My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 656 Jade Chan

Late at night, the sky is filled with stars.

The bright moonlight shines on the mist slowly drifting above the foggy forest. It is quiet and mysterious, like a fantasy world in heaven.

The forest was completely silent; not even the sound of an insect could be heard.

a moment.

Click!

The sound of dead leaves breaking broke the silence.

As the fog surged, a ragged, white-haired old man walked out of the mist.

His hair was gray and messy, and his body was skinny, as if he was just skin and bones. But he walked quite agilely, his hands and feet were full of strength, and his face was ruddy, like a middle-aged strong man.

At this moment, the old man's eyes were half open, but his pupils were dull and unfocused, and his face was expressionless, as if he was sleepwalking.

Step, step, step...

A sound of orderly footsteps came from afar, and a group of people broke through the fog and appeared in the middle of the woods like the old man, in a daze.

They included men, women, young and old, tall and short, fat and thin, and even two or three black buffaloes and seven or eight big yellow dogs.

At this moment, everyone had drooped eyelids and walked silently towards the depths of the misty forest. Their movements were in unison, like puppets.

Farther away, moonlight shone into the woods through gaps in the fog.

Countless shadowy figures are hiding in the fog and moving slowly forward.

Step, step, step...

The orderly sound of footsteps echoed in the silent and foggy forest in the dead of night, so eerie that it made people creepy.

……

A few days later, Peach Blossom Valley.

Chen Mu was mixing in the crowd of the Baihuan tribe, pretending to practice the magic-sealing spell. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the direction of the peach forest where the entrance was.

Everyone stopped and looked from afar. Suddenly, they found a group of more than a hundred mortals walking into the valley with confused faces.

They were accompanied by several disciples from Taoshan Temple, who shouted loudly and led everyone forward.

"Which batch is this?" someone in the crowd spoke up.

"Twenty-three. There are at least eight hundred mortals in Taohua Valley now, if not a thousand." One person responded.

"It is said that the misty forest outside is full of footprints. No one knows how many mortals have gone to Qingqiu Mountain." Another person was worried: "Let the living beings fall into the trap. I didn't expect the demons from outer space to be so evil!"

This doesn't seem like Lan Zhang's work.

Chen Mu, standing at the edge of the crowd, frowned as he looked at the group of ordinary people in the distance.

Those people had ruddy complexions and behaved like normal people.

But if you observe carefully, you will find that those people are often distracted and their reactions are slightly slower than ordinary people.

The human body's spirit is divided into soul, spirit and ghost. The soul is the main consciousness. The reactions of these people seem like their souls are damaged.

"Why does it feel a bit like the yellow millet plague that I encountered in Tianhe Water Palace in Dingyou?!" Chen Mu's heart shuddered.

Even now, he still feels palpitations when he thinks of that thing.

If it weren't for the Heavenly Demon Armor and the Hundred Miles Qi Ban, he would have almost turned into an ignorant living dead.

"Don't be afraid, I've been to Taoshanguan Inspection Office to make inquiries." Yang Fu clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Those who were hit were ordinary mortals and animals. We cultivators have spiritual light to protect us, so we are safe."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Chen Mu frowned even more tightly when he heard this.

If this change is really related to the yellow millet plague, the protective aura of the Qigong practitioner will be of little use.

At that time, Jiao Shi had achieved great success in overcoming the tribulation, comparable to a cultivator who had mastered the river cart. But even so, he still couldn't resist the infection of the plague.

"But please don't let it be that thing."

……

Just two days later, the situation took a turn for the worse.

More than a dozen night patrol soldiers disappeared inexplicably, and after repeated investigations, they could only come to the conclusion that these people left Taohua Valley on their own.

In the following days, people continued to disappear in the middle of the night. The truth could not be concealed, and the whole of Taohua Valley was in a state of panic.

For fear of being inexplicably tricked, many Taoist soldiers began to stay at home, and all the demon-sealing spell drills arranged by Qianji Sect were put aside.

Chen Mu also stayed in the stone house and did not go out.

Late at night, he stood at the window of the stone house.

The sky was cloudless and the stars were shining brightly. The white moonlight shone through the window, illuminating half of his face.

The night sky was bright and clear, and he was in no mood to look at it.

The divine power of Di Ting was unleashed, covering the area surrounding the location of the Hundred Illusions Department.

At a certain moment, a gray-clothed figure appeared at the edge of the detection range of the Di Ting magical power.

The man had an expressionless face, half-open eyes, and walked straight out of Peach Blossom Valley in a daze.

But just as they reached the edge of the peach forest, several beams of light fell down and blocked the soldiers' way.

From the way they were dressed, one could tell that they were from the Taoshanguan Patrol Office.

