My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 317 Dao Kung
"You mean, Qi Hui might cause me trouble?" Chen Mu frowned as he looked at Bai Xiuwen.

"Senior brother, the courtyard only allocated one thousand units of cultivation points for the Bigu Pill."

"In other words, only the first 20,000 fasting pills of the month will grant you Daoist merit. The rest will only receive white jade coins."

Chen Mu nodded.

I've stolen someone else's business.

"How many Bigu Pills can Qi Hui practice each month?" Chen Mu asked.

“Around six thousand pills,” Bai Xiuwen said immediately, then exchanged a glance with the other two and whispered, “But he will buy fasting pills from outside to exchange for Daoist cultivation.”

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

This is essentially paying money to buy spiritual power.

He suddenly understood why there was an upper limit to the amount of Taoist cultivation energy allocated to the Bigu Pill.

Will other people do the same thing?

For example, the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill, which only the Pavilion Master can refine?

This is something I shouldn't overthink. Thinking about it too much can easily lead to trouble.

I should think about how to refine the elixir.

Having already mastered the art of Bigu Pill refining, 20,000 Bigu Pills were simply not enough to refine.

But if they really snatch up all the shares, that Senior Brother Qi will definitely get angry.

Although he wanted to accumulate enough cultivation points as soon as possible, he preferred to stay home and cultivate peacefully.

"I'll just practice 12,000 pills a month."

This has already given that Senior Brother Qi enough room to earn Taoist merit.

……

Having made his decision, Chen Mu then looked at the three alchemy apprentices who had voluntarily pledged allegiance... well, middle-aged apprentices.

"Help me absorb the essence of the five grains."

"I will set aside half a day each month for you to ask questions freely, is that acceptable?"

The three were overjoyed upon hearing this.

"It works! It's absolutely feasible!"

Chen Mu nodded.

It would be best if he agreed, since he doesn't know what to teach anyway.

"Then let's do it."

Three people helped.

The eight thousand catties of yellow sprout rice that he had just received were refined on the same day.

The next day, Chen Mu went to the warehouse and bought more than 16,000 catties of yellow sprout rice.

A day and a half later, it all turned into the essence of the five grains.

……

"Alright, this is enough for me. If you have any questions, feel free to ask." Chen Mu looked at the three pale-faced people, Bai Xiuwen and the others, with satisfaction.

Bai Xiuwen suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath, and asked, "Could you explain the true meaning of the Golden Pearl Talisman to the three of us, Senior Brother?"

What is the true meaning of the Golden Pearl Talisman?

What is the true meaning behind that thing?

Why not just practice over and over again?

I reflected on the insights that proficiency has brought me.

Chen Mu hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you remember how the Golden Pearl Talisman came about?"

The three shook their heads, looking completely bewildered.

Now it was Chen Mu's turn to be surprised: "The Golden Pearl Talisman comes from the Golden Pearl, which is a special pearl produced by the Golden Pearl Oyster."

Isn't all of this written in the secret jade tablets?
Seeing the three people's joyful yet enlightened expressions, Chen Mu suddenly understood.

The Golden Pearl Talisman technique that the three of them learned might actually be an abridged version!
Tsk tsk! Another case of knowledge monopoly.

Couldn't it be intentional?
Chen Mu couldn't help but think of the Danbaoge alchemists' practice of taking on apprentices to help them refine raw materials.

It's hard to say!

Chen Mu remained silent, lost in thought, but didn't voice his thoughts. Instead, he carefully explained the origin of the Golden Pearl Talisman to the three of them.

Tell the three that the talisman is an explanation of the unique structure of the golden bead.

Understanding the characteristics of the golden bead makes it easier to comprehend the true meaning of the talisman.

He then explained the structure of the gold beads to the three of them.

He would talk for an entire afternoon.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior brother!"

At the entrance of Chen Mu's cave, the three men clasped their hands and bowed respectfully.

"Go back and focus on your cultivation. Come back next month to help me absorb the essence of the five grains," Chen Mu waved his hand dismissively.

More than two thousand catties of the essence of the five grains. Enough for him to refine more than ten thousand fasting pills.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he asked, "You haven't told anyone you came here, have you?"

