My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 178 The True Understanding of Baiyang
Inside Xianxian Teahouse.

I drank a pot of tea and listened to strange tales for half an hour.

The scarred man sighed for no apparent reason.

"What's wrong now?" The little-eyed girl glanced at her companion.

"I'm thinking about that 'True Explanation of White Sun' book," the scarred-faced man said, looking troubled.

"Why would I want to think about it if I don't have any white jade spirit coins?" The little-eyed girl rolled her eyes.

"Don't you want to go further?" Scarface asked unwillingly.

Those who manage to board the White Silkworm Shuttle always have some hidden treasures.

The man with small eyes laughed: "This ship is too dark. Forget about it. Let's see when we get to Yunzhou."

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes in the distance.

"The True Explanation of Baiyang?"

"Go further?"

"The secret technique of uniting the divine soul?!" Chen Mu immediately became excited.

I never expected that I would know an even more advanced secret technique so soon after getting on the White Silk Shuttle!
"White Jade Spirit Coins?"

"I have it!"

……

The white slugs glides steadily through the deep sea.

Apart from the occasional glimmer of light emitted by marine life, the two transparent walls at the front and back have become completely dark.

Despite the lack of external lighting, the interior of the White Silkworm Shuttle remains as bright as day.

The pale white pillar connecting heaven and earth began to emit a faint white light.

Shops lining both sides of the street also displayed oval crystals, each about the size of a rugby ball. With a slight shake, the crystals emitted a warm glow.

This wasn't the first time Chen Mu had seen it, but it still felt strange.

He approached an oval crystal and discovered that it was hollow inside and filled with liquid.

Transparent, oval-shaped creatures, about the size of ants, moved and floated within them.

It is they that emit light from the inside out.

"These are called fluorescent algae. As long as you feed them some food every day and let them eat their fill, they can stay lit all day long," said a chubby old man in his fifties with a goatee.

"A guest just arrived at Baihuoshuo?" the chubby old man asked with a smile.

"Boss has a good eye." Chen Mu clasped his hands in a fist salute.

“People who have been here for a long time are used to fluorescent algae and won’t be as curious as you are,” the plump old man said with a smile.

"I heard there's a secret technique for uniting the soul and spirit here?" Chen Mu asked directly.

The fat old man's eyes lit up immediately: "Guest, you want the secret method of uniting spirit and soul?"

His gaze toward Chen Mu suddenly became intense.

"I do indeed have a copy of Baiyang Zhenjie here."

"This true explanation is said to have come from the Pure Yang Sect."

"It is the gentlest secret method in the world for uniting the spirit and soul. Practicing this method step by step will ensure no mistakes." The portly shopkeeper looked at Chen Mu eagerly: "Sir, would you like some?"

"Yes!" Chen Mu nodded immediately.

The white shuttle still needs to sail for three to five months, and this time cannot be wasted.

You can definitely practice the secret technique of unifying the spirit and soul first. This will save time for when you first come into contact with sensory cultivation.

"Does the guest know about the White Jade Spirit Coin?" the plump shopkeeper asked cautiously.

"I know." Chen Mu nodded calmly.

I not only know, I also know!
The fat boss's face immediately broke into a smile.

"Name your price," Chen Mu said calmly.

But he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, for prices on Baihuo Shuttle were already high.

The secret technique of uniting the soul and spirit is only sold at this Moxiang Bookstore. I figure I'm going to get ripped off.

The fat old man's smile widened, and he reached out and extended an index finger.

Ten white jade coins? Chen Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. But then felt a pang of heartache.

He only had twenty-three coins in total. Before boarding the ship, he gave away five coins to choose a good spot, leaving him with eighteen coins.

This means losing most of him, so of course it hurts.

"This is about taking things a step further, so we should be frugal where we can and spend where we can!" Chen Mu gritted his teeth and reached into his sleeve to pull out some white jade coins.

At this moment, the chubby boss smiled and said, "One hundred."

