My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 179 The Stabilizing Pill

November 29th, 642nd year of the Great Liang Dynasty.

The white jujube resurfaced.

Standing in front of the transparent curtain wall, Chen Mu looked at the vertical mountain wall that was extremely similar to Shouyang Mountain and suddenly realized something.

"This is another region similar to Daliang."

I don't know how many years the White Silkworm Shuttle has been picking up and dropping off people.

"It's a pity we can't go up and take a look."

The White Silk Shuttle stipulates that no one other than staff members are allowed to leave the shuttle.

It was said to be to avoid conflicts with people from unfamiliar regions.

Protect those inside the facility, and also protect unfamiliar areas.

"They're afraid these free laborers will run away, aren't they?" Chen Mu scoffed.

After leaving the transparent curtain wall, he didn't rush back.

For seven or eight days in a row, he hid in his cabin reading medical books until he was dizzy and lightheaded. He took this opportunity to come out and clear his head.

As you walk, you arrive at the Silver Moon Pavilion at the tail of the White Silk Shuttle. It's the largest entertainment area inside the shuttle, offering a one-stop shop for eating, drinking, and having fun.

Chen Mu stood at the door for a moment, then calmly turned and left.

It wasn't because of the two hundred taels of silver entrance fee.

It's entirely because I'm a virtuous and upright young man.

It's better not to go to such a filthy place!
Then Chen Mu strolled over to Xianxian Teahouse, spent 212 taels of silver, and ordered ten dishes that were completely different from those of Daliang to taste one by one.

During this time, I picked two dishes that suited my taste and pondered them carefully.

After finishing a meal, two new dishes were added to my menu.

At the entrance of the teahouse, Chen Mu turned back with a pained expression.

"It's only because open-air food stalls aren't allowed here that I'd bankrupt you guys." That's outrageous!

……

Two weeks later, Chen Mu raised his head.

He stared blankly at the oval crystal ball lamp on the wall for a long while before he came back to his senses.

For more than ten days in a row, apart from going out to eat, he spent every day hiding in the cabin practicing his medicine-making skills.

With a thought, he brought up the gray wall.

Pharmacy Skill: 7812/10000/Tier 4;

He's not far from the fifth rank. At the normal pace, he should be able to advance in about a month.

"It's a pity I have no experience," Chen Mu said with a wry smile.

Before leaving Daliang, he made a point of collecting medical books, but it still wasn't enough.

……

Half a day later, Chen Mu walked out of the Ink Fragrance Book Forest with a gloomy expression.

He was carrying a small cloth bundle. Inside were seven or eight unread books on medicine.

For just these few medicine books, the unscrupulous fat boss demanded 1,300 taels of silver from him.

Even with the help of fasting pills to save money, he still spent more than four thousand taels of silver in a month on the ship.

His net worth has shrunk by nearly one-tenth.

"I need to find a way to open source it!" Chen Mu thought with a frown.

……

The middle section of the white silkworm shuttle, inside the Hundred Herbs Pavilion.

Chen Mu looked around the clinic; it wasn't quite what he remembered.

Against the wall directly opposite the door was a medicine cabinet with rows of small drawers, each labeled with the name of a medicine in black lettering on a wooden plaque.

That's nothing unusual; what's unusual is the left wall.

An antique display shelf stood against the wall, with small porcelain vases arranged in its compartments. Next to each vase hung a wooden plaque with red characters.

Red Sand Pill, Miraculous Elixir, Mind-Concentrating Pill, Spirit-Stabilizing Pill...

Chen Mu also saw the Bigu Pill on it.

"The pharmaceutical system overseas seems to be quite different," Chen Mu said thoughtfully.

The main treatment for major diseases is decoction, supplemented by pills.

At the Bai Lian Suo Medical Clinic, finished pills make up half of the medicines.

"What do you need, guest?" A man in his thirties, dressed in a brown short-sleeved shirt, walked up to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu looked at the Bigu Pill and was about to speak when he suddenly stopped.

He had mastered most of the fourth-stage pharmaceutical technique, but there was no progress whatsoever in mastering the Bigu Pill.

"The Bigu Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine formula) may have exceeded the understanding of fourth-level pharmaceutical techniques."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu probed calmly, "I'm practicing the White Yang True Understanding, but I'm encountering some difficulties. I wonder..."

The waiter suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Chen Mu with eager eyes.

