My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 795 Jade Cicada
A hazy dream.

Chen Mu remained tense and waited for a while, but the attack did not recur.

"Did that strange little man with wings really leave?" He felt a little relieved.

But thinking about what the other person had said, he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his body.

"According to that strange little man, this is a dreamlike realm. If you can't escape it for a long time, you will be assimilated by the dream."

"Judging from the smug smile on that little winged man's face, the consequences of being assimilated will be dire."

Chen Mu took a deep breath, suppressed his anxiety, and looked up at the sky.

There, a bright, round moon hangs high in the sky.

I looked down at the sea again, and the sound of the crashing waves kept reaching my ears.

Apart from the disappearance of the 100,000 Yin spirits and Dao soldiers, the surrounding environment was exactly the same as before, without any change.

"Is this really a dream from some being?"

Chen Mu was reluctant to believe it, but the bizarre failure of many secret techniques forced him to accept it.

With a flash of golden light, his figure appeared three miles away.

"The rainbow light that leaps across the ground can still break through the air and fly away, its power remains unchanged."

Raise your hand, and a cluster of tiny, golden specks appears.

"Yu Chan's Qi is also normal."

Upon examining the Dao Foundation Jade Seed, it was found to be completely empty. All the true meaning talismans cultivated through various secret techniques had vanished.

Chen Mu frowned, still unwilling to give up, and began to chant incantations and hand seals.

Turning Earth into Steel, the Machine-Trapping Technique, the Plague Immortal Technique, the Soul-Capturing and Yuan-Returning Technique, ...

He tried one secret method after another, but none of them worked.

His face was pale when a secret technique suddenly reacted.

"The Seven Emotions Curse?"

"This spell can still be used?!" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

The Seven Emotions Spell comes from the "Crescent Moon Sutra," a secret technique learned in Luandu County, Yunzhou, and belongs to the secret teachings of the Heavenly Demon Path.

The secret formula allows Chen Mu to sense the seven emotions of others, and also to refine and absorb them, tempering his spirit.

However, the Heavenly Demon Path is quite secretive, which doesn't sound like a legitimate sect.

Moreover, the spirit is one's own; if it is mixed with the emotions of others, one might easily go mad or suffer a qi deviation if not careful. Therefore, he has always been quite wary of this secret technique and has not practiced it diligently.

My brief experience using it was limited to judging other people's emotional fluctuations, and using it as a security check tool to help discern people's true intentions.

Unexpectedly, the inconspicuous Seven Emotions Curse could still be used in this hazy dream.

"Is it because the Heavenly Demon Path's secret techniques are special, or..."

Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he looked inward at the secret acupoint between his eyebrows, where he saw the divine embryo round bead quietly floating in the center of the acupoint.

"Is it because of the Yin Spirit Heavenly Demon Body?"

Chen Mu had a guess in his mind.

His ethereal demon form is unique; his true form is called Cloud Mirage. He is said to be one of the seventy-two Yama's minions, possessing some of the powers of a celestial demon.

The Heavenly Demon possesses a divine power called the True Seed of the Heavenly Demon, which allows him to easily parasitize any living being. His Heavenly Demon Body also possesses a Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, though extremely weak, its abilities are similar. This demonstrates that the Cloud Mirage Heavenly Demon Body is indeed related to the Heavenly Demon.

At this moment, all the secret techniques and their true meanings disappeared, but the Yin Spirit Embryo projected into the dreamlike realm.

The Seven Emotions Curse, a secret technique of the Heavenly Demon Path, can still be used, most likely due to the influence of the Yin Spirit Embryo.

"The Golden Light Escape Technique is based on the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation."

"The Seven Emotions Curse is caused by the Yin Spirit Embryo."

"According to that strange little man, my current state, which seems no different from that of an ordinary person, is actually just a projection of a spirit."

"So, I can only use the innate supernatural powers rooted in the spirits and gods?"

Chen Mu's heart stirred.

With a wave of his hand, a cloud of black smoke appeared in his palm.

"Yama's Feast?!"

As soon as Chen Mu had another thought, a ball of Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed appeared in his palm.

"really!"

"Only secret techniques and supernatural abilities rooted in the Dao Foundation Jade Seed or Yin Spirit Divine Embryo can be used."

If he had previously doubted that the strange little man was deceiving him, he now basically believed that his current state was indeed a projection of a spirit.

"What does assimilation mean? I don't seem to be doing anything wrong right now."

Chen Mu carefully examined himself.

Then I discovered that I not only didn't feel weak or listless at all, but I was even more energetic than usual.

