I AM GRINDING EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Atop Goose Sheep Mountain, Accumulated Thunder Hall.

As the Goose Sheep Path migrated, the great hall had been emptied, leaving only a forest of columns.

Deep within the hall, a tall and thin figure clothed in a golden-threaded purple robe stood silently in the shadows.

A black line noiselessly appeared in mid-air.

It twisted, swelled, and expanded, and in the blink of an eye, a three-meter-wide eye-shaped black hole emerged.

Buzz!

Suddenly, black and red flames surged from within the black hole.

“Qiu Jinwu, do you really intend to exchange the disciples of Goose Sheep Path for the Dragon Ball? Don’t you feel a pang of loss?” It sounded as if ten thousand voices spoke at once—layers upon layers of voices emanated from the firelight.

Qiu Jinwu’s face remained calm, “The purpose of the Goose Sheep Path has always been to serve me. For them to aid me in furthering my path is their honor.”

“Tsk… It’s still that ruthless heart of you cultivators seeking the Tao,” the voice quipped heavily with sarcasm.

“You had better tell me quickly where the other half of the Dragon Ball is,” Qiu Jinwu’s eyes flashed with electric light, “Otherwise, I don’t mind making another trip to the Daqian Palace.”

“Fine, the item is in the Tianhe Law Realm. Since you’ve already refined the other half of the Dragon Ball, as soon as you enter the realm, it will resonate,” the black and red flames churned, speaking indolently.

“How do I enter the Tianhe Law Realm?” Qiu Jinwu’s brow furrowed slightly.

“It was very simple, but now it’s a bit troublesome,” the multi-layered voice revealed a hint of helplessness.

“I don’t know who erased the marks I left behind. If you’re thinking of moving the fleet into the realm in one go, that’s going to be a bit difficult now.”

“I’ve given you the people; whether you catch them is up to you. Right now, I only want to know how to step through the gates of the Tianhe Law Realm,” Qiu Jinwu said indifferently.

“Don’t rush, without enough Qi Cultivators as sacrificial offerings, even if you enter the realm and obtain the Dragon Ball, you won’t be able to take it with you,” chuckled the black hole.

Qiu Jinwu’s brow instantly tightened.

“What can I do?”

“It’s very simple. If you dismantle the fleet constrained by restrictions, I can move in little by little, over time.”

“When do we start?”

“As soon as the fleet enters the Tongtian River, anytime will do.”

“You’d better keep your promise.”

“Hey, why would Sect Master Qiu worry, you still can threaten me with a visit to the Daqian Palace, haha…”

“Hmph!”

…

Inside the Water Avoiding Shuttle of Ping Ning, the lights were bright.

In a quiet room on the second floor, Chen Mu had his eyes closed, introspecting the Jade Seed.

Just moments ago, he had completed the thirty-ninth refinement of his Divine Orifice, exhausting all the Primordial Energy within the Dark Cloud Talisman.

With a thought, the well-prepared Mixed Primordial Qi was absorbed by the True Method into the Jade Seed.

The gray smoke-like Dark Cloud Talisman, like a piece of paper splashed with ink, was quickly saturated into a heavy blackness.

In no time at all, the Mixed Primordial Qi was fully replenished.

Chen Mu opened his eyes and looked towards the opening of the Five Ghosts Bag.

Threads of Mixed Primordial Qi like black lines were flying out from the bag, then turning into dots of luminescence, quickly dissipating in mid-air.

Chen Mu’s face twitched with pain.

The Five Ghosts Bag, in conjunction with thousands of Ghosts, had generated a large amount of Mixed Primordial Qi.

Despite his ceaseless refinement of the Divine Orifice, the consumption rate still couldn’t keep up.

He really hadn’t expected that the Mixed Primordial Qi that others would concoct strategies to obtain, would be so abundant in his possession that he couldn’t use it all up.

“If those people running around trying to refine their Divine Orifices knew about this, wouldn’t they be green with envy?!”

“Tsk!”

“What a pity there’s no Magic Artifact to seal the Chaos Yuan Qi, otherwise, it would surely draw crowds.”

Regretfully putting away the Five Ghosts Bag, Chen Mu summoned the Gray Wall and looked at the latest entry.

Five Thunders Treasure Scroll: 7933/10000/First Rank;

With the Divine Orifice Refinement running automatically and secret techniques like the Truthful Listening Giant Spirit Divine being practiced daily, he still had plenty of free time. So, he took out the Five Thunders Treasure Scroll.

