[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle":3,"chapter-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-177":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dimension Park: I Am the Summoning Apostle",{"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},2279194,4458,"Chapter 177: Using a Knife to Kill? Too Petty","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-177",177,"\u003Cp>It was daytime, so Chu Danqing merely sent people to keep watch on Lianyun’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuque Tower encompassed a range of industries in LinYuan City, including brothels, gambling dens, and brokerage houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these businesses engaged in utterly immoral activities—vice in all its forms was thoroughly covered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many families had been ruined because of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in the vice trade, forced prostitution and abduction of women were constant occurrences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some still believed prostitution was as harmless as ladybugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, it was deeply tied to human trafficking; most people imagined themselves as the ladybugs, but the real victims were the families—and often the victims themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just women; men too, such as boy prostitutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the opportunity had arisen, Chu Danqing naturally struck with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that, he had to wait until the Moon Orchid Totem Pole’s quality was fully upgraded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had used the whetstone he obtained on the totem pole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This item was restricted to weapons, and Chu Danqing had no better weapon—so who else could he choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the totem pole had not only achieved True Spirit Awakening but also received a +5 enhancement; the investment was far from insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upgrade simply required time—the Paradise upgrade notification said ten hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he waited from ten in the morning until eight at night before it was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Moon Orchid Totem Pole +5】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Type: Equipment·Totem】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Quality: Fine】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Durability: 600\u002F600 (+500 increased)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Attack: 50~70 (+15~25 increased)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Mana +6000 (+5 enhancement adds 5000)】 (new)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Fragrant (Passive): Summoned entities recover 50 HP per second (+3 enhancement adds 30)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Empty Azure (Passive): Summoned entities recover 20 mana per second (+5 enhancement adds 10)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Rock (Passive): Hardness +600 (+5 enhancement adds 500)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Equipment Requirement: Strength 10, Constitution 10, Spirit 10】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After becoming Fine quality, its stats underwent a dramatic transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mana boost caused Chu Danqing’s mana to surge again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for increases in attack, durability, and hardness, Chu Danqing didn’t care much—he’d deal with those when he swung it to crush enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered was the recovery of HP and mana rising into double digits—a hundredfold increase that greatly improved summon efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve this level with a different weapon would likely require heavy investment of Paradise points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, among Fine-grade equipment, it’s probably low to mid-tier,” Chu Danqing knew that after reaching Fine quality, equipment often involved percentage-based effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Clean Energy and Su Nü Sword he’d previously obtained, both had percentage-based effects in their traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The totem pole seemed powerful at first glance, but all its boosts were fixed values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, there was good news—it remained a True Spirit equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was excellent; Chu Danqing could equip it easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably because of this, its effects remained fixed values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time’s up. Time to go kill someone.” Chu Danqing picked up the totem pole, considering whether to summon Wu Ying as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao spoke first: “Xiao Chu, people, surround.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brief statement meant enemies were closing in from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing was startled—who had the guts to attack him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was in his rented residence, not in Liu’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Bai, Chen Jiunian, and others weren’t home—why would he stay in their house?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for protecting Ma Yunfeng, that wasn’t necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since yesterday’s assassination attempt, his bodyguards had increased in number and vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Da Bao spoke, a storm of whistling arrows pierced through the windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a dense hail of arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had used bows and crossbows inside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Son of Heaven reacted fastest, instantly raising a golden barrier that effortlessly blocked the rain of arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guiyuan Mother was no slower—forty-nine Guiyuan Infants crawled swiftly from Chu Danqing’s shadow and rushed toward the arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing didn’t know what was happening outside, nor did he intend to go see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a summoner—why would he rush to the frontlines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Guiyuan Infants moved, ten Huangjin Lishis also charged out during the lull in the arrow barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, sounds of battle erupted outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Soldiers,” Da Bao returned and told Chu Danqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose and walked outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside was chaos—bodies lay scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Huangjin Lishis and Guiyuan Infants were no weaklings; these yamen runners and constables stood no chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing scanned the scene and spotted surviving enemies—he sensed something wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a case of using a knife to kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aside from the fraud Blood Eagle, it seems those who chose the A-rank trial all have real skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing keenly realized the attacker was Lianyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to kill her at night, but Lianyun moved faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already bewitched and controlled the yamen runners and constables of LinYuan City to strike first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These constables were weak—barely fit as cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the attacker never intended to kill Chu Danqing—he wanted Chu Danqing to kill these constables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing government officials would force Ma Yunfeng, no matter how protective he was of Chu Danqing, to intervene to preserve the Great Shuo’s dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would sow discord between Chu Danqing and Ma Yunfeng, then manipulate them into turning against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the method is crude,” Chu Danqing chuckled. “You really think rules are above all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind other things—Ma Yunfeng feared Chu Danqing’s Flying Bear Iron Cavalry; he’d never dare target him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you restore their original selves?” Chu Danqing asked the Son of Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Son of Heaven denied it—the constables had suffered irreversible soul damage; even if revived, they’d be vegetative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed it was temporary bewitchment, but it was permanent puppetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, such a skill required extremely high judgment—it only worked on ordinary people. It would fail against Chen Jiunian, Liu Bai, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why wouldn’t Lianyun just control them directly? Why go through all this trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then restore them,” Chu Danqing replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being vegetative was fine—he’d avoid killing them. As for their grim fate afterward?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people came to kill him; not killing them was already Chu Danqing’s mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clear on grudges—he’d help those without enmity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once there was enmity, he’d be mad to forgive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If excuses justified killing him unconditionally, that would be absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Son of Heaven forcibly removed the bewitchment from the remaining surviving constables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After removal, each collapsed like limp noodles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take this note to Ma Yunfeng—tell him to clean up,” Chu Danqing wrote a quick note, stamped it with the Yunfeng White Jade Seal, and handed it to a Guiyuan Infant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lianyun’s scheme could have succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, if Chu Danqing had killed all the constables and then pretended nothing happened, erasing all traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Yunfeng wasn’t a fool—he wouldn’t be tricked twice by the same tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a day apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just manipulated his old classmate to assassinate him, and now you’re using a knife to kill—anyone could see the pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guiyuan Infant took the note and vanished into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Poor at combat, but skilled in conspiracy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a bewitchment-type Adept, she has natural advantages here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow morning, guiding public opinion would indeed be effective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it’s too petty,” Chu Danqing didn’t care about public opinion or slander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last trial world, when he suppressed bandits, he endured rumors and defamation to crush so-called righteous outlaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient strength as his foundation, only those with weak mental fortitude were affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing didn’t care at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t slaughter innocents—but only if they were truly innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you blindly aid the wicked and target him, Chu Danqing will remove you from the category of innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing is ultimately a human, not a saintess; he has his own preferences and values, and won’t make bottomless concessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go to Zhuque Tower.” Chu Danqing stepped directly onto the war chariot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Lianyun was at Zhuque Tower or not didn’t matter—he would destroy Zhuque Tower first, then find Hong Chengyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Hong Chengyue joined the Iron Armor Guard faction, he is a key figure of that faction in Lin Yuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing’s decision not to join any faction this time did cost him dearly, but it also meant he had no weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Yunfeng? His death would affect Weixin GeLi, but Chu Danqing’s assessment mission was unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hong Chengyue directly impacted Lianyun’s factional interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night curfew was in effect; the streets held no pedestrians, so the war chariot could race without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, they arrived at Zhuque Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Qinglong Society and Baihu Hall, which Chu Danqing had annihilated, Zhuque Tower was not a base but a luxury complex combining taverns, brothels, inns, and other establishments—a golden sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It belonged to the service industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when Ma Yunfeng wasn’t around, it was lit up all night, with guests streaming in continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that its patrons were gone, no one dared open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, it could ignore the curfew because it had powerful backers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that its patrons were under house arrest at the Ma residence recovering from injuries, it had to lie low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the once magnificent Zhuque Tower now appeared dim and lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, the tower is closed tonight. Please come back another day,” a gate guard shouted from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Danqing said nothing—he activated the Thousand Faces Martial Shadow Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadow slipped into his totem pole; soon, a new figure struggled out from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it landed, its form solidified, appearing towering and imposing under the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1572,"2026-06-20T00:54:40.605Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","de2fb88fbacc145d7b8b5908b66fb85ba50b4325652befd852408126e22ac23d","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-178","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-176",305,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-cover.jpg"]