I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

"There is naturally a method to accelerate the growth of the Divine Fetus," Shen Yan shook off the dirt on his sleeve cuff with practiced ease, his face revealing nothing.

"If there’s a method, why didn’t you say so earlier?" Chen Mu said, annoyed.

"You never asked," Shen Yan shrugged. "Besides, this method is related to the Safe Heart Sutra. If your Safe Heart Sutra isn’t at a masterful level, knowing this method wouldn’t be of any use to you anyway."

Safe Heart Sutra?

Heh!

I’ve already perfected it, who could be more proficient than me?

Chen Mu looked at the experience on the gray wall and couldn’t help but smile.

"The ’Safe Heart Sutra’ is essentially a connection to the source of the River of Oblivion, drawing weak water from within it to catalyze the growth of Ghost Pattern."

"But the source is deeply hidden at the bottom of the river and is difficult to connect with, hence the Three Paths Curse."

"The Three Paths Curse itself isn’t very powerful, but it can resonate with the River of Oblivion, drawing out its source to appear. With its aid, attracting the weak water using the Safe Heart Sutra becomes much more convenient."

"This Secret Technique, however, has a difficulty," Shen Yan said with a smile.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Why is this guy smiling so sinisterly? Is there a huge pitfall waiting for me?!

"The Secret Technique itself is not difficult, the challenge lies in the fact that it requires a lot of people to cast it together." Shen Yan said playfully, "The more people collaborating, the stronger the collective force, and the more formidable the power."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu couldn’t help but stare.

"I’ve told you the Secret Technique, how to choose, that’s up to you to manage," Shen Yan said with a cheerful smile.

I knew it! Why did you offer me the Safe Heart Sutra in the first place if not for waiting for this moment!

If I just complain about the slow cultivation speed, I would have no choice but to practice the Three Paths Curse. To make it faster, more people need to practice together. The moment I get a little greedy and capture more people, it’s likely Lan Zhang’s attention will be drawn. Then, I’d have no choice but to confront Lan Zhang!

Damn cunning!

...

After getting the Three Paths Curse, Chen Mu fretted over it for several days.

He wanted to use the Three Paths Curse to speed up the Safe Heart Sutra, but was afraid of attracting Lan Zhang’s scrutiny.

"If you’re afraid of trouble, I can step in," Shen Yan, who had also been holding back for several days, couldn’t help but speak up to persuade. "That way, even if things get exposed, it’ll be me who’s out front."

Interesting.

Chen Mu’s eyebrows shot up.

"Moreover, your Thousand Lanterns City is a cave heaven, far out in the void. Using it to hide Yin Spirits – how could Lan Zhang possibly discover that?"

Indeed.

Chen Mu was quite tempted.

"And then there’s your Divine Skills. I can’t even resist in my Divine Fetus state – they’re just auxiliary soldiers, no one can rebel."

"With them as insurance, who would dare to cause trouble?" Shen Yan said animatedly, trying to persuade.

But I’m just afraid that the Yama Emperor’s Command will cause trouble.

Just as Chen Mu was getting roused, he immediately felt a chill in his heart.

The Yama Emperor’s Command is indeed formidable, but it is a controlling aura that is only effective when it is by Chen Mu’s side.

Like now, he can control Shen Yan, but not Shi Dechun, who has left Thousand Lanterns City.

With just one or two people, he could bluff his way through, but with more people, this ability’s limitations would definitely be exposed, and that could possibly attract big trouble. Especially with Shen Yan, the cunning Military Supervisor, at his side.

Chen Mu sighed inwardly, "Looks like I can’t use this Three Paths Curse exploit."

"Well, if I can’t use it, then so be it. I’ll just practice on my own."

"My foundation is the True Flesh Body and Mana; the True Form of Heavenly Demon seems more like a Secret Supernatural Power. There’s no need to take risks for a Divine Skill."

"So, what do you think, should we recruit?" Shen Yan, oblivious to Chen Mu’s psychological changes, was full of expectation.

Chen Mu glanced at him and couldn’t help but remark inwardly.

This old ghost is crafty! First, he gave me the Safe Heart Sutra, then the Three Paths Curse – one trap after another, cunningly baiting me to bite. If I wanted to quickly cultivate the Divine Fetus, I’d have to do as he said.

He couldn’t help but narrow his eyes, "It’s not impossible, but I have one condition."

Shen Yan immediately perked up, "You name it, I’ll make it happen!"

"Go do cartwheels. For every ten thousand cartwheels, I’ll bring one more person in – simple, right?" Chen Mu said with a full smile.

Shen Yan immediately stiffened.

He knew all too well that Chen Mu had never considered recruiting people to Thousand Lanterns City at all!

Don’t you want to quickly cultivate the Divine Fetus, to overthrow Lan Zhang and return to the Netherworld?

Even if you throw a meat bun to a dog, the dog might bark twice.

