My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 136 Ticket
"No, I didn't say anything wrong!" Chen Mu quickly came to his senses.

The fact that it hasn't reached its limit only indicates that the Cloud Mirage Form Refining Technique has a high upper limit. It doesn't mean that the aristocratic families didn't tamper with it.

"No wonder cultivation is so difficult." Chen Mu suddenly realized.

"It is precisely because of its great potential that significant changes are necessary!"

It's been completely altered beyond recognition!

If it weren't for the proficiency cheat, he would have had to practice for who knows how long.

"Under thirty years old... Armor Soul?!"

"what!"

"I'm not staying in Lijiang City anymore!"

There's hope for Jia Po; he needs to hurry and find Jie Jia to inquire about the Thousand Machine Token.

He might have to go find the Thousand Machine Token soon!

"Could these Jiapo experts who have come to Lijiang City be related to the Thousand Machine Token?"

……

Chen Mu often seemed hesitant.

But when it came to running away, he was more decisive than anyone else.

The next afternoon, he appeared outside Jian'an Gate of Nanyang Prefecture.

In the evening, in the backyard of Taipei City's Hesheng Hall, Chen Mu personally cooked a large table of delicious dishes.

They even spent a lot of time and effort roasting a Lijianglou roast duck. The strong aroma made the waiters at Heshengtang's front hall swallow hard.

Chen Mu chuckled and tossed him a duck leg to send him away.

He recognized the man in his twenties; the other man had been the one to travel to Lijiang City to complete the blue pill transactions over the past three months.

"Ask." Jie Jia was very familiar with Chen Mu's tactics.

"It's unusual that several experts with the Armored Soul have appeared in Lijiang City," Chen Mu said, expressing his confusion.

"Their target is Shouyang Mountain," Jie Jia said calmly.

"Shouyang Mountain, eighty miles east of Lijiang City?" Chen Mu asked in surprise.

He lives in Lijiang City, where he can see the mountains from afar. They aren't very high, but they are often shrouded in mist and covered in lush greenery, making them look like a fairyland from a distance.

"Yes." Jie Jia nodded.

"Could it be related to the Thousand Machine Token?" Chen Mu asked, offering his guess.

"Have."

"What's your relationship?" Chen Mu asked quickly.

"You haven't even mastered the Armor Soul, why are you asking so many questions?" Jie Jia said indifferently.

I'll be able to master Armor Soul very soon!

But I can't say...

Others cultivate their spirit for a hundred years. What talent or comprehension do I have? Suddenly cultivating a superhuman spirit, isn't that obviously suspicious?

"How can you tell me?!" Chen Mu said, frustrated.

Jie Jia put down his chopsticks, raised his eyelids slightly, and looked solemnly at Chen Mu with his bright yellow eyes. Then... he slowly made a peace sign.

Chen Mu: “…”

Two hundred taels?!

This price increase is absolutely outrageous!
Chen Mu was both angry and amused: "You're so greedy for money!"

The next moment, black smoke billowed, and a fist-sized gray cloth bag appeared in front of the armorer.

The bag was bulging, and Jie Jia weighed it in his hand for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction. He tucked it into his sleeve, picked up his chopsticks, and continued eating.

"Ten years to refine the form, a hundred years to nourish the soul, open the Heavenly Gate, and attain immortality."

"Opening the Heavenly Gate is a description of the next realm after the Armored Soul, but it is not accurate."

"The accurate term is—induction."

"If you cannot sense it, you cannot see immortality."

Chen Mu suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

Sensing? Immortality?
This world is indeed more wonderful than I imagined.

Although it was only one level of cultivation and one name, it still deeply shocked him and stirred his emotions.

I have to go and see for myself!
This idea suddenly took root in Chen Mu's mind.

“Minimum requirement for sensing – Armor Soul.” Jie Jia glanced at Chen Mu: “Except for Dao Bone.”

Chen Mu remained calm. He knew, he knew, a natural talent, a child of God.

"It also requires secret medicines, secret methods, and a special environment."

"There's no secret medicine in Daliang, and the environment isn't suitable either."

“We have to go overseas,” Jie Jia said in one breath. He picked up his cup and took a sip of milk tea.

