I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

Several days later, inside the underground secret chamber.

Chen Mu listlessly fumbled through the items inside the wooden box.

"A deputy inspector from the Inspection Courtyard, and this is all he’s worth?"

Five Spiritual Light Talismans, a bottle of Through-Rhino Hundred Miasma Pill, four Rejuvenation Pills...

"Only these ten thousand or so pieces of White Jade are somewhat eye-catching," Chen Mu curled his lips.

The best item was of course the Crescent Moon Black Blade.

Unfortunately, he had cut it apart with his Crescent Moon Black Blade.

"In the end, my accidental stroke of genius is indeed powerful," Chen Mu thought cheerfully.

With a flip of his right hand, the Crescent Moon Black Blade and the spherical Bone Shield appeared in his palm.

The extraordinary growth potential made Chen Mu increasingly look forward to this magic artifact.

"A magic treasure?"

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head to negate the idea, "The accidental stroke of genius can’t be absorbed into the Jade Seed."

According to fragmented information seen at the Scripture Transmission Institute, magic treasures may not be more powerful than magic artifacts, but they can surely be absorbed into the Jade Seed, and they possess the ability to grow.

The accidental stroke of genius only meets one of these criteria.

"Probably some kind of unique magic artifact," Chen Mu shook his head, not pondering any longer.

As his strength became greater and his experiences richer in the future, he would surely understand.

He sorted the items in the wooden box into categories and stored them in the Five Ghosts Bag.

All of a sudden, Chen Mu discovered that he now possessed more than forty-seven thousand White Jade Coins in his hand.

"That’s almost enough to buy half of the Condense Aperture Secret Method," he said, his mood instantly improving.

Thinking of the total worth of the two deputy inspectors who had died by his hand, which added up to just around thirty thousand, Chen Mu’s mood improved even more.

"So much money and nowhere to spend it," Chen Mu boasted with pride.

"This East Ridge really isn’t up to par, wild and desolate, not even a Red Sleeve Square to be found."

"Once I’ve mastered the Condensing Aperture, I’ll find a way to transfer back to Jilong Road," he mused.

"Having traveled to this world, I must of course explore this colorful world," he thought.

...

At the foot of Eagle Grief Cliff.

In the northern area of the Market Fortress, in front of Lu Tu’s butcher shop.

Chen Mu pretended to be puzzled as he looked at the tall, thin middle-aged man with a pockmarked face before him.

"Where’s Old Lu?" he inquired.

With a smile on his face, the tall and thin middle-aged man replied, "Old Lu gave up the business, and I’ve taken over his stall."

Chen Mu nodded, "Alright then, give me a hundred pounds of pig rabbit meat."

He then casually asked as if it was just trivial conversation, "Do you know why Old Lu quit?"

The expression of the tall and thin butcher changed slightly before he hastily feigned nonchalance, "He made enough money and went back to the Jade Spring Mountain monastery to cultivate."

Back to Jade Spring Mountain? Ha!

That fatty must be ashes by now!

Chen Mu glanced at the man’s demeanor.

He understood that the other party was lying deliberately so as not to hurt business.

He didn’t inquire further.

As a regular customer, asking casually was normal small talk; asking too much would indicate a probing intention.

"The Wu Mountain siblings did a clean job," Chen Mu thought to himself with satisfaction.

The attention of the Inspection Courtyard had been diverted, and there weren’t any harmful rumors outside. This danger had been temporarily averted.

The new butcher was apparently more generous than Lu the butcher, as the knife in his hand for chopping bones was a magic artifact.

Although it wasn’t of high quality, it was incredibly efficient for cutting meat. In no time at all, he finished cutting the meat.

"Customer, a hundred pounds of pig rabbit meat comes to a total of twenty-six White Jade Coins, do you see..." the lanky butcher asked cautiously.

"Price hike?" Chen Mu raised his eyebrows, surprised.

Previously, this amount of pig rabbit meat would have cost no more than twelve White Jade Coins at most.

"Isn’t it because of those barbarians from East Ridge causing trouble?" the tall and thin butcher said with a bitter smile.

"Those who raise pig rabbits are afraid to leave the mountain to gather grass because they fear the barbarians’ cursing technique absorbing their vital energy," he explained.

"When the pig rabbits can’t eat their fill, the number of mature ones ready for market drops, and prices naturally skyrocket."

"If things go badly, it might even increase in the next few days," the thin butcher complained.

"Weren’t quite a few people caught?" Chen Mu was taken aback, "Hasn’t the matter settled down yet?"

