I am grinding experience in another world-Chapter 680 - 668 Plans

Heavenly Pass City, Yangdu Square East of the City.

Within a courtyard with white walls and black tiles, a long table was placed in front of the shadow wall.

An elder with snow-white eyebrows and moustache, bald-headed, sat expressionlessly behind the table.

Chen Mu stepped forward, slightly bowing, and handed over the Identity Jade issued by the Hundred Illusion Sect. At the same time, using his body to block the view of the others behind him, he stealthily slipped a small gray cloth bag into the elder's hand.

The elder raised his brow slightly, flipped his wrist, and with a soft clinking sound of White Jade, the gray cloth bag vanished within his wide sleeve.

"Senior, I prefer solitude, and wish for a secluded place to stay," Chen Mu whispered.

"These houses are pre-arranged early on, not up to you to pick and choose." The elder scolded impatiently, but secretly nodded at Chen Mu.

"Senior is right, wherever you arrange, I'll stay there." Chen Mu feigned terror.

"Now that's more like it, take your things and go to Room 16 in the East Wing." The elder nodded slightly, took out a small wooden box from under the table and handed it to Chen Mu along with the Identity Jade.

Chen Mu cupped his fists again, circled around the shadow wall, and the three two-story buildings to the north and both sides came into view.

Chen Mu reached the East Wing, ascended the wooden stairs in the middle to the second floor. Following the small wooden sign hung by the door, he found a room at the southernmost end.

Pushing open the creaking door, a rather spacious room appeared before him.

"Not bad." Chen Mu glanced around, nodding in satisfaction.

Before entering the courtyard, he had used the Truth Listening Divine Power to scout the path. This Room 16 in the East Wing was among the better ones in the entire courtyard.

"Worth the twenty White Jade Flowers." Chen Mu joyfully opened the wooden box given by the bald elder.

Inside were two palm-sized Leather Talismans and a fist-sized white porcelain bottle.

The porcelain bottle contained Fasting Pills, sufficient for half a month's consumption.

The Leather Talismans were respectively the Dust Avoidance and Silence Talismans. They could keep the room clean and isolated from outside sounds, also lasting for half a month.

This was the benefit for new Daoist Soldiers, in the future, one would need to exchange them for Daoist Cultivation or White Jade.

Casually activating the two Talismans, he pasted them behind the door.

The accumulated dust in the room was immediately swept out through the gaps in the doors and windows.

The chatter and discussion at the courtyard entrance downstairs were also blocked out by the Silence Talisman, bringing immediate quiet to the room.

Chen Mu approached the south wall window and looked through the Jade Window at the towering Observatory in the distance, exhaling a long breath.

"Finally arrived safely at the Heavenly Pass Star."

The Inheriting Heaven Gourd and the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation Map, either of them being discovered, could cost him his life.

From several days ago, he had been on edge.

Fortunately, the journey had been smooth without any troubles.

...

The Thousand Mechanisms Sect did not scatter the Daoist Soldiers; more than half of the Hundred Illusion Sect people occupied the current No. 96 Alley Yiwei Courtyard that Chen Mu was in.

Other acquaintances were also distributed in nearby courtyards, not far apart.

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By afternoon, matters such as room allocation and registration were finished, and the Thousand Mechanisms Sect personnel at the entrance left. The new Daoist Soldiers in the courtyard began to busily come and go.

"It's all because I don't have enough Daoist Cultivation," the person said helplessly. "According to Brother Lu, the Thousand Mechanisms Sect only gives us half a month to learn how to dispel demons. If we cannot learn, we'll have to pay with our Daoist Cultivation to be taught."

09:58

Some ventured into Heavenly Pass City to take a stroll, incidentally buying bedding, wooden basins, buckets, and other daily necessities, while others gathered at the stone table beside the courtyard well to chat.

"I plan to visit the Heavenly Workshop in a few days," one person said.

"You want to infuse the Awakening Bell with Sealing Demon Power, haven't you had enough of this grueling work?" another person looked incredulous.

"It's all because I don't have enough Daoist Cultivation," the person said helplessly. "According to Brother Lu, the Thousand Mechanisms Sect only gives us half a month to learn how to dispel demons. If we cannot learn, we'll have to pay with our Daoist Cultivation to be taught."

"I'm not confident of learning how to dispel demons in half a month, so I can only do some hard labor to accumulate Daoist Cultivation first."

"Is there no other way to earn Daoist Cultivation?" someone else asked.

"I heard creating Talismans or artifacts can earn Daoist Cultivation, but we don't know how to do that."

