My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 460 Experience Pack

The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed originated from a divine embryo. After several days of research, Chen Mu gradually grasped its wondrous uses.

According to my understanding, as long as the Heavenly Demon Spirit is implanted into the body of a living being, it can coexist with the host.

After the host dies, the mature spirit seed can be collected and brought back to strengthen itself by the host's life experience and insights.

Once the spirit seed is successfully implanted, the host will subconsciously identify with the spirit seed's master under its influence. Although the host will not obey its every word, there is absolutely no possibility of betrayal or rebellion.

"Hiss... So powerful?!" Chen Mu couldn't help but be shocked.

"Is the Cloud Mirage Demon really that powerful?"

"How come I've never heard of this before?"

……

At the round table in the city of a thousand lanterns.

“There are quite a few extraterrestrial demons that parasitize and plunder.” Shen Yan said calmly, “but very few of them are truly powerful. After all, they are too hated and everyone wants to kill them, so it’s not easy for them to survive.”

"More importantly, it is difficult to hide and parasitize."

"If the parasite is too fragile, it can barely survive, so how can it parasitize? If it is too powerful, it will be easily detected and targeted and driven away, so it will not succeed either."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu scratched his head.

The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed is extremely fragile. For it to be successfully implanted, the host must voluntarily consume it. If there is any resistance, the spirit seed will collapse and disappear.

As for voluntary ingestion...

Based on his previous insights, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed wasn't a parasitic demonic seed. It relied on its host to grow, yet it seemed to bring some benefits to the host. However, he himself couldn't figure out what those benefits were. To outsiders, it was simply a parasitic demonic seed; who would willingly consume it?
"No wonder the Cloud Mirage Demon is unknown. The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed seems powerful, but it's actually quite useless." Chen Mu shook his head.

But as he continued to shake him, he couldn't help but pause.

Voluntarily swallowed...

The Decree of Yama, the King of Hell?
hiss……

It doesn't seem like it's impossible!
……

Two days later, in Thousand Lanterns City.

Perhaps because the divine embryo was incomplete, Chen Mu observed it many times, but was unable to gain any further insights from it.

"If you want to know more, you'll have to try it out yourself." Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

Shen Yan, who had just finished watering the vegetable garden and was about to walk to the round table, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Why does this guy have such a sinister smile?!
He tensed up and immediately turned and walked towards his room.

But just as he lifted his foot, he turned around uncontrollably and strode over to the round table.

"Sit down," Chen Mu said with a smile.

"Let's not sit down, I have something to do..." Before Shen Yan could finish speaking, he had already obediently sat down at the round table.

Looking at Chen Mu's smiling face, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He recalled the topic they had discussed two days ago, and a chill ran down his spine.

"You... your so-called Heavenly Demon Yin God form, does it really have the ability to parasitize and plunder?!"

"Heavenly Demon? What kind of pathetic demon god is that?" Chen Mu chuckled. "My Yin God's true form is a cloud mirage."

"Besides, my Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed is merely a symbiotic relationship; it is not only harmless but also offers numerous benefits."

“Come on…eat it.” Chen Mu raised his right index finger, and a tiny, round bead appeared, floating above his fingertip.

The round bead is jade white, translucent, and shimmers with a bright white light, like a tiny pearl as fine as a speck of dust.

In a flash, Shen Yan thought of Thousand Lantern City and Chen Mu's supernatural method of controlling his body.

How could a spirit that has just entered the realm of enlightenment possess such complex and multifaceted supernatural powers?
This bastard's supernatural powers really do have that evil parasitic and predatory ability.

Done!

……

Despite his strong resistance, Shen Yan reached out and pinched the tiny bead, then popped it into his mouth like a peanut.

He was instantly heartbroken. He had cultivated for three hundred years and had reached the Divine Embryo Realm. Was he now going to become someone else's pawn?
It’s over!

It's all over!

He sighed for a while before coming to his senses, but he didn't notice anything unusual.

"Failed?" he asked cautiously, his face full of hope.

"This shouldn't be happening!" Chen Mu couldn't help but scratch his head. "I followed the instructions exactly."

"Haha! That damned Heavenly Demon is indeed a lousy demon god!" Shen Yan was overjoyed.

Chen Mu's face darkened.

Go plant your vegetables!

Shen Yan didn't take it to heart, his face full of smiles: "I have diligently cultivated for three hundred years, and my divine embryo is already perfect. My own primordial spirit is flawless and without flaws. How could your fragile demonic seed possibly succeed in parasitizing me!"

Is it really that the spiritual seed is too weak to deal with this three-hundred-year-old ghost?

"Sigh, it really is a useless thing." Chen Mu sighed inwardly.

"How about I give it a try?" Shi Dechun, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly spoke up.

Shen Yan, who had just been gloating, was now completely shocked: "Are you stupid?!"

Chen Mu also looked at Shi Dechun in surprise.

What's wrong with this old man?

"Didn't Brother Chen say this thing is harmless and beneficial? Why not give it a try?" Shi Dechun said nonchalantly. "You believe him just because he says so!" Shen Yan said, unable to understand.