One of the sturdy men stepped forward and gently patted the Taoist soldier who was hit on the shoulder. The Taoist soldier, who was still in a daze just now, came back to his senses with a start.

He saw several burly men in black clothes and tight suits around him, with confused looks on their faces, as if they had really been sleepwalking just now.

After a brief exchange of words, the man followed a few black-clad patrolmen back to Taoshan Temple.

Chen Mu watched from beginning to end, and only looked away after everyone had completely disappeared.

This was not the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Those patrolmen in black were obviously specialized in handling incidents like this.

"It seems that Taoshan Temple is not doing nothing." Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Sure enough, no one went missing in the next few days, and the strange disease that caused people to sleepwalk into the foggy forest never appeared again.

Gradually, everyone in Taohua Valley felt at ease, gradually resumed their previous activities, and began to practice the magic-sealing spell step by step.

"I heard that it was done by an elder named Yan from the Qianji Sect." Inside the Baihuan Department's performance field, a man said mysteriously, "The root of the problem lies with that group of ordinary people. They were planted with evil secrets by the demons from outer space, and they can be contagious. The Taoist soldiers who were recruited a few days ago all had encounters with that group of people."

"Fortunately we were standing far away before." Someone in the crowd sighed with relief.

"It's all right now. Elder Yan has cast a barrier to seal off all the infected people deep in the valley. We are no longer at risk of being infected."

Everyone was talking about it, and all the worries of the past few days were swept away, and relaxed smiles appeared on their faces.

Chen Mu, who was listening with his ears perked up not far away, also breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Late at night, in the City of Thousand Lights.

Chen Mu was rocking in the rocking chair in front of the wooden building.

A delicate, palm-sized candle dragon body was circling around him.

It crawled into Chen Mu's hair for a while, then quickly flew up into the sky, curiously observing the big eyes hanging in the air.

Ever since he got that strange disease, Chen Mu didn't dare to sleep in Peach Blossom Valley at night.

Even though there is no risk of infection now, it is only a temporary isolation and there is no clear solution yet, so he decided to stay in Qiandeng City for two more days.

"As expected, the Qianji Sect will not just sit there and watch all the Taoist soldiers perish."

"After all, we still have to count on the Taoist soldiers to counterattack Qingqiu Mountain."

Thinking of the various news he had heard during the day, Chen Mu felt a little relieved.

"It just makes life hard for ordinary people." He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

The elders of Qianji Sect took action to isolate the Peach Blossom Valley from the infection, but no one cared about the countless ordinary people outside the Peach Blossom Valley.

Controlled by some evil secret technique, he rushed to Qingqiu Mountain like a puppet, and his end would probably not be a good one.

Chen Mu didn't know how far this secret technique had spread, but according to the patrolling Taoist soldiers, there were many strange footprints in the misty forest, and the number was increasing day by day.

Is it impossible for Qianji Sect to rescue those ordinary people?

Chen Mu shook his head slightly.

"I'm afraid that the Qi Refiners of the Qianji Sect don't care about ordinary people at all."

Ordinary people are of low status and weak power, and their wailing of suffering has never been noticed by Qi Refiners.

“I just hope that the Qianji Sect can drive Lan Zhang back to the Netherworld as soon as possible.”

"It's still not enough strength." Chen Mu sighed.

Now that the Heche is complete, he has cultivated the Yin Ling Shentai and has the powerful secret method of Zhulong Transformation.

But in the face of this chaos that swept across Haizhou, he was still like a lone boat in the sea.

"Fortunately, all these years of hard training were not in vain."

"The Heavenly Demon Armor and the Thousand Lights City, these means at least ensure my own safety."

He smiled with emotion, and a feeling of fatigue slowly came over his heart.

Raising his hand, Chen Mu let the Zhulong Dharmakaya transform into a bracelet to dispel the distracting thoughts in his mind. He closed his eyes and prepared to fall into a deep sleep.

But the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Something is wrong!

After years of practice, my body has undergone a transformation. If there is no major loss, I won't feel tired even if I don't sleep for ten days or half a month.

just now……

Oh no, I’ve been tricked too!

The thought flashed through his mind, and before he could react, a faint black-green light suddenly flashed between his eyebrows.

A few lines appeared between the eyebrows, and with a few simple strokes, it looked like an emerald green jade cicada.

A huge feeling of fatigue suddenly emerged.

Chen Mu's eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and no matter how hard he tried, they drooped half down uncontrollably.

His pupils slowly dilated and after a few breaths, Chen Mu became dazed and stupid, as if he was sleepwalking.

The black fog swirled, and the gate to Qiandeng City appeared.

Chen Mu walked forward blankly and rushed to the outside of Qiandeng City without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)