My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 583 Fishing
The next morning, the wooden house on the hillside.

Chen Mu stood by the window of the quiet room on the second floor and looked down the mountain.

Three enormous cloud bat flying boats broke through the clouds, spewing billowing white smoke, and slowly descended to the ground.

The moment I twitched my ears, images of the area near Pingjiang Wharf flashed through my mind.

Just like when he first arrived, one by one, the lower courtyard disciples with blank expressions walked slowly towards Goose Sheep Mountain under the guidance of Elder Liu from the General Affairs Department.

"Another lower courtyard's ley lines have collapsed? Aren't the elders on Goose Sheep Mountain going to do anything about it?" Chen Mu frowned slightly.

Thinking about the Lei family's grand recruitment of shipbuilders, he suddenly realized something: "The high-level Qi cultivators on Goose Sheep Mountain have probably decided to completely abandon the Goose Sheep Dao territory and prepare to relocate."

Thinking of this, he turned around and walked back to the low couch in the quiet room, sat down, and picked up the mustard seed incantation jade tablet on the low table next to him to examine it carefully.

"That's good, the sooner we leave, the safer we'll be."

With the crisis of the dissipation of the earth's spiritual energy looming ahead and the secret disturbances caused by the Lock Dragon Academy behind, Chen Mu felt that the situation in Yunzhou was strange and dangerous.

There are twenty-eight Mustard Seed Root Foundation Talismans, a large number, but the difficulty of each individual talisman seems to be only average.

"No wonder the Lei family used this secret technique as a test. Mastering each talisman step by step makes the assessment much easier," Chen Mu thought to himself.

He received the Mustard Seed Mantra yesterday and began to study it that very night.

At this moment, a dark silver bead the size of a mung bean floats inside the jade seed, which is one of the twenty-eight talismans of the Mustard Seed Spell.

With a thought, a gray wall appeared before my eyes.

Mustard Seed Spell: 33/10000/Tier 1;
"At the current pace, three days is enough to master half of it. No matter how demanding the Lei family's recruitment requirements are, my speed is sufficient to pass the test."

……

three days later.

On the eastern side of the mountainside of Goose Sheep Mountain, there is a cluster of wooden buildings hidden in a dense forest.

Inside the living room of a two-story house, Chen Mu placed his right index finger on a palm-sized jade tablet. As he channeled his magic power into it, three black dots emanating a cool aura appeared.

Lei Wen, sitting across the square coffee table, wore a satisfied smile.

"The Mustard Seed Spell consists of twenty-eight spell symbols, each with its own difficulties."

"Mastering three magic talismans in three days, Brother Li, you truly have extraordinary talent in the art of weapon crafting," he praised with a smile.

Chen Mu shook his head earnestly and corrected him: "Brother Lei is wrong. My talent is only average. I can master three magic talismans just because I am a little more diligent than others."

Lei Wen: "..."

I was just being polite, why did you take it so seriously?

The difficulty of obtaining Mustard Seed Talismans is generally moderate in the early stages. It only becomes more difficult as more talismans are refined and accumulated, due to the mutual repulsion between the talismans.

He has interviewed many Qi cultivators these days, and learning three magic talismans in three days can only be considered mediocre.

"I wonder when Brother Li will be able to come and help my Lei family build ships?" Lei Wen decided to change the subject.

“Anytime is fine,” Chen Mu replied immediately.

"There's no rush," Lei Wen said with a smile. "There are other comrades we need to arrange as well."

"In that case, Brother Li, come here again in two days. We will go to the Pingjiang Dojo with other fellow Daoists to help my Lei family build a ship."

……

Pingjiang is located on the east side of Eyang Mountain.

The river was hundreds of feet wide, as dark as an abyss, and its surface was calm and still, which made people feel cold just looking at it.

Deep beneath the water, unidentified, translucent mussels lay scattered on the riverbed. Their fist-sized shells emitted specks of fluorescence, illuminating the dark water with a strange and wondrous light.

Huge turtle shells, each the size of a football field, lay quietly at the bottom of the water.

The numerous Qi cultivators with water-repelling beads on their heads were currently making hand seals and chanting incantations on various parts of the tortoise shell.

At the top of a tortoise shell, Chen Mu sat cross-legged, his right hand resting on the rough shell. Within the jade seed, magical power surged, and seven dark silver, bead-like magical runes shone brightly. As if an invisible paintbrush had been wielded, a series of fine black lines meandered across the tortoise shell.