"What do you know!" Shi Dechun said with a disdainful look.

"I pulled Brother Chen out of the River of Oblivion myself. We've been through so much together, and the depth of our friendship is beyond your comprehension. How could he possibly lie to me?" He spoke confidently, but inwardly he couldn't help but sigh.

Thousand Lantern City, the supernatural power to control people, two bodies, the method of listening from miles away, and today's Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed—I know too much.

"As expected, you're the one I can rely on, Lao Shi!" Chen Mu laughed heartily.

Shi Dechun didn't explain, but chuckled and reached out to pinch a spirit seed and happily threw it into his mouth.

Only those who accept the existence of this thing are truly one of us!
The Underworld is so dangerous; whether or not Brother Chen takes me with him depends entirely on his mood. If he's not one of their own, and someone else throws me out of Thousand Lanterns City at any opportunity, I'll surely die.

He glanced at Shen Yan, whose face was pale, and sneered inwardly.

This guy has lived three hundred years in vain. If he's not one of us, how could Brother Chen let him leave Thousand Lantern City!
Noticing Shi Dechun's gaze, Shen Yan's mind raced, and he immediately understood the key to it.

Is this old man afraid of being silenced because he knows too much?

This isn't some bullshit friendship or trust; this is practically a pledge of allegiance!

He froze involuntarily.

I know quite a lot myself. Even if this bastard doesn't kill me, he'll definitely lock me up in Thousand Lanterns City until I die!

Shen Yan's face immediately turned ashen.

……

Chen Mu was so naive; he had no idea what those two old foxes were thinking.

He was currently concentrating intently on experiencing the changes in the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.

As the spirit seed merged, a hidden connection linked the Heavenly Demon's true form with Shi Dechun. Feeling that familiar connection, Chen Mu was startled.

"A love spell? That can't be right."

He discovered that the connection created by the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was remarkably similar to the synesthetic connection of the Heart-to-Heart Mantra.

"Can the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed also copy other people's secret techniques?" Chen Mu was immediately overjoyed.

When the Heart-to-Heart Mantra is practiced to a high level, the Seven Souls Return to Origin Secret Technique is unlocked, which allows one to borrow the host's divine power and replicate the host's secret techniques. He obtained seven of these secret techniques from the Wu siblings, and they still prove invaluable to this day.

"If it truly possesses the ability to return the seven souls to their origin, then I'll scatter this Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed... Hiss!"

He immediately began to try it.

But upon trying it, they found that the connection remained unchanged.

Let alone the secret method of replication, even Shi Dechun, who had the ability to sense things, couldn't do it by using his five senses to explore from a distance.

"Tsk...you're overthinking it." Chen Mu said with a hint of regret.

Shi Dechun suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "The Dew Gathering Spell, the Flying Flame Sutra, the Peaceful Mind Sutra, the Yellow Springs Guide, the Three Paths Spell—you've only been in the Underworld for less than a year, and Brother Chen has already mastered so many techniques?!"

"You are indeed exceptionally talented!"

Chen Mu was a little stunned by the praise.

No, how did you know I know these secret techniques?!

Thinking about some of his experiences with the Heart-to-Heart Mantra, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"What secret techniques do you know?"

"Yes, you can." Shi Dechun was also full of surprise.

"Whenever I think about it, a dark sky appears in my mind, with five stars hanging on it, each star representing a method you have mastered."

"Huh? It seems I can learn these techniques!" Shi Dechun was overjoyed and immediately tried to touch the stars.

Almost at the same time, an unusual throbbing sensation came from the secret point between Chen Mu's eyebrows.

He didn't bother to hide; with a thought, the true form of the celestial demon, resembling a small bald head, appeared. As his consciousness sank into it, he immediately sensed a faint pulling force emerging between his brows.

That feeling, similar to a love spell, washed over me again.

isn't it...

Chen Mu felt increasingly uneasy.

He didn't stop the pulling force; instead, he followed his senses, compressing and gathering the Yin Spirit power, and immediately, strands of silver threads the length of a little finger appeared before his eyes.

The silver thread resembled a silver fish swimming in the sea, sometimes still and sometimes moving, then it followed the pulling force and drilled into the void in front of the eyebrows, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, Shi Dechun suddenly let out a strange cry full of surprise. Immediately, an aura that Chen Mu was extremely familiar with appeared beside him.

The source of the River of Oblivion?!

The Curse of the Three Paths?!
Is it something that can be done at a moment's thought?

Or perhaps he's mastered the Three Paths Mantra to its peak?!
Shi Dechun has never known the Three Paths Curse!
Chen Mu stood there stunned.

broken!

I've become a walking experience point again!

When he first used the Heart-to-Heart Mantra to perform the Seven Souls Return to Origin technique, there was an incident where the secret technique's experience was reversed. Now, seeing Shi Dechun's performance, he understood exactly what was going on.

They thought it was a powerful demonic spirit seed with amazing abilities, but before they even saw any benefits, it copied their secret technique.

what is this?
Was I actually the cheat code? Yet I was helping others but not myself?

Damn it!

(End of this chapter)