My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 20 Yijin
As the sun sets, the clouds on the horizon turn a fiery red.

A cool breeze began to rise in the courtyard.

Chen Mu sat at the square table inside the room, looking through the open door at the horizon where the sky was gradually darkening, and put a piece of crispy pork belly into his mouth.

The crispy exterior and tender interior, along with the balanced spicy and salty flavor, made Chen Mu nod in approval.

This is only the first level of cooking skills.

People used to say that good food should not be wasted, but most people eat just to fill their stomachs.

A busy job takes up too much energy. A fast-paced life leaves no time for anything else.

"I need to work on improving my cooking skills in the future."

We've already traveled through time, so what's wrong with spending a little time figuring out how to cook?
With the help of Miao Painting Studio in connecting you with portrait business, you won't have to worry about income.

In a little while, I'll find Silver Boots to run errands and help buy a batch of medicinal herbs, so there won't be any obstacles to my martial arts practice.

Think about the hardships my past life endured, and then think about the present.

Chen Mu contentedly picked up a piece of cold leafy greens and chewed leisurely.

Looking up, I saw a dark figure silently vaulting down the wall.

Silver boots?
You said you didn't want others to know, but the other person still sneaked over the wall to get in?

Professional enough!
Chen Mu was about to get up to greet him when he looked up and met the other person's gaze.

Silver-white beard and hair, eyes narrowed to slits, an expressionless face...

Isn't that the assassin from Chenjia Village?!
Chen Mu seemed to have been put on pause; he had only stood up halfway when he froze, standing there stunned.

Jie Jia: "..."

it's fate!
"Ahem, how about we share a bite?" Chen Mu slowly sat down, pretending to be relaxed.

"I'm afraid of being poisoned to death," Jie Jia said calmly without even lifting his eyelids.

"Uncle, it seems you have a very deep misunderstanding about me." Chen Mu shook his head helplessly.

Jie Jia's eyes slowly moved, staring at Chen Mu's sleeve.

A misunderstanding? Just how thick must your skin be to allow you to spread poison while claiming it's a misunderstanding?

"What do you need the silver boots for?" Jie Jia asked expressionlessly.

Silver boots?
Is this old assassin the Silver Boots from the Xue Family Goods Store?
A hitman doing errand work?
Chen Mu's eyes turned strange.

Is being an assassin really that difficult?

"I want to buy a batch of medicinal herbs." As long as they're not here to kill me.

"The list," Jie Jia said succinctly.

"Here it is." Chen Mu quickly took out the list of medicinal herbs that he had prepared beforehand.

Besides the essential medicinal materials for the Red Falcon Formation Technique, he added a lot of other things, mainly to confuse people.

"How much is the commission?" Chen Mu asked.

"Ten...twenty taels," the armored officer said calmly, his face expressionless.

Chen Mu: “…”

Were you just about to say ten taels?!
This is blatant extortion! This is outrageous!

Chen Mu was indignant: "Okay. This is the commission, and this is half of the payment for the goods. Please accept it."

"Heh..." Jie Jia's eyes darted around, glancing sideways at Chen Mu. He smirked slightly, picked up the silver coins on the table, and vanished in a flash.

Chen Mu stared at the other person's disappearing figure for a long time before he came back to his senses.

Damn it! I just wanted to find someone to run errands, why did I end up hiring an assassin?!
However, this person did not seem to have any intention of killing me.

He appeared before me not as an assassin, but as the Silver Boots of the Xue Family Trading Company.

Chen Mu felt a slight sense of relief.

Moreover, the other party is an assassin; judging from that ghostly speed just now, their skills must be exceptional.

Isn't the reason for finding someone to buy medicine on your own because you're afraid of being found out?
Now that this assassin has a silver boots proxy, who dares to inquire about him?

So, this was an unexpected surprise?

"It's just a bit expensive!"

Twenty taels of silver, and this old man dares to ask for it!
Chen Mu's heart was throbbing with pain.

"Forget it, consider it money spent to buy peace of mind." Chen Mu shook his head helplessly, picked up the food that had been sprinkled with snake venom, dug a hole, and buried it in the corner of the wall.

"I acted impulsively and wasted a whole table of good food."

……

On December 23rd, in the year 638 of the Great Liang Dynasty, the weather turned cool.

