[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an":3,"chapter-laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-115":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hiding in the Martial World to Become Ancestor",{"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},2229673,4164,"Chapter 115","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>\"Someone died!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Murder~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu’s expression tightened, without the slightest hesitation, his figure like electricity, instantly shooting toward the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few nearby people who had been alarmed had already gathered sporadically at the alley entrance, trembling as they looked inside, but didn't dare to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy bloody smell and an indescribable, scorched smell as if something had been drained rapidly permeated the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Corpse discovered, do you wish to loot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The card was in hand; he checked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A special type of skill card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skill: Drunkenness-Proof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu used the card, pushed aside the crowd, and stepped into the alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, even though he was used to life and death, when he saw the corpse lying on the ground in the alley, his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Zhou Shaoyou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legitimate son of the Zhou family, who was riding a tall horse, triumphant, and leading the dragon and lion dance to the Qi mansion gate to show love to Qi Mengjun during the day, was now lying on the cold bluestone slab like a rag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His death was extremely terrifying; half of his body was completely withered and shriveled, the skin presenting a dark, withered, waxy yellow color, tightly wrapping the bones, as if all the flesh and essence had been drained by some terrifying force in an instant, even his eyeballs had sunken into black holes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other half of his body, although relatively complete, also presented a stiff, gray-white color, forming a creepy contrast with the shriveled half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way of dying was strange and evil, absolutely not something that could be caused by ordinary saber or palm force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Chen Mu was observing, the nearby constables and the patrolling warriors of the Martial Suppression Office were also alarmed and rushed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lanterns and torches illuminated the alley, and the terrifying death of Zhou Shaoyou was reflected even more clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone who saw the corpse couldn't help but gasp, their faces showing horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... what kind of martial art caused this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Demonic art! Definitely an evil martial art!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Shaoyou was still glorious during the day, and died at night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who did this, actually daring to torture Zhou Shaoyou to death like this, not afraid of offending the Zhou family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd discussed, their tone full of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu frowned, his heart also filled with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glorious during the day, dying in a humble alley at night; there is nothing more impermanent than life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He initially judged that this was very likely done by the Zhou family’s enemy, using such cruel means to retaliate against the Zhou family and deter others at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the cause of death was strange and involved the legitimate son of the Zhou family, this case was immediately reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Martial Suppression Office didn't get involved, while the Tai'an Prefecture government invested a lot of power and launched an investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Mu sighed, he didn't take it to heart. He checked the scene, recorded the strange scar characteristics, and left the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His main energy at present was still on Pei Renguang’s line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to inquire about news and listen to the Jianghu wind, Chen Mu came to the Hero Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restaurant was bustling with noise, and many people were discussing Zhou Shaoyou’s strange and miserable death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various guesses emerged one after another, from vendetta to demonic art cultivation, to provoking hidden forces that shouldn't be provoked, the more they talked, the stranger it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in the midst of the excitement, a rogue martial artist who had just returned from outside the city rushed into the first-floor lobby, bringing even more shocking news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, everyone! Have you heard?! Not just the young master of the Zhou family! Elder Du Gongxian of the Golden Sun Gate... also died!\" The rogue martial artist’s voice trembled, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bustling restaurant went quiet for a moment, and everyone’s eyes focused on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Elder Du? Which Elder Du?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who else could it be? It's that Elder Du Gongxian who fought fiercely in the street with Third Master Wang, Wang Zhongyi, a few days ago!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did he die? When did it happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone asked one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rogue martial artist who shouted swallowed his saliva, the horror on his face not yet faded, and gritted his teeth. \"Just last night! Outside the city, in Du Gongxian’s own villa! The death... the death is said to be exactly the same as the young master of the Zhou family! Half of his body became a dried corpse! The people of the Golden Sun Gate only discovered it this morning, and now the whole sect is exploding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole Hero Tower was like a pot exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhou Shaoyou’s death could be understood as a playboy provoking an enemy’s retaliation, then the death of the long-famous Innate expert, Du Gongxian, in the same strange way, was absolutely not a coincidence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu’s hand holding the wine glass also paused in mid-air, and his initial \"vendetta\" inference was instantly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shaoyou, Du Gongxian... the only public intersection between these two people was that they had both been involved in disputes because of \"Qi Mengjun\" a few days ago!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu paid the bill, left the Hero Tower, rushed outside the city, mixed into the Golden Sun Gate, and looted the card of Du Gongxian’s corpse from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A martial arts performance card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn't a true qi card, a martial arts performance card was also an important card, so Chen Mu put it away for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Gongxian and Zhou Shaoyou died one after another, their deaths miserable, making everyone discuss it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the next morning, another explosive news spread throughout Tai'an Prefecture even faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master Wang, Wang Zhongyi, also met with misfortune in his private residence in the inner city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death was exactly the same, half a dried corpse, miserable to the extreme!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, all the large and small forces in Tai'an Prefecture were completely in an uproar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four people who had public involvement with the name \"Qi Mengjun\" died one after another in the same strange way; this could no longer be explained by coincidence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Curse! It must be a curse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Red-faced disaster! Qi Mengjun is a disaster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is it? Who is the murderer? Specifically targeting those who admire Miss Qi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various opinions were rampant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Tai'an Prefecture was shrouded in clouds and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qi family closed their doors tightly, declining all visitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this terrifying storm did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the very night the news of Wang Zhongyi’s death spread, Hu Xiaopeng, a silver-rank guard of the Martial Suppression Office, was found dead on his way home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same way of dying, the same miserable and terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xiaopeng was not as ostentatious as the previous three, but who in the Martial Suppression Office didn't know that his obsession with Qi Mengjun was no less than Lu Tang’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a few short days, four prominent figures all died horizontally because they were associated with \"Qi Mengjun,\" and their deaths were exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai'an Prefecture was completely shaken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the ten major forces, ordinary people, or the interior of the Martial Suppression Office, everyone felt a cold fear gripping their throats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had harbored admiration for Qi Mengjun in the past were now all terrified, fearing that they would be the next target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu stood at the window of the Hero Tower, looking at the significantly fewer pedestrians on the street below and the undisguised panic on their faces, his expression solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The initial \"vendetta\" inference had been completely overturned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was definitely a targeted, continuous terrorist murder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murderer’s martial arts were strange and vicious, and the targets killed were all those who had expressed admiration for Qi Mengjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu was surprised and suspicious at the same time, feeling something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is it that when looting cards from the dead, there isn't a single true qi card?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1370,"2026-06-18T00:52:17.758Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","88865d94c0f3be0d873691ff6f166c922e68d10cf527febf9413c281c4f9c1df","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-116","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-114",576,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhiding-in-the-martial-world-to-become-ancestor-cover.jpg"]