My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 581 Perfection
As the days went by and the weather gradually warmed up, some yellow-green grass sprouts emerged from the ground on the hillside.

Baiwuge, East District of Yamabashi.

"Ninety? Isn't a water-repelling pearl ninety-five white jade?" Chen Mu looked at the short, stout shopkeeper Lei Hong with an unfriendly expression: "You're not trying to take advantage of me because I'm a new face, are you?"

Lei Hong waved his hands repeatedly: "It's a misunderstanding, the guest has misunderstood."

“It used to be 95 white jade, but recently too many people have come to sell water-repelling beads.”

"In just this month, I have collected forty-three water-repelling beads."

"This magical artifact is something the General Affairs Bureau urgently needs. If I buy too many, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble. I have to lower the price." Lei Hong said helplessly.

Forty-three?

How many Crimson-Eyed Demon-Patterned Beads did I sell to Baiwu Pavilion in total?

Thirty-nine?
hiss!
This is actually my own fault?
Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine.

"Who would have thought that the Lower Academy is full of hidden talents, with so many people capable of refining water-repelling beads?" Lei Hong said with a sigh. "The Qi cultivators in the Upper Academy don't have such a high success rate in refining them."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu felt embarrassed.

The success rate of repelling water beads is indeed not that high, but the fact that he was refining the Crimson-Eyed Ghost Pattern Bead is undeniable.

With his Netherworld Connection Incantation perfected, he could easily connect with the Crimson-Eyed Ghost Mark. With the immense Yin Spirit power brought by his Heavenly Demon Body, he could easily forge eight or nine Crimson-Eyed Ghost Mark beads a day if he so desired, and sell them casually for seven or eight hundred white jade.

Those were all pure white jade; how could he resist?

Unexpectedly, the sale of too many items caused price fluctuations.

"Luckily, they changed their appearance when they were sold and used their breath-sealing supernatural powers, otherwise they would definitely have attracted investigation and tracking."

"Now I have saved up more than 16,000 pieces of white jade. Even if I fall into the underworld again, I will not lack white jade money to use."

"It's time to stop." Chen Mu made a silent decision: "From now on, not a single Crimson-Eyed Ghost-Patterned Bead can be sold!"

"Sir, are you still selling this bead?" Lei Hong suddenly asked.

"Sell! Of course we'll sell! We've come all this way, how can we not sell!"

Chen Mu immediately handed over the five Crimson-Eyed Ghost-Patterned Beads to the other party, and happily returned to the wooden building at the foot of the mountain with the four hundred and fifty white jades.

……

A few days later.

The meditation room is located on the west side of the second floor of the wooden building.

Chen Mu held a large, round bead, about the size of a walnut, and examined it carefully.

The bead is pure white and round, with some bright red lines on its surface. When rotated, the lines seem to move slowly on the surface, as if they were alive.

"As expected of a top-grade water-repelling pearl." Chen Mu said with a smile.

Over the past month, in addition to refining the Crimson-Eyed Ghost Pattern Bead, he has devoted a lot of energy to the Water-Avoiding Bead refining technique, and his experience has increased rapidly every day, with gratifying results.

At this moment, a surge of insights suddenly surfaced in Chen Mu's mind, and he realized that his understanding of the water-repelling pearl was becoming increasingly profound.

He suddenly had a feeling that as long as he wanted to refine it, he would definitely be able to make a high-grade water-repelling pearl.

The moment the thought arose, he began to act.

Various materials flew into the Hunyuan Furnace, the Wind and Fire Pivot Mantra was activated, and magical power was mobilized like flowing water. The three materials quickly merged and gathered, rapidly piling up into a specific structure.

It was as if the program had been pre-set, and he didn't need to put in much effort; the embryo of the water-repelling bead magic artifact began to take shape automatically.

An hour later, with a loud bang, the lid of the Hunyuan Furnace flew off, and a round, bright pearl flew out.

"It's three times faster than before!" Chen Mu exclaimed in delight.

The next moment, magic power surged into the pearl in his hand, and the water-repelling talisman inside the jade seed flashed. The magic power that surged into the embryonic form of the magic artifact immediately began to deform.

The entire mass of magical power trembled and twisted in unison. In just over ten breaths, the pearl was covered with bright red patterns from nothing.

Water-repelling talisman successfully injected!

