My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 302 Acquisition
Tianhe Shuifu, Gengzi District, east of the Longmen entrance at entrance number nine, is a cluster of warehouses.

A short, stout man in his fifties walked by with his hands behind his back, glancing casually at Chen Mu as he asked, "What kind of goods do you want to store, and why do you need to avoid light?"

"A batch of medicinal herbs," Chen Mu said calmly, his appearance now changed.

"Yes, some medicinal herbs need to be stored in a cool, shady place," the plump old man nodded in realization.

The two chatted casually and soon arrived at a small warehouse in the southeast corner.

The old man unlocked the brass lock, removed the chains, and pushed open the gray wooden door, revealing a warehouse the size of a basketball court.

A strong musty smell wafted out.

"Let me make this clear. It is indeed cool here, but it's also damp. If your medicinal herbs spoil, don't come looking for me," the fat old man said.

"This place is very good." Chen Mu looked at the five or six small windows that let in light on both sides of the warehouse and nodded in satisfaction.

By sealing off these windows and having the Five Ghosts monitor from the outside, at least 90% of the spying can be prevented.

It was perfect for him to stockpile yellow sprout rice and extract the essence of the five grains.

"Number 67, this is it."

"Cheng Hui, twelve white jade coins a month," the plump old man said with a smile.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

"Don't complain about the price. Prices are rising everywhere in the Water Mansion. There's nothing I can do about it." The fat old man shrugged.

Fine.

……

Two days later, at warehouse number sixty-seven.

Black smoke surged through the warehouse like a tide, instantly obliterating any soil or moss it passed through.

Then the black smoke shot up the wall and onto the roof.

The dust and cobwebs that had accumulated on the wooden triangular beams had also disappeared without a trace.

In just over twenty breaths, the warehouse became spotless.

They also sprinkled lime to absorb moisture and dry the area, and lit insect-repelling incense to repel insects and ants.

The dilapidated warehouse was instantly transformed.

Chen Mu took out several fluorescent algae lamps and hung them on the roof beams. He then habitually released the Five Ghosts and Yin Spirits, while he stood quietly in the warehouse waiting.

Before long, the six siblings from Wushan and Shang Huan each carried a huge sack into the warehouse.

"Mr. Gongsun, a total of eight thousand catties of yellow sprout rice."

"As you instructed, we purchased from separate shops, so no one will follow or investigate us," Lu Ku said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"Very good." Chen Mu, wearing a white mask, nodded calmly. He then waved for the others to leave.

Shang Huan, however, was in a hurry to leave. Instead, she stepped forward, took out a small wooden box from her mustard seed talisman, and handed it to Chen Mu with a fawning smile.

"Mr. Gongsun, this is the result of the drunken bait, a total of 337 white jade coins."

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

How long has it been, less than two months, and yet he's already been allocated over three hundred pieces of white jade?!
"The intoxicating bait wasn't adulterated, was it?" Chen Mu looked at Shang Huan suspiciously.

"No way!" Shang Huan declared firmly.

Yeah, at least not now.

Chen Musong sighed. The cost of the intoxicating bait was low and the profit was high, so there was really no need to adulterate it.

"Nobody's causing trouble?"

He gets over three hundred pieces of white jade, and his monthly profit is at least a thousand pieces of white jade. What if someone gets jealous...?

"With Supervisor Liang as our backer, would ordinary people dare to cause us trouble?" Shang Huan chuckled, then winked and said, "Besides, even if we don't give Supervisor Liang face, we still have to give Supervisor Song face."

Hey!
This fat guy not only borrowed Liang Yi's name, but he even dared to use Song Wuji's name to scare people?!

That's really... well done!
"The one for Vice Principal Liang..."

"It was delivered first thing this morning," Shang Huan said with a smile.

That's fine.

"The Water Mansion has been in turmoil lately, so be vigilant," Chen Mu couldn't help but say. "If anything seems amiss, immediately stop and retreat."

Soaring prices have caught many people off guard.

Many malicious individuals couldn't resist taking the risk.

Even with the Water Palace warriors maintaining order, considerable chaos still ensued. Thefts and robberies occurred one after another.

“You guys better behave yourselves.” Chen Mu glared at the six Wu siblings.

Given their lawless and unruly nature, they might take advantage of the chaos to rob and steal valuables.

The group exchanged glances and nodded in agreement, somewhat disappointed.

