My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 41 Recuperation
"What a pity about that demon-headed broadsword."

"And there were scattered pieces of silver on the ground."

Young Master Zuo was no pushover; if his true intentions were exposed, the consequences would be unpredictable. Chen Mu had no choice but to flee in haste.

"We can't go to that house anymore."

Chen Mu lamented, "Not only did we lose a bodyguard, but we also wasted three months' rent."

He lived there for less than three months, but paid rent on a six-month basis.

"I don't want to think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more my heart aches."

"Let's take a look at the spoils."

He buried the two bodies in an abandoned house in the north of the city, to keep Sheng Hong company.

They also sprinkled corrosive powder on it, so it will soon turn to dust.

"Three and a half taels of broken silver, fifty-two copper coins, and two twenty-tael silver notes from Datong Money Shop."

Chen Mu twirled the gleaming white soft sword a few times, nearly cutting the back of his hand. He quickly put the sword back on the table.

This is a strange soft sword; it probably requires special skills. Most people can't handle it.

"The material is good; it might fetch a good price."

Chen Mu had gained quite a bit from his disciple, and he was somewhat looking forward to the round-faced Taoist collecting the items.

The other person only had one bulging, palm-sized bright red leather bag on them.

The bag is made of leather, yet it is as soft and lightweight as fabric.

Five small figures are embroidered in gold thread on the front.

The little figures are arranged in a circle, with a small black mountain in the middle.

There is a black rope at the opening of the bag, which is threaded through several holes, pulled tight to narrow the opening, and tied into a bow.

"It's quite pretty."

Chen Mu looked at it for a moment, then untied the bow, pinched the bag opening and pulled it left and right... but couldn't budge it!

I tried several times in a row.

The bag opening was as if it were welded shut; no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't pull it open!

What the hell?

Even though he was seriously injured, he was still a master of bone-changing techniques.

He had already torn the ordinary leather bag to shreds.

Now, he can't even open his pocket.

Chen Mu tried for half an hour, but the bag remained unmoved.

I stared at the bag and examined it carefully.

Suddenly, I realized that one of the little people looked very familiar.

Upon closer inspection, it bore a striking resemblance to the red paper figure.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and he almost dropped it.

That blood-sucking paper figure is too eerie.

Last night, when he put away his short sword, he discovered that the paper figure he had pierced and nailed into the wall had vanished into thin air.

I thought that strange thing had run away.

It now seems highly likely that the focus will return to leather bags.

Chen Mu stared at the leather bag on the stone table, his expression shifting between light and dark.

"This is a treasure."

"A dangerous baby."

After studying it for a long time, nothing was found.

"Put it away first."

Throwing it away is out of the question.

We'll study it more later.

……

Chen Mu increasingly disliked staying in Qingshan County.

But Chen Mu's injuries suddenly worsened the next day. His face became swollen and noticeably rounder.

My whole body aches, inside and out.

"Sanyang Liujun Pills, ten taels per bottle." Under the pavilion, Jie Jia placed a porcelain bottle the size of a duck egg on the stone table.

Chen Mu took out some loose silver and handed it to Jie Jia, feeling even more pain in his body.

Sanyang Liujun Pill is a secret medicine for healing injuries from Zhuyi Pavilion.

It can help him recover from his injuries quickly.

"You've decided to leave?" Jie Jia asked Chen Mu, staring at him intently.

"Let's go." Chen Mu said through gritted teeth, "We'll leave once my injuries have healed."

Qingshan County is a dangerous place and we can't stay here.

“Your injuries are quite severe.” Jie Jia frowned slightly.

Chen Mu was also annoyed.

He truly deserves to be called a master who has cultivated his courage.

The round-faced Taoist slapped him, resulting in varying degrees of damage to his internal organs.

An ordinary person would have died long ago from that.

Fortunately, he had mastered the Body Refinement Technique to the third level, and was gradually strengthening his internal organs.

"Let's wait a bit, I don't want to travel far while I'm sick," Chen Mu said helplessly.

Jie Jia nodded, glanced at Chen Mu, and estimated, "Then let's tentatively set it for three months later."

Chen Mu agreed.

He estimated that with active treatment, he could make a full recovery in three months.

Even a broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, let alone one whose internal organs have been damaged.

"Can you make it cheaper?" Chen Mu asked reluctantly, clutching the porcelain bottle.

This medicine is indeed good, but it's expensive!
To ensure the effectiveness of the treatment, he will need to undergo treatment for the next three months. Just thinking about the cost makes Chen Mu feel a pang of pain.

Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu with a smile but didn't say anything.

"You didn't raise the price for me, did you?" Chen Mu asked suspiciously.

Your cheerful expression is very suspicious.

Jie Jia immediately regained his calm expression: "You're overthinking it."

Chen Mu: “…”

If your face didn't change that quickly, I'd believe you!
This old man will stop at nothing to make money!
But you earn so much money, and I haven't seen you spend it.

They mooch off me for all three meals a day, and all they do with the money they save is play with beads.

Chen Mu waved his hand with a sour face, chasing away Jie Jia, the middleman.

Who can blame them for having the connections?

……

If we can't leave in a short time, we have to consider safety.

The evil spirit incidents in Qingshan County were completely random and disorderly.

It's like flipping a card; whoever's card is flipped is unlucky.

We shouldn't go near the Zuo family mansion. Jie Jia is unreliable too; he has to go out at night to take on murder jobs.

Even in such chaos, the assassin business is still booming. What a cursed world.

Hire armored personnel for protection? Too expensive!
After pondering for two days, Chen Mu set his sights on Qingfeng Temple outside the city.

Jie Jia confirmed that Qingfeng Temple possesses methods to deal with the ghostly spirits. It is currently the safest place in Qingshan County.

Although his past experiences made him wary of Qingfeng Temple, it was undoubtedly safer than the uncertainties within the city.

"Don't get too close to Qingfeng Temple."

He intends to maintain his current strategy: to live in a neighboring area and ride on the coattails of its protective aura.

……

Five days later, Chen Mu's swelling subsided.

The internal injuries persist, but they no longer affect mobility.

He quickly packed his things and headed to Xiaodongshan to investigate the situation.

Things were simpler than Chen Mu had imagined.

Qingfeng Temple recruited laborers to build the altar.

Thousands of workers needed food, water, shelter, and lodging. They built sheds, pitched tents, and repaired wooden houses, and thousands of people spontaneously formed a shantytown at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.

Savvy businessmen even organized a small gathering here.

Chen Mu put on a gray cloth dress, a straw hat, and applied makeup to her birthmark.

Fisherman Yang Zhi easily blended in.

He planned to find someone to build a wooden house on the edge of the settlement, near the Qingfengguan Mountain Road.

You can see Qingfeng Temple on the mountain as soon as you look up.

You can jump onto the roof and overlook the entire shantytown.

The log cabin is progressing very quickly.

This place is a gathering place for skilled craftsmen.

The three men started work in the morning and left happily each evening with one hundred copper coins.

That night, Chen Mu moved into the house, which still smelled of damp wood.

The wood is all fresh timber, which is prone to rotting and attracting insects.

But Chen Mu didn't plan to stay there for long.

The house meets the requirements.

……

For the next few days, Chen Mu was busy preparing supplies.

Pots and pans are essential, as are oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.

He carried four sacks of white wheat, each weighing over 100 jin, from the cellar of the old house number two. These were the last grains in the cellar.

"It's really time to leave Qingshan County."

Grain prices in Qingshan County are becoming increasingly outrageous; now a sack of white wheat can cost as much as one and a half taels of silver.

I bought two more large water tanks, caught a basket of fish and put them in to raise and eat slowly.

Chen Mu then closed his doors to visitors and stayed in the wooden house to slowly recover from his injuries.

……

"The medical book you wanted." Jie Jia, with one hand behind his back and the other holding the burlap sack, threw it in front of Chen Mu with a thud.

Under the shade of a tree, Chen Mu lay on a bamboo chair, leisurely reading a book while rocking back and forth.

"Thanks." Chen Mu straightened up and casually rummaged through the bag.

The yellowed pages emitted a faint smell of ink.

These are various medical books that Chen Mu asked Jie Jia to help him buy.

While I'm recovering from my injuries and can't practice my skills, this is a good opportunity to brush up on my medicine-making skills.

Upon discovering that he hadn't read most of the medical books, Chen Mu casually tossed a small cloth bag to Jie Jia, and Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

"You want to imitate the Sanyang Liujun Pill?" Jie Jia weighed the bag in his hand and put it into his sleeve.

"I don't believe you," Chen Mu said without hiding his true feelings.

Jie Jia sincerely replied, "I believe you."

Now it was Chen Mu's turn to be dumbfounded.

I don't even have confidence in myself, so how come you believe me?

"Do you need any medicinal herbs? I have the means to obtain them," Jie Jia said solemnly.

Chen Mu: “…”

You really have a knack for spotting business opportunities.

(End of this chapter)