My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 595 Kui Niu
Inside the secret chamber of the Pingning dojo.

"Can't it be fixed?" Chen Mu frowned.

"Yes, the Kui Niu Drum is severely damaged; both the original vessel and the internal magical symbols have been destroyed."

"The embryo is complex, but it can be repaired with a little more effort."

"The Kui Niu magic restriction required to restore the internal magic runes is something no one on the Pingning knows." Lei Hong carefully looked at the mysterious man in front of him.

With both his brothers' lives in the other's hands, he dared not conceal the truth.

"Didn't your Lei family ever think of keeping this crucial secret technique under your control?" Chen Mu asked suspiciously.

"The main problem is that no one can learn it." Lei Hong smiled bitterly: "Many people in the Goose and Sheep Path have tried to practice the Kui Niu Technique, but no one has been able to learn it."

"Then who forged the Kui Niu Drum?" Chen Mu didn't believe it.

“It was Master Qiu.” Lei Hong honestly replied, “All the magical talismans inside the Kui Niu Drums were personally refined by Master Qiu.”

In the entire Goose and Sheep Path, only the Path Master Qiu Jinwu has mastered the Kui Niu Technique.
Is the secret technique really that hard to learn, or is there something wrong with it itself?

Chen Mu's brows furrowed even more deeply.

“Not only the Kui Niu drum, but the hull of the water-avoiding shuttle boat is also difficult to repair.” Lei Hong glanced at Chen Mu cautiously.

"Hasn't it already been repaired with the flesh and blood of alien beasts?" Chen Mu's heart sank.

“That’s far from enough,” Lei Hong said with a wry smile.

"Even if all the meat of the strange beasts on the ship were thrown in, it would only ensure that the hull would not be crushed by the pressure of the Tongtian River."

“But once we start sailing, there are strong underwater currents. If we bump into something, then…” Lei Hong sighed and shook his head.

The core component, the Kui Niu drum, is difficult to repair, and the hull of the water-avoiding shuttle is as fragile as paper.

It's troublesome.

Chen Mu couldn't help but shake his head.

"Don't you know my second brother?" Lei Hong asked nervously.

Lei Cheng, who was originally lying in the secret room, had disappeared, which made him worried.

"Your second brother is perfectly safe." Chen Mu came back to his senses, waved his hand, and a shadow spread out beneath his feet.

Lei Cheng, whom he had previously hidden in Thousand Lantern City, emerged from the shadows. His pale face was now slightly rosy, and his breathing was steady, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

Lei Hong went over to check and found that there were indeed signs of improvement, which immediately put his mind at ease.

"Huang Jian is dead, and the Nightmare Spell has lost its effect. As long as you rest and recuperate, Lei Cheng will be able to recover slowly."

"I need to rejoin the fleet as soon as possible and leave Yunzhou safely."

“Working with me to find a way to get the water-repelling shuttle moving would be a win-win situation for both of us,” Chen Mu said calmly, looking at Lei Hong.

"agree?"

“Agreed, agreed…” Lei Hong nodded repeatedly.

Huang Jian, the second-best sailor on the Pingning, was easily killed by you with a single finger. How could I dare to disagree?

……

Several days later, in a quiet room on the second floor.

On the soft, low table, a long silk scroll, about the width of a forearm, was spread out, covered with complex Chinese characters.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged on one side, staring intently at the scroll on the low table.

After a long while, he came to his senses, and a sense of understanding began to emerge in his mind.

"The Water-Avoiding Shuttle is enormous and filled with various magical restrictions with different functions, which ordinary Qi cultivators cannot refine and control."

"The Kui Niu Drum can connect and control all parts of the water-avoiding shuttle, just like the core of a chip in the previous life."

"As long as you master the Kui Niu Drum, you can mobilize the various magical restrictions and control the operation of the water-avoiding shuttle with very little force."

After pondering for these past few days, Chen Mu has come to understand the role of the Kui Niu Drum in the water-avoiding shuttle.

He frowned and looked at the scroll in front of him again.

The scroll, titled "Complete Method for Constructing Water-Avoiding Shuttles," was provided by Lei Hong and contains detailed procedures for refining water-avoiding shuttles.

The part of the Mustard Seed Mantra he had previously participated in is also written in it.

"It's a pity there's no record of the Kui Niu's prohibitions," Chen Mu said, shaking his head regretfully.

It makes sense when you think about it; the Kui Niu law prohibition involves the safety of the entire fleet on the Goose and Sheep Road, so it naturally needs to be kept secret.

But this put Chen Mu in a difficult position.

With the gray wall in place, he wasn't afraid of the difficulty of the secret technique. But without the jade tablet for transmitting the technique, he could only stare helplessly.

"The Kui Niu ritual is no longer feasible; we need to find a solution to replace the Kui Niu drum."

With that in mind, Chen Mu continued to bury himself in the Complete Book of Building Methods.

……

"Can't catch the beast?"

Chen Mu appeared in the secret chamber of the dojo with a dark expression.

He didn't use Lei Cheng's face, but instead transformed into a tall, thin Taoist priest wearing a black Taoist robe. The disguise Gongsun Sheng reappeared.

"We've searched the entire area within a thirty-mile radius, but haven't found a single strange beast." Lei Hong dared not hide the truth.

"And compared to that, I'm more afraid of the unknown dangers in the surrounding waters." He shivered nervously. "Such a large body of water, devoid of any living creature, utterly silent...we...we might have stumbled into the territory of some great monster!"

