I am grinding experience in another world

On the eastern mountainside of Tangshan, there is a small pond.

Countless tiny hot springs vent in the pond, releasing steaming hot spring water bubbling constantly.

A thatched hut, elevated two meters off the ground, stood not far from the pond.

At this moment, southeast of the door, Chen Mu, holding the Magic Forbidden Core Disc of the Tangshan Institute, was staring blankly at a piece of empty ground nearby.

In a perspective unseen by ordinary people, strands of Earth Spirit Vital Energy were continuously emerging from the ground, drifting in all directions.

“This is the spot.”

With a flick of the wrist, a forearm-length White Jade Box appeared in hand, containing the roots of Green Needle Tea.

Activating the Earth-to-Steel Secret Technique, the soil seemed to erupt like a fountain, quickly surging and spreading around. In just a few breaths, a knee-high oval flowerbed formed on the spot.

Placing the Green Needle Tea roots into the flowerbed, Chen Mu then retrieved a dusty gray cloth bag from the Five Ghosts Bag. A pungent and strange odor immediately wafted past his nose.

“It shouldn’t be expired, after all, this is fertilizer specifically for Qi Cultivators…” Chen Mu muttered to himself.

The bag contained fertilizer made from Exotic Beast Bone Blood, left over from when he planted Yellow Bud Rice.

Mixing the fertilizer with the soil in the flowerbed, Chen Mu then took a portion of pond water containing Earth Spirit Vital Energy from afar and poured it in.

Chen Mu stood with arms akimbo, looking at the flowerbed with a satisfied smile.

“The transplant location is rich in Vital Energy, comparable to a small Buried Spiritual Spring.”

“I even used the… well-aged fertilizer.”

“This transplantation will surely be successful!”

After admiring the barren flowerbed for a while, Chen Mu happily returned to the thatched hut.

This was already his third day at the Tangshan Institute.

The first day was for handover, the second day was spent checking the Mountain Protection Magical Barrier in the Tingchao Cave.

And early today, he came to this pondside to set up his base.

Leveling the ground, setting up the thatched hut, and arranging the small Trinity Light-Shielding Technique, he was only just done with the preliminary tasks.

“The Tingchao Cave is indeed wide and bright, but I prefer hiding away here.”

“No disturbances, peace and quiet.”

“And this place is a Pre-Heaven Earth Vein Forbidden Technique node, capable of receiving the most Heavenly Star Essence, enough to continuously condense the Yellow Springs Gourd.”

Buzz!

The air slightly vibrated, and the Giant Spirit Divine clad in red gold armor appeared beside him.

Eleven Vermilion Feather Swords flew out from his sleeves, smoothly soaring into the sky, slicing through the air in all directions.

A quarter of an hour later, the eleven Vermilion Feather Swords penetrated underground special nodes.

Soon, a world of ice and snow emerged in his mind.

Centered on the Tangshan Institute, a hundred-mile radius was instantly brought into the listening range.

Chen Mu carefully probed several times, confirming there were no hidden energy movements, showing a satisfied smile.

“Shuanghua Institute raises Double Flower Rabbits and often has spies from the Lock Dragon Courtyard infiltrating.”

“Tangshan Institute is great, surrounded by icy wasteland, the Silver-scaled Fish raised is only a moderately valuable tonic food.”

“It won’t attract attention from Lock Dragon Courtyard, hence no trouble.”

“Simple tasks, abundant Vital Energy, safe environment, this secluded Lower Courtyard is truly a perfect retreat.”

…

“Unfortunately, this retreat can’t increase the success rate of the Spirit Treasure Talisman.” Half a month later, in front of the wooden house, Chen Mu couldn’t help but sigh.

Over the past ten days, Chen Mu had quickly integrated into the Tangshan Institute.

Unfortunately, the difficulty of the Yellow Springs Gourd remained; a slight mistake would cause the Primordial Talisman to collapse completely.

At this moment, only the River Car Divine Acupoint was leisurely rotating at the center of his Jade Seed. The nascent small gourd-shaped Primordial Talisman had already shattered and disappeared an hour ago.

