My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 784 The True Form of Gods and Demons

The former site of Baijiazhai.

Chen Mu listened to Bai Xiaoqing's rambling self-narration without comment.

"So, you faked your death to escape the Qi Refining path, betrayed the Locking Dragon Academy, and joined the Yellow Springs Sect?"

Bai Xiaoqing's face turned ashen, but he dared not hide it and had no choice but to nod reluctantly.

"Did they take on some kind of infiltration and sabotage mission?"

Chen Mu looked suspicious.

Bai Xiaoqing quickly shook his head.

"No no."

"I still need to sign the Dao-Bing Contract later, so it's impossible for me to do anything to damage the Yellow Springs Sect."

Not always.

Even military contracts aren't always reliable.

Chen Mu still harbored doubts, but nodded slightly.

It's best if he's not an undercover agent; if he really is a spy from the Dragon Locking Academy...

I feel more at ease knowing that the undercover agent is someone I know!

Bai Xiaoqing breathed a slight sigh of relief, but was still uneasy.

"Senior, could you please not tell the Great Zhou Dragon Locking Academy about my affairs? I will obey any orders you give me from now on!" He repeatedly begged for mercy, bowing his hands.

Tell the Dragon Locking Academy? I'd need connections for that too.

They're treating me like a high-ranking undercover agent from the Dragon Lock Academy.

Chen Mu was both amused and exasperated.

It seems that this guy misunderstood the way I entered Yizhou back then.

Chen Mu didn't explain.

Judging from this guy's reaction, Chen Mu became somewhat convinced that this guy's defection to the Yellow Springs Sect was his own private action.

……

South of Yizhou, on the top of a small mountain by the sea.

For the past two months, Yuan Zhen, who had been traveling in the heart of Yizhou, returned to his seaside residence, a rare occurrence.

The mountaintop was leveled and hardened to form a flat altar, with a huge incense burner standing in the center.

A long offering table was placed in front of the incense burner, and Yuan Zhen was standing behind the offering table reciting incantations.

Before long, golden flames rose from the incense burner, and a clearly perceptible gaze suddenly descended upon them.

The crowd on the periphery, which had been making some noise just moments before, suddenly fell silent.

Then, guided by Hu Sheng, everyone stepped forward one by one and put the Taoist military contract and jade book into the incense burner.

The blue flames rose and disappeared into the air, as if they had been taken away by some force.

Everyone looked solemn, and the mountaintop became even more somber.

At the edge, Chen Mu calmly watched the process in the center of the platform.

This was the third time he had witnessed the signing ceremony of the Daobing Contract.

The power of the Dao Ancestor's projection was astonishing, yet Chen Mu remained unfazed.

Watching Hong Xiaoqing, who was mixed in with the crowd, successfully sign the contract, Chen Mu nodded to himself.

If they dare to sign the contract, then the other party is most likely not a spy from the Dragon Locking Academy.

Therefore, there's no need to pay too much attention to it.

Hmm... it should take about three to five years of observation.

After glancing at the ceremony proceeding in an orderly fashion, Chen Mu turned and slowly walked down the mountain.

Once they were out of the range of Luofu Daozu's power projection, a flash of golden light appeared, and they returned to the beach cabin in the blink of an eye.

……

The signing of the Dao-Bing contract took a whole day, and the nearly one thousand newly recruited Qi Refiners all became Dao Soldiers.

The next day, Yuan Zhen used the Ghost Gate Pass to return to the heart of Yizhou and continue recruiting Taoist soldiers.

Chen Mu's life returned to normal.

I spend my free time grinding for experience in the Underworld Gourd, and when I get bored, I go fishing at sea. With the Five Ghost Paper Dolls around me, I don't feel bored at all.

After resting for several days, just as he was preparing to go into seclusion again for cultivation, Bai Xiaoqing suddenly visited.

In just three to five days, Bai Xiaoqing's face became noticeably rounder.

At this rate, this guy will return to his former chubby appearance in less than a month.

"What is this?" Chen Mu looked at the bright yellow scroll that Bai Xiaoqing handed him with surprise. "Although I have decided to pursue the path of Qi Refining, I am still from the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you have any instructions, just tell me." Bai Xiaoqing patted his chest to show his loyalty.

Oh, I see, they've come to pay their respects.

