My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 258 Divine Speed
There is a platform halfway up Pengyue Mountain.

It is nearly 300 meters long from east to west and over 100 meters long from north to south. It is larger than two football fields.

The northern part of the platform is a flat cliff face, five or six meters high.

The southern boundary meets the hillside with a slight curve.

Seven stone steps extend from the boundary in different directions on the hillside, passing through terraced fields, covering the entire southern part of Pengyue Mountain, all the way to the edge of the foot of the mountain.

Chen Mu stepped onto the two-meter-wide stone steps and arrived at the platform entrance.

A two-meter-tall boulder sits beside the steps.

The south-facing side was neatly flattened, with three large characters engraved on it: Lengyuefang.

Because of the limited time, Lengyuefang was not built to a very high standard.

The muddy ground was still uneven and pitted.

The wooden houses in the market still smell of grass and wood after the trees have been cut down.

On the exterior walls of some houses, one can still see the still green branches and leaves.

They went straight to Baicaoge and Chen Mu handed the shop assistant a list of medicinal herbs.

The man in his thirties, dressed in a gray shirt and shorts, had a smile on his face, but after looking at Chen Mu's list, a bitter look appeared on his face.

"I'm so sorry, sir. The other medicinal herbs are fine, but we don't have purple leaf incense or snake grass tendrils."

"How long will it take for the goods to arrive?" Chen Mu frowned slightly.

"If we cannot trade with the outside world in the short term, we will only be able to get goods after the medicinal fields are harvested."

"These two medicinal herbs will take at least six months to prepare."

Chen Mu persisted: "Do you have any stock? I'll pay a little extra."

"I would love to earn this money from you, but..." The gray-clad waiter spread his hands with a wry smile.

Chen Mu looked unwell; without these two ingredients, the calming pills couldn't be made.

"Sir, would you like any other medicinal herbs?" the waiter asked softly.

"Wrap it up," Chen Mu sighed.

The relocation of the lower house was hasty, and resources on Pengyue Mountain are scarce. What's still there now may be sold out in a few days.

Before long, the gray-clad shop assistant handed Chen Mu a large package.

"Guest, there are four pieces of white jade in total."

Prices have gone up too?
Chen Mu opened his mouth, but in the end he obediently paid the money.

With everything in short supply, price increases are to be expected.

Before leaving, the gray-clad shopkeeper suggested, "Perhaps you could go and take a look to the east. There are quite a few people setting up stalls there."

"Perhaps we can find these two herbs."

Chen Mu bowed in thanks, picked up the package, and left.

……

Located at the southeast corner of Pengyue Mountain, in the Yiyou District.

Chen Mu put his things away and sat on the rocking chair on the east side of the corridor.

"We can't do business selling calming pills anymore."

He also went to the market stalls east of Lengyuefang, but unfortunately he couldn't find the medicinal herbs he needed.

The list he gave to Baicaoge was only a part of the prescriptions.

The actual shortage of medicinal materials is not two, but five.

"It's hard to find substitutes."

If so many materials are replaced, the Tranquilizing Pill is no longer the Tranquilizing Pill.

"The yellow rice has just been planted, and the harvest will not be available for another ten months."

"Although I receive two pieces of white jade as wages each month, it's barely enough to eat."

"If we can't make the Tranquilizing Pills, it's like we've lost our source of income!"

To maintain the progress of the Breaking Illusion Technique, it takes about three white jade coins every day.

Ninety pieces a month!
Now the income has stopped again...

Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh.

difficult!
He racked his brains but couldn't come up with any good sources of income.

"Does this mean I should join a hunting party and go into the mountains to hunt strange beasts?" Chen Mu instinctively shook his head.

His current displayed strength is only at the Armor Soul stage.

With this level of skill, how much money could one expect to get by joining a hunting party?

Moreover, the conditions in the mountains and forests are unpredictable, and there are all sorts of strange beasts. Ordinary beasts are fine, but if you encounter one that uses poison or something even more bizarre, then it can be really dangerous.

