My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 199 Jade Plate
Tongtianfang, a grain store.

Chen Mu changed his appearance and bought 200 catties of yellow sprout rice at once, which was his food for a month.

After leaving the grain store, I walked towards the east gate of Tongtianfang, browsing around at my leisure.

Soon, it was discovered that there were many more patrol officers dressed in gray on the streets.

"Who is Dong Cheng?"

"Is it worth the inspection bureau investigating so thoroughly?"

He appeared nonchalant, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the gray-clad patrolman peeking at him.

"The fact that the inspection team is conducting such a large-scale search indicates that they haven't yet obtained any clear leads." Chen Mu felt a slight sense of relief.

She couldn't help but complain to Dong Cheng, "Why did you provoke me?"

"Now look what's happened, he's gone and everyone's been living in fear."

"Even the dead can't rest in peace," Chen Mu sighed.

"I'll just stay home and farm for now, focusing on my spiritual practice."

Just as he was thinking about his plan to cultivate in a low-key manner in the future, he saw two patrolmen suddenly stop a strong man who was over two meters tall.

"Song Wei?"

"It's me?" The burly man asked, bewildered.

"You know Dong Cheng?"

The burly man's face immediately contorted with rage: "I'd recognize that bastard even if he were ashes!"

"Are you patrol officers?"

"Did he do something wrong?"

"Great! I'm going to report him! He set a trap for people!"

"What did you say?! You want to turn Dong Cheng to ashes? That's so cruel!" One of the patrolmen looked at the burly man with a look of surprise.

"No, did you even hear what I said?" The burly man looked completely bewildered.

"Don't move!" Two patrolmen grabbed the burly man's hands from the left and right.

"Dong Cheng's disappearance must be related to you!"

Before the burly man could struggle, the two patrolmen firmly restrained him and quickly dragged him into a nearby alley.

Chen Mu: “…”

Has the situation become that dire?

The patrols have started randomly arresting people?!
He immediately found a dark alley and put the yellow sprout rice into the Five Ghosts Bag.

He changed his appearance and clothes again, returned to the grain store, and bought four hundred catties of yellow sprout rice in one go.

"I'll try to stay home as much as possible for the next three months."

What if one of the patrol officers accidentally catches him?

Just then, the burly man from before appeared, looking indignant, his face so gloomy it seemed like it could drip water.

So you've cleared your name so quickly?

Before he could figure it out, two patrolmen appeared at the alley entrance, each fiddling with a white jade coin in their hands.

"Extorting money under the guise of this?" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

Hmph! These dirty tricks are always there, no matter where you go!
……

Low Hill Courtyard
"It seems this thing is a treasure." Chen Mu held the large white jade disc with a human face on it and examined it carefully.

The disc is about an inch thick, with a smooth, mirror-like bottom and intricate carvings on the front. There is a circular indentation in the center.

If it weren't for the fact that the indentation wasn't completely cleared, Chen Mu would have thought it was a large white jade coin.

This item comes from Dong Cheng's Mustard Seed Talisman and is placed at the very bottom of the wooden cabinet.

At the time, it was casually wrapped in a piece of velvet cloth and placed among a pile of unpolished jade ore.

In his cabinet, besides the white jade coins, there were only unknown minerals and medicines.

Chen Mu initially thought the jade plate was made of a special material. But now it seems that this thing is not simple at all.

"At the very least, it's a magical artifact."

"Dong Cheng is nothing more than a peddler who buys and sells goods."

He must have some treasure!

"It will allow him to become an apprentice at the lower academy."

"That allows the inspection bureau to investigate so openly."

Chen Mu stared at the patterns on the jade plate.

"Should I put a white jade coin here?" He stroked the center of the disc and immediately took out a white jade coin and stuffed it into the recess.

The next moment, the star-shaped pattern on the white jade coin suddenly began to shimmer with bright white light.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

This is probably a really precious jade plate!
……

three days later.

Low hill courtyard.

Chen Mu sat under the wooden shed, reciting the Baiyang Zhenjie Scripture with his eyes closed. On a low table beside him sat a white jade plate. A white jade coin shimmered with fluorescent light in the center of the plate.

