I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

Chen Mu entrusted Jia Tian to find someone for a shift substitution, thinking it would take a long time.

But only three days later, Jia Tian appeared in front of him with a burly man in tow.

The man was rough in appearance, but his temperament was gentle and soft. And in the mundane world of Da Qian, he had worked as a Document Keeper, protecting and organizing literature and archives. Being a mere junior proofreader would be as easy as turning his hand over.

After confirming the handover for the next day, the muscular man took his leave, his actions and demeanor proper and polite, creating quite a contrast with his robust frame.

Chen Mu looked at Jia Tian in surprise, "I must say, you’ve outdone yourself finding such a suitable candidate so quickly."

"For my fellow apprentice, of course I must go all out, sparing no effort!" Jia Tian declared righteously.

Chen Mu didn’t speak, merely watching Jia Tian’s ’performance’ with a sidelong glance.

"Hehe! I’ll still need to trouble the fellow apprentice to refine a few more batches of the Through-Rhino Hundred Miasma Pills." Saying this, Jia Tian tapped his Mustard Seed Talisman lightly, and a brown square wooden box materialized.

He held it in his hands and placed it on the low table beside Chen Mu, opening it with a cheerful smile for Chen Mu to see.

Chen Mu’s eyebrows raised involuntarily, "Through-Rhino Hundred Miasma Pills are selling well?"

There were at least six to seven hundred White Jade Coins in this box.

"Mainly because the Upper Court brothers aren’t short on money," Jia Tian laughed.

Chen Mu suddenly understood.

He hadn’t expected so many Upper Court disciples to come to East Ridge Five Mountains; it seemed the Upper Court really was rather competitive.

"Fellow apprentice, you see..."

"I’m only responsible for the alchemy, and moreover, no one else can know these pills are my work," Chen Mu laid out his terms.

The profits from the All-Disease Pill were clearly substantial. But with greater profits came more complications. He needed someone else to take the front line.

"Then in terms of splitting the profits, you’ll have to yield a little to me," Jia Tian agreed without a care, immediately starting to haggle.

Chen Mu looked at him in amazement.

This bald-head had no fear of potential risks?

"Being the young noble lord for so many years wasn’t for nothing, hiding a few things from prying eyes is nothing hard," Jia Tian said as he rubbed his bald head, showing a self-satisfied grin.

Chen Mu couldn’t help but chuckle.

Jia Tian had been in East Ridge for just two to three years. Initially, he was so poor that he was worse off than the farming warriors who came from Da Qian.

Yet now, he was trading across the Five Mountains and owned his own store.

Thinking a bit about this fellow’s path to wealth, Chen Mu had to admit, he was indeed no ordinary person.

"You gather the materials as quickly as possible."

"I won’t be staying in East Ridge for much longer."

"How much we can earn this time will depend on how many materials you can find for me to use in alchemy."

...

Jia Tian was clearly well-prepared.

The very next day, he brought Chen Mu ten qi-storing gourds, filled with the poisonous miasma from Mist Smoke Mountain.

He also delivered a bamboo basket of Earth Spirit Rhino Horns. Chen Mu suspected that Jia Tian had bought up all the rhino horns from Mist Smoke Mountain.

"I’ve already taken care of the handover duties of the junior proofreader for you at the Administrative Affairs Institute."

"I will handle all your daily dietary purchases."

"I’ve also left someone at Jade Spring Mountain to watch the cloud bat flying boats closely, to ensure you won’t miss your trip to the Upper Court."

"As long as the fellow apprentice refines the pills, we’re definitely going to make a fortune!"

Jia Tian rubbed his hands together, "Fellow apprentice, what do you think...?"

"You’ve certainly considered everything thoroughly," Chen Mu couldn’t help but exclaim.

The world had changed, but the figure of a money-making man hadn’t altered much.

First, they would offer meticulous care and detailed questions, then they would proceed to tempt you with pie-in-the-sky promises.

He almost thought he had traveled back to his previous life, feeling as if he had once again become a working drone in the corporate world.

Before Chen Mu could react, Jia Tian went on to present another wooden box to him.

"This is the deposit, one thousand White Jade, fellow apprentice?"

What now, the pie-in-the-sky didn’t work, so you decide to try and smash me with money?

Who do you think you’re looking down on!

Chen Mu immediately clenched his teeth, deciding... to honestly go and refine the pills.

Yeah, it’s definitely not about the money for me, I just think those White Jade pieces look nice.

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"Fellow apprentice, should we contact the siblings of Wu Mountain to come here, to ensure your safety?" Jia Tian hesitated before speaking up.

