My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 312 Dao Kung
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Shang Huan's eyes were vacant, and he kept muttering to himself.

"Don't believe me? How about I show you a few tricks?" Chen Mu glanced at Shang Huan.

"I believe you, I believe you, I believe you!" Shang Huan quickly waved his hand.

"I'll take 30% of the insect repellent incense business," Chen Mu said with a light laugh.

Anyway, Gongsun Sheng can still make another profit.

"But you have to be good at disguising yourself."

"It would be best to change the product name and put up different signs such as Zhang's or Li's insect repellent incense. Every store sells it, but no store sells much."

"If we concentrate everything together, the operation will become too large, and my status as a newly recruited alchemy apprentice at the Danbao Pavilion won't be very useful."

"Understood!" Shang Huan had gradually regained her composure.

Chen Mu glanced at Shang Huan to make sure she was really listening before he felt relieved.

After chatting for a while, Shang Huan looked around the empty room, her eyes darting around, and suddenly said, "This is too simple. I'll bring some furniture up for you tomorrow."

Chen Mu looked at Shang Huan with suspicion.

When did this fat guy become so considerate?
"Will it be troublesome?"

"No trouble at all." Shang Huan waved his hand: "The construction of Yuquanfang has already begun at the foot of the mountain, making it very convenient to purchase various supplies."

He chuckled and said, "I'll bring a few people to deliver things to you, and use them to spread the word. Let people know that we have powerful backers!"

"I knew it!" Chen Mu rolled his eyes.

Is this how they start using someone else's name to intimidate others?

However, this is indeed a good method, as it avoids him having to show his face in public.

"Fine." Chen Mu shrugged.

This saved him the trouble of going down the mountain to shop and carry things, allowing him to enjoy a more leisurely life.

……

Shang Huan moved very quickly.

The next afternoon, he returned with seven or eight people, carrying brand-new tables, chairs, cabinets, and other furniture.

"You actually mastered it?" Old Hao stared at Chen Mu in disbelief.

"If it were fake, I wouldn't be living here," Chen Mu said with a smile.

"Uncle Hao, do you have some secret to cultivate through growing yellow sprout rice?" Shang Huan teased with a grin.

"First came Senior Brother Mo, then Senior Brother Chen, tsk tsk..."

Old Hao rolled his eyes: "If you had that secret, how come you can't even perfect the ability to sense spiritual light?"

"I've also taught you how to farm."

Chen Mu's expression was strange.

Through the Heart-to-Heart Mantra, he could clearly see Shang Huan's jade gleaming.

Perhaps in a year or two, I will be able to complete the training of sensing spiritual light.

As long as the earth's spiritual energy keeps up, one will eventually be able to cultivate magical power and see through illusions.

One person taught three people to perceive and dispel illusions?
Ah……

Although all they taught was how to grow yellow rice, their luck was truly unbelievable.

……

They originally wanted the two of them to stay for dinner, but Old Hao and Shang Huan politely declined.

Chen Mu could only see the two of them off.

On the mountain path, a group of people walked and chatted along the stone steps.

"Fatty Shang, you didn't even give us a heads-up. What if we offended Senior Brother Chen?"

"That's right, that's right! Senior Brother is a high-level cultivator who has broken through the illusions, and a future alchemist of the Pill Treasure Pavilion!"

"Now you know how powerful your Fatty is, right?" Shang Huan said smugly.

"We've known Senior Brother Chen for a long time, so we're not afraid!"

"How about it, are you envious?"

"I never would have guessed you had this connection!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise, their gazes towards Shang Huan all different.

"So, what about dinner tonight?"

"We'll treat you, we'll treat you."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go, haha!"

……

At the entrance of the cave, under the window outside the alchemy room.

Chen Mu stood on the edge of the cliff, listening to Shang Huan's boasting, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Just as I was about to go back inside, a stranger's figure came into view.

The other person appeared to be in his forties, dressed in a dark blue robe with a jade belt around his waist, and had a brown wooden hairpin inserted diagonally into his hair.

The other person's steps seemed slow but were actually fast; in just a few steps, they arrived at the entrance of Chen Mu's cave.

“But Junior Brother Chen is here in person. I am Bai Xiuwen.” The man stood in the open space in front of the door, his face full of gentle smiles, and cupped his hands in a fist salute.

“I live next door to you, junior brother. I apologize for disturbing you and hope you will forgive me,” Bai Xiuwen said, pointing to the cliff on the east side.

Chen Mu suddenly realized that it was a neighbor visiting.

Although this neighbor's cave was several hundred meters away from him, it really was his neighbor.

"Junior brother, won't you invite me in for a seat?" Bai Xiuwen joked.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

He was just looking for someone to gather information when this happened—it was like a pillow being delivered to him when he was sleepy.

He immediately greeted them with great enthusiasm, saying, "Junior brother, I haven't been very hospitable. Please!"

……

"How do you earn Dao merit?" Inside Chen Mu's cave, Bai Xiuwen placed his teacup on the brand-new tea table beside him and looked at Chen Mu across from him without any surprise. "Junior Brother, do you know how to absorb the source of demonic energy?"

