the Yin spirit, one can gradually master the secret technique.

Chen Mu looked at the water ape terracotta warriors, then at the emerald green bamboo tubes, and couldn't help but grin.

"With terracotta warriors and secret techniques, Hong Xiu is really making a fortune by setting up roadblocks."

"But now it's all going to benefit me, haha!"

……

a few days later.

Beside a blood-red river that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Chen Mu drove the Flame Chariot closer to the riverbank, pulled a four-meter-tall water ape that was half-lying on the riverbank out of the water, and threw it onto the small hill of corpses on the Flame Chariot.

After obtaining the secret method of the Yellow Springs Guide, he immediately stopped his activities and returned to Yisan Banner with Shi Dechun and others.

On the surface, he honestly carries water apes, but in reality, he spends his days secretly slacking off and cultivating.

Just like now, he pretended to search for corpses everywhere, but the power of the Yin spirit kept pouring into his right palm.

Despite the burning pain emanating from his palms, Chen Mu continued practicing without changing his expression.

At one moment, a transparent droplet the size of a mung bean suddenly appeared in front of me.

Chen Mu was overjoyed and quickly took out the small jade gourd he had prepared beforehand to collect the drop of water from the River of Oblivion.

"It's finally done!"

He looked down at his right palm, where a pattern of silver threads, resembling tangled yarn, was clearly imprinted.

The silver thread pattern is the true seed of the secret technique of the Yellow Springs Guide, which appears after the Soul Separation Soup is consumed. However, to truly master the secret technique, it needs to be continuously nourished with the divine power of Yin spirits.

He had been trying for the past few days, but each time he injected divine power, it was like pouring water into a tangled mess of pipes.

The resistance was immense, making passage difficult; aside from the constant burning pain in his palms, he experienced no other symptoms. For a moment, he thought he had drunk a fake soul-separating soup.

Today, he successfully condensed a drop of water from the River of Oblivion, signifying that he has finally crossed the threshold.

He looked down at the pattern on his palm.

The dense, almost completely covering silver threads on the palm suddenly revealed a small, round blank spot the size of a mung bean in the center. The silver threads that had covered this spot seemed to have merged into the skin and penetrated into the palm.

With a thought, the gray wall appeared.

Yellow Springs Guide: 5/10000/First Order;
"really……"

"Next, it's time for the familiar part," Chen Mu said with a confident smile.

Instead of continuing his practice, he stood by the river in a relaxed mood, admiring the strange river before him.

The river water was as red as blood, and its surface was so wide that the horizon could not be seen. Amidst the surging waves, gusts of river breeze blew, filling the air with a faint fragrance that refreshed the mind and body with just a gentle sniff.

"Although it does have a blood-red color, naming it Blood River gives it a rather fierce impression." Chen Mu chuckled and commented, "If it were called Red River, Crimson River, or Dan River, it would be much better." "Hmm... It is said that the Crimson-Eyed Water Ape lives in the Blood River."

"So, the Red-Eyed Water Ape is... a red-eyed water monkey?"

"Ah……"

Chen Muyi was amused.

As he was lost in thought, his scalp suddenly tightened, and a murderous aura suddenly struck him, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

His heart skipped a beat, and he abruptly turned to look at the source of the malevolent aura.

Far from the riverbank, a water ape appeared on the surface of the river. Most of its body was submerged, with only its head visible above the water.

Unlike those enormous creatures, the water ape was at most the size of a human. Its blood-red eyes were filled with icy gaze. Chen Mu only needed to meet its gaze once to feel as if he had been frozen in place.

He suddenly shivered, almost instantly disappearing into the ground, but in the blink of an eye, when he looked again, he found that the other person had vanished. It was as if it were an illusion.

But Chen Mu knew that what he had just seen was definitely not an illusion.

His good mood vanished instantly, and he immediately moved far away from the riverbank.

On the surface, they pretended to continue searching for the water ape, but in reality, they began a new round of training.

"After all, it's a battlefield, and danger lurks everywhere."

"We really need to get back into the camp as soon as possible."

……

On a riverbank somewhere.

Hong Xiufei, Niu Chengzong, and the other two gathered together and observed the people passing through the checkpoint from a distance.

"There's been no movement for several days. It seems that person has really given up." Niu Chengzong said with a regretful expression.

"Not only did he not use his real name, he probably also changed his appearance at the time, otherwise we wouldn't have been unable to find any clues."

"Commander Hu said he had an urgent mission and couldn't get away, but I guess he just didn't want to keep playing with us."

“If you want that guy to put in more effort, then it will have to be at a different price.” Niu Chengzong shook his head.

"Are we just going to let it go like this?" Fei Yong was unwilling to accept it.

Of course, we can't just let it go like this!
Hong Xiu remained expressionless, coldly observing each person in the distant crowd.

Most of what he plundered in a month was used to open up the Yin Soldier's joints, and the rest was exchanged for a secret technique and a water ape terracotta warrior.

But the other person took it all away, and all his hard work over the past few months came to nothing. How could he possibly accept that?

"That person is quite strong; he's probably close to mastering the supernatural ghost pattern."

"The reason for plundering military merits is probably to learn secret techniques so that they can protect themselves after leaving the Flame Walker Tribe."

“So…” Fei Yong’s eyes lit up.

“Therefore, we need to keep an eye on the auxiliary soldiers who recently left the Flame Strike Force.” Hong Xiu was confident.

"As long as we get this list, we'll find this person sooner or later."

"Even if we find him, there's nothing we can do about it," Niu Chengzong said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"Just because there's nothing we can do now doesn't mean there won't be anything we can do in the future," Hong Xiu said with a sinister smile.

"Just because we can't do anything about him doesn't mean others can't."

"A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years, as long as he knows who it was... Achoo!"

Just as I was thinking about how to get revenge, I suddenly felt a chill on my neck and sneezed.

Hong Xiu was completely baffled. He had become a spirit, so how could he possibly catch a cold?
Hmm... Could it be that guy is trying to rob me again?!

Hong Xiu froze instantly.

Not far away, Chen Mu withdrew his gaze from Hong Xiu and the other two with a look of regret, and drove the Flame Chariot further and further away.

You can't just fleece every sheep you catch.

That's so unfair!
Ok……

Wait until his hair grows long before plucking it.

(End of this chapter)