My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 250
"You guys don't do anything worthwhile at all!" Chen Mu said, speechless.

For five or six days in a row, whenever he had free time, he would activate his synesthesia to enjoy the performance of the group's rapid face-changing.

By the way, let's sabotage the scheme by those guys to trick people into signing contracts.

This forced the group to stop what they were doing and stay home to practice their skills in seclusion.

"They're always messing around and causing trouble for people."

"What if we run into a protagonist with incredible luck? Wouldn't we be doomed immediately?"

"It's fine if you guys are finished, but what if I get dragged into this?"

Seeing that the group was diligently practicing their skills at home, Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

"It's better to just practice diligently."

"Hmm...we need to observe for a few more days."

"I can't let these guys cause me any trouble."

Chen Mu shut down his synesthesia and slowly approached a bay on the fishbone boat.

After anchoring the fishbone boat, Chen Mu observed the Five Ghost Bags again.

“The labeling is misleading…” Chen Mu shook his head.

More than ten days have passed. Based on the fish prices at the dock, the fish that the Five Ghosts Bag consumed should be worth at least fifty or sixty white jade coins.

However, there are no signs of growth whatsoever.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long." Chen Mu shrugged.

It's just a matter of nurturing it slowly. The Five Ghost Bags are sufficient for now; there's no need to rush their growth.

Thinking this, Chen Mu controlled the Five Ghost Bag to scatter intoxicating bait in the bay.

"Whether the Five Ghosts Bag is long or not is another matter, but we still need to keep catching fish."

Chen Mu took out a rocking chair, lit a calming pill, silently recited the illusion technique, and slowly gained experience.

"Making money and practicing skills at the same time, how wonderful."

……

Xinyou District, Lu Ku Residence.

The six people gathered in the living room, without saying a word.

After a long while, Lu Ku looked up at the sky.

"Alright, at this point, Gongsun Sheng is probably already busy."

The group breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Sigh..." Ai Ji couldn't help but sigh.

"Being monitored all the time, you have to be careful in everything you do."

"When will this ever end?!"

"No need to rush," Lu said with a wry smile, trying to comfort him.

“The timing of Gongsun Sheng’s synesthesia follows a pattern,” Lu Ku said, squinting.

"It's hard to say for the first few days, but in the last few days, the pattern has become more and more obvious."

“He clearly has something to do that requires large blocks of uninterrupted time. He might be practicing secret techniques or making medicine and refining pills,” Lu Ku said thoughtfully.

He would only check it during breaks or between shifts.

"This trend has become increasingly apparent, especially these past few days when we've all been staying home."

Lu smiled wryly at the group: "If we observe for a few more days and figure out the pattern, we can avoid his detection."

"We can even schedule our training of secret techniques to coincide with the time he might be investigating, creating the illusion that we are always focused on our training!"

"By the time……"

"Haha! Then he'll be completely blind!" Ai Ji couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Dancing in shackles?" Wu Ruo's lips curled slightly.

“Interesting.” Xu Rao’s face was full of a sinister smile.

"Should we continue controlling the fishermen?" Yu Lin asked in a muffled voice.

"We still have to do it. But we can't do it ourselves." A glint of light flashed in Lu Ku's eyes.

“From the existing staff, pick a few daring troublemakers and give them some benefits. They’ve been hanging around the docks for years and know who has the best fishing skills. With benefits, they’ll do a better job than us.”

"As long as we take action to establish our authority at the right time, we can ensure the smooth implementation of the plan."

"In this way, we will have more time to cultivate."

A smile immediately appeared on the faces of the five people.

I'll do things as planned, and I can even outsmart Gongsun Sheng, haha...

……

Three days later, at a bend in the Tongtian River, south of Tongtianfang Wharf, Chen Mu sat in a rocking chair, holding a black gourd in his hand, rocking back and forth while muttering incantations.

Blue flames occasionally shot out from the mouth of the black gourd, causing the surrounding temperature to rise continuously.

This forced Chen Mu to place the soul-stabilizing stake beside him to keep the air in the cabin cool.

After a while, Chen Mu stopped chanting, took a sip of cool tea to soothe his throat, and glanced at the water not far away.

Large fish, some over half a meter long and of unknown size, with black, white, and mottled scales, swayed underwater.

He wandered around like he was drunk, looking languid.

Sometimes he would thrash around like a drunkard, and then continue to sway left and right.

"As expected of the exotic fish from the Tongtian River."

"The improved version of the intoxicating bait couldn't completely knock him out."

In the past, in Daliang, when the bait was thrown in, the surface of the water would quickly turn white.

Unlike now, even if you attract fish, you can only make them dazed and sway, and you can't completely knock them down.

Helpless, Chen Mu took out the Heartless Bell.

hum!
"If it weren't for this thing, it would have really taken a lot of effort."

Gurgle…Gurgle…Gurgle…

The drunken fish, which had just been acting crazy, suddenly floated belly up to the surface.

Chen Mu looked at the Heartless Bell and liked it more and more: "It's a good thing."

"It would be even better if there were incantations."

Five ghosts filled the water with black smoke and quickly gathered up the aquatic products.

Chen Mu stood up, stretched, and glanced at the experience on the gray wall.

Fire Cloud Spell: 6455/10000/Tier 1;
"Not bad. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to reach the next level in about three more months," Chen Mu calculated silently.

……

At the dock, the catch was sold, and the fish-bone boat was returned.

As Chen Mu strolled along, he looked enviously at the various strangely shaped aquatic creatures with enormous bodies.

A two-meter-tall, yellowish-brown toad caught Chen Mu's attention.

The main problem is that it's too ugly; the only bright spot is the gold thread on either side of the eyes.

Two groups of people were talking next to the toad's carcass.

A moment later, a man who looked like a merchant handed the lead fisherman a bulging cloth bag.

"At least fifty white jade coins!"

"That's almost as much as my catch in two months," Chen Mu thought enviously, wondering if he should catch more small fish.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head: "Forget it, the income of one white jade coin a day is already quite a lot."

Just as we were about to leave, we saw a ship that was seventy or eighty meters long sailing into the harbor from the north.

"Old Hao?"

"Has it been more than a month?" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave and waited for the other person to disembark.

……

"How come you have time to pick me up?" Old Hao asked with a look of surprise.

"You're really shameless," Chen Mu said with a smile.

"Oh, making money by fishing during the off-season for farming?" Old Hao observed for a moment and suddenly realized.

"This job must be tough, right?" Old Hao chuckled. "I did it myself back in the day."

"The Tongtian River is rich in aquatic products, but those who run errands can only catch small fish at most."

"Even if you work all day, you might not earn a single piece of jade."

“After a month of exposure to wind and sun, you’ll only get four or five white jade coins.”

"In reality, it doesn't make much more money than farming."

"Take my advice and stick to farming," Old Hao advised, puffing on his cigarette.

Can't even earn the price of a single piece of white jade in a day?

You only get four or five white jade coins a month?

I can earn thirty white jade coins a month, okay?

"I'll listen to Old Hao!" Chen Mu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)