My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 532 Concentric Gu

Deep in the mountains of Nanliang, a cave is brightly lit.

Sun Ke sat in front of a round stone table, on which sat a small wooden box filled with white jade coins.

He grabbed a handful with both hands and then let go, listening to the clinking sound of the white jade colliding, and was overwhelmed with excitement.

Pingfufang was successfully rebuilt, and the entrance fee alone was more than three hundred white jade coins.

In the past, he could only earn fifty or sixty pieces of white jade in a year of traveling around. He had never seen so much white jade money before.

"The fat man's 25% cannot be less." Sun Ke reluctantly counted out seventy or eighty pieces of white jade.

That guy was originally from Pingfufang. He possessed a secret technique for transmitting sound over a wide area, which allowed him to bypass the Lock Dragon Academy and only be detected by Qi Refiners. It was precisely because of his ability to advertise that he was able to attract nearly two hundred Qi Refiners at once.

“There’s also half that belongs to the sorcerer Gongsun.” Sun Ke gritted his teeth and slashed out the rest.

His eyes turned red as he watched the white jade coins rapidly disappear.

"How about we just steal this money?"

The thought made Sun Ke's heart pound, and he reached out to grab the large portion of the white jade coins that had just been separated.

But just as he stretched his hand out halfway, a sudden itch came from his spine, as if a thin snake was swimming inside.

Sun Ke's face turned pale instantly, as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water on him in the dead of winter, and his greed vanished in an instant.

His life was in their hands, and the smooth reconstruction of Pingfufang was entirely due to the concealment provided by the Absolute Breath Divine Power. If he were to actually take this money, his fate would likely be dire!
"But it won't be easy to hand over this money to Gongsun Yaodao smoothly."

Should I just tell them that I've set up a market?
Sun Ke immediately shook his head.

Although he hadn't had much contact with him, he understood him perfectly. That sorcerer might be powerful and ruthless, but his actual style of doing things was quite cautious.

The Dragon Locking Academy is searching the world, causing great alarm among Qi cultivators, yet they themselves are going against the tide, ostentatiously establishing a market. If that evil Taoist were to find out, he would probably force them to disband the market immediately.

Sun Ke glanced at the white jade coins in the box, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"The market must not be disbanded!"

"So, the money has to be delivered. But the matter at the market... we have to keep it a secret!"

……

The Divine Image Cave and the City God's Main Hall.

A soft cotton quilt was laid on the wide, long altar table, and Chen Mu lay on it, propping his face up with his left hand.

A black rope, about the size of a bracelet, was looped around his right index finger, and his eyes were staring blankly at the statue.

It took him a while to come to his senses and for his eyes to regain focus.

“This guest Sun has gone quite far, yet we can’t communicate with him.”

"However, although we can't share the five senses or perform the Seven Souls Return to Origin technique, the connection between us and the Heart-Connecting Gu and Heart-Connecting Rope hasn't been severed at all." Chen Mu couldn't help but look at the Heart-Connecting Rope, which resembled a black rope ring on his index finger.

With nothing to do these past few days, he began to ponder the Heart-to-Heart Gu within Sun Ke's body.

He increasingly suspected that the force that had pulled him to Qiluo Mountain was related to the Seven Sons United Gu within Lu Ku and the others.

"After all, this thing is made of Yinming Silk, so it's not impossible for its power to penetrate into the Yinming Ghost Gate."

"The Thousand Mountains Classic is no simple matter," Chen Mu exclaimed.

The Thousand Mountains Scripture is a widely circulated unorthodox secret text, and the Seven Sons United Gu originated from a fragment of this scripture.

The Five Ghosts Bag, which had been with him for over ten years, as well as the evil secret techniques that had appeared in the Great Qian Dynasty, such as the Yin-Nourishing Strategy and the Soul-Fixing Stake, were all included in it.

These magical artifacts and secret techniques are all related to Yin spirits and monsters. The ancient Thousand Mountains Path probably specifically studied Yin spirits and monsters.

"What binds me now is no longer the City God's temple, but the entanglement between my celestial demon body and my flesh and blood body."

"Since the Heart-Connecting Gu can pull itself apart across the mortal and underworld realms, can it also connect the Heavenly Demon Body with the flesh and blood divine energy over a long distance?" Chen Mu's eyes lit up.

……

Five days later.

The border between Luandu County and Jiangyang County.

"Four hundred? That many?" Chen Mu looked at the small pile of white jade coins in the wooden box and glanced at Sun Ke in surprise.

"The price of Bigu Pills has gone up; it's two white jade coins per bottle," Sun Ke explained.

"Bigu pills are just a kind of food after all, so why are they so expensive?" Chen Mu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Sun Ke broke out in a cold sweat, but tried his best to keep his expression unchanged.

"The main reason is that the environment in Daqian is harsh, and many Qi cultivators want to cross the 100,000 mountains of Dongling to get away from Daqian."

"The journey is long and arduous, so the fasting pills are easy to carry. One pill lasts for three days and can also slightly strengthen the body's foundation. Anyone who wants to go to Dongling should prepare some."

"With the destruction of Liyang Dao and the disappearance of Jilong Dao, most of the small sects were also destroyed by Suolong Academy. People who can refine pills are becoming increasingly rare. With supply falling short of demand, it is inevitable that the price of Bigu Pills will rise." Sun Ke said this nonsense with a serious expression.

