My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 789 Ninth Rank
The environment of the Mysterious Sky is strange, with oceans everywhere and land mostly floating in mid-air as floating islands.

Since Chen Mu and his group encountered the first flying island, it seemed as if they had entered a densely populated area.

In as little as three to five days, or as long as eight or nine days, they would encounter a flying island.

The islands vary in size, but whenever they are encountered, Daojun Jiangmen will lead his forces to attack. After destroying the island's protective aura, they will kill or drive away the island's native monsters and beasts.

Chen Mu always chose to stay at the Five Directions Cloud Platform and never participated. This had almost become his exclusive task.

this day.

The gimbal floated slowly in mid-air.

Inside the jade snail shell at the edge of the Renzi Camp, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair.

Above their heads was a palm-sized, pitch-black vortex, which was the shrunken gate to Thousand Lanterns City.

At this moment, wisps of white mist descended from the vortex, disappearing into thin air before even touching Chen Mu's head.

That white mist was none other than the demonic energy after the demonic poison had been removed.

As the demonic energy was refined by the Dao Foundation Jade Seed, the mana that had been depleted due to reversing the cultivation of innate qi was quickly replenished.

Moreover, the golden cinnabar-like Dao foundation became increasingly lively and dynamic.

"not only that……"

Chen Mu opened his eyes and looked around.

He sensed a subtle fluctuation within his perception.

This is……

Is the longitudinal rainbow light increasing again?

Chen Mu was overjoyed.

After mastering the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation, in addition to gaining the innate protective Jade Cicada Qi, the Rainbow Light of the Earth also advanced, gaining the ability to fly short distances through the air.

While it can't compare to the long-distance teleportation at the gates of hell, it excels in its speed of activation. A thought can teleport you nearly a thousand meters, making it a youthful version of the "shrinking the earth to an inch" technique.

The fluctuations around the body are the sensations felt when the Golden Light of the Earth is activated.

"Unfortunately, we are currently on a march and it's not convenient to sneak out for testing, but the distance of the Golden Light Teleportation technique has definitely been improved."

"This Jade Cicada Dao Foundation is most likely closely related to the Mysterious Heaven."

Chen Mu became increasingly certain.

After pondering for a while, he summoned the gray stone door again and looked at one of the columns.

Yellow Springs Gourd: 7912/10000/Eighth Tier;

"Not bad."

"In just another month or two, I'll be able to master the ninth level," Chen Mu thought excitedly.

The demonic energy that dispels the demonic poison can replace the celestial energy. Whenever he had free time, he tried to cultivate with the Yellow Spring Gourd.

With the return of the Heavenly Demon's possession and the Life and Death Seal cultivated through the Perfected Spiritual Treasure Pivot Technique, the difficulty of condensing the Spiritual Treasure Yuan Talisman has been greatly reduced.

Even though his cultivation was interrupted several times due to the attack on the flying island, Chen Mu still made considerable progress.

……

After watching for a while with amusement, Chen Mu then focused his attention on the large, bright eyes of the Thousand Lanterns City.

At this moment, beneath the empty Thousand Lanterns City Cave Heaven, a thick layer of white mist lay flat, like a thick layer of cotton.

All this mist was demonic energy that he had processed using the Plague Immortal Technique.

The Seven-Star Jade Purification Bottle was too small and its capacity insufficient to meet his cultivation needs. Thousand Lantern City was vast and could isolate the inside from the outside, so he used it to store demonic energy.

Whenever Chen Mu wasn't cultivating, he would release the Giant Spirit God from the Five Directions Cloud Platform, allowing the Giant Spirit God to refine the demonic energy outside the platform and send it into Thousand Lantern City.

His three-story building was almost half-submerged by the dense demonic aura.

"We need to keep saving."

"This is good stuff."

Demonic energy can be used to restore magical power, and it's even more useful than earth spiritual energy. Compared to this demonic energy, the tens of thousands of white jade coins he had previously accumulated on Nine Peaks Mountain suddenly seemed insignificant.

"If we don't fill up now, we won't have this good opportunity again after we leave the Mystic Realm."

"If I can fill Thousand Lantern City, I will have no shortage of vital energy before I refine it into a spiritual treasure."

Just as Chen Mu was about to release the Giant Spirit God as usual to quietly absorb demonic energy, he discovered that five Dao soldiers had arrived outside the jade conch shell.

The group shoved each other, but none of them dared to knock on the door.

Chen Mu opened the door, frowned, and looked at the group: "Whose subordinates are you, and what brings you here?"

"Commander, we are soldiers from your Renyin Division, and we are here to... to..."

The young man, pushed forward by the group, forced himself to speak, but after a long pause, he still couldn't utter a word.

Chen Mu frowned slightly, glanced at the group, and slightly unleashed his Listening Divine Power, covering the entire Ren-character camp.

Since ascending the Five Directions Cloud Platform, he had been hesitant to use his Listening Divine Power too recklessly for fear of offending Daoist Jiangmen and incurring trouble. However, narrowing the scope to only cover the Ren-character camp was no problem.

