My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 782 Taoist Soldiers
evening.

On the wooden corridor, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, while the distant sea was bathed in the golden-red glow of the setting sun.

During his seven-day seclusion, he absorbed a large amount of celestial energy, but the celestial energy near the wooden house remained completely unchanged.

"The Yellow Springs Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a renowned sect; they really do have some good stuff." Chen Mu exclaimed, playing with the Taiyin Divine Dispatch Token.

Sects like Goose and Sheep Sect and Chicken Cage Sect, which I had previously stayed with, were quite powerful in Yunzhou, but compared to the Yellow Spring Sect, they were just small, rural hills.

Let alone possessing a treasure like the Divine Command Token, they probably haven't even heard of it.

"This is just the Yellow Springs Sect. The upper sect, Luofu Dao, must have an even better cultivation environment."

Chen Mu was filled with envy.

Unfortunately, even if one wanted to envy it, one couldn't go there. Luofu Dao is located within the Luofu Cave Heaven of the Dao Ancestor, and ordinary people simply cannot access it.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, Chen Mu lowered his head and continued to ponder the Divine Command Token.

"It would be better if it could be used for a longer period of time," he thought regretfully.

It doesn't need to be too long, just three years.

Given these three years, I can find a secluded spot to hide away, free from the distractions of the outside world, and focus on refining my spiritual treasure.

"If the Divine Decree is swallowed with Yama's Feast..."

Chen Mu was itching to make a move.

After thinking it over for a while, I still didn't dare to move.

If you swallow the token but fail to master the secrets of replicating it, you'll suffer a huge loss.

"One year is fine, at least we won't have to worry about running out of Celestial Star Energy for the next year."

……

The next day.

Under the big tree in front of the wooden house, Chen Mu was cleaning up his catch while enjoying the sea breeze when a beam of light suddenly landed on the ground.

Yuan Zhen looked at Chen Mu's outfit of shorts and flip-flops with a strange expression.

"Fellow Daoist is truly... carefree."

Once one has established a solid foundation in Taoism, it is common for one to be immune to heat and cold.

Despite the heat in the south of Yizhou, Yuan Zhen was still dressed in a Taoist robe, clearly a high-level cultivator in Qi Refining.

As for Chen Mu... Chen Mu at this moment looks more like a slacker.

"You're joking, Chief Minister," Chen Mu chuckled.

"Shall we grab something to eat together later?"

Yuan Zhen looked at the strange-looking fish and shrimp in the bucket and decisively shook his head.

"The borderlands are vast, teeming with countless strange beasts. Some may look insignificant, but they possess a unique and potent poison. What if..."

"Fellow Daoist, it's best to be careful," Yuan Zhen couldn't help but remind him.

"Thank you, Chief Physician. I will be careful. If I encounter anything unfamiliar, I will test it on some wild animals first." Chen Mu didn't care in his heart, but he still thanked him sincerely.

He knows what's good and what's bad, and if it weren't for his culinary skills, he wouldn't dare to eat just anything.

"Your Excellency has come here to..." Chen Mu took out a bamboo chair and invited Yuan Zhen to sit down and chat.

"I wonder if your Shrinking Earth Teleportation Technique has any distance limitations?" Yuan Zhen asked directly.

gate of hell?
distance?

"I haven't really tested the maximum distance, but if the distance is too far, the energy consumption will definitely increase significantly."

"What is this, Imperial Censor..."

"The Upper Court wants to recruit Dao soldiers, so I have to go to the heart of Yizhou to gather scattered Qi cultivators from all over the country," Yuan Zhen said helplessly.

"But Yizhou is in chaos right now. Finding people is fine, but whether we can bring them back safely is another matter."

"so……"

So you thought of my near-death experience?

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

“There’s no need for you to go in person, fellow Daoist. Just use a secret technique to bring them back when necessary,” Yuan Zhen continued.

"That's no problem."

Chen Mu readily nodded in agreement.

He doesn't need to go in person; it's safe and won't affect his cultivation. It's just a convenient matter.

Anyway, it wasn't him who did the work; at most, it would just be a hardship for those 100,000 wandering souls.

Consider it a way of repaying Yuan Zhen for giving him the Divine Decree.

"I wonder what kind of precious materials you need to activate the secret technique. Make a list, and I'll provide it to you double the amount," Yuan Zhen said with a wave of his hand.

"Nothing else, just enough essence and blood will suffice."

When Yuan Zhen recalled the countless ghosts he had seen before, he immediately understood what was going on.

"I will have the General Affairs Bureau set sail to capture the strange sea creatures shortly afterward; there will be plenty," he promised immediately.

……

Yuan Zhen acted swiftly, and the entire Jiufeng Mountain was mobilized the next day.

Under the leadership of the Inspection Bureau, nearly half of the disciples set out and flew in different directions to the depths of the ocean.

