My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 25 Third Tier
The silvery moonlight shone down on the earth.

A black carriage moved slowly through the night.

Chen Mu leaned back in the carriage, holding a small cloth bag.

He would occasionally take out the silver inside to check its authenticity, his face beaming with a smug look, as if he had never seen anything like it before.

Diagonally opposite him, Jiejia still sat with his eyes half-closed and his face expressionless.

But his eyes, hidden beneath his eyelids, kept shifting, subtly glancing at the cloth bag in Chen Mu's hand.

"Stop peeking." Chen Mu glared at the old man with disdain. "You're supposed to be a top-tier assassin, how can you be so pathetic? Calm down!"

Jie Jia remained unmoved and calmly replied, "Twenty percent."

Chen Mu suddenly felt a lump in his throat.

They sold a total of seven copies of the Body Refinement Technique.

In total, they received 730 taels of silver.

Two-tenths is one hundred and forty-six taels.

Just by doing this simple calculation, Chen Mu's heart started throbbing with pain.

"Here, here, here..." Chen Mu counted out the silver and threw it to Jie Jia in an annoyed manner.

He had no choice but to give them to them; if it weren't for this old man, he wouldn't have had a way to sell so many copies of the Body Refining Technique.

He put away his purse and casually picked up a book.

This is a medical book he just bought from the black market, which he plans to use to improve his proficiency in medicine making.

He values ​​this skill that he unintentionally discovered.

Jiejia, that old man, is getting better and better at adulterating drugs.

If he doesn't quickly improve his medicine-making skills, he might get screwed over by this old man.

……

Five days later, in Ping'anfang, at the western courtyard of the Chen family.

For safety reasons, he had previously rented three houses, including his own original house.

At that moment, he was digging a hole in a room in the second house.

The spot where the bed used to be placed has been cleaned up.

A circular hole with a diameter of one meter appeared on the ground.

The circular hole is about four meters deep and connects to an underground space that is five meters long and five meters wide.

Some sulfur and lime were scattered on the ground to repel insects and prevent moisture.

Prices in Qingshan County are soaring, so he plans to stockpile a batch of medicinal herbs and grains.

He has been busy digging a cellar for the past few days to store these supplies.

In the following days, he went out several times and changed shops several times.

By purchasing small quantities frequently, they gradually accumulated a large amount of daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt.

He even specially asked Zheng Tu to collect a batch of easy-to-preserve dried cured meat for him.

Only after Jiejia delivered the medicinal herbs he had ordered was the stockpiling of supplies considered complete.

After that, he stayed at home.

He spends his days practicing the Flying Locust Stone and the Red Falcon Formation Technique.

Interspersed with studying the newly purchased medical books, I also practiced my skills in pharmaceutical preparation.

Life may be monotonous, but it's not boring.

As his proficiency gradually increased, Chen Mu was filled with enthusiasm every day.

He doesn't completely stay at home.

Every five days, he would go out to see living people. He could practice his skills, but he couldn't let himself become withdrawn.

Another aspect is intelligence gathering.

……

Bafanglou, Anlefang, Dongshi.

This is the largest teahouse in Dongshi, Qingshan County.

It brings together a large number of storytellers.

It brings news from all directions outside Qingshan County.

As usual, Chen Mu found a corner, spent ten copper coins to buy a pot of tea and a plate of melon seeds, and then sat there to listen to the storyteller tell stories and listen to the people in the hall chatting and gossiping.

"Have you heard? That Shao Family Village, thirty miles north of the city, is gone." A short, stout guest not far from Chen Mu whispered to his companion.

"What's going on?" the other person at the table asked curiously.

"The authorities say it was looted by bandits. I just came back from there a few days ago, and there were corpses everywhere. It was horrific," the short, stout guest said, shuddering involuntarily.

"A village massacre? What kind of bandits are these, so brazen?!"

"They say they're a defeated army that revolted in the north. Without any discipline, they're even more ruthless than ordinary bandits," the short, stout guest said bitterly. "They can't even live a peaceful life, what kind of rebellion is this? They should all be arrested and beheaded!"

