I am grinding experience in another world

Chapter 414 - 407 Monster

The sun rose in the east and set in the west, time slowly passing by.

One day, inside an underground secret chamber at Sunrise Mountain, Chen Mu.

Along with the resonant buzzing sound like a gong strike, the pitch-black lid of the Primordial Furnace soared into the air with a bang.

Elixir pills the size of longan fruits, translucent and jade-green, successively flew out, lining up to enter a fist-sized pristine white porcelain bottle.

Chen Mu held the bottle gleefully with his left hand, waiting until it was filled with elixirs before skillfully sealing it with a wooden stopper and beeswax, then continued to scoop out more pills into another identical porcelain bottle to seal and store.

"Indeed, it’s the alchemy of the extreme rank."

He had pondered over the Rejuvenation Pill technique for many years, and as of today, he had finally refined it to perfection, with a one-hundred-percent success rate creating the pills, saving him a great deal of time.

The materials he had previously accumulated, combined with the great Primordial Pill Furnace, were turned into elixir pills after only three batches.

"If there’s a special circumstance that prevents the concoction of Replenishing Origin Soup, having these one hundred thirty-two Rejuvenation Pills on hand means I won’t delay cultivation."@@@@

Chen Mu cleaned the pill furnace with a grin.

As he busied himself, he thought about whether to celebrate with some late-night snacks.

But suddenly, the Five Ghosts Paper Man flew over to him.

Then, a lingering, hissing sound arrived at his ear without warning.

The voice was profound and deep, like the long call of a whale from a past life in the deep sea, causing an irresistible tremor in body and soul.

"What the heck is that?!"

The Truthful Listening Technique was suddenly stimulated, with invisible ripples dispersing in all directions.

However, apart from the occasional chirping of insects and birds, the mountain was as tranquil as always.

The melodious call just now seemed to be nothing more than an auditory hallucination.

"Did I hear wrong?" Chen Mu squinted at the jumping Five Ghosts Paper Man.

"Or is there another creature appearing?"

Three Vermilion Feather Swords soared into the clouds.

Under the moonlight, the whole of Jilong Mountain seemed like a submerged reef in the deep sea, silent and steady, with no abnormalities.

"What a hassle..."

...

In a secluded courtyard by the creek on the east side of Jilong Mountain.

General Jin had a face so gloomy it looked like water might drip from it.

Qian Mu’s face, filled with countless eyes, exhibited nothing but helplessness: "The Strange Demon has completely submerged into the Netherworld. General, our great efforts have come to naught."

"Have you found out where the Twelve Night Wandering Deities have gone?" General Jin asked, suppressing his rage.

Lian Cheng’s expression was grave: "The Night Wandering Deities were ambushed and killed by the Inspection Courtyard."

"The lead person, they say, was Mo Wuzhou."

Qian Mu frowned deeply: "Could it be Mo Wuzhou who discovered the Strange Demon last time as well?"

"It was Song Wujie who came to deal with the Strange Demon."

"I have alchemy skills; I don’t need to fight and struggle to make money."

"I just want to find a quiet place with little conflict to cultivate in peace."

"It’s just that there are too many newly built Lower Courtyards on Jilong Road and it’s hard to distinguish them. As I don’t know any other influential people, I can only trouble you, brother, to help me look into it."

Mo Wuzhou understood what Chen Mu was saying.

At the Condensing Aperture Stage, what you need is resources and time.

If one can refine elixir pills, they won’t lack resources; they just need a stable environment for cultivation.

He himself chose to hide on Jilong Mountain to avoid the internal disputes within the Jade Spring Mountain Upper Court.

"So, there really are hidden dangers on Jilong Mountain?" Mo Wuzhou stared intently at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu responded with a bitter smile, "I don’t know if there are hidden dangers, but with the withering disease followed by the men in black, Jilong Mountain doesn’t seem as safe as it appears."

"You said I am timid, so..." Chen Mu shrugged helplessly.

"Really?" Mo Wuzhou was skeptical.

"Of course it’s true." Chen Mu lied with a straight face.

...

Toward evening.

Mo Wuzhou walked out of the Inspection Courtyard with an expressionless face.

In the end, he couldn’t get anything conclusive out of Chen Mu, but he instinctively felt uneasy.

However, he could only instruct the Inspection Courtyard to strengthen their guard and try their best to prevent any incidents.

The verdant green mountains under the setting sun held a serene beauty, yet he had no mood to appreciate them.

Mo Wuzhou frowned and looked towards the black smoke inside his Jade Seed, "Tell me, is there really a problem on Jilong Mountain?"

"Oh, how rare, you actually took the initiative to talk to me?" The black smoke churned, with streaks of scarlet visible within, and a slightly mocking voice appeared in Mo Wuzhou’s mind, "You’re not calling me a vile demon anymore? I..."

"Shut up!" Mo Wuzhou immediately withdrew his spirit, treating the black smoke’s rants as if they were the blowing wind.

Ever since the disappearance of the white smoke creature, this black smoke had appeared inside his Jade Seed.

He had tried every means to drive it out, but had failed every time. He couldn’t even sense the existence of the black smoke with his secret techniques. It seemed as though it was all just an illusion of his own mind.

While his mind was in turmoil, he suddenly felt a tightening on his scalp, and a sharp, piercing pain abruptly surfaced on his skin.

Mo Wuzhou instantly returned to his senses, his eyes sharply scanning his surroundings.

That feeling just now was clearly the sense of danger that appears when targeted by a powerful demon or monster.

But after surveying the area, it was peacefully quiet around him, and he found nothing.

He immediately retracted his gaze in annoyance, glaring viciously at the black smoke inside his Jade Seed, "If you mess around again, I’ll go directly to the Sect Master for help. If it comes down to it, we’ll both be done for!"

"Going down together, that vicious, huh?" the black smoke teased playfully.

"Shut up!"

"Tsk tsk..."

Mo Wuzhou ignored the black smoke’s taunting, summoned his Escape Light, and flew expressionlessly toward the summit of Jilong Mountain.