Chen Mu was helpless.

If the shopkeeper or owner of the white silkworm shop ever shows this expression, it means they're about to rip someone off.

"The Mind-Concentrating Pill! A supreme elixir that accelerates the process of unifying the spirit and soul; one day of cultivation is equivalent to ten days of cultivation, it..."

"How much!" Chen Mu interrupted his rambling. "Not expensive, just ten white jade coins."

"One bottle?"

One grain.

Chen Mu: “…”

I knew it!

"Anything else?" Chen Mu asked calmly. "I don't have that much money, nor do I have any treasures to barter with."

The shopkeeper immediately looked regretful: "Then why not try the Tranquilizing Pills? They're quite effective, and most importantly, they're cheap. A bottle contains ten pills, and they only cost five white jade coins."

"Okay, give me two then." Chen Mu handed the shopkeeper a white jade spirit coin.

Seeing the shopkeeper's strange expression, Chen Mu calmly replied, "Can't I buy them individually?"

The waiter curled his lip in disgust: "Fine..."

Another penniless guy, can't make it work.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes and strode away.

"You just wait, once I replicate this calming pill, you'll be crying!" Chen Mu thought fiercely.

……

Inside cabin number 6, Yimao on the left.

Chen Mu coughed, and a warm light immediately shone into the small room of about twenty square meters.

The room was small, with a table, a bed, a cabinet, and a separate bathroom.

If it weren't for the occasional glimpses of pale, bony structures on the walls, Chen Mu would have thought he had stumbled upon a small inn from his past life.

He took out a Bigu Pill 3.0 and swallowed it.

Chen Mu took out a fist-sized porcelain bottle from the Five Ghosts Bag, poured out a peanut-sized brown pill, and held it to his nose to sniff it.

"Seven!"

In a split second, he identified seven of the medicinal ingredients.

"The Bigu Pill is indeed different."

He went in the wrong direction before!

"While reading medicine books, I also pondered the 'Tranquilizer Pill,' let's work on the liver!"

……

December 27th, 642nd year of the Great Liang Dynasty.

Inside Xianxian Teahouse.

Chen Mu held a calming pill in his hand.

A series of drug dosages, processing methods, and fusion methods came to mind.

He subconsciously picked up a piece of mung bean cake and put it in his mouth.

In a flash of inspiration, a recipe containing the dosage of ingredients and the preparation method quickly appeared in his mind.

With a thought, a gray wall appeared.

Writing: 4270/10000/Second order;

Drawing: 5967/10000/Second order;

Cooking skill: 8145/10000/Tier 3;

Pharmaceutical Skill: 37/10000/Tier 5;

Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell: 4371/10000/Seventh Rank;

Transformation Technique: 987/10000/Tier 4;

Cloud Mirage Armor Technique: 5069/10000/Tier 6;

For the past two months, I've been reading books every morning after waking up, and when I get tired of reading, I ponder over prescriptions. I've finally leveled up my medicine-making skills to the fifth level.

His sense of smell became increasingly acute.

The formula for the Tranquilizing Pill, which originally had some obstacles that had not been overcome, was soon completely uncovered by him.

"What a pity..." Chen Mu shook his head helplessly.

"The main medicine is unavailable!"

"Bai Cao Ge must have done this on purpose!" Chen Mu thought bitterly.

"Has a ruthless person ever done counterfeiting before?"

Otherwise, why is the main ingredient, *Eclipta prostrata*, missing?
"That's right. Those who can take the White Rope are the most outstanding people in their respective countries."

"Being ruthless is just the basics; having some special skills is normal."

"If there were one or two people who were proficient in pharmacology, they might actually have made a copy of the Tranquilizer Pill."

"The true meaning of Baiyang is getting further and further away from me," Chen Mu lamented.

"We can only wait until we reach Yunzhou to find a solution," Chen Mu sighed.

I listened listlessly to the storyteller recounting the legendary tales of Yunzhou, while casually glancing at the gray walls.

"This proficiency level in Spirit Armor Technique...something's not right!" Chen Mu suddenly exclaimed in shock.

Since mastering the Spirit Armor Technique, my breathing method has completely changed, and my proficiency has increased automatically.

Unless they go to a special place, such as Qingshan County, they never miss a beat at midnight.

It's increased by more than thirty points since yesterday, hasn't it?!
(End of this chapter)