After listening for only a short while, Chen Mu figured out the reason from the noisy discussions in the camp.

"You want to be transferred to other camps so you can earn more Dao merit?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow. He had been stationed at the Five Banners for a long time and did not participate in the flying island attacks, so his Dao soldiers naturally could not earn much Dao merit. Therefore, many people wanted to leave the Renzi Camp.

The men turned pale, but they could only nod reluctantly.

Chen Mu frowned slightly, but did not reprimand the group.

The Renzi Camp consists of three divisions, each with over a thousand soldiers. It's not just these few who want to leave; even the commanders of the three divisions want to leave the Renzi Camp.

These guys are just unlucky souls who were pushed out to test him.

Have you thought it through?

"Going to other camps does make it easier to gain Taoist merit, but war is dangerous and it is also easy to lose your life."

"Commander, I am over fifty years old and have been stuck at the second stage of Qi Refining, the Yuanfu Realm, for twenty-seven years. I just want to obtain a high-grade Qi Condensation Secret Technique and see the scenery at a higher level," an old man with gray hair said bitterly.

"This is my last chance; I hope the camp commander will grant my request."

Looking at the other person's gray hair and sensing their emotions, Chen Mu felt as if he were seeing his past self.

Back then, he was also constantly traveling around, just to acquire the resources and secret techniques needed for cultivation.

“I can let them pass,” Chen Mu said calmly, “but one person for another.”

"I don't care who you find to replace them, but if one leaves, you have to replace them with someone else."

Hearing this, several people looked at each other in surprise.

The Renzi Battalion has been stationed at the Five Banners, where they have accumulated considerable Taoist merit. Who would come here?

Chen Mu didn't care whether they were in a difficult position or not.

If we let them go so easily, what if all the soldiers from the Renzi Camp leave?

Without any Dao soldiers under his command, he was a lone commander who might be directly merged into other camps. How could he continue to guard Yuntai and avoid conflict?

Ignoring their unpleasant expressions, Chen Mu simply waved them away.

The conditions have been told to them; whether they can get it done is entirely up to them.

Instead of arguing here, Chen Mu felt it would be better to release the Giant Spirit God to accumulate demonic energy.

……

Chen Mu originally thought that those people wouldn't be back for a long time.

Unexpectedly, only half an hour later, the five people reappeared in front of him. Accompanying them were five Qi Refining cultivators who were missing limbs.

These are... wounded Dao soldiers from other Dao soldier camps?
Yes.

His own Ren-character battalion always stayed behind at Yuntai, their Daoist cultivation stagnant. Only those Qi cultivators who were too badly injured to participate in battle for a short time would agree to be transferred to the Ren-character battalion.

Tsk!
He's actually pretty smart.

Chen Mu glanced at the five obsequious Dao soldiers under his command and raised an eyebrow.

"Alright, take them back and settle them in, then you can leave."

Since they had brought in reinforcements, Chen Mu kept his word and let them pass.

……

In the time that followed.

Those Qi cultivators in the Ren-character camp who wanted to make a name for themselves became active, searching everywhere for wounded soldiers to switch camps with.

Over the past month or two, Jiang Daojun has been like a battle maniac, attacking and destroying any flying island he sees. With so many battles, there's no shortage of wounded soldiers.

The other camp leaders were happy to let it go.

They certainly wouldn't object to exchanging wounded soldiers who had lost their fighting ability for fully-fledged Daoist soldiers. The stronger their forces, the greater their victories would be.

In just seven or eight days, Chen Mu's Ren-character battalion had gained five or six hundred wounded soldiers who were missing limbs.

Later on, even the soldiers didn't need to find replacements themselves. Commanders from other camps would simply lead their men to the Ren camp to relieve them. The entire Ren camp practically became a dedicated camp for wounded soldiers.

The way the camp leaders looked at Chen Mu became strange, with some looking down on him and others looking at him with pity, but Chen Mu didn't care at all.

He doesn't need his Dao soldiers to help him earn Dao merit. Moreover, being missing an arm or a leg doesn't prevent him from casting the Demon-Sealing Spell to power the Five Banners.

He didn't care about the entire battalion of wounded soldiers.

……

Another half month passed, and it was late at night.

The night sky is hazy and bright, with countless stars twinkling.

On the edge of Renzi Camp, lies Qingyu Immortal Abode.

A subtle yet powerful energy emanated from Chen Mu, then vanished without a trace.

At the center of the Dao Foundation Jade Seed, a pale yellow gourd was floating in a sea of ​​magical mist.

A faint glimmer of life seemed to be emerging from within the gourd. A full hour passed before the pale yellow gourd began to slowly disintegrate.

Chen Mu opened his eyes and summoned a semi-transparent gray stone door through his eyelids.

Yellow Springs Gourd: 12/10000/Ninth Tier;

"Haha! It's done!"