I Am Grinding Experience in Another World

West of the Mist Smoke Mountain, thirty meters below the wooden building of the Dan Pavilion.

Chen Mu activated the Point Ground into Steel, expertly expanding a new square space.

After drying the walls, carving out ventilation ducts, arranging luminous jade lights, and putting out several pots of sea-heart pine to purify the air, a brand new underground secret chamber was completed.

Lighting a plate of Soul Condensing Incense and placing it in a brass incense burner, Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a low couch, taking out the gourd sword box to examine and study it in detail.

The small-arm-long red gourd seemed to be made of iron—solid and heavy. Its surface was etched with black cloud patterns, mysterious and ancient.

With a slight push of mana, a flood of intricate information surged into his mind.

A moment later, Chen Mu came back to his senses, his face full of surprised as he looked at the gourd.

The information that had suddenly appeared was akin to hieroglyphs, with an audio-visual introduction to the marvelous uses of the gourd sword box.

It explained that simply by putting in materials such as red copper, metal Geng, and the Dual Yin-Yang Stone, along with a large amount of mana in refinement, one could easily forge a type of magic sword called the Vermilion Feather Sword.

"No wonder the Sun Family pursued it tirelessly, it’s an automatic flying sword maker," Chen Mu realized.

With this treasure in hand, the Sun Family could continuously produce Vermilion Feather Swords.

Not to mention for their use, even selling them would bring in substantial wealth.

A thought suddenly struck him, making him think of the Netherworld Grand Summary.

"I have the Replenishing Origin Soup to replenish vital energy, while the Sun Family can only use the Rejuvenation Pill, which is quite expensive," he mused.

"So, does the Sun Family rely on the gourd sword box to earn resources to support their cultivation?"

"Whoever holds the gourd sword box, cultivates faster?" Chen Mu realized.

"No wonder Sun Wujiu carried a great amount of materials. It seems that his aim in snatching the gourd was to sell swords in exchange for cultivation resources."

Chen Mu slowly sorted out his thoughts.

"This gourd sword box and the Netherworld Grand Summary are quite a match," he thought.

"Perhaps the Sun Family’s original ancestor rose to power with this combination."

"But well, now they are all mine," he chuckled.

"Haha!"

He happily took out various materials and chopped them up, activating the gourd sword box according to the information obtained earlier.

An invisible exotic force pulled the materials into the air. As if pebbles were cast into a pond, the material particles easily penetrated the gourd’s skin, stirring up slight ripples, and disappearing inside.

"As long as mana is continually supplied, the sword will naturally take form over time."

"Foolproof artifact refining, so simple it’s miraculous."

"What a treasure!"

...

Three days later, at noon, at the entrance of the Dan Pavilion’s first floor.

Chen Mu was resting in a rocking chair.

A buzzing sound arrived, resounding through heaven and earth.

Looking up, he saw a giant cloud bat flying boat slowly approaching, the dense fog that perennially shrouded Mist Smoke Mountain was instantly scattered by the airflow around the vessel.

Dozens of flying kites rose from the mountainside, like swallows circling the flying boat for a while before entering it from different directions.

Chen Mu squinted to observe closely and noticed that each flying kite was manned by more than a dozen disciples, all dressed in tight gear, wielding swords and magic instruments.

"This is just one mountain in Mist Smoke Mountain. When you add all five mountains of East Ridge together, how many people would answer the recruitment call?"

"Jilong Road intends to annihilate Liyang Path with a single strike."

No wonder so many followed. Destroying a sect was a huge benefit. To an ordinary cultivator, picking up any spoils meant a windfall.

"With the secrecy of my Earth Escape Secret Technique, if I operate carefully, then..."

"No, I cannot go!" Chen Mu immediately suppressed the eager thoughts.

Destroying Liyang Path, one of Yunzhou’s Seven Paths, was by no means easy.

"I should honestly refine my Fasting Pills. Although it makes less money, it’s a steady stream."

Thinking of the recent fortune he made, he was even less inclined to take risks.

"Little Baldy’s thunder gathering charm compensation alone was two thousand White Jade Coins."

"The fee for reporting from the underground lot was over a thousand in White Jade."

"The other assorted elixirs and magic artifacts could sell for another couple thousand."

"After some calculations, I’ve amassed forty-seven thousand White Jade."

"That’s almost enough to buy half of the Condense Aperture Secret Method."

"Heh heh, I’m considered to have a little fortune now. Only someone with more money than sense would join in that chaos."

Chen Mu stretched languidly, his mood buoyant as he took out the gourd sword box.

"Still, refining flying swords is more fun."

...

Jilong Road declared war on Liyang Road, and the population of Mist Smoke Mountain decreased by nearly half, leaving the mountain much quieter.

Chen Mu’s life returned to calm, refining the Netherworld Grand Summary in the mornings, sacrificing and refining his Flying Sword in the afternoons, and occasionally concocting a few batches of All-Disease Pills at night.

