I am grinding experience in another world

Qiluo Mountain City Divine Temple, East Straddling Courtyard.

Accompanied by a splashing sound, a drenched Li Buxian leaped out of the Lock Dragon Well.

His face was as black as coal, a gloomy expression as he returned to his room.

Chen Mu's Divine Thoughts projection was sitting by the Lock Dragon Well, watching Li Buxian with satisfaction.

"It wasn't in vain that I bustled about all day."

"Finally saw that old fogey's infuriated black face."

"It was worth it, oh yes."

He was just about to return to the Divine Statue Grotto Heaven, gleeful, when he lifted his eyes and saw Li Buxian, now in a set of dry, crisp black clothes, appearing once more.

And a black gourd was tied around his waist.

The surface of that gourd was dark, with silver threads faintly discernible, compared to yesterday's gourd, it seemed cut from the same cloth!

"So this thing isn't the only one, dammit!"

"Got all excited too soon, dammit!"

Chen Mu's face instantly turned pitch black.

...

The following night.

Chen Mu appeared again by the Lock Dragon Well, staring at Li Buxian.

He had stolen Li Buxian's second gourd into the Divine Statue Grotto Heaven.

Just like a replay of yesterday.

Li Buxian was first searching inside the Lock Dragon Well by extending his arm, then he jumped to the bottom of the well to take a look, only to come up with a face even uglier than the day before.

Chen Mu had learned his lesson and dared not celebrate too soon.

Sure enough, it wasn't long until he saw Li Buxian, in fresh dry black clothes, carrying a black gourd with an impassive face again.

"How many gourds did this old fogey actually prepare?" Chen Mu couldn't help grinding his teeth.

Was it because snatching ghosts inherently had a possibility of failure, that he had prepared many gourds beforehand to hedge his risk?

Miscalculated, damn!

"If there was only one black gourd, that'd be great." He couldn't help but sigh.

Just one gourd, and possibly that old fogey would have started crying and bawling his eyes out last night. Unlike now, just an ugly face that quickly returned to calm.

"But well..."

"Having many gourds isn't necessarily all bad either."

"If I keep stealing every black gourd, won't this old guy's face turn ugly each time?"

"One gourd could upset the old guy for one day, many gourds could keep him upset for many a day, couldn't they?"

"Haha, let's do exactly that!"

...

Several days later, under the Cave Heaven Gate Tower.

Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, watching Li Buxian on the water screen.

The man put a rope into the Lock Dragon Well and then just sat on it, staring at the black gourd underwater without blinking. He had maintained this posture for an entire day.

"The old fogey's gotten smarter, huh," Chen Mu chuckled as he shook his head.

"Too bad though, I still wanted to play for a few more days." He felt somewhat regretful.

Over the past few days, as he had continuously stolen several black gourds, Li Buxian's face had grown darker with each passing day.

Now, to prevent any accidents, he had closed off the City Divine Temple and went directly into squatting inside the Lock Dragon Well.

With Li Buxian himself being an exceptional figure, and being watched by such a high-level master, Chen Mu could not secretly steal the black gourd into the Divine Statue Grotto Heaven without making a sound.

"Well then, so be it."

"There wasn't much of a grudge to begin with, toying with him for five or six days is enough."

"Mustn't push him too hard; if it provokes the old guy to investigate and he discovers that I can leave the Divine Statue Grotto Heaven, that would be a real trouble."

Chen Mu didn't look any further, turning his attention to the Mystique Scripture on the gray wall.

Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture: 8838/10000, Fourth Rank;
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This Secret Technique was the focus of his recent experience cultivation.

And as he concentrated on his studies, he discovered that this Secret Technique was quite different from most Netherworld Mystiques.

Netherworld Mystiques usually require the assistance of Netherworld Power to shape Divine Ghost Patterns on the bodies of Yin Spirits.

The Dew Harvesting Curse and Flying Flame Scripture simply uses the power of the River of Oblivion to transform oneself. His current strongest technique, the Five Dragons Scripture, draws power from the Heavenly Demon Candle Dragon.

The Qi Cultivator's Secret Techniques are different; most of them directly call upon Mana and weave True Meaning Talismans according to certain rhythmic rules.

