My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 225 Isolating the Yuan Qi
At the entrance of the patrol office.

Although it's not as popular as before, there are still quite a few people queuing up to take the test.

Only those who have mastered the secret techniques can enter the Inspection Bureau.

A number of people were still gathered under the shade of the trees not far away.

Just as Chen Mu approached, he heard a short, thin man sigh and say, "I don't know if I can pass."

"I heard the inspection bureau has suffered a lot of losses recently and is short-staffed. The chances of it passing should be pretty good," a bald, fat man next to him said hopefully.

"I practice the Art of Illusion, which means I can run fast, but it's hard to say," the short man shook his head.

“If you run fast enough, it will be easier for you to get through,” said an elderly man who looked to be in his fifties.

"Those who can scout ahead, relay messages, and transport supplies are indispensable."

The skinny man was overjoyed.

"Don't be too happy yet," the old man continued. "Sending messages and transporting supplies is fine, but the work of scouting is extremely dangerous."

"Because you might be the first to encounter a strange beast."

"One wrong move and you could be killed or injured."

The skinny man didn't seem to care: "There's danger everywhere, and it's not safe to stay in the lower house either."

"Not only were people devoured by monsters in the medicinal field area, but people were also attacked and killed on the edge of the lower courtyard."

"Rather than waiting to die, I might as well join the Inspection Bureau and give it a shot!"

Those under the shade of the tree couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"So brave?" Chen Mu quietly retreated and left.

This group of people at most have reached the Jade Seed Perfection stage and have mastered one or two secret techniques.

If you encounter the White-Scaled Serpent, one lash of its tail and none of you will survive!
Cannon fodder...

……

three days later.

The boat, Yupinxuan.

Chen Mu carried a large cloth bundle, wearing a disguised face, and sold the calming pills as usual, but did not leave in a hurry.

The pale-faced middle-aged man looked at Chen Mu with surprise.

For the past three months, Chen Mu has always sold the calming pills and left immediately.

What happened this time...?

The pale-faced middle-aged man asked curiously, "Is there anything else the guest needs?"

"Boss Le, I have a piece of exotic animal skin that I'd like to sell." Chen Mu placed the large package on the counter and pushed it towards the other party.

"The ground is intact?" The pale-faced boss, Le Yang'an, raised an eyebrow. "It's quite complete."

"Is your tongue still there?" Le Yang'an asked.

A tongue? That thing is valuable.

"Gone." They were all eaten by the five evil spirits.

"What a pity," Le Yang'an said regretfully, "the Earth-Cut's tongue can detect the Earth's spiritual energy."

"It can be made into a magical artifact to detect the earth's veins."

"It's the most expensive thing on Diqi's body."

Chen Mu's heart clenched instantly.

What a loss!

“This hide is intact and can most likely be made into a Five Poisons Fiend Banner. Hmm… I can give you sixty pieces of white jade,” Le Yang’an said.

"Okay." Chen Mu nodded.

He was unaware of the market price of materials from exotic beasts, and he didn't care much about the price either; he just wanted to dispose of them discreetly as soon as possible.

"Manager Le, do you know of anything that can isolate the earth's spiritual energy?" Chen Mu asked.

"That depends on where you use it," Le Yang'an said with a smile.

"If you're planning to use it in the herb field, then forget it."

"The scope is too large, and the cost is too high; it's not worth it."

"Really?" Chen Mu's heart leaped with joy: "What if it's a small-scale isolation?"

“Yin Sha Qi-blocking talisman, Qi-gathering banner, and seven-segmented insect swarm are all acceptable,” Le Yang’an said after thinking for a moment.

"And these are all things that your Chicken Coop Road Lower Yard has. Of course, they are not cheap either."

Chen Mu was bewildered. A lower house? He'd never even heard of it!

Moreover, even if it existed in Chicken Coop Road, it wouldn't be something he, as a junior employee, could access.

"Is there a more ordinary way?" Chen Mu was unwilling to give up.