Every few days, he would also go to the Xianxia Square to buy some fresh Exotic Beast Meat, cooking it in various ways to ponder over delicious recipes.

With such a regular routine, time flew by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, at the window on the third floor of the Scripture Transmission Institute, Chen Mu sat in front of the familiar desk, spreading out a scroll of bright yellow silk to read.

After nearly a month of refining, a vast amount of mana was poured into the Red Gourd Sword Box, and the Vermilion Feather Sword was already more than half-formed.

He had come to the Scripture Transmission Institute to seek a Secret Technique to manipulate the Magic Sword.

After much searching, the Green Flowerhorn Mother-Child Spell, a common Secret Technique used to control Magic Artifacts, caught Chen Mu’s attention.

After a quick skim, Chen Mu squinted his eyes, pondering the characteristics of the technique.

The Green Flowerhorn Mother-Child Spell is divided into mother and child parts. The mother talisman remotely controls the child talisman, connecting the Jade Seed internally and externally, to remotely transmit mana for the manipulation of the Magic Artifact.

The biggest advantage of this spell is its stability, once mastered, one hardly has to worry about the Magic Artifact suddenly losing connection.

However, this spell is easy to learn but hard to master, in the initial stage, the flying escape speed of the Magic Artifact it augments is somewhat slow.

But if one is willing to put in the hard work, once the spell is practiced to perfection and the effect of the stable connection is fully activated, the manipulation of the Magic Artifact becomes more agile, even enabling its flying escape speed to increase significantly.

"Isn’t that perfect?" chuckled Chen Mu, "My greatest strength is my ability to endure hardships, especially when it comes to diligent learning and practice."

There were other Secret Techniques available too, but each had its advantages and disadvantages.

Take the Six-winged Locust Spell, for instance, it provided great speed and used less mana, making it a favorite among lower-ranked disciples.

But it wasn’t stable, and once the Magic Artifact reached a certain speed, there was a risk of losing control.

Then there was the Cloud-Piercing Cicada Spell, which was extremely fast and could grant an attacking boost to the Magic Artifact.

But the mana consumption was huge, and it was operated in a straightforward manner, lacking flexibility.

Compared to these, the Green Flowerhorn Mother-Child Spell was more suitable for the Vermilion Feather Sword.

"The Vermilion Feather Sword itself possesses flying escape abilities. If I practice the Green Flowerhorn Mother-Child Spell to the limit, the effect would be..."

"Let’s go with this one!"

Chen Mu promptly unrolled the scroll and read it carefully.

"No way, there’s no Curse Command?" he searched back and forth for quite a while, but eventually had to give up reluctantly.

"How can I benefit from this if there’s no Curse Command?"

Secret Techniques like the True Sun Scripture and the Empty Shadow Sand Bluff typically included not just an introduction but also the Curse Command in their appendices.

By constantly reciting the Curse Command, there’s no need to purchase the real Jade Slip. By relying on the gray wall for experience, he could gradually condense the Talisman within the Jade Seed.

"Never mind, I’ll buy it, I have money!" he immediately took the scroll and left the third floor.

...

A moment later, in front of the counter on the first floor.

The man who supposedly didn’t care much about money twitched in pain.

"Four hundred sixty White Jade Coins and eighty Daoist Cultivation points? Are you trying to rob me?"

A month’s hard work refining Fasting Pills would only earn him around four to five hundred White Jade Coins. To spend a month’s earnings on just one Secret Technique seemed absurd.

Moreover, he originally intended to benefit from this without spending much.

"You buying or not?" Qing Lu asked coldly and indifferently, still maintaining his expressionless, calm demeanor.

"Buy!" Chen Mu gritted his teeth as he respectfully handed over his Identity Jade and White Jade Coins.

This was someone who could chop Old Ghost Sun into minced meat; no matter what grievances Chen Mu had internally, he dared not make a fuss in front of him.

After receiving the real Jade Slip, Chen Mu promptly turned and left.

It was only after he had walked some distance from the Scripture Pavilion that he slowed down.

"Four hundred sixty White Jade Coins, that could buy so much Exotic Beast Meat!"

"No wonder the disciples of the Lower Courtyard use close-ranged or hand-held Magic Artifacts like swords and leather armor, or Gourd Flying Kites."

"Any Magic Artifact that can be operated remotely is precious in itself, and the Secret Techniques for their manipulation are even more costly."

"With only farming and mining, how could they afford them?" Chen Mu sighed, "No wonder everyone’s flocking to Liyang Road to look for opportunities; they’re so poor."

"I would have bartered if it wasn’t for Qingdu Institution’s presence."

Just the thought of Qingdu Institution made Chen Mu’s scalp tingle.

Back when he worked as a scribe to prevent Qing Lu’s sudden appearance with his Secret Technique, he had used Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles to monitor the other party’s movements. Little did he expect that the man was a big shot, even more formidable than Old Ghost Sun.

"I better avoid hanging around these big shots in the future."

"It’s not safe."

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