My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 598 Magical Powers

In Zone C of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, Chen Mu's original second floor was demolished and replaced with a pointed, square tent the size of a bedroom.

A rocking chair was placed at the entrance of the tent. Chen Mu was holding a brown wooden cup and was rocking back and forth inside the rocking chair.

"Brother Li, you really live a leisurely life," Lei Hong said enviously, lying on another rocking chair next to him.

"I'm just a free spirit, I have no choice but to be idle. I can't compare to Chief Steward Lei, who controls the resource allocation within the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, holding a high position and wielding great power," Chen Mu replied with a smile.

"What high position and power? I'm just a gofer, what prestige do I have?" Lei Hong looked up at the Kui Niu Drum billowing black smoke in mid-air, and shook his head with a wry smile.

With his life in the hands of that mysterious Taoist priest, how powerful could he be?

"I've come to bring you some exotic beast meat." Lei Hong took out a mustard seed talisman and handed it to Chen Mu.

"Give it away for free?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“So generous?”

“Of course!” Lei Hong said solemnly, “It’s just a little bit of exotic beast meat, nothing compared to our friendship forged through thick and thin.”

"Now that the water-avoiding shuttle has been completely repaired, it can be used to hunt and kill underwater monsters using the law, and the meat is very fresh."

"If you like the taste, just let me know, and I'll send you more later." He waved his hand casually.

"Free?"

"No way, hehe..."

You're chuckling my ass!
Chen Mu rolled his eyes.

No wonder this shorty was willing to give away exotic beast meat for free; it turns out this was just a trial offer to entice me to spend more and extract more of my white jade.

They had a good plan, but unfortunately they chose the wrong person.

Chen Mu looked at Lei Hong with a half-smile.

Lei Cheng is still controlling the water-avoiding shuttle, but all his operations require the assistance of Chen Mu, the humanoid Kui-niu drum, to be carried out smoothly. Hunting and killing strange beasts is naturally included in this process.

During the hunt, before the hunting team could even go out to catch the prey, Chen Mu had already used the Mountain-Carrying Manual to intercept half of it.

"Once I've used up the beast meat I have, I'll come and buy some more," Chen Mu said cheerfully.

"Is it a deal?" Lei Hong's face lit up with joy.

"It's a deal!" Chen Mu glanced at the mountain of various fish and shrimp piled up in the Five Ghosts Bag and nodded with a smile.

"Why does Brother Li seem a few years younger to me?" Lei Hong asked in surprise after finishing their business.

"Go to bed early and get up early, and you'll have no worries and stay young naturally," Chen Mu said, spouting nonsense with a serious expression.

"Really?" Lei Hong asked doubtfully.

"Of course," Chen Mu replied with a cheerful, evasive answer.

Why are they so young? That's because their cultivation has improved to another level.

For the past month or so, although he has been busy repairing the water-repelling shuttle, he has never stopped refining his divine sense.

At this moment, the five layers of divine aperture talismans inside and outside the jade seed all rotated in reverse.

His magical power was refined, his spirituality increased, and his body was subtly rejuvenated. Vigorous vitality slowly seeped from the depths of his body, and his face instantly looked several years younger.

……

After seeing Lei Hong off, Chen Mu jumped over the gray wall to take a look.

Listening Method: 9769/10000/Nine Levels;

"In another two or three days, this secret technique should be able to advance. At that time, the detection range will be greater, and underwater currents will be detected earlier."

Since the breath-stopping stone was installed on the water-avoiding shuttle, no strange beasts have come looking for it.

They could evade the harassment of strange beasts and monsters, but they couldn't escape the underwater currents.

The undercurrents always appeared abruptly, disrupting the navigation of the water-avoiding shuttle. If it weren't for the assistance of the Mountain-Carrying Sutra and the power of the Yin spirit monster, they would have been nearly swept into the deeper waters several times.

"No wonder everyone says the Tongtian River is shrouded in mystery," Chen Mu remarked.

“We can’t always be on the defensive.” He narrowed his eyes.

He discovered that whenever the undercurrent appeared, a faint, chilling aura lingered around it. Unfortunately, by the time he detected it using his listening technique, the undercurrent had already formed.

"If we advance to the next level, our listening skills will become even more acute, and we might be able to detect and detour in time."

Having made up his mind, Chen Mu began to continuously use the Listening skill to increase his proficiency.

Magical power surged, strange forces were generated, and invisible fluctuations spread outwards. The sounds within a radius of twenty miles reached my ears, and a detailed gray scene appeared in my mind.

……

On the Tongtian River, the covered boats moved forward steadily and quickly, leaving a straight ripple trail behind them.

Lin Su sat behind the through-hole square table, guarding the bronze incense burner on the table.

With a slight splashing sound, Tantai Zong appeared in the cabin.

"Young Master, I have not failed you. The Searching God Plate has been retrieved from the nearest Locked Dragon Courtyard." He clasped his hands in a salute, then took out a palm-sized round piece of jade from the leather pouch at his waist and handed it to Lin Su with both hands.