I offer you the Secret Technique, teach you the practice, and you want me to do cartwheels?

"Why are you such a coward!"

You’ve been planning for months, and it was all for nothing!

Shen Yan’s face immediately flushed red with anger.

... Experience more tales on

There’s no sun or moon within Thousand Lanterns City.

Even though he had cultivated for many years and his body was robust, if he disrupted his day and night routine for an extended period, it would still place immense pressure on his mind and body. Chen Mu could only use the Soul-Attracting Lamp to mimic the light as much as he could.

"This is indeed an incomplete Heavenly Domain," Chen Mu shook his head as he stared at the pitch-black sky.

With a thought, a grey wall appeared before him. He looked towards a new entry.

Three Paths Curse: 4555/10000;

"Luckily I can farm experience to pass the time. Otherwise, staying in the Heavenly Domain of Thousand Lanterns City is like being trapped in a big dark room, I would have gone mad sooner or later."

Wisps and strands of insight flooded his heart, and the mysteries of the secret technique gradually revealed themselves.

Yin Spirits come from the River of Oblivion and have always been connected to the river’s source. The Three Paths Curse can magnify this connection and thereby draw from the deeper essence of the River of Oblivion.

With the Three Paths Curse’s empowerment, it’s as if the River of Oblivion is by your side, and when you perform related secret techniques, their power naturally increases significantly.

Because the connection between an individual Yin Spirit and the River of Oblivion is too weak, like a thread, many people must perform the technique together. Threads twist into a rope, and thus a qualitative change can occur.

"The secret technique is good, but it’s a pity..." Chen Mu shook his head.

He didn’t want to take the risk.

"Besides, I’m not unable to accelerate my cultivation on my own," he added.

With another thought, a walnut-sized, pearl-like object radiating bright white light appeared before him.

Chen Mu leaned in for a closer look.

After a month of cultivation and with the acceleration of the Three Paths Curse, Divine Ghost Pattern once again induced the emergence of specks of special power. The original embryonic form of the Divine Fetus, which was equivalent to a single thread, had now become two threads, naturally reducing the gaps slightly.

"Manager Yue said the Divine Ghost Pattern is like a simplified version of the Daoist Foundation, like a seed,"

"Doesn’t that mean this Divine Fetus is equivalent to the Daoist Foundation?" Chen Mu couldn’t help but feel shaken inside.

If that was the case, it would make sense for the Divine Fetus to grow slowly. After all, it is the foundation for becoming a Daoist, and complexity and difficulty are inevitable.

"I can’t rush. I need to practice slowly and see," Chen Mu suppressed the impulse in his heart.

No matter what secrets it held, proficiency would slowly unfold them to him.

...

A few days later, deep into the night, around a round table.

Shi Dechun’s eyes widened with residual fear, completely uninterested in the full spread of dishes before him.

"It was terrifying."

"Last night, a blood-colored light soared into the sky from the camp. Those blood-red lights burst open like fireworks, scattering in all directions."

"Anyone who was touched by them, whether human or object, was instantly blown away to ash and smoke!"

"The camp next door, Tent B, looked as if it had been bitten like an apple, with half the barracks and people just gone without a trace!"

Chen Mu’s expression immediately turned grave.

"If you were hiding underground, would you still be able to hear the commotion in the camp?" Chen Mu frowned and asked.

"As long as it’s not deeper than ten meters underground, there should be no problem," Shi Dechun immediately replied.

"Later, I will raise the secret chamber. From now on, you hide in the underground secret chamber; it’s a bit safer that way." Chen Mu wanted to stay informed about the camp, but he did not want Shi Dechun to take life-threatening risks. Hiding underground was a way to gather information relatively safely, just right.

"It just so happens that with the rampage of Lan Zhang, many auxiliary soldiers have died or disappeared. Now’s the time for you to slip into the secret chamber without being noticed."

However, Shi Dechun’s expression became troubled, "That might have to wait till next month."

"I’ve already shown myself during the day today."

"Didn’t Military Supervisor Shen say that there are special demonic creatures monitoring every direction within the camp? If they notice because of this, we might face serious trouble."

Chen Mu thought it over and couldn’t help but sigh, "That’s the only option then."

As the two of them were fretting over their future path, Shen Yan, who had been silently eating his meat, suddenly stood up.

Then, to Chen Mu’s astonishment, he suddenly leapt up and began to somersault before both men!

Chen Mu: "..."

Wait, are you serious?

But that was just a joke!

Shi Dechun could take advantage of the auxiliary soldiers’ casualties to sneak into the underground, which naturally also allowed him to secretly recruit a large number of Yin Spirits into Thousand Lanterns City.

He had thought that the silent Shen Yan for the past month had given up, but who would have thought...

Watching Shen Yan somersault so fast he nearly left afterimages, Chen Mu couldn’t help but twitch his cheek.

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