My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 237 Changing Targets

One month later, one morning.

Low hill courtyard.

Chen Mu returned after inspecting the twenty mu of yellow sprout rice fields.

Squatting under the west wall, I began to tidy up the eggplant and night-blooming jasmine one by one.

Based on previous experience, 52 seedlings were successfully transplanted from 60 seeds.

It is now as tall as a forearm, and the leaves are as wide as a palm, with large, plump, emerald green leaves.

As expected, this planting will definitely be a bumper harvest.

After watering the plants, I glanced at the six siblings from Wushan.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the others were still peacefully cultivating at home.

"It's good that you didn't interfere."

After observing them for over a month, they unexpectedly discovered that the six menacing figures were actually a group of cultivation fanatics.

Since January, apart from occasional sparring sessions and handling a few disputes among their subordinates who were farmers, the six of them had been staying at home practicing their skills.

"Your diligence is almost on par with mine!" Chen Mu pouted.

Working so hard, are you trying to reach for the sky?!
Taking advantage of the situation, Chen Mu retrieved the five ghostly spirits and continued to deal with the night-blooming jasmine.

The two ignored each other and focused on their cultivation, which suited him perfectly!
……

Evening, in a small valley behind a low hill.

Chen Mu was flying close to the ground, making random, incoherent noises.

Compared to being cooped up in an underground chamber chanting scriptures, his favorite way to gain experience each day was to use illusion magic to glide through the air.

In just one month, he had mastered half of the second-tier Void Technique.

With a swift, low-altitude flight, Chen Mu traced an arc, carrying a gust of wind that could crush even the toughest grass, and suddenly soared to the mountaintop.

Standing atop the low hill, Chen Mu looked down with satisfaction at his lush and neat field of yellow rice.

Emptiness Technique: 5255/10000/Second Tier;

"At the next level, we should be able to abandon the incantation."

The startup will be faster, the connection will be smoother, and the flight will be more seamless.

He glanced at the gray wall again and realized that he was also practicing his spiritual light technique quite quickly.

Hundred Intent Aura: 9403/10000;

In my mind, the jade seed had already swelled to the size of an egg.

Its surface remains as white as jade, and it appears even harder and more stable.

Inside, the clusters of silvery threads became increasingly intricate, as if a faint light was constantly flowing within them.

"It should be completed in at most half a month." Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

"Why is that fatso here again?!"

Chen Mu stared speechlessly at Hao Lao and Shang Huan, who had just crossed the mountain ridge in the distance.

Chen Mu couldn't help but purse his lips when he noticed the oil paper package Shang Huan was carrying.

"The evil spirit will never die!"

No matter how nicely it's said, the herb *Guanqie Yecao* and the herb *Yinqi Fen* cannot be sold.

……

At the dinner table, the group enjoyed the roasted meat.

Just as Old Hao reached out with his chopsticks, he felt a dark shadow flash past his eyes.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that his target had already entered Shang Huan's stomach.

"Could you eat a little less?"

"Look at your size."

"I feel like you've gained weight again!" Old Hao said, puzzled.

Chen Mu couldn't help but look up.

Not only have they gotten fatter, they've also grown taller!

Over the past four months, Shang Huan has been like a young man going through a second puberty.

His height has increased by another head, and he is now almost 1.9 meters tall, which is half a head taller than Chen Mu.

His body seemed to be inflated, and his clothes visibly became fuller.

But beneath that chubby exterior, the muscles are as strong as steel.

Seven Sons United in Heart Gu...

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes. "Do you think I want this?" Shang Huan said with a resentful look.

"Back when I was still skinny, I was a handsome young man in the surrounding villages! Unlike now, I'm even looked down upon when I go to Hongxiufang!"

"puff……"

"When you were thin? You mean when you were wearing open-crotch pants? You were quite handsome back then."

"As for after one year old, haha... still a handsome young man, hahaha..." Old Hao laughed heartily.

