My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 261 Breaking the Delusion
"Who is your master?" Chen Mu asked calmly.

"I am of average talent and have no master," Liang Cheng said honestly.

No master?
"Who is teaching you cultivation?"

“This time it’s Mr. Zhuang Fu,” Liang Cheng replied.

"This time?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

“I had just broken through to the level of spiritual awareness and went to the Scripture Transmission Academy for guidance,” Liang Cheng explained. “The main speaker that time was Mr. Xin Yixin.”

Private tutoring sessions at the Buddhist Academy?
Chen Mu suddenly realized.

In private lessons, it seems no one teaches how to cultivate the ability to sense and break through illusions, right?
He had previously gone to the Chuanjing Institute to research materials, so he had inquired about it beforehand.

"So, the cultivation materials after sensing are only available to true lower-level disciples?"

Chen Mu suddenly understood.

He couldn't help but look up at Liang Cheng, who was trapped in mid-air.

This person seems to have just bought Zhuang Fu's course...

……

the next day.

Beneath Cold Moon Pool stands the Scripture Transmission Academy.

Inside a two-story wooden building built against the mountain.

"The key to cultivating in the Breaking Illusion stage lies in condensing the primordial symbol and connecting the real and the illusory."

"Only in this way can the earth's spiritual energy be drawn into the jade seed, so that the essence, energy, and spirit can be united and magical power can be cultivated."

"One must have a courageous and diligent spirit when cultivating; hesitation and indecision are major taboos in cultivation..."

Zhuang Fu, dressed in white, sat cross-legged behind a long, low table and spoke eloquently.

Seven people of different ages and attire sat on cushions in front of a low table, listening to the lecture with respectful expressions.

Chen Mu, wearing Liang Cheng's face, listened attentively and intently.

"What they explained wasn't as clear as what I understood. The Scripture Transmission Institute is just so-so."

"Liang Cheng's hundred-plus pieces of white jade are a waste of money."

He secretly grumbled to himself, but his face showed that he was completely absorbed in the moment.

He would occasionally follow the group of people next to him and pretend to suddenly understand.

After a long while, Zhuang Fu finally finished his lecture and moved on to the Q&A session.

Chen Mu waited patiently until everyone else had finished asking their questions before he carefully asked in Liang Cheng's voice and tone.

"Mr. Zhuang, when I practice the Breaking Illusion Technique, I have a vague feeling of being immersed in it. Is this normal?"

"You're making rapid progress," Zhuang Fu said, raising an eyebrow.

Chen Mu smiled shyly and remained silent.

"What did I just say? The breakthrough stage requires courage and diligence. Listen to me, just focus on practicing." Zhuang Fu said with a smile.

What you just said is less than what I know. How can you expect me to listen to you with peace of mind?
"What if you become so addicted to it that you can't extricate yourself?" Chen Mu asked hesitantly.

"Doesn't it feel like a long time has passed in the blink of an eye?" Zhuang Fu asked with a smile.

"Yes!" Chen Mu's eyes lit up. This trip was definitely worthwhile!
I underestimated the Scripture Institute.

The gray walls provide one with experience, much like taking in the scenery while traveling.

The experience gained from the Confucian Academy is like a travel guide. You don't get to read everything yourself, but you can at least know your next destination in advance.

Chen Mu looked at Zhuang Fu expectantly.

"Do you feel like you're standing on the edge of an abyss every time you practice, with a sense of fear like standing on a cliff?" Zhuang Fu asked gently.

Chen Mu nodded excitedly: "Please teach me, sir."

"Jump down!"

Chen Mu: “…”

"Will I wake up if I jump?"

So simple?
"Wake up? Why do I need to wake up?"

"You have to jump in to truly become immersed in it."

"That blissful, ethereal feeling...tsk tsk...what more could one ask for!" Zhuang Fu's eyes shone with admiration.

