I am grinding experience in another world

At the easternmost side of the Hundred Illusion Sect, the Bing Character Demon Fixing Needle was adorned with crude and bold crimson patterns.

Not far below, a pitch-black peach tree thick enough for a person to embrace stood quietly in the dense fog.

The dark brown earth on the ground was rolling abruptly, and a nearly imperceptible exotic force emerged like a nimble snake. It followed along the dark green grass, slowly crawling to the top. As the grass trembled slightly, the snake-like invisible force followed the direction of the quivering grass, and lightly soared into the sky.

Buzz!

A crimson Flying Blade suddenly appeared in mid-air.

Puff!

A hand broke through the thick fog, snatching the delicate and hair-like strange force into its palm.

"Another Great Replenishing Pill in hand!"

Chen Mu stepped out of the fog, feeling the intangible force slowly sinking into his Heavenly Demon Armor, and revealed a smile.

"It's probably some kind of Demon Essence."

"If I'm lucky, the Moli Silver Peach Tree could be fostered by this thing."

Over ten days ago, he discovered a slight increase in the experience of the Heavenly Demon Armor and immediately returned to Prison Valley to track down the cause.

With the aid of Truth Listening Divine Power and the natural perceptive nature of the Heavenly Demon Armor, it took considerable effort to discover clues next to an Exotic Peach Tree that had been stripped of its core.

It was an extremely covert aura; even with Truth Listening Divine Power fully engaged, only a faint rhythm could be perceived. And it seemed that neither Mana nor the Yin Spirit Divine Power could interfere with it.

Fortunately, that thing liked to gather around Moli Silver Peach Trees, and it seemed that the Heavenly Demon Armor had a natural attraction to it. As long as it was close by, it could be absorbed into the Heavenly Demon Armor.

After several careful investigations, he finally discovered the pattern of this invisible aura's appearance.

Feeling the subtle changes happening to his body, Chen Mu was filled with joy.

With a thought, a grey wall materialized before Chen Mu's eyes.

Heavenly Demon Armor: 7133/10000/Seventh Rank;

"Great stuff!"

"If there were more things like this Demon Essence, I might be able to level up the Heavenly Demon Armor to the top in no time."

Humming happily to himself, Chen Mu approached the peach tree, placing his hand on the pitch-black Exotic Peach Wood.

The secret technique was running, and a hollow feeling fed back into his heart.

"If only there was still a Peach Wood Core within this tree, I could be doubly fortunate."

"Unfortunately…" Chen Mu's smile faded as he shook his head with a sigh.

As time passed, he found that many Moli Silver Peach Trees looked intact from the outside, but their cores had long been extracted.

He used to not worry about the raw materials of Peach Wood Cores because the Hundred Illusion Sect was large enough, and Prison Valley was long enough.

But now...

"There must be more than one or two people cultivating the Nine-Life Tribulation Splitting Technique."

"I must hurry up and gather more Peach Wood Cores."

A sense of urgency rose in Chen Mu's mind as he quickly vanished into the thick fog.

...

Days and months cycle, and time flies by. Early this morning, Chen Mu was awakened by a faint buzzing sound.

Stepping out of his Cave Mansion, he saw from afar on the Spiritual Fields of Golden Yuan Valley, which seemed endless, that dozens of people appeared tiny as ants.

They were holding Magic Artifacts like cloth bags while standing on Flying Kites just above the low altitude. With a pinch of their fingers, the Golden Yuan Valley below them swiftly separated from their stalks, turning into swathes of gold sand that flew into the sky, zipping into the open bags.

These people formed a line in mid-air, flying from north to south, rapidly harvesting the Golden Yuan Valley.

On the ground, dozens more followed in their wake, each carrying a yellow gourd. Jets of scorching air streamed out continuously, and wherever they passed, the stalks and leaves of the Golden Yuan Valley turned to ashes that fell back into the Spiritual Field.

"I can go to the Administrative Affairs Institute to buy some fresh Golden Yuan Valley this afternoon." Chen Mu lightly patted the rough railing at the doorway, his index finger twitching with eagerness.

When Chen Mu first arrived at the Hundred Illusion Sect, this vast expanse of Golden Yuan Valley had already begun to sprout. After four months of growth, today was finally the harvest time.

Lu Han and the other Hundred Illusion Sect disciples were also drafted to harvest the Golden Yuan Valley, giving these Daoist Soldiers, who were new to the sect, an unusual day off.

"Others might be resting, but I can't afford to." Stretching and loosening his limbs, Chen Mu twisted his body, and like a Gentle Breeze, merged into the thin mist and disappeared.

...

At the southernmost end of the Hundred Illusion Sect, the crude and fierce top of the Bing Character Demon Fixing Needle was shrouded in the white vastness of clouds and fog.