"Good." Lin Su smiled with relief: "With the Search God Disc and the Myriad Miles Sky Fog, Gongsun Sheng will definitely have nowhere to hide."

He placed the emerald green spirit-searching plate in front of the incense burner. The slowly rotating cloud of smoke suddenly jolted, then expanded in a flash, turning into a smoke sphere with a diameter of one meter.

The next moment, green light flickered within the smoke.

Looking through the thin smoke, a semi-transparent 3D projection of a water-repellent shuttle appeared within the smoke cloud. However, the light and shadow flickered intermittently, like a picture with a poor signal, as if it might disappear at any moment.

"It seems that Gongsun Sheng knows some kind of concealment technique. No wonder he was able to evade the detection of Wanli Guantian Mist before." Lin Su realized.

"Young Master?" Tantai Zong was eager to try.

"Do it!"

"Alright!" Tantai Zong immediately clasped his hands together and activated the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique.

But just as he drew upon the power of the River of Oblivion, the water-avoiding shuttle that had been moving straight ahead suddenly changed direction within the cloud of smoke.

A large surge of water erupted from the stern, and the water-avoiding shuttle, tilting its tortoise-shell-shaped hull, traversed a huge arc, grazing the range of the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique, and then whooshed into the depths of the Tongtian River.

The light and shadow in the fog suddenly went out, and the water-avoiding shuttle, which had been faintly visible, completely disappeared without a trace.

"It ran away again?" Tantai Zong asked in surprise.

"This is difficult..." Lin Su shook her head helplessly.

The opponent's secret method of concealing their aura is very troublesome. Even with the Searching God Disc and the Observing Heaven Mist, they can only vaguely detect it.

Moreover, the other party seems to possess a secret detection technique, capable of detecting the Yellow Springs Crossing Secret Technique.

“Then let’s…” Tantai Zong asked hesitantly.

"Stop," Lin Su said after a moment's thought.

"This guy was able to kill Jin E back then, and now he's an even bigger troublemaker. If he manages to find us, we're bound to have a fierce battle."

"The most urgent task is to accumulate military merits so that I can master the Twelve Transformations of the Underworld God as soon as possible. There are so many water-avoiding shuttles scattered at the bottom of the river, one more won't make a difference."

Tantai Zong felt a sense of relief.

He was afraid that his young master would dwell on past failures and ruin his future. But now it seems that his young master is still clear-headed.

"Young Master is wise." He clasped his hands and bowed to receive the order.

……

The Tongtian River remained dark and gloomy as always.

The water-avoiding shuttle resembles a lifeless stone, moving silently underwater.

"Why not surface and sail?" Chen Mu asked Lei Cheng.

"Afraid of monsters."

"A monster in the water?" Chen Mu asked in surprise.

“It’s still more than underwater,” Lei Cheng said honestly.

"This depth was personally chosen by the Dao Lord. Going any higher or lower could lead to danger."

Chen Mu couldn't help but think of the desolate riverbed at the bottom of the water.

Although we didn't encounter any danger in the end, that just means we didn't, and it doesn't mean it was a good place.

"Do you know what those undercurrents are all about?"

"I don't know," Lei Cheng shook his head.

"The scholars who transmit the scriptures of the Goose and Sheep Path never mentioned this," he said, puzzled.

Goose Sheep Road had conducted drills and training for these captains, and had explained in detail the dangers they might encounter in the Tongtian River.

But that strange undercurrent was never mentioned.

"The Tongtian River is unpredictable; it might be a newly formed, unique environment," Lei Hong, who had been listening for a while, guessed. "Look, it's gone now, which means we've already crossed that body of water."

"Probably." Chen Mu nodded slightly.

Fortunately, the Listening Technique has been successfully advanced, and it is now able to detect the chilling energy before the undercurrent appears. Last time, it was the Listening Technique that allowed us to avoid it in advance.

With a thought, the gray wall appeared.

Listening Technique: The Ultimate;

"I've finally reached the top." Chen Mu was quite pleased.

He had practiced this secret technique for over ten years, but after passing the initial stage, he stopped practicing it specifically. His ability to reach the limit was largely due to the experience he gained through daily use.

Now that the Listening Technique has been perfected, the secret method has undergone a transformation. Its active detection range remains unchanged at twenty miles, but its passive detection range has expanded to ten miles.

More importantly, with the completion of the Listening to the Truth method, one gains a special ability that can be described as supernatural.

"Where magic power lies, can all hear?"

Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he emerged from the water-avoiding shuttle, raising his hand to release a Zhu Yu magic sword.

The palm-length crimson flying sword swiftly passed the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, and in no time, it had already traveled more than thirty miles beyond it.

Then, centered on the Zhu Yu sword, all movements within a ten-mile radius were received and transmitted back to Chen Mu's mind in real time through some mysterious means.

Wherever my magic power is, it's like having an extra listening receiver.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

"not bad."

(End of this chapter)