My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 775 The Second Heart

Weizhi Peak, in front of a thatched hut on the summit.

"Luo Ding, the Imperial Censor?"

"I've never seen him before."

In front of Yuan Zhen, Chen Mu pretended to be stupid with a sincere expression.

"That commotion up the mountain just now..."

"I've made a small breakthrough in my cultivation, but I didn't control my strength well and startled everyone. I'm really sorry," Chen Mu continued, his face full of apology.

"You really didn't see Luo Ding?" Yuan Zhen looked at Chen Mu suspiciously.

Based on that wailing and howling just now, was it really just a simple rehearsal of a secret technique?
After thinking for a moment, he took out a small, palm-sized black lacquered bronze mirror.

"What are you doing?" Chen Mu asked curiously, peeking over.

"This is called the Divine Mirror. It is a replica of the Divine Bone-Illuminating Mirror of the Luofu Dao Ancestor. It can reveal the true form of spirits and gods."

"If a demon possesses or tries to take over a body, it will be able to detect the clues." Looking at the face in the mirror that looked exactly like Chen Mu's, Yuan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and patiently explained.

“Luo Ding colluded with demons and attacked Lin Tu before, all to allow a demon to possess him and be reborn. I had no choice but to take precautions against him.” He looked apologetic.

So that strange, emerald-green cicada was trying to possess me?

Chen Mu was startled.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Demon Armor protected the Jade Seed Dao Foundation, directly knocking the flying cicada away.

Otherwise, if that thing really got inside my body, the outcome might have been completely different.

"The Imperial Censor has thought things through thoroughly. It's good to be cautious for everyone's safety." Chen Mu waved his hand, completely unconcerned about Yuan Zhen's investigation.

"You really haven't seen Luo Ding?" Yuan Zhen put away the Divine Mirror, still feeling uneasy.

"Your Excellency, believe me, I really haven't seen Luo Ding!" Chen Mu said with a serious expression.

Of course, you can't say you saw it.

Luo Ding is, after all, the head of the Sacred Heart Academy, and a figure in the Yellow Springs Sect. He may also have relatives and friends backing him.

If those people found out that Luo Ding died at my hands, it would probably cause me a lot of trouble. It's better to deny it from the start.
Fine.

If you didn't see it, you didn't see it.

“Luo Ding once presided over the signing of the military treaty for you. If it turns out to be unfavorable to you, you will be in a very passive position.” Yuan Zhen gave up his probing and earnestly advised him.

"It's best not to go too far from Jiufeng Mountain recently, so that I can quickly lend a helping hand if anything unexpected happens."

"Thank you very much, Chief Physician!" Chen Mu said gratefully, clasping his hands in a respectful gesture of respect.

Even so, he could not be told anything about Luo Ding.

……

After seeing Yuan Zhen off, Chen Mu returned to the thatched hut and lay down in the rocking chair.

He spent the first half of the night dealing with Luo Ding's attack and the second half dealing with Yuan Zhen and Tang Zhimu's inquiries. Only now did he finally have time to ponder Luo Ding's attack.

"First it was Lin Tu, and then it was me."

"Luo Ding launched the sneak attack so that the emerald green cicada demon could possess his body."

"This is definitely an attempt to cause chaos in Jiufeng Mountain."

"The old man didn't die unjustly!"

Chen Mu snorted coldly.

Even now, thinking back, he still feels lingering fear. Thank goodness for the Heavenly Demon Armor, otherwise that flying cicada might have succeeded.

"Fortunately, I won in the end and completely killed that old Deng."

"Luo Ding was quite cautious; he actually left the heart outside the mountain beforehand."

"I wonder what kind of secret technique that reshapes the body through the heart is."

"It is said that a Heavenly Demon can be reborn by dripping blood once it reaches the True Form realm of Reincarnation. Did that old guy achieve the True Form of a Heavenly Demon?"

Chen Mu thought for a moment and then shook his head.

If one truly masters the true form, then it is oneself who should die; this must be the hidden and wondrous application of the Sacred Heart Sutra.

"The Sacred Heart Sutra, what a pity I will never have the chance to see it."

Chen Mu felt regretful.

When I went to the Sacred Heart Academy to sign the Daoist Soldier Contract, I had the opportunity to obtain this secret method of creating artifacts through the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Dao.

But since he was a proper Qi cultivator, he ultimately chose the Yellow Springs Gourd.

Previously in the small valley, Luo Ding was completely naked and was devoured by Yama's Gluttony. He didn't find any storage talismans.
Chen Mu guessed that the items the other party was carrying might have been left behind at Chaoyang Peak during their battle with Yuan Zhen of the Capital Academy.

"If only I could take a look at the Sacred Heart Sutra, it might resolve my confusion."

Chen Mu reached out and pressed his hand to his chest, his brows furrowed.

Since he completely devoured Luo Ding with Yama's Feast, not long after returning from the small valley, he had a heartbeat sound on his body.

It felt as if there was an extra heart beating inside the original heart.

He tried to listen with his divine hearing ability, but found nothing. He could only vaguely sense a faint life force developing inside the heart.

"It shouldn't be anything bad... right?" Chen Mu asked worriedly.

……

I was on tenterhooks for several days.

Apart from the steady second heartbeat, nothing unusual happened.

Even on the fifth day, the second heartbeat gradually merged with the original heartbeat.

Chen Musong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that was the end of it. But when he woke up the next day, he felt something strange in his chest.

Upon examining the inside of the body with the Divine Listening Technique, it was discovered that in the short time it took to fall asleep, a heart emitting a faint scarlet light had appeared inside the right side of the chest!