"It's a pity Brother Lu and the other seniors have been transferred, or we could ask if there are other avenues."

"Exactly…"

The group chatted animatedly about how to earn Daoist Cultivation. Inside his room on the second floor, Chen Mu was both using the Truth Listening Divine Power to listen to their conversation and pondering how to establish himself in cultivation going forward.

He sat at the desk under the window with his eyes half-closed, his Spirit first sinking into the Thousand Lantern City Cave Heaven.

With the aid of the Shadow Pupil's giant eye, he immediately noticed that a vague, massive aura still pervaded the cave.

In front of the three-story wooden building, the Inheriting Heaven Gourd stood obediently beside a rocking chair, but Meng Qingchan had not appeared.

"Who knows how long it will take her to recover." Chen Mu frowned.

As long as Meng Qingchan wasn't gone, he couldn't truly be at peace.

Although he would love to kick Meng Qingchan out of Thousand Lanterns City immediately, this obviously couldn't be achieved in the short term. He could only wait for her to resurrect on her own and leave the cave of her own accord.

"Fortunately, Thousand Lanterns City is hidden well enough." He breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He glanced again at the Inheriting Heaven Gourd, then withdrew his Spirit from the Shadow Pupil, turning his attention to the Jade Seed.

Even the Divine Bone Mirror couldn't discover it, so other secret techniques wouldn't be able to peek in either.

"Try to reduce the number of times the Thousand Lanterns City gateway opens to prevent Meng Qingchan's aura from leaking. This should avoid trouble." Chen Mu silently calculated in his mind.

He glanced again at the Inheriting Heaven Gourd, then withdrew his Spirit from the Shadow Pupil, turning his attention to the Jade Seed.

Since discovering the Jade Seed's anomaly, three or four days had passed, and the golden thread on its inner wall had not changed at all.

But Chen Mu was well aware that his Jade Seed had been irrevocably altered by the Jade Cicada Secret Scripture.

"Still couldn't defend against Meng Qingchan's tactics." Chen Mu couldn't help but shake his head.

He had come to the Thousand Mechanisms Sect as a Daoist Soldier for the Daoist Foundation Atlas, having toiled in Hai Province for nearly two years for it.

As a result, he hadn't even begun his Daoist Soldier duties, but instead, he had already started practicing the Dao Foundation Secret Method.

"Looking at it another way, this could be considered a wish fulfilled." Chen Mu shrugged helplessly.

Though manipulated by Meng Qingchan into practicing it, as she said, the Jade Cicada Secret Scripture is at least a genuine Dao Foundation Secret Method.

If he were to search for a secret method of the same level himself, who knows how many years it would take?

"Since I have started, I might as well proceed. My cultivation has been stagnant for many years, it's time to begin the Fifth Stage of Qi Refinement."

Chen Mu's mindset began to shift.

"Lu Shenjun is stationed in Thunder State's Thousand Mechanisms Sect all year round and hardly ever ventures to Outer Heaven."

"Even if he comes, it's unlikely he'd specifically check the Auxiliary Station."

"As long as I stay in Outer Heaven, the matter of practicing the Jade Cicada Secret Scripture won't likely be discovered by him."

"As for any tricks Meng Qingchan might have included in the Secret Scripture…" Chen Mu's thought flickered, and a gray wall appeared in front of him.

A line of new entries floated at the bottom of the wall.

Jade Cicada Secret Scripture: 9/10000/First Rank;

"With feedback from the gray wall, I really don't fear her tampering with the secret technique." Chen Mu smiled.

Earlier, he hadn't anticipated the Heart Seal Transmission, and got tricked once.

But when he actually started practicing, any backdoor left by Meng Qingchan would be compensated for by the gray wall's feedback.

"This is like hitching a ride with Meng Qingchan to get a good Dao Foundation Secret Scripture."

"In this sense, it's actually quite a profitable deal." He grinned broadly, having reached a resolution in his mind.

Since the secret technique had begun, rather than resisting, it would be better to cultivate actively.

Moreover, the Heavenly Pass Star was still considered part of Outer Heaven, and with Outer Heaven Demons causing trouble, a stronger personal power would ensure greater safety.

"Earning Daoist Cultivation isn't as urgent," Chen Mu calculated silently.

Others earn Daoist Cultivation for secret technique resources.

Now that he had the Jade Cicada Dao Foundation Map, he didn't lack secret techniques.

He hadn't officially begun molding his Dao Foundation yet, and wasn't clear on what specific cultivation resources he'd need.

"First, go with the flow and hide among the crowd."

"Once things are stable and the Dao Foundation cultivation is on track, then make separate plans."