"That's it? So easy?!" Even though he had expected it, Chen Mu still found it unbelievably smooth. He immediately brought up the gray wall and looked at one of the columns.

Weapon Refining Technique (Water-Repelling Bead): Limit;
"As expected, the weapon-refining technique after reaching perfection is truly different!"

He could also refine high-grade water-repelling beads before, but it would take him a whole day to shape the embryo of the magic weapon, and there was still a possibility of failure.

Now, it only takes one hour and is 100% successful.

The biggest change is in the infusion of talismans. No longer do we need to construct and organize each talisman individually. It is like copying and pasting, forming a single, integrated whole, and it only takes a dozen or so breaths to complete.

"I doubt anyone on the entire Goose Sheep Mountain can match my skill level," Chen Mu said with a smug smile.

……

three days later.

At the foot of the mountain, in the market town, there is a store selling all kinds of goods.

"One top-grade water-repelling bead and three hundred and fifty pieces of white jade." Lei Hong looked at Chen Mu eagerly: "Brother Li, I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so superb. Look at this top-grade water-repelling bead, how clear it is!"

Chen Mu waved his hand dismissively: "Diligence leads to mastery, while idleness leads to ruin. It's just that I spent a little more time than others, nothing to mention."

"I admire you!" Lei Hong immediately clasped his hands in a sincere gesture of respect.

"Boss Lei, do you know why we have so many water-repelling beads at Goose Sheep Path? Are you planning to open a brand new branch?" Chen Mu asked, feigning curiosity.

"Bullshit! There's no such thing as a new lower house."

"Not only have no new lower courtyards been established, but I heard that another lower courtyard is going to be disbanded. I don't know what those elders in the upper courtyard are doing. They don't try to come up with any solutions, and all they do is go into seclusion." Lei Hong complained angrily, "Now prices are changing every day, and it's impossible to do business."

Another lower temple has been disbanded? Was it caused by a demon, or like the Yun Chong lower temple, was someone summoning a ghostly monster to cause trouble?
Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

Yunzhou is getting more and more chaotic.

"As for where the Water-Avoiding Pearls are, it's no longer a secret. Most of them have been fed to the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tortoises by the General Affairs Department," Lei Hong sighed.

Using ritual implements to raise turtles? What kind of practice is that?
Chen Mu was greatly surprised.

"The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Turtle is a strange beast discovered by Elder Lin of the General Affairs Council," Lei Hong explained. "That turtle is very magical; whatever it eats will produce the same properties on its shell."

“In previous years, we raised a batch of giant turtles that could unleash thunder magic, so that our disciples no longer needed to trek through mountains and rivers to chase thunderclouds to collect lightning.”

"The price of lightning-harvesting talismans has plummeted, causing me to lose a considerable amount of white jade," Lei Hong sneered with a sour face.

"Now people are probably thinking of raising a batch of giant turtles that can repel water, and the price of water-repelling beads will likely plummet."

He looked at Chen Mu and gave him a heartfelt suggestion: "Brother Li, you should seize the opportunity and refine more jade while the price is high. It's the right thing to do to quickly accumulate a sum of white jade."

"Thank you for the reminder, Manager Lei." Chen Mu's mind raced, but he feigned gratitude on the surface.

Breeding water-repellent turtles as a substitute for water-repellent beads?

No, no, no, that's probably where they're cultivating materials for ferry construction!
After nearly two months at Eyang Mountain, I've finally found some information related to the construction of the ferry.

……

Evening, in the east room of the wooden building.

Dozens of slices of fish, as thin as cicada wings, floated in mid-air. The Fire Cloud Gourd stood beside the table, spewing a ball of pale blue flame at the fish slices.

The thin slices of fish sizzled and released a fragrant aroma.

While eating grilled fish slices, Chen Mu pondered the news he had heard today.

"The purpose of raising the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Turtle with water-repelling beads is to enable the turtle to avoid water. Then, by using its shell to build deep-sea submersible ferries, the result can be twice as effective."

Chen Mu couldn't help but think of the White Ghost Ship of the Thousand Machines Sect, a large ship that could travel through waters thousands of meters deep, built from the skeleton of the giant demon White Ghost.

"From now on, the Water-Repelling Pearls can no longer be sold to the market; we'll have to go to the Hundred Refinement Hall."

"Only in this way can we gradually intervene in the ferry construction by using the Water-Repelling Pearl Refining Technique."

(End of this chapter)