My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 672: Vitality Loss

There is no moon in the night sky of Tianguan Star, but the stars are exceptionally bright.

The bright starlight penetrated through the jade windows, and even without lighting the fluorescent algae lanterns, the room was still brightly lit.

Chen Mu stood in front of the window, looking at his reflection in the window, feeling a little panicked.

"He looks pale, has bags under his eyes, and is definitely a sign of a loss of vitality."

"Don't be too eager for quick success." Chen Mu let out a long sigh.

He has figured out the reason for his loss of vitality.

Reshaping jade requires innate qi, and refining innate qi requires a large amount of mana.

In addition to the spiritual energy of the earth, the recovery of magic power also requires one's own essence and spirit.

Every time you drain your magic power and then restore it, a portion of your own vitality will be absorbed.

Zhong Qing next door drained his mana five times a day, which caused him to lose vitality. Chen Mu drained his mana more than twenty times a day, how could he not hurt his body?

"It's just that the practice of reshaping the jade species is too attractive." Chen Mu shook his head in annoyance.

The golden lines continued to grow, the experience value rose rapidly, and the perception feedback continued. All these experiences made Chen Mu unable to stop every day, and he unknowingly caused a loss of vitality.

"The purpose of practicing is to become stronger, not to make yourself useless."

……

For the next five days, Chen Mu did not practice Taoism.

He goes to bed early and gets up early every day, and mostly closes his eyes to rest when working in Xinsiyuan.

He consumed Yangling wine and Huiyuan soup in small amounts several times a day, and he also took out Peiyuan Dan, which had been stored for a long time for emergency use.

After several days of recuperation, his pale complexion finally gradually regained its rosy complexion, and the dark circles under his eyes slowly disappeared.

At night, Chen Mu stood in front of the window and used his divine listening ability to listen carefully from head to toe.

After a while, he made sure that his breath was stable and strong, and then he finally felt relieved.

"We need to carefully plan the jade seed remodeling plan, we can't just practice recklessly."

Chen Mu looked at the bright starry sky and thought silently.

"The Jade Seed Reshaping must continue, but the number of times you practice each day must be limited."

"Huiyuan Decoction and Yangling Wine can strengthen the body, but drinking them blindly won't work. The body has a limit to absorption, so they must be taken in fixed amounts and at regular times."

With this idea in mind, Chen Mu's heart, which had been panicking for several days, finally calmed down.

Now I am in the mood to observe the strange starry sky above my head.

"There is no moon at night and no sun during the day."

"All visible light during the day even comes from the light emitted by the sky of Tianguan Star itself."

"interesting."

Chen Mu had been to the underworld and the outer demon heaven. Although the environment there was different, there were sun and moon, but there were none on Tianguan Star.

He had been here for more than a month and had tried to inquire about the situation, but most people here were used to it and had no idea what was going on.

"I heard that Tianguan Star has a total of 18 main and secondary stars, and I wonder what those places look like." Chen Mu looked at the sky and thought silently.

"Tianguan Star is stable, but other stars are often plagued by demons. We definitely can't go there now."

"After a few years, when I have established my foundation, I may be able to find an opportunity to visit other stars."

……

More than a month later, in the evening.

In the east of Tianguan City, there is Tianshi Street.

The street is located to the east of Tianguan inner city and to the west of Yangdu and Tiangongfang, like a dividing line separating the two sides.

The Tianmen magic weapon that Chen Mu passed through when he came to Tianguan Star before was located at the southernmost end of Tianshi Street.

"One piece of white jade for one pound of meat? Is it so expensive?" Inside Baiweizhai, Chen Mu looked at the snow-white piece of meat with a little frost on it and said in surprise.

In Yunzhou and Haizhou, one white jade was enough to buy more than ten Bigu Pills and dozens of kilograms of exotic beast meat, enough for an ordinary Qi Refiner to eat for a month. Here, I can only buy one kilogram of meat?

This price...

"It's indeed a bit expensive, but it's worth it." The guy in gray was accustomed to such questions and explained with a smile on his face.

