Low Hill Courtyard.

    Chen Mu stood in front of a waist-high water vat.

    The vat was filled with grey-brown viscous mud.

    The secret technique Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles activated, invisible exotic force surged into the mud, causing it to slowly rotate.

    Threads of black smoke from spiritual armor infiltrated the vat, slowly evaporating the moisture, turning the mud into a play-doh-like consistency.

    He then controlled it to fly up, drilling into wooden molds, compressed into pills.

    After busying himself for an hour, looking at nearly two thousand Calming Pills lined up on three wooden racks, Chen Mu couldn''t help but feel grateful, "Thank goodness for Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles, otherwise, this would have been really difficult to handle."

    "It''s a pity that the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique can easily drive one mad," Chen Mu shook his head helplessly.

    "Besides, even if I wanted to practice it, I couldn''t find a Heavenly Demon Pill tailored with Ghosts."

    He had asked the owner of the Imperial Goods Pavilion, Le Yang''an.

    Different Heavenly Demon Pills required different types of Heavenly Demon Refined Blood to concoct.

    Creatures of legend like dragons and phoenixes existed, but he had never heard of a Heavenly Demon Rebirth Pill made with Ghosts.

    "Bai Miaojin?" Chen Mu had some speculations.

    "Probably only by coexisting with Ghosts is it possible to practice the Ghost-version of Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique."

    The condition was truly harsh.

    "Five Ghosts Yin Spirit is probably difficult to achieve."

    Chen Mu thought of the Five Ghosts Possession Technique.

    Once it was deployed, he would turn into a fierce little blue figure, which wasn''t a normal manifestation of coexisting with Ghosts.

    Moreover, the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique had its limits. If the refined blood within the Heavenly Demon Pill was of poor quality, the cultivator would hit a bottleneck and could progress no further.

    "Can''t cut off my own path just for a momentary boost in speed," Chen Mu shook his head.

    "I''d better diligently practice my Illusion Breaking Technique," Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders.

    Black smoke shrouded the area, the Five Ghosts Bag doubling as a dishwasher and vacuum cleaner came online.

    The residues inside the vat were swept clean in the blink of an eye. The scattered bits of medicinal powder on the ground were also swept clean.

    Then he put the remaining Tubegen Night Grass into the Five Ghosts Bag. Chen Mu dusted off his hands, preparing to make lunch.

    But just as he stepped out of the wooden shed, he suddenly froze.

    "The Five Ghosts Bag... has gotten bigger?!"

    He hastily focused his attention inside the bag.

    The egg-shaped wooden frame fit snugly within the Five Ghosts Bag, which should have been very stable.

    But when he put the Tubegen Night Grass in just now, the frame swayed slightly.

    Chen Mu examined it closely.

    On the edge of the wooden frame, a gap as wide as a palm appeared between the frame and the Five Ghosts Bag.

    "When did this happen?!" Chen Mu was both surprised and delighted.

    If he hadn''t noticed the anomaly with the wooden frame today, he would never have known the Five Ghosts Bag had grown.

    "Is it because of the Exotic Beast Meat?"

    It was indeed mentioned in the Thousand Mountains Sutra that feeding blood and vital energy to the Five Ghosts Bag would allow it to grow and expand.

    Everyone was pedaling vigorously, splashing water all around the stern.

    The seven to eight meters long fish bone boat seemed to ride like a motorboat.

    This is... really fun!

    Eager to join in, Chen Mu seated himself and stamped down forcefully, accompanied by the whoosh of the water.

    The fish bone boat carved an arc, and with a whoosh, it shot out onto the boundless surface of the Tongtian River.

    In the blink of an eye, it became a mere speck.

    ...

    After zipping across the water for half an hour and thoroughly enjoying himself, Chen Mu finally turned the boat around, heading toward the bank of the Tongtian River.

    Away from the Tongtian Square dock, he found a recessed bay along the southern section of the Tongtian River.

    Chen Mu anchored near the edge and stopped the fish bone boat.

    Black smoke billowed as the improved drunk bait was scattered into the bay.

    With the Heartless Bell in hand, the Five Ghosts Yin Spirits appeared. Chen Mu slowly rose and flew toward the bay.

    Knowing that the Five Ghosts Bag could grow, Chen Mu naturally took care of it.

    This excursion was specifically to catch exotic beast fish to feed the Five Ghosts Bag.

    "Just wait."

    Experience tales at empire

    ...

    Two quarters of an hour later.

    Dark shapes began to emerge under the calm water, and Chen Mu timely shook the Heartless Bell.

    Hum!

    It sounded like the deep tolling of a bronze bell.

    Light ripples emanated in circles from where Chen Mu was at the center of the now undisturbed water surface.

    Gurgle.

    With a soft noise, a fish half a meter long with silver scales surfaced.

    As if someone had pressed the start button, one after another, large river fish quickly filled the water''s surface.

    Chen Mu''s mouth turned up slightly, "Five Ghosts Moving Mountain!"

    Black smoke soared as five dragon-like figures violently burst into the water.

    ...

    "Seems like there''s no change."

    At noon, Chen Mu, having prepared roasted meat wraps in advance, closely inspected the Five Ghosts Bag.

    "Fed too little?"

    "Then let''s feed it more for a few days and see."

    After lunch, he captured another batch of fish, filling five large bamboo baskets in the cabin as a disguise.

    Chen Mu then started the boat for his return trip.

    There was plenty of time; he had no plans to spend the entire day on the Tongtian River.