My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 452 Shen Yan
Qiandeng City, west side of the courtyard.

Chen Mu sat in front of a round stone table, with a ball of water from the River of Oblivion and a ball of pitch-black flame floating in front of him.

More than a dozen plates of various dipping sauces were placed on the table, and a large piece of black mutton with deer antlers was placed in the middle of the table.

With a flick of his right index finger, a ghastly green blade of energy shot out from his fingertip, as thin as a thread. A corner of the black mutton disappeared, instantly transforming into countless slices of meat as thin as cicada wings.

The slices of meat soared into the air, swiftly passing through the River of Oblivion. The tough, leathery beast meat softened instantly. Then, it rolled around in the black flames, releasing a rich aroma of meat.

Dipping the meat slightly in the bright red sauce and putting it in his mouth, the aroma of grilled meat mixed with spiciness assaulted his taste buds, and Chen Mu couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"good to eat!"

He sampled more than ten kinds of dipping sauces one by one, and occasionally took a sip of the plum-flavored Huiyuan soup to cleanse his palate. He quickly finished a large piece of deer antler black mutton.

Chen Mu tilted his head back and drank the Rejuvenating Soup from the stone cup, letting out a long breath with a satisfied smile on his face: "This is the life a human being should live!"

He longed for a life of eating, drinking, and grinding experience every day, but ever since arriving in Yinming, he had been living in constant fear, never having a single day of comfort. Now, with Thousand Lantern City as his safe haven, his anxious heart finally found peace.

"It's just that eating only meat is a bit greasy." Chen Mu got up and left the stone table, walking towards a field ridge on the west side of the courtyard.

The field, five meters long and three meters wide, was a vegetable patch he had recently cultivated. Four or five white lanterns hung on stone pillars and were distributed around the field, illuminating it brightly.

"The Soul-Guiding Lamp brings light, the Netherworld Jade Dew provides moisture, the Heavenly Outer Heaven soil serves as a warm bed, and with the addition of seeds from the mortal realm, these conditions are unique anywhere." Chen Mu squatted at the bottom, looking at the surroundings with a cheerful smile.

Before long, a tender yellow-green sprout quietly emerged from the ground next to two mung bean-sized soil particles.

"Tsk...it actually worked?" Chen Mu immediately beamed with joy.

……

Inside the secret room.

Shi Dechun curiously examined the five stone pillars covered with patterns along the wall.

"Brother Chen, I've noticed I haven't been able to hear any noise from inside the secret room lately, these pillars..."

"Want to know?" Chen Mu's lips curled slightly.

This is a powerful, albeit subtle, technique for concealing secrets. It's incredibly effective at disguising and hiding. With it sealing off a secret room, it would be a miracle if you could hear anything.

"I'll tell you, do you dare to listen?" Chen Mu teased with a smile.

Shi Dechun immediately shook his head: "Forget it, it's better if I don't know!"

"Just consider it my supernatural power." The true form of the Heavenly Demon and its physical body are connected as one, so it's perfectly acceptable to use the physical body as the supernatural power of the true form.

"It can seal off the flow of energy. With it here, the underground chamber is safe from being discovered," Chen Mu said confidently.

Even with his current mastery of the Listening Technique, he couldn't see through the disguise of the prohibition. Back in the Ganhe Lower Temple, if it weren't for a chance encounter, Mo Wuzhou wouldn't have been able to discover it either.

"The secret chamber is located deep underground and is protected by magical restrictions. Unless someone accidentally stumbles in, there is absolutely no risk of being discovered!"

The words had barely left his mouth when Shi Dechun hadn't even uttered his praise.

With a soft "poof," a small mound suddenly rose up from the floor of the secret room.

The earthen mound suddenly exploded open, and a dark shadow darted out from within. A tall, thin figure dressed in a black robe appeared before the two.

Shi Dechun stiffly turned his neck, looking at Chen Mu with a blank expression.

Isn't it supposed to be absolutely undiscoverable?

Chen Mu also looked completely bewildered.

I have no idea either.

How did someone suddenly jump out from underground?

……

“Something’s definitely not right here!” Shen Yan glanced at the dumbfounded Chen Mu and the other man, then walked straight to a pillar to examine it.

"Were you a Qi cultivator in your previous life?" He looked at Chen Mu with a curious expression: "Qi cultivators who can be reborn into the Yin and Yang realms are extremely rare."

Shen Yan turned and looked around the secret room, nodding in satisfaction: "Do you know who I am?"

Chen Mu and Shi Dechun both shook their heads.

"I am Shen Yan."

"Supervisor? Aren't you..." Shi Dechun was full of surprise.