Chen Mu's figure appeared atop the rugged rocks, and he immediately spotted a half-human-height pitch-black Exotic Peach Tree.

He stepped forward and pressed down with his hand. As he slightly deployed the Dividing Tribulation Technique, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

The pitch-dark peach tree trunk rippled with wavy patterns. He reached in and, using his middle and index fingers, pinched out a segment of pitch-black wood core as thick as a walnut.

"Although it's just a small peach tree, the Exotic Force within the wood core is abundant, which is completely sufficient for refining the Peach God."

With a flip of his hand, he pocketed the Peach Wood Core and looked around. The top of the Demon Suppressing Needle had grown quite a few plants. There were dozens of peach trees, but there was only this one Exotic Peach Tree that fit the criteria.

"Damn that unscrupulous Old Man Hu!" Chen Mu pouted.

Over the past two months, he had been searching day and night for the Moli Silver Peach Tree to refine the Peach God. As time went on, he had found quite a few Exotic Peach Trees, but almost all had their wood cores removed.

Now, not even one proper Moli Silver could be found in Prison Valley.

It was fortunate that this peach tree was situated on top of the Demon Suppressing Needle, where ordinary people dared not climb to seek. Otherwise, it wouldn't have ended up in his hands.

"I wonder how many copies of the Dividing Tribulation Technique Elder Hu has sold off."

"I've only refined seventy-three Peach Gods."

"If I run into a backlash from the Daoist Soldier in the future, this number might not be enough." He was full of concern.

"No, I have to search through Prison Valley once more, there might be an overlooked one in some corner."

...

Several days later in the evening, at the entrance of a cliff-side cave.

Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, staring blankly at the clouds lit fiery red by the setting sun in the distance.

These past few days, he hadn't found any Exotic Peach Trees that met the requirements.

The number of Peach Gods remained at seventy-three, and even the Demon Essence that could advance the progress of the Heavenly Demon Armor had vanished without a trace.

"It seems impossible to continue refining the Peach God."

After pondering for a while, an idea suddenly struck Chen Mu.

"Why not try to stack a few other Secret Techniques of Tribulation Resistance?"

"Stack Armor, huh? I'm familiar with that!"

...

The next day, in Prison Valley, Lu Han watched Chen Mu speechlessly.

"Practicing multiple Secret Techniques of Bearing Tribulation?"

"Who did you learn the Join Jade Seed and Gathering Talisman levels from? Have you forgotten the basics?!"

"Is it not possible?" Chen Mu was clueless.

"No matter how profound the Secret Technique of Bearing Tribulation is, it still falls within the scope of a Qi Refiner's Secret Technique; there has to be a sequence when deploying it."

"The Qi Refiner's Jade Seed only contains one Primordial Talisman, which is the sole pathway for deploying Secret Techniques outward. Before Daoist Foundation is achieved, a Qi Refiner can only release one Secret Technique at a time when Casting Spells."

"Many Secret Techniques seem to be deployed simultaneously, but in reality, they are just switches and connections that are fast enough."

"You can practice as many Secret Techniques of Bearing Tribulation as you want, but when it comes to using them, you'll only be able to use one at most. Even if you switch quickly, could you be faster than the Dao Ancestral?" Lu Han gave Chen Mu a sideways look.

A twitch appeared at the corner of Chen Mu's mouth as he suddenly understood.

A Qi Refiner before reaching Daoist Foundation was like a single-barrel firearm. No matter how many bullets you load in the magazine, only one can be fired at a time.

Although it allows for rapid firing, unfortunately, the Pure Yang Dao Ancestral is too powerful, and no matter how fast he could fire, it wouldn't match the speed of a backlash.

"The Stack Armor plan has failed," Chen Mu scratched his head.

"Instead of thinking about these things, you should focus on refining the Demon Dispel Skill."

"Your fellow Dao seekers have already started their next level of cultivation in the Grinding Stone Room, when do you plan to stop dawdling!" Lu Han reprimanded with a displeased expression.

This chive is growing so inexplicably.

"It'll be soon, no rush, brother. I'll head to the Grinding Stone Room for cultivation in a few days," Chen Mu replied with a grin.

"You're not still pondering over that Secret Technique of Tribulation Resistance, are you?" Lu Han gave a dissatisfied sideways glance.

"What, are you planning to rebel against the Thousand Mechanisms Sect or kill someone from the sect? You haven't even joined the Thousand Mechanisms Sect yet, why are you so certain you'll be hit by Five Thunders Bombarding?" He was full of suspicion.

It was initially just a tease, but as he spoke, a sense of unease suddenly jumped in his heart.

Had he unwittingly taken in a madman?

Thinking of causing trouble before even joining the Thousand Mechanisms Sect?

Looking at the ever-smiling Chen Mu, Lu Han felt an inexplicable panic all of a sudden.