I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

East Ridge became increasingly chaotic, and it was said that traps surrounded the area around the six connected mountains.

The cultivators of East Ridge set up poisonous insects and miasmas, continuously launching ambushes and plundering, nearly isolating the six connected mountains.

If it wasn’t for the lack of a powerful figure leading East Ridge, perhaps they would have already conquered the six connected mountains.

By contrast, Eagle Grief Cliff turned out to be unexpectedly stable and peaceful.

And after the transport team left the vicinity of the six connected mountains, they encountered fewer and fewer attacks.

The unscrupulous manager of Red Grass Hall even began to voluntarily drop prices.

...

One month later.

At the Market Fortress in the Northern District below Eagle Grief Cliff.

Listening to the chopping sound of meat beside his ear, Chen Mu stared blankly at the fresh exotic beast meat on the cutting board.

Shang Huan and the six siblings of Wu Mountain mingled together, trading healing precious medicine made from the Essence of the Five Grains for talismans and doing business with the mountain folks of East Ridge.

They bartered goods, exchanging for a large amount of urgently needed supplies such as pigs, rabbits, deer antlers, and black sheep for Eagle Grief Cliff, and surprisingly, the business thrived for the moment.

Even the exotic beast meat that Chen Mu needed daily for concocting Replenishing Origin Soup came through Shang Huan’s channels.

"Now it’s even harder to stop the other party," sighed Chen Mu.

Accepting favors makes one’s hands short.

His own need for the exotic beast meat had inadvertently become one of the reasons encouraging Shang Huan to continue smuggling.

Chen Mu gave a wry smile.

"Fortunately, Shang Huan is careful enough and hasn’t caused any trouble."

"And it seems that no one knows it’s just Shang Huan alone doing this business, as long as one is careful, there likely won’t be any problems," Chen Mu thought with slight relief.

After paying forty-five White Jade Coins, Chen Mu carried away three hundred jin of deer antler black sheep meat and left the Northern District.

Instead of immediately returning to the mountain as usual, he strolled leisurely to the Embroidered Garment Pavilion in the Southern District.

The manager of the Embroidered Garment Pavilion’s branch at Eagle Grief Cliff was a middle-aged woman dressed in red.

Upon seeing Chen Mu, a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Pill Master Chen, your timing is impeccable."

"Just this morning, the outfit you ordered was delivered here from the main branch of the Embroidered Garment Pavilion," she said as she took a cloth-wrapped package from under the counter.

"Inner garments, outer robes, belt, brocade boots — the entire set is made from Star Sand Silver threads. Warm in winter, cool in summer, durable and tough..." The red-dressed manager went on and on with her explanation.

Chen Mu casually touched the grey cross-collared strong suit, a look of excitement mixed with a tinge of regret in his eyes.

Star Sand Silver threads were strong yet flexible, able to endure multiple times the stretching without breaking, making them very suitable for the Five Ghosts Possession technique.

But this stuff was expensive.

A month ago, Chen Mu unexpectedly received a thank you gift of White Jade from his three apprentices. Overjoyed, he spent it the next day.

Now that he had received the clothing, the excitement in Chen Mu was accompanied by a bit of regret.

Totally lacking restraint, it was just fifteen hundred White Jade Coins anyway, not even as expensive as a bottle of Rejuvenation Pills, so what’s there to regret!

"Can I get a discount?" Chen Mu asked earnestly.

"Pill Master Chen, this is already the lowest price. The materials are expensive, and we had to invite a brother from the Hundred Workshops Hall to bless them with a secret technique; it really can’t get any cheaper," the woman in red said with a look of difficulty, and then flattered him: "But you are an Alchemist, just refining a few more batches of pills will earn it back in no time."

Indeed, with his alchemy skills, it was just a matter of concocting more Fasting Pills.

Chen Mu, buoyed by the praise, waved his hand generously and said, "If there’s no discount, then no discount. Just take ten or eight sets of clothes for me to change into."

The woman in red twitched the corner of her mouth.

Aren’t Alchemists said to be generous people swathed in White Jade? Why is this one so miserly!

Chen Mu haggled with an unruffled expression.

It was mainly the pain of feeling that without getting some gifts, he seemed to be at a loss.

...

Nightfall, Underground Secret Chamber.

Five Ghosts Possession!

With a muffled shout.

Chen Mu’s figure instantly switched to that of a man over four meters tall.

The grey robes, dotted with tiny silver stars, expanded proportionally.

Now on his body, they were still slightly loose.

"What a fine thing!"

He reached out and grabbed it, finding it to be surprisingly tough.

Even as he moved in his giant form, the clothing didn’t seem easy to damage.

"It’s worth it!"

