My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 241 Breaking the Delusion
"Are you scared now?" Shang Huan said with a grin, his right foot resting on the bench.

"It really is quite scary," Chen Mu nodded.

He had mastered the Spirit Armor Technique with ease and was even looking for further training methods. Little did he know he was walking a tightrope!

"That's why we say they're unorthodox practitioners." Shang Huan shrugged, seemingly unconcerned. "They learn quickly, go crazy quickly, and die quickly too."

"Nothing compares to our authentic Taoist tradition, which is gradual, safe, and reliable."

Chen Mu nodded silently.

He progressed step by step, refining his physical form, armor, and spirit to form a jade seed, and chanting scriptures to cultivate his spiritual light. Although the journey was difficult, it was clear and straightforward, and he encountered no danger.

The reincarnation of celestial demons and the mutation of non-humans—they go mad quickly and die quickly; just hearing about it tells you it's not some legitimate secret technique.

A respectable person like me is more suited to be a legitimate successor of the Taoist tradition.

……

Two days later, at the Buddhist Academy.

Chen Mu walked out of the octagonal wooden building with a pained expression.

Six hundred white jade coins, gone!
"This is only the cheapest version of the Hundred Intents Breaking Illusion Technique," Chen Mu lamented.

"The seven Wu brothers are really rich!" Chen Mu exclaimed enviously.

He also read Lu Ku's "Little Floating Cloud Daoist's Method of Breaking Illusions," which cost 766 pieces of white jade.

Gee...

"I really want to visit them..."

……

Under the wooden shed in the courtyard on the low hill.

Chen Mu sat in the rocking chair, not even looking at the newly bought method to break through illusions, but instead counting the white jade coins one by one.

"One hundred and nineteen..."

Looking for a side hustle?
He felt uneasy because he didn't have enough money.

Just like in his past life, with no savings in his bank account, he dared not do anything. Otherwise, why would he be content to be a shut-in? He would have been out having fun long ago.

Is it *Eclipta prostrata*?

No, counterfeit medicine is not a long-term solution.

Hidden Aura Powder?
No, that won't work either. This involves the secret water veins of the lower courtyard of Chicken Cage Road. If it's discovered, there will be consequences.

Bewitching miasma?
This is also a problem.

The concentration is too high; it can knock out both strange beasts and insects, and it can also knock out farmers.

The fact that I can use it to defend against strange beasts is at least half due to the help of the Five Ghosts and Yin Spirits.

The concentration is too low, so the effect is not good. It has no effect on slightly larger monsters.

"Let's sell two more sets of calming pills." This is the safest and most reliable plan.

Shang Huan and Hu Chuan each added a set of six bottles. By the end of the month, they should have at least ten white jade coins left over.

"I can't live paycheck to paycheck."

……

Three days later, in the underground chamber.

A knee-high, lush green potted plant was placed on each side of the soft couch.

The leaves resemble pine needles, but are even more delicate. They move on their own without wind, swaying and rising rhythmically, as if breathing.

The green plant is called the sea pine, which can ventilate enclosed spaces and ensure fresh air.

Chen Mu took out a calming pill and placed it inside the hollowed-out copper ball of the incense burner to heat it.

A faint fragrance wafted up, and Chen Mu took a deep breath to calm himself and look at the jade tablet in his hand.

Golden star-like threads covered the surface of the jade tablet, and one couldn't help but be drawn into it as one looked at it.

Accompanied by a lengthy incantation, a blurry, pure black dot appeared out of thin air in the middle of the jade.

A tiny dot, no bigger than a sesame seed, seems infinitely large upon closer inspection.

Chen Mu looked through the jade disc subconsciously, and then felt as if he was about to be sucked into it.

After a long while, Chen Mu suddenly came to his senses and looked at the jade tablet in his hand again. The golden threads had disappeared.

"Is this what it means to dispel delusion?"

I have a feeling that the black dot is trying to suck him in.

It was like standing on the edge of a cliff, making him feel both wanting to jump and afraid to jump, with an instinctive sense of fear and resistance.

Chen Mu drew up the gray wall.

Baiyi Destroy Illusion: 3/10000;

"You didn't practice it wrong..."

If the gray wall team approves of the progress, then there's no problem.

"Is this fear and resistance a normal reaction?" Chen Mu scratched his head.

