My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 257 Holding the Moon
Two days later, Chen Mu suddenly felt a surge of energy, and many insights came to his mind.

The repulsive force underfoot suddenly intensified.

In the fog of his mind, the divine symbols belonging to the Art of Illusion shone ever brighter.

Chen Mu looked at the gray wall.

Emptiness Technique: 2/10000/Tier 4;

"Can it briefly levitate?" Chen Mu tried it twice and nodded in satisfaction.

After reaching the fourth rank, the control over the Illusion Technique becomes easier and more refined.

The walking posture no longer needs to be like driving nails, with each step taken in turn.

Chen Mu glanced at Shang Huan, who was stumbling along in front of him, his clothes soaked with sweat, and couldn't help but smile.

Crossing mountains and valleys is too physically demanding.

Even if everyone has a strong constitution and great stamina, they will still get tired after trekking long distances in complex environments.

With the fourth-order illusion technique, Chen Mu walked with greater ease.

……

As the group moved forward each day, all they saw were trees and mountains.

At first, I was quite curious, but after spending more than a month in the mountains, I lost interest in even the most beautiful scenery.

In the evening, the entire team stopped to rest.

Around a campfire, five or six people sat in a circle.

A deer-like animal was skinned and gutted, then roasted over a fire, sizzling and dripping with oil.

Chen Mu stood to the side, sprinkling seasonings, flipping the grilled meat, and occasionally making a couple of cuts on it.

Feeling the knife tip slicing through his flesh, Chen Mu narrowed his eyes: "This deer, it can't be considered a strange beast anymore, right?"

"The ones behind are probably even weaker than this." Old Hao puffed on his cigarette. "It's too far from the lower courtyard here."

“The earth has little spiritual energy, so strange beasts won’t appear in such a place.”

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

This group of people pursued the earth's spiritual energy for cultivation, and the strange beasts were also pursuing the earth's spiritual energy.

"We don't even know where we're going." By the campfire, an elderly man surnamed Li sighed, "If we don't get there soon, we'll miss the best time to plant yellow sprout rice."

"Why worry so much? The supervisor has already chosen his position." Shang Huan didn't care.

"Don't worry about missing the deadline. Didn't the abbot say that all disciples who come along will have their wages doubled?"

“We receive four white jade coins every month.”

The others also smiled.

Chen Mu couldn't help but smile slightly.

Because he is now a free man.

Not only do they save the 600 white jades they would have spent on their identity, but they also get two more white jades a month as wages.

"Finally, I don't have to be a farmhand anymore." Chen Mu peeled off a piece of crispy pork skin and put it in his mouth.

"Let's eat!"

……

The group continued south, trekking through the mountains for another month.

Here, the number of strange beasts gradually increases.

The team is no longer as relaxed and undisciplined as it was at the beginning.

The patrol team members patrolled back and forth.

The others were also instructed to cooperate in teams as much as possible, and to be vigilant and protect themselves, in case any strange beasts suddenly rushed out and caused trouble.

……

Half a month later, an unknown beast suddenly launched an attack from underground.

It swallowed twenty or thirty people walking on the road whole, then turned around and disappeared underground.

Even though Mo Wuzhou managed to get there in time by flying kite, he was still unable to catch the strange beast that was lying in ambush underground.

They couldn't even determine what the strange beast actually was.

A sense of tension and fear began to spread within the ranks.

Even if someone is on night watch, they still have to sleep with one eye open in the middle of the night.

Just as everyone was filled with panic, the number of strange beasts around suddenly decreased.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, a majestic mountain gradually came into view.

The mountain has two side peaks, with a curve in the middle, resembling a short, double-pronged fork.

"That's our destination, Pengyue Mountain," Shang Huan said excitedly, standing next to Chen Mu.

"After nearly three months of trekking through the forest, we're finally almost there!"

Chen Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.

After such a long and non-stop mountain drilling, even with his ability to save energy through illusion, he was still physically and mentally exhausted.

...Pengyue Mountain looks close, but it is actually very far away.

It took another seven days to reach the foot of the mountain.

