I am grinding experience in another world - Chapter 769 - 757: Shortcut to Cultivation
“According to the Tianhe Compass, we should be at the southwestern tip of Yizhou now.”
“The Yellow Springs Sect has a Lower Courtyard at the foot of Nine Peaks Mountain here. We might take a look.”
Inside the Dragon Bone Boat, in front of the Golden Dragon Hall,
Tang Zhimu held a hollow bronze ball the size of a fist, with golden silk-like spiritual light flowing on it. As the light and shadow flickered, a semi-transparent projection of stars and mountains emerged around them.
“This place has nothing to do with the Holy Heart Institute, right?” Chen Mu asked while looking at the projection.
The Head of the Holy Heart Institute, Luo Ding, was odd and possibly colluded with members of the Yin Ghost Sect; he didn’t want to invite trouble.
“Nine Peaks Mountain is located in the far southwest of Yizhou, similar to our Tangshan Institute, quite far from the Holy Heart Institute.”
“It’s closer to Ba State, so it’s more aligned with the Wanxiang Institute over there,” Tang Zhimu replied, shaking his head.
Wanxiang Institute?
“The Upper Court of the Yellow Springs Sect is far away in Thunder State, and the Lower Courtyards are scattered across other states, making remote control inconvenient.”
“So each prefecture has a lead Lower Courtyard to convey orders on its behalf.”
“In Yizhou, it’s the Holy Heart Institute, while in Ba State, it’s this Wanxiang Institute,” Tang Zhimu explained.
“The Holy Heart Institute mainly practices the Outer Dao Heavenly Demon Techniques, whereas the Wanxiang Institute is mostly composed of Qi Cultivators.”
“The Lower Courtyard of Nine Peaks Mountain is primarily made up of Qi Cultivators and is unlikely to be tied to the Holy Heart Institute.”
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Mu, recalling that this Institute Chen seemed to be a Qi Cultivator.
Originally, when he was assigned to the Tangshan Institute, it was likely due to different cultivation paths, leading to exclusion by the Holy Heart Institute.
Different cultivation factions?
This is great!
Hearing this, Chen Mu’s eyes lit up.
This way, it’s highly probable that Nine Peaks Mountain has nothing to do with Luo Ding.
Moreover, it’s far enough from the core of Yizhou, so it won’t be involved in the internal chaos there for now.
Originally, they planned to go directly to Ba State. Unfortunately, Tang Sect is dead, and their paths are now unusable.
Moreover, those paths might not have been real, probably a lie to lure him into the Heavenly River Cave Heaven.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Mu made up his mind.
“Let’s go to Nine Peaks Mountain.”
…
The bottom of the Tongtian River sees no sunlight.
A dragon bone boat, dozens of meters long, swayed its head and tail like a black iron loach, meandering forward.
A group of black-spotted fish with arm-length bodies and two peculiar frog-like legs appeared near the dragon bone boat.
Initially leisurely, the dragon bone boat suddenly whipped its tail and ferociously charged into the school of fish.
As it darted back and forth, its wide mouth powered to suck in.
In the span of a breath, most of the black-spotted strange fish were swallowed into its belly, while the rest fled in all directions in fright.
Inside the dragon bone boat, Chen Mu stood by the pool, watching the big loach hunt exotic beasts with keen interest.
Once everything calmed, he used the Smoke Mirror to check the location and adjusted the depth of their dive according to the display.
Based on the previous two journeys down the Tongtian River, their current location was extremely suitable for navigation.
Near the surface, the competition among exotic beasts is fierce, and they’re often very ferocious. But the deeper waters tend to have great demons lurking.
Their current position was just right, shadowy but not too deep. There were exotic beasts present, but they weren’t overly formidable.
The calm weather over the past few days proved Chen Mu’s choice was correct.
Furthermore, the Dragon Bone Boat is a rare high-grade magic artifact. Even if it wasn’t crafted with True Dragon Bone originally, it used Flood Dragon Bone.
Its size is flexible, it can ascend and hide, conceal its aura, and sense ferocious monsters to automatically avoid them, providing substantial security for safe navigation.
“Thanks to Tang Sect’s gift!”
Chen Mu chuckled as he took out a box of White Jade Coins, pouring them into the pool with a clatter.
“With this box of white jade, it should be enough for a long journey.”