"The simplest solution is to seal it with stones and pile up earth. But you can't possibly put the medicinal herb field inside the mountain, can you?"

"Hmm... maybe it would work if it were a particular medicinal herb that adapts to dark environments."

Chen Mu's eyes lit up.

Digging tunnels? That's something I'm good at! He immediately frowned, pointing at the ground and asking doubtfully, "But this thing comes out from underground."

"Even stones and soil can't completely block the spread of earth's spiritual energy, right?"

“I already said, the simplest one…” Le Yang’an shrugged.

Chen Mu nodded helplessly.

It's a folk remedy, it works, but it's not that effective.

“Although the Earth-Cutter is good at roaming underground, it will also peek out to forage for food and fresh air,” Le Yang’an said with a smile.

“The lower courtyard of Chicken Coop Road is filled with earth spiritual energy, especially the medicinal field area, where the concentration is even higher. It’s not surprising that it was detected.”

……

The courtyard on the low hill is twenty meters underground.

Chen Mu stood in an underground chamber that was five meters long, five meters wide, and five meters high.

The walls above, below, and all around are made of rectangular stones, each one meter thick.

Even the three passages leading to the ground were stone pipes made by hollowing out and piecing together huge rocks.

This is the underground chamber he dug out using the Five Ghosts Shifting Technique.

"This is the only way for now."

Chen Mu quickly darted onto the ground through one of the passages.

Under the wooden shed.

Chen Mu carried a half-meter-thick square stone slab into the entrance and placed a rocking chair on it.

I stretch and lie down comfortably, holding a cup of cold tea in my hand, letting my thoughts wander.

"The Yin Sha Qi-suppressing talisman is probably also in the hands of Supervisor Song."

"Forget it, the spiritual light hasn't been fully developed yet, so even if we have the magic talisman jade slip, it's probably unusable."

Although the Spirit Armor Technique can also absorb the earth's spiritual energy, it is ultimately different from the Spirit Light Technique.

It may not be able to be used to cast spells. Or it may require a unique method.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the well, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Well water inherently contains earth elemental energy, so why did the Earth Demon appear first to attack the white jade plate?"

"Shouldn't we have discovered the underground water veins and spiritual springs first?"

"This well... it's something else!"

Chen Mu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Can a well, or rather the entire underground water vein, isolate the earth's spiritual energy?!"

"Wouldn't it be safer for me to cultivate hidden in the water veins?"

"Or, find the secret of how the well isolates the earth's spiritual energy!"

……

An hour later.

Chen Mu sat under the wooden shed, holding a palm-sized piece of brown rattan netting in his hand.

The mesh is about the thickness of an index finger, and the inner diameter of the cable is similar to that of a ballpoint pen refill; it is also quite tough and sturdy.

If you poke it a couple of times, the vine will slowly contract and twitch like an animal!

He just dug down into the well.

The outer walls of the underground well and the rocks surrounding the water veins were found to be covered by something resembling roots and vines.

“Chicken Cage Road would never cover its water veins with something like this for no reason.” Chen Mu’s eyes lit up.

"It's probably used to seal off the earth's spiritual energy!"

"If we can successfully cultivate it..." Chen Mu's lips curled up as he looked at the third-tier planting skill on the gray wall.

……

half a month later.

Beneath the wooden shed, Chen Mu pulled out a rock the size of a human head from a rectangular culture tank.

At this moment, the stones were completely covered by a network of brown, root-like vines.

"It's done!"

Simply apply a special guiding juice to the outside of the underground secret room, and then transplant a vine net that has been induced to grow.

It can then follow the guidance of the medicinal liquid and slowly envelop the target.

"Wrapped in vine netting and located deep underground, we can finally use the white jade plate with complete peace of mind."

Glancing at the well out of the corner of his eye, Chen Mu had a sudden thought: "Perhaps we can connect the entrance to the underground chamber to the well!"

Since he had already mastered the cultivation method of the vine net, he was not afraid of disrupting the well's condition.

It also makes entry and exit more discreet and secure.

(End of this chapter)