My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 375 An unexpected surprise
Two days later.

At the end of the third floor of the Chuanjing Pavilion.

Chen Mu picked up a silk scroll from the top shelf of the bookshelf, activated his Qi Restriction technique to collect the dust from the gaps between adjacent scrolls.

After cleaning, put the scroll back in its original position.

This process was repeated until, in the middle of the bookshelf, five or six scrolls stacked together were strung together in front of them.

Chen Muru cleaned the dust as usual, but at the end, she deliberately forgot one of the scrolls next to her.

The next moment, Qinglu's voice appeared.

"The third volume, 'The Water Mirror of the Tongtian River,' is misplaced."

Chen Mu turned around, cupped his hands respectfully, and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Chief Administrator."

He immediately activated the Listening Technique and, unsurprisingly, detected the familiar aura on the first floor.

"This place is the furthest from the first-floor counter, and the entire octagonal wooden building is within the coverage area of ​​the Qinglu Secret Technique."

After watching Qinglu leave, Chen Mu continued cleaning silently.

Around noon, Chen Mu temporarily left the Chuanjing Pavilion under the pretext of having lunch.

After leaving the pavilion, he did not rush back to the bamboo house, but instead walked slowly along the bluestone path outside the Chuanjing Pavilion.

At the same time, it quietly activated the air barrier for hundreds of miles, drawing up roadside dust and soil and spreading it evenly on the ground.

Not long after, a tall, thin young man in his twenties came up from the mountain path, walking along the bluestone path, his shoes covered in dust, and hurried toward the Chuanjing Pavilion.

As they brushed past each other, Chen Mu remained expressionless, but his Listening Technique locked onto the young man.

After the other party entered the entrance of the Scripture Transmission Pavilion, Chen Mu's heart couldn't help but jump.

But Qinglu did not appear even after he left the area of ​​the Scripture Transmission Academy.

"The young man stepped on loose soil. Given Qinglu's obsession with cleanliness, he would usually have asked me to clean it up long ago, but now..." Chen Mu's eyes narrowed to slits.

"Is it that you can't, or that you don't want to?"

"Most likely they don't want to," Chen Mu frowned.

Old Man Qing was a man of principle; once Chen Mu left the Scripture Transmission Pavilion, he would not disturb him further.

However, this makes it difficult to calculate the coverage area of ​​the Qinglu Secret Technique.

……

after lunch.

The second floor of the Chuanjing Pavilion is the Qimen Secret Methods area.

Chen Mu stood between two rows of gray bookshelves.

On the bottom shelf of the right-hand bookshelf, rolls of bright yellow scrolls seemed to fly up out of thin air and lined up in front of Chen Mu.

"The Art of Far Vision: Climb to a high place and look into the distance, as if dozens of miles are right in front of you, a human telescope?"

"The Art of Scent Recognition: Distinguishing a Hundred Flavors, Identifying People by Their Scent—A Dog's Nose, Ah..."

"The Mirage Technique, which creates a mirage-like illusion from mist, is far inferior to Qinglu's secret technique..."

Chen Mu quickly skimmed through the text, reading ten lines at a glance.

They were trying to find some clues about the Qinglu Secret Technique, and it would be even better if they could come across a specific investigative technique.

The Chuanjing Pavilion is sparsely populated.

Occasionally, disciples from the lower courtyards would come, but they would leave in a hurry.

Chen Mu didn't care about anything else. He stood still and used his Qi to quickly change the scroll in front of him within a hundred miles.

Regardless of whether they were useful or not, he read them all, as if simply to broaden his horizons, so he wasn't afraid of Qinglu discovering them.

Just as he was engrossed in reading, a wisp of energy leaving the Scripture Transmission Pavilion caught Chen Mu's attention.

"Is it that tall, thin young man? Has he chosen his secret technique?"

Chen Mu immediately pouted helplessly: "Now that the person is gone, Old Man Qing should be here soon."

I was about to put the books that were floating in mid-air back in their place, but I held back.

As soon as the young man left, he immediately prepared to clean up, clearly demonstrating that he possessed sophisticated detection techniques and was using them recklessly within the Scripture Transmission Pavilion.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

"I wonder what kind of secret technique Old Man Qing is practicing. How can it be so strange? Is the Listening Technique really useless against it? Do I have to go up another level?" Chen Mu refused to give up and pushed the Listening Technique to its limit.

