My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 758 Shortcut to Cultivation
"According to the Tianhe compass, we should be in the southwest of Yizhou at this moment."

"The Yellow Spring Sect has a branch temple on Nine Peaks Mountain here; perhaps we can go and take a look."

Inside the dragon-bone boat, in front of the Golden Dragon Hall,
Tang Zhimu held a fist-sized, hollowed-out bronze sphere with golden, thread-like spiritual light flowing across it. As the light and shadow flickered, a semi-transparent projection of stars and mountains appeared around the two of them.

"This place has nothing to do with Sacred Heart Cathedral, right?" Chen Mu asked, looking at the projection.

There's something strange about Luo Ding, the abbot of Sacred Heart Academy. He might be colluding with the Yin Ghost Sect, and he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself.

"Jiufeng Mountain is located in the southwesternmost part of Yizhou, similar to our Tangshan Academy, and is far from Sacred Heart Academy."

"Because it's close to Bazhou, I actually feel closer to Wanxiang Temple there," Tang Zhimu said, shaking his head.

Wanxiangyuan?
"The upper academy of the Yellow Springs Sect is far away in Leizhou, while its lower academies are scattered throughout other states, making it inconvenient to remotely control them."

"Therefore, each state government has a chief lower house to relay orders."

“In Yizhou it’s the Sacred Heart Temple, and in Bazhou it’s this Myriad Images Temple,” Tang Zhimu explained.

"Many of those under the jurisdiction of the Sacred Heart Academy practice heretical demonic arts, while most of those under the jurisdiction of the Myriad Manifestations Academy are Qi Refiners."

"The lower courtyard of Jiufeng Mountain is mainly composed of Qi cultivators, so it is highly unlikely that it has any connection with the Sacred Heart Academy."

After saying that, he couldn't help but glance at Chen Mu. If he remembered correctly, this Chen Duyuan seemed to be a Qi Refiner.

The reason the other party was assigned to Tangshan Academy was probably because of their different cultivation paths, which led to them being ostracized by Sacred Heart Academy.

Different schools of spiritual practice?

This is good!

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu's eyes lit up.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Jiufeng Mountain has nothing to do with Luoding.

Moreover, it is far enough from the heart of Yizhou that it will not be involved in the internal chaos of Yizhou for the time being.

According to the original plan, they should have gone directly to Bazhou. Unfortunately, Tang Zong was dead, and their connections with him were no longer viable.

Moreover, this method might not be true; it could very well be a lie used to lure him into the Heavenly River Cave.

After a moment's thought, Chen Mu made up his mind.

"Let's go to Jiufeng Mountain."

……

The Tongtian River is shrouded in darkness.

The keel boat, tens of meters long and resembling a black iron eel, swayed and moved forward.

A school of black-spotted fish, each the length of an arm and possessing two bizarre frog legs, appeared near the keelboat.

The leisurely keelboat suddenly swung its tail and charged fiercely into the school of fish.

As it lunged left and right, its wide-open mouth forcefully inhaled and exhaled.

In the blink of an eye, most of the black-spotted monster fish was swallowed into its belly, and the rest were frightened and scattered.

Inside the dragon-bone boat, Chen Mu stood by the pool, watching with great interest as the giant mudfish hunted the strange beast.

After everything calmed down, they checked the position shown in the smoke detector and adjusted the diving depth accordingly.

Based on the experience of the previous two voyages on the Tongtian River, the current location is extremely suitable for navigation.

Near the surface of the Tongtian River, the competition for survival among the strange beasts is fierce, and they are often very aggressive. But in the deep, dark depths, truly great monsters often lurk.

Their current location was just right—not too dark, but not too deep either. There were strange beasts around, but they weren't particularly powerful.

The calm of the past few days proves that Chen Mu's choice was correct.

Moreover, the Dragon Bone Boat is a rare and high-grade magic weapon. Even if it did not use the bones of a true dragon when it was first forged, it used the bones of a flood dragon.

Its size can be adjusted to its desired size, and it can also hide itself. It can conceal its own aura and sense fierce monsters to automatically avoid them, providing a significant guarantee for safe navigation.

"Thank you for the gift, Mr. Tang!"

Chen Mu grinned and pulled out a box of white jade coins, then poured them into the pool with a splash.

