My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 392 Secret Method
Several days later, in front of the wooden building, Danlu.

"Oh, young prince, it's been a long time." Chen Mu looked at Jia Tian with a smile.

Jia Tian was puzzled, but he felt there was something else in the other person's smile.

He touched his bald head, but apart from feeling a slight pain in the back of his head, he couldn't figure out why.

"Senior brother, this is the payment for the Hundred Miasma Pills." Jia Tian took out a wooden box from the mustard seed talisman on his wrist.

"I apologize for the delay, senior brother."

"I'll forgo the profit this time; consider it an apology to my senior brother," Jia Tian said with a grin as he moved closer to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu took it, opened it, glanced at it briefly, and placed it on the table beside him.

It's unclear whether the little bald boy used some means to call for help, or whether the underground cave's restrictions dissipated on their own. He escaped not long after being thrown into the underground cave.

Not only that, he also rushed to the Liyangdao territory with the Cloud Bat Flying Boat at the last minute.

"Did the young prince strike it rich this time?"

Jia Tian felt a tickle on his itch and laughed heartily while touching his bald head: "It's just so-so."

"You have no idea how dangerous this was. Fortunately, I was well-prepared, with no shortage of magical artifacts and talismans. I did make a little money from buying and selling them." Jia Tian said with a trembling leg and an expression that said it was nothing special.

Seeing his smug look made Chen Mu's hands itch, and he almost slapped him on the back of the head.

"Alright, I'll accept the white jade. You, Little Prince, are a big boss who makes a fortune every day. Hurry up and get busy." Chen Mu shooed him away impatiently.

"No way, senior brother! I collected quite a few treasures on my trip to Liyang Road. Don't you want to take a look?" Jia Tian's words were full of enticement.

"What, you want to take this white jade that was just delivered back?" Chen Mu glanced at Jia Tian.

"Treasure? Your treasure can't compare to my flying sword!"
Ah!
"Get out of here!"

Jia Tian scratched his head. He had thought he could make another big deal, but to his surprise, this Senior Brother Chen didn't seem to care much for magical artifacts.

A thought suddenly struck Jia Tian: "Senior brother, you're saving up money to buy the Qi Condensation Secret Technique, aren't you?"

"It's a pity it's too expensive." Chen Mu didn't refute it.

He did indeed want to purchase the Condensing Aperture Secret Technique to conceal the origins of the Yellow Springs General Principles, and also to pave the way for the subsequent purchase of secret techniques.

However, he has not yet completed the Qi Condensation stage and does not know the specific cultivation method afterward, so he is not in a hurry to exchange for it.

Upon hearing this, Jia Tian nodded in deep agreement: "That's not just expensive."

"Each level of the secret technique costs tens of thousands of white jades, and the key is that it also requires a lot of cultivation. Tsk tsk... Troublesome."

"Ten or twenty thousand? Isn't it one hundred thousand?" Chen Mu asked in surprise.

"Senior brother doesn't know yet?" Jia Tian scratched his head: "After destroying the Li Yang Dao, the academy made some changes, and many Qi Condensation Secret Techniques began to be exchanged in different tiers."

"I suspect the market is too big and there aren't enough skilled people, so they're doing this."

“Even the fundamental secret technique of the Li Yang Dao, ‘The True Explanation of Li Huo,’ has been disassembled and placed in the Transmission Academy.”

Is there such a good thing?
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

I wonder if the Yellow Springs General Principles are divided into levels? And has the Sun family's Sunflower Water Yin Thunder also entered the Transmission Academy?
……

The next day, Chen Mu went to the Chuanjing Pavilion in Wuyan Mountain early in the morning and found the gentle and strong man who had taken over his job as a proofreader.

At that moment, the other person was standing between two bookshelves, quietly reading a book.

"I'm actually quite enjoying it."

Chen Mu greeted him with a smile, and then inquired about the tiered exchange of the Condensation Aperture Secret Technique.

“This is true.” The burly man nodded in agreement. “But the True Law Jade Tablet has not yet been distributed to Misty Mountain.”

"The secret method of splitting up the Upper Academy and the Scripture Transmission Academy will eventually take some time."

"If you urgently need it, Senior Brother, you'll have to go to Jade Spring Mountain. Perhaps you can exchange it for a jade tablet there."

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

I was just too impatient.

