Chapter 868 - 856: Mist of Confusion
Beside the Moonlight Tree, at the entrance of the Snail Shell, a group of City Defense Camp soldiers lined up to approach.
Chen Mu used the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed to individually transmit the Jade Gate Curse to them.
The Jade Gate Curse is the core curse method of the Ghost Gate. Only Yin Spirits that master the Jade Gate Curse can forcefully form a living Ghost Gate under the aggregation of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture.
The previous Ghost Gate was formed by the hundred thousand ghosts within the Five Ghosts Bag.
Ordinary residents of White Bird City are too weak and not very useful. The City Defense Camp soldiers are different; each possesses divine skills, similar to Yin Soldiers of the underworld. With them joining, the Ghost Gate becomes stronger and more stable.
These days, every afternoon after finishing his Qi refinement cultivation, Chen Mu would let Xu Gui gather hundreds of City Defense Camp soldiers to receive the transmission of the Jade Gate Curse.
After an hour, he sent away the last Yin Soldier and waved his hand to pull out a rocking chair, lying down inside to rest.
Xu Gui, who watched the whole process, saw the soldiers off into the distance, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask, "By the way, what kind of place is the underworld? Is it really reliable?"
"You're not the only one who wants to ask this question." Chen Mu glanced at Xu Gui.
"Well, after all, it's an unfamiliar place, everybody indeed has doubts." Xu Gui didn't hide it.
"You've been busy with me for so many days, and only now you come to ask me about it? You're pretty good at holding it in." Chen Mu chuckled, shaking his head.
"As for whether it's reliable, I can't guarantee."
"After all, conflict is inevitable everywhere."
"Just like me, running around east and west all these years, I've never really encountered a reliable and peaceful place." He couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Over thirty years, wherever he went, problems arose. Not a few mountain-closing and door-destroying incidents, just like the current Mist Ridge.
"It's all because of this damned world!" Chen Mu cursed in his heart.
Seeing Xu Gui's curious expression, he took a deep breath and regained his composure.
"Wars are unpredictable, but at least there are no Nether Demon Heaven invasions there, and there are many of your kind."
"To escape the current chaotic situation is already a good thing." Xu Gui looked up at the blood-colored sky and breathed a sigh of relief.
...
That day.
Chen Mu, like usual, transmitted the Jade Gate Curse to the City Defense Camp soldiers.
"Why do I feel that the Miao Le Flying Immortal Dance is getting more and more beautiful?" Xu Gui, standing beside him, suddenly wondered out loud while looking at the phantom in the sky.
"Did you secretly give them some divine power?" He stared at Chen Mu with suspicion.
"After all, I rely on them to attract demon monsters and strange beasts, and can't let them work without feeding them." Chen Mu maintained a calm demeanor.
"Unfair!"
"Why don't you say to give me some!"
"I'm the Deputy City Lord, even if there's no merit, there's hard work." Xu Gui protested indignantly.
"Hard work?"
"Sleeping in Fan Building all day is considered hard work?" Chen Mu cast a sideways glance at Xu Gui.
"Hey, hey… don't bring that up." Xu Gui quickly waved his hand.
"Speaking of our friendship over the years, you can't favor one and neglect the other." He glared at Chen Mu.
"Actually, there's not much friendship; all counted, it's only three or four years." Chen Mu replied calmly.
Xu Gui: "..."
"Why don't I perform a Miao Le Flying Immortal Dance for you too?" He thought aloud.
You're really bold for thinking that!
Just thinking about this indecent fat man sashaying about made Chen Mu feel as if struck by thunder.
Damn, my mind got sullied!
"Get, get, get, get out of here..."
"Hurry up and take your divine power and get out!" Chen Mu's face turned black.
Raising his hand, he tossed a strand of divine power to him, then immediately started waving him away.
Xu Gui, however, looked as if he were drunk, his face flushed, and he began staggering in his steps.
"Can't even handle this little bit of divine power? That's hopeless." Chen Mu pursed his lips.
The Seven Emotions Curse advances, capable of absorbing the seven emotions of Nether Demon Heaven Monsters.
The divine power refined in Thousand Lanterns City greatly increased; even if he continuously practiced all day, there would still be a large amount of leftover divine power.
So he gave some away to strengthen the Yin Spirit Divine Power under him.
As for why he first gave it to the female demons from Flying Immortal City.
It was certainly for better gathering offerings.
Definitely not because the Miao Le Flying Immortal Dance is charmingly captivating!
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Deep within Mist Ridge.
A huge fish, like a massive floating airship, drifted slowly in the sky.
Its form was enormous, its eye alone the height of two people.
While flying slowly, it absorbed the increasingly thin Mist of Confusion from the forest.
In the shadow it cast to the ground, countless Yin Spirits hid inside, moving along with it.
Along the way, any Nether Demon Heaven Monsters or strange beasts nearby were all rebounded away by an invisible force.