The source of demonic energy? What is that?
"That would be a pity," Bai Xiuwen shook his head.

“Yuquan Mountain is newly built and urgently needs manpower to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land.”

"The Great Qian Kingdom doesn't have that many experts in armor, so they can only rely on the Heavenly Demon Rebirth Pill to cultivate steel skin. That's why the Rebirth Pill has become extremely valuable."

"The source of demonic energy is the main ingredient of the Reincarnation Pill. Whoever can absorb it will gain Dao merit."

"Is this the only way to earn Dao merit?" Chen Mu frowned.

“That’s not it.” Bai Xiuwen waved his hand.

"The main ingredient of the Spirit Rhinoceros Hundred Miasma Pill is Earth Rhinoceros Powder, the main ingredient of the Concentrating Spirit Pill is Jade White Dew, and the main ingredient of the Life Creation Pill is Hundred Flower Essence Qi. All of these can earn you Daoist merit."

"What about the essence of the five grains?" Chen Mu couldn't help but ask.

Bai Xiuwen sighed: "I can only say that we've been having a run of bad luck."

"Us?" Chen Mu's heart stirred.

"Senior brother, I also learned the Five Grains Talisman."

“In the past, twenty catties of the essence of the five grains would yield a piece of white jade, and one hundred catties would grant a little bit of Taoist merit.”

"Now all we have left is that little bit of white jade money," Bai Xiuwen said helplessly, spreading his hands.

Chen Mu immediately frowned.

I painstakingly farmed experience points for the Five Grains Talisman, and now I'm being told I can't change my cultivation level.
Just as Liang Yi said, something unexpected happened.

"Who told us to be born when the Jade Spring Mountain Villa was being developed and built?" Bai Xiuwen said with a sneer.

"Of course, whatever you need urgently, the villa will raise the price accordingly."

"Using the Daoist technique of white jade, they forced us fifty or so alchemy apprentices to learn new talisman techniques to assist those six alchemists in refining pills."

Go learn new spells? Who should I learn from? Where can I exchange secret techniques?

The more Chen Mu thought about it, the more his brows furrowed.

Since the villa uses Taoist techniques to guide alchemy boys in learning new talismans, there must be a way to exchange them.

Should we exchange it directly for white jade?

Chen Mu shook his head inwardly.

Secret techniques like alchemy and artifact crafting are certainly not like those below the level of breaking through illusion.

He estimated that not only would a high price of white jade be required, but also Taoist cultivation.

But he had no cultivation techniques. This put him in a dead end.

"Alchemists are still the best," Bai Xiuwen sighed.

"No matter what needs the villa has, as long as the pill is successfully made, it will definitely receive a lot of Dao merit and white jade money."

Chen Mu's eyes lit up immediately.

"That fasting pill?"

"As long as you can refine two bottles of twenty Bigu Pills, you'll gain a bit of Daoist cultivation and nine white jade coins." Bai Xiuwen's face was full of envy.

Chen Mu glanced at the experience on the gray wall and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In at most half a month, he will be able to attempt to refine the Bigu Pill.

Hey!
Isn't this a coincidence?
……

"Becoming an alchemist is too difficult!" Bai Xiuwen suddenly said in a low voice.

"You need a secret technique. Even if you have a secret technique, condensing the talisman is a major hurdle."

"That's not all." Bai Xiuwen said, his neck stiff and his eyes wide.

"The alchemical furnace is divided into three, six, and five seasons according to the seasons."

"But the secrets of alchemy will only tell you a range."

"Without guidance or knowing the key points, a hundred materials can only be refined into three to five pills."

"Keep practicing, and you'll lose everything!" Bai Xiuwen said with a look of utter despair.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

The alchemical secrets he obtained had rather vague requirements regarding temperature and humidity.

Blindly practicing on your own can have serious consequences...

"Is there no one to teach you in the cabinet?"

Chen Mu couldn't help but think of the Lower Academy of Scripture Transmission.

This kind of paid private tutoring model shouldn't be unique to the Lower House, right?

"Yes, but do you have Taoist skills?" Bai Xiuwen glanced at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu's heart sank.

It's troublesome.

"Fortunately, there's always a way out." Bai Xiuwen suddenly smiled.

"Senior brother, do you have a solution?" Chen Mu's eyes lit up.

"Hey! This brings us to our senior brother Qi Hui."

"He is one of the six alchemists of the Danbao Pavilion, and he is especially proficient in the Bigu Pill."

“A few casual words of advice can be incredibly helpful to us.” Bai Xiuwei shook his head, his face full of pride, indicating that he had received such guidance before.

"Of course, nothing comes for free."

"Fortunately, my senior brother is kind. He doesn't want Taoist cultivation or money, he only asks us to help him absorb the essence of the five grains to assist him in refining elixirs."

"How about it? Isn't it a great deal?"

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Help it absorb the essence of the five grains to assist in alchemy?
So that means you're not going to pay?
This is making us do hard labor and work for free!
His gaze toward Bai Xiuwen suddenly became playful.

(End of this chapter)