blueteamnovel Chapter 423 Gathering Dew
Chapter 423 Gathering Dew
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The following day, by the River of Oblivion.
Groups of people were scattered in twos and threes, wandering along the riverbank.
Chen Mu stood beside Shi Dechun, his heart still harboring residual fear as he gazed at the calm, endless, and unruffled surface of the water, the terrifying memories of struggling at the river bottom still lingering in his mind.
As he stared absently at the river, a sudden spray of water appeared.
A human-shaped shadow burst forth from the surface, only to sink back down again. As it rose and fell, it would at one moment take on a human shape, and at the next, revert to a form of black smoke.
After dozens of attempts to break free, it finally sank to the bottom and disappeared. Only a ring of ripples remained, slowly spreading out before returning to calm, once again resembling a glass mirror.
"What a pity," Shi Dechun remarked with a face full of sorrow.
Chen Mu frowned, "What happens to that person who fell back into the river bottom in the end?"
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"What else could happen?" Shi Dechun snorted coldly.
A jolt ran through Chen Mu's heart.
Could it be they are completely dead?
He remembered well that the River of Oblivion Water was highly corrosive, comparable to a terrifying poison.
Shi Dechun's face darkened, "Of course, it's to be reborn and reincarnated."
Chen Mu's expression became rigid, "Reincarnation doesn't seem to be a bad thing, is it?"
Shi Dechun scowled, "He might be off living his life in the world, but I've just lost five Jade Dew Pearls for nothing."
"Niu Sanmiao did say that anyone who helps him pick up a Yin Spirit from the river can save five Jade Dew Pearls off their fare to Antiquity City."
"What a loss..."
Chen Mu couldn't help but roll his eyes.
I thought you were grieving for the loss of something precious, but it turns out you're just worried about your income?
Tsk...
But...
"Is there really such a thing as reincarnation?" Chen Mu expressed his skepticism.
"How could there not be?" Shi Dechun gave Chen Mu an odd look, "As long as they steep long enough at the river bottom, they can wash away the imprints of their past life."
"Then their bodies will turn from black to white, become light as a feather, and they can fly out of the River of Oblivion to the Bridge of Helplessness."
Is this for real?!
Chen Mu was filled with suspicion, "Have you seen the Bridge of Helplessness?"
That's all stuff of legends and tales, right? He had been cultivating Qi for more than ten years and had never come across such claims in any respectable Daoist Scripture.
Shi Dechun looked indifferent, "I haven't seen the Bridge of Helplessness, but I often see Yin Spirits flying off to be reborn when I walk by the River of Oblivion."
He then squinted his eyes, looking like he was enjoying a show, and lifted his chin toward the river, "Look, there goes one."
Chen Mu looked up in surprise and saw a wisp of white smoke flying out of the water.
Its head rapidly changed color, gaining clear facial features, yet from the neck down, it was like a long snake made up of white smoke.
The expression on that person's face was blank, eyes drooping as if called by something; with a light flick of its white smoke tail, it swiftly soared towards the endless opposite bank of the River of Oblivion and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Having just started to learn, he didn't plan to delve too deep and decided he'd probably understand it better once he became proficient.
"Tsk, tsk, the familiar grind begins, get to work!"
His original body was hidden all along in the dark space brought about by the True Form of Heavenly Demon.
The damage caused by the corrosion of the Heavenly River Water, although slowly healing, was still terrifying.
In an unfamiliar place and unaware of potential dangers, he dared not rashly reclaim his body.
He decided to follow the local customs first, settle down, and then think about the future.
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By the River of Oblivion.
Chen Mu followed Niu Sanmiao's team, pretending to stroll around all day long.
They encountered several Netherworld Worms and saw a few Ghosts almost climbing onto the shore. Unfortunately, not a single one successfully became a Yin Spirit, leaving Niu Sanmiao's face visibly upset.
Especially noticing Chen Mu slacking off, leisurely as if on a spring outing, Niu Sanmiao's expression grew even grimmer.
After glaring and scolding several times, Chen Mu would respond with respect, then immediately continue to hide behind Shi Dechun and slack off, brushing up experience.
Frustrated, Niu Sanmiao reached for his whip several times, as if wanting to lash him a few times.
Frightened, Shi Dechun kept his distance from Chen Mu.
Unfortunately, no matter where he went, Chen Mu followed, annoying the old man to no end. He wanted to scold Chen Mu to go away but didn't dare to.
He hadn't forgotten Niu Sanmiao's peculiar behavior the previous night, and had a feeling that this little bald kid was out of the ordinary.
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At night, in the same wilderness as yesterday, a few bonfires had just been started.
Niu Sanmiao came to the campfire with an imposing aura.
His gaze immediately turned to Chen Mu, his right hand gripping the whip.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw Chen Mu handing over a palm-sized yellow gourd without hesitation.
The gourd felt heavy, and Niu Sanmiao was startled as he uncorked it, immediately seeing it was filled with a clear liquid like water.
He hurriedly sniffed it and was struck by the scent of fresh grass, his expression instantly changing to surprise, "Jade Dew?! When did you learn the Dew Harvesting Spell?"
Chen Mu smiled, "Niu Sir, is this Jade Dew enough?"
Niu Sanmiao hesitated for quite a while, very reluctantly moving his hand away from the whip.
He reached into his waist pouch and took out a lychee-sized transparent gel-like pearl and tossed it into the gourd.
Shaking the gourd, he turned it upside down. The Jade Dew didn't flow out, but only a cherry-red pearl did.
Niu Sanmiao glanced at the pearl in his palm and finally nodded in satisfaction, "Fine, continue tomorrow."
Chen Mu nodded with a smile.
Rather than collecting Yin Spirits to earn travel money, he preferred to practice his skill and condense Jade Dew on his own.
After four days of grinding, the Dew Harvesting Spell had earned over twelve hundred experience points and was somewhat usable.
Today, despite the effort it took almost half a day, he finally succeeded in condensing a gourd of Jade Dew.
Afterward, as long as he handed over a gourd of Jade Dew every day for Niu Sanmiao to turn into Jade Dew Pearls, it would take just over ten days to gather enough travel money, so he naturally wasn't worried about this horned creature causing him any trouble.
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