My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 601 Repair
“Since you’re willing to travel with us, then you’re on the same path as us. You must treat us well,” Qiu Jinwu said with a smile.

Inside the Goose-Sheep Water-Avoiding Shuttle, Lei Cheng was completely bewildered.

Inside the Pingning's water-avoiding shuttle, Chen Mu, who was using his supernatural ability to listen to the screen, almost had his back hurt from this sudden turn of events.

They were at each other's throats just a moment ago, how come they're now on the same side?
We still need to treat them well?
“Haizhou is not like Yunzhou.” Qiu Jinwu sighed. “Here we are the seventh circuit of Yunzhou, but in Haizhou we are nothing.”

"If we want to live well in Haizhou, we must unite with our fellow Daoists in Yunzhou. For example, those families and sects that rely on us, and these fellow Daoists who are traveling with us," Qiu Jinwu said earnestly.

"The Goose and Sheep Path needs more strength, so you must treat that fellow practitioner well."

"It would be best to persuade him to come to our Goose Sheep Path as a guest elder," he carefully instructed Lei Cheng.

Lei Cheng nodded blankly.

So, that's how the matter of Mr. Gongsun hiding on the Pingning... ended?

"I won't go see that fellow practitioner, lest he overthink things."

"But you must clearly convey my meaning and make sure that fellow Daoist stays on the Pingning with peace of mind," Qiu Jinwu said solemnly.

It was no longer appropriate to continue the performance at this point, so Lei Cheng immediately clasped his hands in agreement, indicating that he would definitely convey the Daoist Master's message.

Akira smiled with satisfaction.

Excellent, another high-quality offering has been added to the Dragon Ball refining process.

……

Inside the water-avoiding shuttle of the Pingning.

With Lei Cheng's return, a large number of specially made bone bricks and tiles were brought back with him.

All the Qi cultivators on the Pingning were mobilized to build pavilions and courtyards.

Fortunately, most of them didn't complain, since it was to help them rebuild their homes, and they were busy and bustling with activity.

"Mr. Gongsun, what do you think about the matter of the guest elder?" Lei Cheng asked in the secret room of the dojo.

"Your Daoist Master Qiu is truly farsighted," Chen Mu couldn't help but admire.

He concealed his identity and hitched a ride on the Goose and Sheep Path, and not only did Qiu Jinwu not reject him, but he even thought about recruiting him to join the Goose and Sheep Path?
This……

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

He was a little moved.

These days, it's tough to survive as a rogue cultivator. Leaving aside resources, just finding a suitable cultivation technique is extremely difficult. But if you have a sect to back you up, things are different.

“Qiu Jinwu has perfected his Dao foundation for many years, and the Goose and Sheep Path must have some secret Dao foundation transmissions. If I join the Goose and Sheep Path, perhaps…” Chen Mu’s mind raced, but he didn’t show it on his face.

"Let's repair the water-avoiding shuttle first," he said, waving his hand.

Although he was already tempted, Chen Mu decided to play it safe for now.

He wasn't the only one traveling with them; there were also many affiliated families and sects of the Goose and Sheep Path.

It's not too late to make a decision after we get to Haizhou and see how people react.

……

The Fireway of the Loach Dragon is located extremely deep underground. Although it is called the Fireway, it is actually more like an underground world.

The most striking feature is the boundless lava lake, its crimson light illuminating the underground world, with scorching air permeating the surroundings.

On the high platform at the edge, hundreds of tortoise shells, each the size of a football field, are neatly arranged.

A group of Qi cultivators, their heads covered in water-repelling bubbles, scurried across the tortoise shell like tiny ants.

Inside the Goose-Sheep Water-Avoiding Shuttle Training Ground, a miniature version of the Jilei Temple stands at the very front.

Qiu Jinwu stood with his hands behind his back at the entrance of the main hall, silently watching the boundless red lava through the jade observation window, which was more than ten meters high not far away.

hum!
The air vibrated, and a black hole, about the height of two people and shaped like a human eye, suddenly cracked open in the shadows inside the Jilei Hall, with black and red flames rising from within.

"You can't bear to part with it?" A voice, like the murmur of ten thousand people, rang out: "When you deliberately destroyed the Kui Niu Drum and sent those hundreds of water-avoiding shuttles into the Heavenly River Dharma Realm, you were quite decisive."

“That’s true. Most of those are affiliated sects of the Goose and Sheep Sect, and they can’t compare to the people in front of us.”

