My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 203 Try
Should we continue to increase Shang Huan's shipment volume?

"The risk is too great," Chen Mu shook his head.

To maintain the Jade Plate's consumption, Shang Huan needs to sell seventy-two bottles of Tranquilizing Pills every month, serving at least eighty customers.

If even one person harbors ulterior motives, the consequences...

"The maximum can only be increased to thirty-six bottles," Chen Mu set an upper limit.

Should we find another collaborator?
Chen Mu was somewhat undecided.

……

night.

Keelung Road Lower Courtyard, located in the mountains of the northern part of the basin plain.

Under the moonlight, a dark shadow flashed through the woods, and a few palm-sized leaves swayed slightly in the breeze.

The shadowy figure moved swiftly, arriving at the underground market with practiced ease.

It was Chen Mu who had disguised himself to come here.

He was 1.82 meters tall, wearing a black cloak, with a strong and imposing physique, and his face was covered with a bronze beast head mask, exuding a rugged and fierce aura.

Inside the underground market, not far from the exit, Chen Mu casually found an open space, spread out a felt cloth, and placed twelve bottles of calming pills on it.

Then a brown wooden sign was erected with two lines of flowing characters on it.

"One white jade coin, thirty-two calming pills."

After two days of deliberation, Chen Mu decided to test the waters at the underground market and start by selling a batch of calming pills.

He appeared calm and collected on the surface, but the five paper ghost figures always lingered around him, as if afraid someone might suddenly come after him.

Not long after, a thin man with his face covered by a black cloth came to the stall.

"Can I open it and take a look?"

"Look around as you like," Chen Mu said in a rough voice.

The man poured out a calming pill, examined it carefully against the light, and then sniffed it to distinguish it.

“Your pills…” He looked at them over and over, then sighed and shook his head at Chen Mu with a hesitant expression.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes and snatched the calming pill away.

"If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't want to buy it, get out!"

Give me back this pill!
There's something wrong with my pills! But you absolutely can't tell! Do you think my fifth-tier pill-making skills are a joke?
"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I didn't say I wouldn't buy it."

Give me two bottles!

The gaunt man gave an awkward smile and took out two white jade coins.

Chen Mu casually took it and put it away.

"Pick your own!"

"Get out of here after you've made your selection!"

The man, with a forced smile, compared the bottles on both sides, chose two bottles, and hurriedly left.

It's as if a switch has been turned on.

After the gaunt man left, more and more people came to buy the calming pills.

Chen Mu prepared twelve bottles of calming pills for testing purposes, which sold out in no time.

He immediately got up, rolled up the felt cloth, and left.

After leaving the underground market, first use the Five Ghosts Paper Doll to cover yourself up and become invisible.

Then they changed directions repeatedly, constantly changing their clothes and applying scent-altering potions to their bodies.

After a long and arduous journey until the moon was high in the sky, we finally arrived at the small valley behind the low hill.

He didn't go home; he just lived in a small valley.

There was a cellar he had dug in advance.

There's food and drink, it's well-ventilated and dry, and there are three exits, so you can escape at any time.

Not only that, he also made two ghosts float in the air, constantly monitoring all directions.

It wasn't until the next day when it was fully light that Chen Mu was certain that his group had been safe and sound the night before, and that no one had followed them.

Chen Mu returned to the courtyard on the hill and sat in the rocking chair, scratching his head.

"Shouldn't someone ambush you on the way and force you to reveal the source of the elixir?"

"This doesn't fit the mainstream storyline, does it?"

"I'm definitely not the main character."

"Of course, it's also possible that no one has noticed I'm reselling pills yet."

We need to be even more careful from now on.

Only then did he have the time to take stock of what he had gained the previous night.

"After deducting the cost of one piece, the net profit is eleven pieces of white jade."

"Shang Huan can provide another thirty-six white jade coins."

"Just one or two more trips to the underground market will be enough to cover a month's expenses," Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

This approach carries risks.

However, by shipping in small quantities and frequently, and with Shang Huan sharing the burden, the risk of being detected was immediately reduced by more than half.

If they were all handed over to Shang Huan to sell, that fat man might very well get into trouble. With Gongsun Sheng around, he wasn't afraid that Shang Huan would expose him.

But finding a new scapegoat is never so convenient.

……

Five days later, Chen Mu returned safely from the underground market.

The twelve bottles of calming pills sold out quickly.

The surveillance and investigation that Chen Mu had been worried about did not happen.

"Right."

"Throughout the entire basin plain, there are thousands of disciples in the lower temple."

"It's just a few dozen bottles of calming pills; it's normal for them to be quickly digested."

After that, Chen Mu would go to the underground market every five or six days.

Each sale consists of anywhere from five to twelve bottles.

Her appearance is different each time.

After several attempts, there were absolutely no mistakes.

"Should we order more stock at once?" Chen Mu was itching to do so.

"Never mind. Safety first."

The safest approach is to ship small quantities frequently, using different identities and irregular patterns.

……

At the foot of the short mountain, there are rice fields with yellow buds.

Chen Mu strolled among them.

Clumps of cool well water, large and small, appeared out of thin air and poured onto the ground near different varieties of yellow sprout rice.

Chen Mu looked at the palm-sized, green and yellow rice buds at the top and nodded in satisfaction.

Perhaps because of the jade plate, the well water in the courtyard of Aishan is richer in spiritual energy.

With Chen Mu's increasingly skilled planting techniques, the yellow rice is growing well.

Every time Old Hao came, his face would twitch with envy.

The land he cultivated was not as well as that cultivated by his apprentice, Chen Mu.

puff!
With a soft sound, a black and red pill the size of a peanut pierced the air.

An unidentified beetle, about the size of a fist and grayish-brown in color, was instantly pierced through.

"These annoying bugs are increasing in number."

As Mr. Hao said, the closer the rice is to maturity, the more insects and beasts will covet it.

In the past few days, Chen Mu had to send out two paper ghost figures to patrol constantly.

He didn't really care how much the harvest was.

But we finally managed to grow them. They're almost ripe, we can't just leave them to be destroyed by insects and beasts, can we?

Just then, I caught a glimpse of emerald green out of the corner of my eye.

hum!
One emerald green beetle became two, then two became four, and in the blink of an eye, a large swarm of emerald green beetles appeared in Huangyami.

clang!
The heartless bell rang. Immediately afterwards, billowing black smoke followed.

In the blink of an eye, the emerald green beetles were all devoured by the Five Ghosts Bag.

“This kind of insect…” Chen Mu frowned.

Scale insects seem to have mentioned this. It's a completely new pest.

I've encountered this once before. I didn't expect these guys to come back just as the yellow sprout rice is about to ripen.

"Luckily, there's the Heartless Bell."

Otherwise, there really wouldn't be a way to quickly eradicate this rapidly multiplying pest.

……

Three days later, late at night, in Huangyami Field.

clang!
A bronze bell tolled, its resounding note echoing across the fields.

A cluster of emerald green beetles fell to the ground with a soft rustling sound.

Inside the courtyard of the low hill.

Chen Mu sat under the wooden shed, frowning as he looked at Huang Yami Tian from the perspective of the Five Ghosts.

"Again?"

If it weren't for him ordering the Five Ghosts to patrol and monitor the area tonight...

It will destroy at least one or two acres of yellow rice fields.

"Is it just an outbreak here, or is there a problem throughout the entire basin plain?" Chen Mu sensed something was wrong.

Could we be facing some kind of insect infestation?!

"I have five ghosts patrolling, and the Heartless Bell to kill insects."

"What about Old Hao?"

"What about the other farmers?"

(End of this chapter)