I am grinding experience in another world

Tianhe Law Realm, Antarctic Ice Cave.

Qiu Jinwu stared at the two small fish inside the Cold Lake, silent.

Before long, the air twisted and cracked, and a vertical-pupil-shaped black hole appeared in the Ice Cave.

"Pocket World Spring Eye?" The black hole flickered with firelight, the voice full of realization, "No wonder I couldn't find the Dragon Ball Spirit Machine before; it turns out it was hiding in the Pocket World Spring Eye."

"This Spring Eye is one of the two major root meridians of the Tianhe Law Realm, secretly connected to all the Forbidden Laws within the realm."

"The Dragon Ball Spirit Machine, by virtue of this, has dispersed its aura throughout various locations in the Tianhe Law Realm, which is why its exact location could not be captured before."

"But Ke Lianxi found this place." Qiu Jinwu was expressionless.

"I didn't intentionally conceal this place," the vertical-pupil black hole said helplessly.

"If I had discovered this place earlier, I wouldn't have been exploited and ruined the core of my seven Dragon Nailing Stakes," he said angrily.

"In that case, we should immediately trace that Water Avoiding Shuttle and capture the thief," Qiu Jinwu said coldly.

"I'm afraid that's not going to work."

Qiu Jinwu's gaze suddenly turned icy.

"It's not that I don't want to take action, but that I'm unable to," explained the voice from the vertical-pupil black hole, filled with helplessness, "The Heavenly Net is collapsed, and the mark on the Water Avoiding Shuttle is too hidden; currently, there's simply no way to trace it."

"But you don't have to worry too much; we just need one day, and after one day the turbulence will settle."

"As long as they are still on the Loach Dragon Fire Path, as long as they haven't left Yunzhou, I can locate their trail."

"I prepared a contingency plan, rest assured." The firelight flickered in the vertical-pupil black hole, full of confidence.

...

The next day, within the Loach Dragon Fire Path.

Qiu Jinwu held a green jade plate, densely marked with hundreds of silver-white stars.

"Can we use this to find yesterday's Water Avoiding Shuttle?" Qiu Jinwu frowned.

"Of course." Red and black firelight twinkled inside the vertical-pupil black hole, voicing assuredly.

"At the beginning of the rearing of the Twenty-four Solar Terms Turtle, I sent a large number of Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern Pearls to Goose Yang Mountain."

"Because of this, every Water Avoiding Shuttle has a Ghost Pattern Mark."

"The mark is tiny and hidden, not strong enough to cast powerful curses, but it's absolutely fine for tracking movements!"

"You really are… far-sighted," Qiu Jinwu's eyes moved as he glanced askew at the other.

"Are you trying to say crafty and sly?" The vertical-pupil black hole wasn't offended, "If I hadn't taken this measure, you could only watch the Dragon Ball Spirit Machine slip away; you should be thanking me."

"Take action." Qiu Jinwu shifted his gaze away, speaking calmly.

"Tsks! You're really cold, Master Qiu," the vertical-pupil black hole teased, as a chilling energy was activated.

Hum!

The green jade plate vibrated softly, the stars on the plate lighting up one by one, flickering for a moment before each went out.

Finally, only one star remained, appearing at the center of the jade plate, and slowly moving toward the front left.

"We found them!" Qiu Jinwu was exhilarated.

"I told you so, relax!"

"As long as they dared to flee with the Water Avoiding Shuttle, they absolutely cannot escape from the palm of my hand," the vertical-pupil black hole firelight flickered, laughing.

But just as the words were spoken, the bright spot at the center of the green plate began to flicker erratically.

After blinking three times, it vanished completely.

"Is this what you called a piece of cake?"

"Is this what you said about not being able to escape from the palm of your hand?!" Qiu Jinwu's face turned ashen.

I damn well want to know too.

The fire inside the black hole shook violently, casting everything into darkness.

It was supposed to be foolproof.

Could it be that someone removed the Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern from the Water Avoiding Shuttle?

How could that be?!

"Old Ghost Jia, if I can't get the complete Dragon Ball, then don't dream of completing the City God Dojo in your Tianhe Law Realm!" Qiu Jinwu seethed.

