My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 207 Induction
North of Tongtianfang, there is a Taoist temple on the cliff.

The day after the insect infestation subsided, Lin Su arrived here early in the morning.

"Junior Brother Liang, does the Abbot have time to see me?"

Liang Yi looked guilty: "Master got a green beetle, said it's a rare and exotic insect, and is preparing to refuse visitors and go into seclusion to study it. What do you think about this..."

Lin Su's expression changed.

I waited for over a month, only to receive a "no visitors" message?
He quickly pulled out a cloth bag and handed it to Liang Yi.

"This concerns my family's bloodline, so I implore Junior Brother Liang to take care of it!"

Liang Yi looked troubled: "You know my master's temperament. Once he's engrossed in researching alien insects, he absolutely hates being disturbed. I... I really can't..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Su handed him another heavy cloth bag.

"Don't worry, senior brother. Even if I'm expelled from the temple by our master, I'll still do this for you!" Liang Yi waved his hand, tucked the cloth bag into his sleeve, and turned to walk into the Taoist temple.

Looking at the decisive Liang Yi, Lin Su had a bad feeling.

Was I just fooled by this kid?

Hey!
What a heartless bastard!

……

After a long while, Liang Yi reappeared by the wooden building.

His dejected face made Lin Su tremble with fear.

This bastard, is he trying to scam me out of money again?!
"Senior brother, as you requested, I found the records for the day your direct bloodline member went missing." Liang Yi handed Lin Su a palm-sized white jade plate.

Like insects inside amber, the jade plate is inlaid with star-shaped silver wire patterns.

"On the day your clansman disappeared, besides the people who were already in the courtyard, there was another stranger."

"He left after Dong Cheng disappeared."

Liang Yi pointed to a small black dot the size of a mung bean on the white jade plate and said, "For the next hour, the jade plate can temporarily connect with the round mirror."

"If you just follow it, you can find the person's current location from that day."

Lin Su was overjoyed. He clasped his hands in a slight bow, then turned and darted down the wooden building, disappearing in a flash.

"Why run so fast?" Liang Yi asked with a regretful expression.

He had just been trying to play the victim and gain sympathy. But Lin Su was only thinking about his baby and didn't even glance at his performance.

"What a waste of all the emotion I've been building up over the past few days." Liang Yi pouted.

Watching the other person's disappearing figure, Liang Yi couldn't help but wonder, "I wonder what it is that's worth this Supervisor Lin investing so much in."

"Wouldn't it be better to use that energy to refine and hone your divine aperture?" Liang Yi shook his head dismissively.

Thinking of the newly promoted lower academy disciple who was about to be targeted, Liang Yi narrowed his eyes: "Being targeted by Lin Su and Dong Cheng is just bad luck for that person."

"After being in the underworld for so long, don't you know that you shouldn't flaunt your wealth?"

Liang Yi took out a round mirror and looked at the flickering black dots on it.

"Never mind, they're still disciples of the lower academy, so they're not outsiders."

"I'll give you a tap, and how it ends is up to fate."

A wisp of white mist suddenly appeared on his right index finger, which he aimed at the ink spot on the bronze mirror.

The Round Mirror and the Dao Seal mark share the same origin. The Azure Cicada Mother-Child Symbol within the Round Mirror allows it to trace and connect with the Dao Seal.

It is also possible to cast spells remotely through the round mirror and change the Dao seal mark.

This finger strike won't harm the Dao Seal's host, but it will cause the Dao Seal to manifest on its own.

Like a brand, it hurts for a fleeting moment.

As Lin Su approached with the jade plate in his hand, the Dao seal became increasingly prominent.

"One hour, let's see who runs the fastest." Liang Yi chuckled. He pressed a finger onto the ink dot.

The ink dot resembled a black hole with suction power, instantly drawing the white smoke into it.

Liang Yi watched the black dot with great interest, imagining the dramatic chase between the two, and wished his master would take him to heaven to watch it.

The next moment, he saw the ink dots that had absorbed the white mist, as if they had absorbed bleach.

It spread out quickly and then disappeared.

The smile on Liang Yi's face seemed to have been frozen in mid-air, as if it had been put on pause.

"This...this is not what Master said!" Liang Yi was caught off guard and stood there dumbfounded: "I just touched it so lightly, how could it be gone?!"

……

The day after the insect infestation, at the foot of the hill, Chen Mu, as usual, weeded, watered, and fertilized the yellow rice field.

After the pest infestation, his ten mu of yellow sprout rice shrank to seven and a half mu.

The main losses occurred on the first night, damaging approximately one acre of land.

But if he only loses one acre, given his status as an outsider, those disciples in the lower courtyard who suffered heavy losses might become envious and cause trouble.

To make it look like a proper harvest, he harvested a batch of yellow-sprout rice ahead of time.

Although the harvest was small and the grains were shriveled, they were still edible.

With two-stage planting techniques, the work in the field can be completed quickly.

Back in the courtyard on the hill. Pour a cup of cool tea and place it on the low table.

Chen Mu took out a white jade disc and placed white jade coins inside. As usual, he closed his eyes and recited the White Sun True Understanding Mantra.

Half an hour later, Chen Mu opened his eyes.

A black and red pellet the size of a peanut appeared in his hand.

"The third-tier Sand-Containing Technique only takes five seconds to activate. It's not very effective in direct confrontation, but it's quite good for surprise attacks."

He glanced at the proficiency level.

Sand-containing spell: 3951/10000/Tier 3;

"If we reach the fourth tier, we might be able to cast it instantly!"

I'm thinking about whether I should spend more time on the art of spitting sand.

A sudden realization dawned on me.

A sudden, icy sensation came from between my eyebrows.

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

He suddenly reached out, and a wisp of icy black smoke appeared in his palm.

But this black smoke was not the spirit of the Five Ghosts.

Chen Mu looked at the gray wall in front of him.

Cloud Mirage Armor Technique: 1/10000/Tier 8;

Cloud clam, a type of cloud-shaped organism.

"But you didn't say it was a dark cloud!" Chen Mu immediately shook his head and laughed.

Just now, his Cloud Mirage Armor Technique naturally broke through to the eighth level.

With a sudden thought, his entire body was enveloped in black smoke.

"That's great. From now on, Gongsun Sheng won't need the Five Ghosts Bag prop when he appears."

"The Cloud Mirage Armor Technique comes with its own special effects! Heh..."

"I don't know what this thing is for."

Just as I was having a good time, a sharp pain suddenly shot through my right arm.

It felt as if someone was pressing a branding iron onto his arm.

Startled, Chen Mu quickly shook off his hand and rolled up his sleeves to take a look.

The Taoist seal of the lower courtyard of Chicken Cage Road turned from black to red at this moment. It was like flowing magma, so hot that the veins on Chen Mu's forehead bulged.

The next moment, a plume of black smoke appeared around the scarlet mark.

Just like charcoal sprayed with cooling agent, the red marks quickly cool and turn black.

Chen Mu subconsciously wiped it with his hand, and the Dao seal that had already shown signs of drying and cracking immediately turned into a pile of black ash and disappeared.

Chen Mu stood there, stunned.

The Dao Seal Mark... is gone?!

The mark that bound the lower-level disciples and forced him to work for free is gone!

In my memory, to get rid of this thing, I either had to work in Chicken Coop for twenty years or break through my senses.

"I...I've achieved enlightenment?!"

"The seventh level of the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique has reached perfection, which corresponds to sensing?!"

A tremendous sense of surprise immediately filled Chen Mu's heart.

(End of this chapter)