"Catching people doesn’t solve the problem," the tall and thin butcher shook his head, "The cursing techniques of the East Ridge barbarians are extremely sinister. As long as they have absorbed the vital energy of their target, they can curse someone to death from a thousand miles away."

"Sure, a lot of hidden agents have been caught, but who knows how much vital energy they collected before that?"

"Is it really that terrifying?"

Chen Mu’s heart suddenly tightened.

He hadn’t paid much attention to the so-called barbarian cursing killings before.

Such scattered resistance, he had heard about it at Mist Smoke Mountain in the beginning, it was not significant enough to raise concern.

But according to the tall and thin butcher’s words, one might be unexpectedly plotted against, which was quite frightening.

Chen Mu lost interest in wandering the Market District and, after purchasing some herbs at Red Grass Hall, hurried back to the wooden building on the mountainside.

...

By evening, after repeated inquiries with the six siblings of Wu Mountain, Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The witch Gu curse killing cases indeed hadn’t been solved, but were not as terrifying as the tall and thin butcher had described.

The claim that barbarian agents were absorbing vital energy was even more of a distorted rumour.

"Rumours can scare people to death," Chen Mu muttered.

It just didn’t seem possible.

The cursing techniques of the East Ridge barbarians might be genuinely sinister, but they surely had their limitations.

If they were that powerful, how did they get overtaken by Jilong Road and lose three big mountains?

Chen Mu, feeling reassured, picked up a piece of crystal meat with his chopsticks and chewed it slowly along with Yellow Bud Rice.

In the past, he would have wanted nothing more than to gulp down a bowl at once. If he tried to chew slowly, a meal would last half an hour.

Now, with Replenishing Origin Soup, his appetite had decreased dramatically, and he could finally afford the leisure to savor his food.

"Tsk... This sixth-rank culinary skill is just so-so."

"At most, it would rank first in Yunzhou."

"Heh... "

...

After dinner, Chen Mu cleaned up the dishes.

He habitually cast the Truthful Listening Technique on himself.

He had once been startled by Elder Brother Liu peering through his window.

Since then, he had been more careful about his surroundings, always listening carefully before entering and leaving the secret chamber.

"Elder Brother Liu’s house must have some kind of restriction placed on it," Chen Mu thought with envy.

With the sixth-rank Truthful Listening Technique, any activity within a five hundred meter radius could be heard.

But Elder Brother Liu’s house was always quiet, without the slightest sound.

"That’s for the best, so I don’t hear anything I shouldn’t," he thought.

He was not one to eavesdrop.

"Next time we meet, I need to ask Elder Brother Liu about those restrictions," Chen Mu felt inspired.

He had earned quite a bit of Daoist Cultivation through alchemy.

He was not in a hurry to exchange it for the Condense Aperture Secret Method, nor did he need to buy Rejuvenation Pills, so it was a good opportunity to learn about restrictions.

"The Underground Secret Chamber is just a hole in the ground, which is somewhat lacking."

"The Linglong Path precinct also needs to be upgraded."

"Restrictions are indeed a good thing."

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...

Once he was sure no one was around, Chen Mu walked into the bedroom, and from the opening hidden inside the wardrobe, he jumped down into the Underground Secret Chamber.

He had planned to continue his practice of Condensing Aperture, but as he looked up, he saw an unexpected entry on the gray wall.

United Heart Curse: Limit;

He had been repeatedly using the United Heart Curse recently, but he hadn’t expected to max out this unexpected curse technique.

"Seven Kills Yin Soldiers? What the hell is that?"

Chen Mu looked curiously at the new entry.

A plethora of intricate insights slowly surfaced in his mind.

After a long moment, Chen Mu returned to his senses with a look of astonishment.

"Thousand Mountains Sutra is really goddamn strange!"

Once the United Heart Curse reached its limit, the true face of the United Heart Gu, this cursing technique, finally revealed itself.

According to the insights he obtained, activating the Seven Kills Yin Soldiers Secret Method would allow him to retrieve the United Heart Gu.

Along with the retrieval would come the complete Essence, Qi, and Spirit of the person who laid the curse.

Afterward, by infusing the United Heart Gu into the bodies of seven Ghosts, he could create a special type of Daoist soldiers—the Yin Soldiers!

Yin Soldiers are the troops under the command of the Netherworld’s Mingjun.

And in folk tales, the so-called Yin Soldiers are referred to as ghosts.

"Using people to possess Ghosts?"

"Turning living beings into specters?"

"Hiss..."

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