I am grinding experience in another world

“Run! Go on, run again!” Chen Mu grabbed the Double-Flower Rabbit’s two big ears with his left hand, lifting it into the air, while his right index finger poked the rabbit’s soft belly.

Even so, this fat rabbit still showed a pair of deadpan eyes, leisurely chewing on flowers and grass, completely unmoved.

Hey!

I’m about to eat you, yet that’s the expression you give?

This kind of creature, how is it related to the safety of the Saint Heart Institute?

I can’t figure it out.

Chen Mu chuckled and shook his head.

It’s clearly a secret of the Saint Heart Institute. Even though I signed the contract, being an outsider, it’s reasonable they don’t tell me.

In that case, as someone unaware of the inside story, catching and eating two rabbits should certainly be fine.

After all, ignorance is bliss, right?

Hehe!

Hmm, should it be steamed or braised…?

That’s the question.

As he was contemplating how to cook it, he looked up to see the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls riding five Double-Flower Rabbits, running over from afar, laughing and shouting.

Chen Mu suddenly smiled.

No need to worry now; stir-fry, steam, roast, or grill over a clay stove—anything will do!

But as he smiled, he frowned.

Double-Flower Rabbits are indeed lazy, eating while lying down, yet also very alert. Before, when I had even a slight ill intention, they immediately ran away quickly.

But those five rabbits in the distance all had dazed eyes, looking like fools.

And the most unbelievable thing is…

“Their mouths are stuffed with flowers and grass, yet they’re not eating even a bite?!”

Chen Mu looked at the rabbit in his hand still gnawing at a four-leaf flower, and then at the Double-Flower Rabbits being ridden by the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls in the distance.

This scene… it looks so much like the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls driving the Human-headed Yinming Insects!

Chen Mu’s heart skipped a beat.

When the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain technique is mastered, it can activate the exotic force of the Yama Emperor’s Command, and through it, the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls can control the Human-headed Yinming Insects possessed by strange demons.

The first time this ability was demonstrated was back in Jilong Mountain.

Can the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls also control other living beings?

Chen Mu frowned.

No, there’s something wrong with the rabbits.

The fact they got controlled by the Five Ghosts Paper Dolls is because they are also under the Yama Emperor’s Command!

Are Double-Flower Rabbits related to Ghosts?

Looking at the pair of deadpan eyes of the Double-Flower Rabbit in his left hand, Chen Mu sighed regretfully.

“This rabbit can’t be eaten now, can it.”

…

On the west side of the Divine Communication Hall, there’s a cluster of buildings with gray bricks and black tiles, that’s where the Administrative Affairs Institute of the Shuanghua Institute is located.

“Double-Flower Rabbits give birth to more than ten offspring at a time, and they breed quickly. Moreover, they have a strong physique, with a survival rate of nearly one hundred percent for the young, basically without any illness or death.”

“Just plant a large number of four-leaf flowers in the valley, provide enough food, and they can grow smoothly.”

“Overall, they’re easy to raise…” Explained Lu Wo, the head of the Administrative Affairs Institute, carefully about the breeding situation of the Double-Flower Rabbits to Chen Mu.

But after listening for a long time, Chen Mu didn’t hear anything unusual about the Double-Flower Rabbits.

“Do you know if these rabbits have any peculiarities?” Chen Mu asked persistently.

“I only know that their bones are peculiar, and they can be used to create Earth Traveling Carriages.”

“As for anything else…” Lu Wo looked at Chen Mu cautiously.

“I’ve heard… I’ve heard their meat tastes quite good.”

This…

Alright then.

Seems I’m not the only one thinking about these fat rabbits.

Glancing at the nervous-looking Lu Wo, Chen Mu waved his hand and then left the Administrative Affairs Institute.

“Even those at the Administrative Affairs Institute who raise these rabbits might not know what’s special about the Double-Flower Rabbits.”

He had wandered around Shuanghua Valley for a whole day, yet discovered nothing.

This group of rabbits ate all day and then slept, except for their slightly remarkable innate Earth Escape Divine Ability, they showed no unusual behavior.

…

Late at night, in the Divine Communication Hall, in front of the altar.

Chen Mu lit three sticks of incense and placed them in an inferior bronze incense burner, then looked at the white jade round plate behind it.

It was engraved with a simple cloud pattern, possessing a kind of elegant beauty.

This is the core of the restriction at Shuanghua Valley; various restrictions like mountain protection, reinforcing earth veins, and regulating Earth Spirit Vital Energy are all connected to it.

“Since this thing covers the entire Shuanghua Institute, exploring with it as a probe might lead to some discoveries.”

Chen Mu summoned the gray stone door and looked at one of the sections.

Spirit Treasure Pivot Scripture: 8955/10000/Sixth Rank;

This method is obtained from the City God Temple of Luandu County. Through it one can penetrate the restriction of the City God Dojo and observe the entire Luandu County. This method is also effective against restriction arrays of Qi Cultivators.

Back in the Hundred Illusion Sect in Hai Province, he once relied on this to delve inside the Ninety-nine Inheriting Heaven Dharma Prohibition and extract the Ink Silver Peach Wood Core from the sealing land.

“Observing Shuanghua Valley using the valley’s own magical barrier must be much clearer.”

Chen Mu placed his right hand on the White Jade Round Plate, and the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture began operating. An invisible force, as nebulous as clouds and mist, emerged and swiftly surged into the White Jade Round Plate.

