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Chen Mu's scalp suddenly felt numb.
Could it be that General Bai on the top of the mountain has also defected to Mingmotian?
……
For three days in a row, Chen Mu was worried, couldn't eat or sleep well, and stared at the top of the mountain nervously the whole day.
Until he saw the various members of the Flame Roving Army begin to carry the multi-headed dragon's corpse again, until he saw the Bottomless Pond fully resume operation as normal, until he saw the military supervisor Gong Huan still strictly supervising the military records, he... he was still not very reassured.
Late at night, in the city of Thousand Lights.
"Bai Zhilang and Gong Huan betrayed Jiugu City together?"
Shen Yan laughed as if he heard a big joke: "You have a very rich imagination."
"A genius monster like Lan Zhang is rare in hundreds of years."
"I'm not surprised that this kind of person, who is unwilling to be inferior to others and eager for quick success, would rebel against Yinming. I even think that City Lord Jian had expected this."
"But the others..." Shen Yan couldn't help but shook his head: "They don't have the courage, let alone the talent."
"What if..." Chen Mu was still worried.
"You're not going to hide in Qiandeng City again, are you?" Shen Yan said angrily, "It's obvious that monsters are attacking the camp. Can you please stop being such a coward?"
"You know nothing! I'm just being cautious!" Chen Mu argued.
Shen Yan rolled his eyes immediately. If he wasn't afraid that this bastard would drag him out to bask in the sun, he would have made fun of him no matter what.
"Even if Bai Zhilang is really in trouble, Gong Huan is absolutely impossible."
"We, the military supervisors, were personally trained and promoted by the city lord, and we have secret spell contracts on us. If we betray Jiugu City, we will be cursed to death by the city lord's mansion."
"Gong Huan is a man of integrity, rigorous and meticulous in his work, and always obeys the orders of the city lord."
"Since Gong Huan is staying in Huangquan Tribe, it is impossible for Bai Zhilang to betray Jiugu City."
Seeing that Chen Mu was still hesitant, Shen Yan suddenly became impatient.
"If he really betrays the city lord, I will set up a stage and do three thousand somersaults in front of these three thousand ghosts!"
Chen Mu immediately looked sideways.
……
The weather in the underworld is hot and humid every day, and the various monsters raised are all insidious and ferocious.
The most obvious manifestation is that the fighting on the beach is becoming more and more intense.
Although so many multi-headed dragons were killed, they still persevered in fighting the Yin soldiers of the You Camp.
This resulted in the Flame Flag's daily task of transporting the corpses of the multi-headed dragon becoming increasingly heavy. In the past, it only took half a day to clean up the battlefield, but now, they are so busy that they only move half of the multi-headed dragon's corpses away until the sun sets completely.
The Youzi Camp had to send the Flame Carriage to the Yinfeng Division's auxiliary soldiers, asking them to temporarily transform into the Flame Carriage Division to help. In this situation, even Chen Mu, a general flag Yin soldier, had to move the chariot himself.
But he gradually felt at ease.
For more than half a month, Chen Mu has never given up observing in secret.
The entire You Camp was busy with hunting and fighting like a spinning top, and apart from the normal casualties, there were no incidents of ghosts disappearing without reason.
Shi Dechun helped to gather gossip from various camps, and did not receive any disturbing rumors.
"It seems that I'm really overthinking it." Chen Mu laughed and shook his head.
He was actually happy to see the Flame Tribe's increasingly busy tasks.
"It's good to be busy. Maybe I can complete the hunting target sooner and leave the Netherworld sooner." He thought happily.
“It’s a bit of a shame that I can’t see Shen Laogui doing somersaults on stage.”
"Well...how about tricking him into performing on stage?"
"Hiss...it's not impossible!" Chen Mu's eyes lit up immediately.
"This old man can't leave Qiandeng City anyway, so isn't it easy to play him?"
"The three thousand Yin spirits have been suppressed in Qiandeng City for too long. Their depressed mood needs a shocking performance to relieve it."
"Then we'll have to make Military Inspector Shen suffer! Haha..." Chen Mu quickly threw the corpse of a five-headed monster dragon onto the flame chariot and walked briskly towards Shi Dechun and Hong Xiu.
Shen Yan is very shrewd and hard to fool, so he has to find two helpers to act together.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 473 Half a Year
Chen Mu's idea of pitting Shen Yan against others was a good one, but unfortunately it was not realized in the end.
Old Ghost Shen used to be a military supervisor. Chen Mu didn't care, but Hong Xiu and Shi Dechun didn't dare to ignore him. No matter how he tried to persuade him, it was useless.
So cowardly!
Late at night, the Thousand Lights City was brightly lit.
The barracks were expanded again. In addition to the original 200 wooden buildings, 300 new wooden buildings with exquisite styles were completed and distributed on both sides of the central street.
"Do you really want to build a building for everyone?" Chen Mu found Shen Yan who was acting as supervisor and asked with raised eyebrows.
"You can live in a single room? Why can't they? You are the only one who has a bigger face than others?" Shen Yan said calmly, and his words made Chen Mu feel suffocated.
Ever since he gave up, no one knew what attribute had awakened in Old Ghost Shen. Every time he spoke, he tried to choke people to death.
