My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 112 Shocking Change
"We can't stay by this river anymore!"

Chen Mu squatted on the roof all night without sleeping.

The next day, as soon as the sun rose, he went to the brokerage.

They rented a two-courtyard house near the inner city.

The prefectural government office is located in the inner city, as are the protective charms. Living closer to the city would be safer.

Then it took another day to move the furniture and household items from the old house into the new one.

He didn't hire anyone; he simply used the five-sack bag and carried the loads himself, trip after trip.

He had mastered four training techniques, possessed terrifying stamina, and could carry the Five Ghost Bags, so this little bit of work wouldn't tire him out at all.

……

In the evening, Chen Mu prepared a large table of dishes.

It wasn't until dusk that Jiejia walked into his new home with a blank expression.

"What happened to you this time?" Jie Jia was exasperated. Even a rabbit isn't as alert as you. You move at the slightest disturbance.

"It's nothing, I just wanted a change of scenery after living in one place for so long," Chen Mu said with a smile. "Besides, I didn't give up my old house, like a cunning rabbit with three burrows."

"Aren't you afraid of arousing suspicion from your neighbors by keeping your whereabouts so secret?" Jie Jia retorted.

Chen Mu calmly replied, "I have no neighbors."

Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu speechlessly: "You've rented out the surrounding houses too?"

Chen Mu smiled but didn't say anything.

Jie Jia: "..."

……

After the meal, the two sat in the pavilion of the new house.

The yard has been abandoned for some time, and there are still many withered and fallen leaves on the ground.

Under the octagonal pavilion, some tender green grass sprouts even peek out from the cracks in the blue brick floor.

Beside the stone table, Chen Mu took out two porcelain bottles and handed them to Jie Jia.

"How much is this thing worth?" Chen Mu asked.

"Dragon Transformation Pill?" Jie Jia opened it and glanced at it: "The price has dropped a bit recently, around a thousand taels."

"Replace them all with Ancestral Symbols for me," Chen Mu said decisively.

Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu with surprise, then suddenly paused: "You didn't run into another ghost, did you?"

Chen Mu nodded helplessly.

"Could it be some kind of special physique?" Jie Jia stared at Chen Mu, looking him up and down.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes: "I'm just an ordinary person, what special physique could I possibly have?"

Jiejia shook his head: "That's hard to say. Ghosts don't always target one person."

"What do you mean?" Chen Mu couldn't help but frown.

“Some special constitutions are suitable for possession, so…” Jie Jia Ming glanced at Chen Mu with his bright yellow eyes.

Chen Mu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He thought of his possession of another's body.

"It shouldn't be, otherwise you wouldn't be alive now." Jie Jia thought for a moment and then shook his head.

Chen Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to be constantly haunted by ghosts.

……

the next day.

Chen Mu woke up early; he hadn't actually slept well at all last night.

It was nothing at first, but after Jiejia said that, I can't help but start overthinking.

I'm afraid a ghost might jump out from under the bed.

Practice the White Jade Toad Formation Technique three times to warm up your body.

Chen Mu glanced at the courtyard covered with fallen leaves.

As he uttered the three syllables, five large plumes of black smoke appeared around him and swirled around him.

Black smoke swept across the ground, and withered yellow leaves, scattered pebbles, and soil quickly disappeared.

Chen Mu stood still.

The radius of the black smoke trail gradually increased.

In no time, the entire courtyard was swept clean.

The courtyard is quite spacious. Besides the main house on the north side, there is a separate room on the west side that serves as a kitchen.

On the east side is an octagonal pavilion.

The toilet and storage room are in the front yard.

In terms of refinement, it's not quite as nice as the courtyard with the pond by the river.

Overall, it's much better than the previous courtyard.

The rent is four taels of silver a month, which is three or four times more expensive than the two courtyards.

This is the price of being close to the inner city.

……

After breakfast, Chen Mu continued to brush the white jade toad as usual.

During the break, they dug a large cellar five meters below the west room.

He has to move the things from the old cellar over.

As evening approached, Jiejia arrived on time.

Before he had even eaten, he handed him a small cloth bag containing six palm-sized leather talismans.

Chen Mu happily tucked the talisman into his pocket. Including the first one he bought, he now had a total of seven Zuming talismans, which greatly increased his sense of security.

When sleeping at night.

One sheet was pasted on each of the four walls of the room, and another was placed on the roof beam.

The remaining two photos, one for the front and one for the back, are placed neatly.

Chen Mu finally relaxed and fell into a deep sleep on the bed.

Although his energy is getting better and better, he can stay awake after sleeping for two hours a day.

But Chen Mu still goes to bed early and gets up early, maintaining a regular sleep schedule.

He has the skill; what he needs is to consistently grind experience points.

Short-term, intensive work can actually lead to burnout.