As usual, Chen Mu got up in the faint morning light.

Putting on a thick coat, Chen Mu opened the door, and a blast of cold air hit him. The temperature felt like late autumn in northern China in his previous life.

He has been in this world for more than seven months, without a mobile phone or computer, and going to bed early and getting up early has become a natural habit.

Chen Mu jumped from the westernmost courtyard to the easternmost courtyard, where he washed up and cooked.

Lighting the fire, boiling water, rinsing the wheat, picking and washing vegetables—all done methodically. Enhanced culinary skills make cooking a breeze.

I chopped up some vegetable leaves and, along with some grass seeds that I had specially bought, poured them into the chicken coop under the west wall.

Five hens clucked and scrambled for food, and Chen Mu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

He has been raising chickens for over a month, which has provided him with a lot of eggs.

……

Returning to the stove to add firewood, Chen Mu estimated that the wheat would take a while to cook. He took off his slightly bulky coat and said, "It's a good time to stretch my legs."

Spend a few minutes warming up all your joints first, then start jumping and running around the yard.

The movements started slowly, then gradually increased in speed, quickly reaching the pace of a 100-meter sprint.

Every time his toes touched the ground, he felt a sense of loss of control, as if his body was about to be thrown forward; that was the powerful inertia brought about by extreme speed.

But the moment his toes touched the ground, his muscles suddenly pulsated, and a powerful force burst forth from his toes.

Whether going with the flow or against it, the body, on the verge of losing control, can always accelerate, stop, or even suddenly turn and reverse according to its will.

This is the Red Falcon Form Training Technique, a form training technique that excels at leaping and running.

Fifteen minutes later, the series of figures in the courtyard suddenly stopped.

Chen Mu took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, completing a cycle of the breathing technique of the Form Refining Method.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and a pleasant and comfortable feeling spread through his limbs and bones.

Exercise stimulates the brain to produce endorphins, which produce a feeling of pleasure.

He had heard about this in his previous life, but as a couch potato, he had never experienced it.

Now he has experienced it, and he enjoys it immensely.

As I slowly stretched and relaxed, a sudden realization dawned on me.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of heat gushed out from all parts of my body.

My muscles started to move involuntarily, as if little mice were crawling and scurrying under my skin.

A tingling, itchy sensation spread throughout my body as a special tissue formed under my skin.

It took Chen Mu a long time to come back to his senses.

Feeling the lingering sensation in his mind, Chen Mu couldn't help but grin: "Breakthrough?!"

Writing: 1445/10000/Second order;

Drawing: 1353/10000/Second order;

Throw: 3316/10000/Tier 2;

Red Falcon Form Training Technique: 8/10000/Second Tier;

Cooking skill: 2642/10000/Tier 1;
He rolled up his left sleeve and pinched his skin.

A supple, leathery texture emanates from it.

"It's like wearing a thin layer of leather armor."

He swung his fist out of thin air, making a whooshing sound as it cut through the air.

"My strength has also increased."

He pushed off the ground with his toes, unleashing a burst of power from his entire body, and his figure vanished from the spot.

The earthen-yellow courtyard wall, seven or eight meters away, zoomed in rapidly.

The next instant, his body came to an abrupt stop, almost touching the wall.

With another burst of strength, it returned to its original position in the blink of an eye.

"Speed ​​and reaction time are much faster! I can leave my previous self far behind!"

"Defense, strength, speed, reaction time—all aspects of physical fitness will be improved!"

"This is the Body Refinement Technique!"

Thinking back to that constable Lu who could leap five or six meters in a single bound, he suddenly felt that he was no longer out of reach.

"Isn't it just about grinding proficiency?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu bent down and picked up a pebble.

Woo!
puff!
A hole about the thickness of an index finger appeared in the mud wall.

Through the round hole, you can even see the street outside the wall.

"And it also increased the power of the Locust Stones?"

"it is good!"

At this moment, a fragrant aroma wafted into my nostrils, indicating that the white wheat rice was cooked.

"Having broken through to the second level of the Body Refinement Technique and achieved the Yi Jin Jing, I absolutely have to treat myself."

"Deep-fried pork belly, cold vegetable salad, and some flavorful cured pork. Delicious!"

(End of this chapter)