Seeing the three shake their heads, Chen Mu felt relieved and couldn't help but smile.

"It's better if others don't know."

“Especially that Senior Brother Qi.” “After you finish what you’re doing here, you can even go and help him out.”

"We'll be seeing each other all the time in the future, so it's best not to make things too awkward."

"As long as he doesn't find out, we can all live in peace, and you can even learn more," Chen Mu chuckled.

The three exchanged a glance and nodded emphatically.

Bai Xiu stepped forward and solemnly said, "I will obey Senior Brother's orders!"

He then whispered, "We will definitely be careful to infiltrate Qi Hui's vicinity and gather intelligence on his movements for our senior brother!"

Chen Mu: “…”

What kind of brain circuit is this?

I just wanted you to keep the information confidential and not provoke the other side, not to go undercover!

Seeing the three's serious expressions, Chen Mu didn't bother to explain. He simply waved them away.

The more you explain to such a clever person, the more they will overthink it.

If you're willing to be an undercover agent, then go for it.

This will also help me see how that Senior Brother Qi reacts.

After that, Chen Mu secluded himself and devoted himself to alchemy.

……

Six days later.

Chen Mu walked out of the alchemy room with disheveled hair and a dirty face.

Place the rocking chair by the door, lie on it, and gaze at the verdant Yuquan Mountain in the distance.

He was out of his daze for a while, enjoying the cool mountain breeze.

"I almost made myself go crazy from all the training!"

He rediscovered the feeling he had when he first crafted the Wood Spirit.

I'm mentally exhausted and have a headache!

Fortunately, the Seven Souls Return to Origin provided sustainment; otherwise, we wouldn't have made it to today.

Black smoke billowed out, and a brown wooden box appeared in the ornate room.

Upon opening the box, pills the size of longans, resembling white jade, appeared.

Bigu pills...

He couldn't help but think of his life in Daliang back then.

Back then, in order to refine Bigu pills, he would scrape a Bigu pill into powder for use.

At the time, I didn't dare to eat too much at once, for fear of being stuffed to death.

Thinking about all this, Chen Mu casually tossed a Bigu Pill into his mouth.

It melts in your mouth, with a subtle aroma of crispy rice filling your mouth, and you feel a slight fullness in your stomach before the feeling disappears.

"Things are different now after all."

……

The next day, after a hearty meal and a good night's sleep, Chen Mu went to the Bigu Pill storeroom feeling refreshed.

To the surprise of the warehouse manager, Zhu Laosan, four thousand fasting pills were handed over.

He refined a total of more than 12,000 fasting pills, but dared not deliver them all at once.

He plans to deliver a batch every ten days.

Even if others knew, they would at most think he was practicing hard all night.

They would never have imagined that he had already found the key to the Bigu Dan (a type of elixir), and could accelerate and increase the amount of elixir refining by controlling the temperature and humidity of the alchemy furnace.

Once the elixir verification was complete, Zhu Laosan immediately became respectful.

The identity of an alchemist from Danbaoge is ultimately extraordinary.

After manipulating his identity jade token, he held it up with both hands and carefully handed it to Chen Mu.

"Senior Brother Chen, the two hundred merits you have gained have been recorded in the Golden Book and Jade Scroll of the separate courtyard."

"Your jade tablet also contains a backup. You can use your magic to activate the jade tablet and view it yourself."

Chen Mu took the jade tablet and casually infused it with a trace of magic power.

Similar to the feedback force of the secret jade tablet, a strange force surged into the jade seed.

The two paragraphs of text immediately appeared inside the jade.

"At the Jade Spring Mountain Villa on Chicken Coop Road, there lives Chen Mu, the alchemist of the Danbao Pavilion."

"Two hundred Dao merits."

Chen Mu looked at the identity jade token with surprise.

No wonder there were silver threads and star-like traces of magic symbols; it turned out to be a magic recording tool similar to a secret jade tablet.

An ID card with otherworldly magical powers?

Ah……

Playing with the jade pendant, Chen Mu felt excited.

"After nearly two years of twists and turns, I've finally acquired the Daoist skills."

(End of this chapter)