Its new bluish-black blood vessels, symmetrically distributed with the original heart, follow the original blood vessels throughout the body, thus establishing a second blood circulation system!
What the hell is going on?
Who has two hearts?
One of them even emitted a scarlet glow; it didn't look legitimate at all!

Chen Mu's eyelids twitched violently.

That old bastard Luo Ding is a menace who will live on for a thousand years; even in death he won't let me have peace!
……

"Two hearts?"

"The Sacred Heart Sutra doesn't have that effect, does it?" Tang Zhimu shook his head in confusion inside the library on the east side of the mountain temple.

"Not the Sacred Heart Sutra?"

Chen Mu grew increasingly worried.

Although I felt perfectly fine, and even felt more energetic.

But suddenly having an extra heart, how could he not feel at ease? He immediately went to Tang Zhimu to inquire.

"It's not that there aren't similar mind-shifting techniques that allow one to borrow the heart of a demon and master its innate supernatural powers."

"But it is ultimately a crooked approach with extremely serious side effects."

"On the contrary, another strange and secret method is more in line with the description given by the Imperial Academy." Tang Zhimu looked at Chen Mu: "Does the Imperial Academy have any knowledge of the Kangzhou region?"

Kangzhou, west of Yizhou?
I do know something about it.

When I returned to Earth from the celestial planet, my first stop was Connecticut.

"You mean those Yin Ghost Sect members?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“Yes.” Tang Zhimu nodded.

"It is said that those mortal martial artists who cultivate the secret arts of Yin Ghosts will develop a second heart when they reach a high level of mastery."

"At that time, his physique will be as strong as a demon, and he will have incredible power."

The Blood Sac of the God of the Underworld?!

So, is this second heart in my chest a result of the transformation by the God of the Underworld?
Chen Mu immediately realized what was happening.

He really had practiced the secret technique of the Underworld God Transformation.

Chen Mu summoned the gray stone door.

The Qingnang Chapter: The Limit.

In order to escape the Divine Statue Cave, he once practiced the Netherworld God Transformation. He used the Green Bag Chapter to cultivate the Netherworld God Blood Bag, and then planted the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed in himself, making his main body a demonic clone of the Heavenly Demon Body.

Then, by substituting one thing for another, he had the Heavenly Demon take his place in guarding the Divine Statue Cave, allowing his true self to escape.

But after initially mastering the blood sac, he stopped cultivating.

On the one hand, there was no follow-up secret method, and on the other hand, they felt it was unnecessary.

He was a Qi cultivator, and with a well-established Dao Foundation, he was entitled to a lifespan of three hundred years. The Netherworld God Transformation only increased his offensive capabilities, not the path to immortality, so he hadn't paid much attention to it. But he never expected something like this to happen here.

"Isn't Luo Ding practicing the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Path? Yama devoured him, so how could it cause the Underworld God Transformation to improve?"

"What other intrinsic connection could there be between the Sacred Heart Sutra and the Transformation of the Underworld?"

Chen Mu scratched his head more and more as he thought about it.

……

Two days later.

At the summit of Weizhi Peak, at the entrance of a thatched hut.

Chen Mu sat in a bamboo chair by the window, feeling the two hearts beating in sync, and felt a little relieved.

He has been closely monitoring his physical condition these past two days and has not noticed any adverse effects.

Moreover, as the second blood circulation system began to operate, his strength and physique started to slowly improve.

"With continued improvement over time, it might even become stronger than the body cultivated through the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Path."

Chen Mu's expression was strange.

In his early years, he practiced martial arts to strengthen his body, relying heavily on his strength to kill enemies and protect his community, and his methods were quite brutal.

Later, he became a Qi cultivator and gradually focused on secret techniques and arts, since those were more likely to attract immortals.

Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I ended up back on the old path of body tempering.

Am I born to be a reckless brute?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Chen Mu refused to admit it!

……

The changes brought about by the second heart go far beyond this.

Chen Mu's mind sank into the City of a Thousand Lanterns.

At this moment, Thousand Lanterns City has quietly expanded by several points.

The large, lifeless eyeball on the top of its head, with its drooping eyelids, began to slowly move, as if it had gained some sentience.

"The enhancement of the Underworld God Transformation can actually benefit Thousand Lantern City?"

"Strange!"

Chen Mu initially believed that Thousand Lantern City was a fragmented grotto-heaven created by Qi cultivators in ancient times.

Later, when the Netherworld Demon Heaven invaded Haizhou, they encountered the Blind Boy, a demon who had come with Lan Zhang.

The other party claimed to be from the Shadow Clan, saying that the Thousand Lantern City Cave Heaven was a divine power passed down through their bloodline, and that mutual devouring could further enhance their abilities.

The large eyeball at the top of Thousand Lanterns City appeared after it killed and devoured the Blind.

"But isn't Thousand Lantern City a city built upon the innate supernatural power of the Yin Spirit Heavenly Demon body?"

"How come the enhancement of the Underworld God Transformation has actually strengthened the Heavenly Demon Body?"

Yes!

The core of the Underworld God Transformation lies in the blood sac, which is constructed from Yin-Yang insects.

The Yin spirit and the Yin worm are two sides of the same coin; in fact, the Yin worm can even transform into a Yin spirit after death.

The Yin Spirit Heavenly Demon Body is essentially a Yin Soul.

Therefore, it makes sense that the transformation of the Underworld God could affect the body of the Yin Spirit Heavenly Demon.

A realization dawned on Chen Mu's mind.

"An extra heart not only strengthens the body but also expands the space of Thousand Lantern City."

"It's... alright, I guess." Chen Mu smacked his lips.

"That old fellow Luo Ding, he deserved to die," he commented with a hint of disdain.

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(End of this chapter)