The Dragon Bone Boat operates in three ways: it can be directly powered by mana; White Jade Coins can be placed in the pool to activate it with the Earth Spirit Vital Energy within; or it can autonomously hunt exotic beasts to maintain its operation, making it an exceedingly rare and fine magic artifact.
“Thanks again, Tang Sect!”
“Haha…”
After having some fun, Chen Mu once again checked the Dragon Bone Boat’s status, confirming everything was fine before leisurely reclining back in the rocking chair in front of the Golden River Palace.
…
The Tongtian River is deep and mysterious.
There are many peculiar sights, but after a long while, even the fascinating ones become tedious.
After ensuring the journey’s safety and with no major issues, Chen Mu let the Giant Spirit Divine act as an automatic monitor while he pondered his own Dao practice.
“The most important cultivation is undoubtedly refining the Yellow Springs Gourd.”
“Unfortunately, without the Mountain Gate Earth Vein for guidance, the external Heavenly Star Essence isn’t enough to support the inner refining of the Spiritual Treasure,” Chen Mu shook his head, disappointed.
“The next option is the Heavenly Demon Body, but the steps ahead are still long and far.”
Chen Mu’s Heavenly Demon Body is quite unique; it is both a Heavenly Demon Body and Yin Spirit.
Upon mastering the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing, it’s akin to achieving the Heavenly Demon Outer Dao Artifact Creation Realm.
Following the Yin Spirit path, the next step is the Yin God. In contrast, following the Heavenly Demon Outer Dao path, the next step is the True Form of Heavenly Demon.
Chen Mu’s mastering of the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing enables him to refine Netherworld Qi, allowing him to temper Yin Spirit into achieving Yin God.
He also possesses the magic treasure Yin Mistaken Yang to refine Taiyin Qi, allowing the Heavenly Demon True Body to transform into the True Form of Heavenly Demon.
With both unique forms of energy pushing his cultivation forward, Chen Mu’s progress through the Heavenly Demon Outer Dao’s seventh stage is at least twice as fast as others.
However, the Heavenly Demon Body’s nature is too similar to Yin Spirits, and the transformation speed of Yin Spirits is indeed incredibly slow. Without decades or even centuries of painstaking effort, it can’t be achieved.
“It can only become part of daily cultivation, relying on steady accumulation.”
“It doesn’t need urgent efforts; patience in waiting will suffice. Some events simply require time to brew.”
“Just like mastering the Nine Apertures of Fetal Breathing; maybe one day, the Yin God will suddenly come into being, hehe…”
Chen Mu shrugged, grinning as he continued to examine the Stone Gate.
He had numerous secret techniques yet to reach perfection, but most required long periods grinding experience to master.
“If only these secret techniques had corresponding magic artifacts, I could simply devour them with Yama Feasting Divine Power to master them at once!” Chen Mu couldn’t help but fantasize.
Yama Feasting truly lives up to its name of divine skill, and with feedback from the Stone Gate, as long as a magic artifact is devoured, he can grasp its inner true intent, thereby mastering various secret arts.
The Lock Spirit Spell and Little Circulation Star Battle Technique Forbidden were both learned this way.
This approach is a shortcut in cultivation, simply extraordinary.
While pondering where to find some magic artifact talismans corresponding to secret techniques, he suddenly noticed the Tongyou Spell.
“I indeed don’t have a magic artifact right now, but the power of the ghost pattern summoned by the Tongyou Spell is a kind of invisible talisman!”
“If I were to devour it…
Chen Mu’s eyes almost started to glow.
The Tongyou Spell can borrow the power of ghost patterns, yet Chen Mu hasn’t truly mastered the ghost patterns themselves.
If he devours the Tongyou ghost pattern power using the Yama Feasting Divine Power, maybe he could comprehend the true intent of the ghost patterns and genuinely master them.
Chen Mu immediately fished out a robust ghost pattern from the Nine Serenities Abyss.
This ghost pattern comes from the Soul-Calming Stake, primarily for reinforcement. With it, an ordinary wooden stake becomes as firm as gold and stone.
His brow’s divine fetus trembled, enveloping his right hand with silvery-threaded gray-black mist.
Feeling the cold power within his right palm, Chen Mu chuckled sinisterly.
“It doesn’t hurt, not at all, little darling, it doesn’t hurt a bit!”
Robust ghost pattern: “…”
Damn, where did this lunatic come from!