After a long while, Chen Mu opened his eyes and carefully compared the various skills and experiences.

Cloud Mirage Armor Technique: Increases skill level by three points per hour!
Baiyang's True Explanation: Increases your points by 10 in one hour!
Chen Mu felt the cool touch emanating from the silver lines between his eyebrows.

"Earth's spiritual energy?"

Since obtaining the white jade disc, Chen Mu has been trying to test it.

He discovered that as long as a white jade coin was placed in the concave part of the disc, the concentration of earth spirit energy within three meters of the disc would increase exponentially.

In the past, when I was by the well, it felt like a light drizzle was falling on my forehead, and I would feel a slightly cool sensation.

But now that he was far from the well, it felt as if a water droplet of ice had been placed between his eyebrows.

This increased the Spirit Armor skill from one point per hour to three points.

Looking at the white jade coins shimmering on the disc, Chen Mu had a strange expression on his face.

"What is this? Paying money to buy earth elemental energy?"

"Why does this remind me of buying a data plan in a past life?"

Just as I was thinking this, the light from the white jade coin in the center of the disc grew weaker and weaker, flickering a few times before going out completely.

Chen Mu picked up the white jade coin. The once clearly visible star-shaped silver thread pattern on it had become dim.

"It's not about spending money to buy the earth's spiritual energy."

"But the money itself contains the earth's spiritual energy!" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

White jade is merely the vessel; the earth's spiritual energy is the key to its value!
The jade plate can extract the vital energy from the white jade coins, artificially creating a place with an extremely high concentration of vital energy.

"This thing absolutely must not be discovered!" Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

As long as he has this disc in hand and white jade coins on him, he can cultivate quickly anytime, anywhere.

"No wonder the inspection bureau is investing so much!"

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine as he recalled the entire process before and after the attack.

Thinking back, I even used the Five Ghosts Bag brand vacuum cleaner to vacuum the entire Dong Cheng's house.

Only then did he put aside his worries and look at the jade plate with great anticipation.

……

A month later.

Inside the courtyard on the low hill, under the wooden shed.

Chen Mu sat in the rocking chair and slowly opened his eyes.

With a thought, the gray wall appeared.

Writing: 5560/10000/Second order;

Drawing: 5967/10000/Second order;

Cooking skill: 3395/10000/Tier 4;

Pharmaceutical Skill: 2867/10000/Tier 5;

Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell: 6951/10000/Seventh Rank;

Transformation Technique: 3947/10000/Tier 4;

Cloud Mirage Armor Technique: 5673/10000/Tier 7;

Planting: 5270/10000/Tier 2;

Baiyang's True Solution: 1/10000/Second Order;

Sand-containing spell: 9184/10000/Tier 1;
With the aid of the jade plate, he practiced the Sand-Containing Technique.

Baiyang Zhenjie has finally broken through the first stage.

In my mind, a net-like sphere made of interconnected star-like threads shimmered with light behind the illusion.

The once thick fog has become increasingly thin and visible.

The power of the Azure-Eyed Golden Ape's Body Refinement Technique has been completely integrated into the divine will.

Zhuang Fu said that for jade to be of the highest quality, it must be a pearl formed from primordial chaos, as white and lustrous as jade.

"Mine is at most a tennis ball."

"I really need to keep practicing." Chen Mu looked at the second-tier mark after Baiyang Zhenjie and realized.

"Therefore, the unity of spirit and soul is not the end point; the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit must continue to be added to it."

"Just keep gaining experience," Chen Mu shrugged.

In another three to five days, the Sand-Holding Technique will also be able to enter the next stage.

My proficiency with the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique is already more than halfway there.

"Experience points are indeed gained quickly, but it's a bit expensive." Chen Mu looked helplessly at the white jade plate.

Over the past month, the jade plate has consumed two white jade coins every day.

His assets have shrunk by half!
This isn't cultivation, it's just burning money!
"Don't let me go bankrupt before I've even finished refining the jade seed."

(End of this chapter)