I AM GRINDING EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER WORLD

In section B of the Water Avoiding Shuttle, Chen Mu’s original second floor was dismantled and replaced by a tent the size of a bedroom with a pointed roof.

A rocking chair was placed at the tent entrance, with Chen Mu holding a brown wooden cup, gently swaying in the chair.

“It seems Brother Li is enjoying a leisurely life,” Lei Hong, lying in another rocking chair nearby, said enviously.

“I am like a cloud or a wild crane—naturally idle. I can’t compare to the great manager Lei, who controls the resource allocation within the Water Avoiding Shuttle and holds high authority and command,” Chen Mu responded with a smile.

“High authority my foot, I’m just a runner; there’s no glory in that,” Lei Hong retorted, looking up at the billowing black smoke of the Kui Niu Drum in the sky, shaking his head with a wry smile.

With one’s fate in the hands of a mysterious Taoist, how can there be any glory?

“I’m here to bring you some Exotic Beast Meat,” Lei Hong said, taking out a Mustard Seed Talisman and handing it to Chen Mu.

“For free?” Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“That generous?”

“Of course!” Lei Hong declared earnestly, “Just a bit of Exotic Beast Meat, it’s nothing compared to the bond we share through thick and thin.”

“Now that the Water Avoiding Shuttle is completely repaired, we can use the Forbidden Law to hunt and kill underwater exotic beasts, and the meat is very fresh.”

“If you like the taste, just let me know, and I’ll continue to bring you more,” he said casually waving his hand.

“Still free?”

“That wouldn’t be possible, heh heh…”

Damn you!

Chen Mu rolled his eyes.

No wonder this short fatty was willing to give away Exotic Beast Meat for free—it was just a sample to lure me into spending more White Jade.

Nice strategy, but unfortunately, he targeted the wrong person.

Chen Mu looked at Lei Hong with a smirk.

Currently, the operations of the Water Avoiding Shuttle were still controlled by Lei Cheng, but any such operation had to be assisted by Chen Mu, acting like a human Kui Niu Drum. Naturally, the operations to hunt exotic beasts were also included.

During the hunting, even before the Hunting Team went out to catch, Chen Mu would already intercept half of the beasts using the Mountain-Carrying Scripture.

“Once I’ve used up the Exotic Beast Meat I have, I’ll come over to buy some,” Chen Mu said cheerfully.

“Is that a promise?” Lei Hong’s eyes brightened.

“A promise!” Chen Mu glanced at the small mountains of various fish and shrimp stacked in the Five Ghosts Bag and nodded with a smile.

“How come Brother Li seems a few years younger?” Lei Hong asked suspiciously after discussing the official matter.

“Early to bed and early to rise, worry-free, naturally keeps one young,” Chen Mu deadpanned.

“Really?” Lei Hong was skeptical.

“Of course,” Chen Mu continued to bluff happily.

Why younger? That’s definitely because his Cultivation Level had increased once again.

Over the past month, although he was busy repairing the Water Avoiding Shuttle, the refining of his Divine Orifice never stopped.

At the moment, the Divine Orifice Talismans in the outer five layers of the Jade Seed were all rotating in reverse.

Mana was refined, Spirituality increased, and his body subtly revitalized, slowly exuding vitality from deep within, making his face appear noticeably younger.

…

After seeing off Lei Hong, Chen Mu stepped out of the Gray Wall to check.

Truthful Listening Technique: 9769/10000/Ninth Rank;

“In another two or three days, this Secret Technique should advance. Then, I can detect underwater currents earlier and more extensively.”

Since installing the Extinguishing Breath Stone in the Water Avoiding Shuttle, no exotic beasts had actively sought them out.

Yet while the menace of Exotic Beasts and Monsters was avoided, the underwater currents couldn’t be.

These currents always appeared abruptly, disrupting the navigation of the Water Avoiding Shuttle. If not for the Mountain-Carrying Scripture borrowing the power of Ghosts, they would have been dragged deeper several times.

“No wonder everyone says the depths of the Tongtian River are mysterious and unfathomable,” Chen Mu exclaimed.

“Being reactive all the time won’t do,” he squinted.

He had noticed that whenever the currents appeared, a faint cold aura lingered. Unfortunately, by the time he detected it with the Truthful Listening Technique, the currents had already formed.

“With one higher rank, the Truthful Listening Technique will be more sensitive, perhaps allowing me to detect and circumvent them in time.”

Having made up his mind, Chen Mu began to constantly use Truthful Listening to increase his Proficiency.

Mana surged, Exotic Force generated, invisible waves spread out, bringing sounds from within a twenty-mile radius directly to his ears, forming a detailed gray image in his mind.

…

Above the Tongtian River, a black canopy boat moved smoothly and swiftly, leaving a straight trail of water waves in its wake.

Lin Su sat behind a see-through square table, guarding a Bronze Incense Burner on the table.

Accompanied by a subtle sound of water waves, the figure of Dantai Zong appeared in the cabin.

“Young Master, mission accomplished, the Soul-Searching Disc has been brought from the nearest Lock Dragon Courtyard,” he saluted with his fists and then took out a palm-sized circular piece of green jade from the side pouch and presented it with both hands to Lin Su.

