My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 330 Pulse Acupoint
At the summit of Wuyan Mountain, inside the former Yunding Palace of the Yanxia Sect.

"There's an alchemist in the General Affairs Bureau named Chen Mu?" Liu Ling, in her thirties, was dressed in a bright red traditional Chinese dress with a cold expression, sharp eyes, and a strong, resonant voice.

Sun Wuhuan unconsciously cupped his hands and bowed, his face full of respect: "There is indeed such a person."

Sun Wuhuan's heart tightened.

Has my involvement with this person been exposed?
"Stop what he's doing," Liu Ling said calmly.

“Yes!” Sun Wuhuan immediately agreed.

He then looked up at Liu Ling, hesitated for a long time, and said with a worried expression, "Chen Mu is a newly promoted alchemist and doesn't know the rules very well. If he has really made a mistake, I hope that my senior uncle will forgive him."

Liu Ling glanced at Sun Wuhuan: "What, is he from your Sun family?"

"Uncle-Master, you've misunderstood," Sun Wuhuan quickly explained.

"After all, I brought the alchemist from Misty Mountain here, and I really can't bear to see him make a mistake and be punished."

Liu Ling snorted coldly: "This involves the secrets of the villa, it's not something you should be asking about."

"Go back and ask your old ghost Sun when you've mastered the Qi Condensation Technique."

"If there's nothing else, step back. I need to cultivate."

Sun Wuhuan was not annoyed at all, and smiled broadly: "Uncle is right, I will take my leave now."

As he spoke, he bowed and saluted, then backed out of the main hall.

……

Outside the Cloud Palace, Sun Wuhuan walked down the mountain expressionlessly.

"I never expected this person to have connections with Uncle Liu!!"

"With that background, you should have revealed it sooner!"

Sun Wuhuan harbored resentment in his heart.

He's another guy who's all talk and no action.

"It seems we can't deal with him anymore," Sun Wuhuan thought helplessly.

Let's find an opportunity to talk?

Anyway, no real conflict occurred.

As for the three missing people...

"They're gone, so be it. Every year, countless people try to curry favor with the Sun family, so three more won't make a difference."

Chen Mu is an alchemist and seems to have been favored by a master in the academy, so his future is limitless.

Conflicts should be resolved as soon as possible; it is better to resolve enmity than to let it fester. This is the reason why the Sun family has grown and prospered in Jilong Road.

"Let's find an opportunity to send some small gifts to ease the tension," Sun Wuhuan thought helplessly.

……

More than a month later.

The misty mountains of Shanxi lie underground, thirty miles away.

Inside a rock crevice that is three or four meters high, five or six meters wide, and roughly triangular in shape, a stream of underground water, half a meter deep, flows quietly.

Chen Mu stood at the foot of a rock wall, watching the two figures on the opposite rock with the giant toad Yuanbao.

One of the men, with a dark complexion, chanted an incantation in a low voice. An invisible power slowly spread around him and quickly enveloped the gray-white rock wall.

The hard rock, like a melted candle, melted into mud in the blink of an eye.

Then, a round hole about the thickness of an index finger appeared and quickly expanded outwards.

Before long, the soft mud hardened again, and a spherical space with a diameter of four or five meters and smooth, hard inner walls appeared.

Chen Mu stared at the honest, simple-minded man who looked like an ordinary old farmer, filled with envy.

"If I could turn the ground into steel, how convenient it would be to dig tunnels in the future."

That person was Senior Brother Liu from the Hall of Hundred Crafts, who built the warehouse and alchemy room.

……

Once the cave walls had completely solidified, Senior Brother Liu silently approached Chen Mu.

Liang Yi, however, carried a bright fluorescent algae lamp and walked into the newly excavated spherical space.

Through a round doorway about the height of a person, one could vaguely see him take out a fist-sized ball and then begin to chant incantations in a low voice.

Accompanied by the murmurs of a thousand people, a silver-white, hollowed-out sphere floated up out of thin air and slowly rotated.