"It seems we can't use those trade routes to the north..."

The group discussed their increasingly declining business with great concern. Chen Mu listlessly ate sunflower seeds, but his mind was preoccupied with the defeated army.

This was not the first time he had heard of deserters rebelling.

He clearly sensed that the bandits' activities were expanding and getting closer to Qingshan County.

"Could some bandits be so audacious as to attack Qingshan County?" Chen Mu was startled by the sudden thought that popped into his mind.

"It can't be that bad..." Chen Mu quickly dismissed the thought.

But... Qingshan County is really going to be captured.

Where should I go from here?

Even if he had mastered the Yi Jin Jing, he could easily take down more than ten people.

But what if you're surrounded by hundreds or thousands of people?

Chen Mu had no interest in listening to the storyteller; he focused on eavesdropping on conversations throughout the hall.

Five out of ten people are talking about the chaotic world outside.

Chen Mu's mood became heavy.

He only stayed in the teahouse for an hour before preparing to go home.

Instead of listening to these upsetting messages here, he should go home and grind for skill proficiency.

As I stepped out the door, I unexpectedly caught sight of a familiar figure.

It turned out to be Zuo Sheng, the eldest son of the Zuo family.

The other person seemed to notice someone watching him and immediately turned to look at him.

Upon seeing Chen Mu, he paused slightly, then smiled and nodded in greeting.

Chen Mu was taken aback, subconsciously nodded in return, and then quickly left.

How could this young master know me?
Inside the Bafang Teahouse, Zuo Sheng watched the unremarkable scholar with great interest.

"An interesting guy."

……

Inside the Chen family residence in Ping'anfang.

Chen Mu held an iron lotus seed in his hand and observed it.

The size of a peanut, oval-shaped, covered with pits and dents the size of sand, is an extremely rough cast iron lotus seed.

He had specially polished it; otherwise, it would have been even rougher.

Besides these, there are nine spiral patterns on it, which he carved one by one, taking a lot of effort.

This is a special pattern that he figured out through practice.

The grooves engraved on the iron lotus seed resemble the rifling inside a gun barrel, allowing the seed to spin after being released, increasing its power.

A flick of the wrist.

woo woo woo...

boom!
A palm-thick chopping block on the top of a ten-meter-long wall was instantly pierced.

"Now, it's truly comparable to a pistol bullet."

Chen Mu carried a bag of iron lotus seeds and kept throwing them around.

In no time, the locust wood chopping block on the wall was riddled with holes.

In the past, he didn't dare to practice freely in order to hide the fact that he knew martial arts.

Now that Boss Zhen is gone, Miaohua Studio is half-closed, Chen Mu's portrait business has come to a standstill, and Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan have not come back since a certain day.

Chen Mu, on the contrary, was happy about the freedom.

I can practice my skills freely at home.

Woo!
boom!
The last iron lotus seed was fired.

The chopping block was instantly shattered into pieces of wood.

At that moment, a surge of heat suddenly welled up from all parts of my body.

The muscles in the arms, chest, back, waist, abdomen, and thighs suddenly began to undulate and swell at a visible speed.

Chen Mu quickly brought up the gray wall.

Writing: 1445/10000/Second order;

Drawing: 1353/10000/Second order;

Throw: 3/10000/Tier 3;

Red Falcon Form Training Technique: 2769/10000/Second Tier;

Cooking skill: 3016/10000/Tier 1;
Pharmacy Skill: 1143/10000/Tier 1;
Breaking through the third level of throwing ability can also enhance physical fitness?
This feels almost the same as when I was practicing the Tendon-Changing Technique with the Red Falcon!

His body had been gradually strengthened through practicing the Flying Locust Stone technique.

Now that he has broken through to the third level, quantitative change has led to qualitative change, and his strength, speed and other aspects have increased dramatically again.

He lifted his shirt, looked at his well-defined eight-pack abs, and couldn't help but chuckle.

This was the physique he had dreamed of in his past life, and now it had come true in no time!
(End of this chapter)