"This is the catalog of secret techniques. Senior brother, you can take a look first." The burly man handed Chen Mu a brand new book.

Chen Mu became interested.

He held it in his hand and flipped through a couple of pages, and soon discovered many Li Yang Dao Fire Techniques in the booklet.

Meanwhile, Kui Shui Yin Lei and Huang Quan Zong Gang were prominently listed.

"The Sun family's secret treasure has indeed entered the Scripture Transmission Academy!"

"It's time to go to Jilong Mountain."

That is the core of the Chicken Cage Path. The dismantled True Law Jade Tablets will definitely be given priority to the Upper Academy.

If you want to obtain the secret technique as soon as possible, the best way is to exchange it there.

...At the foot of Yuquan Mountain, the original market town has expanded several times over.

Centered around the market street, rows of neat houses appear on the hillside and below.

In a corner of the eastern edge area, inside a courtyard house with blue tiles and gray walls, Lu Ku and his six siblings gathered under the pavilion in the courtyard.

"When are we going to get to this point?" Ai Ji asked impatiently.

Several people were silent.

Xu Rao's face was even more gloomy.

The feeling of having his life and death out of his own hands made him feel suffocated and on the verge of madness.

"How about we go straight to Misty Mountain?" Ai Ji suggested.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Are your older brothers and sisters home?

This is... Shang Huan?
Ai Ji couldn't help but look at Lu Ku.

“Going directly to their door was not the right thing to do, so I brought Shang Huan along.”

Several people were stunned.

Shang Huan and Chen Mu were acquainted, but they did not know that the other party was Gongsun Sheng.

We can use Shang Huan to find out more.

……

"Senior Brother Chen?" Shang Huan looked at the six menacing figures in front of her with curiosity: "Do you brothers and sisters also know Senior Brother Chen?"

"My senior brother's skills were valued by the elders of Danbao Pavilion, and he was transferred to the Upper Academy."

"I took a flying boat to Jilong Mountain yesterday."

The six siblings from Wushan looked at each other in bewilderment.

Weren't they supposed to call us together? Why did they just leave without a word? Are they playing us for fools?
Lu Ku's heart stirred, and he looked at Shang Huan again: "Have you mastered the Ten Directions Hand technique that I gave you before?"

Shang Huan said with a smug look, "Thanks to my hard work and practice over the past two years, I finally mastered it yesterday."

"How could you have entered without ghostly energy..." Ai Ji suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Shang Huan might not be able to, but someone else might be.

Gongsun Sheng?
The six people exchanged glances, all of them thinking of a certain possibility.

The secret techniques they practiced, like the Seven Sons' Heart-to-Heart Gu, were all obtained from the same tomb.

The other secret techniques are alright, but the Ten Directions Hand requires a material called Ghost Qi to assist it, otherwise it is extremely difficult to learn.

Over the years, apart from the share that a few people obtained by digging up the grave, they have never encountered or even heard of it again.

Without the guidance of ghostly energy, Shang Huan could never have succeeded in cultivation.

But now...

"Is it possible that I have a special talent?" Shang Huan asked seriously.

The group of people turned to stare at Shang Huan at the same time.

"Your face is indeed exceptionally large," Shi Xian said quietly.

Shang Huan chuckled awkwardly, "I really didn't know. I took a nap, and when I woke up the next day, it suddenly worked."

The six people couldn't help but exchange glances.

It must be Gongsun Sheng!

Both Shi Xian's Listening Technique and Xu Rao's Three Yin Demon-Slaying Technique had similar experiences. Their secret techniques were taken away by the other party, and when they were returned, the secret techniques improved to varying degrees.

The lack of ghostly energy would limit Shang Huan, but it would most likely be unable to stop Gongsun Sheng.

After dismissing the puzzled Shang Huan, the group immediately examined the jade seed internally.

The others remained calm, but Lu Ku's expression changed slightly.

The group immediately noticed something was amiss.

"My 'Tracing Technique' has advanced." Lu Ku smiled bitterly.

"So, he came to us silently and interfered with our secret technique without us noticing?" Ai Ji's eyes widened.

If you can easily take their secret techniques, you can also easily take their heads.

"We thought that with the six of us having condensed our Yuan Talismans, we would have some confidence to resist, but who would have thought..."

A sense of desolation welled up in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

(End of this chapter)