My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 378 Mining
Misty Mountain, Misty Clouds Lane, Qiankun Trading Company.

This was the fourth business Chen Mu had entered.

"What would you like to buy, sir?" The burly shop owner was surprisingly gentle in his demeanor and speech, quite contrary to his imposing physique.

Chen Mu nodded slightly to the boss and glanced around.

Behind the counter, the shelves were filled with various goods, categorized by type. However, most of them were materials such as herbs and minerals, with only fasting pills being available, and the ritual implements were mostly small auxiliary implements.

Chen Mu was disappointed. The name of Qiankun Trading Company sounded grand, but he guessed it was just a small trading company that would hardly meet his needs.

"Does your shop have any lightning-avoiding magical artifacts?" he asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

The burly owner, in his forties, looked apologetic: "These kinds of magical artifacts are quite precious. My shop is newly opened, so I dare not sell them. Perhaps you can go to the Treasure Pavilion to take a look."

"I've seen it." Chen Mu sighed.

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion does have them, but you need to contact the Hundred Crafts Hall of the Upper Academy to order them, and they are very expensive.

He could afford 20,000 to 30,000 pieces of white jade, but the customization time was too long, taking at least three or four months in total.

"I'll be heading to Jilei Mountain soon to collect poisonous miasma, I can't wait," Chen Mu shook his head.

"Although Mount Jilei is prone to lightning, as long as you don't go to the top, you'll be fine. Guests don't need to worry and don't need to buy any protective artifacts," the burly shopkeeper suggested with a smile.

But what I need to guard against isn't the heavenly lightning, but that old devil Sun Jian, Chen Mu thought helplessly.

Although the chances of finding himself were extremely slim, he was always filled with unease.

The feeling of being locked onto by the Kui Shui Yin Lei back then still sends chills down my spine when I think about it now.

"Just in case," Chen Mu replied casually.

Just as he was about to say goodbye, the burly boss called out to Chen Mu.

"If the guest is just doing this as a precaution, there is absolutely no need for them to buy a lightning protection item."

"It has limited functionality, is expensive, and is not cost-effective."

Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but turn to look at the burly boss.

"How about learning about the Goose-Sheep Path Lightning Talisman?" The burly boss smiled and pulled out a rectangular, palm-sized talisman from his wide sleeve.

The talisman is made of a thin material, resembling some kind of yellow leather, with dense dark red star-shaped patterns on it.

As the burly boss poured in his magical power, wisps of bright silver lightning flowed around him.

"The Goose and Sheep Path is one of the seven major paths in Yunzhou. It is a major sect like our Chicken Cage Path, and its cultivators are most skilled in thunder magic."

"To practice their magic, they often venture into thunderclouds to collect heavenly lightning. These lightning-collecting talismans are their usual method."

"If you are going to Jilei Mountain and are struck by lightning, simply use this lightning-collecting talisman to avert it, and you will be safe in an instant," the burly shopkeeper recommended with a smile.

Chen Mu was overjoyed: "The maximum capacity of this lightning-collecting talisman..."

“Ordinary small thunderbolts are no problem, but if you are caught in the Nine Heavens Thunder Sea, this talisman will be powerless.”

"Fortunately, Mount Jilei is just a small hill, and the lightning is not that powerful, so the lightning-gathering talisman is still enough."

"If you're really worried, then prepare a few more."

Chen Mushen agreed: "How many of these lightning-gathering talismans do you have?"

The burly man's smile grew even brighter.

"Our shop has thirty-six lightning-avoidance talismans, each worth fifty white jade coins. Please take a look..."

"I'll take them all!" Chen Mu declared with boundless pride.

With these thirty-six lightning-avoiding talismans by his side, even if he were to directly attack Sun Jian, he would...

He still didn't dare.

Sigh, that old ghost is indeed a seasoned expert in the Qi Condensation stage. "It doesn't matter if I can't beat him. With the Lightning Gathering Talisman by my side, even if I'm locked onto by the Sunflower Water's lightning, I can still escape with ease," Chen Mu thought to himself with a sense of relief.

After paying the money for the white jade, Chen Mu happily accepted the long wooden box handed to him by the burly shopkeeper. Looking at the neatly arranged talismans inside, Chen Mu felt increasingly at ease.