Chen Mu looked at Sun Ke suspiciously, feeling that the guy was hiding something.

Sun Ke appeared relaxed, but inwardly he was uneasy, fearing Chen Mu would delve deeper. He immediately changed the subject: "Do you have any other pills?" "I found a market with a large flow of customers and a great demand for all kinds of pills. If I had any other pills, I might be able to earn more white jade coins," he explained earnestly.

Chen Mu thought for a moment and said, "I do have some Tongxi Baizhang Dan, which can repel insects and ward off miasma. I don't know if anyone will buy it."

Someone bought it!
Someone has to buy it!
"Many Qi cultivators want to cross the Hundred Thousand Mountains to leave the Great Qian Dynasty. I've heard that the mountains are full of poisonous insects and miasma. Your Hundred Miasma Pills will surely be very popular!" Sun Ke made up lies as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Really?" Chen Mu asked, still somewhat skeptical.

The Tongxi Baizhang Pill is not cheap. Are these unorthodox cultivators in the Great Qian Dynasty, who live hand to mouth, really willing to spend such a high price?

"Trust me, someone will definitely buy it!"

Even if no one else buys it, I'll still buy it myself.

Bigu pills are too low-end; doubling the price is already the limit. He needs a more expensive pill to make money, and this is the way to go!
Chen Mu squinted at Bai Ke for a long time, feeling that something was off about the guy.

"You're not hiding anything from me, are you?"

“Sir, what makes you say that? I am loyal to you, you are slandering me!” Sun Ke shouted excitedly.

"Hmm?" Chen Mu frowned and glanced at Sun Ke.

Sun Ke immediately composed himself and respectfully clasped his hands in greeting: "Whatever you wish to know, sir, I will answer without reservation."

"Have you recited the Eastern Pole Longevity Sutra?"

“I recite it a hundred times every day, without missing a single one.”

"Then add another hundred times."

"As you wish!"

As always, he's flexible and adaptable.

Chen Mu shook his head and chuckled.

With his cowardly nature, even if he's hiding something, how could he possibly cause such a huge uproar?
Ah!
……

As the weather gradually warms up, the withered and yellow Qiluo Mountain has turned into a lush green landscape without anyone noticing.

Inside the grotto of the gods, Chen Mu lay sprawled on the long offering table, sighing.

"It failed."

Over the past period, he had repeatedly implanted Yinming Silk into the Heavenly Demon's body, hoping to use the Seven Sons United Gu to link their energies and escape from the Divine Image Cave.

However, whenever the Yinming Silk enters the Heavenly Demon's true form, it is immediately devoured and absorbed, disappearing completely.

"That's right, the true form of the Heavenly Demon is actually a Yin Soul Monster, so it's only natural that it devours the Yin Nether Worms."

Having spent several years in the underworld, he knew very well that the ghosts and the underworld insects were mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, two sides of the same coin.

When the Yinming Insect is strong, it can subdue the Yinming Monster. When the Yinming Monster is strong, it will kill the Yinming Insect.

The Seven Sons United Heart Gu is ultimately made from Yinming Silk, and is the larval form of Yinming Insects. It is inevitable that it would be devoured by the Heavenly Demon Body at the Divine Embryo Realm.

"We'll have to think of another way." Chen Mu shook his head slightly, and the love knot he was playing with flew up to his head, transforming once again into a hair tie.

With a thought, a gray wall appeared.

Yellow Springs General Outline: 5991/10000/Ninth Rank;

Giant Spirit God: 9264/10000/Tier 5;

Nine Cups Arithmetic: 6334/10000/Second Rank;

Yin Wind Escape: Limit;

Lingbao Cardinal Chapter: 6400/10000/Fourth Order;

Looking at the rising experience points above, Chen Mu couldn't help but smile.

Over the past period, Bai Yuqian has been flowing in steadily, allowing him to fully unleash his Qi cultivation and immortality practices. His progress in the Yellow Springs General Principles is encouraging, with over half of his experience already gained. At the current rate, in another three or four months, he will be able to perfect his Divine Aperture Condensation.

"I spent more than ten years traversing the first three stages of Qi cultivation: combining the Jade Seed, gathering the Yuan Talisman, and concentrating the Spirit Aperture. Now I am finally about to complete a major stage. This is truly a cause for celebration."

The Giant Spirit Mystic Technique, which was picked up along with the Divine Aperture Condensation Technique, is also on the verge of advancement.

This secret technique can amplify the strength of the whole body, and it still has endless uses to this day.

He didn't relax his secret techniques on the Yin Spirit side either, and the Yin Wind Escape, which was already close to its limit, was finally perfected.

The Nine Cups Calculation Sutra, which I do for fun when I have nothing else to do, has made quite a bit of progress.

He had already mastered more than half of the experience gained from studying the Lingbao Cardinal Chapter every day. The all-encompassing net of the City God's Daoist Temple was becoming increasingly clear to him.

"The Divine Statue Cave is secluded and safe, and Sun Ke can help me continuously exchange for white jade coins to support my cultivation."

"The future is promising, the future is truly promising!"

(End of this chapter)