After several days of living in fear and anxiety, and with no ghosts or monsters showing up, Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Safety is guaranteed, but my wallet is empty," Chen Mu sighed.

They bought ancestral charms, rented houses continuously, and stockpiled supplies.

He squandered all the windfall he had made before.

"We need to find a way to make money."

That very day, he had Jiejia begin sending him medicinal herbs. He wanted to restart the trade in generic drugs.

“Ling Sha Wan can bring in about one hundred taels of silver a month.”

"Qingfengsan has a low profit margin but high sales volume, and it can make about two hundred taels."

"Ling Sha Wan is alright, but it's expensive, and we only sell about twenty a month. Qing Feng San, on the other hand, requires a lot of manual production, which takes a lot of time."

Time is the key to proficiency. He didn't want to waste time on mechanical repetition.

"Should we just sell the formula directly?" Chen Mu immediately shook his head.

I feel like I'm losing money by selling the formula, and I can't bear to do it.

"Sigh... what can I do? I'm just a nobody, I can't bear to give up small gains." Chen Mu shook his head. He quickly came up with an idea.

He plans to break down the Qingfengsan formula.

Chen Mu plans to teach the small pharmacy in Jiejia about the major auxiliary drug ingredients.

The core ingredients, though few in number but exquisitely prepared, were still made by him.

This way, it only takes one hour, which is enough to sell the armor for half a month.

"Fourth-tier medicine-making skills are really impressive," Chen Mu chuckled.

Without pharmaceutical expertise, he really couldn't have broken down the formula like that.

……

Time slowly passed and April arrived.

The temperature in Nanyang Prefecture, which hadn't been cold for more than a few days, began to rise rapidly.

The White Jade Toad Form Refinement Technique has successfully completed bone transformation in the past month, and even the marrow transformation has progressed significantly.

"Sure enough, the more layers are added, the faster the three transformations are completed."

His leg bones became stronger, and his hip, knee, and ankle joints became more flexible.

"It's probably to enhance the explosive power of the lower limbs," Chen Mu guessed.

As he practiced more and more body-shaping techniques, he gradually gained experience.

Once you get the hang of it, you'll have a general idea of ​​the training method's focus.

"The power will probably manifest in his legs."

……

With the training of the physical cultivation technique progressing smoothly, the production of generic drugs also became more standardized.

With a monthly income of over three hundred taels of silver, as long as one doesn't purchase large quantities of expensive items like Zuming Talismans...

Even if he goes to Chunfeng Tower three to five times a month to gather information, that's enough for him to squander. After all... he only eats, and he doesn't let anyone freeload.

As time went on, more and more people came to Nanyang Prefecture to seek refuge.

Chen Mu went out once and found that the world was gradually becoming a bit chaotic, so he didn't go out again.

He also heard that the eerie red boat seemed to have reappeared in Luohe.

Chen Mu felt both nervous and relieved.

"It seems that wasn't directed at me."

I just happened to live by the river and that's how I ended up there.

“They come out every now and then to capture a group of people. These ghostly monsters are feeding on people.” Chen Mu recalled his memories of evil spirits.

Possession, mummies, horrific deaths. Random, inexplicable attacks. It all looks like a hunt.

"Thinking about it this way, aren't protective amulets just a different kind of fence or city wall?"

"To block the attacks of wild beasts and evil spirits in the wild."

……

Chen Mu thought he would live a peaceful life until he finished practicing the Body Refining Technique.

But things went counterproductive.

The fifth day of the fourth month in the year 641 of the Great Liang Dynasty.

Late at night, Chen Mu was fast asleep in bed when he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.

I groggily opened my eyes and found that my chest and back were getting hotter and hotter.

Reaching out, he saw a Zuming Talisman emitting a faint red glow.

Chen Mu was startled awake.

Look up.

The ancestral talismans on the walls and beams were constantly glowing.

creak, creak...

A series of teeth-grinding scraping sounds came from the wooden door.

Chen Mu's pupils suddenly contracted.

puff!
Almost simultaneously, white smoke billowed from the ancestral talisman on the wall, and a foul, burnt smell filled the room.

Chen Mu dared not move, his body stiff as he stared at the figure in front of the bed.

Long hair, naked body, rotting back.

It was the first ghost he encountered, the long-haired woman by the river.

A tremendous fear instantly gripped his mind, making him feel as if he were being slowly enveloped by the pressure of deep seawater.

My body gradually stiffened, and my thinking became increasingly sluggish.

With the last bit of clarity provided by the ancestral talisman in his chest, Chen Mu managed to utter three strange syllables.

Five small paper figures were suddenly stuck to my head and face, and a cold sensation rushed over me.

Thoughts that were about to be frozen by fear finally began to slowly begin to turn.

"We've really been targeted!"

(End of this chapter)