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Days passed by, and although the wilderness was cold and lonely, Chen Mu had enough food and drink, and was safe, and he could feel the comfort there.
That day, he slept until dawn as usual. After a quick wash, he took a bowl of porridge made of yellow sprout rice and dark demon sky blood fish, picked up a small wooden chair and sat at the door, basking in the cold sun of the dark, while he ate and browsed the gray walls.
At this point, there’s actually nothing much to see, it’s more out of habit.
He had more than 1,200 white jade coins on him, so he couldn't practice any of the secret techniques of the Qigong practitioners, so it was useless to watch.
Most of the secrets of the Heavenly Demon's true form have been practiced to the limit, and even the Jade Gate Curse was practiced to the limit before leaving the Dark Demon Heaven. Only the Yellow Spring Attraction Secret was left to practice.
Fortunately, the completion of the secret method does not mean the end. Although the Peaceful Heart Sutra and the Three Paths Curse can no longer bring him experience points, they can allow him to continuously collect weak water and make the true form of the celestial demon more complete.
“It’s just a little slow.”
"It's another day of remembering the ghosts."
After returning to the underworld, the aura of the Forgotten River was everywhere. The efficiency of the Three Paths Curse and the Heart Sutra of Peace increased sharply. However, compared with the previous time in the Underworld, the speed was a bit insufficient.
At that time, there were five to six thousand evil spirits in Qiandeng City. With their help from chanting the Three Paths Mantra, they moved as fast as riding a rocket.
"What a pity." Chen Mu looked regretful.
"How about...capture some evil spirits and send them into Qiandeng City?" An attractive idea suddenly came to his mind.
"No, no, no, this demon spirit seed doesn't look very decent no matter how you look at it. I had no choice before in the Dark Demon Heaven. Now that I'm back in the underworld, if I plant spirit seeds for the Yin spirits at will, that would be a crooked way." Chen Mu shook his head repeatedly: "I'm a good person, I won't do such a thing!"
As he was thinking this, he looked up and saw five little paper ghosts chasing two evil spirits, one tall and one short, running into the small Sancai forbidden area.
Chen Mu's heart tightened instinctively, and with the order of King Yama, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was quickly stuffed into the mouths of the two Yin spirits.
"Tell me! How did you find this place? Who is behind this? Do you want to harm me?!"
The two ghosts opened their mouths, looking confused.
……
"So, you are the subordinates of that one-horned ghost king, and you are here to check out the fire meteor a few days ago?"
There is actually a ghost king lingering in this desolate wilderness? This is trouble.
Chen Mu looked solemn.
"Just the two of you?" Chen Mu asked with a frown.
The tall, long-faced ghost didn't dare to hide it: "We came in two teams of twenty people in total. Two people in a group, searching in all directions. As soon as we got close, we were captured by your paper ghosts and brought here."
Chen Mu didn't bother to conserve his magic power and immediately activated the Di Listening Method.
Hearing the sounds from a radius of 20 miles, a blurry black and white image emerged in his mind. He indeed found more than a dozen people moving in different directions to investigate.
"Who is the one-horned ghost king?" Chen Mu asked.
"The mountains here are called Daqing Mountain, and the One-Horned Ghost King Shangyang is the master of this Daqing Mountain." The short, round-faced ghost also hurriedly explained: "It is rumored that he was once a general in Qingyang City, but was later ostracized and suppressed. In a fit of rage, he rebelled against Qingyang City, occupied the mountains here, and built a city in the mountains."
"We two are soldiers from the Qingshan City Patrol Battalion."
"A meteor fell from the sky a few days ago. The city lord was afraid that a new monster would fall into the underworld, so he sent us to investigate to prevent a disaster from happening."
The lord of a city?
Have you ever been a general?
It's a bit troublesome.
Since he can be a general, he must be in the Divine Embryo Realm. If I were to expose myself to him, the outcome would probably not be good.
"I just want to recuperate for a few days. I don't want to cause any trouble." Chen Mu muttered twice, and activated the Di Ting Fa again. The other eighteen Yin spirit soldiers were immediately locked.
"I can only make you my own people first."
The order of Emperor Yama!
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 489 Plan
In a thatched house in a small valley somewhere in Daqing Mountain.
After implanting the Heavenly Demon Spirit into the remaining 18 Yin Spirits and telling them not to reveal their whereabouts, Chen Mu let them go and let them continue to complete their patrol tasks, leaving only the two Yin Spirits, one tall and one short, to inquire about the news.
"What is this strange monster you are talking about?" Chen Mu asked puzzledly.
"We don't know either. We only know that they appear and disappear mysteriously, with white smoke all around them. There is no sign when they appear or disappear."
"They will attack cities and prey on evil spirits. Anyone who is eaten will be transformed by the evil spirit into a ghost and bound to their side, never to be reborn."
There is such a thing in the underworld? Chen Mu was surprised.
At first, he didn't stay in Jiugu City for long, and spent most of his time hiding in Jiugu City. He only heard that the outside world was dangerous, and there was a black wind that could freeze ghosts to death, but he didn't know that there was such a weird existence.
I used to think that the Underworld was dangerous, but now it seems that the Underworld is not so peaceful either.
But why does this thing sound familiar?