"Killed by a water ape in a sneak attack?" Shen Yan curled his lip: "Just a trick by Lan Zhang."

"Want to know?" He looked at the two of them mockingly. "I dare to tell you, but do you dare to listen?"

Chen Mu's expression froze.

Why does that sound so familiar?

"Forget it, why bother talking to you all?" Shen Yan shook his head, bored.

"This secret room is nice, I've got my eye on it."

"Starting tomorrow, you will begin building the secret room for me."

"I need you to build seven of these secret chambers on each of the four sides of the camp. They should ideally be slightly larger than this, but secrecy is the most important factor." "Did you understand?" Shen Yan looked at Chen Mu indifferently.

Chen Mu pointed blankly at himself: "Me?"

"Isn't this secret room something you dug? Of course I'm talking about you!" Shen Yan frowned, staring at Chen Mu with displeasure.

"I advise you to behave, or don't blame me... Huh? Huh? Huh?"

Before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly thrown into the air, performing a split in mid-air, before crashing to the ground with a thud. His face twitched from the impact.

Chen Mu squinted at the other person: "Otherwise, what do you want?"

Who are you bossing around to?

He immediately started giving orders to this person and that person as soon as he arrived.

You want me to dig a secret room?

You'd better do a split for me first!

……

"I ask, you answer, understand?" Chen Mu squinted at Shen Yan.

Shen Yan's eyes twitched violently as he glared at Chen Mu through gritted teeth: "You brat! I advise you to watch yourself... Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, his upper body suddenly tilted towards his right leg, a sharp pain shooting through him, and his face flushed bright red.

Then he suddenly straightened up, and just as he was about to open his mouth to curse, his upper body suddenly slumped to his left leg.

hiss……

A series of gasps filled the sealed room.

Chen Mu watched Shen Yan's face twitch and his body gasping for breath, and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"Even if you become a ghost, doing the splits and leg presses will still hurt."

Shi Dechun, standing nearby, gave Chen Mu a resentful look, "You know how painful it is to do the splits, right?"

Chen Mu smiled as he looked at Shen Yan, whose face was red and neck thick with anger: "I ask, you answer, understand?"

"I understand... Ah!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yan leaned his upper body down onto his right leg again.

Did you become a coward so quickly?

I didn't even realize what was happening!
Chen Mu felt embarrassed, but pretended to be calm on the surface. He quietly activated the Yama Emperor's Decree, causing Shen Yan, who had a resentful look on his face, to stand up.

"How did you find this place?" Chen Mu asked.

“My supernatural ability is listening; I can hear every rustle of grass in the camp,” Shen Yan said bluntly.

“I heard that there is a soldier surnamed Jia in the Third Banner of the Flame Strike Division. He can condense the water of the River of Oblivion but has escaped Lan Zhang’s capture. Some people guess that he has the ability to conceal his supernatural powers. I was originally looking for that person.”

"After listening to the rumors in the Yisanqi camp for a few days, I was surprised to find that he disappeared after he went underground." He said, looking at Shi Dechun.

“I felt there was something fishy about this place. Being able to evade my detection might be useful to me, so I followed them here.”

It was hidden so well that Shi Dechun went underground without making a sound, which is why Shen Yan discovered this place.

This is just too damn unlucky!

Chen Mu couldn't help but grin.

"The previous disappearance of the auxiliary soldiers, was it really not a sneak attack by the water apes?" Shi Dechun, who had been listening in, suddenly asked.

"That was just a cover-up. In reality, it was Lan Zhang who was behind it. He destroyed the entire Yellow Springs Department."

"He was afraid that I would use the power of the auxiliary soldiers to attract the power of the River of Oblivion and contact the Underworld, so he arrested those auxiliary soldiers."

Chen Mu frowned involuntarily.

He never expected that the so-called Water Ape attack some time ago was actually an internal strife within the Hai-character camp.

This guy in front of me is a menace!
Should we hand this guy over?
Chen Mu couldn't help but scrutinize Shen Yan.

Shen Yan's eyelids twitched as Chen Mu stared at him: "Don't even think about handing me over to Lan Zhang."

“Lan Zhang has already sided with Mingmotian. Even if you hand me over to Lan Zhang, you won’t get away with it.”

"On the contrary, to protect his own secrets, he might kill you to silence you!"

What do you mean?
So the commander of the Hai-character camp and the Red-Eyed Water Ape have become allies?
What the hell is the point of fighting?

Chen Mu's expression turned serious.

Since it can't be handed over, and this guy has already seen the Yama Emperor's Decree...

It's definitely better to just kill them!
Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

Noticing Chen Mu's gaze, Shen Yan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

(End of this chapter)