My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 211 Traveling Together
The residence of the lower courtyard of Tongtianfang.

Inside the Inspection Office, in Lin Su's courtyard.

Wu Lie, a burly man in black, strode into the main hall and presented a bright yellow cloth scroll about the thickness of a wrist with both hands: "Manager, this is the list of secret techniques exchanged by the Scripture Transmission Academy over the past twenty years."

"Everyone says that Commander Fu is cold-hearted. I didn't expect him to be so accommodating this time," Wu Lie said in surprise.

"I only asked a few questions about the spies from Chongshan Road, and then they gave me the list."

Lin Su glanced at Wu Lie expressionlessly.

happy?

That's because I paid him!
"Does the governor suspect that Chongshan Dao has been plotting for a long time and has already infiltrated the lower courtyard?" Wu Lie asked.

"Hmm." Lin Su nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Chongshan Road was just an excuse; what he really wanted to investigate was the thief who stole the exquisite jade plate!
"That's it, I misunderstood before." Lin Su suddenly realized.

"This isn't the first time Dong Cheng has swindled and cheated people."

"The people who have been tricked the most are actually the senior disciples."

"This kind of person has the ability to turn the tables on Dong Cheng!"

Thinking about the black spot that disappeared on the round mirror, Lin Su became even more certain.

"Investigate everyone who has exchanged for the Sensing Secret Technique in the last twenty years."

“Those renowned geniuses are the focus of our attention.”

A cold glint flashed in Lin Su's eyes.

"You're all brilliant!" Wu Lie exclaimed with admiration.

"Once such a person breaks through, it's easiest for them to become a disciple and infiltrate the lower academy!"

"So Chongshan Dao was trying to sow discord within our Lower Temple!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely find all these people!" Wu Lie said confidently.

Lin Su's eyelids twitched. Could it be explained like that?
That's fine, as long as you understand.

……

Low hill courtyard.

Zi La La...

A loud stir-frying sound rang out in the courtyard.

A thin layer of black smoke enveloped the bottom of the pot as Chen Mu quickly stirred it with a spatula.

In just over thirty breaths, he quickly dispelled the black smoke from the Spirit Armor Technique and picked up a piece of cured meat to taste.

"Finally, it's done." Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

The scorching black smoke effect far surpasses that of the powerful stoves of the past.

I burned the dishes the first few times I used it. It really didn't do justice to my level 4 cooking skills.

Chen Mu carried the dishes to the wooden shed.

A large table of dishes was laid out on the square table.

Pan-fried fish fillets, boiled fish balls, braised pork chunks, spicy cold braised meat, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, a small bowl of yellow sprout rice, and a flat bamboo basket of Lao Qi's meat pies.

With the Spirit Armor Black Smoke Brand high-powered stove, the meat of exotic beasts is no longer difficult to process.

With the help of a softening recipe, many traditional dishes can be gradually made.

"According to the Daliang calendar, today is the first day of the new year."

Chen Mu picked up a pie and took a bite out of it.

"I wonder where this old man is spending the New Year this year."

A quick calculation shows that he has been running his own business for over a year and has reached the age of twenty-four.

"Thinking about it, it was definitely the right decision to come." Chen Mu looked at his right arm, picked up a bowl of fish ball soup, and drank it all in one gulp.

With the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique breaking through its barrier and the Dao Seal disappearing, he had become a free man.

"Moreover, I also obtained the Hundred Intent Spiritual Light Technique." Chen Mu was relieved.

If he stayed in Daliang, even if he tried his best to obtain the Hundred Intent Spirit Light Technique from the aristocratic families...

Without sufficient spiritual energy, he would find it difficult to move forward.

Moreover, before that, there was also the practice of unifying the spirit and soul, which no one knew how to do.

Unlike here.

As long as you cultivate the yellow sprout rice fields well and live a stable life, all these precious secret methods can be exchanged for white jade coins.

"Everything is fine, it's just a bit expensive." Chen Mu shook his head.

Both the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique and the Hundred Intent Spirit Light Technique require earth elemental energy.

The jade plate consumed two white jade coins, increasing the cost to three.

"Sell a few more calming pills?" Chen Mu hesitated.

……

"Boss Zhang, that's Shang Huan's residence up ahead," a scarred middle-aged man dressed in a gray shirt and short jacket said, pointing to the residence in front of him.

"This man is a greedy peddler."

"Recently, they made a fortune off pests again using their family's secret recipe."

