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As winter arrived, the dry and cold wind blew, dissipating five to six tenths of the constant mist that enshrouded Yunze Lake throughout the year.
The sky was a dull gray, with occasional snowflakes drifting down, and the surface of the lake was calm and tranquil, like a clear mirror.
A black canopy boat without sails or oars floated quietly on the lake, as if silently gliding on ice.
The front and rear curtains of the boat cabin were replaced with double layers of jade, allowing ample light inside. In a corner of the cabin, the Primordial Furnace hummed softly, radiating heat and warming the entire cabin.
Chen Mu sat in front of a square low table, listening intently. After a long while, he came to his senses, ceasing his use of the Truthful Listening Technique.
“Catching the Flying Immortal Fish is indeed no easy task.”
He had roamed Yunze Lake since early in the morning, but as the morning passed, he saw not even a trace of the Flying Immortal Fish.
“Using the Flying Immortal Fish to accelerate the practice of the Giant Spirit Divine technique seems improbable,” Chen Mu shook his head, looking towards a certain entry on the gray wall.
Giant Spirit Divine: 146/10000/Seventh Rank;
This secret technique, originating from the seven brothers of Wu Mountain, allows one to cultivate a god statue phantom and multiply one’s strength.
Chen Mu felt that this secret technique had great potential and never gave up on it. He practiced it three to five times daily, making steady but not rapid progress.
However, after consuming a Flying Immortal Fish, the same amount of cultivation time yielded several times more experience in the Giant Spirit Divine Secret Technique. In just the past five days, he had continuously gained four or five hundred experience points, pushing his Giant Spirit Divine, which was already at the edge of advancing, into the Seventh Layer.
He immediately changed his cultivation location to Yunze Lake, continuing his daily experience grind while using the Truthful Listening Technique to search for the Flying Immortal Fish. Until today, after searching eastward for five to six hundred li from Chongmei Mountain, he found nothing.
“Maybe I should try the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture?” Chen Mu pondered, stroking his chin.
The Calculation Scripture came from Shen Yan, the Military Supervisor of the Netherworld Antiquity City, who once served as a counsellor in a small country. With this scripture, Shen Yan had fooled the country’s ruler for his entire life.
Not that the technique was ineffective, but most of the time, it admittedly wasn’t very reliable.
But since the Calculation Scripture was still rather peculiar, Chen Mu kept it in his daily cultivation routine. Over time, he had also advanced it to a new rank.
Thinking of this, Chen Mu involuntarily glanced at a certain entry on the gray wall.
Nine Cups Calculation Scripture: 801/10000/Third Rank;
“Entering a new phase, the secret technique might yield some unexpected benefits,” Chen Mu’s eyes lit up.
After reaching the Third Rank, the Calculation Scripture no longer required weeds for the computation, simply needing one to concentrate on an object in the surroundings to enter a meditative state.
This object could be a blade of grass, a tree, a cloud in the sky, or even a rock weathered by wind and sun.
As long as it was a natural object, it could trigger the secret technique, entering a particular situation where fragmented information would emerge in one’s mind.
With this in mind, Chen Mu turned his head and looked toward the thick clouds on the horizon through the window.
Under the operation of the Third Rank Calculation Scripture, Chen Mu soon entered a state where his consciousness seemed to drift outside his body. His surroundings became blurry, and numerous pieces of information rose and fell in his heart, yet they were indistinct—as if obscured by frosted glass.
Chen Mu made an effort to concentrate, thinking of the Flying Immortal Fish. At a certain moment, a flash of Spiritual Light appeared, and Chen Mu suddenly awoke.
“Three hundred li southeast, Chaotic Stone Beach, there is … there’s going to be a strong wind?!”
Chen Mu: “…”
I wanted the Flying Immortal Fish, and you tell me there’s going to be a strong wind.
What kind of fortune-telling secret technique turns into a weather forecast?
Did Shen Yan hoodwink that small country’s ruler with this weather forecasting ability of the Calculation Scripture?
Tsk!
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Three hundred li north of Chongmei Mountain, on Three-leaf Island, a thick fog appeared out of thin air.
Hum!
Above the three hills, palm-sized talismans took to the sky. The intricate talismans inscribed on the brownish-yellow talisman paper flickered with a bloody light.
The talismans interwove and swiftly formed a large net, like an upside-down bowl, completely trapping the dense fog at the center of Three-leaf Island.
A melodious song came from within the fog, and a little girl in red with a bun on her head abruptly appeared in the midst of the fog. Her eyes were pitch-black and hollow as she floated quietly in mid-air, expressionlessly watching the people on the island.
Behind her, men and women, old and young of various appearances, slowly materialized, equally lifeless in their gaze fixed on the crowd, instantly spreading a chillingly cold aura all around.
