I AM GRINDING EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER WORLD

South of Chongmei Mountain, above the surface of Yunze Lake, a gray hawk shrank its wings, resembling an arrow, piercing through the clouds, diving towards a spot on the water where a dark blue giant fish was gulping duckweed.

The next moment, a black beam of light suddenly surged from beneath the water, and the hawk, caught off guard, was grazed by the black light.

Spurt!

The hawk, nearly half a meter long, shrank and shattered in an instant, leaving only a few remaining dry and broken feathers fluttering in midair.

At Chen Mu’s Cave Mansion on Chongmei Mountain.

Chen Mu watched the distant black beam of light, a sense of déjà vu washing over him.

“That’s it, Mist Smoke Mountain on Jilong Road!” A memory emerged in his mind.

First came the abrupt black light shooting to the sky, and then Ghosts would appear out of nowhere, tormenting all living creatures within dozens of miles. He had seen this scene on East Ridge Mist Smoke Mountain before. At that time, he even used the Ghosts to kill Sun Wuhuan and accidentally obtained the Netherworld General Secret Technique Scripture.

“Originally, it was said that the East Ridge Wild Practitioner caused trouble, using blood sacrifices to summon outer demons to attack Mist Smoke Mountain. But the territory of Yun Chong’s Lower Institute spans three thousand miles, all dominated by Goose Sheep Path—where could the enemy attacking Yun Chong’s Lower Institute be from?” Chen Mu’s thoughts raced: “Is it a conspiracy by other paths among Yunzhou’s Seven Paths? Or is Daqian’s Lock Dragon Institute plotting in the shadows?”

As he pondered, the Truthful Listening Technique transmitted fluctuations again. From the four directions—east, west, south, and north—of Chongmei Mountain, several identical black beams of light shot into the sky.

Chen Mu’s heart skipped a beat, and a sudden emergence of black smoke appeared behind him. He immediately stepped back and disappeared into Thousand Lanterns City.

In front of a three-story building in Thousand Lanterns City, Chen Mu maintained the entrance of Thousand Lanterns City open, peering through the large jade window in the outside mansion, the nearby scenery at the base of the black beams of light was faintly visible twenty miles away.

Groups of black smoke, two to three people tall, flickering with crimson light within, continuously drilled out of the black pillars.

“It looks a bit like Ghosts?” Li Moliang, who Chen Mu had earlier brought into Thousand Lanterns City, watched in shock and uncertainty at the mass of dark smoke on the horizon.

“Those are Ghosts; essentially, there’s not much difference between the two,” Chen Mu squinted as he spoke.

“Will they also devour living creatures?” Li Moliang couldn’t help but sigh, “With so many Ghosts running amok, the disciples of the Lower Institute are likely to suffer terrible casualties.”

“Indeed, we cannot let them run wild like this,” Chen Mu said solemnly.

Disciples from the Lower Institute almost all practice Thunder Law; if these Ghosts were to be killed by Thunder Law… how regrettable that would be!

I must quickly trap them in the Five Ghosts Bag. It would prevent both Ghosts and the Lower Institute’s disciples from harming each other and aid my cultivation. It’s a win-win situation for everyone—a perfect triple win!

With this thought, he immediately stepped out of Thousand Lanterns City.

At the peak of Chongmei Mountain, inside a two-story pavilion, walls and windows were covered with intricate and bizarre black talismans.

In the center of the room, a small jade Purifying Bottle floated in midair.

Dressed in a black Daoist Robe, Huang Jiu stood in front of the Jade Purifying Bottle, constantly chanting Curse Words. As the incantations spilled out, the patterns on the surrounding walls came to life, crawling about.

The air faintly twisted as thread-like black Primordial Energy emerged from the void. It quickly entered the Jade Purifying Bottle like small bugs swimming in water.

Observing the scene before him, Huang Jiu’s face suddenly broke into a smile. Lian Xi, the protector standing beside him, couldn’t help but show an excited face.

As the two were joyful, the flashing black patterns on the walls suddenly flickered, like a light bulb with unstable voltage, flickering unreliably.

The Primordial Energy floating in mid-air had not yet been collected into the Jade Purifying Bottle when it began to tremble incessantly and then exploded with a puff into a Gentle Breeze.

The previously incessant stream of Primordial Energy also became intermittent, hardly able to duplicate.

Huang Jiu abruptly turned his head, staring at Lian Xi with death in his eyes: “Is this the ‘no problem at all’ you told me about? Is this the guarantee you gave me?!”

He now really wished he could strike Lian Xi dead with Thunder Law.

