My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 228 Ten Meters
call!
The wooden lid of the iron pot on the stove, whipped by a strong gust of wind, swiftly crossed the courtyard and suddenly appeared before Chen Mu's eyes.

With a casual flick of his wrist, the pot lid spun and flew towards the top of the opposite wall, smashing a lotus seed with a bang before arcing through the air and flying back to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu's eyes involuntarily lit up.

Can the air block the flow of qi for a hundred miles?

No, this is telekinesis, this is telekinesis!
On a whim, the pot lid flew back to the stove with a whooshing sound.

A jet-black short sword appeared in his hand. Then it slowly hovered in the air and vanished in a flash.

The next moment, dark shadows flew and spun around Chen Mu.

"what!"

"That's sword control technique!"

Chen Mu was so excited that he was trembling all over.

The phrases "flying sword leaps like a ball, taking a head from a thousand miles away" immediately filled Chen Mu's mind.

He finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Go!"

boom!
A cloud of white smoke suddenly burst open in the air, and the ebony short sword flew ten meters away in a flash, and then... then it stopped moving.

Chen Mu: “…”

At that speed, shouldn't it just disappear into the horizon?
He was already mentally prepared for the possibility of flying too far and not being found. But...

"Let's try again!" Chen Mu refused to give up. His dream of flying swords couldn't end here!

"go with!"

boom!
The ebony short sword launched him forward. Then Chen Mu felt as if he heard a sudden screech of brakes.

squeak!
It stopped ten meters away again.

Chen Mu: “…”

……

After a long while, he had no choice but to accept reality.

"A hundred-mile gas barrier? Ha! It should be ten meters more like a gas barrier!"

Chen Mu looked frustrated; his dream of flying swords was gone...

The air barrier, stretching for hundreds of miles, is like an all-encompassing, invisible hand.

He could feel the tactile feedback of anything within ten meters of him. He could pick it up whenever he wanted.

But beyond ten meters, there's no way to get past that.

Just like his hand, he could wield the ebony sword and thrust forward rapidly. But once he reached the limit of his arm's length, the ebony sword had to stop.

"Okay, fine." Chen Mu shrugged.

"At least life is more convenient." He lay in the rocking chair. By the stove under the west wall, the pots and pans started cooking on their own.

A brown wooden cup on the low table slowly floated to Chen Mu's lips, and he took a leisurely sip of the cool tea.

"Comfortable..."

"This operation feels somewhat familiar." Chen Mu skillfully manipulated the spatula to stir-fry, a sense of déjà vu flashing through his mind.

"The Five Ghosts Bag?" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

The ability to move external objects is achieved using the Five Ghosts Bag's ability to store Sumeru in a mustard seed.

When moving or manipulating internal items, the Five Ghosts' Yin Spirit Qi is used to restrict movement within a hundred miles.

"No wonder this Qi Restriction Technique works so well over a hundred miles," Chen Mu realized.

Even before he awakened, he had already used this ability hundreds of times.

"Cui Cui..." Chen Mu sighed.

He still can't forget the fear of being dominated and controlled by Cui Cui.

"Thanks to the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique." Chen Mu finally understood.

The reason I was able to break free from the Qi restriction for a hundred miles was because the Cloud Mirage Spirit Armor Technique inherently possessed this ability.

The initial trigger, combined with his powerful body transformed by the seven body-refining techniques, gave him a sliver of hope.

"I wonder how those people who came out of Daliang are doing."

Cheng Yi, Cheng Ming, Bai Miaojin, Cuicui, Zuo Sheng, and Tu Shan are all exceptionally talented individuals!
"It's highly likely that a new legendary story will be written somewhere," Chen Mu said with a hint of longing.

After all, even a complete shut-in sometimes dreams of showing off in front of others.

"Well... of course, it's also possible to farm in some places, or do the even more grueling work of mining."

Chen Mu couldn't help but laugh.

"That scene would be absolutely gorgeous, haha..."

...the edge of Gengyin District.

Two figures walked slowly on the wide dirt road.

Along the roadside were knee-high clumps of grass, and on both sides were fields of yellow rice.

“There seems to be a courtyard there.” Ai Ji shaded his eyes with his hand as he looked at the low hills in the distance.

Then he took out a bright yellow scroll from his pocket, unrolled it, and began to examine it.

"According to the records, he's a newly recruited disciple. Hey! And he's a savage from a remote island."

"The poorest of the poor!" Ai Ji scoffed. "Shall we go take a look?"

"This is Gengyin District." Xu Rao's expression was calm, his indifferent eyes hidden by the shadow of his hood.

“In the two weeks before Zhang Tu’an died, he seemed to be recruiting newcomers from the Gengyin District to join the Zizhu Society.” Ai Ji’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Could his request to contact Zheng Jin to sell information be related to the newcomers in Gengyin District?"

"Then, on the very day we met, Zheng Jin died, and Zhang Tu'an also disappeared."

"Do you think the person who killed Zheng Jin might be in Gengyin District? Could he be a newly recruited disciple who's pretending to be weak while actually being strong?"

Ai Ji looked at the courtyard on the mountain not far away: "Want to go take a look?"

Xu Rao kept his pace, his thin lips parted slightly: "This is Gengyin District."

"So what?" Ai Ji frowned and stared at Xu Rao, puzzled.

"So you're right."

"So that person is very likely a newly recruited disciple."

"So he may very well be living in the courtyard not far away."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Ai Ji's eyes lit up.

Xu Rao's eyes darted around, and he glanced at Ai Ji slightly: "You think you can beat Zheng Jin?"

"Give me time to build up my strength, and I can smash him to pieces with one punch, smash him to pieces like mud!" Ai Ji said proudly.

"But Zheng Jin will smash you to pieces before you can fully charge up your power, smash you to pieces like mud!"

"And then what!" Ai Ji asked, looking embarrassed and annoyed.

“Then Zheng Jin died,” Xu Rao said calmly, his steps unwavering.

Then he ignored Ai Ji and left.

Ai Ji stood there, shrugged, and chased after him, saying, "Never mind, I want to live a few more years."

……

Three days later, the burukawa.

As usual, Chen Mu went to Yupinxuan and sold twenty bottles of calming pills.

Due to the continued shortage of *Eclipta prostrata*, the price of *Ding Shen Wan* has increased again.

Twenty bottles sold twenty-four calming pills.

Chen Mu was so happy that he turned around and walked into the Red Sleeves Shop.

"I'm mainly here to gather information, definitely not to see pretty dancers," Chen Mu said confidently.

……

The first floor of Hongxiufang is a square hall with a circular stage in the middle that is more than ten meters in diameter.

Centered around the stage, there are various sizes of cubicles distributed around it.

"Nothing new," Chen Mu said, curling his lip in disdain for the layout of Hongxiufang.

Apart from the larger venue, more dazzling lights, and somewhat novel layout, everything else is no different from ordinary brothels and entertainment venues.

"It's these young ladies... no, it's this big ball that's somewhat interesting." Chen Mu looked up at the sky.

Above the stage, a huge, transparent sphere formed by a secret technique floats in mid-air.

The surface of the sphere occasionally rippled slightly, making it look like a huge water sphere at first glance.

At this moment, a video is being displayed on the sphere.

They were a group of alluring dancers with pointed ears, fiery red hair, tall figures, and sexy outfits, constantly swaying their bodies.

They dance right beneath the sphere, their figures magnified several times by the sphere, ensuring that guests from all directions can clearly see every single strand of their hair.

"It's so beautiful... cough cough, I mean this sphere."

"What secret technique was used?"

"We'd better take a closer look!"

(End of this chapter)