Whether it is the True Meaning Jade Slip or the Mystique Scriptures, they are all like film negatives or scaled-down physical models. They only provide cultivators with a template; the rest is up to the cultivator's own shaping and weaving.

The Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture also solely draws on Divine Power to generate Ghost Patterns, without the involvement of external forces; all the mysteries of the Secret Technique are within the scriptures.

"This seems to be the complete process of Secret Technique cultivation."

"The learning method of the Netherworld Mystique seems to have taken a shortcut."

"Hmm... why does it feel a bit like a passive version of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed's technique transmission?" Chen Mu's mind couldn't help but stir.

The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed could transmit its own Secret Techniques to the host of the Spirit Seed, having both active and passive modes.

The active mode is Chen Mu directly granting complete experience, while the passive version requires the host of the Spirit Seed to comprehend with the aid of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.

But even with the passive version, because there is complete experience to guide, the parasitic cultivator of the Spirit Seed would practice the corresponding Secret Techniques far better than ordinary people.

"Are there other Heavenly Demon Cloud Mirages in the Netherworld?"

"Could it be that those Secret Techniques and Curse tactics are bait like the Heavenly Demon Curse?"

"I haven't been duped, have I?" With a jolt, Chen Mu hurriedly checked himself.

Whether in his Fleshly Body or Heavenly Demon Body, after several thorough examinations inside and out, finding indeed no abnormalities, he finally slowly eased his mind.

"It should be due to the River of Oblivion," he quickly calmed himself.

"It is said that within the River of Oblivion are all the secrets of the Netherworld, perhaps containing various Secret Techniques and their true meanings."

"In this way, the River of Oblivion having the function to guide cultivation isn't impossible."

Since all Yin Spirits originate from the River of Oblivion, inherently connected to the River of Oblivion, it makes sense that they could use the power of the River of Oblivion to shape Ghost Patterns.

"The Netherworld truly is wondrous." With a sigh, Chen Mu closed his eyes and silently recited the scripture of the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture.

As the intangible meanings unfolded, strands of Yin Spirit Divine Power seeped into the silver vertical pattern between his eyebrows.

Then, shimmering with silver radiance, they surged along the Divine Ghost Pattern network toward his entire body.

And as waves of silver light circulated, the already root-like Divine Ghost Patterns suddenly sprouted new, delicate branches.

On the gray wall, the experience value for the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture began to climb continuously.

...

Within the City Divine Temple, in the Lock Dragon Well, the clear moon above illuminated the well's interior brightly.

At a certain moment, ripples appeared out of nowhere on the calm surface of the water, as if ice had been broken. The Black Gourd seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, slowly rising.

Li Buxian, seated cross-legged on a rope, shook, and quickly fished the gourd into his hand.

He gently shook it, feeling the slight sloshing of liquid inside, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

As he opened a small crack in the gourd's stopper, a light fragrance of wine entered his nose.

Li Buxian felt as if he had eaten a mint, a burst of refreshing coolness rushing to his head, and the tension that had been tight all day finally completely relaxed.

"Finally succeeded," he remarked.

He had long heard that brewing the Yellow Millet Wine carried a high failure rate, but he didn't expect it to be so high. After losing five Black Gourds, this was the first success.

"It's still due to insufficient Military Merit; I only got this Silver Gourd Secret Technique."

"Had I gotten the Golden Gourd, perhaps I would have succeeded earlier," Li Buxian sighed.

"Even with the Silver Gourd, according to the Lock Dragon Courtyard, the Success Rate should be about forty percent. So why, when it comes to me, is it even less than twenty percent?" He was quite puzzled.

Based on this Success Rate, could he really make up the required Superior Fetal Spirit before his term arrives to complete the Underworld God Nine Transformations?

"Could it be that I reaped too much bad luck from killing too ruthlessly for Military Merit?" He was worried.

"Should I, perhaps, chant more scriptures for the City God, asking for his blessing for my success?"

Hearing this, Chen Mu, who had been paying close attention to Li Buxian from within the Divine Statue Cave Heaven, couldn't help but be amused.

"I don't know about other City Gods, but praying a little more to me as the City God, I really could bless you with success," he teased.

As long as he doesn't meddle, the success rate indeed has the potential to increase significantly.