My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 290 Encounter

The basement of the wooden house.

Inside the first cave.

Hearing the rushing water and feeling the warm, moist air inside the cave, Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you escape?" Wu Ruo supported Shi Xian with her left hand and lifted Ai Ji by the waist with her right hand, as if she were carrying a little chick.

"For now." Chen Mu continued to maintain the Seven Souls Returning to Origin state.

He took out two mustard seed talismans and quickly put away the dried fish and meat stored in the cave.

He has been stockpiling food ever since he opened up the underground river.

"Fill it up, fill it up as much as you can," Chen Mu said to the six siblings of Wushan.

We can't stay at Pengyue Mountain. After leaving, we'll definitely have to trek through the deep mountains and forests for a while.

These foods came in handy.

The six exchanged a glance and immediately took action. Even Ai Ji and his three companions, who were completely exhausted, mustered their strength to help.

"Did Mr. Gongsun already plan to leave?" Lu Ku looked at the huge caverns carved into the cave walls with a puzzled expression.

It was filled with bottles, jars, boxes, and bundles.

"No," Chen Mu said, pulling out two neatly folded animal skin tents from a hole.

He wouldn't have left if it weren't for this strange wind and snow.

If you persevere for more than ten years, become a senior disciple, and eventually become one of our own, you might just get your hands on the secret method of condensing the acupoints.

Unlike now, once he ran away, all the trust he had accumulated on Chicken Coop Road was gone.

“Then this…” Lu Ku looked at the small brown wooden box in his hand speechlessly. He only glanced at it and saw more than ten kinds of emergency medicines, such as insect repellent, animal repellent, detoxification and blood cooling medicines.

With such thorough preparations, isn't it all for a long journey?

"The world is so dangerous, I'm just like everyone else, storing some disaster relief supplies." Chen Mu said matter-of-factly, then asked curiously, "Don't any of you store any?"

I can store it, but with this amount...

Lu Ku looked at the bag, which was gradually bulging and was half the height of a person, and couldn't help but exchange glances with the others.

This Mr. Gongsun, isn't he a little too well-prepared?

Chen Mu didn't care what the others thought.

He filled the few blank mustard seed talismans in his hand. While filling the bag, he secretly stuffed some into the Five Ghosts Bag.

A quarter of an hour later.

Each of the seven men had a huge leather bag, about half the height of a person, placed in front of them.

Chen Mu glanced regretfully at the half-eaten fish.

"Let's go."

……

In a dark underground space, the sound of rushing water could be heard continuously.

On the five-meter-high cave wall, there is an arched opening about the height of a person.

A stream of water, about the depth of a palm, cascaded down from the cave entrance, crashing against the rock wall below and splashing up white sprays.

A round crystal ball the size of a fist floated out of the hole.

Fluorescent algae swayed inside the sphere, emitting a warm, luminous white light.

Chen Mu stood quietly at the entrance of the cave.

After a long while, once the five ghostly spirits had circled around and confirmed that there was nothing unusual, they called the people behind them to jump down into the cave.

……

A quarter of an hour later.

On a vast underground lake.

A fist-sized fluorescent algae ball light floats in mid-air, illuminating the scene.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the black smoke, drifting forward at a steady pace.

The six siblings from Wushan were paired up, each riding a ghostly black smoke, closely following behind Chen Mu.

"What is this thing?" Ai Ji asked curiously, reaching for the black smoke, but grasping at nothing.

He patted the solid black cloud sitting on his butt, and couldn't help scratching at the black smoke next to him.

"Hey! Look!" Ai Ji nudged Xu Rao with his shoulder and happily demonstrated to Xu Rao beside him.

"Now I finally understand why it's always you who gets your mind drained?" Xu Rao looked at Ai Ji with pity.

"Dirty hands!"

Ai Ji froze instantly.

Suddenly, he realized that Mr. Gongsun, who held their lives in his hands, was floating right ahead of him.

Done!

……

Chen Mu sat quietly on the dark cloud, ignoring the whispers of the people behind him.

After recklessly using the Seven Souls Return to Origin technique, Gongsun Sheng's true identity was exposed. In the eyes of the six, Gongsun Sheng was equivalent to Chen Mu.

