I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

As evening fell, the dying sun was dark red like blood.

Within the ravine, the continuous whistling of the wind blended with the pale grey fog that circled overhead, enshrouding the entire valley.

At a certain moment, a grey whirlwind descended from the sky, landing at the bottom of the ravine.

As the whirlwind dissipated, more than three hundred yin spirits appeared, most of them in tattered clothes marked with patches of blood, their faces etched with panic, utterly disheveled. Experience exclusive tales on

Hu Cheng quickly approached the crowd, his face wearing a friendly smile, "I am Hu Cheng, the general of the Yinfeng Sect. You don’t need to panic; now that you are here, everyone is safe."

After expressing a few more words of caring concern to ease the people’s unease, Hu Cheng gestured to some people not far away. The waiting Medicine Stone Sect personnel immediately came forward to treat the injured, while another group handed out Jade Dew and clean clothes to everyone.

A series of well-organized arrangements were carried out, and the terrified crowd completely calmed down, docilely accepting the help of the Yinfeng Sect.

"Another group saved, that’s great!" Watching everyone being properly taken care of, Hu Cheng sincerely smiled, "With this, the power of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture can increase a bit more."

"No wonder the city master chose Lan Zhang to be the general of the Hai Character Camp, such talent, tsk tsk..." The more Hu Cheng practiced the Mountain-Carrying Scripture, the more he admired Lan Zhang.

"Pity, the more prodigious the talent, the more unfathomable their thoughts become." Hu Cheng’s mouth curved into an interested smile.

We shall set aside the sudden changes at Hai Character Camp for now; the intricacies of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture all hinted at restlessness.

"To gather everyone’s strength within oneself, bypassing the city master’s Dharma Curse to refine the Soul Summoning Banner? Tsk... That’s aiming for independence."

"However, now all their efforts will benefit me instead."

"I don’t intend to stand alone, but controlling the Soul Summoning Banner and becoming the chief of Hai Character Camp might not be impossible!"

That position controlled tens of thousands of yin soldiers, a rank he had never even dared to dream of before.

Now with the collective strength of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture and his sufficient personal power, if he could also master the Soul Summoning Banner...

Even for someone as deep as Hu Cheng, he could not help but show excitement on his face at this moment.

While calculating his future plans, another grey whirlwind landed in the ravine, and Hu Cheng could not help but show a genuine smile again.

"Another group saved, that’s great!"

...

Thousand Lanterns City.

Chen Mu stopped the Safe Heart Sutra, ending his afternoon practice and stood up from the rocking chair, stretching himself mightily.

Nurtured by the weak water, the origin of his Heavenly Demon True Body grew increasingly profound, and the vitality of his True Flesh Body also imperceptibly increased; he felt warm all over, indescribably comfortable.

His gaze followed the movement of the thousand-plus yin spirits leaving the courtyard, a broad avenue extending from the courtyard to the horizon. On either side, rows of elegant wooden buildings appeared before Chen Mu’s eyes.

"The workers from the Crafting Department are incredible," Chen Mu couldn’t help but admire.

These two sections which accommodated more than three thousand yin spirits, comprising nearly three hundred small wooden buildings, were erected in just over ten days right before his eyes. The construction speed was indeed eye-opening for Chen Mu.

"What’s so great about them? They only know how to replicate from models, full of craftsmanship. Had their construction speed not been fast, I wouldn’t use them," Hong Xiu’s voice came from within the courtyard, followed by a soft mutter from a dark-skinned middle-aged man behind him. ɽἈɴ∅ʙËṥ

"Shut up!" Hong Xiu turned his head and glared at him.

"Is he the bricklayer you mentioned?" Chen Mu asked with interest looking at the man.

Looking at the orderly and exquisite wooden buildings in the distance, and then at the middle-aged man before him, Chen Mu couldn’t help scratching his head.

In his view, those rows of small wooden buildings were already quite beautiful; he really couldn’t comprehend what was meant by being full of craftsmanship, he just didn’t get it.

"So demanding, you didn’t use to work on the imperial palace, did you?" Chen Mu teased with a chuckle.

"Not really," the middle-aged man replied indifferently, "All in all, I’ve only built two mansions and three large gardens."

Tsk... Busted.

"Just shut it already," Hong Xiu tugged at the man’s sleeve, before turning to bow to Chen Mu, "The barracks for the folks are completed. Should we also build one for you and the military supervisor?"

Chen Mu looked at the beautiful wooden buildings in the distance, enviously. Compared to them, his own small bungalow, made from the Point Ground into Steel technique, was somewhat embarrassing.

"Build! Hurry up and build!" he nodded vigorously

...

After watching Hong Xiu leave with his men, Shen Yan, who had been listening in for a while, couldn’t help but speak with a dark face: "Isn’t it about time to practice the Jade Gate Curse?"

"With such a lack of enthusiasm, do you really want to return to the Netherworld?"

He did want to go back, but...

