My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 384 Mutation
Chen Mu asked Jia Tian to find someone to take his shift, thinking it would take a long time.

But just three days later, Jia Tian appeared before him with a burly man.

The man was rugged in appearance, but gentle and mild-mannered in nature. Moreover, in the mortal realm of the Great Qian Dynasty, he had worked as a custodian, protecting and organizing documents and classics. Becoming a minor proofreader would be a piece of cake for him.

Once the handover was confirmed for the next day, the burly man took his leave, behaving with impeccable manners and politeness, a stark contrast to his imposing physique.

Chen Mu looked at Jia Tian in surprise: "It must have been hard for you to find such a suitable talent so quickly."

"Of course, I must do my best and work as fast as I can for my senior brother!" Jia Tian said with righteous indignation.

Chen Mu didn't say anything, but just glanced at Jia Tian's performance.

"Hehe! I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother, to refine a few more batches of Tongxi Baizhang Pills." As he spoke, Jia Tian lightly tapped the mustard seed talisman on his wrist, and a brown square wooden box appeared.

He held it in both hands and placed it on the low table next to Chen Mu, then opened it with a grin for Chen Mu to see.

A box full of warm, white jade appeared before him.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow: "The Tongxi Baizhang Pill is selling very well?"

There are at least six or seven hundred white jade coins in this box.

"The main reason is that the senior students in the upper academy are not short of money," Jia Tian laughed.

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

I never expected so many disciples from the Upper Academy to come to the Five Mountains of Dongling. It seems the Upper Academy is indeed quite ambitious.

"Senior brother, look..."

"I will only be responsible for refining the pills, and no one else can know that I refined them," Chen Mu stated his conditions.

The Hundred Miasma Pill is clearly a highly profitable business. But with great profits come great trouble. He needs someone to protect him.

"Then you'll have to give me a break when it comes to splitting the profits," Jia Tian agreed without hesitation and immediately began to haggle.

Chen Mu looked over in surprise.

Isn't this bald guy afraid of potential risks?
"I didn't hold the title of 'Little Prince' for so many years for nothing. It's just a few tricks to cover things up. It's not difficult." Jia Tian rubbed his bald head, revealing a smug smile.

Chen Mu couldn't help but chuckle.

Jia Tian has only been in Dongling for two or three years. At first, he was dirt poor, even worse off than those farmers and warriors who came from Daqian.

Now he travels to five mountains and has his own shop.

After thinking about how this guy made his fortune, Chen Mu had to admit that he was indeed extraordinary.

"Gather the materials as soon as possible."

"I won't be staying in Dongling for long."

"How much we can earn from this depends on how many materials you can find for me to refine pills."

……

Jia Tian was clearly prepared.

The next day, they sent Chen Mu ten energy-storing gourds, filled with the poisonous miasma of the Misty Mountain.

A bamboo basket of rhinoceros horns from Diling Tong also arrived. Chen Mu suspected that he had bought up all the rhinoceros horns from Misty Mountain.

"I have already taken care of the handover of your duties as a proofreader at the General Affairs Bureau."

“I will take care of all your daily food purchases.”

"I've also left people at Yuquan Mountain to keep a close eye on the Cloud Bat Flying Boat, so it won't delay your trip to the Upper Academy."

"As long as Senior Brother refines the pill, we're guaranteed to make a fortune!"

Jia Tian rubbed his hands together: "Senior brother, what do you think..."

"You've really thought things through thoroughly," Chen Mu couldn't help but admire.

The world has changed, but the shape of these money-grubbers hasn't changed much.

First, they'll shower you with meticulous care and concern, and then they'll start making empty promises.

He almost thought he had traveled back to his previous life, feeling like he had become a corporate slave again.

Before Chen Mu could react, Jia Tian handed him another wooden box.

"This is the deposit, one thousand in white jade, senior brother?"

What, you can't just make empty promises, so you're trying to throw money at me?

Who are you looking down on?
Chen Mu gritted his teeth and decided... to honestly go and refine pills.

Well, what I care about is definitely not the money; I just think those white jade pieces are beautiful.

……

"Senior brother, should we contact Wu Shan and his sister to come here and protect you?" Jia Tian hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"What, what's going on on the mountain lately?" Chen Mu asked in surprise.

"It's all because of the Sun family," Jia Tian said, dissatisfied.

