My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 349 Test
the next day.

The city center is located at the foot of Yingchou Cliff Mountain.

Chen Mu looked curiously at the bamboo houses in the market, which were one or two meters high.

It is said that before Keelung Road came, this place was a large-scale border market village.

The original forces were driven out, and the area became the neighborhood managed by the villa.

Inside a certain pharmacy.

"Guest, a total of one hundred and twenty-three pieces of white jade," said the dark-skinned, thin old man who ran the shop.

"This is twice as expensive as Yuquan Mountain, isn't it?!" Chen Mu exclaimed, his eyes wide.

He doesn't lack white jade now, but he can't spend it like this.

"The guest also said it was at Yuquan Mountain." The old man with the black hand shrugged. "The medicinal herbs were delivered with great risk, so it's reasonable to raise the price a bit."

What risks could there be?

I think they're just trying to rip people off by raising prices on the spot!
"What else could it be but the remnants of the rogue cultivators from Eagle's Sorrow Cliff?" the dark-skinned, thin old man said helplessly. "The transport teams have been ambushed by them quite a few times."

"They've already conquered three mountains, and yet someone still dares to provoke Chicken Cage Path?" Chen Mu was quite surprised.

"As you know, we've conquered three mountains, so it's normal for the remnants of those local forces to retaliate against Jilongdao," the dark-skinned, thin old man said, shrugging.

Mistake! Mistake!

Chen Mu regretted not having stockpiled a batch of medicinal herbs at Yuquan Mountain.

"They're just a bunch of annoying flies. They can't handle a direct confrontation, so they can only cause trouble for us in secret. The inspection bureau will deal with them sooner or later," the dark-skinned, thin old man said confidently.

Chen Mu nodded.

More and more resources are being invested in Yuquanshan from Keelung Road.

The local forces in Dongling do not have any large Taoist sects and cannot resist Jilongdao. Sooner or later, they will be driven out and scattered.

"Prices should be cheaper then. If you're not in a hurry, you can wait," the thin, dark-skinned old man suggested.

"That's not necessary."

He bought this batch of medicine for testing purposes, so he was willing to pay a higher price.

Moreover, no matter how expensive it is, it can't be more expensive than Peiyuan Dan.

"I'd be satisfied if it had even one-tenth of the effect," Chen Mu thought with great anticipation.

He bought over a hundred kilograms of fresh exotic beast meat and was about to leave when he noticed the signboard of the Treasure Pavilion. Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he went inside.

……

"Demon-Slaying Sword Qi Talisman?" The forty-something-year-old manager of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion smiled and said, "Yes, we have them. Five hundred white jades for one."

Chen Mu's lips twitched instantly.

Is it that expensive?
Thinking about how he threw out thirty or forty bills that night, my heart couldn't help but clench.

What they threw wasn't a talisman, it was more than 20,000 white jade coins!
He only had a little over 37,000 pieces of white jade on him. That's like throwing away most of his fortune in one go!

I was planning to stockpile a batch of sword energy talismans so I could scatter them around when I encountered enemies.

We can't afford to play this game!
"What about the Spirit Light Talisman?" Chen Mu asked again.

"That one's cheaper, only one hundred pieces of white jade each. How many would you like, sir?" the shopkeeper said with a gentle smile.

Chen Mu's lips twitched slightly: "I...I'll take another look."

"Please make yourself at home, sir," the innkeeper said with a knowing smile.

Chen Mu could only pretend to look at it, then slunk away quickly.

Alas... I can't learn the Sun brothers' overwhelming talisman-throwing tactics.

That's a privilege reserved for wealthy gamers.

"The Sun brothers died without cause!" Chen Mu thought bitterly.

"So much money must have come from exploiting and cheating others."

"I always said I was a good person, and killing them was simply acting on behalf of Heaven!"

……

A month later.

Chen Mumu Building.

Ten meters underground, there is a secret room about the size of three bedrooms.

Digging secret rooms and passages in new places had become an ingrained habit for Chen Mu.

Previously, they had to rely on the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains to move things little by little.

Nowadays, there are technologies that can turn soil and rock into steel, making excavation of secret chambers increasingly convenient and rapid.

"Unfortunately, the secret passage is still quite lacking."

Having experienced the Misty Mountain, Chen Mu dared not recklessly activate his Listening Technique to explore the underground water veins, fearing that he would be discovered by the experts of the Condensation Aperture realm. He could only expand downwards little by little.

A right hand flip.

A pale white bone sphere appeared before my eyes.