“If we try to buy his calming pill formula now, he will definitely ask for an exorbitant price.”

"Why don't we just take action and show him what we're capable of?"

"To avoid this person being so arrogant as to ask for an exorbitant price and needlessly upset the boss." The middle-aged man stared at the courtyard, eager to try.

Zhang Tu'an was around forty years old, his square face filled with indifference. Dressed in black, he waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "The Purple Bamboo Society is newly established; courtesy before force is the best course of action."

"It's not that we don't want a fair trade, but Shang Huan looks down on us new disciples and wants to swindle us out of money."

“We tried to negotiate sincerely, but the other party was rude and not only spoke rudely, but also tried to hit us.”

"We have no choice but to resist and force them to calm down."

"After patient persuasion, we successfully made him realize his mistake and gratefully offered him the formula for the elixir."

Zhang Tu'an glanced calmly at the middle-aged man: "Understand?"

"Understand!"

"Ha ha……"

……

"You want to buy the recipe for the Tranquilizing Pill?" Shang Huan looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

To reduce potential dangers, he deliberately publicized his activities, making it known to almost everyone in the neighborhood that he was selling counterfeit drugs.

Are there people buying fake drug formulas?

"How about forty-six white jade coins?" Zhang Tu'an said with a smile.

He had already sent people to keep an eye on him. He had already calculated Shang Huan's monthly income from selling the calming pills.

Using a month's salary to buy the formula that is like a cash cow for the other party is just to provoke them.

Since Shang Huan was not angry, they had no chance to "resist helplessly".

Sure enough, Shang Huan's expression changed drastically upon hearing the number.

"Are you sure it's forty-six white jade coins?!"

Seeing the other person's flushed face, Zhang Tu'an's lips curled up.

"Of course!" Angry? Want to curse? Want to fight? Hurry up!
Shang Huan stared intently at Zhang Tu'an: "Deal!"

It's just a fake incense formula, yet they're willing to spend forty-six white jade coins?!

That guy is such a fool!
Zhang Tu'an: "..."

Isn't your reaction a bit off?

"What, you want to back out?" Shang Huan glared at Zhang Tu'an.

Zhang Tu'an opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a moment.

"Tight on cash? A lower price is fine too."

Zhang Tu'an: "..."

……

Underground market.

Chen Mu, dressed in black and wearing a beast-head mask, set up his medicine stall as usual.

“Excluding the time spent resting and farming, Baiyupan requires about seventy-two Baiyu coins per month.”

"I have a total of 139 left, which should last me about two months."

"We still have to keep selling the calming pills," Chen Mu sighed. "Those money-grubbing Scripture Transmission Institutes!"

If their prices hadn't been so high, he wouldn't have fallen into a financial crisis so quickly.

"Selling ten more bottles of calming pills should be enough to break even," Chen Mu said helplessly.

The more pills are sold, the more likely they are to attract covetous eyes.

"I can only change my form and be more careful when I come and go," Chen Mu decided.

He took out ten bottles of calming pills and placed them on the felt mat, then put the price tag wooden sign in a prominent position.

The Mind-Stabilizing Pill is the most cost-effective consumable pill during the Spirit-Body Integration stage.

As long as you sell, someone will buy.

"Fortunately, we have this business of selling calming pills. Otherwise, I would have had to farm and save money like everyone else." Chen Mu said with relief.

As I was resting with my eyes closed, I suddenly felt a scrutinizing gaze upon me.

Chen Mu opened his eyes without making a sound and saw a middle-aged man setting up a stall across the street.

The other person had ten porcelain bottles on their stall and was staring at Chen Mu with a suspicious and wary look on their face.

Chen Mu couldn't help but look curiously at the wooden sign indicating the other party.

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

I ran into a fellow professional...

Chen Mu sighed, realizing that the Hundred Herbs Pavilion could never completely monopolize the sale of pills.

In the underground market, besides him, there were many other people selling pills.

Unfortunately, this time I ran into a competitor who also sold calming pills.

Fortunately, the calming pills are selling very well. Having one or two more competitors won't cause any major problems.

Chen Mu didn't care and was about to look away.

Then he saw the middle-aged man glare at Chen Mu, take out a brush, and draw a line on the wooden sign.

One white jade coin, and thirty-three calming pills.

Chen Mu: “…”

Can we not be so curly?
It really can't be that bad!
Friends, I'm too tired to keep going, so I can only write one chapter today. Ah...

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