Chapter 35: Deducing Wu Gong!

For example.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth layers of the Coiling Cloud Art can be deduced through the Martial Deduction Card!

"Never expected it, never expected it."

Holding the card in his hand, Chen Mu's face was full of joy.

He had thought he would need to pick up a new internal martial arts skill card, but he never imagined there would be a functional card like the Martial Deduction Card.

A single Martial Deduction Card solved the problem at hand.

"I wonder whose card this Martial Deduction Card was picked up from?"

Chen Mu fell into thought.

Being able to create Wu Gong and deduce Wu Gong meant that in life, this person's understanding of Wu Gong was absolutely not poor.

Such a figure clearly did not exist among the soldiers of the three counties. With such ability, how could they still be a mere foot soldier?

Among the soldiers who died, they were all foot soldiers and constables.

None of the three Captains were even injured.

If not a soldier, then it was a member of the "Red Turban Bandits."

By the same logic, someone who understood Wu Gong well would not be an ordinary bandit, but a leader.

One of the Second-in-Command or the Third-in-Command!

It's just that when Chen Mu picked up the two men's corpses, he did not distinguish between them.

Because at the Sixth Stage of Heaven, the pickup range expanded again!

Extended to thirty-six meters!

With Chen Mu at the center, corpses within a thirty-six-meter range—front, back, left, right, above, below—could all be picked up.

When picking up cards from the two leaders' corpses of the "Red Turban Bandits," he didn't separate them at all, picking them up together with the other corpses.

Getting the cards in hand is what matters.

Where the Martial Deduction Card came from was actually irrelevant; Chen Mu was simply curious.

As for deducing Wu Gong, it could no longer be done out in the wild.

Chen Mu held back his excitement and hurried along the way.

……

Returning to Wulong Fucheng.

Before entering the house, Chen Mu took off the human-skin mask, stored it in his storage space, and then took out the giant snake meat from the storage space.

Carrying it in his hand, he walked into the courtyard.

From a distance, he saw Miao Xiuxiu holding a broom and sweeping the ground.

"Sister-in-law, take these few chunks of meat and stew them. Give them to Brother to eat tonight."

Chen Mu, carrying the snake meat, walked up to Miao Xiuxiu. "If you can't eat it all, store it for now. This meat won't spoil in a few days."

"……"

Miao Xiuxiu's eyes went wide, and she forgot to speak.

After a long while, she stammered, "Wh-what kind of meat is this?"

"Snake meat."

Chen Mu smiled. "Meat from a giant snake. Don't worry, the meat isn't poisonous."

Snake venom is mainly in the venom sac, venomous blood, and venomous fangs.

The flesh of poisonous creatures, on the contrary, is extremely delicious.

Centipedes and scorpions are both like this.

"Such a big snake?" Miao Xiuxiu opened her mouth, her eyes full of astonishment. "Huzi, where did you get it? You… you killed a big snake?"

"It wasn't me. Someone else killed it."

Chen Mu did not explain too much. "This snake meat for Brother to eat will greatly replenish him."

"That won't do, you have to eat it too." Miao Xiuxiu insisted, reaching to take the meat.

"I'll take it to the kitchen."

Chen Mu lifted his hand. "Sister-in-law, you're pregnant. Leave this heavy work to me."

"…Alright." Miao Xiuxiu's face flushed slightly, and she reached out to touch her belly, which was beginning to show.

She had become pregnant last month.

It was discovered just three days ago.

Huang Feiyang had been extremely excited and overjoyed these past few days.

He became a deputy squad leader, took a wife, started a family.

He became a squad leader, and his wife had the next generation in her belly.

A proper winner in life!

……

……

Chen Mu did not plan to eat the giant snake meat himself. He had internal force cards and strength cards; he didn't need it.

If Huang Feiyang ate it, the benefits would be greater.

There were only so many Peiyuan Pills; by now they were probably already finished.

Chen Mu had brought back over a hundred jin of giant snake meat, enough for him to eat for several days.

After putting away the snake meat.

