I am grinding experience in another world - Chapter 759 - 747: Yin Spirits
A few days later, at night.
The light from the twenty-four Bright Pearls in the sky dimmed, resembling twenty-four small round moons.
Beside Xian’an Pond in the south of Golden River City, in a three-entry courtyard, Tang Sect prepared to enter meditation for cultivation, as usual. But shortly after closing his eyes, a sudden flash of light swept past his vision.
He frowned and opened his eyes, only to find flickering firelight shining through the silken window paper into the room.
Is there a fire?
Tang Sect was taken aback and immediately got up to open the door, only to see a blaze of flames burning fiercely in the center of the courtyard. At the same time, more than a dozen people dressed in gray with disheveled hair were dancing around the fire with their backs to him.
Not sleeping in the middle of the night, coming to my courtyard to light a fire and dance, disturbing my cultivation?
Such audacity!
Tang Sect frowned deeply, about to scold them when the crowd suddenly froze.
Then, like string puppets, their heads rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, and they stared at Tang Sect with a greedy and eager gaze.
Their eerie smiling faces flickered in the firelight, appearing particularly chilling.
Tang Sect’s hair stood on end as if he were being watched by a ferocious monster. His heart pounded, and he was about to cast a spell to escape.
But just as the rainbow light began to unfold, an invisible force appeared around him.
That force was like the cold of the deep sea, firmly imprisoning him in place, rendering his surging mana useless and unable to move.
Yet those grinning freaks advanced towards Tang Sect, laughing bizarrely.
Their eyes were greedy as if seeing food, sending a chill through Tang Sect’s heart.
…
In the dead of night.
Golden Pool Pavilion.
Chen Mu once again concluded his exploration of the Dragon Binding Chain at the bottom of the well and summoned the Stone Gate.
Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture: 9013/10000/Eighth Rank;
“Although I still can’t probe inside the Forbidden Law, at least I can improve my Spirit Treasure Core Mechanism Technique experience.” He shrugged leisurely.
Throughout these days, persistently testing with the Spirit Treasure Core Mechanism Technique, the icy wall that once obstructed him was still present, but somewhat thawed. He could already observe some fragmented Ghost Patterns.
“Now, relying on patient observation to gain some insight, once the Spirit Treasure Core Mechanism Technique advances a rank, greater progress is inevitable!”
“Perhaps then, I may unravel the secret of this hollow spring!” Chen Mu glanced cheerfully at the water ball before the dragon head sculpture. It flashed golden and vanished.
…
On the first floor of the grand hall in the Golden Pool Pavilion, Chen Mu’s figure appeared.
As he prepared to return to the second floor to continue his advancement in the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture, he noticed that what should be a pitch-black hall was brightly lit.
The originally empty hall now inexplicably had many desks and furnishings, alongside a large group of men and women dressed differently, seated behind the desks enjoying a banquet.
Is this still the Golden Pool Pavilion?
Could I have unknowingly been drawn into another Grotto Heaven again?
Chen Mu was bewildered.
His appearance immediately attracted the attention of those inside the hall.
Not only were these people unsurprised, but they also greeted Chen Mu with nods and waves as if they all knew him.
The elderly man with white hair and beard sitting at the head table stood up and approached Chen Mu directly, holding two bronze goblets in his hands.
“Lord Tang, you are late this time, so you’ll have to drink as punishment!” the old man chuckled, offering a goblet to Chen Mu.
A refreshing aroma of wine wafted over.
Chen Mu snapped back to reality, expressionlessly glancing at the old man, then surveying the room.
He found their sincere attitudes and smiling faces unsettling for some inexplicable reason.
Suddenly, a term came to Chen Mu’s mind—belligerent!
“What, is the wine not to your taste?” The old man smiled while holding the goblet, but his tone grew increasingly cold.
“Lord, please don’t ruin everyone’s fun.”
The previously lively banquet instantly fell silent, with everyone staring at Chen Mu blankly.
“What if I do ruin it?” Chen Mu spoke calmly.
“Then you’ll have to pay with your life,” the old man continued smiling, but as he smiled, the corners of his mouth suddenly split open to his ears. Sharp teeth lined with blood revealed themselves, and the chilling, monstrous aura spread swiftly.
“Of course, compensation is possible.” Chen Mu suddenly smiled.
“But since you occupied my room for a banquet, shouldn’t you pay the venue fee first?”
“I don’t want your lives; just have you take in my Spiritual Seed and serve me for a hundred years.”
“Simple enough, right?”
At these words, the crowd abruptly paused, and then each one transformed.
They grew sharp fangs and scales appeared on their skin. The old man in front of him opened his jaws wide enough to fit a millstone, seemingly about to swallow Chen Mu whole.
Simultaneously, an invisible, immense force suddenly descended, like underwater pressure, instantly imprisoning Chen Mu.
“Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles?”
“Ha!”
“I thought I misperceived earlier; I didn’t expect you to really be Yin Spirits!”
Yama Emperor’s Command!
An invisible wave suddenly spread, and those previously brazen figures were instantly immobilized like mosquitoes in amber.
“Yin Spirits in Golden River City, daring to confront me?”
“Isn’t this handing me a pillow when I’m craving sleep!”
Chen Mu waved his hand abruptly, scattering Heavenly Demon Spirit Seeds like golden sand.
The seeds behaved like living things, dispersing into stars that shot into the peculiar-shaped Yin Spirits.
Black smoke emerged from them immediately, and their bodies burst into black clouds, which lined up to enter the Five Ghosts Bag obediently.
Within tens of breaths, the people inside Golden Pool Pavilion all disappeared.
The immense pressure on Chen Mu vanished, and he strolled to the old man with sharp teeth.
A Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed lay snugly against the man’s forehead, slowly burrowing in.
The man’s widely opened mouth closed, though his lips remained split.
He stood trembling, eyes wide with instinctive resistance.
Yet despite his efforts, the repeatedly enhanced Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed by the Plague Immortal Technique eventually bored into his forehead.
As he transformed into a black cloud and entered the Five Ghosts Bag, the brightly lit hall instantly returned to a pitch-dark state.
The opulent scene earlier was clearly an illusion conjured by this fellow.
As Chen Mu clicked his tongue in amazement, Tang Sect fiercely charged into the Golden Pool Pavilion hall.
His whole body steamed with blood, eyes fierce, resembling an enraged demon.
“I didn’t realize, besides being a Qi Refining Cultivator, you’ve also mastered a remarkable Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique.” Chen Mu scrutinized him in surprise.
“Thanks to having this backup measure, otherwise, I might have perished at the hands of those Yin Ghost creatures.” Tang Sect chuckled bitterly.
“The Capital Institute, Golden River City is in turmoil—if there’s no timely rescue, there could be significant casualties. What do you think…”
“No, that won’t do; I’m counting on them to help me raise fish,” Chen Mu cheerfully walked to the entrance of Golden Pool Pavilion.
At this moment, the originally desolate and dark Golden River City was ablaze with lights, and the streets were bustling like a city that never sleeps.
“It’s beautiful,” Chen Mu’s expression was genial.
Then, the exotic force of Yama Emperor’s Command spread abruptly.
As if a movie paused, the originally noisy crowd on the streets suddenly froze.
Golden sand scattered with the wind, and before long, black smoke ascended from all corners of the city, converging into a dark cloud covering the entire city.
Watching the black cloud obscuring the twenty-four Bright Pearls, Chen Mu’s smile grew even wider.