"Could this also be one of the methods of dream assimilation?" Chen Mu's expression was strange.

"Forget it, let's find a way to leave this place as soon as possible."

Dispelling his distracting thoughts, Chen Mu began to ponder another secret technique: Thousand Lantern City.

This is a fragmented cave he obtained after devouring a Netherworld God Transformation warrior in his early years. It is attached to the bloodline of the Heavenly Demon Body, and according to the theory just mentioned, this method should not have succeeded.

However, when I tried many secret techniques and supernatural abilities just now, although this one failed, it produced a faint sensation.

"If we can find a way to open up Thousand Lantern City and let the spirits enter."

"Then, using Thousand Lanterns City as a transit point, we can send the spirit back to its real body. Wouldn't that allow us to leave this dreamlike, illusory world?!"

Chen Mu was thrilled and tried to open the Thousand Lantern City again.

A familiar sensation arose, but it remained faint. It was as if a thick barrier blocked the entrance to Thousand Lanterns City.

"Perhaps I can skip opening the door and directly break through the air to enter Thousand Lantern City!"

The Jade Cicada Dao Foundation caused the rainbow light across the land to transform into golden light across the land, possessing the ability to shrink the earth to an inch. If one could directly escape into the Thousand Lantern City...

Chen Mu took action as soon as he had an idea.

The Yin Spirit Embryo spun around, trying to lock onto Thousand Lantern City.

The Jade Cicada Dao Foundation vibrated and hummed, ready to unleash the Earth-Shrinking Rainbow Light at any moment.

Just then, an invisible gaze suddenly descended.

Chen Mu froze, then suddenly came to his senses.

He was very familiar with this gaze; it was the same feeling he had when he was stared at by the Taiyin Star Lord in Yizhou after using the Taiyin Divine Decree!
Where exactly did this powerful being come from?

Why did you suddenly become interested in me?

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine and froze on the spot, not daring to move an inch.

But after a while, nothing changed.

The gaze remained, but it simply watched from afar without any other reaction.

"We can't just sit here and wait for this stalemate to continue."

"We have to try again!"

Chen Mu tried his best to ignore the stares and gritted his teeth to contact Qiandeng City again.

Dao Ji activated his full power, and the Jade Cicada's aura emerged from his body.

He had intended to try to break through the void and enter Thousand Lantern City, but the golden stardust-like jade cicada aura around him was suddenly swept away by some hidden force.

Then he discovered that the thick barrier that had been blocking the gates of Qiandeng City seemed to have thinned a little!

Illusion?
Ignoring his shock, Chen Mu carefully released a wisp of Jade Cicada energy.

Just like before, the golden mist vanished into thin air, and the barrier blocking the gates of Thousand Lanterns City also thinned out accordingly.

Is this a toll collection?
How much money do you pay to open a door of that size?

Tsk!
But why is it the Qi of the Jade Cicada?

Despite his doubts, Chen Mu immediately took action.

With the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation fully activated, large gusts of Jade Cicada Qi surged forth, and his entire body was instantly enveloped in golden mist.

However, the golden mist did not linger for long before it was swept away by an invisible force.

Then a vortex of pitch-black smoke appeared in front of him; it was the entrance to Thousand Lanterns City!

Chen Mu was overjoyed.

Considering the gaze that was always fixed on him, he tentatively stepped one foot into the vortex of dark clouds.

They discovered that the invisible gaze was still present, but there was still no reaction.

Without further hesitation, Chen Mu leaped into the Thousand Lanterns City in a flash.

……

The Cave Heaven of Thousand Lanterns City.

Looking down at the white demonic aura that filled half of the cave like cotton clouds, and then at the large eyeball above his head with drooping eyelids that seemed to be perpetually sleepy, Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're out."

A faint suction force came from him, and Chen Mu instinctively knew that it was the force pulling his body.

He relaxed his mind, and his whole being seemed to disappear like sand in the wind.

Immediately, Chen Mu in the real world opened his eyes and woke up.

Overhead rolled black clouds, and not far in front of him stood the giant god silently, while he himself remained lying in the rocking chair.

The experience of being trapped just now felt like nothing more than a dream.

"That really was a dream, the dream of the Enchanted Saint."

"But if I can't wake up from this dream, I'm afraid I'll die inside it."

Chen Mu turned his head to look at the Renzi Camp in the distance.

At this moment, five thousand Dao soldiers sat quietly cross-legged on the ground, each with a strange smile on their face, as if they were having a wonderful dream, making people's scalps tingle.

"All five thousand Dao soldiers fell for the trap?"

"That little monster is really fierce."

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.