Chen Mu returned to his room, closed the door, and took out the Martial Deduction Card.

Silently reciting the activation, the card transformed into a stream of light and surged into his brow.

In the next instant, all the content of the first six layers of *Rolling Cloud Art* first played back rapidly in his mind.

Then, an inexplicable voice guided Chen Mu, and based on the existing path of *Rolling Cloud Art*, it began new deductions, evolutions, and formations.

The content of the seventh layer of *Rolling Cloud Art* quickly emerged bit by bit, branded into his mind.

With the seventh layer in hand, continue the deduction!

This time, it took quite a while.

When he stopped, the entire content of the eighth layer of *Rolling Cloud Art* had been deduced and obtained.

Martial Arts Cards also had a time limit.

Different techniques consumed different amounts of time.

Relatively speaking, *Rolling Cloud Art* was of a slightly higher grade among Postnatal techniques.

Being able to deduce two layers was already not bad.

Chen Mu was very satisfied.

At the very least, Postnatal Seventh Layer and Postnatal Eighth Layer were stable!

……

"Huu~"

A deep breath, calming his state of mind.

Chen Mu took out several Internal Force Cards, silently recited the activation, and they transformed into streams of light that surged into his body, generating surges of internal force that drove *Rolling Cloud Art* to circulate and assault the threshold.

Over and over, one Internal Force Card after another.

All the Internal Force Cards were used up, yet the threshold was not touched.

His internal force was severely insufficient.

Not discouraged, he rested briefly.

Chen Mu took out Cultivation Cards and continued to cultivate *Sweeping Cloud Sword*.

One Cultivation Card after another, all used up.

Chen Mu had fully grasped all the related mysteries of *Sweeping Cloud Sword*, but he still could not reach the realm of Transcendent Mastery.

Breaking through from the realm of Peak Perfection to Transcendent Mastery was not merely crossing one realm, but an all-around enhancement of the martial technique.

It even included requirements on the physical body.

This was what Chen Mu had discovered when he cultivated *Sweeping Cloud Sword* again after reaching Peak Perfection.

"To execute the 'Tenth Sword of Sweeping Cloud,' one not only needs Innate True Qi, or thick internal force, but the physical body must also be strong enough!"

A Postnatal physical body was insufficient to execute the "Tenth Sword"!

It was naturally possible to forcibly raise the realm of *Sweeping Cloud Sword* to Transcendent Mastery through Cultivation Cards.

But when executing it, if the physical body was not strong enough, it would cause powerful aftereffects on the body!

This was not what Chen Mu wanted.

Thus.

Chen Mu paused his cultivation of *Sweeping Cloud Sword* and switched to using Strength Cards.

One Strength Card after another was used up, slowly yet steadily strengthening his physique.

……

This day.

Chen Mu went out to stroll on the street and noticed quite a few people moving forward.

He listened closely, and it turned out the government office was beheading people at Caishi Kou!

A new batch of twenty-three convicted criminals had their heads collectively chopped off.

The corners of Chen Mu's mouth immediately turned up, and following the crowd, he headed toward Caishi Kou.

"What's so good about watching people get their heads chopped off?"

A childish voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Watching pigs get slaughtered is the good part!"

?

Chen Mu instinctively looked toward the sound.

"Why are you looking at me so weird? Did I say something wrong?"

Five steps to Chen Mu's right, standing at the mouth of an alley, a five- or six-year-old girl with two braided buns, a Bai Xi face flushed pink, and big watery eyes, seemed to sense something. Meeting Chen Mu's gaze, she huffed, "Watching pigs get slaughtered is so fun, a few people chasing and shouting around a pig, lively and exciting."

"What you said…"

Chen Mu had just responded, saying three words.

A man suddenly walked out from the side, picked up the girl with one hand, covered her mouth with the other, and quickly walked into the alley.

?

Chen Mu was stunned.

Was this man the little girl's father, or uncle?

Not right!

Just before the man disappeared, Chen Mu saw the girl struggle twice, then go limp and fall unconscious.

This was a child abductor!