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A sound like the sound of a bronze bell suddenly rang out in a huge underground cave.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the Five Ghosts Black Cloud, floating in the air, staring at the calm water below.
Not long after, there was a crackling sound of water.
All kinds of strange underwater creatures floated up from the endless underwater lake.
"There are really fish?!"
Half a month has passed since the discovery of the first underground cave.
Chen Mu followed the water flow, dug holes in the cracks of the rocks, and finally found this huge underground lake.
This place is fifty or sixty miles away from Pengyue Mountain, which is beyond the previous reclamation distance.
“As long as we find a rock crevice similar to the one we came from, and dig upstream against the current, we’ll soon be able to find an exit.”
"In this way, this underground escape passage will really be successful!" Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Catch fish, catch fish!" He stared at the increasing number of underwater creatures with their bellies turned white, his face full of joy.
The fifth-level cooking skills acquired through "Exotic Beasts" allow him to easily find edible fish and exotic beasts.
Anything that tastes bad and is unfamiliar will be fed to the Five Ghosts Bag.
“We are not worried no matter how high the prices are.”
"This underground lake is full of aquatic products, and they are all waiting for me. Haha..."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 285 Dojo
I don’t know if it was due to the climate of Pengyue Mountain or the cold air of Lengyue Lake, but once the heavy snow started, it never stopped.
It snows intermittently every day, not heavily, but the entire Pengyue Mountain is always covered with snow.
There was a howling, bitingly cold wind, and the temperature was so low that water could even turn into ice.
Chen Mu was wrapped in a gray animal skin cloak and his head and face were covered with a scarf.
He is physically strong and can withstand the cold, but being able to withstand the cold doesn't mean he is comfortable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have tinkered with the water heater.
There would be no black smoke rising from burning wood for heating on Pengyue Mountain.
Chen Mu walked on the thick snow, leaving footprints two fingers thick on purpose, and hurried up the mountain along the stone steps, seemingly slowly but actually fast.
As an ordinary practitioner of the unity of spirit and soul, he came to the General Affairs Office on the west side of Lengyuetan Lake.
According to the information obtained from Hao Laoshang Huan, he walked straight to a two-story wooden building.
……
On the first floor of the wooden building there is a counter half a person's height that reaches up to the left and right walls of the room.
A well-off middle-aged man in his forties sat leisurely behind the counter, holding a fist-sized bronze hand warmer in his hand.
Seeing Chen Mu walking in after lifting the curtain, the middle-aged man slowly stood up and smiled before saying anything.
"Brother, are you going to the dojo?" The wealthy middle-aged man smiled and said, "Do you know any caves? I'll help you find one."
As he said this, he raised his eyebrows at Chen Mu, with a look that said, "You know what I mean."
Chen Mu: “…”
Why do I feel like this tastes a little wrong?
It felt like I had entered Hongxiufang.
"It's my first time here, so just find someone to take a look at." Chen Mu said casually.
"Don't be so casual!" The wealthy middle-aged man put away his smile and looked serious.
"Do you know the key to practicing the Spiritual Light Spell?!"
Chen Mu was a little confused: "What's the point of this?"
He recalled his own training process: wouldn't it be successful if he kept practicing?
"Of course there are some rules!" The wealthy middle-aged man frowned and looked at Chen Mu, with an expression as if he didn't know this.
"The essence of the Spiritual Light Spell is to borrow the spiritual energy of the earth to transform the jade seed."
"This will take a very long time. Even for a person born with a natural bone of Taoism, it will take at least half a year!"
"Our lower house genius, Senior Brother Mo, spent ten months on and off."
"And the first experience of coming into contact with high concentrations of earth spirit energy becomes extremely crucial!"
"If the experience is too bad, it will affect your lifelong practice!" The wealthy middle-aged man's face was full of solemnity.
"So we have to go to a place where the earth's spiritual energy is richer?" Chen Mu was half-believing and half-doubting.
Is this guy trying to sell me a high-priced dojo?
“No, no, no, no!” The wealthy middle-aged man shook his head, his face solemn.
"It's too strong. Although your training progress is fast, it will make you addicted and even degenerate."
"Once you leave that environment, you feel uncomfortable and restless."
"The terrible thing is that it may even cause your cultivation to regress instead of improve!"
Too much earth spirit energy actually has such a side effect? !
Then I will practice with the exquisite jade plate...
Chen Mu was suddenly horrified.
I haven't been tricked yet, have I?!
The wealthy middle-aged man looked at Chen Mu's reaction and nodded with satisfaction.
Then he continued to explain: "But if it is too thin, the progress will be slow, and you will feel bored, repulsed, or even passive in your practice."
"In this case, how can one make any progress in cultivation?"
Chen Mu couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
There is less earth spiritual energy, the effect of cultivation is poor, and there is a lack of positive feedback, which will definitely lead to negative cultivation.
"So you need to mix dark and light." The wealthy middle-aged man said seriously, "Just like delicious food, if you eat too much, it will only make you sick."
“If you eat well but only until you are 70% full, just the anticipation of the next delicious meal is already wonderful.”
Chen Mu, who has fifth-level cooking skills, agrees with this analogy.
"A dojo with this kind of environment..." Chen Mu was quite tempted.
Although he has already developed spiritual power, he can still experience this kind of environment.
After finding the pattern, perhaps we can use the exquisite jade plate to simulate it, so as to wean ourselves off the dependence on the rich earth spiritual energy.
"You may not know. The Lengyuetan Dojo was excavated and built by our General Affairs Office's Sun Duyuan himself." The middle-aged man said meaningfully: "And my last name is also Sun!"
Wow, this is an insider!
Chen Mu looked at the middle-aged man surnamed Sun eagerly.
"There aren't many special dojos. Most of them are circulated among our close friends in the Sun family."
"And I happen to have the authority to allocate quotas."
"Junior brother, I like you. Just one hundred and twenty-five white jade coins. The spot is yours!" said the wealthy middle-aged man generously.
"How about it? Try it for a month?"
Chen Mu: “…”
I really believed your lies!
After all this fuss, he's still trying to sell me a dojo.
Moreover, Chen Mu also knew that the most expensive dojo for lower-court disciples like them would cost only one hundred yuan.
This fat guy actually dared to raise the price privately!
Chen Mu pretended to be serious and said, "It's a bit expensive. How about giving me a discount?"
Then he hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, saying, "Just twenty-five white jades. That's not a small amount!"
Rich middle-aged man: "..."
Is this how discounts are given?
Directly break the bone? !
……
Shuanggu Mountain on the west side of Lengyuetan Lake.
The cliffs are densely packed with caves, like a honeycomb.
The Lengyuetan Lake below was calm and peaceful, with a light mist in the air.
Following a circular mountain path that was only wide enough for two people, Chen Mu came to the entrance of a cave.
"Number 11, one month." The wealthy middle-aged man had a blank expression on his face.
"You can't wander around the dojo. Someone will come to check from time to time. If you are caught, you will be expelled and fined."
"Here's your credential token. Show it to anyone who comes to check on you."
The wealthy middle-aged man finished his businesslike explanation, casually threw a palm-sized bronze plate to Chen Mu, and turned away without giving him a good face.
Chen Mu shrugged indifferently.
He came here to pave the way for exposing his cultivation.
So I only spent sixty-five white jades to buy an admission ticket to the worst dojo.
And because he didn't care about the concentration of his vital energy, he didn't give the fat man any money at all.
There’s no way he would be nice to Chen Mu.
"The worst dojo is good." Chen Mu was not annoyed but happy.