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Inside Thousand Lanterns City.

Shen Yan softly uttered a string of rhythmic, melodious curse words.

Listening by his side, Chen Mu felt as if he were listening to a group of monks chanting scriptures, which even brought him a sense of exhilaration and contentment, and he couldn’t help but slightly close his eyes.

After quite a while, just as Chen Mu was about to doze off comfortably in his rocking chair, Shen Yan stopped chanting.

"How is it?" Chen Mu immediately opened his eyes, excitedly looking towards Shen Yan.

"I’ve contemplated it carefully," Shen Yan said with a solemn expression, "It can aid in sleep!"

Chen Mu: "..."

Is that what I’m asking?!

Shen Yan, chuckling, shrugged his shoulders, "I told you, my divine fetus is in perfection, my primordial spirit is faultless and intact."

"You think you can pry into it with just a little dharma curse, that’s simply impossible..."

It’s not that I’m not cooperating, it’s that you’re not capable, haha!

"How about I try one more time for you?" Shen Yan offered, grinning.

Chen Mu’s face instantly darkened.

He felt irritated just looking at how smug the old ghost was. If the Heavenly Demon Curse couldn’t affect Shen Yan, then planting the spiritual seed would be impossible.

"To let this old ghost roam free..."

He hadn’t finished his sentence when he suddenly felt a vague connection appear before him, like an invisible thread leading directly... to Shen Yan!

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Chen Mu couldn’t help but widen his eyes, "You... truly feel nothing?"

Still not giving up?

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.

But before he could utter a word filled with sarcasm, he suddenly realized that, unbeknownst to him, his mind now contained a piece of sky, pitch black with eight stars hanging in the middle!

Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed?

When did it slip into my head?!

Shen Yan stood there, frozen, feeling a chill run down his spine.

...

"Just by reciting curse words, it truly managed to bring the spiritual seed into the body?! And by means so subtle that even this divine fetus old ghost couldn’t detect?!"

Chen Mu himself was startled by the outcome.

Shen Yan had an expression as if questioning his entire existence.

"What the hell is this true form of yours that it can be so bizarre?!"

"I want to know that too?" Chen Mu said, eyes filled with confusion. Wasn’t it just a shabby Demon God? How did it suddenly become so domineering?

The Heavenly Demon Curse, similar to other secret technique curses, is composed of a series of peculiar musical notes. It cannot be expressed in ordinary text, but, like other secret techniques, the curse words can be concealed within ordinary text and reconstructed through special punctuation and speaking speed.

"Given the secretive and tricky nature of the Heavenly Demon Curse, if one were to disguise these curse words as a common scripture that urges goodness and then let it disseminate throughout the world, hiss..."

The more Chen Mu thought about it, the more his scalp tingled.

Sinister, too sinister!

He couldn’t help but recall all the scriptures and books he had read in the past for fear that any unassuming historical record might also contain such a bombshell.

...

Shen Yan never expected that he would be caught off guard like this.

"Thinking on the bright side, at least I don’t have to worry about this suspicious bastard killing me," he glanced at Chen Mu and chuckled bitterly.

Ever since he entered Thousand Lanterns City, this guy had never been at ease about him.

Those five little spirits were always hovering around him, and as soon as he got close to this guy, the power controlling the Yin Spirit bodies would permeate the surroundings. If one day he deemed Shen Yan a threat, the other party wouldn’t hesitate to kill him.

With the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, now part of the in-group, at least he didn’t have to live in constant fear.

"If you don’t want to get killed by someone, I’d advise you to give up any thoughts of spreading the Heavenly Demon Curse!" Shen Yan said, his face grim.

"I won’t spread it, definitely not!" Chen Mu also snapped back to reality.

The benefits brought by the return of the spiritual seed were indeed enticing, but this thing was too wicked. Once it became known, it would certainly make him a target for all, bringing him immense danger!

He glanced at the grey walls that were gradually becoming visible and with a determined face, lay back into the rocking chair, "As diligent as I am, I will eventually make my way, a little external force, unnecessary!"

Shen Yan: "..."

Really shameless!

...

The Nether Demon Heaven is vast.

Countless large and small islands scattered throughout the boundless Blood Sea, like stars in the sky.

