My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 552 Testing

Heavy snow fell, the Qiluo Mountain was covered in silver, and another cold winter came to Luandu County.

In the east courtyard of the City God Temple, Chen Mu put his hands in his sleeves and stood happily under the corridor at the entrance, watching the snowflakes.

"Old Li, come here and tell me about the Dragon Locking Courtyard." He smiled and looked at Li Buxian familiarly.

  Who is Lao Li with?

We are not that familiar with each other!

Li Buxian rolled his eyes in annoyance.

He was unwilling to give in and really didn't want to tell the bastard in front of him, but he couldn't do anything about this fellow demon.

He has done experiments in the past few days. As long as he has an idea that is unfavorable to the opponent, he will immediately do a split in the air, which will make the opponent's thighs hurt.

Li Buxian couldn't help but sigh, fearing that there were other powerful spells, he dared not hide them, and had no choice but to tell about the methods of the Dragon Locking Courtyard.

"There are two ways to search for Qi Refiners in the Dragon Locking Academy. One is the Dragon Locking Well, and the other is the God Searching Disk."

"The City God's Dojo can make the livestock and crops under its jurisdiction prosper and grow abundantly, mainly because it has the ability to sort out and even out the spiritual energy of the earth."

"Qi practitioners go against the will of heaven and imprison a large amount of earth spirit energy in their bodies, which conflicts with the power of the dojo."

"The City God Dojo is unable to sort out this part of the vital energy, so it is stirred in the opposite direction, causing fluctuations in the Dragon Locking Well, which will roughly show the whereabouts of the Qi Refiner."

Chen Mu looked up at the densely packed invisible lines in the City God's Dojo and nodded.

The Qigong practitioner absorbed a large amount of earth spirit energy and transformed it into magic power, which was like a large white jade coin. When it appeared in the power of the dojo, it was like throwing a stone into the water, which would naturally cause fluctuations and be discovered by the power of the dojo.

"The effect of the Dragon Locking Institute's God Searching Disk is similar. It is said that it can borrow some of the power of living gods, making the reaction more acute and the search range larger and farther."

  Borrowing the power of living gods?

Is there some kind of secret magic built into it?

If only I could get one to study...

Chen Mu couldn't help but look at Li Buxian.

"Don't look at me. The God-Souring Disk is the core magic weapon of the Dragon Locking Academy. I'm just a peripheral thug and there's no way I can help you get it." Li Buxian immediately shook his head.

"What a pity." Chen Mu looked regretful.

According to Li Buxian, the Dragon Locking Well and the God Searching Disk were probably both detecting fluctuations in the earth's spiritual energy.

The breath-stopping ability can cover the entire body with an invisible film, temporarily masking the fluctuations of one's own qi, thus being able to hide from detection by both.

"It's a pity that Sun Ke had been spreading the news about the Breathless Stone. I don't know if the Dragon Locking Academy has developed any countermeasures."

The Pegasus Camp at Ganzi Mountain has already built Tiandutan and has begun preparing to recruit soldiers from the four surrounding counties. He plans to blend in with them and practice the Underworld God Transformation.

It is said that there are people from the Dragon Locking Academy stationed in the barracks. If the identity of the Qi Refiner is not hidden well, it will bring great trouble to this trip.

"Whether the Breath-Extinguishing Power is reliable or not, it's better to try it out myself." Chen Mu couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

……

A few days later, early in the morning, on a small hill outside Ganzi Mountain.

On the neatly flattened mountain top, more than thirty people were busy building a courtyard.

Putting up roof beams, pasting tiles, repairing courtyard walls, cutting wood to make doors and windows, the entire mountaintop was chaotic yet orderly, and everyone was busy.

After nearly a month of busy work, the construction of the Suolongyuan branch has been completed for the most part, and it will be completely completed in seven or eight days at most.

At the edge, Chen Mu, who had used shape-changing magic to change his appearance into a dull young man in his twenties, was skillfully building a wall while staring at a dozen people not far away out of the corner of his eye.

These people were wearing black uniforms with golden cloud patterns on the cuffs. They all came from the Dragon Locking Courtyard. Yuan Dong and his three siblings were among them.

Some were tall and strong, and at first glance they were warriors who had practiced the Dark God Transformation. Some were pale and weak, but their eyes were exceptionally bright, as if they could emit light.

Chen Mu has been here for two days and often hangs around in front of these dozen people, but no one has discovered his identity as a Qi Refiner.

"Yes!"

"The number of Absolute Breathing Stones dispersed by Sun Ke is limited, and they only appeared in a few counties around Luandu County. Compared with the entire Daqian, the impact is limited."

"I'm afraid that the Dragon Locking Institute does not have the energy or enough samples to develop a targeted plan."

"Well... just to be on the safe side, I'll have to stay a few more days."

Chen Mu silently withdrew his gaze and stacked the blue bricks honestly.

He now plays the role of a young bricklayer named Zhong Han, a foreigner with a taciturn personality who seldom interacts with others. He was specially selected for this role.