"Another member of the Sun family has died, and they're going crazy, arresting people everywhere."

"There are people secretly fanning the flames, and murders and robberies are becoming increasingly frequent." "You're all alone here refining pills; what if something were to happen to you..."

Hey, what if this was already there? And the person who came wasn't just anyone, it was the head of a branch of the Sun family.

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged, but he didn't want to say more. He glanced at Jia Tian and teased with a smile, "So, are you worried about my safety, or about the Hundred Miasma Pill?"

"Pretty much, they're all pretty much the same," Jia Tian said with a grin.

Ah!
Chen Mu looked away, but was curious about something else: "Are you very familiar with the Wu siblings?"

“The Dongling area is quite wild. Caravans traveling between the five mountains will always encounter dangers,” Jia Tian explained. “Brother Lu and his siblings are very powerful. Although their prices are a bit high, they have indeed helped me solve a lot of troubles.”

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

"How about we have them come over?" Jia Tian suggested again.

"They can come, but they don't need to protect me," Chen Mu waved his hand in refusal.

Their arrival is just in time to perform the Unity Mantra Replication Technique.

As for the danger…

Even if someone with the strength of Sun Wujiu were to come, he would not be in danger.

"Unless the visitor is Sun Jian."

"Heh, I heard that old ghost is running around like a headless fly, he won't be here for a while."

Besides, he'll be leaving Dongling in a few days, so no matter how chaotic things get, it won't concern him.

Who would make things difficult for a former proofreader who's practically nobody?

With that thought, Chen Mu felt relieved and leaned back, comfortably settling into the rocking chair.

……

Several days later, at night.

The night sky was as clear as if it had been washed by water.

The bright moonlight shone down, illuminating most of the porch floor in a fluorescent white.

After finishing his cultivation for the day, Chen Mu crawled out from underground and huddled in the rocking chair in front of the door, half of his body bathed in the moonlight, taking a break.

As usual, he held a cup of green tea-flavored tonic soup, tilted his head and looked at the sky: "The night sky in this world is still the most beautiful."

"I wonder how far away these stars in the sky are."

He once read a miscellaneous book called "The Strange Tales of the Hundred-Intention Daoist Ancestor" at the Chuanjing Pavilion.

It is said that in the beginning of time, demons invaded. The Dao Ancestor, unable to bear the suffering of all living beings, waved his hand and created billions of celestial stars, which hung in the outer heavens to protect the world and prevent the demons from wreaking havoc.

"It sounds very mysterious; I don't know if it's true or not."

This world truly allows one to cultivate immortality and become an ancestor; perhaps myths and legends are actually true records.

"I really wish I could fly up there and take a look." Chen Mu looked at the sky with longing.

But as I looked around, a dark cloud that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared.

"Is it windy or rainy?"

"That's not right either, isn't it flying a bit too fast?"

This inevitably reminded him of the chaos at Eagle's Sorrow Cliff.

Just as his thoughts were turning, the dark cloud had already reached overhead, completely obscuring the starlight and moonlight, plunging the entire Misty Mountain into darkness.

The next moment, the pitch-black sky suddenly burst into light. Countless enormous, dark red fireballs surged forth from the clouds, vying for position. Then, like meteorites, they crashed down upon Misty Mountain.

"Someone is attacking the mountain!"

Chen Muteng jumped up immediately, and the five paper ghost figures darted into the room in a flash.

Thick black smoke billowed out, as if it had been rehearsed countless times, and in the blink of an eye, it swallowed the useful items into the Five Ghosts Bag.

At this moment, an invisible force suddenly burst forth from the bottom of Misty Mountain.

Chen Mu felt as if an invisible brush swept over his entire body from bottom to top in an instant, propelling him into the sky with a roar. It was as if it had transformed into an invisible umbrella, successfully blocking the ball of fire from entering.

"A protective barrier for the mountain? Well done!" Chen Mu exclaimed excitedly.

But his joy was short-lived.

A muffled boom erupted from underground.

The entire earth trembled violently, and the houses were shaken so badly they tilted to one side or the other.

As the tremor occurred, the invisible umbrella that had been blocking the fireballs vanished instantly.

The fireball easily landed in the misty mountains.

The next moment, the entire mountain seemed to glow, bursting forth with a red light.

The ensuing series of explosions even caused Chen Mu to experience a momentary loss of hearing!

"It's over!"

(End of this chapter)