Shang Huan couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"It's all because of that damn Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill!" Shang Huan said indignantly.

"If you don't eat, you can't stay here any longer," Old Hao said cheerfully.

Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill? This fat guy's taken it? He looked him up and down: "He looks quite human."

“It’s different. He ate the most basic Heavenly Demon Pill, which only allows him to grow a layer of steel skin. It doesn’t give him bloodline or cause inhuman mutations.” Old Hao shook his head and explained, “It’s mainly used to resist the erosion of earth spirit energy.”

Knowing that Chen Mu came from a remote island, he couldn't help but offer a few words of explanation.

"Many people in the lower house are married and have children, and their parents are all here. We can't just send the children to the secular world, can we?"

"That's why this diluted version of the Heavenly Demon Pill came about."

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

The lower courtyard of Chicken Cage Road was mostly populated by experts recruited from outside. The rest were probably ordinary people who had consumed these Heavenly Demon Pills.

"Could it be that you were so lucky? Did the low-level Heavenly Demon Pill you ate back then give you the bloodline of a strange beast?" Old Hao was uncertain.

That's probably not the case; it's more likely the effect of the Yinming Silk strengthening the body.

Chen Mu withdrew his gaze and pondered silently.

The Seven Sons United Gu can indeed accelerate cultivation.

Shang Huan's physique became stronger, his three treasures were complete, and his jade seed became more and more perfect.

They will likely find it easier to practice the secret method of sensing spiritual light.

The Yinming Silk might even be able to absorb the earth's spiritual energy.

This is probably why Lu Ku mastered the spiritual light in his twenties.

Thinking of Lu Ku, Chen Mu's heart stirred: "Is the lower courtyard still so chaotic lately?"

If Lin Su takes action and Mo Wuzhou gets into trouble, the news will inevitably spread.

"It's even more chaotic than before!" Old Hao sighed.

"There have been frequent incidents of strange beasts causing trouble, and a major incident has also occurred."

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat. It's here!
"Lin Su, the chief inspector of the patrol bureau, was blinded by greed and wanted to kill someone to steal his treasure. He attacked Senior Brother Mo Wuzhou without cause."

"He was severely injured and ran away."

"Senior Brother Mo was also seriously injured and has been recuperating at the Wooden Pavilion in the Lower Temple."

"Supervisor Song was furious and ordered the inspection team to conduct a thorough investigation, which resulted in the arrest of many opportunists who had committed murder and robbery."

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, the six Wu siblings didn't participate.

"That's good, at least the lower courtyard is safer." Chen Mu felt relieved, picked up a leafy green vegetable, and chewed it slowly.

"What's good!"

"The Inspection Bureau withdrew its personnel back to the Lower House. As a result, even more alien beasts broke through the node."

"Many people have been affected by the disaster."

“An old neighbor of mine was so sleepy in the middle of the night that he took a nap, and half of his ten acres of yellow rice fields were ruined!” Old Hao said with a grim expression.

"With the growing season more than halfway over and flowering and heading imminent, it was ravaged by a strange beast."

"It's already hard enough to stay up all night and keep watch, but now we're watching production drop right before our eyes. Isn't that terrible?" Old Hao lamented.

Chen Mu thought about the miasma in the fields.

He glanced at the five ghosts and black smoke who were squatting dutifully in the yellow rice field.

I reminisced about the wonderful dream I had last night, dancing with the ladies from Hongxiufang.

With a heavy heart, he sighed, "It's truly tragic!"

"How pathetic."

"Then can you sell me some of the stuff you use to set off smoke in your field?" Old Hao said with a smile, staring at Chen Mu.

"Me too, I want to buy some too." Shang Huan smiled as well: "Hmm... a lot of a little bit."

Chen Mu: “…”

I was wondering why those two weren't pestering me to make some hidden energy powder anymore.

This is a change of target; they've set their sights on my Bewitching Miasma!
(End of this chapter)