HBWnovel Chapter 468 - 461 Attack
Chapter 468 - 461 Attack
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Two days later, in Chen Mu’s small courtyard in Thousand Lanterns City.
A tall, thin Yin Spirit in black clothes walked out in high spirits.
By this time, the small mounds that were once scattered around the courtyard had vanished, replaced by a large expanse of flat, hard-packed soil.
Numerous Yin Spirits, following their original organization, gathered around the Soul-Attracting Lamps in groups of over ten, clustering together in the open space in front of the courtyard.
Seeing the tall and thin figure emerging with such joy, everyone’s eyes were filled with envy and hope. Who wouldn’t want to experience learning a Secret Technique without toil, in just the blink of an eye?
However, gazing intently at the small courtyard, there was no call for more to enter.
They were not disappointed, though, because they knew that this would continue tomorrow.
Inside the courtyard, Chen Mu let out a long sigh and hurriedly retracted the True Form of Heavenly Demon back into his brow.
"It’s easy to plant the Spiritual Seed, but hard to transmit the Secret Technique!"
He took out a frozen macaque corpse and activated the energy-restoring technique accompanying the True Form of Heavenly Demon to recover his Vital Energy.
Transmitting the Secret Technique required a massive amount of Yin Spirit Divine Power to carry the true intent of the technique. Even though he had cultivated a rudimentary form of the Divine Fetus that greatly increased his Yin Spirit Divine Power, he still could not transmit to all three hundred at once; he had to do it in batches.
"Now, there aren’t enough macaque corpses," Chen Mu scratched his head.
After the Divine Fetus was developed, he no longer needed the fiery refinement of the Flight of Flame Scripture or the rapid Vital Energy cultivation technique, so he stopped collecting macaque corpses. Little did he expect that he would now face a problem.
"If I just had a large quantity of Jade Dew Pearls, that would work too," Chen Mu sighed.
This was initially a specialty of the Cai Yuan Department, but the Dew Harvesting Spell of the Yin Spirits within Thousand Lanterns City had long since ceased to function.@@@@
Pondering this, Chen Mu looked towards the house next door, his face revealing a playful smile.
"I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble Supervisor Shen."
With Shen Yan’s profound cultivation, he could easily extract Jade Dew to water his vegetables. It probably would not be a problem to extract more to help himself recover his Divine Power.
...
"Are you an idiot!" Shen Yan’s face was incredulous: "With so many Cai Yuan Department Yin Spirits available, you want me to collect Jade Dew for you?"
"You’re the idiot!" Chen Mu replied unhappily: "If they could still use the Dew Harvesting Spell, I wouldn’t need you!"
"Ha! It seems you have no idea where Jade Dew really comes from." Shen Yan’s lips curled upwards, his face full of teasing.
"Is that so? It seems like you would prefer an additional experience of doing the splits in front of three hundred Yin Spirits!" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.
Hisss... The threat had obviously worked.
Shen Yan looked helpless: "Jade Dew comes from the River of Oblivion."
"The Dew Harvesting Spell ceased functioning because Lan Zhang destroyed the Bottomless Pool of the Netherworld Department and sealed the Ghost Gate, resulting in no influence of the River of Oblivion’s power within the camp. The newly born Yin Spirits have weak Divine Power and can’t reach across the void to connect with the River of Oblivion, so naturally, the spell fails."
"But now they all know the Three Paths Curse, which can draw upon the source of the River of Oblivion. You can extract the Weak Water from it, and naturally, they can also collect Jade Dew from within."
Chen Mu’s eyes immediately lit up.
He had not merely taken in three hundred Yin Spirits; he had gained three hundred humanoid Jade Dew Spiritual Fields!
How wonderful it is to farm – I love farming!
...
With the Yin Spirits from Hai Character Camp collecting Jade Dew, Chen Mu could quickly recover his Vital Energy. Splurging Divine Power without any restraint, it took him only one day to complete the transmission of the Three Paths Curse.
In order to collect Jade Dew more efficiently, he even took half a day to transmit his perfected Dew Harvesting Spell.
When it comes to farming, watering, fertilizing, choosing seeds, and cultivating seedlings are all normal undertakings. Chen Mu passed on his Dew Harvesting Spell experience extraordinarily eagerly.