In the void, various colored star-like threads suddenly appeared before his eyes, which was the manifestation of the Shuanghua Valley’s magical barrier in action.

Yet amidst this Heavenly Net, there were twelve locations resembling black holes. They were protected by the magical barrier but completely unlinked to the jade plate in his hand.

If it weren’t for the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture, he would’ve never discovered them!

“There’s definitely something wrong!”

Chen Mu frowned and withdrew his hand, his whole body instantly diving underground and disappearing.

…

Deep underground, within a clearly man-made hemispherical cave, Chen Mu’s figure emerged.

Black smoke permeated, and several white paper lanterns drifted out, their glowing white light illuminating the surroundings.

At the center of the cave, a black pillar instantly came into view.

The column stood at a man’s height, black as ink, resembling both wood and jade. Wisps of silvery patterns spread across its surface, and an eerie cold aura emanated all around.

“Soul-Calming Stake?!”

Chen Mu couldn’t help but be stunned.

He surprisingly recognized this thing!

Amidst the Five Ghosts Black Smoke, he flipped his hand and retrieved a black wooden stake.

Aside from being slightly smaller, its appearance was almost identical to the pillar inside the cave!

Chen Mu immediately frowned.

The Soul-Calming Stake is derived from the Thousand Mountains Scripture Fragment’s “Nourishing Yin Strategy,” an essential component for nurturing Yin Soul Monsters.

Back in Frontier Wilderness Great Beam, someone tried to use this method to breed Yin Soul Monsters by extracting the Three Treasures Essence from a city’s populace.

After accidentally disrupting it, Chen Mu acquired this Soul-Calming Stake.

Because it exuded a cold aura, for a long time, Chen Mu used it as a refrigerator without expecting to find other Soul-Calming Stakes here.

“There should be twelve Soul-Calming Stakes, yet the blind spots in Shuanghua Valley’s magical barrier…”

Chen Mu fell silent.

…

A few days later, late at night, in the Divine Communication Hall.

Chen Mu held the White Jade Round Plate, laying on a rocking chair at the entrance, staring blankly at the sky.

His mind, however, closely observed inside and outside of Shuanghua Valley using the Mountain Protection Magical Barrier.

Ever since discovering the twelve Soul-Calming Stakes underground, his daily activities, aside from refining the Yellow Springs Gourd, almost entirely revolved around this.

After days of observation, he finally discovered something.

“Shuanghua Valley is actually nourishing Yin Spirit Bugs?!”

In a flash, Chen Mu transformed into a Gentle Breeze and disappeared.

In an underground burrow in a certain mountain forest, dry and cozy, a Shuanghua Rabbit was giving birth, and seven or eight hairless, red-skinned baby rabbits were born one by one.

In the void, invisible to the average person, specks resembling dust appeared and swiftly entered the bodies of the newborn Shuanghua Rabbits.

“Yin Spirit Bugs were parasitizing the newborn Shuanghua Rabbits, this scene… why does it look so familiar?!”

Chen Mu slightly thought, and his heart unexpectedly jolted.

“It’s Luandu County!”

Back when he served as the Living God in Luandu County, whenever a newborn was delivered, Yin Spirit Bugs would appear to parasitize them, presenting a scene almost identical to this time!

Yin Spirit Bugs accompany infants throughout their lives, converting into Yin Spirits through the cycle of life and death after the host dies. This is the fundamental method the Netherworld employs to cultivate Yin Spirits using humans.

“And Holy Heart Institute… Holy Heart Institute is to combat Strange Demons?!”

Suddenly enlightened, Chen Mu was struck by divine insight.

Strange Demons devastating and disrupting the Earth Vein Spiritual Spring is a common tactic used by Lock Dragon Institute.

Both Zhongshan Path and Jilong Road Mountain Gate in Yunzhou were sabotaged in this manner.

Strange Demons can sneak into Spirit Void Cave Heaven, and unless they manifest directly, even Qi Cultivators can’t easily detect them.

Should a Strange Demon lurk within a mountain gate, one can only watch in despair as life vanishes, and Vital Energy dissipates.

But with these Shuanghua Rabbits, the situation is different.

“Hong Yi once mentioned, if Strange Demons devour too many people, they’ll automatically fall into the Netherworld.”

“That’s because the people of Kangzhou have Yin Spirit Bugs inside them. When Strange Demons eat mortals, Yin Spirit Bugs die, and numerous Yin Spirits accumulate within the demon.”

“Excessive Yin Spirits increase the gravitational pull of the River of Oblivion, ultimately dragging the Strange Demon into the Netherworld.”

“And rabbits coexisting with Yin Spirit Bugs are akin to people inhabited by Yin Spirit Bugs; should a Strange Demon consume too many, it’ll similarly be dragged into the Netherworld.”

“These chubby rabbits can indeed protect Holy Heart Institute!”

“But in so doing, who will protect my safety?” Chen Mu gritted his teeth in frustration.

Shuanghua Institute is the core site for breeding Shuanghua Rabbits; if the Great Zhou Lock Dragon Institute learns of this place, they’ll certainly launch an attack!

By then, Heavenly Capital Martial Artists and the bizarre Lock Dragon Knights will come storming, and after a skirmish, I’m…

Chen Mu’s face began to darken.

Holy Heart Institute is fully aware of the dangers here yet purposely sent me to stand guard; this is clearly a death sentence!

The worst part is, they don’t explain anything.

What a bunch of jerks!