I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

As time passed, the weather grew colder.

One morning, Chen Mu woke to find that snowflakes had begun to drift down upon the slopes of Jade Spring Mountain.

"Could it be Qing Liu, the Snow Demon, again?"

Before he even had the chance to verify with the Seven Souls Return to Origin.

The United Heart Rope above his head vibrated ahead of time.

Shang Huan?

Chen Mu understood at once.

This fat man had also experienced the Peng Yue Mountain incident firsthand and must be feeling anxious right now.

"What’s the matter?" Chen Mu cast the United Heart Curse to sense the emotions and reached out, his words conveying the detached air of Gongsun Sheng coming online.

It wasn’t about the Snow Demon?

"Reasons," Chen Mu didn’t rush to decline.

"The Lower Courtyard has already seen three types of surveillance magic artifacts and talismans, and they are priced steeply."

"If we release the Wood Spirit Boy now, it will no longer arouse covetous desires."

Chen Mu’s heart was moved.

If there was no risk and he could earn more White Jade Coins, of course that would be good.

He was so poor he didn’t even dare buy clothes!

"Agreed," Chen Mu spoke calmly.

Then, as if a thought struck him, he added, "With the purchase of a Wood Spirit Boy, provide the recipe for the Spiritual Pulp for free, and by no means hoard the Spiritual Pulp."

Selling the magic artifact in one go was fine, but if sales trickled in over time, the benefits were too great and could attract unwanted envy.

"Yes," Shang Huan’s voice carried a hint of regret.

Chen Mu rolled his eyes, thanking his foresight. Otherwise, this fatty might have really gone through with it!

He then cut off the emotional connection.

One Wood Spirit Boy could earn him seventy to eighty White Jade Coins.

Producing a hundred of them each month, nearly ten thousand White Jade Coins would be within his reach.

As the number of people at the Jade Spring Mountain annex grew, the Administrative Affairs Institute and Inspection Courtyard expanded time and again.

Given such a large population base, he might earn enough to buy the Condense Aperture Secret Method with White Jade Coins within a year!

And with similar magic artifacts available, the Wood Spirit Boy would not draw attention.

Earning more while being safe—what a wonderful project.

As long as Shang Huan didn’t mess things up, everything would be perfect.

Would Shang Huan cause problems?

This... it’s really hard to say!

...

Down at Jade Spring Quarter.

In the rear hall of the modest Qi Wu Tang.

"Why didn’t you ask about the Snow Demon?" Old Hao was visibly anxious.

"Mr. Gongsun has agreed to make the Wood Spirit Boys for me! Haha!" Shang Huan chortled, eyes squinted into slits with joy.

"You don’t even know if you can keep your life safe, and here you are, thinking about making money?!" Old Hao was infuriated.

"What Bro means is, Mr. Gongsun probably thinks there’s no issue, that’s why he’s agreed to make the Wood Spirit Boys," said a bald, pale-skinned, plump youth in his twenties, grinning from ear to ear.

"Tsk tsk... Uncle Hao, I’ve never heard that smoking damages the brain, have you?"

"Look at Jia Tian," teased Shang Huan, chuckling heartily.

"Get out!" Having caught on, Old Hao shot Shang Huan a glare and topped up his smoking pipe with fresh tobacco.

...

After some more idle chatter, Shang Huan halted the conversation and, with a furrowed brow, began to contemplate, "We should think about how to break the deadlock."

"The Dual Yin-Yang Mirror, Blood Curse Eyes, Heaven’s Ear and Earth’s Eye Talisman—these three surveillance items have been recognized."

"Without a good plan, the Wood Spirit Boys will be tough to sell."

"It depends on who you’re selling them to," the bald plump Jia Tian chuckled mischievously.

"What insights does Little Prince Jia have?" Shang Huan asked, still laughing jovially.

"People from our side can come to Jade Spring Quarter and freely buy the Dual Yin-Yang Mirror."

"But what about those from the half-baked paths and heterodox doctrines, who are like rats scurrying across the streets?" Jia Tian said with a deeper implication.

"Great idea!" Shang Huan’s eyes lit up.

"Don’t you two start anything rash," Old Hao hastily intervened.

"If those from the paths of heterodoxy get the Wood Spirit Boys, what if they turn them against us?"

"Those people are like mice, scurrying everywhere.

"If they have the Wood Spirit Boys for eyes, they would be even harder to discover."

"When will this struggle for Jade Spring Mountain ever end?" Old Hao glared at the young bald Jia Tian.

"Haha! It’s precisely so it never ends!" Shang Huan slammed the table, bursting into laughter.

"With strife comes consumption. With consumption, there’s money to be made!"

Jia Tian became excited as well.

"To maximize profits, we even need to help the weaker side more!"

"Talismans, magic artifacts, Fasting Pills—whatever they lack, we will sell to them. Our goal is to have them entangled in struggle for as long as possible."