“Well, it’s come to this, might as well have a meal.”

With a slight wave of his hand, a forearm-length translucent Silver-scaled Fish was extracted from the nearby pond.

Still in mid-air, countless ghostly green Slaughter Demon Qi Blades transformed into a rolling Blade Net, enveloping it, then proceeded to gut, scrape scales, and debone it swiftly.

By the time the fish flew to Chen Mu’s front, it had already turned into thin slices of fillet.

It was only swished in the bubbling broth of the Mixed Element Pill Furnace, and the enticing aroma began to waft into his nose.

“Hey! Many skills don’t oppress the body indeed.”

“The Demon Dispel techniques learned as an Auxiliary Soldier Butcher in the Thousand Mechanisms Sect came in handy now.”

Chen Mu’s chopsticks moved continuously, and in no time, he had eaten the entire fish clean.

“The healing effect isn’t notable, but the fish’s flavor is absolutely wonderful.”

“No wonder they built the Lower Courtyard of Tangshan in this remote place; the deliciousness must be one of the reasons.” Chen Mu took a sip of Nourishing Spirit Wine, nodding contentedly.

He sent out the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls to clean up the aftermath.

Chen Mu lay back in the rocking chair in front of the door, a jet-black wooden stake appeared by his side, precisely the final Soul-Calming Stake.

Having just completed a Yellow Springs Gourd condensation session, in the practice interval, he planned to again try mastering the last part of the ghost pattern of the Soul-Calming Stake.

He had attempted many times on the journey before. Unfortunately, this last puzzle piece seemed to be playing hide and seek with him, failing time and again.

“Do your best, listen to fate; if once doesn’t work, try ten times, eventually, success will come.”

The power of the Spirit Treasure Mechanism smoothly seeped in, capturing the ghost pattern’s aura, the Tongyou Spell unfolded, and consciousness sank into the Nine Serenities Abyss.

Chen Mu, like an experienced angler, skillfully baited and cast the hook.

Then…

Then he crashed into a cloud-like ghost pattern composed of a mass of silver thread stars.

“Indeed, no one knows when surprises will occur.”

“Just like now…”

In front of the wooden house, Chen Mu opened his eyes and joyfully examined the gray stone door in front of him.

Ghost Channeling (Yama True Acupoint): 1/10000;

“Yama True Acupoint?”

“Tsk! What a weird name.”

“Similar to Yama Emperor’s Command?”

“Alright, they both originated from the Thousand Mountains Sutra, just as expected.”

“At least it completely complements the Soul-Calming Stake ghost pattern, and is now on the list.”

…

Several days later.

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Activating the Steel Transformation Technique, soil and rocks rolled around like waves, soon forming a hemispherical underground cave.

Chen Mu took out a man-high dark wooden stake, placing it at the center of the cave.

Buzz!

The wooden stake suddenly shook, tiny specks of dust flying off scattered from the stake.

A wisp of chilling air flashed across the cave; had he not been fully engaged in Truthful Listening, he might have thought the wisp of air was a mere illusion.

“This… should count as success, right?” Chen Mu hesitated.

He had indeed mastered the Yama True Acupoint Ghost Pattern and the Strong Wall Ghost Pattern, but had only these two, not fully learning the other minute ghost patterns of the Soul-Calming Stake.

Chen Mu pondered, opened the Five Ghosts Bag, and released the Ghosts for free action.

Then he tentatively activated the Dew Harvesting Spell.

After a while, wisps of chilling airflow rotated and converged, forming a sesame-sized Jade Dew.

“Though the efficiency is somewhat lacking, it can indeed convert Heavenly Star Essence into Netherworld Jade Dew.”

“The ability to intimidate and gather Ghosts seems somewhat diminished.”

“But I don’t really need any intimidating ghost patterns.” Chen Mu flipped his hand, pulling out the Five Ghosts Paper Man.

The Five Ghosts Paper Dolls could exhibit some power of the Yama Emperor’s Command, suitable for suppressing and controlling Ghosts, even better than the pure entrapment of the Soul-Calming Stake.

“In future, I won’t have to worry about food for the Ghosts.” Chen Mu was content.