Chen Mu's face twitched at the sight. You guys really want to go robbing and pillaging?!

Judging from Ai Ji's expression, he might have already chosen his target!
Get out of here!
Chen Mu immediately waved his hand and chased the group away.

They're all restless.

……

They sent a few people away.

Chen Mu put on the Listening Technique on his ears, and the five ghostly spirits leaped onto the roof of the warehouse.

After confirming that no one was around, Chen Mu opened a bag of yellow sprout rice and activated the Five Elements Qi-Absorbing Talisman.

A strange force suddenly appeared in his hand.

Raise your hand and aim at the yellow sprout rice inside the brown burlap sack.

Immediately, white powder floated up from the bag, swirling as it flew into the palm of the hand and coalesced into a ball.

A quarter of an hour later.

Chen Mu weighed the basketball in his right hand, which was about the size of a ball of grains: "It's at most fifty pounds."

How can you consume just over five pounds of a hundred pounds of yellow sprout rice?
This weight is a bit off.

He had previously inquired with Mo Wuzhou.

One hundred catties of yellow sprout rice can yield a maximum of fifty Bigu pills.

One pill weighs about two ounces, so fifty pills would weigh about ten pounds.

"The extraction efficiency is only half?" Chen Mu glanced at the gray wall and suddenly realized, "The Qi Absorption Technique that has just entered the second stage is still a bit lacking."

The Five Grains Talisman determines the purity of the essence absorbed from the five grains.

The proficiency with the Five Elements Qi-Gathering Method determines the extraction efficiency.

One-tenth of your mana is consumed, and it takes a day and a half to recover. To maintain full mana, it's best to process seven or eight hundred catties each day.

Each batch weighs 8,000 jin, and three batches are processed in a month. Even with only half the extraction efficiency, nearly 400 white jade coins can be earned in a month.

If the extraction efficiency were higher, and we were willing to use our magic power to refine more, we could harvest nearly a thousand pieces of white jade every month!
"Alchemy really is profitable!" Chen Mu's eyes lit up.

With this skill, once I follow Song Wuji to the new territory, I can stay at home honestly for ten years, acquire both Daoist cultivation and jade, and peacefully exchange them for the Qi Condensation Secret Technique without fighting or grabbing.

"The future looks promising!" Chen Mu thought to herself with delight.

……

Tianhefang is located on the shore closest to Tianhe Water Mansion.

It was a market town, and also a large city without city walls.

Nine wide streets crisscross the area, dividing the entire market area like a chessboard.

Due to soaring prices in Tianhe Water Mansion, many people have no choice but to live here, making the already bustling Tianhefang even more lively.

In the east of the city, inside a five-courtyard house.

Elder Yang Huan of Chongshan Dao sat at the head of the inner living room.

A burly, round-faced man, two meters tall, with dark skin and a thick beard, clasped his hands respectfully and said, "We can't make a move under Song Wuji's nose."

"During this turmoil at Tianhe Water Mansion, many disciples from the lower courtyards of Jilongdao were forced to come to Tianhefang. This has given us an opportunity."

The burly man chuckled.

"What? Did you find something?" Yang Huan glanced at the burly man.

"A discovery! A major discovery!" The burly man with a dark face grinned and said, "A spiritual spring, and it's a spiritual spring that was occupied by the Snow Demon Qing Liu."

"Snow Demon Qing Liu?!" Yang Huan was taken aback, then overjoyed: "Is the information accurate?"

"I interrogated five disciples from the lower courtyard in succession, and based on their descriptions, I am at least 90% certain!"

"Exact location!"

"It's roughly south of the original Chicken Cage Road Lower Temple. The disciples couldn't pinpoint the exact location either," the burly man said, scratching his head.

"Keep arresting people!" Yang Huan said seriously.

"If you can find that Snow Demon Qing Liu, I guarantee I can give you the Secret Technique for Condensing Apertures!"

"Just you wait and see!" The burly man grinned and turned to leave the living room.

Yang Huan watched the burly man's departing figure, his expression shifting.

The bloodline of the Azure Six Demon Puppet can be extracted to refine the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill.

But that's not the most important thing.

If we can capture Qing Liu, we can use the Six Desires Primordial Mystic Technique to seize the Snow Demon's body...

Yang Huan clenched his fist: "Then I will be the next White Pagoda Immortal!"

(End of this chapter)