My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 750 Accident
More than ten days later, late at night, on the second floor of Jinchi Pavilion.

Chen Mu slapped a Yama True Aperture Ghost Pattern into the wooden stake, watched the silver patterns emerge on the surface, and nodded slightly.

Just as he was about to put it away and continue refining the next one, a flash of fire streaked past his eyes.

A series of noisy sounds also came from the main hall on the first floor.

Chen Mu got up and went to the corridor outside the door to look around.

The once pitch-black city of Golden River was now brightly lit. It was as if the scene from a month ago, when the evil spirit appeared, was repeating itself.

"Increasing the number of soul-fixing stakes can indeed quickly attract evil spirits."

"My efforts of refining it day and night for more than ten days have not been in vain." Chen Mu revealed a satisfied smile.

He immediately used the Yama Emperor's Decree, then sprinkled the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds, and began to quickly gather the Yin Spirits.

……

A few days later.

On the second floor of Jinchi Pavilion, Chen Mu rubbed his forehead to relieve his headache.

For the past few days, he has been busy transmitting the Dushan Sutra and the Yumen Mantra to the second batch of ghosts, and today he finally finished.

This batch of ghostly monsters is roughly the same number as the last one, totaling over 31,000.

The total number of spirits inside the Five Ghost Bag has thus increased dramatically, now numbering nearly 100,000.

With a thought, a small, three- or four-meter-tall gate to hell appeared not far away. Chen Mu stepped forward, and half of his body easily disappeared into it.

"If I collect two more waves of Yin spirits, I might be able to forcibly break free of my restraints!" Feeling the two forces pulling at each other within his body, Chen Mu felt invigorated.

"The Soul-Stabilizing Stance must continue to be refined!"

The appearance of the ghosts in Golden River City is related to the Yinming Jade Dew. The more Soul-Fixing Pillars you have, the faster you can convert Yinming Jade Dew, and thus catch ghosts more quickly.

He waved his hand to close the Gate of Hell, took a sip of Spirit Nourishing Wine to restore his spirit, and immediately began to refine the Soul-Stabilizing Stake.

……

After that, Chen Mu stayed at the Golden Pool Pavilion to refine weapons.

Tang Zong and others focused on raising silver-scaled fish.

With everyone performing their duties, the city of Jinhe was calm and peaceful for a time.

Unfortunately, this peace did not last long.

That day, outside Jinhe City, by the moat, Chen Mu stared solemnly at the dark barrier in the distance.

The barrier was originally three meters away from the moat, but now it is less than one meter away.

This invisible barrier is shrinking inward!
“It must have happened several days ago.” Tang Zong’s expression was equally grave. “At first, it may have only shrunk inward by an inch or two, and no one noticed.”

"It was only in the last few days, with the sudden and accelerated contraction, that it was discovered. It seems..." He glanced cautiously at Chen Mu, "...it seems to be related to the Soul-Stabilizing Stake!"

A soul-stabilizing stake?
Chen Mu frowned.

“I specifically asked other people,” Tang Zong explained.

"According to their memory feedback, the barrier began to shrink rapidly only after a large number of soul-stabilizing stakes were deployed."

"This matter is most likely related to the soul-fixing stake."

It's troublesome.

Chen Mu's expression was not good.

The Soul-Fixing Stake can attract ghostly spirits, which in turn strengthen the Gate of Hell, making it the key to escaping the prison of Golden River City.

However, the Soul-Stabilizing Stake unexpectedly caused the outer barrier to shrink inward. If the shrinkage is too great, he might be squeezed to death in this cage before he even leaves Jinhe City!

"How about we put some of that stake away?" Tang Zong suggested in a low voice.

Just when we saw a glimmer of hope for escape, we're going to stop?
Chen Mu was unwilling to accept this.

“It’s not about hiding everything,” Tang Zong continued. “We can try a few more times to find a balance.”

"It can both stop the barrier from shrinking and retain some of the soul-stabilizing stakes to assist in fish farming."