From a distance, Pengyue Mountain appears lush and green, with its summit shrouded in mist, resembling a celestial mountain.

But upon closer inspection, it became clear that large swathes of vegetation on the mountain had been destroyed, exposing the pitted and uneven soil and rocks below, resembling unsightly patches.

"Do you know what's going on?" Chen Mu nudged Shang Huan, who was growing taller and stronger than ever, with his elbow.

Whether it's the large, blackened forests that look like they've been burned, or the large craters that look like they've been hit by a giant object, all the traces on the mountain look very fresh.

“It’s our Supervisor Song.” Shang Huan smiled mysteriously.

"There is a cold pool between the two mountain peaks."

"A cold moon toad lives inside, said to be a demon that has gained sentience!"

"Before we arrived, Supervisor Song came here in advance. He fought a fierce battle with the toad for five days and five nights before finally killing the toad and seizing this territory!" Shang Huan said with longing.

A five-day, five-night battle?

Do you want to be so exaggerated?
Chen Mu shook his head. Rumors are bound to be distorted and exaggerated.

However, the existence of the Cold Moon Toad is probably true.

After all, the battlefield was right in front of them.

Ah, enlightened demon...

Chen Mu looked at the patchwork-like hillside with a complicated expression.

It is said that when a mythical beast awakens its senses, it can cultivate demonic energy, develop supernatural powers, and control wind and waves. The most powerful ones can even burrow underground and fly into the sky.

He felt a sense of fear, yet he also longed to see it for himself.

"Once I'm strong enough, I must find a demon who has awakened their powers," Chen Mu thought to himself.

……

Trees were felled, mountains were cleared, irrigation canals were built, and terraced fields were constructed.

The people of Jilongdao worked tirelessly for two months on the south side of Pengyue Mountain before completing the initial construction and gradually settling down.

at the foot of the mountain.

A wooden house stands at the edge of a long, narrow terraced field.

The wooden house is six meters long and four meters wide, with the interior divided into a bedroom and a living room.

A two-meter-wide wooden corridor connects to the front of the house.

A rocking chair is placed on the east side of the corridor.

Chen Mu was sitting in a rocking chair, drinking tea and looking at the lush yellow rice field next to the wooden house.

"Finally, things have settled down," Chen Mu sighed with relief.

After nearly half a year, the Lower House of Keelung Road has finally completed its relocation and reconstruction.

He once again became a small farmer in the lower courtyard of Keelung Road.

"I wonder what the distribution principle of the earth's spiritual energy is." Chen Mu looked at a small pool with a diameter of two meters in front of the wooden corridor and clicked his tongue in amazement.

The pool was built by man, and the water flowed from Lengyue Pool on the mountainside. It contained a thin layer of spiritual energy that could be used to grow yellow sprout rice.

It is said that the concentration of spiritual energy in the mountains is even higher.

The area around Lengyuetan is even comparable to the Upper Temple.

"Good place!"

……

At night, the full moon hangs high in the sky.

The chirping of insects and the roaring of beasts rose and fell in waves.

Inside the wooden house, Chen Mu lay on the bed with his eyes closed, fast asleep.

At midnight, he slowly opened his eyes.

Five ghostly spirits flew out of the wooden house to keep watch, and Chen Mu quietly got up.

Lifting the wooden board under the bed revealed a large, dark hole, about a meter in diameter.

Black smoke filled the air around him, and Chen Mu jumped into the cave without hesitation.

Ten meters underground, a secret chamber, about the size of a wooden house, lies quietly hidden among the soil.

Chen Mu jumped into the secret room and began installing fluorescent algae crystal balls on the wall.

After lighting up the secret room, they began assembling the soft couch, and it took them quite a while to finish.

Stone walls and crystal lamps, soft couch with pine trees at both ends, and a calming pill roasting on a low table beside you.

During the days of cultivating the yellow rice fields, Chen Mu was also busy building an underground secret room for himself.

He can rest here, and he can also use the exquisite jade plate to cultivate.

Chen Mu sat on the soft couch and leaned back, sinking into the soft bedding.

"Comfortable..."

(End of this chapter)