My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 749 A way out
The unexplained appearance of evil spirits caused great panic.

Fortunately, Chen Mu intervened in time, quickly quelling the evil spirits before they could wreak havoc. Aside from a dozen disciples suffering severe blood and qi depletion, no one died.

The panic among the crowd quickly subsided, and the next day, with Tang Zong's reassurance, they continued raising fish.

The second floor of Jinchi Pavilion.

Chen Mu skillfully used the Netherworld Connection Technique, condensing the Yama True Aperture Ghost Pattern in his palm.

Lingbao used the Pivot Technique to probe into the Five Ghosts Bag, finding the twelve missing talismans, and then sent the True Aperture Ghost Pattern into them.

The round, bead-like ghost patterns shift and transform, extending into numerous threads that perfectly integrate into the Five Ghosts Bag talisman system, as if they had truly become part of the Five Ghosts Bag.

Compared to the previous incomplete version of the Ghost Pattern, the complete version of the True Aperture Ghost Pattern is more efficient at converting celestial energy and lasts longer.

After completing the twelve Yama True Aperture Ghost Patterns in sequence, Chen Mu looked at the black smoke billowing around the Five Ghost Bag.

With a thought, a black plume of smoke, as tall as two people, appeared before them.

brush!
The black smoke shrank inward, condensing into an old man with white hair and beard, the very same old man who had hosted the banquet at Jinchi Pavilion the previous night.

"How should I address you, sir?" Chen Mu asked with a smile.

"Is there any way for us to escape Golden River City?" he asked eagerly.

The old man sneered, "Once you're here, don't even think about getting out. I advise you to just accept your fate!"

Is it really that aggressive?
Have you forgotten the demonic seed in your forehead?
"You'd better think this through. If something happens to me, you won't have a good ending either," Chen Mu said coldly, his smile fading.

Upon hearing this, the old man sneered, "Once you're here, don't even think about getting out. I advise you to just accept your fate!"

Hey!
This is a tough nut to crack.

"You really think I can't do anything to you?" Chen Mu said with a fierce face, and a colorless flame suddenly appeared in his palm. It was the Seven Emotions Flame, which was specially designed to burn away the delusions of the spirit.

The old man glanced at Chen Mu and said expressionlessly, "Once you're here, don't even think about getting out. I advise you to just accept your fate!"

Chen Mu: “…”

"Can't you say something different?"

"Falling into this place..."

Damn, you're mentally challenged!

Chen Mu waved his hand and scattered the old man into a cloud of black smoke, which he then put into the Five Ghosts Bag.

He finally understood that this thing that sounded like a broken record was not a spirit at all!

It's at best a half-finished product; it has some logical thinking, but its spiritual awareness is severely lacking. At its core, it's still that charlatan, life-draining vengeful spirit.

"It seems unlikely that we can get any information about Jinhe City from these half-finished spirits."

"Leaving this place, I'll have to rely on myself," Chen Mu sighed.

The thought of passing on the Crossing Mountain Scripture and the Jade Gate Incantation to more than 30,000 newly recruited ghosts gave him a phantom headache.

The Yin spirits can connect with the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed through its energy, actively learning new secret techniques from Chen Mu. The Yin ghosts, lacking sufficient spiritual consciousness, can only rely on it for transmission.

Last night's gathering of 30,000 Yin spirits was only a half-finished product; they were still Yin ghosts at their core and couldn't learn on their own, so he had to pass them on one by one.

"You better be of use!" Chen Mu gritted his teeth.

He pulled out a ghostly spirit and began the secret transfer.

……

Ten days later.

The second floor of Jinchi Pavilion.

Chen Mu, his face pale, channeled the Jade Gate Curse into the last Yin Spirit, and felt a sense of relief.

For the past ten days, he had done nothing but focus on imparting the secret technique to the newly acquired spirits. When he was tired or sleepy, he would drink spirit-nourishing wine to recover, and now he had finally completed it.

After downing another mouthful of nourishing wine, Chen Mu, without taking a break, immediately activated the Gates of Hell.

Puffs of black smoke shot out from the Five Ghosts Bag like arrows, gathering into a cloud in mid-air. Then, they rapidly spun and contracted towards the center, and with a flash of black light, a small, gray-white stone archway, three or four meters high, appeared inside the Golden Pool Pavilion.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Mu lifted his foot and took a step. His right leg easily stepped into the gates of hell.

As the familiar dragging force came, he was once again stuck at the brink of death.