"So, the Thousand Machine Token is... a ticket?" Chen Mu asked, somewhat taken aback.

"I suppose so," Jie Jia nodded. This was truly unexpected.

Chen Mu thought it was some kind of treasure or secret token.

No, it is indeed a token, but it's not what he expected. It's just a boat ticket.

"Understood," Chen Mu replied knowingly.

If you want to sense something, you have to find the Thousand Machine Token.

The powerful warriors fighting in Lijiang City were vying for the Thousand Machine Token.

"Is there a lot of old foxes hiding in Lijiang City, waiting for those with the Thousand Machine Token to walk right into their trap?"

"Otherwise, how could there be so many experts fighting every few days?"

Thinking about the chaotic battle that might ensue later, Chen Mu couldn't help but shudder.

"Luckily I ran fast."

Chen Mu said helplessly, "Even in a peaceful little town, he's not at peace."

In times of great chaos, the only way to survive is to retreat to the mountains and forests and become a savage. Any human settlement in a town or city will be affected by various disturbances.

"If I want to find the Thousand Machine Token, wouldn't that mean I have to crawl into a den of ghosts?" Chen Mu wondered.

Jie Jia had previously stated that the Thousand Machine Token was located in the place where Yin spirits gathered.

He'd had close encounters with ghosts before; those things were difficult to deal with, and now he was being asked to infiltrate their lair...

Chen Mu couldn't help but shudder.

“You can also steal from others,” Jie Jia said calmly.

Upon recalling the battle between the Jia Po experts in Lijiang City, Chen Mu immediately shook his head.

I can't beat those old philistines.

Chen Mu's eyes lit up: "How about I hire you to help me steal one?"

"Name your price!" Chen Mu waved his hand dismissively.

“You can’t afford to hire him.” Jie Jia didn’t even look at Chen Mu.

"Who do you think you are?" Chen Mu retorted.

We are now wealthy people with more than 20,000 taels of silver in our hands!
"The Thousand Machine Order appears once every hundred years."

"Thirteen prefectures of the Great Liang Dynasty, totaling one hundred and seven."

"Tell me, how much is appropriate for me to take from you?" Jie Jia said calmly.

Chen Mu: “…”

Is this... really that rare?!

I can't afford to hire them...

"I have to find it myself." Chen Mu was immediately at a loss.

The thought of those densely packed, dark, ghostly monsters made Chen Mu shudder.

If you run into someone like that, they could die!
"Do the Jinghong Gang and Tangshan Camp have a way to deal with the ghosts?" He thought of the experience his neighbor Kuituo had told him about his journey north.

"Recruiting so many people just to send them to their deaths? That doesn't make sense."

"There are special instruments that can gather the body's vital energy."

"Although yin spirits can devour vital energy."

“But if there are too many…” Jie Jia said calmly.

"They'll choke to death! They'll drown!" Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

He squinted: "It seems we'll have to ask one of the Liangshan heroes to come out of seclusion and mingle in Tangshan Camp or Jinghong Gang."

……

Jingxingfang, near the south gate of the North Market in Nanyang Prefecture.

Chen Mu rented a small two-courtyard house and settled down.

He had originally planned to have multiple burrows, but unfortunately, all the surrounding properties had already been rented out.

Fortunately, I didn't plan to stay for long anyway.

He wasn't in a hurry to apply for jobs at Tangshan Camp or Jinghong Gang.

"We should try the Cloud Mirage Form Refinement Technique first."

After breaking through to the fifth level, the original breathing technique of the Body Refining Technique becomes less effective.

Fortunately, as proficiency slowly increases, insights come continuously.

The original 108 breathing variations have now increased to 169, and the number continues to grow.

"I'll stay here for a while, and then we'll talk about it after I've mastered the new breathing technique," Chen Mu silently planned.

"I'm not in a hurry to apply for the jobs. Who knows if those two companies are up to something?"

According to Kuituo, those who join the Jinghong Gang seem to be controlled by mysterious means, and those who try to escape will turn into mummies.

Chen Mu dared not plunge headlong into it without first figuring things out.

(End of this chapter)