Just after noon, people began to return one after another.

Upon arriving at the beach, they each pulled out a thick stack of mustard seed talismans and poured their catch onto the sand, soon piling it into a small hill.

Several people even rode the waves together and dragged back a ferocious sea serpent nearly a hundred meters long.

Smelling the strong fishy smell that filled the beach, Chen Mu didn't delay any longer. He activated the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain technique, and black smoke billowed as he quickly collected the catch into the bottomless pool inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

Feeling the increasingly abundant essence and spirit within the pool, Chen Mu smiled broadly. "For a long time to come, we won't lack spirit-nourishing wine."

He had previously planned to go out to sea to hunt himself, but now that someone else is doing it for him, it has saved him a lot of time.

"Hey!"

"No wonder the major sects build so many branch academies. Having someone help collect cultivation resources is indeed a worry-free and effortless thing."

……

As people returned one after another, the fish catch continued to come in.

After the initial joy of his success, Chen Mu's mood returned to calm.

After a while, it even became a bit annoying.

The fishy smell of the sea creatures was overwhelming, and close contact with them was not pleasant at all.

Chen Mu turned his head and secretly examined the five paper ghost figures at his feet.

“You’ve been with me for over twenty years, and you’re already mature paper figures.”

"How can you think about playing all day long? You have to do things!" he said with a pained expression.

The five paper ghost figures, who were having a great time playing with sand, looked completely bewildered.

"An army is raised for a thousand days to be used for one."

"Stop standing there, hurry up and maintain the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains!" He waved his hand solemnly to shoo people away.

I think you just want to slack off!

The five paper ghost figures snorted at Chen Muqi and flew angrily toward the distant beach.

"You must work hard and don't slack off!" Chen Mu shouted with a smug laugh.

The Five Ghost Paper Dolls: "..."

You bastard!

……

Eight or nine days later
After completing another round of cultivation, Chen Mu habitually summoned the stone gate.

Yellow Springs Gourd: 1239/10000/Eighth Tier;

"One seclusion session resulted in an increase of approximately two hundred experience points."

"After five or six more times, the sixty-fifth spirit treasure talisman should be completed."

While silently calculating, Chen Mu removed the light-blocking spell from the mistress's body.

Then I met Tang Zhimu, who had been waiting for me.

"You're also going to recruit Dao soldiers?" Chen Mu asked in surprise.

“It’s not just me, the entire Yuandu Academy is going. Only the Left Supervisor will remain on the mountain to oversee general affairs.” Tang Zhimu shook his head with a wry smile.

The Emperor's Dew can stimulate bloodline transformation, making the local monsters increasingly irritable.

With the addition of extraterrestrial monsters, the heartland of Yizhou is far less safe than this remote seaside location. One wrong move and you could find yourself in grave danger.

Chen Mu looked at Tang Zhimu with sympathy.

He took out a wooden box and handed it over.

"There are three Zhu Yu magic swords here, which are the beacons agreed upon with Yuandu Academy beforehand."

"With them around, I can anchor my footing and unleash my full power."

Seeing Tang Zhimu's worried face, Chen Mu thought for a moment, then took out another Zhu Yu magic sword and handed it over.

"Take this magic sword with you. If you encounter danger, activate it with your magic power; it might save your life."

"Thank you so much, Your Excellency!" Tang Zhimu was overjoyed, accepted the gift with both hands, and immediately bowed deeply in gratitude.
He had witnessed the Gates of Hell more than once and knew of its ability to shrink distances and move around.

The heartland of Yizhou is indeed dangerous, but if one can escape at any time, that's a different story.

This is a talisman!

Chen Mu waved his hand dismissively.

After all, they had known each other for several years, and Tang Zhimu had managed the affairs for the past two years, which had saved him a lot of trouble.

If it were within his power, Chen Mu would not hesitate to intervene and save his life.

"Of course, that's on the premise that the danger you encounter isn't that dangerous," Chen Mu stated directly.

He wouldn't put himself in danger just to save someone.

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhimu was still overjoyed.

He nodded repeatedly, promising not to cause Chen Mutian any trouble.

……

I watched Tang Zhimu leave.

A vague sense of unease rose in Chen Mu's heart.

It's a good thing that he doesn't have to recruit people from the heartland, but it's not necessarily a good thing that the Yellow Springs Sect is recruiting Dao soldiers on a large scale.

"It's probably to concentrate our efforts on eliminating the Mysterious Heavenly Demon."

"By then, I'm afraid I won't be able to avoid it either."

He had experienced something similar back in Haizhou.

"We still need to hurry up and cultivate. The higher our cultivation level, the more secure we will be."

He put aside his original plan to rest for two days and went out to take a look at the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls, which were still diligently performing the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains to collect the fish.

Chen Mu then returned to the wooden house and entered seclusion again.

(End of this chapter)