My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 381 Thoughts
"Aura protects you!"

Sun Wujiu's entire body suddenly shone with a layer of shimmering white light, and his right hand shone even more brightly.

In an instant, Chen Mu felt as if he were holding a huge, live fish in his hand.

A powerful, resilient yet slippery force suddenly surged from the palm of his hand.

His fist, which had been clenched tightly, was slowly opened!

"Trying to run? Too late!" Chen Mu laughed.

A dark red vortex suddenly appeared behind them.

The red light twisted and deformed, instantly transforming into a statue clad in armor. Its already immense power doubled once more.

Creak!
Accompanied by a piercing screech.

Chen Mu immediately crushed the rapidly expanding protective aura in Sun Wujiu's hand.

Feeling the immense, inhuman force, Sun Wujiu's face immediately contorted into a ferocious expression.

His left hand was suddenly covered in gray light, and he slapped his right arm, severing it cleanly at the root.

"The Yin Wind Spell!"

With a loud shout, the severed arm instantly transformed into a gray whirlwind, engulfing Chen Mu within it in a flash.

The gray wind was cold and sharp, and when it swept through the surrounding trees, the life force within them was instantly shredded and drained.

The lush, green leaves on the branches looked as if they had been scorched by the blazing sun and pelted by countless hailstones, turning dry and rotten in the blink of an eye.

Sun Wujiu didn't even glance at it.

A rainbow of light stretches across the land!

In the blink of an eye, white fluorescence rapidly swirls around him, making him appear like a slingshot projectile that is launched into the sky with a whoosh.

He no longer wanted the gourd sword box; all he wanted now was to kill Chen Mu to avenge his severed arm.

"As long as we break through the quarantine restrictions, we can notify the patriarch!"

"With the old ancestor's help, he will surely be able to capture this bastard."

Sun Wujiu was filled with hatred, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of torturous secret techniques had already surfaced in his mind.

But just as he flew into the air, a tremendous force suddenly surged towards him.

That invisible force was like a giant hand, which grabbed him and imprisoned him in mid-air, unable to move.

He suddenly turned his head.

The gray tornado looked like a ball of yarn trapping countless giant pythons, with bumps rising from its interior.

puff!
A pair of clasped hands suddenly pierced through the swirling wind, then tore fiercely to both sides.

The yin wind spell that had sacrificed an arm was instantly torn apart.

A five-meter-tall, indigo-skinned, muscular monster burst out of the whirlwind.

A burst of bright white light erupted from his body, and he was instantly propelled to his front.

Before he could react, a flash of black light appeared, and a crescent-shaped black blade, half the height of a person, suddenly materialized.

The resilient protective aura was immediately cleaved open, and the indigo hand followed closely behind, plunging into the opening and pouring into the chest and abdomen without hesitation.

Chen Mu looked coldly at Sun Wujiu, who was wearing a bandage on his arm.

Five Ghosts Moving Mountains!

Black smoke billowed, and before Sun Wujiu could even beg for mercy, he was completely swallowed up and drained.

Chen Mu stood calmly in mid-air, enveloped in spiritual light.

The Dharma of Listening enveloped all directions, yet all that could be heard was utter silence.

Feeling the invisible barrier in mid-air, Chen Mu couldn't help but sneer: "The isolation barrier between these two realms is really well set up."

"It's a pity that too few members of the Sun family came."

……

Five days later.

About five miles west of Chen Mu's bamboo pavilion on the mountainside of Wuyan Mountain.

A clearing has appeared in what was once a dense, lush forest.

All the trees and weeds were cleared and burned, leaving a barren area within a radius of about 100 meters.

"Why did you decide to build a house here? There's no one around, and it's far from Yanxiafang. It'll be inconvenient to buy things."

A slightly hunched, dark-skinned, thin old man in his fifties looked at Chen Mu strangely.

"I've been working on the Tongxi Baizhang Pill lately. The main ingredient of that pill is the poisonous miasma of Dongling. If it's not handled properly, it can easily spread."

"If anyone gets close to where I'm refining pills, it could be a huge problem if they get caught in the trap." "I'd also appreciate it if Master Ma could help me build a wooden building here as soon as possible, so that it would be convenient for me to refine pills and safe for everyone."

As Chen Mu spoke, he handed the other person a gray cloth bag.

Master Ma gave it a slight squeeze, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. There must be at least twenty white jade coins inside this bag.

