My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 618 Deed

A few days later.

In the Dingyou year, in the Tianhe Water Mansion, in Chaofeng Lane, there is a small courtyard.

Inside the pitch-black Hunyuan Furnace, steam rose incessantly, filled with the aroma of meat. The Fire Cloud Gourd spewed blue flames, roasting thin, snow-white exotic beast meat. A jade-white round plate was filled with stir-fried fresh vegetables in red, yellow, and green.

Chen Mu sat at the stone table, took a bite of the yellow sprout rice, and nodded in satisfaction: "Haizhou's environment is indeed better than Yunzhou's, and the local yellow sprout rice has a richer flavor."

Yunzhou has suffered from numerous natural and man-made disasters in recent years, causing a sharp decline in the concentration of spiritual energy in the land. As a result, the yellow-sprout rice grown here does not grow well and tastes much worse than that grown in Haizhou.

After a brief moment of reflection, Chen Mu immediately began to devour his food.

……

After meal.

He took out the rocking chair that had accompanied him on his travels, and after comfortably lying down inside, Chen Mu brought up the gray wall and looked at one of the entries.

Five Thunder Treasure Scroll: 7813/10000/Sixth Rank;

For the past six months, Chen Mu has been busy fleeing for his life and has only been able to allocate some time to the Five Thunder Treasure Scroll intermittently.

Even so, the progress of the secret technique is still quite remarkable, and it is now close to the sixth level of perfection.

He raised his hand, and tiny arcs of electricity flickered and danced at his fingertips.

"It's better to specialize in one area than to try to do everything at once."

"Focus on mastering this method first, and then consider other methods."

He had previously wanted to practice the Heavenly Demon Armor Secret Technique, but it was delayed due to various unforeseen circumstances.

Putting aside the gray wall in front of him, Chen Mu then looked inward at the jade seed.

Five days ago, the Divine Aperture had just completed sixty-four refinements, and the nine-layered Divine Aperture, which was silver and black, now appeared even more mysterious and ancient.

"In another six months at most, the river cart will be completely completed."

"I'm about to take another big step forward in my Qi cultivation journey." Chen Mu smiled with satisfaction.

He admired the changes in his mind's perception for a while before he came to his senses.

"The distant future is certainly wonderful, but the present is more important." Chen Mu sighed, took out a small wooden box, and began to examine the white jade inside.

After renting a place to settle down, activating the Linglong Jade Plate for cultivation, and buying exotic beast meat to refine spirit-nourishing wine, he has spent a lot of white jade like water these past few days.

"Thirteen thousand sixty-five, and my savings have been reduced by half?"

"Tsk!" Chen Mu felt a pang of heartache.

Despite being a Qi Condensation cultivator, he possessed less than 20,000 pieces of white jade.

"It's a pity we can't sell the Water-Avoiding Shuttle, otherwise we could definitely get a large sum of white jade." Chen Mu shook his head regretfully.

He had previously set his sights on the Water-Avoiding Shuttle warehouse, but the Water-Avoiding Shuttle suffered repeated calamities, and all the white jade inside was exhausted.

All the stored materials were used to repair the hull of the water-repelling shuttle. After dismissing Lei Cheng and the others, the most valuable thing left was the water-repelling shuttle itself.

But he couldn't sell the water-avoiding shuttle, fearing that Qiu Jinwu would follow the trail and come after him.

"In the end, it's always good to have more skills." Chen Mu sighed, then pulled out a pitch-black gourd filled with a mixture of various poisonous miasmas.

A thousand miles south of the Heavenly River Water Palace in the year of Dingyou, there lies a continuous mountain forest called the Misty Forest. It is rich in towering trees and abundant in resources, yet it also contains various poisonous creatures.

The cultivators who make a living in the Misty Forest are constantly plagued by poisons. Therefore, there is a great demand for antidotes and elixirs in this area.

Upon receiving this news, Chen Mu immediately thought of the Tongxi Baizhang Pill.

This pill is miraculous; with some targeted adjustments, it might just become a source of wealth.

"We have to thank Elder Rongqiu of Jilongdao," Chen Mu couldn't help but exclaim.

The Tongxi Baizhang Dan was an improvement and creation by the other party, which had brought him substantial returns on several occasions in Yunzhou. Unexpectedly, it could alleviate his financial troubles now that he was in Haizhou.

"I wonder what the situation is like on Keelung Road these days."

"Were they captured and taken to the Heavenly River Dharma Realm just like Goose and Sheep Path?"

"Or should we have come here earlier and fully integrated into Haizhou?"

The world is so big that sometimes a single separation can be permanent.