The firelight in the vertical-pupil black hole paused, instantly flaring into a deep red with anger.

...

Loach Dragon Fire Path, somewhere in a stream of magma.

A massive dark red stone slowly moved through the thick magma river.

Inside the Ping Ning's Water Avoiding Shuttle, Chen Mu squatted at a spot on the inner wall of the shuttle.

He took out more than a dozen fist-sized Extinguishing Breath Stones and embedded them one by one into the inner wall. A dark red pattern suddenly enclosed the center surrounded by the Extinguishing Breath Stones from all around.

Sensing carefully, he realized there was no leakage of aura, bringing a satisfied smile to Chen Mu's face.

"Forcibly pulling out the Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern won't work, but burying it completely is no problem at all."

"With more than a dozen Extinguishing Breath Stones surrounding, I don't believe anyone could perceive the traces of the Ghost Pattern!"

This was their second day on the return trip to the Loach Dragon Fire Path.

The night after they broke away from Tianhe Law Realm, Chen Mu handed over the controls of the Water Avoiding Shuttle to Lei Cheng. He himself clambered inside and outside the shuttle to thoroughly inspect and search.

When he was mysteriously pulled into the Tianhe Law Realm, he suspected there might be something tricky about the shuttle. After some investigation, he discovered the traces of four Red-Eyed Ghost Patterns.

"I did sell quite a few Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern Pearls initially, but the failure rate of integrating them into the Twenty-four Solar Terms Turtle as a Magic Artifact is not low."

"To feed the same Twenty-four Solar Terms Turtle hundreds of Red-Eyed Ghost Pattern Pearls and still possibly not leave a mark on the turtle shell, and yet there actually appeared four Red-Eyed Ghost Patterns on the Ping Ning?"

"Heh!"

"Something is definitely not right with this thing."

"Using Extinguishing Breath Stones to completely isolate and seal it will surely not be a problem!"

...

"The void in Tianhe Law Realm was sealed, and you didn't even mention it."

"You tell me, how should I deal with you."

In the main hall of the Ping Ning's Water Avoiding Shuttle, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, glancing sideways at Lian Xi.

Lian Xi, who had just been released from Thousand Lanterns City, immediately tensed up.

"Don't say you didn't know."

"I don't believe it."

Lian Xi felt cold sweat running down his back.

"I still have use!" he hastily spoke up to seize a lifeline, "I know about the Dragon Ball Root Device, I know the reason for the changes in the Goose Sheep Path, and I also know about Hai Province..."

"You are saying things I am very interested in, but I don't trust you," Chen Mu calmly withdrew his gaze, interrupting Lian Xi.

A chill entered Lian Xi's heart, and he quickly spoke out, "You can cut away half of my liver to cast the Nightmare Victory Spell, and so hold my life in your hands. That way, I would never dare to betray you!"

"Wouldn't that be too harsh?" Chen Mu turned his head to look at Lian Xi with a smile.

"Not harsh at all, not one bit harsh!" Lian Xi shook his head, gritting his teeth in response.

This bastard is doing this on purpose!

"I actually thought about letting you go somewhere," Chen Mu sighed pretentiously.

I don't believe you for a second!

"Since you want to continue following us, we can only employ some measures that make both parties feel at ease." Chen Mu smiled.

I absolutely don't feel at ease at all!

Lian Xi's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help cursing incessantly in his mind.

...

Half a day later.

A rocking chair was added at the entrance of the main hall; Lian Xi lay in it, his face pale.

Beside him, Chen Mu played with a palm-sized clay figurine in his hand.

The Nightmare Victory Spell had already been cast; the clay figurine was connected to Lian Xi's vital energy. As long as Chen Mu's power surpassed Lian Xi's, he could use the figurine to cast spells from afar and kill Lian Xi.

"This Secret Technique is oddly diabolical, where did you find it?" Chen Mu asked, quite curious.

"The Thousand Mountains Sutra." Lian Xi spoke out resignedly.

The Thousand Mountains Sutra?

The one that mentioned the Five Ghosts Bag and the United Heart Curse?

This text seems to have spread quite widely, appearing everywhere.