"It's just a wooden building. I can get it done for you before sunset today!"

The two middle-aged men who had come with him immediately stepped forward. As they silently chanted incantations, the soil in the center of the open space instantly softened. Then, as if it came alive, it rose layer by layer, and in no time, a solid square foundation rose from the ground.

Chen Mu glanced at the two of them in surprise; their earth-building technique was truly masterful.

However, knowing earth-based secret techniques isn't necessarily a good thing.

Master Ma noticed Chen Mu's gaze and couldn't help but sigh: "You're lucky. My two nephews just came out of the inspection office today. Otherwise, if I were working alone, I might not have been able to finish today."

Chen Mu immediately understood; it seemed that the two had also been taken in for questioning by the inspection team.

"The Sun family?" Chen Mu asked knowingly.

"That's them, isn't it?" Master Ma said bitterly. "We've been investigating for over two months, and they still won't give up."

"So brazen! They deserve their bad luck!" Master Ma said with a gloating look. "I heard someone in their family died again!"

"Is that really true?" Chen Mu feigned surprise.

"I heard he was the head of a branch of the Sun family." Master Ma chuckled. "He suddenly disappeared, neither alive nor dead. It happened just a few days ago."

"Sigh, Elder Sun must be furious, right?" Chen Mu probed discreetly.

"I heard they caused a ruckus on the mountaintop for a while, and then went to other mountains. But they still couldn't find him." Master Ma curled his lip. "Who told the Sun family to be so arrogant and domineering? They probably angered some elder or high-ranking cultivator. By now, their ashes might have been scattered."

"Yes, yes, it's always better to be low-key," Chen Mu said, sounding completely convinced.

Otherwise, there wouldn't even be any ashes left.

While they were chatting, the two men had already built the foundation. They waved goodbye from afar and then went to the edge of the open space to cut down trees and use whatever materials were available.

"It's a pity you burned all these trees around here, otherwise it would have saved a lot of trouble." Master Ma looked regretfully at the large patch of charred grass and trees not far away.

We have to burn it. The plants and trees have all been affected by Sun Wujiu's Yin Wind, and the symptoms are obvious. Leaving them would be a weakness.

"I'm an alchemist, you know, I can't feel right if I don't burn something every day," Chen Mu shrugged.

"Your hobby is really strange," Master Ma said, glancing sideways.

"I didn't want to either," Chen Mu said with a smile. "But those little twigs and branches just keep getting in my way."

……

Master Ma truly lived up to his reputation as a skilled craftsman in building pavilions within the Hall of Crafts. By evening, the wooden building was indeed completed.

After watching the three leave, Chen Mu went into the first floor of the wooden building to check.

It measures seven or eight meters from east to west, with windows on both sides, and five or six meters from north to south, with doors at the front and back. It is spacious and well-ventilated, free from miasma and toxic fumes.

The layout on the second floor is similar, except that there is an additional bed, which can be used for simple rest and sleep.

Living here for an extended period would be inconvenient, but it's more than enough as a dwelling for alchemy.

"It's mostly to cover things up."

This open space was the main battlefield where Sun Wujiu and his men were killed.

Fortunately, he acted swiftly that night, leaving few clues. He then cleared away all the vegetation and rocks damaged in the battle and burned them to destroy any traces.

But the sudden appearance of an empty plot of land was always a bit conspicuous, so he took the opportunity to build a wooden building to refine pills.

Tomorrow, I'll deliberately spread some poisonous miasma and refine a few batches of Hundred Miasma Pills. Then, I'll put up signs around the area warning that the miasma is pervasive and people should not approach.

Clean up the traces, fake the scene, all set!

“Sun Jian is running around like a headless fly, clearly unaware of Sun Wujiu’s whereabouts. This is a good thing.”

But Chen Mu was still somewhat worried when he thought of Sun Wujiu's suspicions and probing.

If Sun Wujiu can doubt me, are others also doubting me?

There is no shortage of clever people in the world.

Chen Mu gazed at the increasingly dark sky outside, his thoughts racing.

"Dongling is becoming increasingly lively, and one could easily get caught up in trouble."

"I have a secret technique for condensing the acupoints, and I can also refine pills to earn money from white jade. All I need is a stable environment to cultivate."

A thought suddenly flashed into my mind.

"If we leave Dongling..."

(End of this chapter)