Let's practice for now.

……

half a month later.

Chen Mu got up early to wash up and eat breakfast. As usual, he went down the mountain to collect yellow sprout rice, and then fertilized and watered the night-blooming jasmine after returning.

After finishing all that, I would sit comfortably in a rocking chair, sip some cool tea, and look completely relaxed.

"Comfortable..."

Recently, incidents of strange beasts causing trouble have become less frequent, and the five ghosts and spirits have not eaten meat for a long time.

Chen Mu guessed that it was the Upper House sending people into the mountains to clear out the criminals that had an effect.

"It's always better to have a strong backer."

Wild cultivators living outdoors have no one to shelter them from the wind and rain; they have to bear the burden of pests and beast plagues on their own.

"I need to find a chance to gain my freedom."

He likes to stay in the lower courtyard. But we also need to make sure he can leave whenever he wants.

"Six hundred white jade coins, that's fucking outrageous!" Chen Mu shook his head.

These long-term laborers from the remote borderlands, wanting to gain their freedom, had three options.

The first one, once the spiritual light is cultivated and the Dao seal dissipates, can immediately gain freedom as long as it is reported.

But he didn't dare do that; it would be too conspicuous!
Secondly, if you work hard for twenty years, the Dao seal will naturally dissipate, and you will be free.

Chen Mu doesn't mind farming for twenty years, but he can't just do it for the sake of freedom.

The third option is to buy it with money, paying a total of 600 white jade coins at once.

The Dao seal cannot be removed; only the identity information can be changed. One can freely enter and exit Chicken Cage Path.

"It looks like a money-making scheme devised by the lower-ups no matter how you look at it," Chen Mu thought to himself.

But this strategy really suits him.

He had already removed the seal; as long as the information was changed, he would be a truly free person.

"Money..." Chen Mu sighed.

Arriving at Keelung Road, there's nothing else to feel but one word: money! Everywhere you look, you need white jade money.

"Now there's another one: the Hundred Intent Breaking Illusion Technique, this Gold-Devouring Beast." Chen Mu looked at the scene before him with a wry smile.

Baiyi Destroy Illusion: 783/10000;

Practicing for seven or eight hours a day can yield more than fifty experience points.

As expected of a secret technique inherited from the Hundred Intent Spirit Light Technique, wait!
"And it costs money!"

Nowadays, practicing the Breaking Illusion Technique requires about two and a half white jade coins a day.

"Take it slow." Chen Mu suppressed his emotions for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.

"It's not too late to wait a few more years, get a better understanding of the situation in the lower house, and then slowly look for ways to make money."

He has the skill to make medicine, so he's not worried about making money. His concern is how to protect his white jade money.

……

The lower courtyard was peaceful. Chen Mu worked and practiced every day, and occasionally, when he felt like it, he would prepare a big meal for himself.

The recipes for the Tianhe Shuifu Bazhenlou restaurant cannot be copied for the time being.

He had already learned several of the dishes from Hongxiufang.

That evening, Chen Mu sat at a square table.

A circular depression was carved out in the middle of a square stone. An iron mesh was laid on top of it, creating a natural barbecue grill.

Chen Mu held the Fire Cloud Gourd in his right hand, muttering incantations.

woohoo hoo...

A wisp of blue flame, about the thickness of a thumb, shot out.

Chen Mu carefully roasted the meat slices using a black gourd.

An enticing aroma immediately filled the courtyard.

Putting away the black gourd, Chen Mu couldn't wait to pick up a slice.

boom!
A muffled thud suddenly rang out from the horizon.

A slight vibration quickly traveled to my feet.

An earthquake? No, wait!

Chen Mu's expression changed. He flipped over and jumped onto the wall, looking as far south as he could, but he couldn't see anything.

Boom boom boom...

A series of muffled thuds followed, and the pebbles on the ground trembled slightly.

Click...

Like thunder tearing the sky apart, a tremendous cracking sound suddenly rang out.

Chen Mu vaguely saw a black crack appear in the southern sky, which then disappeared.

"What's going on here?!"

Chen Mu suddenly had a bad feeling.

Friends, I'm too sleepy. I won't stay up late tonight. Tomorrow's update might be in the afternoon or evening.

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(End of this chapter)