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“””Being restrained by the Profound Yin Slaughter Demon Spell, it still hasn’t revealed its true form. This monster is truly somewhat sinister.””” South of the small mountain top, Huang Jiu stood behind more than a dozen disciples of the Huang Family, staring at the group of faintly visible figures in the center of Three-leaf Island, unable to help but frown.
“If it weren’t sinister, my Dian River Lower Courtyard wouldn’t have slipped up so easily.” Lian Xi, still shaken, spoke up, “Fortunately, the Profound Yin Slaughter Demon Spell of Thousand Mountains Path is highly effective, otherwise I really wouldn’t know how to capture and restrain it.”
Huang Jiu nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the eerie figures in the distant mist.
“Without consciousness, just the instinct to devour vital energy, huh…”
Lian Xi, with a grave expression, nodded in agreement, “It’s probably the rich Earth Spirit Vital Energy from the Earth Vein Spiritual Spring that attracted this creature to manifest.”
“Changes in the Earth’s veins and drastic shifts in vital energy really do bring out all sorts of ghosts and spirits,” sighed Huang Jiu.
“Alright, forget about it. Since we’ve caught it, let it stay here.” He waved his hand looking towards Lian Xi, “It’s also time to move forward with the Two Forms Transformation Technique Forbidden.”
“You’d better be fully prepared, don’t make mistakes like last time,” Huang Jiu warned, his gaze on Lian Xi.
“I’ve personally checked three times, there’s no chance of a problem!” Lian Xi promised, grinding his teeth.
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On the east side of Chongmei Mountain, Chen Mu’s Cave Mansion.
Chen Mu closed his eyes and took out a White Jade Coin, adeptly placing it on the Exquisite Jade Plate on the side table.
The dense Earth Spirit Vital Energy spread out, his consciousness still immersed within the Jade Seed.
After forty-seven days of accumulation, with enough Primordial Energy, he had just successfully completed the ninth Divine Orifice Refinement.
Inside the Jade Seed, as if a hollowed-out spherical ball, the top layer of talismans now bore many obvious black lines.
Not only that, but the outermost talisman had also developed a special change, capable of rotating backward against its original trajectory.
“After nine refinements, the outermost talisman can rotate in reverse. If all are completed, can the other layers also reverse?” Chen Mu had a moment of understanding, “This is probably the key to the Divine Orifice’s ability to nurture Innate Primordial Qi.”
“I really want to see the wonders of Divine Orifice Ninth Transition as soon as possible.” Chen Mu glanced at the Five Ghosts Bag ghosts, and, feeling helpless, shook his head, “Unfortunately, I don’t have enough Primordial Energy, I’ll have to wait.”
“Back in the Netherworld, I killed quite a few Strange Demons, why didn’t I think to catch some Netherworld Worms.” He was full of regret.
At that time, in order to return to Feng’an City, he encountered many Strange Demons. Unfortunately, he wasn’t aware that ghosts could produce Primordial Energy and paid no mind to the Netherworld Worms around the demons, allowing them to be drawn away by the River of Oblivion.
Thinking of how he casually missed such an opportunity, he couldn’t help but twitch in annoyance.
“My heart aches!”
Chen Mu sighed, gazing through the Jade Window, lost in thought as he looked at the dark clouds over Yunze Lake.
“Should I calculate where I could get more ghosts?” An idea struck Chen Mu amid his regret, and as soon as the thought arose, he had already started using the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture.
His consciousness seemed to drift out of his body, and once again a blurry, dream-like vision surfaced. Amidst the flickering spiritual light, a piece of information appeared in his mind.
“Twenty li to the east of Chongmei Mountain, there are thirty thousand ghosts?”
Chen Mu was at a loss for words.
Isn’t that ridiculous?
Ghosts are the foundation of the Netherworld, and whenever they are formed, they are basically all absorbed by the River of Oblivion. How could there be a large-scale appearance of ghosts near Yunze Lake?
“The Nine Cups Calculation Scripture is still so unreliable,” he thought to himself. Subconsciously, Chen Mu activated the Truthful Listening Technique, covering the area twenty li to the east of Chongmei Mountain.
Then, he saw a streak of black light shoot up into the sky, disappearing into the void; immediately following, clusters of black smoke, two men tall, swarmed out from within the pillar of light.
Chen Mu: “…”
How could there really be ghosts?!
Where did all these ghosts come from?!
Staring at the black light shooting skyward in the distance, a sense of déjà vu suddenly struck him.
Shit!
Someone has performed a blood sacrifice to a demon, summoning ghosts!
It’s not going to be Yun Chong Lower Courtyard’s turn to be doomed, right?
Crap!
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