On a small island about the size of two football fields, a white light, like a meteor falling from the sky, landed in the middle of the island.

As the light dissipated, Chen Mu’s figure appeared. Immediately, the Truthful Listening Technique began to spread across the entire island.

Previously, he had fallen into the water due to depleted mana, leaving the entrance to Thousand Lanterns City behind in the Blood Sea. Now, with the True Form of Heavenly Demon restored, Chen Mu decided to change locations.

For one thing, he wanted to be as far away from the letter You camp as possible, and on the other hand, he wanted to establish a secret and safe place, convenient for using the Exquisite Jade Plate.

After drilling out of Thousand Lanterns City, he chose a direction away from the You character camp and flew for three continuous days before starting to look for a suitable place to land.

After aimlessly flying for another two days, this small island was finally discovered by the Truthful Listening Technique.

The island is not big, with flat terrain. Other than the small hillock beneath his feet, the rest of the island is mostly flat, white sandy soil.

Apart from the peripheral beaches, the rest is covered with dense grass and trees, hiding various unknown and strange insects and birds, forming a small ecosystem.

With a wave of his hand, a pitch-black curtain appeared in mid-air, and hundreds of Yin soldiers appeared. They saluted Chen Mu and then dispersed as black smoke into the air, helping him to carefully explore the surroundings.

...

Three days later.

In the middle of the hillock at the center of the island, a thatched wooden hut with walls two meters tall appeared.

The hut was entirely made of round, snow-white tree trunks, a type of smooth and white tree that is very common on this island.

The roof was of dark green thatch, slender and sword-like, also from the island. After special crafting, it was layered on the roof, which not only blocked wind and rain but was also quite beautiful.

He also learned for the first time that, in addition to the self-proclaimed masonry craftsman of the royal mansion, there was a folk artisan skilled in using local materials. The simple and elegant thatched hut in front of him was the work of the latter.

"Everyone crawling out of the River of Oblivion is talented," Chen Mu sighed.

With a surge of mana, five stone pillars rose from the ground around him, each thick enough to hug and waist-high, carved with intricate patterns— they were the Light Law Prohibition.

Only with the Forbidden Law to cover for him did he dare to use the Exquisite Jade Plate.

...

Thousand Lanterns City, Auxiliary Soldier Camp.

Inside a wooden building, Pu Lu, a deputy general of the Medicine Stone Sect, was sitting cross-legged on a cushion in the middle of a bedroom on the second floor.

A head-sized ghostly green fire swayed and flickered in his hands. The intermittently bright green light cast on his face made him look as terrifying as a ghost.

At a certain moment, the green light flared up, illuminating the entire room, and even the windows papered with white paper shone with a ghostly green glow.

The five or six thousand Yin auxiliary soldiers were almost all undergoing intense cultivation like him. The whole of Thousand Lanterns City was suddenly illuminated in an eerie green light, obscuring even the soft white light from the ten large Soul-Attracting Lamps above.

Chen Mu stood in front of the wooden building, looking at the camp where the green light soared skyward and couldn’t help but grin.

It did look a bit too sinistra.

But...

"Are Yin spirits all so diligent?" Chen Mu couldn’t help but turn to Shen Yan.

When he had mentioned earlier about giving the auxiliary soldiers half an hour to sleep, it was just a quip to tease Shen Yan. He hadn’t expected these Yin Spirits to actually make it happen.

Apart from necessary rests, they were all buckling down to train hard.

Shen Yan glanced at Chen Mu disdainfully, as if looking at a country bumpkin, "As it concerns their safe return to the Netherworld, of course, they train hard."

"But isn’t this... a bit too competitive?" Chen Mu said with disbelief on his face.

"Well, which Yin spirit doesn’t have its obsessions? It’s normal for them to be a bit more focused on their tasks," Shen Yan said nonchalantly.

One or two would be fine, but five or six thousand, with no urging or guidance, all voluntarily training to death?

This is not normal at all!

Chen Mu’s expression soured.

If you all work this hard, how am I supposed to laze about?!

The local Yin spirits are way too rude!

He huffily seated himself in a rocking chair and closed his eyes to start grinding experience with the Jade Gate Curse.

I want to see who can be more competitive than me!