"Although it will waste a lot of time, it's safer to be on the safe side, Chief Physician," Tang Zong earnestly advised.

"That's all we can do," Chen Mu said helplessly. Before figuring out the specific reason for the barrier's contraction, it was indeed necessary to be cautious.

In the following days, the scattered soul-fixing stakes were successively retrieved, leaving only sixty-six stakes in Jinhe City.

Only then did the outer barrier stabilize and stop shrinking. This confirmed that the changes in the barrier were indeed related to the Soul-Stabilizing Stake.

Chen Musong breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help feeling melancholy.

"The barrier contraction has indeed stopped, but relying on the existing soul-fixing stakes to lure out the ghosts will probably take a long time."

When there were nearly a hundred Soul-Fixing Stakes at the beginning, it took about twenty days to accumulate enough Yin-Yang Jade Dew to attract the Yin-Yang Monster.

Later, the number of soul-fixing stakes was doubled, and the ghosts were brought back to life in just half a month.

But now there are only sixty-six poles left... It will probably take more than a month or two to lure out the ghost monster.

Chen Mu sighed, summoned the gray stone door, and looked at one of the columns.

Lingbao Cardinal Chapter: 9679/10000/Eighth Order;

"Fortunately, I haven't stopped practicing the Lingbao Cardinal Technique these past few days."

"Since we can't quickly strengthen the Gate of Hell, we can only try to break free from the constraints of Golden River City."

……

Several days later, in the round cave at the bottom of the well beneath Jinchi Pavilion, several white soul-guiding lamps floated in mid-air, illuminating the cave.

Chen Mu sat back on the dragon's head, staring at the chains binding the stone dragon's body, the magical power of the Spirit Treasure Core Technique continuously seeping into the chains.

What was once a solid, wall-like barrier has now turned into a puddle of soft mud.

Although it was still difficult, it could no longer stop the Lingbao Cardinal Method from penetrating.

Inside the dark chains, a series of silver patterns gradually became clearly visible.

"A ghostly inscription."

"This Golden River City is indeed related to the Yin Ghost Sect!"

With a thought, a translucent gray stone door appeared before his eyes.

Lingbao Cardinal Chapter: 7/10000/Ninth Rank;

"Although the plan to escape by strengthening the Gates of Hell was forced to be slowed down due to changes in the outer barrier."

"However, as Lingbao's Cardinal Technique advanced, his understanding of how to break through the invisible constraints of chain magic began to accelerate."

"It can be said that what is lost on one front is gained on another."

Chen Mu smiled and buried himself in the dragon-binding chains before him.

……

South of Jinhe City, on the banks of Xian'an Pond.

Inside the main room of a three-courtyard house, Tang Zong sat at a square table.

Twenty-four bright pearls shone in the sky, shining through the window.

Tang Zong's face was half illuminated and half obscured by shadow.

"We must be very careful about that person's secret technique of using the power of Yin Ghosts to shrink the earth and move around." He muttered in a serious tone, "That secret technique seems to be related to the Yin Ghost Sect. Maybe it can really help us escape from Jinhe City."

"If I hadn't left Tianhe Cave by then, and the substitution technique had been broken, we might have been trapped in Tianhe Cave to the death."

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed, and he said anxiously, "I've already tried to stall for time! But how much longer will it take you to completely escape from Tianhe Cave Heaven?!"

"What's the rush? We've endured for decades, what's a few more days?" Tang Zong's expression turned serious again.

“I can tolerate it, but that person has been pondering those chains at the bottom of the well lately. What if he manages to break them…” Tang Zong said worriedly.

Before he could finish speaking, the worry on his face disappeared, and he said with disdain, "The Dragon-Nailing Stakes are not that simple, otherwise I wouldn't have been trapped here for decades."

"There's no way to completely shut him down in Jinhe City..."

"It's not that simple..."

In the pitch-black night, Tang Zong muttered to himself, his expression shifting, as if two consciousnesses resided within one body, an eerie and indescribable sight.

(End of this chapter)