"It's a pity that we can only think about it. At most, three to five people can live in one building." Shen Yan shook his head: "There is a shortage of raw materials."
"You also know that there is a shortage of materials." Chen Mu curled his lips.
He wished someone would rebuild Qiandeng City, but the wood and earth that were sent in at the beginning were almost used up.
Now that he was in Youziying, he was busy all day long, and there were people everywhere around him. Once the materials were used up, he had no chance or time to replenish them.
"Why don't you dig some soil from underground and I'll have them lift the foundation here first."
"Fortunately, this cave is not big and there is no disturbance. Otherwise, with this shovel hitting the ground, these wooden buildings would have collapsed long ago."
"Okay..." Chen Mu smacked his lips. It would be no problem to dig some soil underground at night.
After watching the bricklayer and his men carving doors and windows for a while, Chen Mu called on the ghosts on duty today to recite the Three Paths Mantra to help him practice the Peace of Mind Sutra.
This is something he practices every day.
Although the Peace of Mind Sutra had already been completed, and the progress of tracing the origin of the divine fetus was not reflected on the gray wall, but with daily practice, the power of the Yin Spirit was actually increasing.
Moreover, almost every one or two days, the divine fetus would glow and flash, reminding him that the divine fetus was being improved, and the feedback was even more exciting than the experience gained in the past.
For this purpose, the working and resting time of the ghosts in Qiandeng City was specially adjusted to reverse the day and night inside and outside, in order to cooperate with Chen Mu's practice.
……
The blood-red sun rises as usual.
The You Camp was running non-stop like a wound-up spring, and countless dragons were filled into the bottomless pool.
Chen Mu was busy protecting the auxiliary soldiers and moving corpses during the day, and went into Qiandeng City to practice at night. His days were busy but regular. Before he knew it, half a year had passed in a flash.
That evening, the various units of the You Camp slowly returned to the camp.
After a busy day, Chen Mu finally had some free time. He held a cup of Jade Dew and sat by the pillar of the wooden house's long corridor, feeling the hot and humid breeze from the Netherworld and taking a sip of the Jade Dew with the taste of black plum juice. He felt relaxed and even thought that the dark red plasma-like sunset glow in the distance was a bit more beautiful.
Soon, a faint noise was heard throughout the mountain, and a slight fragrance wafted into the air.
The ghosts in various departments of the You Camp have started to cook.
Although ghosts can survive as long as they have jade dew, that thing has no taste except for its varied flavors.
The You Camp had been stationed here for a year and a half, almost two years. In the beginning, they were well-behaved, but after a while, some people started looking for ingredients from the Netherworld to cook.
Hundreds of thousands of evil spirits gathered together, and it was impossible to suppress them by force. Even the rigid and upright military supervisor Gong turned a blind eye, so naturally the generals of various departments did not care much.
All kinds of strange beasts and monsters within a hundred miles around the base suffered.
In other words, the flesh and blood of the multi-headed dragon are extremely poisonous, otherwise the hunting performance of the entire You Flag would be reduced by several points.
Just as I was thinking about something, a short and skinny figure appeared in front of the wooden house.
Jia Zhang?
This person was a former member of the Yi Sanqi and seemed to have some hidden magical powers. Although the Hai Camp suffered many disasters, he escaped the disasters safely.
Seeing the other person's figure, Chen Mu's eyes lit up: "But what good things did you find?"
This old guy is not only good at escaping, but also has an extraordinary ability to identify and find unfamiliar ingredients.
"It's blood oysters!" Jia Zhang grinned and raised the basket woven from tree bark that was as high as his forearm: "General, you are in for a treat today!"
Chen Mu was immediately overjoyed.
The blood oyster is a rare shellfish found in the blood sea. It has tender meat and a herbal fragrance, making it a rare delicacy.
After the evil spirits discovered their edible nature, the blood oysters around the beach battlefield were in trouble and were caught and almost extinct soon. Unexpectedly, old man Jia found a bunch of them today.
"All the military merits I gained from carrying so many dragons today are yours!" Chen Mu stood up, took the bark basket, and gave the reward happily.
Jia Zhang's smile widened even more, and he immediately bowed and shouted, "Thank you, General!"
Chen Mu has no shortage of secret techniques, no need for precious medicines, and does not care about military merits. However, Jia Zhang and other Yin spirit auxiliary soldiers treasure them very much.
……
Thousand Lights City.
In the small courtyard in front of the wooden building.
A lotus leaf-sized black flame disk was suspended in the center of the round table, burning quietly.
On it, palm-sized blood oysters that looked like black pebbles were split in half, and the pomegranate-red oyster meat filled with mashed garlic was roasted with a gurgling sound, and the aroma filled the air.
He picked one, dug out the whole piece of oyster meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Feeling the hot and delicious taste, Chen Mu couldn't help squinting his eyes.
"good to eat!"
"Tsk! It's terrible to be uneducated. Apart from the word 'delicious', can't you think of any other adjectives to describe it?" Shen Yan sneered in a sarcastic tone.
Chen Mu ignored him.
Shen Yan couldn't help but sigh. This bastard was becoming more and more shameless, and ordinary ridicules could no longer penetrate him.