Are you sure this isn't drug use?! Chen Mu squinted.

"It's a pity that my cultivation level is too shallow. I can't live on air and dew. When I wake up hungry, I have to eat." Zhuang Fu sighed regretfully, "I encountered this problem when I was cultivating. I couldn't immerse myself in it all day long. It's such a pity!"

"Fortunately, this is no problem for me!" Zhuang Fu's spirits lifted. "I've thought of the Bigu Pill!"

"I specially hired someone to watch over me and give me a fasting pill every few days so I wouldn't wake up from hunger. Using this method, I successfully became addicted for a whole year!"

Zhuang Fu's face was flushed, and he became unusually excited when he talked about this memory.

"That feeling, wow...it was absolutely wonderful!"

Chen Mu: “…”

Is your description really okay?
……

Liang Cheng snapped back to reality. He immediately reached up and touched his neck, finding it completely unharmed, before letting out a sigh of relief.

"I survived!"

Then he recalled what had happened before he fell into a coma, and he was overcome with grief.

"My one hundred and twenty white jade coins..."

You pay for your own classes, but others take them?
He sniffed, etching the taste he remembered from last night deep into his memory.

There's a list there, and the taste from last night put him in third place.

"Once I've mastered the skill of Breaking Through Illusions..."

He then noticed a book left on the table.

The font is elegant and graceful, making people feel relaxed and happy just by looking at it.

"Insights into the cultivation of the Breaking Through Illusion stage?"

Liang Cheng smacked his lips.

"Alright."

He silently pushed the flavors from last night to the back of the list.

"Twelfth, it can't be lower than that."

……

Yiyou District, Chenmu Wooden House.

In the underground chamber, Chen Mu was awakened by his rumbling stomach.

"You can really wake up from hunger?" Chen Musong breathed a sigh of relief.

He simply couldn't allow himself to be unconscious for that long.

"The experience provided by Gray Wall is indeed reliable."

After all that trouble, Chen Mu realized that he didn't actually need to do anything; he just needed to cultivate step by step.

"It wasn't a complete waste of time; at least we know the condition for waking up from hunger." Chen Mu shrugged.

There's also that instinctive sense of fear.

"To see through illusion, must we also see through this fear?" Chen Mu seemed to understand.

If you don't overcome this fear, you might really stop moving forward!
He tested it.

By overcoming your fear and actively focusing your gaze on the black sphere at the center of the jade seed, you can gain more experience.

……

Two weeks later, in the underground secret room.

Chen Mu closed his eyes, his face showing a struggle.

In his mind, he stared at the black sphere, trying to overcome his instinctive fear.

At one point, he felt a force of attraction emanating from inside the sphere.

His consciousness was being drawn downwards.

The jade seed in front of me grew larger and larger, approaching, penetrating, entering, and then with a whoosh, it was truly sucked into the center of the black sphere.

The next moment, Chen Mu suddenly opened his eyes.

Strands of silver threads, like swirling smoke, wandered and intertwined around her body.

"Earth elemental energy?!"

He looked up and surveyed his surroundings.

"Passing through the black sphere, consciousness will return to the body. The so-called connection between the real and the virtual means connecting the space where the Niwan point resides with the body in the real world?"

He subconsciously looked at the panel.

The Ultimate Technique to Break Through Illusions;

"It's done."

He immediately closed his eyes again.

Consciousness returned to the Niwan space, and the gaze once again shifted to looking down from high above.

In the center of the jade, the black sphere appears unchanged.

Upon closer inspection, it appears as if it were nailed to the void, forming a complete whole with the jade.

Solid, permanent, eternal...

Inside the jade, around the black sphere, there were several more bright, white, round spots.

Upon closer inspection, it was a ball of yarn with tangled threads.

"A divine will talisman?!"

Chen Mu looked at the gray mist that still lingered everywhere.

The bright spots that once shone through the mist have now disappeared.

(End of this chapter)