But Chen Mu was not disappointed at all; on the contrary, he was pleasantly surprised.

"You've chosen the right path!"

Previously, only a toe could fit in, but now a whole leg can. Increasing the number of ghost monsters has indeed helped to counteract the constraints of Golden River City.

As long as there are enough ghosts, I will definitely be able to forcibly escape from Golden River City!
"It's a pity that there were too few spirits this time, only a little over 30,000. If there were more..." Chen Mu thought greedily. "Speaking of which, how exactly did these strange spirits appear?" Chen Mu put away the Ghost Gate, walked out of the room, and came to the second-floor corridor.

"There must be some secrets within Golden River City that I haven't discovered yet." He patted the wooden railing and looked into the distance.

"Could it be related to those twenty-four bright pearls in the sky?" Chen Mu couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Having been in Jinhe City for over a month, he explored it more than once.

The entire Golden River City was enveloped by an invisible barrier. Apart from being tall, sturdy, and exquisitely designed, the buildings within the city were nothing special.

Apart from the well with the dragon head sculpture, there was nothing else unusual underground.

Of the twenty-four pearls in the sky that haven't been thoroughly explored yet, there are only twenty-four.

With a flash of golden light, Chen Mu arrived in front of the twenty-four pearls.

Each pearl is only the size of a human head, emitting a warm, white light. There is no scorching heat, only a gentle warmth.

Chen Mu tentatively reached out to touch it, but his hand slipped through the pearl, as if it were just an illusion.

With repeated listening, the Divine Power of Listening also activated the Lingbao Pivot Chapter, and some fragments of magical talismans appeared in his mind.

"A special legal prohibition?" Chen Mu understood.

Unfortunately, just like the chains at the bottom of a well, the Lingbao Cardinal Chapter can only observe a few superficial aspects and cannot delve into the core.

"However, it is most likely unrelated to the appearance of evil spirits."

Chen Mu could sense that the pearl's aura was ancient and profound, lacking the cold and gloomy qualities of the underworld, but instead exuding a righteous and pure yang aura.

If a spirit were to collide with it head-on, it might be instantly annihilated.

"Where did those unfinished Yin spirits come from, and why did they appear?" Chen Mu looked down at the entire Golden River City, his thoughts racing.

……

“That thing might be related to the dark waters outside the city.” Outside Jinhe City, by the moat, Tang Zong pointed to the darkness in the distance and said with a solemn expression, “Someone saw some strange human faces dragging long tails of black smoke in there.”

Long trails of black smoke, and a strange human face?
This sounds a lot like the River of Oblivion.

Chen Mu's heart tightened. He darted across the moat and arrived at the edge of the invisible barrier, pressing himself against it and trying to see outwards.

Unfortunately, his ability to listen to the divine was still unable to penetrate the barrier. He looked for a long time, but could only see a few flashes of light occasionally, while most of the area remained pitch black.

"Moreover, the appearance of those ghostly things may be related to the soul-stabilizing stakes you've been practicing," Tang Zong said hesitantly.

A soul-stabilizing stake?
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“Your soul-stabilizing stake can generate a cool aura. If left for a long time, the water where the stake is located will become quite cold, even chilly.”

"But after those ghostly things appeared, the chilling aura completely disappeared."

"I also asked the disciples in the academy, and found that the place where those ghostly things first appeared was the location with the strongest yin and cold aura." Tang Zong's expression was solemn.

"How about you take that stake back a little?" he suggested nervously.

He was terrified of those ghostly things; last time he almost died completely.

If it were to happen again...

"Return?"

"No, no, no! Not only should we not collect them, we should double the amount!" Chen Mu's eyes lit up immediately.

It's connected! It's connected!

The Soul-Stabilizing Pillar can transform celestial energy into Yin-Yang Jade Dew, which is food for Yin spirits.

This stuff is extremely attractive to spirits. If there are spirits nearby, a large amount of Yinming Jade Dew will naturally attract them to appear.

double?
Wouldn't that attract even more ghosts?!

"Sect Master, that thing is far too dangerous!" Tang Zong exclaimed anxiously.

"If we do it again, what if the disciples of the lower academy get injured? How will we raise fish then!" he quickly advised.

fish culture?

If the Soul-Fixing Pile can attract evil spirits, why would I need to raise fish?

Ignoring the worried Tang Zong, Chen Mu immediately returned to Jinchi Pavilion.

He decided that he would not leave seclusion unless he practiced a thousand or eight hundred soul-stabilizing stakes!

(End of this chapter)