"You don't need to do that. I really have nothing to do with the Great Zhou Dragon Locking Academy!" Chen Mu explained earnestly.

"Yes, I know, you are a genuine Qi Refiner!" Bai Xiaoqing nodded earnestly.

Why can't you explain it clearly?

"Fine, think what you want."

He didn't bother to explain.

Bai Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stepped forward, respectfully placing the bright yellow scroll on the low table beside Chen Mu.

"This is the Divine Demon True Form Diagram passed down through generations of my Hong family, containing nine secret techniques of the Underworld God Transformation."

"Given your status, you naturally look down on these traditions."

"However, the last scroll in the secret transmission has a mysterious origin, which, according to family records, is related to the transformation of gods and demons in the Great Zhou Dynasty..." Bai Xiaoqing carefully introduced the contents of the scroll.

The person in front of me is a high-level Qi Refining cultivator and certainly wouldn't need this secret technique, but what about the family power behind him?
Those people are still in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so this tradition might come in handy.

The Secret Technique of the Underworld God?
Chen Mu was unaware of Bai Xiaoqing's thoughts, but he was very interested in the secret technique of the Underworld God Transformation.

He recently developed a second heart unexpectedly, and he has quite a few doubts about it.

The timing of this secret technique's transmission is perfect.

……

Watching Bai Xiaoqing leave, Chen Mu picked up the scroll and began to read.

The scroll looks like silk, but when you hold it and rub it, you find it is quite heavy, more like it is woven from a special kind of metal thread.

Curious, I opened the scroll and found the inside smooth as a mirror. It was a golden mirror surface, as if it had been polished, reflecting a person's image.

As you unfold the image, you'll see a strange figure outlined in fine silver lines.

The strange man had bulging muscles all over his body and a ferocious, grotesque face.

It's just a pattern drawn with lines, yet it looks like something alive.

No matter how Chen Mu changed his perspective, the other party kept glaring at him fiercely.

He looked around and found that the strange figure was quite similar in appearance to the figure of the five ghosts possessing him.

Next to the image are hundreds of tiny characters recording information related to the original image of the deity.

"So this is the Hercules Demon Transformation..."

Chen Mu gradually gained a concept of the cultivation of the Underworld God Transformation.

The first hurdle in the Underworld God Transformation requires using the Heavenly Capital Pool to draw the Underworld God's blood essence into the body, and then using the Yin Underworld Insects to construct the Underworld God's blood sac.

To continue cultivation, one must visualize the true forms of gods and demons to draw upon the corresponding blood essence of the underworld god, constantly transforming the body to forge a powerful physique comparable to that of gods, demons, and monsters.

The final step is to draw the true essence of gods and demons into one's body and cultivate the Great Circulation of Divine and Demonic Transformation. At that time, flying and escaping will be effortless, and one will also gain the strange and wondrous supernatural powers of the corresponding gods and demons.

"Aside from their short lifespans, the combat power of a Netherworld God Transformation martial artist is not much worse than that of a Qi Refining cultivator," Chen Mu exclaimed in amazement.

Moreover, the Underworld God Transformation training is not very selective; anyone can practice it.

Moreover, as long as one is not afraid of the backlash from the will of gods and demons, one can quickly develop considerable strength.

As for not being able to control it, that would only make it more domineering.

Anyway, Chen Mu felt that those strange demons that failed to cultivate the Underworld God Transformation and turned into were quite difficult to kill.

As you continue flipping through the pages, images of various strange and grotesque gods and demons gradually appear: birds draped in flames, burly men with double pupils wielding spirit snakes, and large, winged eyes.

The last one was a ball of black and silver thread.

At first glance, it appears chaotic and disorderly, but upon closer inspection, it possesses a strange and beautiful quality.

"This Summoning God Diagram? It doesn't seem any different." Chen Mu looked at it from left to right, but couldn't figure it out.

It even felt less wondrous than the previous nine depictions of the true forms of gods and demons.

Just as he was about to look away.

Boom!
A strange heartbeat suddenly sounded in my chest.

The Blood Sac of the God of the Underworld?
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Since the second heart appeared, its beating rhythm has been synchronized with the original heart, but unexpectedly it has suddenly become disordered.

not only that.

He also discovered that the Yin Spirit Embryo within the secret aperture between his eyebrows trembled slightly.

"This Summoning God Diagram really does have some intricacies?"

(End of this chapter)