I AM GRINDING EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Days later, at a concealed spot by the edge of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle.

A ripple in the air was followed by Chen Mu’s figure slowly emerging from it.

Since discovering traces of the Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern, he had used the Five Elements Escape Technique to transform into an invisible Gentle Breeze and closely inspected the Water-Avoiding Shuttle inside and out.

The good news was that after several days of searching, aside from the initial discovery of the Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern, he found no further abnormalities.

He indeed sold quite a few Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern Pearls, but the Goose Sheep Path had reared not just one twenty-four solar term turtle—his trifling contribution was negligible in comparison. That the turtle shell bore a Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern was already quite rare.

The bad news, however, was that he discovered a greater hidden danger.

Chen Mu stared gloomily at the white Jade Disk before him.

At this moment, inside it, there lingered a faint and chilly aura, elusive yet discernible.

“Yin Spirit Divine Power…”

“Daqian Lock Dragon Institute really refuses to stay away!”

The aura was extremely secretive, resembling more a specific mark. Had he not himself mastered the Yin Spirit Divine Power and possessed the aid of Truthful Listening Technique, it would have been exceedingly difficult to discover.

“Is it because of the City God Dojo?” Chen Mu’s expression grew grave.

That thing was the foundation of the Lock Dragon Institute, a critical part of which involved burying Qi Cultivators underground as a pulse point core.

“Is the Lock Dragon Institute planning an ambush when Goose Sheep Mountain relocates?”

“What a hassle.”

…

Report to Lei Wen?

Chen Mu shook his head.

Ordinary Qi Cultivators unfamiliar with the Lock Dragon Knights, even upon encountering this chilly aura, would merely consider it a peculiar trait of the twenty-four solar term turtle itself.

Chen Mu did not wish to expose too much about himself. Without understanding the Daqian Lock Dragon Institute, Lei Wen likely wouldn’t take it seriously.

Pretend he hadn’t seen it?

That was even less acceptable.

He might travel on this very Water-Avoiding Shuttle, and he certainly didn’t want to be attacked by the Lock Dragon Institute midway.

“The simplest method is to completely erase this mark.” With his Heavenly Demon Body and mastery in secret techniques of the Yin Spirits, this was not difficult to achieve.

Yet, in the vast Pingjiang Dojo, the first batch of constructed Water-Avoiding Shuttles numbered forty-three. In this enormous fleet, who knows how many harbored the same marks.

Moreover, if he could erase them, those hidden spies could reapply them.

Should he inadvertently alert the enemy making the marks more hidden, it would be a real trouble.

“We must capture the hidden person once and for all.”

…

Half a month later, deep into the night.

The Pingjiang Dojo was brightly lit, countless Qi Cultivators, busy as bees at their respective tasks, bustled around.

Inside a certain Water-Avoiding Shuttle, an elderly man with graying hair and simple clothes nonchalantly passed by a secluded area.

A swift glance from the corner of his eye, and he immediately noticed that the initially deeply hidden aura had vanished without a trace.

The old man’s pupils contracted slightly, yet his face remained unresponsive.

He turned around and continued with the other Qi Cultivators, using bone bricks produced by the Hundred Refinement Hall to construct compartments.

When dawn slightly broke and after he briefed his replacement, the elderly man looking utterly exhausted, exited the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, donned the Water-Repelling Pearl, and stealthily submerged into the waters of Pingjiang.

As the brightly lit Pingjiang Dojo receded into the distance from below his feet, just as he was about to emerge from the bottom, a dark vortex suddenly appeared behind him. In a moment, like a large fish swallowing a shrimp, it engulfed him entirely.

…

Inside the Thousand Lanterns City.

Chen Mu, with a smirk that was not quite a smile, watched the panic-stricken old man: “You’ve hidden quite deep.”

“Seeing the Yin Spirit marker erased yet your heartbeat remains undisturbed, it seems you’ve been specially trained.”

Had it not been for the Heavenly Demon Seven Emotions Curse sensing the man’s emotions were off, he might not have noticed him at all.

Over the past days, he had not strayed from the vicinity of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle.

By day, aside from infusing the inner walls with the Mustard Seed Spell, he continuously monitored the surrounding environment using Truthful Listening Technique.

By night, after finishing his shift, he didn’t leave but stealthily used an Escape Skill to hide underwater.

Initially, when no one checked the marking, he had to erase it out of necessity, stirring up the enemy, and only then did he capture this man.

The old man across from him slowly dropped the panicked expression from his face.

“To detect my disguise, not simple,” he said calmly, gazing at Chen Mu: “Isn’t it better to live well? Why insist on courting death?”

“You’re not afraid?” Chen Mu couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

“Afraid? You’re the one who should be afraid!” the old man sneered explosively, his entire body bursting suddenly into myriad ribbon-like shadows.

A chorus that sounded like a thousand people chanting rose up.

“In the face of my Thousand Illusion Demon Shadow, all your cultivation techniques are useless.”

“And the moment I touch you, your flesh and Vital Energy will all belong to me!”

“Ha!”

With a loud shout, thousands of shadows from the sky hurtled toward Chen Mu like swift arrows.

Crack!

Triggered by a thought, Kui Water Yin Thunder exploded in mid-air, its numerous bolts of lightning like a towering wave crashing down on the black shadows.

But those dark shadows seemed illusory and easily penetrated the endless lightning without any damage.

“Thousand Illusion Demon Shadow is invulnerable to all techniques; your Thunder Law is useless no matter how strong!”