"Everyone has their own destiny. I'd better figure out how to earn white jade."

……

The Heavenly River, located at the Xu-character Heavenly River Water Palace, is the site of the Palace Master's Daoist practice.

"Senior Qiu, a group of unfamiliar Qi Refiners did indeed arrive at the Water Mansion two months ago," the handsome young man in a white robe with gold thread said with a smile.

"However, these people didn't stay long. After purchasing some supplies and finding out the locations of the ninety-nine sects in Haizhou, they hurriedly left the Water Mansion." "Now, they have probably scattered into various sects and are difficult to find." He shook his head with regret.

"Is it because it's hard to find, or because you don't want to find it?" Akijin glanced at the other person and spoke calmly.

"It seems you won't act unless I sign that military contract." He said expressionlessly, an invisible aura slowly rising, as if the surrounding air had solidified.

hold head high!

A faint dragon's roar emanated from the handsome young man's body. He looked at Qiu Jinwu with a grin, completely unmoved by the immense pressure around him.

"Senior Qiu is extremely powerful, and our Xu Zi Tianhe Water Mansion is truly eager to recruit such a talent."

“I thought you’d try to argue your way out of it,” Akio Kingo said, raising an eyebrow.

"Being honest is better for both of us," the handsome young man said with a smile.

"As long as you sign the Dao-Bing contract of the Thousand Machines Sect, I will immediately ask my father to use the Heavenly River Secret Technique to search for the Dragon Pearl's spiritual potential."

"As we all know, although the Heavenly River Water Palace is located in various places in the thirteen states of the world, its Taoist methods have been passed down from ancient times. If we put in some effort to trace its origins, we will eventually find out where the spiritual energy went."

"But this has cost a lot, and the Water Mansion can't just do it for nothing," the handsome young man said slowly.

Thousand Machine Sect...

This military contract is obviously a powerful binding secret technique.

What if there's a trap inside...

Akio Kingo remained silent, lost in thought.

"Senior Qiu, there's really no need to worry," the handsome young man said with a smile, waving his hand.

"Although the Dao Soldier Contract is harsh, it doesn't have any traps or pitfalls. After all, what the Thousand Machines Sect needs are usable Dao soldiers, not cannon fodder war slaves."

“The ninety-nine sects of Haizhou provide a batch of Dao soldiers to the Thousand Machines Sect every three years. If there were really a big problem, they wouldn’t have complied so obediently all these years.”

"We help you find the Dragon Ball's secret, and you help us complete the Thousand Machine Sect's Dao Soldier mission. It's a win-win situation."

Qiu Jinwu couldn't help but nod.

"Moreover, although the Thousand Machines Sect's outer battlefield is dangerous, it also offers countless opportunities."

"If you really can't find the lost Dragon Ball, you can go there to find a suitable replacement," the handsome young man advised patiently.

"What if I sign the contract but you don't actually do the work?" Qiu Jinwu frowned again.

“No, that won’t work.” The handsome young man shook his head with a delighted expression: “You can write your requirements into the contract.”

"With the Pure Yang Dao Ancestor as witness, neither of us can violate the agreement in the contract."

"This is no ordinary oath; if you dare to break the contract, you will truly be struck by lightning."

If so...

Akira fell into deep thought.

……

The Heavenly River Water Mansion and Heavenly Water Pavilion were built in the year of Dingyou.

“Mr. Song, we have already had someone try it, and your Tongxi Baizhang Dan has a remarkable effect on poisonous miasma and gas.”

"Eighteen pieces of white jade per piece, we'll take as many as you have!" The tall, thin shopkeeper with a full head of white hair looked at Chen Mu with great enthusiasm.

Chen Mu, who had transformed into Song Jiang's black face, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Back in Yunzhou, the average price of a single Tongxi Baizhang Dan (a type of pill) was around eleven or twelve pieces of white jade.

Eighteen pieces of white jade...

Is there something I don't know about?

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat, and he narrowed his eyes.

After carefully examining Manager Yang for a moment, he dismissed his curiosity.

You should only focus on earning what you are entitled to, and it's best to stay out of other things.

“No problem, here are a hundred of them, all for you.” He pulled out a wine jar the size of a human head and handed it over.

Before long, the money and goods were exchanged, and Chen Mu picked up the wooden box containing 1,800 pieces of white jade and turned to leave.

"One batch of pills can yield 1,800 pieces of white jade."

"After refining ten or eight batches, the white jade I spent before can be easily earned back."

"I'm still far from achieving true freedom, but it's enough to allow me to focus on my cultivation."

(End of this chapter)