[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals":3,"chapter-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-29":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cluster Artillery: Shattering the Immortals",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2342040,4578,"Chapter 29: Emerald","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-29",29,"\u003Cp>“I...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi fearfully touched his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Front transparent, back bright, yet strangely, his internal qi still flowed normally, quickly gathering to stop the continuous bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Deyou had vanished somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding sheathed his sword and said coolly, “Who sent you to find me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi forced himself to say, “No one—I acted out of greed alone. Your lordship, please be magnanimous...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! The sword drew, then returned to its sheath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do such high-ranking households really go out to rob?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This novel is originally published here; please visit to read!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy before him wore a light blue robe that fluttered elegantly, his features handsome, yet his ruthlessness was no less than any other martial artist’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To continue living, to continue dying—it was all his choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. The spiritual root-to-qi structure—fill-in-the-blank, two points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Long family rose over several hundred years through honest business and kindness to others, which earned us the Grand Ancestor’s favor and propelled us to become one of Yue Kingdom’s two great merchant associations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After twenty minutes, Jiang Ding casually tossed the manual into a corner—he had memorized and understood every part, barely expanding his knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long San stared at the human head, pickled in lime and neatly placed inside the wooden box, his face flushed, and growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Four Seas Merchant Association had a traitor was none of his concern—but if his life was threatened, that became a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four Seas Merchant Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flipping to the second half, Jiang Ding noticed a certain internal qi circulation structure seemed familiar; he carefully recalled what his Chinese teacher had explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This internal qi structure located along the Ren and Du meridians...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And these gold and silver are my entire savings—I offer them to you, Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon—since obtaining the rusty sword tip, his insight had continuously improved; he was confident he could enter the threshold within a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal qi rolled intermittently, shifting through an extremely complex circulation structure—sometimes becoming ethereal and easily overlooked, sometimes glaringly obvious, drawing countless gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s eyes held coldness; he tapped the skull of Lang Si, whose eyes bulged in fury, with his sword scabbard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the chair, he flipped through The Wild Wolf Force, his first-ever native internal cultivation manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find a professional corpse-handler to clean this place—leave no traces. Do you know anyone who can do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Zheng family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Deyou appeared again, seemingly from nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your lordship’s grace—I dare not forget it. If I do, may heaven strike me down and my descendants be cut off!” He swore to heaven, burying his inner cold malice deep in his heart, revealing not a trace on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding whispered, “Manager Huang.” “Proprietor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, only twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians—totaling 365 meridians. The effect: both hands strike two to three percent faster than ordinary internal manuals. Maximum cultivation reaches Great Completion of Internal Qi. A minor Jipin .”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left arm shattered and flew off, a torrent of blood gushing forth—his internal qi could no longer stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding laughed and scolded, “If you ever manage to cut off my dog’s head, that’ll be your skill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no need to fear too much—you can run if you can’t fight him. Even in the city’s narrow alleys, with drones monitoring from above, it’s not easy for a large force to surround you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a spiritual root, cultivation speed slows even further—what’s called “root and bone” and such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi whispered, “Chen Chen was always doing dirty work for the Zheng family and had ties to many underworld factions—I never dared confirm every order with the main house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even though the Zhendong Marquis dislikes our Four Seas Merchant Association, he still allowed us to settle here and provided protection—precisely because of our centuries-old golden reputation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large army surrounded him—he couldn’t fight them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi forced down the agony in his left arm and whispered, “I received orders from Zheng family guest-consultant Chen Chen to come here and test the waters.” “Yes, Proprietor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi was overjoyed, hardly believing his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi let out a shrill scream, startling a flock of birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let it be this way—fully breaking ties isn’t ideal,” Jiang Ding sighed. “Hand over your cultivation manual, then leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding lightly tapped the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several minutes, a martial artist in tight attire rushed over, glanced fearfully at Jiang Ding, and handed Long Shi a package.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng family? In-laws of the Marquis’s court.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably a private job.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these past few days, he’d tried over a hundred times—still couldn’t activate The Minor Concealment Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Zheng family had sunk this low, he’d have to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding thought for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember—only one chance. Next time, be better prepared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flipping through it casually—it was simple. Given Jiang Ding’s cultivation high school education, he understood it all at a glance—no secrets whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Proprietor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding took the manual—he always wore transparent gloves, so he wasn’t afraid of contact poisons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi stammered, silent, then called someone from outside and whispered to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding watched him calmly until the screams faded, then said, “Continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by writing a paper like “An Overview of Mortal Sect Techniques in the XXX Realm” could he earn dozens or hundreds of points—highly valuable ones might even reach thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, find someone to deliver this to the Four Seas Merchant Association.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi didn’t dare refuse; he bundled the remaining gold and silver, joined the fifteen intact riders outside, and fled like the wind, even leaving Lang Si’s corpse behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t play that game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never thought today—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the manual lay a small pile of gold and silver—roughly four to five hundred taels, worth half a ninety-year-old ginseng root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Shi’s body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this manual were submitted to the Immortal Sect’s library, it wouldn’t earn 0.001 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“While serving the imperial family, you also earn the trust of martial world elders, handling their various mundane tasks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With a spiritual root, one naturally absorbs heavenly spiritual energy and converts it into internal qi—cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. The better the root, the faster the progress. The martial world does have its talents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he recalled the contents of The Minor Concealment Art in his mind, and his entire body fell into a dazed, motionless state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve managed to survive in Luanban Street entirely thanks to Zheng family support—I dare not refuse their orders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master, this is my cultivation manual—The Wild Wolf Force.” He smiled apologetically. “Of course, it doesn’t compare even a fraction to what you cultivate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Useless—Jiang Ding flipped past it in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood what “continue” meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Deyou nodded repeatedly—he’d grown up in Luanban Street; though he didn’t join any gangs, he knew everything he needed to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long San roared, “Who wants to turn the Four Seas Merchant Association into some unsavory den of thieves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid beside him waited until his rage subsided, then calmly said, “Master, we found out—it’s Xiao Cui from the pharmacy. Her brother works for the Zheng family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng family? Hmph. New money. Filthy, stinking trash. Who knows when they’ll vanish?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long San sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1207,"2026-06-20T23:34:14.007Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","13afb5fcfa34b08042aab804b3bc3d2e9fdaf3615d284315552e0aff88921213","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-30","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-28",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]