In addition, he took time to venture outside Thousand Lanterns City to gather information about the camp.
After all, the absence of an entire group of over three hundred Yin Spirits might lead to consequences. However, the factions within the camp were still fighting fiercely, and even members of the Cai Yuan Department did not notice anyone missing.
"They’re doomed sooner or later!" Shen Yan who had heard the live update couldn’t help but curse again.
"Becoming muddle-headed from staying up late? Go and get some sleep; dreams have everything." Shen Yan glanced at Chen Mu, his sarcasm undisguised.
Chen Mu could not help but squint his eyes.
This old ghost has been growing increasingly bold lately.
Under Chen Mu’s gaze, Shen Yan remained nonchalantly calm. He had thought it through; since he couldn’t leave Thousand Lanterns City anyway, what did he have to fear?
Somersaults? Splits? Whatever!
"Is there another meaning to this?" Chen Mu, unable to contain his curiosity, eventually asked.
"To complete the Divine Fetus’s recovery as quickly as possible, your three hundred Yin Spirits are nowhere near enough."
"But even if you continue to enlist more help, the Safe Heart Sutra’s ability to refine weak water cannot increase indefinitely."
"Besides, weak water has the ability to aid the ghost pattern in returning to its origin, but it is only an auxiliary. The real limit to the recovery speed is the potential of the Divine Ghost Pattern itself."
"It’s like the black-leaf vegetable freshly planted in this garden; can you expect it to become a dish within one day? Even if you applied an excess of fertilizer, it would be useless."
Chen Mu had a sudden realization: "The speed of the Divine Fetus’s recovery inherently has a limit?"
"Of course." Shen Yan nodded.
"When you initially told me to gather the Yin Spirits, you never mentioned anything about a potential limit!" Chen Mu asked, with a darkened face.
"Lie to you? Skirt around the heavy topics? It’s inevitable," Shen Yan shrugged, adopting the attitude of a pig not fearing scalding water.
Chen Mu was momentarily at a loss for words.
He admitted it! This old ghost had actually admitted to having tricked people from the beginning?!
Was he out of his mind?
Could there be some other plot?
Chen Mu scratched his head in confusion.
His calm had been restored thanks to Shen Yan’s interjection.
"After all, the Divine Fetus is the foundation of the Yin God, which ordinary Yin Spirits could only cultivate over a hundred years. Even with the Three Paths Curse giving an advantage, it’s impossible to cultivate it in a short time."
"Forget it. If it can be done, it’ll be done; I won’t force it."
In Chen Mu’s view, the True Form of the Heavenly Demon was, after all, just a Divine Supernatural Power, not fundamental, and he quickly stabilized his spirit once more.
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Leaving the Yin Spirits to be arranged by Hong Xiu, allowing them to rest, Chen Mu left Thousand Lanterns City.
The sun rose in the east, and the clouds were a bright red.
The blood-colored sun of Nether Demon Heaven could make creatures bathed in its light irritable, and even though its rays were fervent, they chilled one to the core. Only the rising sun offered a bit of warmth.
"The environment in Nether Demon Heaven is truly awful. Under the influence of the blood sun, Nether Demon Heaven will surely not be free from strife."
"And who knows how long those fellows from the Hai Character Camp will last."
Having seen the disorganized state of Hai Character Camp, Chen Mu couldn’t help but worry. Could he really rely on these people to return to the Netherworld?
Hai Character Camp was now blatantly exposed, with no ghost soldiers to guard it; should they come under attack by the monstrous creatures of Nether Demon Heaven...
His thoughts a whirl, Chen Mu turned his head inadvertently and saw billows of black smoke rising from above the encampment.
Chen Mu’s heart skipped a beat.
It couldn’t be...
Immediately, he activated Truthful Listening, but besides the residual sounds of flames crackling, there were no other noises.
The people?! Where had the more than one hundred thousand Yin Spirits of Hai Character Camp gone?!
I’ve just spent the night cultivating immortality, and Hai Character Camp is gone just like that? Magic tricks aren’t performed like this!
Chen Mu was utterly stunned.