"The longer the conflict, the more we earn!"

Both big and small, the two fat men exchanged glances, their eyes nearly gleaming.

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"Kindred spirits!"

"Fellow conspirators!"

"Haha!"

Chen Mu, who had quietly connected telepathically: "..."

I freaking knew it!

Tying them up in knots?

And the longer, the more profit?

These two are definitely a pair of war profiteers!

Through Shang Huan’s eyes, Chen Mu frowned at the bald, chubby kid.

With these two Crouching Dragons and Hidden Phoenixes, it’d be hard not to stir up trouble!

Seven Souls Return to Origin!

Chen Mu grimly decided to drain Shang Huan’s spirit completely.

The chubby kid’s eyes rolled back, and with a gag, he passed out.

If it weren’t for the distance being too far to make a move in time, the little bald kid definitely wouldn’t have gotten off scot-free!

...

Using Seven Souls Return to Origin to enhance his spiritual power, Chen Mu confirmed that the snowfall on Jade Spring Mountain was just a natural phenomenon and eased his mind.

After sternly warning Shang Huan, Chen Mu’s life returned to its peaceful routine.

He practiced alchemy, cultivated the Wood Spirit Boy, grinded Fire Cloud Curse experience, keeping busy at times and at ease at others, quite comfortably.

A month later, in the alchemist room of Chen Mu’s cave dwelling.

Bai Xiuwen and his two companions, Feng and Xue, sat up straight on their mats, respectfully listening.

As Chen Mu shared his experience constructing the Golden Bead Talisman, their eyes brightened with sudden understanding.

After a while.

The three of them bowed and thanked him in unison, "Thank you, Brother Chen!"

The black-bearded Xue Yangliu was so excited he trembled, "With Brother’s guidance, in at most two more months, I’ll be able to make a preliminary construction of the Golden Bead Talisman!"

"This is the compensation you deserve, no need to thank me," Chen Mu said, waving his hand dismissively.

He then asked curiously, "Isn’t it easy to start with the basics of the Golden Bead Talisman? Didn’t Qi Brother teach you?"

The three exchanged glances.

"He did teach, but only a little each time, and not in as much detail as Brother," Bai Xiuwen said.

A single lesson divided into ten? Ensuring they milk Bai Xiuwen and the others for as long as possible?

Chen Mu suddenly understood.

Clicking his tongue... it’s quite the chive-harvesting technique.

"Has he been up to any shenanigans lately?" Chen Mu asked out of habit.

What if that guy were to lodge a sneaky complaint against him, huh...

"No, none of that," Bai Xiuwen said.

Then he added in a quiet voice, "It’s just that the business of exchanging Fasting Pills for Elixirs has stopped."

"And he’s also ordered us to extract more Essence of the Five Grains."

"It looks like he’s planning to go into seclusion to refine his alchemy experience."

Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

What a decent guy!

If he’d run into some ruthless characters, Chen Mu might have long been bagged and kidnapped!

...

After sending off Bai Xiuwen and the others, Chen Mu returned to the alchemist chamber.

Checking the gray wall, Chen Mu looked at the Fire Cloud Curse experience.

Fire Cloud Curse: 1736/10000/Third Rank;

After breaking through to the Second Rank, the temperature of the Fire Cloud hadn’t changed much, but the volume of the flames had increased several times over.

It could congeal into a large cloud of fire or disperse into individual feathers of flame.

Its power had enhanced and it had become more versatile.

"Time to keep grinding."

...

As days and months passed, the weather gradually warmed up.

The Upper Court continued to send disciples to Jade Spring Mountain, some even in the Illusion Breaking Spiritual Light realm.

The associated courts kept expanding their territories, endlessly struggling with the neighboring minor paths and evil ways around Jade Spring Mountain, with rumors of Condense Aperture masters joining the fight and casualties on both sides.

Chen Mu didn’t concern himself with any of it, leisurely refining pills and grinding experience.

That was until two months later, when he was summoned by the Pavilion Master of the Pill Treasure Pavilion.

"Great news," Zhu Yi said with a smile: "The Mist Smoke Mountain closest to Jade Spring Mountain was home to the Yanxia Sect."

"Three days ago, the Yanxia Sect’s gate was broken through, and now the mountain is our turf."

This has nothing to do with me, though.

Chen Mu looked at Zhu Yi, puzzled.

"The Yanxia Sect had stored a vast amount of Yellow Bud Rice, which needs to be quickly refined into Fasting Pills."

"You are exceptionally fast at making Fasting Pills, so this hefty Daoist Cultivation profit should naturally be yours to earn."

Chen Mu’s brows immediately furrowed.

Earning Daoist Cultivation is fine when you have a life to spend it.

Mist Smoke Mountain is on the frontline of the conflict.

What if the Evil Path launches a counterattack?

Trouble!

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