Chen Mu walked around the secret chamber a few times, his huge frame moving silently.

Originally, the black smoke winding around him faintly emitted a dark red glow, as if the charcoal inside had not yet burnt out completely.

As he brushed against the rock wall, a mere thought was enough to make the wall glow with heat.

With a bit more force, he might even have been able to melt the rock wall away!

"Stronger," Chen Mu felt a surge of joy in his heart.

The Netherworld Grand Summary had gathered his Divine Orifice and step by step, his physical constitution was being enhanced, the power of the Five Ghosts Possession continually unearthed.

"I still don’t know the origin of this Five Ghosts Bag."

Initially, he thought it was just an evil Magic Artifact. Who would have guessed that as the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse grew more profound, the power of the Five Ghosts became increasingly fierce?

"It seems that the Thousand Mountains Sutra also has quite the background," Chen Mu pondered.

"I’ll wait until after the Condensing Aperture stage."

By then, with some strength and spare time, he might be able to delve into it.

While he was pondering, his heart suddenly stirred.

"Shang Huan? Why is this guy trying to contact me?"

Outside the Jade Seed, in the midst of the fog, the Jade Seed belonging to Shang Huan glimmered and trembled slightly.

...

In the southwest corner at the foot of the mountain, within a bamboo building of a fortress.

Shang Huan and the six siblings from Wu Mountain sat in a circle.

"Are you sure Mr. Gongsun will provide us with protection?" Ai Ji was skeptical.

Since coming to Jade Spring Mountain, Chen Mu had never been in touch with the Wu Mountain siblings.

It was somewhat disheartening, but they understood that Chen Mu truly did not care about them, and might even prefer to avoid them.

"Who would dare to offend White Jade?" Shang Huan slapped the wooden chest in front of him, unconcerned.

The Wu Mountain siblings exchanged glances.

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It seemed indeed possible!

The other party, after all, was someone who had dared to lend money at high interest rates to Song Wujie from the Oversight Courtyard. He would certainly like White Jade Coins.

"With business expanding, the envious eyes multiply. Even if Mr. Gongsun dislikes trouble, isn’t there still Master Yuanmeng, Lu Zhishen?" Shang Huan said with confidence.

You want to drag Master Yuanmeng, Lu Zhishen into this too?

Master Yuanmeng also damn well dislikes trouble!

Chen Mu, just as he was tapping into his sensory connection, couldn’t help but wear a dark expression on his face.

Sensing the connection, Shang Huan immediately pulled out a smile that was one-third respectful, one-third boasting of his achievements, and one-third ingratiating, brimming with pride as he said, "Mr. Gongsun, I’ve come to bring you your share of the profits!"

Then he flipped open the wooden chest in front of him, revealing a heap of White Jade that caught their eyes.

Chen Mu took a sharp breath of cold air.

In that chest, there were at least eight or nine thousand pieces of White Jade.

He had only a total of thirty-six thousand plus pieces of White Jade on him, this was almost catching up to a quarter of his worth!

"Business has been slow recently, this is all I could bring, but next month there’ll be more!" Shang Huan said with a big grin.

A feeling of tightness seized Chen Mu’s chest.

This is considered a small amount? Are you kidding me?!

After taking several deep breaths, Chen Mu regained his composure, and couldn’t help but marvel, "The trades written in the penal code are indeed damn profitable!"

It’s a pity he couldn’t take it.

He hadn’t done anything to deserve a share of the profits – this was Shang Huan’s lifeline!

"This damned fatso has even learned how to manage upwards!"

If he greedily accepted it, even if he didn’t protect Shang Huan, he would have to protect this source of wealth.

"It’s still not safe," Chen Mu sighed.

Eagle Grief Cliff had been cleared by Sun Jian, there couldn’t be so many cultivators around.

Chen Mu speculated that the goods sold by merchants like Shang Huan were all transported to the Six Lian Mountains!

In the long run, the other courts would surely start to investigate and take action.

"So much White Jade Money!" Chen Mu’s face twisted with pain.

If he had all this White Jade Money, he would have dared to drink a bowl of Replenishing Origin Soup and then pour another away!

"I can’t keep looking," Chen Mu warned himself.

Yet, thinking about the fifteen to sixteen hundred White Jade he had just spent in the afternoon, his heart pained even more.

It’s all damn Shang Huan’s fault!

The damned fatso even dared to test me with White Jade!

Seven Souls Return to Origin, Seven Souls Return to Origin...

Shang Huan, who was cheerfully recounting his thrilling smuggling operations, suddenly passed out.

The Wu Mountain siblings, living not too far away, were not spared either. Chen Mu sent them all a collective fainting package.

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