At a certain moment, the five-meter-tall one-eyed giant emerged above the giant fish.
Pan Luo stood on the shoulder of the one-eyed giant, looked at the giant fish, then at the yin spirits hiding in the shadow of the fish, with a face full of joy.
"The cave treasure has its own spirituality, even if it's a fragment, it will seek a suitable host to hide itself."
"Those remnants of Yama hiding under the protection of the guardian giant are the most likely hosts."
"Capture and inspect them closely, you might just find one or two cave treasure fragments!"
"But first, you have to find a way to disperse the guardian giant in front of you." The one-eyed giant rumbled.
"If it were before, it would indeed be difficult."
"But now, hmm hmm!" Pan Luo was full of confidence.
"The cave treasure was taken by the Mo Nuo, Yama Cave Heaven is now a rootless tree."
"Take those strange mists devoured by the giant, they used to be everywhere, but how much is left now?"
"They might have been formidable before, but at this point, these guardian giants are just intimidating in appearance."
After saying this, he flew up from the shoulder of the one-eyed giant.
Boom!
The air exploded with a bang, Pan Luo's body radiated a vigorous blood-colored qi, dragging a trail of blood-colored flame, charging directly at the giant fish.
Like a steel needle piercing a balloon, the Yama Child easily penetrated the giant fish.
In an instant, the giant figure exploded into countless white mists and quickly dissipated with a gust of wind.
"Haha!"
"Moon Eclipse, capture all those remnants of Yama, kill without mercy if they dare to resist!" Pan Luo stood in mid-air, pointing at the crowd fleeing in all directions, and laughed loudly.
But he didn't feel happy for long before his laughter was cut short.
"How can there be none?" Pan Luo's face darkened.
"Not only are there no true treasure fragments, but these local people are pitifully weak, barely any power at all." The one-eyed giant Moon Eclipse rumbled.
"No matter how damaged the true treasure fragments are, they still have weight, they wouldn't choose ordinary people as hosts."
"They can't bear it, nor can they help the true treasure fragments hide their aura."
"As for those who are capable..."
"According to them, they were all gathered by their tribal leader Wei Wubing to resist the Mo Nuo General."
"By now, they're likely already dead or severely injured." Moon Eclipse said helplessly.
"Keep searching!"
"I refuse to believe we can't find a fragment of the true treasure!" Pan Luo's face was extremely unpleasant.
...
"Mist of Confusion?"
"How can there be Mist of Confusion in Thousand Lanterns City?"
That day, just like usual, Chen Mu was absorbing the divine power within Thousand Lanterns City to aid in refining his Heavenly Demon Body.
But as soon as his consciousness sank into Thousand Lanterns City, he noticed a faint, thin white mist floating like clouds above the city.
He immediately recognized it as the Mist of Confusion native to Mist Ridge.
"Is it because of Thousand Lanterns City?"
Chen Mu sank into the Shadow Pupil Big Eye and quickly figured out the reason.
After refining the Emperor Dragon City Divine Soldier Fragment, Thousand Lanterns City underwent an inexplicable transformation. The original ability that refined the seven emotions and desires into divine power mutated. Now, while extracting divine power, it could also produce the Mist of Confusion.
"I should say, this is the complete ability."
"Divine power and Mist of Confusion are both products of refining the seven emotions and desires by divine soldiers."
"Mist Ridge has long been covered by Mist of Confusion, probably produced as each divine soldier absorbs the seven emotions."
"Yin spirits can utilize divine power but cannot use Mist of Confusion. Accumulated over years, this forms the mist covering the entire grotto heaven."
Chen Mu was enlightened and became increasingly amazed.
"But, it's the perfect timing!" He appeared delighted.
As Yama Cave Heaven shatters, the Mist of Confusion becomes increasingly scarce.
He had been worried that relying solely on Netherworld Jade Dew, the Moonwort Tree King Barrier wouldn't last long.
Now, with the Mist of Confusion, the Tree King Barrier would only become more solid.
Chen Mu's eyes lit up.
He immediately gathered all the Mist of Confusion into a cluster and sent it out of Thousand Lanterns City.
At the moment the Mist of Confusion appeared, the large mouth on the trunk of the Moonwort Tree King that had been tightly shut suddenly opened wide, inhaling all the mist into its belly.
The entire tree began to rustle, its fiery red leaves colliding, rustling sound.
Without using the Truth Listening Divine Power, Chen Mu could feel the burst of satisfaction and pleasure radiating from the tree.
The Dharma Aspect of the tree, hovering in the sky, seemed to solidify slightly.
"It really works!" Chen Mu was delighted.
Previously he had been indifferent to the Emperor Dragon City Divine Soldier Fragment.
The result not only upgraded the Seven Emotions Curse, gathered more desires and seven emotions, but also enabled Thousand Lanterns City to produce the Mist of Confusion.
Complementing each other like this, it's simply double happiness!