Chen Mu froze instantly. Even if I sold myself out, I wouldn't have a hundred coins!
Chen Mu glared at the fat boss with a dark expression. "Is this old man trying to scam me?"

"The guest doesn't have enough white jade coins?" The fat old man didn't seem to care at all, and instead laughed even more happily. "I have another solution here," the fat old man said cheerfully, "I can barter with other goods."

"If you have any precious medicinal herbs or minerals, you can bring them to me to take a look."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely give you a good price."

I believe you!
He finally understood the meaning of the conversation between the two people in the teahouse.

The fat boss must have mentioned the barter arrangement more than once. But the fact that those two didn't come to exchange their goods shows that the old man was a swindler.

Or rather, all the merchants on the ship were raising selling prices and lowering purchasing prices.

They're going to squeeze every last drop out of these outsiders!

"What's the guest's decision?" the plump old man asked Chen Mu hopefully.

Finally, a newbie with no experience has arrived! Is this the start of business?

not so good!
"I've been focused on cultivation all these years. All my wealth has been spent on it. I'm really short of money now." Chen Mu shook his head with a dejected look.

A wooden short sword and a heartless bell can both be exchanged for money. But he didn't want to be ripped off.

Just like those two people in the teahouse said, we'll see when we get to Yunzhou.

……

November 19th, 642nd year of the Great Liang Dynasty

Bai Que Suo has been away from Daliang for more than ten days.

They were underwater, surrounded by bioluminescent algae that glowed all day long, obscuring the sunrise and sunset, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night.

Inside cabin number 6, Yimao on the left.

Chen Mu sat at his small desk, slowly flipping through the "Geography of Yunzhou".

The book is only as thick as an index finger, with concise and general descriptions of the famous mountains and rivers of Yunzhou.

Chen Mu, however, watched with great interest.

“There were eleven kingdoms in just one Yunzhou.”

"If all the states were as large as Daliang, then Yunzhou would be quite big."

Chen Mu recalled the descriptions in the book and couldn't help but feel a longing for it.

Legend has it that the towering cliff reached into the clouds.

The Tongtian River is said to flow upwards towards the sky.

Of course, there's also the rugged and precipitous Jilong Mountain.

"There's a Chicken Cage Path on Chicken Cage Mountain. Am I going there to plant yellow sprout rice on Chicken Cage Path?" Chen Mu pondered.

After all, it was just a geographical record, and only mentioned Jilong Road in a few words.

Places like Motian Cliff and Qingjianghu have similar Taoist organizations.

"So, we were actually sold out by the owner of the White Silk Shuttle?" Chen Mu asked with a complicated expression.

If it weren't for the relatively good treatment they received along the way, Chen Muzhen would have thought that they had been sold into slavery.

"Most of the one or two thousand staff members on the White Silk Shuttle are only at the Armor Soul level."

"If they really dared to cheat people like this, the four or five thousand people from various islands on a ship would have already rebelled."

But it wasn't much better. The owner of the White Silkworm Shuttle had already advanced the wages. Going there would just mean working for free.

"A shady real estate agency!"

Chen Mu shook his head, trying to stop thinking about these troubling things.

"How can I get my hands on the White Sun True Explanation?" That was the real concern of his.

"Even if we get to Yunzhou, it probably won't be cheap," Chen Mu sighed.

It's definitely not something that can be solved with just a dozen or so white jade coins.

"We need to find a way to make money as soon as possible," Chen Mu frowned in thought.

Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, I still couldn't come up with any good ideas.

After all, they didn't understand the environment of Yunzhou and didn't know which industries could make money from jade.

"Perhaps I should try to replicate the Bigu Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine formula)." Chen Mu looked at the proficiency level.

Pharmacy Skill: 5915/10000/Tier 4;

"Go ahead and swipe."

"First, max out the fourth level and see if we can analyze the ingredients of the Bigu Pill."

"If it doesn't work, keep refreshing."

As for his proficiency with livers, he's an expert at that.

(End of this chapter)