A wave of emotion flashed in Chen Mu's eyes as he touched his face with a complicated expression.

What a great disguise!

pity……

"Fortunately, I have always had the habit of practicing shapeshifting techniques anytime, anywhere."

Gongsun Sheng is indeed equivalent to Chen Mu, but Chen Mu is not necessarily equivalent to Chen Mu!
Once he changes his location and appearance, the new Chen Mu will reappear!
"The Shapeshifting Technique is a great thing, I need to keep practicing it!"

Chen Mu chuckled to himself as he thought about it.

Suddenly, a figure flashed into view.

The five ghostly spirits that were floating ahead to scout ahead discovered a person, a person floating on the surface of an underground lake.

A black cloak, a short, stout figure, and a pale face with his eyes closed.

Song Wuji?
Or is it the injured Song Wuji?!
Chen Mu's first thought was to run away.

Regardless of why the other party is here, anything that can injure Song Wuji can easily kill him.

But before he could even move, he saw Song Wuji, who looked like a dead man, suddenly open his eyes.

"Are you a disciple of Chicken Cage Sect?" a voice rang in Chen Mu's ear.

Feeling the sudden shiver run down his spine, Chen Mu nodded obediently: "Shang Huan, a disciple of the lower academy, greets Supervisor Song."

"Is the Abbot unable to walk properly? Please ascend the Black Cloud." Chen Mu said respectfully.

"It's eerie, I'm not going up there, what if it's a trap!" Song Wuji sneered.

"Abbot, I am a disciple of the lower academy. How could I harm you? You don't need to be so wary of me," Chen Mu sighed.

"This is just an ordinary unorthodox magical artifact; it can be used for navigating, making one invisible, and carrying people flying..."

"It can also move mountains with five ghosts and devour people," Song Wuji replied calmly.

Chen Mu: “…”

Wow, I've met someone who knows what they're doing.

"Stop talking nonsense, do you have any white jade coins? Lend me some." Song Wuji sneered.

"Is it appropriate for you, the abbot, to borrow money from a lowly disciple like me?" Chen Mu asked incredulously.

This person is the abbot of the lower academy, a master of Qi Condensation. If he borrows it, can he get it back?
"You know I'm the supervisor, and you still dare not lend it to me? Do you think that's appropriate?" Song Wuji said, looking like a complete scoundrel.

"Borrow... how can I not lend?" Chen Mu sighed. "It's a promise: nine out of ten will be returned, thirteen back, not a penny less!"

"You little bastard, get it to me right now!" Song Wuji said angrily.

"Alright!" Chen Mu chuckled and floated forward.

They pulled out boxes of white jade coins one by one.

Not far behind, the six siblings from Wushan stared in disbelief at Chen Mu's actions.

Is he lending money at exorbitant interest rates to his own Supervisor Song?

As expected of Master Gongsun.

Ruthless!
……

The box filled with white jade coins had just been taken out when it was pulled into the air by an invisible force.

Then, with a bang, the wooden box exploded, scattering white jade coins all over the ground.

Several boxes were scattered, and Song Wuji was covered in white jade. His face was buried in the white jade.

Chen Mu clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Your hobby, Abbot, is... quite unique!"

"roll!"

An invisible force erupted.

The white jade piled on Song Wuji's body suddenly shimmered with a bright white light.

Chen Mu focused his mind on the Yuanfu and activated his special vision, only to discover that wisps of earth spiritual energy were being forcibly drawn out of the white jade.

It's like cooking fumes coming into contact with a range hood.

It was sucked into Song Wuji's body with a whooshing sound.

The seven or eight thousand pieces of white jade that Chen Mu scattered were quickly absorbed.

And because of the violent operation.

The white jade pieces exploded into fragments one by one.

boom!
Song Wuji suddenly jumped up, scattering the white jade fragments on his body.

A cloud of emerald green insects suddenly appeared beneath his feet, lifting him into the air.

Song Wuji, who had been floating like a dead man just moments before, suddenly... didn't look so much like a dead man anymore.

Although her face was still as pale as paper, she had gained a new vitality.

(End of this chapter)