"Sir, are you going to collect poisonous miasma? Have you prepared any storage tools?" The burly shopkeeper smiled and recommended, "I have a special gas-storing gourd from Dongling, which is extremely good at storing poisonous gas and smoke. It can be opened and closed at will, making it an essential tool for the Dongling barbarians to collect and release poison. It's only two hundred white jade each, sir, what do you think..."

"Then let's have one." Chen Mu shrugged, considering it a proper performance.

……

On the western side of Eagle's Sorrow Cliff, inside a dilapidated pavilion, accompanied by a clap of thunder, Sun Jian, dressed in black robes, suddenly appeared.

He glanced at the shadowy corner, a mocking look on his face: "Yang Huan, did you practice that Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique using a silver-backed black rat? Hiding your head and tail all day long, aren't you afraid of the risk of bloodline backlash?"

Yang Huan's burly figure emerged from the darkness. He wasn't annoyed; instead, he grinned and chuckled with interest: "Elder Sun's temper is still as fiery as ever. It seems you still haven't found your precious gourd."

"If you find them, you'll kick us out; if you don't, you'll come back and cooperate with us again. Elder Sun, you've got a good plan."

Sun Jian's face darkened: "If you summoned me here just to spout this nonsense, then you can shut up!"

Yang Huan shrugged and chuckled: "If it weren't for Daoist Huiming wanting to see you, I wouldn't bother to look at your stinky face."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian looked behind Yang Huan. He had already noticed the smiling, short, and stout figure standing behind Yang Huan.

“Liyang Path?!” Sun Jian’s expression turned grim as he suddenly realized what was happening.

As expected, Yang Huan and the other remnants of the Chongshan Dao sect have defected to the Liyang Dao sect. No wonder they dared to provoke the Jilong Dao sect again.

"Greetings, Elder Sun." Huiming, dressed in a loose red robe embroidered with gold thread, smiled broadly. "I heard that Elder Sun has been secretly arresting people recently. Do you have enough manpower? Would you like me to provide some assistance?"

Sun Jian looked at the other party expressionlessly.

Huiming waved his hand and said amiably, "I'm not urging Elder Sun to revise the mountain protection laws. I just feel that Elder Sun is putting in a lot of effort for little reward."

"It's been so long, finding the gourd sword box is already troublesome."

"The Thousand Machines Sect might not be so quick to give you the Yellow Springs Record."

“We’re different,” Huiming said earnestly, his chubby face full of sincerity.

As he spoke, he pulled a palm-sized, bright yellow scroll from his wide sleeve, and with a gentle lift of his hand, the scroll floated to Sun Jian's front. Without Sun Jian needing to take it, he slowly unfurled it.

Upon seeing the contents of the scroll, Sun Jian's pupils suddenly contracted, and he reached out and grabbed the scroll to carefully peruse it.

After a long pause, he frowned and said with slight disappointment, "I have modified the restrictions on the Six Links, Wuya, and Bijia Mountains."

"Yuquan Mountain is the main Taoist temple of the Five Mountains, and its restrictions are complex. With Liu Ling in charge of Wuyan Mountain, we can't make any big moves. I need time."

Huiming nodded with a smile: "Of course, of course, we all understand Elder Sun's difficulties."

"Then I'll leave everything to you."

"Consider this excerpt from the Cloud Mirage Dao Foundation Record as my gift."

Sun Jian nodded expressionlessly, then turned and vanished into the horizon as a beam of light.

"Will this old ghost obediently listen to me?" Yang Huan asked doubtfully.

Huiming smiled as always: "That's why I came and gave him a part of the Dao Foundation Record to help him boost his confidence."

Yang Huan said noncommittally, "Of the six hundred paths to the Yellow Springs, your Cloud Mirage Dao Foundation is only at the very end, so it won't be very attractive to Sun Jian."

"The bait, of course, can't be too big." Huiming chuckled. "If you want something better, then continue to cooperate with us."

"What if he really found the sword box gourd..." Yang Huan narrowed his eyes.

"Guess what, if a junior member of the Sun family gets this treasure, will he hand it over to Elder Sun, or will he come to me directly to exchange it for a Dao Foundation Record?" Huiming's face was full of meaning: "Our Elder Sun is always domineering. Apart from his direct descendants, the lives of others are not very easy."

Yang Huan immediately grinned: "Master, you are truly brilliant!"

(End of this chapter)