Chen Mu thought about it carefully, but couldn't figure it out for a while.
"I originally wanted to recuperate in this small valley in the wild for a while, but now it seems that this plan may not work." He shook his head with regret in his heart.
"Does Qingshan City have any way to resist the evil monster?" Chen Mu continued to ask.
“Yes.” The short ghost nodded: “The strange monster is fierce and strange, but as long as you don’t attack or provoke it, it is actually easy to deal with.”
Chen Mu felt relieved.
As long as there is a way to deal with it.
"Just make sure they are full." The tall ghost said suddenly.
Chen Mu was a little confused for a moment.
What do you mean?
"Ghost King Shang has captured many lonely ghosts and formed the Qingshan City Death Squad. Whenever a strange monster appears, the Death Squad will be dispatched. Once the strange monster is full, it will disappear without a trace."
Chen Mu: "..." Is this even possible?!
You still dare to join the death camp? This is the death camp, right?
This Ghost King Shang doesn't sound like a good person.
"Are other cities doing the same?" Chen Mu couldn't believe it.
Although he didn't stay in Jiugu City for a long time, he had never heard of any death squad.
"That's not the case." The short ghost shook his head: "The big city is guarded by a large number of ghost soldiers, we just need to fight them off."
That's right. Just like the Jigu City, it can cross the void to the outer world to hunt monsters. It is impossible to face a local monster and actively feed it to the Yin spirit. That is too cowardly.
"Your Qingshan City is not that great..." Chen Mu shook his head.
He just wanted to hide in Qingshan City.
The two ghosts shrank their heads, but could not refute. The family knew their own business. Qingshan City was just a small city in the mountains. It was the private property of the Ghost King Shangyang, and it was indeed a bit simple.
"Where is Qingyang City? It's not the same there, is it?" Chen Mu asked.
"Qingyang City is more than 300 miles east of the Daqing Mountains. It is a big city that can accommodate millions of ghosts and is guarded by its own ghost soldiers. But I haven't heard of any death squad there." The short ghost said with some envy.
That's okay.
Chen Musong breathed a sigh of relief.
If it's that tricky, he wouldn't dare go there.
"By the way, have you ever heard of Fengdu City?" Chen Mu's heart moved and he couldn't help but ask. After all, he was not a ghost, so he could return to the mortal world as soon as possible.
The two ghosts, tall and short, looked at each other and shook their heads.
Chen Mu was stunned.
There are millions of ghosts in Jigu City, which is already huge, but according to Shen Laogui, Jigu City is just an acropolis of Fengdu City. With this calculation, Fengdu City must be a big city in the underworld, and its reputation should be far-reaching.
"Never heard of it?"
The two tall and short Yin spirits pondered for a while, and finally shook their heads.
Chen Mu's heart suddenly sank.
If I can’t even find Fengdu City, how can I return to the mortal world?
It's troublesome.
……
The next day, on the corridor outside the thatched cottage.
Chen Mu was lying in a rocking chair. In the air in front of him, a ball of Forgetful River water the size of a human head and the Nine Nether Blue Flame were chasing and spinning around each other, like two nimble swimming fish.
Huangquan Yin is the only secret technique that Tian Yao Zhenxing has not yet practiced to the highest level. During the days he has settled in the small valley, he has often practiced it, and the increased experience and insights he gained have brought him a lot of pleasure.
Today he was gaining experience as usual, but he didn't really pay much attention to it.
"Those two ghosts don't know Fengdu, maybe they have too little experience." Chen Mu was not willing to accept this.
"According to them, there are only a little over 100,000 people in Qingshan City, and what they usually do is rob people on the road, extort and exploit ordinary ghosts."
"Rather than calling it a big city, it's more like a large bandit stronghold. They show off their might in the Daqing Mountains all day long, but few people know about it outside."
"A ghost in the Divine Embryo Realm dares to call himself the Ghost King. What a bunch of bumpkins and bandits."
"It would be best if we go to Qingyang City to ask around. After all, it's a big city comparable to Jigu City. The news there is better than that in the isolated and remote Daqing Mountain."
He looked at the vegetable field that had just been opened next to the thatched hut and felt quite regretful.
"I'm afraid this vegetable patch won't be of any use anymore."
He had originally planned to stay here for a few months, and then leave after training Huang Quan Yin to the maximum level.
While trying not to use his magic power, Huangquan Yin is the main method of self-defense he prepared for himself.
When this secret technique is practiced to the highest level, it can attract deeper Nine Nether Blue Flames and the water of the Forgotten River. The burning and corrosive properties will definitely increase greatly, and it may be able to burn to death the Yin soldiers of the same level in one battle.
As for the Yin Bing's true form, that thing has to fight with bare chest and muscles, which is too cheap and does not fit his style at all. Huang Quan Yin is better, combined with Qi Ban Baili defense control, as long as the sword is pointed up, it can either drown the opponent or burn the opponent to death, which is quite cool.
"It was a good idea, but who would have thought that there are still strange monsters living in the wilderness. Tsk..." Chen Mu shook his head: "We have to get into the city as soon as possible."
Whether for the purpose of inquiring about the news of Fengdu City or for his own safety, he had to enter Qingyang City as soon as possible.