My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 267 Back to the Mountain
Pengyue Mountain, Lengyue Pool.

On the twin mountains on either side of the cold pool, caves have been dug out, resembling honeycomb.

One of the caves at the very bottom, closest to the cold pool.

Mo Wuzhou sat cross-legged on the soft couch, with two wooden boxes on a low table in front of him.

He reached into the wooden box on the left and took out a round jade disc.

He supported himself with his right hand and slowly closed his eyes.

chi chi chi...

A series of sounds, like concentrated acid corroding an object, rang out.

Within the white jade disc, silver-gray threads rapidly grew, like lightning tearing through the sky, swiftly and decisively spreading throughout the white jade.

hum!
A deep vibration emanated from the white jade.

Mo Wuzhou opened his eyes and nodded with satisfaction: "The thirty-second one."

"It's a pity that it still needs to be nurtured in the earth's veins." Mo Wuzhou looked at the wooden box on the right.

There were already seventy or eighty white jade coins inside.

Unlike normal white jade coins, the silver threads inside these round white jade coins are silvery-gray and appear somewhat dim.

Only when placed into the earth's veins, absorbing enough of the earth's spiritual energy, and illuminating all the silver threads and starlight, can it be considered a true white jade coin.

"Unfortunately, only one-fifth is mine," Mo Wuzhou sighed.

Short of money!
"More than twenty a day, which adds up to more than seven thousand a year."

"It would take ten years to save enough!"

The method of concentrating the orifices is really too expensive.

"I don't know when I'll be able to return to the Upper House."

He had only been a disciple for a short time and hadn't even had a chance to learn his master's alchemy skills when he was sent to the lower courtyard.

Immediately following this was the Chongshan Road invasion incident.

The upper house was sealed off, and the lower house was scattered.

Fortunately, I learned a technique for making golden bead talismans, which allows me to refine white jade coins; otherwise, I would have had no choice but to venture into the mountains and forests.

"I hope that Master Dongli will return soon."

He was about to continue refining the white jade coins when he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have received a notification that an old friend was coming to visit.

Mo Wuzhou remained expressionless, but inwardly he was a little annoyed: "Where did I get so many old friends from!"

Since he mastered the spiritual light and returned to the lower academy, he has unexpectedly made many old friends.

"Never mind, let's meet and talk about it." Mo Wuzhou sighed, got up and walked back.

……

Below Cold Moon Pool, above Cold Moon Workshop.

A cluster of two-story wooden residential buildings is nestled in the woods, built against the mountainside.

One of the wooden buildings, in the living room on the first floor.

Mo Wuzhou sat at the head of the table, his stiff face expressionless, but his eyes were full of surprise: "These two hundred pieces of white jade, you're really giving them to me like this?"

"You didn't do anything bad using my name, did you?"

A hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

Two hundred pieces of white jade.

He spent all his time in Cold Moon Pool refining white jade coins, and he only earned five or six hundred white jade coins a month.

He was surprised to suddenly have an extra three percent of his income.

"We really are selling insect repellent incense," Shang Huan assured with a wry smile.

"What kind of insect repellent incense is so good?" Mo Wuzhou didn't believe it. He himself knew how to grow and make medicine, and he knew that the disciples of the lower courtyard all had some homemade insect repellent medicines.

But as for the effect... it's just so-so.

"You didn't take a batch of samples and then use my name to force me to buy and sell them, did you?" Mo Wuzhou glared at Shang Huan.

You're fucking bullshit!
Shang Huan's face turned bright red.

He's always been cheerful; he never doesn't use some tricks when doing business.

But this time, when there was no deception, Mo Wuzhou still doubted him?!
This is so damn unfair!

His small eyes widened, and disregarding Mo Wuzhou's reputation and status, he said fiercely, "Senior Brother Mo, go ahead and inquire!"

"If anyone says my insect repellent incense is adulterated or counterfeit, I'll twist my head off and use it as a chamber pot for you!"

Mo Wuzhou's face remained expressionless, but he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

It seems there really is no problem with this.

Hmm... I should make time to see Old Hao. We can't just listen to Shang Huan's side of the story.

However, if this deal really goes well, then this is quite a pleasant surprise.

"Are insect repellent incense products really that profitable?"