"With this box of white jade, it should be enough for a long voyage." The dragon bone boat can operate in three ways: it can be directly propelled by magic power; it can be propelled by placing white jade coins in the pool in front of it and using their spiritual energy; or it can be allowed to hunt exotic beasts on its own to maintain its operation. It is truly a rare and excellent magical artifact.

"Thank you again, Tang Zong!"

"Ha ha……"

After laughing for a while, Chen Mu checked the status of the dragon bone boat again to confirm that everything was in order before slowly lying back down in the rocking chair in front of the Golden River Palace.

……

The Tongtian River is deep and secluded.

There are many strange sights, but after a while, they can get boring.

After confirming that the journey was safe and there were no major problems, Chen Mu released the Giant Spirit God for automatic monitoring, while he himself began to ponder his personal cultivation.

"The most important cultivation is naturally the condensation of the Yellow Springs Gourd."

"It's a pity that without the support of the mountain gate's earth veins, the external celestial energy is insufficient to support the internal refining of spiritual treasures," Chen Mu shook his head regretfully.

"The next level is the Heavenly Demon Body, but unfortunately, the next stage of cultivation is also a long way off."

Chen Mu's Heavenly Demon Body is extremely special; it is both a Heavenly Demon Body and a Yin Spirit.

Mastering the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing is equivalent to mastering the Heavenly Demon Heretic Artifact Creation Realm.

Following the Yin Spirit route, the next step is the Yin God. Following the Heavenly Demon Outer Path route, the next step is the Heavenly Demon's true form.

Chen Mu has mastered the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing, which allows him to refine Netherworld Qi and temper Yin Spirits to become Yin Gods.

There is also a magical artifact that, by a twist of fate, can refine the Yin energy and transform the true form of a celestial demon into its true form.

Having mastered two special energies that advance cultivation, Chen Mu's cultivation speed in the seventh level of the Heavenly Demon Outer Path is at least twice that of others.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Demon Body is too similar in nature to a Yin Spirit, and the transformation speed of a Yin Spirit is truly appalling. Without decades or even centuries of painstaking effort, one can forget about mastering it.
"The only way is to incorporate it into daily practice and accumulate it over time."

"There's no need to be too deliberate; just be patient. Some things just need time to develop before they happen."

"Just like this time when I mastered the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing, who knows, maybe one day I'll suddenly master the Yin Spirit, hehe..."

Chen Mu shrugged and continued to examine the stone gate with a cheerful smile.

He possesses many unfinished secret techniques, but most of them require an extremely long time to accumulate experience before they can be mastered.

"If only these secret techniques had corresponding magical artifacts, I could just use the Yama's Devouring Divine Power to swallow them and master them in one fell swoop!" Chen Mu couldn't help but imagine.

Yama's Feast truly lives up to its name of supernatural power. With the feedback from the stone gate, as long as one consumes the magical artifact, one can grasp its true meaning and thus master various secret techniques.

The Soul-Locking Spell and the Small Heavenly Cycle Star Combat Restriction were both learned in this way.

This is a shortcut to spiritual practice; it's incredibly amazing.

While pondering where to obtain magical artifacts and talismans corresponding to the secret techniques, he suddenly noticed the Netherworld Connection Spell.

"I don't have any magical artifacts right now, but the ghostly power summoned by the Netherworld Spell is just another kind of invisible talisman!"

"If we swallow it..."

Chen Mu's eyes almost lit up.

The incantation to communicate with the underworld can borrow the power of ghost patterns, but Chen Mu himself has not mastered the ghost patterns themselves.

If one were to use the Yama's Devouring Divine Power to consume the power of the Netherworld Ghost Pattern, one might be able to understand the true meaning of the Ghost Pattern and truly master it.

Chen Mu immediately fished out a cluster of solid-walled ghost patterns from the Nine Netherworld.

These ghostly patterns come from the Soul-Stabilizing Stake, and their primary function is reinforcement. It is because of them that ordinary wooden stakes become as hard as metal and stone.

The divine embryo between his brows trembled, and a gray-black mist with silver threads enveloped his right hand.

Feeling the cold, sinister power within his right palm, Chen Mu chuckled.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, my little darling, it doesn't hurt at all!"

The impenetrable ghost pattern: "..."

Damn it, where did this lunatic come from!
(End of this chapter)