It's unlikely to be a great demon, but the surrounding waters are certainly not simple.

Chen Mu's expression softened slightly.

In the past few days, besides pondering the construction method of the water-avoiding shuttle, he also used the listening method to explore the surrounding area, but he did not find any trace of strange beasts.

Fortunately, he didn't detect any powerful or subtle aura, so it didn't seem like there was any great demon.

However, the entire body of water exudes a sense of deathly stillness, like a graveyard or cemetery, and certainly doesn't seem like a good place.

"It seems we'll have to rob Peter to pay Paul to fix the ship as quickly as possible," Chen Mu said, squinting.

What do you mean?
Lei Hong was somewhat bewildered.

"All the buildings inside the Water-Avoiding Shuttle were constructed using lightweight bone bricks provided by the Hundred Refinement Hall."

"The raw material for bone bricks is bone powder from exotic beasts. All the houses were demolished and thrown into the 'energy-saving well'."

"Even if it can't be fully repaired, it's enough to support the normal navigation of the water-repellent shuttle."

"I've already tried, but it didn't work." Lei Hong shook his head with a wry smile.

"The Hundred Refinements Hall has gone to great lengths. The bone bricks and tiles have been refined to be so hard that even if they are ground into powder and thrown into the Seasonal Well, the Water-Avoiding Shuttle cannot digest them."

Is it difficult to digest?

"Just break them down and soak them until they're soft," Chen Mu said calmly, seemingly unconcerned.

With his right index and middle fingers held upright in front of him, his lips moved, and a chilling incantation rang out.

The power of the Yin spirits permeated the air, and the secret technique of guiding the Yellow Springs was activated.

Accompanied by a soft, rippling sound, a pale yellow mass of water, large enough to cover the entire secret room, suddenly appeared in mid-air.

"This is the water of the River of Oblivion, which has the ability to return to one's origin." Chen Mu waved his hand and threw out three round, white jade jars, each about half a person's height, to collect the water of the River of Oblivion in mid-air.

"Dilute it, find a suitable concentration, corrode and soften the bone bricks before putting them into the gas-saving well."

"This...can it really work?" Lei Hong asked, still somewhat skeptical.

He had never heard of the River of Oblivion.

"If that doesn't work, then we'll stuff all your fat into the solar term well to fill the gaps!" Chen Mu said expressionlessly.

Do you think I've been reading the complete book on architectural design for nothing all these days?

"It can work, it definitely can work!" Lei Hong nodded confidently.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes, ignored the slick fat man, and turned to walk into a cloud of black mist.

……

The quiet room on the second floor.

A vortex of black smoke appeared, and Chen Mu's figure emerged from it, using the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique that he hadn't used in a long time.

"How could there be Yin and Nether forces infiltrating the bottom of the Tongtian River?" Chen Mu wondered.

The Yellow Springs Ferry can use the power of the River of Oblivion to shrink its body and teleport. To perform its secret techniques, it needs to be surrounded by dark and shadowy forces.

Previously in the Great Qian Dynasty, he used the Yellow Springs Ferry at will. This was because the area was full of City God temples, which could be activated with a little effort.

However, once they reach the Goose and Sheep Path of Dali, the Yin and Netherworld power cannot reach them, so this secret technique cannot be used.

But now the Ferry to the Underworld can be used again...

"Did the Daqian Locking Dragon Academy build the City God's Taoist temple inside the Tongtian River?" Chen Mu shook his head: "We need to leave the return fleet as soon as possible and leave Yunzhou as soon as possible."

He knew there was big trouble going on, and he didn't want to get involved.

Chen Mu looked at the "Complete Book of Water-Avoiding Shuttle Construction Methods" again.

A new entry appeared on the gray wall in front of me.

Weapon crafting skill (water-repelling shuttle construction): 4930/10000;

These past few days, he's been pondering tirelessly, and the constant stream of insights he's gained from the gray wall has deepened his understanding of the water-avoiding shuttle.

"In the end, it still comes down to lightning magic," Chen Mu realized.

The Kui Niu Drum is a thunder magic amplifier, which can amplify the thunder magic of Qi cultivators, helping them to probe into various parts of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, and thus use a small force to pry open the Water-Avoiding Shuttle.

If one has powerful enough lightning magic and understands the operating mechanism of each part of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, the Water-Avoiding Shuttle can be controlled even without the Kui Niu Drum.

"Since the Kui Niu Drum can't be repaired, then we won't repair it."

"If we're missing the Kui Niu drum as the core, then let's replace it with a human-shaped core."

Chen Mu lowered his gaze to another entry on the gray wall.

Five Thunder Treasure Scroll: 2093/10000/Second Tier;

More than half a month has passed since the Five Thunder Treasure Scroll broke through to the second tier. However, a series of unexpected events recently have delayed the progress of the Five Thunder Technique, and its proficiency is now just over two thousand.

"If the Five Thunder Treasure Scroll advances further, with its meticulous control over the Sunflower Water Yin Thunder, it will have a high probability of penetrating into the Water-Avoiding Shuttle."

"With my understanding of architectural methods, I can replace the Kui Niu drum with a human and drive the water-avoiding shuttle!"

Thinking of this, Chen Mu's ears twitched slightly, confirming that Lei Hong had already begun gathering people to dismantle the house and repair the water-avoiding shuttle. He took a deep breath and focused on cultivating the Five Thunder Treasure Scroll.

(End of this chapter)