He hadn't held out much hope.

But the next moment, a feeling of suddenly having an object in one's hand came over one's mind.

And that object wasn't small either, its size... was like a person!

Chen Mu suddenly turned around.

Then Qinglu suddenly appeared out of thin air, as if two video clips had been awkwardly edited and glued together.

Without any transition or warning, it's like the villain in a horror movie making a sudden appearance, catching you off guard and sending chills down your spine.

"This feeling..." It's like being unable to breathe for miles around!
what!
Chen Mu's face twitched as she tried hard to hold back her laughter.

He never expected that the figure that the Listening Technique could not detect would be discovered by the Qi Restriction Technique within a hundred miles!

Qinglu tilted his head slightly, looking at Chen Mu with a strange expression.

"Are you... okay?"

Is everything okay?
Hey!
How come you're alright?
Something's happened! Great news!
In the past, he only used his Qi to restrict movement for miles on a small scale, spreading it on the ground or bookshelf surface to replace the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains for cleaning.

Today, while researching, I discovered that to save time and effort, the airlock should be expanded into a sphere to cover the bookshelves within a five-meter radius.

Who would have thought that besides the Qi Restriction and Displacement, they could also discover Qing Lu's clone.

The joy of accident!

I'll never be afraid of you sneaking up behind me again!

"Do you want me to clean up the dust?" Chen Mu asked, his face full of surprise.

Qing Lu: "..."

Does this new proofreader really enjoy his job?

"You can rest assured and leave it to me. Look at my Formless Secret Hand, it's best at moving and transporting, I guarantee it will be spotless." Chen Mu was full of nonsense, but he enthusiastically picked up dozens of books and made them swing around in mid-air.

To make the demonstration clearer, he used the book as a reference point to first outline a cow, and then arranged the number thirteen.

While giving instructions, he grinned and said, "See? Pretty impressive, right?"

Qing Lu: "..."

This new proofreader... he probably doesn't have any problems, right?

……

the next day.

The third floor of the Chuanjing Pavilion.

"Don't ask me again. I can't help it. If there were a sucker to replace me, I would have quit this job of proofreader a long time ago." The middle-aged colleague in his forties looked at Chen Mu meaningfully.

Who the hell are you looking at?!

I'm not a sucker!

Chen Mu explained with a sincere expression, "I actually quite like the job of a proofreader."

The middle-aged colleague curled his lip: "You like it? Aren't you afraid of the strange, elusive behavior of the Chief of Staff?"

"I'm not afraid," Chen Mu said calmly.

"Ha!" The middle-aged colleague scoffed.

"Don't believe me?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

Then he deftly took a black book that needed to be organized and archived from the other person's hand.

He just randomly threw it into a spot.

The middle-aged colleague felt a chill run down his spine, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

Before he could figure out what was going on, a voice suddenly rang out.

"The Strange Tales of the Hundred-Intention Dao Ancestor should be placed in the fourth section of the fourth level."

The middle-aged colleague was startled by the sudden, ghostly voice.

He quickly turned around and agreed, then promptly put the incorrect book back in its place.

After watching Qinglu leave, she turned around, intending to scold Chen Mu, but when she looked up, she met Chen Mu's smiling face: "Exciting, isn't it?"

Middle-aged colleague: "..."

Is this guy suffering from some serious illness?!
……

Chen Mu looked at his colleague who was leaving in a sorry state with a regretful expression.

He also wanted his colleague to help him test it a few more times to get a feel for it.

Pity……

Upon arriving at the second-floor section dedicated to esoteric arts, Chen Mu continued perusing the books. Simultaneously, a twitching sensation appeared between his brows, releasing his inner energy that spread for miles, enveloping a ten-meter radius around him.

"If I weren't afraid to use the Five Ghosts Possession technique, the range could be even greater... um?"

"It seems it really could be bigger!"

With that in mind, he tentatively extended the Qi barrier outwards by a hundred miles.

The two secret acupoints in the chest and abdomen throbbed simultaneously, and the Qi Restriction of a Hundred Miles truly expanded outwards!
"what's the situation?!"

The ability to restrict qi for a hundred miles comes from the Cloud Mirage Armor Technique. Originally, it could only restrict qi for ten miles, but after being possessed by the Five Ghosts, it can be increased to a hundred miles.

But now...

"It must be two or three hundred meters long by now!"

(End of this chapter)