“Submit obediently to death, and become a part of my Thousand Illusion Demon Shadow, hahaha!”

As soon as he finished speaking.

Boom!

A muffled roar like thunder exploded, and five black dragon heads, large as train engines, emerged.

Just as they charged in front of Chen Mu, the elongated, arrow-shaped dark shadows, like mosquitoes trapped in amber, suddenly froze.

Buzz!

Endless black smoke with silver sparkles descended from the sky.

Bang!

The dark floating ribbons in the sky burst and vanished in the blink of an eye.

An elderly man with grizzled hair, struck down by Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles, lay sprawled on the ground, unable to move.

“That gave me quite the fright,” said Chen Mu, patting his chest as his face twitched.

He truly hadn’t expected the Kui Water Yin Thunder to be ineffective against the old man.

“Fortunately, I have the Five Dragon Dharma Body as a backup; dealing with the Underworld God Transformation based on the Netherworld Worms is a breeze.”

Chen Mu walked forward, took out the East Pole Longevity Scripture, and smiled, “Come on, follow my recitation.”

Since he had practiced Underworld God Transformation, his body housed Netherworld Worms, thereby allowing the implantation of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed to turn him into one of ‘our own’.

…

“So, you don’t know how many people from Daqian Lock Dragon Institute are lurking in Goose Sheep Mountain?”

“It’s unexpected; you’re already a grandmaster of the Underworld God Seven Transformations, at least a small leader, how come you’re merely a frontline spy?” Chen Mu looked suspiciously at the grizzled-haired Luo Fan, “You’re not trying to trick me, are you?”

I wish I could, but with the Spiritual Seed inside me, how dare I?

“It’s mainly because of the Thousand Illusion Divine Demon Transformation,” Luo Fan explained helplessly.

“The essence of this Secret Technique lies in illusion; all is illusion. It makes me invulnerable to all techniques, but it also has no offensive power.”

“Going head-to-head, I can’t even defeat someone with Underworld God Three Transformations,” he said bitterly.

“I can’t charge and fight fiercely like those undergoing Underworld God Transformation Warrior, nor can I deploy the Yin Soul Secret Technique like the Lock Dragon Knights. Because I can change and hide my aura, I’m only fit for spying.”

That ineffective?

“Then why did you recklessly throw yourself at me? Courting death?” Chen Mu couldn’t believe it.

“My strength is limited, but some special artifacts can still be used,” Luo Fan tried to smile as he took a dark Dagger out of his sleeve.

“Sharply penetrative, with a unique poison, it’s quite effective when caught off guard,” he said solemnly.

Chen Mu took the dagger and examined it, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Luckily, I caught this guy; otherwise, if this dagger had poked me, one could only imagine… only imagine the waste of damaging a piece of clothing!

“This dagger isn’t much to speak of,” Chen Mu sneered.

“I lack the strength to achieve merits, and I can’t afford better artifacts; at best, I can only look at them,” Luo Fan said sheepishly.

So all that arrogance before was just bluffing?

Chen Mu looked at Luo Fan, speechless.

This is going to be problematic.

Luo Fan was just a frontline spy, without even a direct contact among his superiors. Even though I’ve captured him, who knows how many more Luo Fans there are on Goose Sheep Mountain.

“Tell me about that marking Secret Technique,” Chen Mu sighed.

I’ll have to handle this myself.

Luo Fan dared not hide anything, “That Secret Technique is called the Mechanical Imprint; a Ghost Pattern Secret Technique left in advance on me by a Lock Dragon Knight.”

“I just need to consume some Blood Essence, and along with the Curse Command training, I can deploy it,” he explained, rolling up his sleeve to reveal a birthmark-sized, bluish-black spot on his left forearm.

“I have very little understanding of the Secret Technique itself; to grasp its mysteries, perhaps… perhaps only those Lock Dragon Knights who possess the Power of Ghost Channeling can discover more,” he said, glancing cautiously at Chen Mu.

Power of Ghost Channeling?

Now that’s a coincidence.

After glancing at the wall where the Ghost Channeling Technique was pushed to its limit, Chen Mu turned and stared intently at the blue spot.

…

It took three days.

With the help of the Ghost Channeling Technique, and Luo Fan’s cooperation, he successfully captured the ghostly aura of the Mechanical Imprint within the Nine Serenities Abyss.

Later, using the Truthful Listening Technique during off-work nights, he carefully discerned over forty Water Avoiding Shuttles docked underwater at Pingjiang, and easily found the hiding spots of the Mechanical Imprint in thirteen of those Water Avoiding Shuttles.

“Lucky I found out early,” Chen Mu sighed with relief in the quiet room on the second floor of a wooden building on the hillside.

Otherwise, had we been ambushed by the Daqian Lock Dragon Institute en route during the relocation day, it would have led to great chaos.

“This plan is probably not solely concocted by the Yuan Xian faction; otherwise, the old man would have found a way to inform me.”

Over the years, he had gained some confidence in the effects of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.

Luckily, having discovered the methods of the Lock Dragon Institute in advance, he no longer felt uneasy.

Chen Mu didn’t rush to erase all the imprints, wary of alarming the Lock Dragon Institute’s spies, who might then switch tactics, complicating matters.

“Before the relocation, I’ll erase all the imprints at once. By then, even if the Lock Dragon Institute realizes something is amiss, it will be too late to rectify. This would eliminate the threat of being tracked and ambushed by the Lock Dragon Institute.”

Imagining the look on the faces of those behind the scenes when they discovered their plan had failed, Chen Mu couldn’t help but smile.

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