After knocking the other party unconscious and throwing him into the cave in Qiandeng City, Chen Mu completed the replacement easily. Two days passed and no one noticed.

"This kind of eccentric person is indeed suitable for me to disguise myself. Few people will talk to me, so I will reveal fewer flaws." Chen Mu thought proudly.

While he was busy, a short, stout man in gray clothes and shorts came up to him and said, "Zhong Han, go with Mr. Xie. We have two antelopes and some fruits to carry up the mountain."

"Me again?" Chen Mu looked embarrassed. "If you don't want to go, do you want me to go?" The short and fat foreman asked back firmly.

Zhong Han is from another place and has a soft temper, so the foreman would assign him to do some of the dirty and tiring work.

For example, helping the people at Suolongyuan to carry vegetables and food supplies not only delayed the work at hand, but also did not get extra wages. Others did not like to do it, so they pushed it to Zhong Han.

"Okay." Chen Mu nodded helplessly. His face looked unhappy, but he was quite happy in his heart.

He was eager to get close to the people from the Dragon Locking Academy to try out their methods of detecting Qi Refiners.

He immediately walked to the foot of the east wall, picked up two large rattan baskets on a shoulder pole, and followed a tall and thin middle-aged man in black clothes at the door down the mountain.

Neither of them spoke a word, and they walked to the middle of the mountain in silence.

Chen Mu was curious whether the other party had noticed something was wrong with him, so he kept his face facing forward, but his eyes quietly turned to the side, carefully looking at the middle-aged man in front of him.

Then he saw a pair of eyes that were also slanted, staring at him intently.

Chen Mu: “…”

No, this guy from the Dragon Locking Courtyard is crazy!

  Why is he still looking at people with the side of his eyes?

Just as Chen Mu was thinking about how to get away with it, a sound like the buzzing of a mosquito or fly rang in his ears.

"I don't know the mystery of the upside down."

  What does it mean? A code word?

Could it be that the Zhong Han I chose is also a spy?

Facing the other party's increasingly fierce gaze, Chen Mu swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively: "Who knows if it's easy to grow lotus in the fire?"

This sentence is a Taoist poem that is widely circulated. He had seen it when he was in the wilderness. The first two sentences of the whole poem are "If you don't know the mystery of the upside down, how can you know that it is good to plant lotus in the fire."

The middle-aged man's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he suddenly jumped more than ten meters to the side: "You are not Zhong Han!"

I knew it wouldn't work.

Chen Mu's mouth twitched.

What the hell is my luck? If I pick someone at random, he will turn out to be a spy.

That's right, Zhong Han is taciturn and aloof. If this is not his nature, then this is exactly how an ordinary spy should behave.

"How dare you pretend to be a member of my Xie family! You can't stay here!" The tall and thin middle-aged man smiled coldly, and his figure disappeared like smoke, and appeared behind Chen Mu in the blink of an eye.

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged, his thoughts moved slightly, and a strange force suddenly emerged around him.

The air is restricted for a hundred miles!

  hum!

Just like a sea fish frozen in ice, the tall and thin middle-aged man was instantly frozen in mid-air, with only his eyeballs able to move.

  boom!

With a dull thud, the tall and thin middle-aged man fell to the ground suddenly, like a big Chinese character, and was slammed into the ground.

Chen Mu turned around, squatted, and went up to him with a smile and punched him again, knocking him unconscious.

Immediately, a fluorescent demon spirit seed appeared at the fingertips.

……

"I belong to the 29th courtyard of the Dragon Locking Courtyard. My name is Xie Ji. I am a retainer of the Xie family, the Marquis of Zhenhai. I was placed in the Dragon Locking Courtyard in my early years."

"This time, the government received news that the incense and vitality in Luandu County had changed abnormally, so they asked me to join the Dragon Locking Academy branch here to prepare for possible subsequent plans."

"Zhong Han is the contact person arranged for me by the Xie family. He is responsible for helping me convey information to the mansion." Zhong Ji stood respectfully in front of Chen Mu.

Chen Mu stared at Zhong Ji with a weird look.

Xie family?

"Do you know Xie An?"

"I know him. He and I are both the eldest young master's study companions. We have received training from the Xie family since we were young."

  Because Xie An came to Luandu County, which led to the lonely spy Zhong Han, and finally he fell into my hands?

Tsk!

You two brothers are really destined to be together, what a bad fate!

"The Dragon Locking Academy has always relied on the God Searching Disk to search for Qi Refiners. As far as I know, no other new methods have emerged so far." Xie Ji continued.

Chen Mu smiled with satisfaction when he heard this.

Now, I don’t have to worry about being discovered by the Dragon Locking Academy and can join the Pegasus Camp to practice with confidence.

"By the way, what is your real secret code?" Chen Mu asked curiously.

“It is ‘I don’t know the mystery of the upside down world, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of God.’” Zhong Ji clasped his fists.

"The first and last sentences in the poem are connected?" Chen Mu understood immediately.

(End of this chapter)