My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 807 Traces
Several days later, in an unnamed sea area.

Three or four hundred meters below the surface, in the dim and dappled light, a finger-length, blackish-brown loach swam leisurely.

Inside the Golden Dragon Hall of the Dragon Bone Boat, Chen Mu sat on a soft couch, circulating the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra. After confirming that there were no signs of danger in the current direction of movement, he released the controls and let the Dragon Bone Boat move automatically.

He took off his shirt, revealing his back covered with large patches of blood scabs.

The five paper ghost figures floated in mid-air, holding a small porcelain bottle, and began applying ointment to their backs.

This is a medicine he prepared using pharmaceutical techniques; it can remove necrotic tissue, promote tissue regeneration, reduce swelling, and relieve pain.

After years of cultivation, his body has undergone numerous tempering and transformations, resulting in astonishing recovery abilities. His bloodied and mangled back has scabbed over and healed. However, the internal damage is not so easy to heal, especially the shoulder bones, which are still covered with fine cracks, resembling shattered porcelain.

Moreover, due to the severe loss of his vital energy, he was uncontrollably swollen, making him look as if he had gained weight.

"This was just a scratch."

"If it hits head-on..."

"Tsk, thank goodness I ran fast enough!" Chen Mu couldn't help but grin.

For the past few days, the dragon-bone boat has been sailing away from Mingling Island. Now it is thousands of miles away from Mingling Island, and only then can he feel a little relieved.

"Jiangmen is probably too busy refining the Heavenly Eye of Mingling Island to chase after us."

"Otherwise, it's uncertain whether I can escape."

"However... the Yellow Springs Gourd is really useful." Chen Mu internally examined the Dao Foundation Jade Seed, looking at the small yellow gourd floating in the center of the Dao Foundation, his face full of satisfaction.

Judging from Wu Jie's changes at that time, it was clear that Jiangmen was descending with a secret technique.

The state of being frozen in space and having one's magical power sluggish is clearly the divine might of a Dao Lord.

Unexpectedly, Huang Quan Yi Qi ignored the divine power blockade, bypassed Wu Jie's innate protective energy, and cleanly and decisively beheaded Wu Jie!

"My precious baby!" Chen Mu exclaimed with delight.

Since mastering the Yellow Springs Gourd, aside from refining his Dao foundation with pure Yang energy daily, he had never had the opportunity to test the power of the Yellow Springs Qi. Using it in this critical moment, its formidable power truly brought him an unexpected delight.

Recalling the earth-shattering, agonizing roar that echoed from Mingling Island, Chen Mu smiled broadly.

"The demigod who descended from Jiangmen using a secret technique was probably also completely wiped out by Huang Quan."

"Judging from the sound, it seems to be in quite a bit of pain?"

"Hey! Why didn't we kill that bastard?" Chen Mu said regretfully, pouting.

Judging from Wu Jie's words at the time, the other party was well aware of the matter of the dream demonization, and even took the initiative to cater to it, wanting to use it to cultivate the true form of the Heavenly Demon.

Looking at Wu Jie's reaction of begging for mercy when Jiangmen descended using secret methods, it is clear that Jiangmen was also well aware of the Mingling's demonic transformation.

“He not only knew, but may even have been pushing for it behind the scenes.”

"By trapping all the Dao soldiers in a bizarre dream, no one can leak the information about the Spirit Eye of Mingling Island."

"That's quite a clever plan," Chen Mu scoffed.

What about the other camp commanders?
Is it like Wu Jie, actively participating in it, or are they already trapped in the dream and unable to escape?
In any case, the outcome is unlikely to be good.

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine.

Fortunately, the Seven Emotions Curse was broken, allowing me to realize in time that the dream was false.

If you delay too long, you will be completely enveloped by that strange cocoon, and even if you discover something is wrong, you will probably be unable to escape.

As for Wu Jie's claim that he used dreams to cultivate the true form of the Celestial Demon, Chen Mu didn't believe it at all.

"Judging from the changes in the other person's figure and face, he has clearly been assimilated and changed by the dreamlike state, and has become the same Wu Neng'er as before."

"Once the transformation is complete, it's hard to say whether Wu Jie will still be Wu Jie."

"This mysterious sky is truly dangerous."

Chen Mu shook his head and sighed, still feeling lingering fear.

This is probably what makes Mingling Island special.

It can pull all the island's inhabitants into a dreamlike state, transforming them into those handsome little winged beings. The gray-skinned, bald moth-like monsters are creatures that failed to transform.

"Is this true for all islands, or is it because Mingling Island possesses a spiritual eye that grants it this strange ability?"

"Tsk, I should try to stay away from those floating islands in the future."

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, Chen Mu summoned the gray stone door and looked at the Seven Emotions Curse, which had just entered the third stage.