"Even if I master the Jade Gate Curse, relying on these three thousand odd yin spirits, I can’t summon the Ghost Gate," Chen Mu shook his head helplessly.

"Since you know the number of yin spirits is insufficient, why not go find more and search the mountains?" Shen Yan stared at him.

"Enough already!" Chen Mu waved his hand.

"Bai Qing and the others split into seven or eight different directions to search, and these past ten days, they’ve brought back just two or three hundred auxiliaries. With me included, how many more can we find?"

"I’m guessing that if those hundred thousand auxiliaries haven’t all died, then they must have run far away." Chen Mu felt helpless too. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to find people; he just couldn’t.

Shen Yan also sighed.

The attack on Hai Character Camp by the Red-Eyed Water Monkeys happened at night, and they didn’t realize what had happened until the next morning.

Overnight, everyone had probably run off.

Only the new Yin Spirits from the Cai Yuan Department, with their relatively weak strength, ran slowly and ended up getting caught up by them and dragged into Thousand Lanterns City. Now, of the more than three thousand Yin Spirits within the cave realm, over two thousand came from the Cai Yuan Department—this was clear evidence.

"So, what exactly are you thinking?" Shen Yan asked.

"Best if we could find the Yin Wind Medicine Stone Sects." Chen Mu rubbed his chin, pondering.

"If those people have a way to return to the Netherworld, I’ll just hitch a ride with them."

"If they don’t, with so many auxiliaries, it’ll also be convenient to sneakily kidnap people. It’s definitely better than aimlessly searching around in this big mountain."

Shen Yan frowned slightly.

No matter how he schemed, without enough Yin Spirits, everything else was moot. But finding a Soul Summoning Banner was indeed a good Dharma for replenishing Yin Spirits.

But Hu Cheng knew the Secret Technique for Netherworld Ferry; he surely had the capability to return to the Netherworld. If he let the guy in front of him hitch a ride, no longer calling upon the Ghost Gate, then how could he break free from control?

However...

Hu Cheng would most likely choose to use a blood sacrifice to the Netherworld to open the Netherworld Ferry, and he might even need to sacrifice some Yin Spirits.

At that time, as long as he pointed out the risks involved, given this bastard’s fear of death, he most likely wouldn’t accompany them.

As for giving the Jade Gate Curse to Hu Cheng? Hah! Knowing that Hu Cheng would investigate thoroughly, he was certain that this trouble-averse guy wouldn’t dare.

In this way, his own schemes could continue to be executed!

"Then, we might as well send out another one or two teams to camp out near the original site of Hai Character Camp. If the Yinfeng Sect wants to return to the Netherworld, they probably need a large number of auxiliaries. Maybe they’ll return to the ruins of the camp to search." Having thought it through, Shen Yan immediately suggested.

"I’ve already arranged for people to go." Chen Mu chuckled proudly, quite pleased with himself: "Even if we don’t encounter the Yinfeng Sect, maybe we’ll run into others returning to Hai Character Camp. It’s an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, how could I not send people?"

Shen Yan was slightly startled. No wonder this bastard seemed so calm and collected; he already had plans in place.

"Sending people early to search for the Yinfeng Sect—were you counting on riding their coat-tails all along?"

"And not caring about the Jade Gate Curse, were you never really planning on summoning the Ghost Gate?!" Shen Yan couldn’t help but glare.

"You think those guys who scattered the huge Hai Character Camp can be relied upon?"

"You really think that bunch of idiots can be trusted?" Shen Yan looked disappointed, as if hating that iron could not become steel.

"People definitely need to rely on themselves!" he shouted with fervent excitement.

Chen Mu: "..."

Wait, why are you stealing my line?

"Yes, yes, you’re right. I’m going to practice the Jade Gate Curse right now, okay?"

Chen Mu called up the gray wall with a resigned expression.

Jade Gate Curse: 8603/10000/First Rank;

Looking at the experience nearing First Rank Perfection, he wore a troubled expression on his face but felt secretly relieved in his heart: "All that effort staying up half the month, secretly grinding away at night, wasn’t in vain."

He gave Shen Yan a meaningful glance: "Old ghost was right. People really do need to depend on themselves, or else they might get sold out and still have to say thank you."

Chen Mu knew as soon as he grasped the basics of the Jade Gate Curse through the insights from the gray wall that the old ghost was not honest.

The Jade Gate Curse was indeed genuine and could definitely connect to the Ghost Gate from afar for ritual cultivation. With sufficient Divine Power, it could be remotely activated through this connection, summoning it to one’s side.

But Shen Yan didn’t mention that the depth of control over the Cursing Method would affect the control of the Ghost Gate!

With the old ghost’s decades of experience, if he were to summon the Ghost Gate, just a slight oversight on Chen Mu’s part could allow the guy to take over the Ghost Gate and flee.

"Indeed, a ghost of three hundred years is really good at scheming." Chen Mu’s eyes were full of playfulness.

"Hmm... I still need to keep quietly grinding."

"When the time comes, I’ll definitely give this old ghost a little surprise!"

"Ha ha!"

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