The magic surged, and the bone sphere expanded with a hum, instantly enveloping Chen Mu. "Finally, I feel a little safer."

Sun Jian's Kui Shui Yin Lei left him with a great psychological shadow.

"I wonder how much that secret technique is worth."

If he could get his hands on it, he would definitely practice.

Its power and speed filled Chen Mu with a mixture of fear and longing.

Unfortunately, the Scripture Transmission Academy doesn't seem to have included the Kui Shui Yin Lei Secret Technique. It might be a secret technique passed down within the Sun family.

"The Spirit Nourishing Incantation must continue to be recited."

Unexpected twists of fate can lead to continued growth.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes: "If we face Sun Jian again, as long as the Yangcha Bone Shield blocks the fatal blow, and we rely on the sharpness of the Yincuo Moon Blade to launch a surprise attack, hmph... it's still possible to escape."

Of course, it would be best if one could condense one's own divine aperture.

At that time, they were no longer afraid of Sun Jian.

Chen Mu couldn't help but bring up the gray wall.

Yellow Springs General Outline: 2290/10000/Second Order;

Inside the jade, outside the silver hollow sphere, there is another layer of net-like spherical symbols made of silver threads and starlight.

"Ordinary herbal decoctions are not as good as Peiyuan Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine formula)." He has been testing the effects of ordinary supplements recently.

Previously, he took one Peiyuan Pill every three days. Now, in combination with tonifying tonics and a large amount of exotic beast meat, he has changed to taking one Peiyuan Pill every four days.

"The effect was ultimately less than expected. It should have had over 2,700 experience points."

After thinking for a while, Chen Mu decided to focus on cultivation and no longer conserve his Qi-cultivating pills.

"At worst, we can just fly back to Yuquan Mountain."

"At that time, using the five ghosts and spirits to become invisible and cover ourselves should have been enough to avoid the dangers along the way."

Having made up his mind, he took a Qi-Nourishing Pill and went into the Linglong Dojo to cultivate.

Eagle's Sorrow Cliff is not as good as Jade Spring Mountain.

His wooden building was in a good location, but the concentration of spiritual energy in the earth was only half that of the Jade Spring Mountain cave.

Now that I'm cultivating to the point of condensing my energy points, my mana consumption is high, and I also have a great need for the spiritual energy of the earth. So I can only use the exquisite jade disc.

"It's only six pieces of white jade a day, it's no big deal." Chen Mu didn't care at all.

Thinking back to when I first came to Jilongdao in Yunzhou five or six years ago, I was calculating how to spend each piece of white jade, which was really hard and difficult.

Fortunately, I have now mastered the art of refining fasting pills. This means I can finally use the exquisite jade plate freely.

……

a few days later.

Chen Mu went down the mountain to buy food.

As soon as I entered Fangshi Mountain Village, I sensed something was wrong.

Several shops were closed, and pedestrians were hurrying by, many carrying large bags and small packages, buying a lot of things.

On the north side of the mountain stronghold, smelling the pungent stench of blood, Chen Mu, familiar with the place, arrived at a butcher shop.

"Lu Tu, cut me two hundred catties of fresh meat, the best kind."

"There's only a hundred catties of pork and rabbit meat left, do you want some?" Lu Tu asked gruffly, shaking his fat body.

"No Feng Xingxun?"

Based on his years of cooking experience, pork and rabbit meat are tender and delicious, but their health benefits are nowhere near as good as Feng Xingxun's.

He is currently cultivating to the point of condensing his internal energy, and what he needs is a large dose of exotic beast meat.

With top-notch culinary skills to back it up, there's no need to worry about poor taste.

"They're all gone, they're all gone." Lu Tu shook his head helplessly.

“This is…” Chen Mu turned his head to gesture to the hurried crowd on the street.

"A group of mysterious rogue cultivators attacked and destroyed supplies from three transport teams in succession."

"Isn't it because everyone is afraid that prices will rise again, so they're rushing to stock up on goods?"

Chen Mu was taken aback: "That group hasn't calmed down yet."

"Once you're deep in the mountains and forests, who can find you?" Lu Tu said helplessly. "Those people know Dongling better than we do."

Fighting guerrilla warfare? Chen Mu was taken aback.

That is indeed very difficult to find.

"No action from the villa?"

"I heard that the inspection team has already sent a group into the mountains to clean up." Lu Tu looked relaxed: "They should be able to clear the transport routes soon."

"That's alright." Chen Mu nodded in agreement.

"Pack up this hundred pounds of boiled rabbit meat for me."

(End of this chapter)