After a long while, Chen Mu sighed again.

He frowned as he looked at the small pile of miscellaneous items inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

"It seems we can only weigh the dreams of our fellow enthusiasts!"

……

Place two small paper figures on the roof as a watchful eye.

Chen Mu found a wooden bucket and poured a bunch of things into it.

He used the black smoke from the Five Ghosts to clean away the dirt and bloodstains, and then put on deerskin gloves before daring to begin taking inventory. Looking at the ever-growing pile of white jade coins on the low table, Chen Mu's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

"Three hundred and forty-seven!"

"Even without any income, it's enough for me to focus on my training for four months."

"And there are also these two mustard seed talismans."

Chen Mu chuckled and took out the wooden cabinet inside the mustard seed talisman to continue the inventory.

It took him quite a while to sort and organize all the items.

Chen Mu surveyed the total haul with satisfaction.

"A number of medicinal herbs and minerals."

"Several volumes of secret techniques."

"More than ten weapons and other items, including swords and hidden weapons."

"Most importantly, these 627 white jade coins."

He originally had 126 white jade coins on him.

His net worth suddenly increased to 753.

"Extra food!"

"We need to have extra food!"

"Ha ha……"

……

It was dusk, under the wooden veranda.

The Fire Cloud Gourd occasionally spews out blue flames.

The meat slices of an unknown beast are grilled until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, then paired with a secret barbecue seasoning, creating an irresistible aroma.

Before long, three dishes and a soup were laid out on the square table.

Besides the secret-recipe roasted meat, there was also garlic-flavored pork belly, a bowl of cold wild vegetables, a meatball soup, and a small wooden bucket of yellow sprout rice.

Chen Mu took a sip of sweet and sour hawthorn herbal tea to cleanse his palate, then popped a slice of grilled meat into his mouth.

"nice!"

……

After the meal, a plume of black smoke appeared outside the wooden corridor.

Food scraps fell out of the black smoke and landed right in the wooden barrel outside the wooden corridor.

The square table, which was just a mess of cups and plates, was immediately spotless.

Chen Mu sat in the rocking chair and waved his hand. All the tableware on the table disappeared and then appeared out of thin air in the cabinet against the wall.

"It's a pity I can't go to the boudoir."

I haven't seen any pretty girls with supernatural features in a long time, I miss them...

"Forget it, no matter how you look at girls, nothing compares to grinding experience points."

Chen Mu rubbed his hands together, brought up the gray wall icon, and checked the experience points.

"Tsk tsk, another limit, haha..."

Chen Mule stared at the entry on the Art of Fabricating Illusions with great interest.

I have been at Pengyue Mountain for more than two months.

Every day I'm ordered around to cut down trees and clear mountains, and there are people all around me, so all I can do is use my illusion magic.

He got up and glanced at the few wooden houses not far away, only to find that no one was paying attention.

The five ghosts were shrouded in black smoke, concealing their forms.

With a thought, Chen Mu unleashed his magical power from between his brows.

"Swift as a Thousand Miles!"

A repulsive force quickly enveloped his entire body.

Chen Mu launched himself into the air with a whoosh.

In the blink of an eye, they darted down into the dense forest at the foot of the mountain.

The dense forest is filled with ancient trees that are over ten meters tall.

Chen Mu, one meter off the ground, was like a nimble swallow, sprinting, stopping abruptly, turning, and turning continuously. He moved through the intricate forest like lightning.

All I could hear was the whistling wind, so fast that it made my face wrinkle.

If he weren't afraid of being discovered, he would definitely have let out a couple of howls!
……

Two quarters of an hour later.

Chen Mu was drifting through the air in an arc when he suddenly felt his feet sink into the void.

The power that had enveloped his entire body vanished, and he was instantly sent flying uncontrollably.

With a snap, it broke a small tree that was as thick as one person could hug.

"Pooh!"

Chen Mu spat out bits of grass from his mouth and climbed out of the bushes looking dejected.

"With such limited magical power, it's far too fragile to play with!"

(End of this chapter)