Unexpectedly, with just a bit of cultivation, he had made significant progress.

“Perfecting the Kui Water Yin Thunder has indeed spurred the cultivation of other Thunder Laws.”

A bright white Thunder Ball, the size of a human head, appeared in his right palm.

Then, the Thunder Ball softened and collapsed, like a melting candle.

Countless tendrils of lightning, like viscous wax, flowed down through his fingers, wrapping around his entire hand and rapidly spreading up his forearm.

In just a few breaths, his entire right arm was wrapped in lightning.

Suddenly, the lightning retracted, vanishing beneath his skin, leaving only faint lightning-like lines visible.

Chen Mu yanked a loose thread from a cotton cushion and stabbed it toward the back of his hand.

Crack!

A thread of lightning exploded, and the cotton thread was instantly split into gray-white ashes and dissipated.

“Beautiful!”

The Five Thunders Treasure Scroll cultivated the organs’ Thunder Law, which could transform into a Five Thunders Robe to protect the body. Although only at First Rank and not yet at Perfection, it was already displaying some of its potential power.

“If I refine it to the limit, and my whole body is covered by the Thunder Law Garment… What a Secret Technique!”

He reached out his hand and pointed.

Crack!

A streak of lightning flashed through the air, and on the window frame in the distance, a burnt black hole the size of a fingertip appeared.

The Kui Water Yin Thunder had been perfected, mighty and quick, powerful yet precise. If this had been before, this single point of his finger would have shattered the entire window with the power of the Thunder Law, but now it was capable of making a hole without spreading.

“A meticulous blend of strength and flexibility, increasing control—doesn’t this indirectly enhance the power of the Thunder Law?”

“Hey! This Secret Technique was indeed the right choice.”

…

At the second-floor window seat of Xin Yuan Tea House.

Chen Mu, as usual, leaned against the window, sipping tea while perking his ears to farm experience for the Truthful Listening Technique.

Buzz!

A familiar droning sound reached his ears.

Chen Mu looked up and, through the open window, gazed toward the center of the Water Avoiding Shuttle.

There, a bronze drum with intricate patterns was leisurely spinning in midair.

At that moment, strands of electric light were circulating within those complex engraved lines.

“Is the Kui Niu Drum sounding again?”

“Who knows which unlucky Exotic Beast rammed headlong into the Water Avoiding Shuttle? Isn’t that just seeking its own death?”

A few middle-aged men, who were chatting over tea, also approached the window to look up into the sky.

The interior walls of the Water Avoiding Shuttle were imbued with a special Dharma Curse, able to capture real-time shadows and light from outside.

At this moment, through the semi-transparent stone slabs above the wide streets, one could see the dark watery depths, odd-looking schools of fish, as well as the scant rays of light piercing the deep waters.

And above, to the right edge of the Water Avoiding Shuttle, a fishnet of lightning flashes revealed a five or six meter long pitch-black strange fish ensnared by the thunder light.

It thrashed its head and tail unceasingly, but within a few breaths, its entire body stiffened, floating motionlessly in the water.

As the Water Avoiding Shuttle moved forward, the body of the strange fish was soon left behind, out of sight.

“The might of the Kui Niu Drum remains undiminished!”

“Pity for that Pingjiang catfish; it was a complete waste to just throw it away like that,” voices in the crowd remarked.

“That Pingjiang catfish won’t just be discarded,” someone refuted.

“The Administrative Affairs Institute recently recruited Pearl Gatherers. By now, those people are probably diving into the water, ready to catch that Pingjiang catfish.”

“Maybe we’ll have fresh Exotic Beast meat for lunch.”

Chen Mu listened to the people’s discussions, narrowing his eyes toward the top of the Water Avoiding Shuttle.

Relying on the faint light, he could vaguely see other Water Avoiding Shuttles in the distance.

He shifted his gaze back to Lei Hong who was across from him.

“No wonder Brother Lei was willing to leave the dojo and come here in person. Are you trying to sell me Exotic Beast meat?”

The portly Lei Hong had a smile on his face: “Brother Li, you are a major customer of mine; of course, I’d personally make a house call.”

“Did you know in advance that the Kui Niu Drum could hunt Exotic Beasts?” Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“The Kui Niu Drum is the core of the Water Avoiding Shuttle, capable of summoning the Thunder Net to strike down incoming foes.”