This was Chen Mu's tenth day with the Lei family's shipbuilding team. His daily work consisted of inserting seven mustard seed talismans into specific locations on the tortoise shell beneath his feet, as instructed by Lei Wen.

Repetitive, monotonous, and simple.

After a long while, Chen Mu withdrew his hand, let out a fake long breath, wiped the fine sweat that had been forced out of his forehead, and then closed his eyes as if he was physically weak and had to adjust his breathing to recover.

He learned to make three mustard seed talismans in three days. He had to rest for a while after each spell. He had the ability but also the limitations. This performance was specially designed by him with reference to more than thirty fellow practitioners. He was a middle-aged Qi cultivator with average ability.

"Since we've already successfully hitched a ride on the Lei family's coattails, we're not going to do anything to show off."

During his spare time, Chen Mu didn't just sit idly; instead, he immersed himself in the jade seed.

The magical power surged, and seven small vortexes appeared. The white mist-like magical power gathered and contracted, and seven dark silver orbs with some ancient patterns appeared.

But the moment these seven brand-new mustard seed runes appeared, the fourteen mustard seed runes that had been condensed earlier began to vibrate simultaneously.

In the next instant, seven of the magic runes silently dissipated.

Above his dark eyelids, a gray wall appeared, and Chen Mu couldn't help but glance at it.

Mustard Seed Spell: 5673/10000/Tier 1;
"As expected of a spell that can open up a mustard seed cave, I still need to keep practicing to fully master it."

The Mustard Seed Mantra is extremely unique. It is not difficult to obtain each of the twenty-eight foundational mantra symbols individually, but the difficulty lies in how to make them manifest simultaneously.

Five days after obtaining the spell, he had already mastered two sets of fourteen spell talismans. Now, more than ten days later, he can still only condense fourteen mustard seed spell talismans within the jade seed.

"Fortunately, as long as you master a set of seven magic talismans, they will be very useful. Otherwise, you might have to show more skill to infiltrate the Lei family's weapon-refining group."

The Lei family was clearly aware of the difficulty of the Mustard Seed Spell. They did not seek to fully master the Mustard Seed Spell, but only to recruit those who could master a set of spells and cooperate with other Qi Refiners to assist in the crafting of the ferry.

With his eyes closed, Chen Mu continuously refined the Mustard Seed Mantra. In half an hour, he refined the twenty-eight mantras ten times in turn.

Seeing that only fourteen magic talismans could still exist inside the jade seed, he didn't pay much attention to it.

The Mustard Seed Spell can create a Mustard Seed Cave Heaven, which is quite miraculous. However, since he already has the Five Ghost Bag and the Thousand Lantern City, he doesn't have much need for the Mustard Seed Cave Heaven.

Chen Mu was curious about the secret techniques, but not that much. Gaining experience was more of a precaution to ride the Lei family's coattails.

After glancing at the steady growth of his experience with the Mustard Seed Spell, he turned to ponder the progress of his River Chariot practice.

Over the past period, he has completed another round of divine aperture purification. According to his calculations, in another three months, after completing five purifications, the second layer of divine aperture talisman will be completely transformed.

“Those veteran Qi cultivators would take at most two or three years to complete the second stage of the Divine Aperture.”

"My speed is just average," Chen Mu said with feigned modesty.

He then stared happily at the dark clouds on the gray wall, looking at the true Dharma.

"If only the body could transform faster..."

He had no shortage of primordial energy, but the physical transformation that followed each time he refined his divine aperture required time. This became a major obstacle limiting the speed of his divine aperture refinement.

"The Dark Cloud True Method is the core secret of the Li Yang Dao. It can help Qi cultivators conserve their primordial energy and reduce the dangers when refining their divine apertures, but this is not the limit of this secret method."

"According to the feedback from Gray Wall, the goal of the Dark Cloud True Method is to achieve the ultimate refinement of the divine aperture."

"Reducing the dangers of face washing and conserving primordial energy are just side effects; improving the efficiency of spiritual refinement is the key."

As Chen Mu thought this, he couldn't help but glance at the experience points on the gray wall.

Dark Cloud True Method: 7129/10000/Fourth Tier;

"Let's try to max out the fourth level first. Maybe we can find a way to accelerate the body's transformation."

Di Tingfa scanned the surrounding area and saw many Qi cultivators, some busy chanting incantations, while others were sitting cross-legged and regulating their breathing, just like him.

Chen Mu estimated his rest time and, knowing he hadn't exceeded it, continued grinding experience points in the Dark Cloud True Method with his eyes closed.

(End of this chapter)