The Two Forms Transformation Method Ban was already activated, and there was no way to stop it—the energy veins of Yun Chong’s Lower Institute were definitely doomed. If he couldn’t collect the Primordial Energy, it would really be a wasted effort like drawing water with a bamboo basket!

Lian Xi was even more furious and shocked than Huang Jiu.

“All the Forbidden Laws have been checked three times by me, how could this possibly…”

“But the fact is a problem has arisen now!”

“I’ll check immediately.” Lian Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“If there is a flaw in the plan, don’t blame me for being ruthless!” Huang Jiu stared at Lian Xi with a cold face, a killing intent locking Lian Xi firmly in place.

Lian Xi’s body stiffened, and a sense of dread rose in his heart.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely find and fix the issue.” Not daring to linger, he immediately used an Escape Skill and quickly shot out of the second floor of the building.

…

On the eastern side of Chongmei Mountain, inside Chen Mu’s Cave Mansion.

As he spread out the Truthful Listening Technique, Chen Mu used the Five Elements Escape Technique to transform into Gentle Breeze, blending into the air.

The sudden appearance of so many Ghosts couldn’t have happened by chance; they must have been deliberately summoned. He wanted the Ghosts, but he didn’t fancy a deadly struggle with the person pulling the strings behind the scenes.

The Five Elements Escape Technique was an Innate Divine Ability of a Heavenly Demon. It wasn’t very fast, but it could merge with everything, making it exceptionally covert.

“One cannot neglect defensive measures either.”

With a thought, the Body Protection Aura around his Divine Orifice shrouded his skin like close-fitting armor, and embedded within it were the silver filaments of the Five Dragons Qi twirling around him.

In the palm of his right hand, a spark of lightning crackled and flashed as he held a strand of Kui Water Yin Thunder in his grip.

A dark red God Statue flickered behind him, fading in and out of sight; the Giant Spirit Divine summoned ready at any moment to amplify its power.

Five solemn little paper figures also stood on his shoulder, ensuring that whether it was Five Ghosts Possession or Yama Emperor’s Command, they could be called upon at any time.

Once fully prepared, Chen Mu took a deep breath and immediately drifted toward the eastern sky of Chongmei Mountain.

A distance of twenty li, he arrived in just a few breaths.

Chen Mu, however, didn’t rush to reveal himself but hid among the clouds in the sky, carefully observing his surroundings.

A black column of light, about seven to eight meters in diameter, was the first thing that caught his eye. Its surface was like a transparent Water Screen, while its interior was pitch-black and abysmal, seemingly an endless void.

The column was over a hundred meters tall; its base plunged into the water, its depth unknown, and its top stretched into the void, with several dark cracks faintly visible around it, as if the sky had been pierced through like a hole.

At that moment, a wisp of black smoke twisted and writhed on the surface of the column, struggling to break free and after a short time, burst out of the black light with a ‘pop’.

It dizzily circled around the spot for a moment, then the entire mass of black smoke began to condense and gather strength, followed by a ‘bang’ as if shot from a cannon, it rocketed towards the pinnacle of Chongmei Mountain.

“A column of light similar to the Ghost Gate; a special portal leading to some unknown place? No wonder there are so many Ghosts arriving.” Chen Mu realized.

“The question is whether this column connects to the Netherworld or not.” Apart from the Netherworld, he couldn’t think of anywhere else that would house so many Ghosts.

“This portal couldn’t have formed naturally; there must be someone behind it.” Chen Mu activated Truthful Listening once more, cautiously probing his surroundings, yet discovered nothing.

After considering this…

He narrowed his eyes.

Yama Emperor’s Command!

One of the clusters of black smoke that had just emerged from the black column continued to grow and shrink, seemingly agitated as it surveyed its surroundings. But in the next moment, it shuddered, and the entire mass of smoke became instantly calm, like a puppet, flying straight into a seemingly ordinary cloud in the sky.

No sooner had it entered the cloud than a wisp of black smoke emerged out of nowhere, shot out like a frog’s tongue catching a fly. The Ghosts was captured in an instant and pulled back, quickly disappearing into the Five Ghosts Bag.

Chen Mu remained taut like a compressed spring, with Mana surging within him while he stayed still, frequently activating Truthful Listening, closely monitoring his surroundings.

However, after quite a while passed, no accidents occurred. Astonishingly, no one seemed to be guarding the area around the black column of light!

“Since no one’s in charge…” Chen Mu looked at the black column of light from which Ghosts continually emerged, a fervent gleam suddenly flashing in his eyes.

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