My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 591 On the way
"Evacuate?"

“No, we will continue to stay on Goose Sheep Mountain.” In the living room of the wooden building on the hillside, Mu Long shook her head: “Haven’t you heard? Qiu Jinwu sold Goose Sheep Mountain for a good price, and soon there will be Qi Refiners stationed on Goose Sheep Mountain.”

“The earth’s spiritual energy will dissipate sooner or later. At this time, who would dare to take over Goose and Sheep Mountain?” Chen Mu was quite surprised.

"It will dissipate sooner or later, but it hasn't dissipated yet." Mu Long glanced at Chen Mu: "After all, Goose Sheep Mountain has been the upper academy of Goose Sheep Sect for hundreds of years. Even though the spiritual energy of the land has been declining in recent years, it is still something that people are envious of."

"Even the other sects of the Seven Paths of Yunzhou would be tempted, let alone those short-sighted fools of the Seven Clans Alliance of Dali."

"The Seven Clans Alliance?"

"Ha! A bunch of wicked parasites who are used to bullying others in the mortal world." Mu Long said calmly, "This time, we'll wipe them all out and bury them all in the ground!"

Chen Mu's lips twitched.

You spend money to buy a hilltop to settle down, but end up settling down in the ground?
Tsk... How pathetic.

"Are you sure the Dragon Locking Academy has no plans to target the Water-Avoiding Shuttle?"

“At least I haven’t received any similar orders,” Mu Long shook her head.

It's good that we haven't received any similar orders.

Mu Long has already taken control of all the secret agents of the Great Qian Dynasty on Goose Sheep Mountain. If she doesn't know about such orders, it means that there really aren't any.

After a moment's thought, Chen Mu had a sudden realization.

Goose Sheep Sect has been a powerful Daoist sect in Yunzhou for hundreds of years. Rather than causing trouble, the Great Qian Dragon Locking Academy would probably be more eager for Goose Sheep Sect to move away as soon as possible.

Without the Goose and Sheep Path, the Lock Dragon Academy can more easily take action against other small and medium-sized Qi Refining factions.

Just like in the Great Qian Dynasty, not long after Chicken Cage Road disappeared, Lock Dragon Academy immediately launched a roundup of Qi Refiners within its territory.

……

Five days later, at dusk, on the eastern side of Eyang Mountain, the Pingning, a water-avoiding shuttle, quietly rested on the shore.

Countless disciples from the lower temples gathered in twos and threes, watching from a distance.

Envy, jealousy, resentment, self-pity—the expressions were varied and numerous, like a kaleidoscope.

These people were all disciples of Goose Sheep Mountain, but because they had not condensed their Yuan Talismans and did not possess magical power, they were left behind on Goose Sheep Mountain.

To become a disciple of the Goose and Sheep Path's lower academy, one must at least be a Jiapo martial artist. Each one possesses either exceptional talent or extraordinary perseverance and opportunity. In the mortal realm, they would all be powerful figures capable of dominating their respective areas.

They gave up their wealth and glory to come to Goose and Sheep Path, all for the purpose of cultivating qi and becoming immortals, but now they are abandoned on Goose and Sheep Mountain.

Due to the changes in the earth's veins in Yunzhou, the spiritual energy of the land has been decreasing year by year. In addition, with the chaos caused by the City God, the path of Qi cultivation for these people has almost been cut off.

"Fortunately, I'm not one of those people."

Chen Mu glanced at it again, then turned and walked into the water-avoiding shuttle with Lei Hong.

"It's really fate that we're on the same boat as Brother Li," said the short, stout Lei Hong with a smile. "But Brother Li, you're a bit late. If you'd been any later, you might have missed the departure time."

"Sigh, after spending more than ten years on Goose Sheep Road, leaving now means I'll never see some people again. Some things also need to be settled in the end."

He had left the markings on the ship untouched for fear of alerting the enemy. Now that departure was imminent, he dared not board the ship without thoroughly cleaning it.

"Brother Li is a sentimental person..." Lei Hong said politely, not understanding why.

"In the end, it's hard to leave one's homeland..." Chen Mu pretended to act along.

……

Pingning, the water-avoiding shuttle, second floor of Xinyuan Tea House, District C.

Chen Mu leaned against the window, cracking sunflower seeds, and watched with the others as two old men played chess noisily by the window.

My ears twitched slightly, and I immediately heard the conversations of the people around me.

"We've been walking underwater in Pingjiang for three days, and we still haven't entered the Tongtian River area?"

"They're keeping the speed down, saying they're testing and adjusting the water-repellent shuttle's capabilities in various aspects."

"Unfortunately, the spiritual energy within the vessel is scarce, making cultivation difficult..."

"I'll take this as a break. I used to be so busy making money that I never had time to relax like this."

"If only there were a Red Sleeve Pavilion, there would be nowhere to listen to music."

"You just want to hear some music, don't you? I'm too embarrassed to say it to you, and I'm not afraid your wife will scratch you."