This incantation is a secret transmission of the Heavenly Demon Path.

He first encountered the Heavenly Demon Path more than a decade ago in Luan Du County, Daqian, Yunzhou.

At that time, he had just returned to the human world from the underworld and was trapped in the statue of the City God Temple as a living god. The temple keeper was secretly practicing the secret manual of the Heavenly Demon, the Crescent Moon Scripture.

However, his contact with the Heavenly Demon actually predates that. Chen Mu's Cloud Mirage Heavenly Demon body can create Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds, and judging from the name of the spirit seed, it is clear that it is related to the Heavenly Demon.

Knowing the strangeness of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, and fearing that others' emotions would affect his own, Chen Mu had always been averse to the Seven Emotions Curse.

But now...

Having many skills is never a burden.

"This Seven Emotions Mantra is good; we must practice it."

"Relying solely on the passive improvement of Thousand Lanterns City is not enough."

"Once things settle down, I'll need to set aside some time to grind for experience."

……

The vast sky and sea are boundless and mysterious.

The maritime environment is also turbulent; one moment the sky may be clear and blue, and the next moment there may be towering waves and dark clouds overhead.

Fortunately, the keelboat was remarkable; it was like a real dragon, able to calm the seas and sail safely no matter how strong the wind and waves were.

Every day, Chen Mu would use the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra to calculate the voyage, seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, while also trying to move in directions with a large number of Qi Refiners.

He was actually very conflicted.

The mysterious sky is eerie; it's too dangerous for an individual to wander outside, but returning to the Qi Refining Camp isn't necessarily much safer.

Just like before when I followed Jiangmen.

It's alright if they don't find the Spirit Eye, but once they do, it concerns their path to the primordial spirit. To keep it a secret, those leading Dao Lords might very well kill them to silence them.

"Forget it, let's keep looking for it. We're not even sure if we'll find it." Chen Mu looked at the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra on the stone gate.

Nine Cups Arithmetic: 5379/10000/Fifth Order;

"The Five-Tier Nine-Cup Calculation Sutra is quite accurate in predicting the weather. Combined with the Zhu Yu Magic Sword and the Di Ting Divine Power, it can also help to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune within a certain distance."

"But in the vast and confusing heavens, we can calculate and track the traces of Qi cultivators..."

Chen Mu looked up and gazed at the calm sea outside the keelboat through the smoke mirror inside, then shook his head helplessly.

"This is truly like finding a needle in a haystack."

"Let's see how it goes..." Chen Mu calculated for a moment, then steered the dragon bone boat in the direction indicated by his spiritual sense and continued sailing.

……

As time passed, the swelling on Chen Mu's body gradually subsided.

Large patches of scabs fell off his back, revealing rosy skin. The fine cracks on his shoulder bone were also slowly healing.

Two months later, he was fully recovered. It was at this time that an island floating in mid-air entered the detection range of the Zhu Yu Magic Sword.

The magic sword danced along the edge of the island, and with the help of the Pulling Talisman and the Listening Divine Power, Chen Mu observed it from dozens of miles away.

The island was shrouded in mist, a dense, almost vaporous aura.

Trees were uprooted, mountains collapsed, and charred ground was everywhere from the flames. From above, it looked like a green carpet, riddled with holes from the fire.

Clearly, this is a floating island that was breached and destroyed by Qi cultivators.

"Tsk, the fourth stage of the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra is actually quite useful." Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

They didn't find the Qi Refiner, but they did find the flying island that the Qi Refiner had destroyed.

Clearly, the direction he flew in is correct. As long as we continue tracking in the current direction, we might find the Qi Refining team soon.

After the Zhu Yu magic sword circled the outer perimeter of the floating island once, Chen Mu carefully guided it deeper into the water, while he himself remained in the sea dozens of miles away. He didn't want to be caught in a trap and experience another incident like the Mingling Island catastrophe.

As the magic sword penetrates deeper, the details on the island gradually become apparent.

The rotting remains of a monster, the shattered magical artifacts of a Qi cultivator, and... and a cloud bat flying boat that looked almost like it had been chopped into minced meat.

At the same time, he also discovered a large number of mutilated carcasses of huge birds and beasts with wingspans of three to four meters, resembling crows.

Unlike the rotting monster corpses, these crows were merely extremely broken, without any signs of decay. Upon closer inspection, Chen Mu discovered that they didn't even have internal organs or blood, and their skin was covered with fine, artificially etched silver patterns.

It doesn't resemble a living crow monster; rather, it looks like a kind of avian mechanical puppet.

"This is... the Thousand Machine Sect?"

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Wow, what a coincidence.

In the vast, hazy sky, I unexpectedly ran into my old employer.