"This is the core of your Goose and Sheep Path, your foundation built over hundreds of years. It's only natural that you'd be reluctant to part with it." A soft laugh came from within the black and red flames.

Akira tilted his head slightly and glanced at the other person: "I'm just worried?"

"Worry?"

"Yes, I'm worried that your secret technique might fail again."

"I'm worried you'll delay my acquisition of the Dragon Balls again." He looked away, his expression calm.

"Tsk... How indifferent, Master Qiu." A nonchalant, mocking voice came from within the black and red flames.

"It seems you want to help me out."

"I'd rather make sure everything goes perfectly."

"I simply can't refuse. What can I do?"

“I’m going to rebuild the Kui Niu Drum. I need you to leave the gate imprint of the Heavenly River Dharma Realm inside the drum to ensure that everyone can be pulled into the Heavenly River Dharma Realm.”

"Leave no one behind?"

"Leave no one behind!"

"Tsk tsk, I have to say, you Qi cultivators who seek the Dao are truly ruthless."

……

On the outer shell of the Pingning's water-avoiding shuttle.

Chen Mu, disguised as Li Moliang, with the Water-Avoiding Curse bubbling in his body, followed the Lei family's weapon-refining team to repair and modify the Water-Avoiding Shuttle.

He skillfully infused a mustard seed-sized incantation into the dark blue tortoise shell, repairing a magical barrier that had been damaged.

Chen Mu straightened up, glanced at the slowly writhing lava lake not far away, and then looked up at the sky.

The crimson light of the lava lake illuminated the surroundings, reaching even the highest point in the sky.

"Isn't the fire channel of the loach dragon a bit too high and too wide?"

"Is this really something that could be created by human effort?"

This was their fifth day in the Dragonfire Passage.

It took a full day of navigation to descend into this underground space by following the sloping sinkhole in the center of the Water Mansion, which shows how deep it is.

"The Scripture of the Eel Transformation into a Dragon should belong to the heretical sects of the Heavenly Demons."

"Being able to transform into the true form of a black dragon means that one has mastered the seventh level of the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation True Form Realm, which is comparable to the primordial spirit of a Qi Refiner."

"But this power is a bit too overwhelming."

Even after observing for several days, Chen Mu still couldn't help but be awestruck by the vastness of this underground world.

"From this perspective, although the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Method is denigrated as an unorthodox practice, it has its own profound mysteries." Back in the Chicken Cage Dao Tianhe Lower Academy, he had seen many cultivators from the Chongshan Dao, and those people all practiced the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Method. The one who impressed him the most was the White Pagoda True Man.

A master who has cultivated to the fifth level of the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Realm, the Meridian Opening Realm, can transform into a hundred-meter-long black dragon with immense power.

That was only the true form of the Heavenly Demon, not the true form of the Heavenly Demon comparable to gods and demons.

"If I have the chance to come into contact with the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique, it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it out," Chen Mu thought with interest.

Although he was confused, he did manage to cultivate the Cloud Mirage Heavenly Demon Body.

This allowed him to learn the secret arts of the Yin spirits, and also enabled them to guard the City God's Taoist temple and help him escape his predicament.

"If only I could master the true form of the Cloud Mirage..." Chen Mu looked up at the vast lava lake.

"Hmm, the water-repelling spell is truly wonderful."

"It dissipates lava and provides fresh air. Apart from its poor heat insulation, it works quite well." Chen Mu muttered to himself as he continued to cast mustard seed spells on the water-repelling shuttle.

It wasn't that he looked down on the true form of the Cloud Mirage, but given the fragility of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, even if it cultivated its true form, it would probably be of little use.

……

Several days later, with everyone working together, the water-avoiding shuttle was successfully modified.

When the Goose Sheep Path fed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tortoises, they not only fed them water-repelling beads but also thunder and fire talismans.

Thanks to the unique characteristics of the seasonal tortoise, the water-avoiding tortoise not only has the innate ability to avoid water, but also the power to trigger thunder and fire.

In this way, it can both dive underwater and navigate in lava lakes.

It is said that the White Deceptive Shuttle of the Thousand Machines Sect has the ability to control water and fire. The Water-Avoiding Shuttle of the Goose Sheep Path is modeled after the White Deceptive Shuttle.

Inside the secret chamber of the Pingning, Chen Mu appeared, dressed in a black Taoist robe and wearing a Gongsun Sheng vest.

"Isn't it too much trouble?" Chen Mu smiled and accepted the mustard seed talisman handed to him by Lei Hong.

It contains various medicinal herbs and gold essence.