"I'm just asking if you want to hear it, right?"

"miss you!"

I'd like to hear it too, but unfortunately...

Chen Mu's expression remained calm, but he felt a deep sense of regret in his heart.

He brought up the gray wall and looked at one of the columns.

Listening Technique: 8066/10000/Ninth Rank; "Another fifty-plus experience points gained, not bad."

Since boarding the ship, Chen Mu has spent some time at Xinyuan Tea House every day.

While practicing the Listening Technique, also listen to the various rumors and gossip circulating inside the Water-Avoiding Shuttle.

After listening for a while longer, when most of the information he had gathered was no longer new, Chen Mu got up and left Xinyuan Teahouse.

……

A moment later, on a street four or five meters wide, Chen Mu walked along the semi-transparent, white jade-like stone slabs, looking up as he went.

At the top of the water-avoiding shuttle, crisscrossing streets and rows of neat pavilions come into view.

The two street blocks and building complexes face each other, like mirror images.

At that moment, many people on the street were looking up in his direction, just like him.

"The weapon refiners of the Hundred Refinements Hall are truly extraordinary."

He had only participated in the engraving of the Mustard Seed Talisman before, and each time he completed the expansion of the internal space, he would be transferred to repair the next Water-Avoiding Shuttle. It wasn't until the departure that he saw the interior of the Water-Avoiding Shuttle for the first time.

Chen Mu never expected that the top of the water-avoiding shuttle would also be covered with street pavilions.

During the three-day voyage, I still couldn't help but marvel at the sights every time I saw them.

He had even gone up there to experience it firsthand, and it felt just like standing on flat ground, without any strange sensation.

"I don't know what kind of restriction is at work, but it can hold people and buildings in place just right, like the natural gravity of the outside world."

He walked along, looking around with great interest. Unfortunately, even after he reached the two-story house that the Lei family had arranged for him, he still couldn't figure it out.

"It's most likely still related to the 'Thousand-Mile Household in a Bag' technique," Chen Mu guessed, glancing at the section on the gray wall containing the Mustard Seed Spell.

Mustard Seed Spell: 7305/10000/Second Tier;

"Once the second stage is perfected, perhaps we will be able to see some of the secrets."

"But now that we don't need to continue building ships, if we want to improve our Mustard Seed Spell quickly, we still have to set aside time to practice, which is a bit of a waste."

Chen Mu shook his head slightly, pushed open the door, and walked into the small building.

……

On the left side of the second floor, in a room specially partitioned off by Chen Mu, the patterns of the Lesser Three Talents Light-Shielding Restriction on the wall are faintly visible.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the low couch by the window and took out an exquisite jade plate, placing it beside him.

"Thank goodness for this treasure, otherwise I would be just like the people playing cards and chess in the Anxie Teahouse, only able to stare blankly."

The spiritual energy within the Water-Avoiding Shuttle was extremely thin, making it impossible to support cultivation.

Only at the beginning and end of the dojo are there restrictions similar to those on a jade plate, ensuring a certain concentration of vital energy.

Unfortunately, only the most talented core disciples can stay there. Ordinary disciples, regardless of whether they are from the upper or lower academies, have to pay a large sum of white jade coins to get in.

The Jade Token for boarding the ship had already exhausted ninety percent of their savings, and almost no one was going to the temple to cultivate.

"We mustn't let anyone discover the exquisite jade plate."

After confirming the effect of the Small Three Talents Light-Shielding Technique once again, Chen Mu then threw a white jade coin into the center of the jade plate.

In the blink of an eye, wisps of earth spiritual energy appeared around him. Then, drawn by an invisible force, they entered Chen Mu's body.

Before long, the little bit of mana that had been depleted by using the Listening Technique was automatically replenished.

"Similar to a spiritual spring in the earth's veins, capable of generating earth spiritual energy, the restrictions inside the jade plate must be extraordinary." Chen Mu stared at the silver star-like patterns on the jade plate.

He tried to analyze it more than once over the years, but to no avail.

For him, the mystery within the jade plate was still too difficult.

"I'm afraid the secret of the Jade Plate will only be revealed after one has mastered the River Chariot technique or even established a foundation for the Dao."

Chen Mu shook his head, no longer thinking about it, and closed his eyes to look inward at the jade seed.

The nine layers of divine talismans at the center rotated slowly and randomly.

The silver, hollowed-out sphere is covered with dense black patterns, exuding a mysterious aura.

The surrounding area was shrouded in black mist belonging to the True Law of Dark Clouds.

Chen Mu couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

"The Five Ghosts Bag provides the Primordial Qi, and the Dark Cloud Technique operates autonomously, clearing the path to the divine aperture."

"What I lack now is a safe and stable period of time for spiritual practice."

"Now that Goose Sheep Path is relocating to Haizhou, the Water-Avoiding Shuttle is quite safe, which is a good time to advance the refinement of the Divine Aperture!"

(End of this chapter)