My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 49 Third Tier
Xiaodongshanxia gathering area.

Chen Mu's residence.

In front of the wooden house is a wooden floor that is half a meter off the ground and two meters wide.

The eaves extend outwards, resembling the brim of a hat, serving as the roof of the long corridor in front of the house.

At this moment, a square table is placed in the corridor.

Two lanterns hung above, and flames flickered in the fire pit not far away. The area in front of the square table was brightly lit.

"We'll leave on the 21st. Make preparations early," Jie Jia said calmly, slowly putting down his chopsticks.

Is there still half a month left?

There was enough time to prepare the supplies.

Chen Mu nodded.

"Do you need me to hire a carriage?"

"No need," Jiejia shook his head. "I'll prepare it."

Chen Mu immediately turned his head with a suspicious look: "Won't there be an extra charge for the journey?"

Jie Jia glanced at Chen Mu and nodded calmly.

Chen Mu stared at Jie Jia, speechless.

He actually admitted it?!

Are all these schemes so blatant?
Jiejia calmly took out a piece of white silk cloth to wipe his mouth. Then he casually threw it into the fire pit not far away.

Chen Mu's lips twitched.

To earn money, Jiejia was frugal in everything he did, except when it came to personal hygiene.

Chen Mugan assured that the white silk cloth would be used no more than twice! It was even meant to be disposable!

"The journey is long, so bring enough provisions." Jiejia emphasized the word "enough."

Chen Mu rolled her eyes: "That includes yours too."

Jiejia looked completely at ease.

Chen Mu realized that having a proficiency cheat wasn't all good.

My cooking skills have definitely improved, but I can't shake off this freeloader.

"Don't worry, we don't have anything else, but we have plenty of fasting pills!" Chen Mu waved his hand confidently.

Jie Jia stared at Chen Mu expressionlessly.

"Rice ball, rice ball, pork floss rice ball, okay?" Chen Mu said irritably.

It's just a name, why the endless mockery? As long as it tastes good and keeps you full, that's enough.

……

The next morning, after breakfast.

Chen Mu then put on Yang Zhi's vest as usual.

Carrying a small bamboo basket about knee-high on his back, he followed the familiar path to the Bailang River.

Along the way, the market in the settlement area was still bustling, and Old Liu was already hawking his "power pills" early in the morning.

People actually bought those dough balls.

Chen Mu nodded in greeting and walked straight through the market street. He followed the laborers who were preparing to go up the mountain and left the gathering area.

"Which unlucky fellow got his guts ripped out by a wolf today?" a laborer whispered.

"I haven't heard of it." His companion shook his head in confusion. "Did those constables really go to clear out the wolves?"

“Unless the sun rises in the west!” another companion scoffed.

"Keep your voice down, don't cause trouble," someone reminded him.

"Don't count on them. Try not to go out at night and be careful."

The workers nodded in agreement.

Chen Mu silently gathered gossip about the gathering area.

But he didn't hear the news he wanted to hear.

We parted ways with the laborers at the foot of the western side of Xiaodong Mountain and soon arrived at the stone bridge from the previous night.

Chen Mu walked onto the stone bridge with a natural expression and without any abnormality.

I casually looked around at the scenery on both sides of the Bailang River.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of two dark pools of blood on the ground.

The burly man's body had vanished, and Lu Jin was nowhere to be found either.

Who took the two away?

Was Lu Jin rescued?

Will the authorities intervene and investigate?
Chen Mu walked steadily, his mind churning with thoughts.

One is dead, the other's fate is unknown.

One was a ruthless bandit who wiped out an entire family, and the other was a constable in the county government.

This should have been a major event that would have alarmed the entire county, but the nearby settlement remained completely unaware of it.

……

A calm bend in the Bailang River.

Chen Mu sat on a rock on the shore.

Thinking about the unexpected events of last night, he shook his head after a moment: "There's no point in thinking about it too much, I'd rather work on improving my proficiency."

A gray wall stands before me.

Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell: 9397/10000/Second Tier;

Compared to the slow, tortoise-like pace of the Form Refining Technique, the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell progresses at lightning speed. The incantation is recited quickly.

Black smoke rose into the air.

A fist-sized ball of drunken bait appeared out of thin air, then splashed into the water and scattered.

Chen Mu used the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Technique to move the bait.

Throw a ball of bait into the water every two or three meters, let the intoxicating bait spread, and then ignore it.

I found a large white rock by the river and sat down.

With eyes slightly closed, black smoke appeared and disappeared around him.

Around noon, Chen Mu stopped practicing and took out the Rice Ball Fasting Pill.

After numerous improvements, the rice ball is not only delicious but also nutritious and extremely high in calories.

One of these is enough to feed an ordinary person a meal.

Chen Mu's cultivation of the Body Refinement Technique was extremely taxing. But after eating five pills, he no longer felt hungry.

After eating and drinking his fill, Chen Mu habitually looked at the gray wall.

Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell: 9722/10000/Second Tier;

"Let's work hard and get the Five Ghosts Curse to level three today."

Feed the fish floating on the water to the Five Demon Bag.

Chen Mu didn't rest and immediately continued to grind for proficiency.

……

at dusk.

Chen Mu, pale-faced, snapped back to reality.

With a thought, he uttered a complex incantation in one breath.

call!
Black smoke billowed out, and two lifelike paper figures, each the size of a palm, appeared out of thin air.

It is covered with blood-red patterns, and each has a large black character on its back, one "Winter" and the other "Spring".

Chen Mu let out a long breath and curiously examined the paper figure with the character "Spring".

It was slimmer and had more delicate features than the first paper figure.

Chen Mu controlled the two paper figures to float under a rock the size of a human head.

Four hands and two heads together held up the stone.

"rise!"

The little paper figure's legs trembled like leaves, and its little face contorted in a grimace, but the stone remained completely still.

Chen Mu: "..." You're overthinking it.

The two ghostly paper figures still couldn't change their appearance as paper figures.

Chen Mu was misled by the Taoist of Qianshan.

The opponent can manipulate paper figures to resist iron lotus seeds and counter hidden swords.

He had just made some progress with the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell, and he wanted to give it a try.

The result was still a useless snack; even getting a piece of toilet paper was a struggle!
"Without the alchemy of the paper figure, it's just a paper figure."

The herbalist performs rituals to appease the departed souls.

This is a secret ritual recorded at the end of the Thousand Mountains Classic.

It is about using human lives to enhance the power of magical artifacts.

Chen Mu glanced at it twice and decisively gave up. With the proficiency boost, he had no worries about improving his strength.

This kind of quick-fix, dangerous secret method is better left unpracticed!
Putting the evil magic behind him, Chen Mu continued to study the Third-Order Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Spell.

With a thought, the paper figure turned into black smoke and disappeared.

Crackling.

A fish suddenly landed five meters away and was jumping around on the ground.

"Great!" Chen Mu was thrilled: "The distance for releasing the Bewitching Smoke has been increased by another meter."

Releasing the poison from a distance of five meters greatly increases the safety factor!
The mind moves again.

Another fish appeared five meters in front of him, and another Bigu Pill appeared five meters behind him.

"Because there are two paper figures, it's possible to take out two different items from two different directions at the same time," Chen Mu said thoughtfully.

Using the ghost paper doll feels like having an invisible hand.

With an extra paper figure, there's an extra hand.

"The methods for distributing psychedelic drugs have become more flexible and varied."

To put it simply, he can poison enemies in two directions at the same time.

"The chanting speed has been shortened to one breath."

"The deployment distance has been increased to five meters."

"Deployed in two directions simultaneously."

The three combined, the third-tier Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse, along with the Bewitching Smoke, are no longer solely a sneak attack method.

Even in direct combat, it possesses considerable power.

"A fruitful day, time to go home!"

With a wave of his hand, Chen Mu caused all the fish on the river to disappear.

With his bamboo basket on his back, Chen Mu quickly disappeared from the riverbank.

(End of this chapter)