Am I on the wrong path, diligently refining white jade coins at Cold Moon Pool?
"Just imagine, in the middle of nowhere, there are all sorts of insects everywhere, you can't even sleep peacefully at night."

"If there were such an insect-repelling incense, costing only one white jade coin per month, would you buy it?" Shang Huan, having recovered her composure, smiled again.

He was quite proud of himself for seizing this business opportunity.

"That makes sense." Mo Wuzhou nodded calmly, his heart filled with regret.

Why didn't I think of that? He also has a unique insect-repelling incense formula. "Making money is an art," Mo Wuzhou sighed. "If I had your brains, I wouldn't be so tired."

Shang Huan's heart skipped a beat.

Senior Brother Mo is indeed short of money!
He was just about to bring up Mu Linglang's matter, and this opportunity has come to him!
"Senior brother, I happen to have a good opportunity to make money. I wonder if you would be interested?"

Interested?
I'm so interested!
Mo Wuzhou was overjoyed.

……

Two quarters of an hour later.

blah blah blah...

A jet-black pony was hopping around in the living room.

Shang Huan stared at the wooden horse curiously; he hadn't had a proper look at it since he got it last night.

Mo Wuzhou also stared at the wooden horse, feeling very uncomfortable with the multiple perspectives coming from different places in his mind.

The two remained silent, and for a moment, the only sound in the living room was the dull thud of wooden hooves striking the wooden floor.

After a long while, Mo Wuzhou came to his senses.

"You're really suited for business," Mo Wuzhou remarked.

This stuff is like insect repellent incense. It's perfect for pioneering and exploring new lands.

"Is it that Gongsun Sheng?" Mo Wuzhou squinted at Shang Huan.

Insect repellent incense is fine, it's just a common pharmaceutical method.

The Wooden Spirit is a magical artifact.

How can someone without magical power craft magical artifacts?
Upon contact with the monk Huan, who also possessed magical powers, he immediately thought of Gongsun Sheng.

"Yes." Shang Huan didn't intend to hide anything: "Mr. Gongsun wants to sell the Wood Spirit Orbs under your name and has promised to give you 20% of the profits."

"A 20% profit margin?" Mo Wuzhou scoffed.

"Do you know how much the Wood Spirit Robe costs?"

Shang Huan looked completely bewildered. He really didn't know.

"You don't know, I don't know, only Gongsun Sheng knows."

"Still 20% profit."

"If he says the profit is only ten pieces of white jade, is a 20% profit a lot?" Mo Wuzhou asked back.

"I'm fine with having my name on the bill, but I want to talk to him in person."

Mo Wuzhou snorted coldly.

Trying to fool me? No way!
Don't even think about using my name unless you give me a satisfactory price!

……

Night falls, and the moon hangs high in the sky.

In the dense forest, a whirlwind suddenly swept by.

A dark cloud rose into the sky, disappeared abruptly mid-air.

Chen Mu gripped the flying kite's connecting rod with both hands, his body enveloped in black smoke and becoming invisible.

It crashed through the thin mist above the dense forest, dragging along the rolling air currents, and sped towards Pengyue Mountain.

Yiyou District.

Chen Mu descended from the sky, put away his kite, glanced at the overgrown weeds and yellowing leaves of the yellow rice field, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"What a waste..."

Don't expect a good harvest of yellow rice this season.

He was about to control the five ghostly spirits to deal with them, but then stopped.

"Don't be the first to stick your neck out."

After more than a month of not returning, a thin layer of dust had formed on the floor of the wooden house.

The smell of dampness and mold filled my nostrils.

Black smoke filled the room. After quickly cleaning it, Chen Mu lifted a corner of the floorboards and jumped into the underground chamber.

……

An hour later, in the underground chamber.

Chen Mu opened his eyes.

Switch to the perspective of the Five Ghosts and Spirits to observe the situation of the exploration team.

Except for two watchmen dozing off by the campfire, everything was normal.

After glancing at his mana, which had increased by nearly one-tenth, Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

This is much faster than cultivating in the wilderness.

No wonder everyone is so eager to go to the Upper Academy; the high concentration of earth elemental energy really can accelerate cultivation.

"Even taking into account the consumption, it will take at most half a month to fill the jade seed."

Chen Mu thought about it for a moment and immediately laughed.

"sleep!"

"I have to get up early for work tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)