This wasn't the first time Chen Mu had witnessed such an operation.

For more than a month, he has been exploring underground water veins.

During this time, Liang Yi would occasionally stop and build underground spaces called "pulse apertures" near certain underground rivers.

It is said to be a key node in the mountain protection system.

"After everything is set up, will I really be silenced?" A hint of worry flashed in Chen Mu's eyes.

He glanced at Senior Brother Liu beside him, and a thought suddenly struck him. "Senior Brother Liu, what if someone finds our meridian points by following the underground water veins and destroys them?" Chen Mu asked casually.

"We can't find it," Senior Brother Liu said with a smile.

"Once the protective laws for the mountain are established, the meridians will be activated."

alive?

"This thing can run by itself, can it?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

"It really does run by itself," Senior Brother Liu said chuckled.

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard the senior brothers in the Hundred Crafts Hall mention it when we were building the Jade Spring Mountain Pass last time."

"Once the restriction is mastered, the meridians and acupoints become connected as a whole, and it can move with the sun, moon and stars."

"Senior brother also participated in the construction of the Jade Spring Mountain restriction?" Chen Mu was overjoyed.

"I don't know how to refine meridians, I just dug a few holes." Senior Brother Liu waved his hand embarrassedly.

"Without Senior Brother's guidance, this underground cave would have been difficult to dig!" Chen Mu complimented with a smile.

But I felt a huge sense of relief.

It seems there's really no need to fear being silenced.

……

The two chatted casually.

A buzzing sound, like bees flapping their wings, suddenly came from behind.

The two stopped chatting and turned to look, only to find that Liang Yi had already left the meridian space.

The silver sphere floated in mid-air, radiating a shimmering white light, and spun around.

The next moment, the hollow sphere suddenly transformed into silver threads, which then disappeared into the surrounding walls.

A smaller, hollowed-out sphere was left behind in its place.

Then it rotated and glowed again, then diffused into silver threads that blended into the entire space.

As the sphere of light changed, the rocks around the arched doorway rapidly grew, sealing the entrance completely in the blink of an eye.

hum!
Another humming sound rang out.

An invisible wave emanated from the opposite rock wall.

It swept past the group and disappeared into the surrounding rocks and soil.

"Alright, we can go back now." Liang Yi said with a smile, as if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

go back?

Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he looked at Liang Yi with a puzzled expression.

"This is the last acupoint."

"After more than three months, the protective barrier around the mountain is complete, and we finally don't have to keep burrowing underground anymore," Liang Yi said with a smile.

"Go back and rest for three days first, then come to Cloud Top Palace to receive your Daoist cultivation."

“Each of you will receive three thousand. But there is one condition: this matter must be kept secret and not told to outsiders.”

……

Evening, inside Chen Muzhu's building.

The house had been uninhabited for a long time, and fine dust had settled all over it.

Furthermore, due to the damp environment of Wuyan Mountain, a faint musty smell filled the room.

"Luckily, I packed up all the bedding and blankets and took them with me beforehand," Chen Mu thought to himself, looking at the black mold spots on the bamboo window.

Immediately, five ghosts filled the air with black smoke, surging along the floor and walls, quickly cleaning the bamboo house thoroughly.

They opened the doors and windows for ventilation and lit incense to create a warm atmosphere.

Chen Mu carried the rocking chair to the corridor outside the door to escape the stench.

"Three thousand Dao cultivation points are more profitable than refining pills."

"I wish we could come more often."

The villa seems intent on expanding its influence; what if it could also conquer the other four mountains surrounding Jade Spring Mountain…

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu shook his head.

This time it was just a coincidence that Liang Yi was in charge of the mountain protection barrier; next time it might not be so.

"Let's think about how to face Sun Wuhuan." Chen Mu frowned.

More than a month has passed, and it's still unknown whether Qi Hui has come or not.

"It would be best to replace me so I can go straight back to Yuquan Mountain."

(End of this chapter)