"The monster meat in front of you comes from the six-winged golden-feathered eagle. It is the essence of the leg meat after the monster poison was removed by the Heavenly Crafts Furnace."

"It has the effect of strengthening the body's foundation. If taken continuously, the effect is even better than Peiyuan Pills."

"More importantly, the meat is extremely delicious. It's definitely a taste you have never tasted before." The guy looked confident.

No matter how good it tastes, it's useless. The ghosts don't care about the taste of monster meat, they just want a large amount to satisfy their hunger.

Chen Mu felt helpless.

He came here to buy monster meat not for himself, but to fill the bottomless pool.

Whether it is to feed the ghost monsters or to refine the Huiyuan Soup and Nourishing Spirit Wine, a large amount of flesh and blood needs to be put into the bottomless pool.

It has been more than two months since I came to Tianguan Star, and the flesh and blood previously stored in the Bottomless Pond has been almost consumed.

After asking his waiter about the market prices of various monster meats, Chen Mu left Baiweizhai carrying five pounds of six-winged golden eagle leg meat.

He then went to several other butcher shops to inquire and got similar results.

Some of the monster meat sold in Tianguan City comes from monsters from outer space, and some comes from exotic beasts raised by humans.

They all taste good and have special effects, but they are generally expensive.

The cost-effectiveness of using it as a material for making Huiyuan Soup and Yangling Wine is really not high.

"We need to find a cheaper way to buy monster meat."

"Well, I think Jie Yao Lane is pretty good."

……

The next afternoon.

In the Xinsi courtyard of Jie Yao Lane.

Chen Mu sat on a high stool with droopy eyelids, half asleep.

After a while, the empty eyes regained their spirit.

"The fifth round of reverse training of the innate qi is complete. I can't practice it anymore."

He pulled off the gourd from his waist, took a sip of nourishing wine, and stood up to stretch his joints.

Ever since he learned the lesson of losing his vitality last time, Chen Mu slowed down the pace of reshaping the jade species.

It took more than half a month, and involved multiple tests with Huiyuan Soup and Yangling Wine.

He finally determined that the number of times one could practice the innate qi in reverse every day should not exceed twelve.

As long as it is within this range, the body can be in a positive balance.

It does not damage the vitality and can continuously and quickly reshape the jade.

The reason why he could only practice five times during the day was entirely because the spiritual energy in Jie Yao Lane was insufficient.

"After all, it's just the outer city of Tianguan City. The concentration of earth spirit energy is not as strong as that of the inner city."

"I can't practice it more times. I can only go back at night and borrow the Linglong Jade Plate to practice." Chen Mu shook his head slightly.

The entire Tianguan City is under some kind of Taoist magic restriction, and the earth spirit energy in each area has a fixed amount.

The earth spiritual energy in the outer city is enough for the Taoist soldiers to restore their magic power, but practicing the innate qi in reverse is obviously a big energy consumer. Relying only on the energy in the outer city, it is impossible to support the practice for too long.

The exquisite jade plate, which can be regarded as a mobile dojo, once again played a big role.

"Except for the fact that it takes a lot of white jade to last for a long time, there is nothing wrong with it."

Chen Mu was very fond of the Linglong Jade Plate; this magical instrument had been with him for more than ten years and had really helped him a lot.

As for the inner city with its strong vitality, he did not envy it at all.

Because all the Taoist soldiers living in the inner city need to go out frequently to participate in the elimination of demons.

Those with high Taoist merits receive good treatment, but the mortality rate is said to be quite high.

"I'd better just stick to being a butcher."

Chen Mu moved his body slowly and shook his head gently.

"There is no shortage of earth spirit energy, but I have to think about the materials for Hui Yuan Tang and Yang Ling Wine."

He looked down at the wooden barrel beside the stone table.

The wooden barrel contained the internal organs and tendons of an eagle-beaked white jade snake.

According to the demon atlas, the flesh and blood of demons from outer space contain poison. Anyone who eats it without processing will either go crazy or die.

So even though he had worked in Jie Yao Lane for nearly two months, Chen Mu never thought of eating the monster meat.

but now……

(End of this chapter)