"What, has something stirred up on the mountain lately?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

"It’s the Sun Family making trouble again," Jia Tian said with dissatisfaction.

"The Sun Family has lost another member, grabbing people left and right like they’ve gone mad."

"Behind the scenes, there are those stirring the pot, making murder and treasure hunting all the more frequent."

"You, cultivating immortality alone here, if something were to happen..."

Heh, that ’if’ has long since come to pass, and the person who came was no ordinary individual, the head of a household of the Sun Family no less.

Chen Mu’s expression remained unchanged, but he didn’t want to dwell on the subject any further. Glancing at Jia Tian, he teased with a smile, "Tell me, are you worried about my safety, or are you worried about the All-Disease Pills?"

"It’s about the same, both are similar," Jia Tian said with a grin.

Ha!

Chen Mu looked away but was curious about another matter, "You’re quite familiar with the six siblings from Wu Mountain?"

"This part of East Ridge is rather wild. The caravan travels among the five mountains and inevitably encounters dangers," explained Jia Tian. "Brother Lu and his siblings are very strong. Although their price is a bit high, they’ve indeed solved many problems for me."

Chen Mu suddenly understood.

"Why not have them come over?" Jia Tian suggested again.

"They can come, but there’s no need for them to protect me," refused Chen Mu with a wave of his hand.

It would be a good opportunity to use the United Heart Curse and copy their secret technique.

As for danger...

Even if someone as strong as Sun Wujiu were to come, he wouldn’t be in danger.

"Unless the person to come is Sun Jian."

"Heh, I heard that old ghost is scurrying around like a headless fly; he won’t be able to reach me anytime soon."

Besides, he would be leaving East Ridge in a few days, so no matter how chaotic it got, it would have nothing to do with him.

And who would bother with someone as inconspicuous as a former junior scholar?

Thinking this, Chen Mu’s mind relaxed, and he leaned back comfortably into the rocking chair.

...

Nights passed.

The night sky was as clear as if it had been washed.

Bright moonlight spilled over, turning a large portion of the porch floor a glowing white.

Chen Mu finished his daily cultivation, emerged from underground, slipped into the rocking chair at the door and basked in the moonlight while idling.

As usual, he held a cup of green tea-flavored Replenishing Origin Soup, tilting his head to gaze at the sky, "The night sky in this world is truly the most beautiful."

"I wonder just how far away these stars up there are."

He once read a diverse book in the Scripture Pavilion titled "Records of Peculiar Tales by the Ancestor Baiyi."

It said that when the heavens and earth first opened, demons invaded. The Ancestor Baiyi, unwilling to let living beings suffer, waved his hands to create billions of stars in the Beyond Heaven, guarding the world and stopping the chaos wrought by otherworldly demons.

"It sounds so mystical; I don’t know if it’s true or false."

In this world, where one can cultivate immortality and become an ancestor, maybe mythological tales are indeed factual records.

"I truly wish I could fly up there and see for myself," Chen Mu said longingly, looking up at the sky.

But as he gazed, he suddenly noticed an abrupt appearance of a cloud that was so immense it blotted out the sun and moon.

"Is there a storm brewing?"

"That isn’t right though; doesn’t it seem to be moving too swiftly?"

This reminded him of the chaos at Eagle Grief Cliff.

As his thoughts turned, the cloud had already reached directly overhead, obscuring the star and moonlight and plunging Mist Smoke Mountain into darkness.

The next moment, the dark sky suddenly brightened with countless dark red fireballs, bursting forth eagerly from within the cloud and raining down upon Mist Smoke Mountain like meteorites.

"Someone is attacking the mountain!"

Chen Mu leaped up at once, and the Five Ghosts Paper Man swiftly burrowed into the room.

Billows of black smoke rolled in, as if having rehearsed countless times before, swiftly engulfing the useful items inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

At that moment, a wave of invisible force exploded from the base of Mist Smoke Mountain.

Chen Mu felt as if an unseen brush had swept upward through his entire body in a flash and shooshed into the sky. It seemed to transform into an invisible umbrella, successfully barring the fireballs from coming through.

"Mountain Protection Restriction? Nicely done!" Chen Mu cheered.

But before he could rejoice any longer,

A muffled roar exploded from beneath the ground.

The earth trembled violently, shaking the house from side to side.

And with the tremors, the invisible umbrella that had blocked the fireballs suddenly vanished.

The fireballs plunged into Mist Smoke Mountain without difficulty.

The next moment, the entire mountain seemed to light up, radiating a red glow.

Subsequent blasts rang out one after another, deafening Chen Mu to the point of feeling momentarily hearing impaired!

"This is the end!"

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