“Catching and killing Exotic Beasts and monsters with it is quite simple,” Lei Hong said with a grin.

What is this?

Using a Magic Artifact to electrocute fish?

In my previous life, you guys, this would be illegal!

“Knowing that the Water Avoiding Shuttle can capture Exotic Beasts, you still collected so much Exotic Beast meat to sell to me before,” Chen Mu glared at Lei Hong and questioned.

“I did give you a reminder! I told Brother Li early on that stockpiling Exotic Beast meat was not cost-effective,” Lei Hong chuckled.

“Initially, it was Brother Li who expressed his particular fondness for it, afraid that there wouldn’t be enough, and you insisted that I continue purchasing. You can’t blame me for that.”

Chen Mu rolled his eyes in frustration.

It all sounded so ambiguous. Who could have guessed?

You just wanted to snatch the White Jade Coins from my pocket.

Swindler! Sly fox!

“Let’s start with a hundred and eighty catties; I’ll give it a try before deciding,” after contemplating, Chen Mu still placed an order for a batch of Exotic Beast meat.

Replenishing Origin Soup was best made with fresh Exotic Beast meat; the flavor was richer, and the effects of consolidating one’s base and nourishing one’s origin lasted longer.

“Knowing you, Brother Li, you’re a big spender!” Lei Hong rubbed his hands together with a wide smile.

The constitution of Qi Cultivators undergoes drastic changes, and their food intake increases significantly. Even for Exotic Beast meat filled with Vital Energy, eating three to five catties per meal is not a problem. But this Brother Li clearly had more uses for the meat than just his meals.

Lei Hong kept his composure, but a realization dawned on him.

As early as when Chen Mu started stockpiling Exotic Beast meat, he had speculated that Chen Mu might be practicing some sort of secret technique that required a large amount of Exotic Beast blood and flesh. After obtaining the job to sell Exotic Beast meat, he thought of Chen Mu first.

Indeed, with just this one sale, he already sold over a hundred catties of Exotic Beast meat.

I came to the right place!

…

Several days later.

By the window of the second-floor quiet room.

Chen Mu, holding a bamboo cylinder cup, reclined in a rocking chair.

Sipping the coconut-flavored Replenishing Origin Soup from the cup, Chen Mu gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

After a while, the air buzzed, accompanied by a black and red vortex, and a four or five-meter tall god statue clad in golden red armor appeared behind him; it was the Giant Spirit Divine.

Glancing at the gray wall where experience points were displayed, Chen Mu nodded slightly.

“With the same amount of cultivation time, I’ve gained nine more experience points.”

“The Replenishing Origin Soup made with fresh Exotic Beast meat is indeed three parts better.”

“Is it because the Vital Energy in the fresh Exotic Beast meat is more vigorous?”

Chen Mu pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

“It’s probably because there are remnants of Divine Demon Primordial Spirits still within the beasts that have just died.”

The Replenishing Origin Soup required the Seven Turns Banquet Primordial Curse for extraction, a Cursing Method with quite a few similarities to the Three Turns Soul Capturing Curse of the Netherworld.

The Three Turns Soul Capturing Curse is a Secret Technique used by Yin Spirits to absorb the Essence Qi Shen Yuan from the corpses of Divine Demons and monsters. The Seven Turns Banquet Primordial Curse, which is similar, might also be a technique for refining Essence Qi Shen Yuan.

Fresh Exotic Beast meat is abundant in Vital Energy and retains remnants of Divine Origin; using it to concoct Replenishing Origin Soup would naturally be more effective.

“Could this cursing method be someone’s modification of the Three Turns Soul Capturing Curse?”

“I can’t figure it out,” Chen Mu shook his head slightly.

Lost in thought, a distinct sensation of weightlessness suddenly surrounded him.

Chen Mu quickly stood up and moved to the window. As he activated the Truthful Listening Technique, the external scene of the Water Avoiding Shuttle emerged in his mind.

At this moment, behind the Water Avoiding Shuttle, a cliff-like riverbed fault loomed. Ahead, there lay a bottomless trench, sinking like an abyss.

The entire fleet was evenly submerging towards the abyss-like trench.

“Tongtian River?”

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Chen Mu came to a realization.

More than twenty days had passed, and the tests for the Water Avoiding Shuttle’s defenses, offensive capabilities, and stealth functions were complete.

Today, they finally left Pingjiang, officially entering the waters of the Tongtian River.

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