“Good,” Lin Su’s face relaxed into a smile: “With the Soul-Searching Disc combined with the ‘Thousand Mile Sky Fog,’ this Gongsun Sheng will surely have nowhere to hide.”

He placed the green Soul-Searching Disc in front of the Incense Burner, and the slowly swirling smoke suddenly trembled, then expanded in a flash, turning into a smoke sphere with a diameter of one meter.

The next moment, a green light flickered within the cloud of smoke.

Through the thin mist, a semi-transparent projection of a Water Avoiding Shuttle appeared within the smoke.

But the light and shadow flickered in and out of existence, like a poorly received signal, ready to dissipate at any moment.

“It seems Gongsun Sheng knew some kind of concealing Secret Technique, no wonder he had previously eluded the wide-ranging Heavenly View Mist,” Lin Su realized.

“Young Master?” Dantai Zong was eager to try.

“Take action!”

“Alright!” Dantai Zong immediately placed his hands together, deploying the Crossing the Netherworld Secret Technique.

But just as he began to draw upon the power of the River of Oblivion, the Water Avoiding Shuttle within the smoke abruptly changed direction.

A large surge of water burst from its rear, and with the shuttle’s turtle shell-like body tilted, it skimmed through a huge arc, brushing past the range of the Crossing the Netherworld Secret Technique, and with a swoosh, plunged deep into the Tongtian River.

The shadows within the Heavenly View Mist flickered off at once, and the Water Avoiding Shuttle, which had been intermittently visible, completely disappeared without a trace.

“Escaped again?” Dantai Zong looked surprised.

“This is troublesome…” Lin Su shook her head helplessly.

The opponent’s technique for concealing their aura was tricky, the Soul-Searching Disc, used in conjunction with the Heavenly View Mist, could only capture faint traces.

Additionally, the opponent seemed to have some Investigative Secret Technique that could detect the Crossing the Netherworld Secret Technique.

“So, should we…” Dantai Zong hesitated in asking.

“Withdraw.” After pondering for a moment, Lin Su spoke.

“This person was capable of killing Jin Er back then; now he is even more trouble. If he traces us back from clues, a fierce battle would be unavoidable.”

“The priority now is to accumulate Military Merit, so I can perfect the Underworld God Twelve Transformations as soon as possible. There are so many Water Avoiding Shuttles scattered on the riverbed, we won’t miss this one.”

Dantai Zong felt relieved.

He had been worried that his young master was obsessing over a past failure, jeopardizing current opportunities. Now, it seemed, his young master was still clear-headed.

“Young Master is wise.” He bowed and complied with the command.

…

The waters beneath the Tongtian River continued as ever, dark and devoid of light.

The Water Avoiding Shuttle moved forward silently, like a lifeless rock through the water.

“Why not navigate on the surface?” Chen Mu asked Lei Cheng.

“Afraid of monsters.”

“Are there monsters on the water?” Chen Mu was surprised.

“There are more above than below,” Lei Cheng candidly replied.

“This depth was personally selected by the Sect Master; moving a bit higher or lower would likely draw us into danger.”

Chen Mu couldn’t help thinking of the eerily quiet riverbed they had passed before.

Although they hadn’t encountered any dangers eventually, it didn’t mean it was safe.

“Those undercurrents, do you know what they are?”

“I don’t know.” Lei Cheng shook his head.

“The scholars from Goose Sheep Path never mentioned them,” he added, puzzled.

The Goose Sheep Path had provided training drills for the ship’s captains, detailing all the potential dangers that might be encountered in the Tongtian River.

However, those bizarre undercurrents were never mentioned.

“The Tongtian River is unpredictable; could be a newly formed feature,” Lei Hong, who had been listening in, speculated. “You see, it’s gone now, which means we’ve passed that area.”

“Perhaps.” Chen Mu nodded slightly.

Fortunately, the advancement of the Truthful Listening Technique was successful, capturing the cold aura before an undercurrent appeared, and they had avoided it before with this technique.

With a thought, the Gray Wall appeared.

Truthful Listening Technique: Limit;

“I’ve finally maxed it out,” Chen Mu felt quite gratified.

He had been practicing this Secret Technique for over ten years. After the initial stages, he hadn’t put much specific effort into it. Reaching the limit was mostly due to the cumulative experience from daily use.

Now that the Truthful Listening Technique was perfected, the Secret Technique was transformed. Its active detection range remained twenty li, but its passive detection expanded to ten li.

More importantly, the perfected Truthful Listening Technique gained a special ability akin to Divine Skills.

“Can I listen wherever my mana exists?”

Intrigued, Chen Mu stepped out of the Water Avoiding Shuttle, raising his hand to release a Vermilion Feather Sword.

The palm-sized crimson Magic Sword whizzed past the Water Avoiding Shuttle, swiftly covering over thirty li.

Then, centered on the Vermilion Feather Sword, all movements within ten li were detected by it and instantly transmitted back to Chen Mu’s mind via a mysterious method.

Is it like having a Truthful Listening receiver wherever my mana is?

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow.

“Not bad.”

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