"No trouble at all, not at all." Lei Hong's lips twitched with heartache.

Although he was in charge of the water-avoiding shuttle's treasury, he dared not openly embezzle it and could only use his own money to purchase it.

At most, I'd give myself a 90% discount.

Even if it's a 10% discount, it's still your own white jade that you're taking out!
"Feeling sorry for him?" Chen Mu chuckled as he looked at Lei Hong.

"I don't mind at all. It's my honor to serve Mr. Gongsun!" Lei Hong said with a face full of confidence.

"And now?" Chen Mu raised his hand and threw out a fist-sized white porcelain bottle.

"This is..." Lei Hong opened the porcelain bottle and saw more than a dozen round, jade-like pills inside. His eyes widened immediately.

"Pei Yuan Dan?"

"You provide the materials, I refine the pills, and any surplus materials will be my payment."

"Is it still a good deal now?"

"What a bargain! What a bargain! This is such a damn bargain!" Lei Hong was overjoyed and immediately handed the porcelain bottle to Lei Cheng beside him.

Peiyuan Dan can strengthen the foundation and nourish the vital energy, making it an excellent aid in condensing the spirit orifice.

Lei Cheng had been stuck at the Qi Condensation Realm for many years because he lacked Qi Cultivation Pills.

However, this elixir is not easy to make. If one's Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique level is not high enough, then one cannot make it.

Lei Hong never expected that the mysterious Taoist in front of him was actually a master who could refine the Qi-Nourishing Pill.

"Just tell me what materials you need, and I'll get them for you." He said seriously, his eyes unusually full of sincerity.

The inner treasury belongs to the Goose and Sheep Path, but the second brother Lei Cheng, who has mastered the Divine Aperture, belongs to our own family!

If my second brother can master the Divine Aperture as soon as possible, I'd be willing to empty all the warehouses of the Pingning!
He would even help keep watch at the gate!

"Don't worry about big holes, we still have the Fire Dragon Burning the Granary to Settle Accounts" method.

"If my second brother can master the Divine Aperture, that would be a true success!"

Lei Cheng was equally excited. He didn't say a word, but respectfully clasped his hands and bowed.

Chen Mu immediately smiled.

"At least on the way to Haizhou in the future, I won't have to worry about these two brothers causing trouble."

The atmosphere inside the sealed room became increasingly harmonious.

"Did the Huang family cause any trouble?" Chen Mu circled the half-person-high bronze drum in the center of the secret room.

This is a brand new Kui Niu drum crafted by Qiu Jinwu, which was just delivered today.

"They don't have time to bother us." Lei Hong chuckled. "The water-avoiding shuttle where Huang Jiu, the patriarch of the Huang family, is located has not yet appeared. I'm afraid he's in grave danger."

Huang Jiu was a genuine high-level cultivator at the Qi Condensation stage, yet he failed to reach the Heavenly River Water Palace.
This……

This is a good thing!

Chen Mu bent his index finger and happily tapped the Kui Niu drum.

Previously, Huang Jian rebelled, but he was reduced to ashes by a single strike of Kui Shui Yin Lightning. Those who supported Huang Jian were also wiped out by the lightning. He had been worried that the Huang family would seek revenge.

Listening to the tinkling echoes of the bronze drum, Chen Mu smiled broadly: "I must say, this new drum is really something else."

"The sound is much better than that broken drum from before." As he said this, he couldn't help but tap it twice more.

But as he listened, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

"It feels a bit different from the previous Kui Niu drum." He circled around the bronze drum.

Is this fake?

It's similar to using a red-eyed ghost-patterned bead to impersonate a water-repelling bead.
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
This drum was personally crafted by Dao Master Qiu Jinwu. He is a Dao Foundation Perfection Grand Cultivator, unlike me, a penniless wretch, who would do something like selling counterfeit products.

Chen Mu glanced at the broken Kui Niu drum, which had long been swept into a corner of the secret room, and shook his head with a smile.

“A perfectly intact Kui Niu drum is definitely different from a broken one, no problem.” He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"Have you heard when we'll be departing?"

"Three days at most."

"There shouldn't be any more monsters in the Loach Dragon Fire Path, right?"

"According to the information sold by the Thousand Machines Sect, apart from the scorching heat of the earth fire, the Qiulong Fire Path poses no other dangers."

"Good, then I'll leave the Pingning to you. I'm going to refine pills."

Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction, turned around and disappeared into the breeze, returning to his newly rebuilt small building.

(End of this chapter)