[{"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-12":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},2229570,4164,"Chapter 12","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-12",12,"\u003Cp>\"Sun Kui is dead!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of the Great Blade Gang shouted one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than three breaths, the entire long street was echoing with their shouts; the thunderous sound shook everyone to their core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Wolf Gang members, who had already been fighting passively and were low on morale, were terrified and turned to flee in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Kui was dead—what the hell were they still fighting for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saving their own lives was the only thing that mattered now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've won!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Blade Gang members cheered with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purpose of this skirmish was to seize territory and take Changle Street, not to start an all-out gang war!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't matter that the Blood Wolf Gang members were fleeing in defeat; taking Changle Street was the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the excitement, Old Zhou raised his fist and shouted, \"Boss Tiger is mighty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Tiger is mighty!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others followed suit, their faces filled with exhilaration. The looks they cast toward Huang Feiyang were filled with worship, reverence, or envy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Yong had been a leader for years, fighting Sun Kui for ages without ever gaining the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang had just taken his position, and in his very first move, he had cut off Sun Kui's head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a record like that, who wouldn't be convinced?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Tiger is mighty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Tiger is mighty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythmic chanting echoed throughout the long street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang, drenched in sweat and panting heavily, felt his chest heave, his eyes also showing excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he knew the truth of the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was only able to kill Sun Kui because of Chen Mu's excellent coordination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Chen Mu's help, he could never have won on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Huang Feiyang turned his head to look at Chen Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Tiger is mighty!\" Chen Mu said with a face full of smiles, joining the others in the chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the commotion died down, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one from the Great Blade Gang had died, but five were seriously injured and over a dozen had light injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six members of the Blood Wolf Gang, including Sun Kui, were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correspondingly, Chen Mu picked up six cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were three Energy Cards, two Stamina Cards, and one Power Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The harvest was average, but that was fine; the Great Blade Gang had sent out more than just this one group, and members in other markets were also taking the opportunity to seize territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties were inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Mu rushed to each of the fighting locations, the battles had all ended, and corpses were left behind at basically every site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Corpse discovered, do you wish to loot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Corpse discovered, do you wish to loot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in hidden spots or behind walls, he kept looting corpses. After walking a large circle, Chen Mu obtained thirty-one cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these cards were Energy Cards and Stamina Cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He obtained three Power Cards and one Cultivation Card, with a duration of a year and a half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest surprise was a new type of card: a Memory Card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the name suggests, this Memory Card recorded the memories of the corpse before death. Although it only contained the last three years of their life, it still made Chen Mu overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this Blood Wolf Gang minor leader, who went by the name Ji Gang, had accidentally obtained a martial art two years ago!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gold-Shattering Palm\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu had finally obtained an offensive combat martial art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it wasn't through a Skill Card and couldn't be copied directly, it still made him happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because with a Cultivation Card in hand, practicing martial arts was also incredibly easy for Chen Mu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the eve of dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness still shrouded the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a quiet alley, Chen Mu moved with rapid footsteps, gliding across the ground like a swimming snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Borrowing the moonlight, Chen Mu stepped against the walls, vaulted over one wall after another, and entered an uninhabited small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Creak~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gently pushing open the unlocked door, Chen Mu walked into the dim room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fire starter was lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help of the hazy light, Chen Mu went straight to the corner of a desk, moved a cabinet aside, crouched down, fumbled around in the corner of the wall, and pulled out a loose brick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the brick out and set it aside, reached his hand into the hole in the wall, and pulled out a small package from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the package, the first things to catch his eyes were five silver ingots, followed by over a dozen silver banknotes, and at the very bottom was a secret manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the cover were written three large characters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gold-Shattering Palm\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" With the manual in hand, the corners of Chen Mu's mouth couldn't help but lift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an offensive martial art, and from Ji Gang's memories, \"Gold-Shattering Palm\" seemed to be extremely powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an internal cultivation method that breaks through realms is the core of a faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then combat-oriented martial arts are the swords and blades of those factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having internal energy but knowing no martial arts only keeps one in an invincible position at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To stand firm and intimidate others, one must possess martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gold-Shattering Palm\" was exactly that kind of martial art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Gang hid it mainly because \"Gold-Shattering Palm\" was the ultimate technique of the Blood Wolf Gang leader; there were only three people in the Blood Wolf Gang who knew this palm technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ji Gang had learned it, he would have had no way to explain its origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stealing martial arts is a major taboo in any faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tied up the package, put the brick back exactly as it was, and moved the cabinet back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu carried the package, exited the room, closed the door, and left the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first ray of light on the horizon was just squeezing out from the sea of clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu used an Energy Card and, feeling refreshed, counted the silver banknotes. Including the five silver ingots, the total amount was 3,500 silver taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A windfall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With this money, I can buy a better sword,\" Chen Mu mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"stabbing sword\" made from an iron rod had its limitations after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu planned to give 1,000 taels of this money to Huang Feiyang so he could learn the \"Cloud-Rolling Gong\" sooner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the rest, he would buy a sword and hide the remainder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just opened the manual to practice \"Gold-Shattering Palm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After browsing through the content, he discovered that the threshold for this palm technique was quite high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To practice it, one must either buy related secret medicines and soak the palms in the medicinal water day and night to stimulate the meridians, bones, and skin to complete the \"Palm Washing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process required a lot of money, as one set of secret medicine cost 300 silver taels!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, one must already be a martial artist with internal energy, using that energy to complete the \"Palm Washing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the first method, using internal energy for \"Palm Washing\" not only caused less pain but also took less time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Gang was only a minor leader who had never practiced internal cultivation methods and was not a martial artist, so naturally, he couldn't use internal energy for \"Palm Washing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 3,500 taels in the package were clearly what he had prepared for his training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it all went to Chen Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qi follows force, force follows bone, bone follows tremor...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the room, Chen Mu recited the content of \"Gold-Shattering Palm,\" mobilizing his internal energy to circulate between his hands, covering the meridians, bones, and flesh inch by inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a Cultivation Card required the martial art to be at the entry level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entry level required \"Palm Washing\" first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu used his internal energy for \"Palm Washing,\" starting from the morning, continuing until nightfall, and then until the early hours of the morning, successfully completing the \"Palm Washing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using an Energy Card, Chen Mu followed the descriptions and diagrams in the manual, performing the palm technique move by move in the spacious room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh~ Whoosh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm wind blew in gusts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again, again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the first ray of dawn pierced the darkness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu's body shook, and his palms, driven by internal energy, turned pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands were like ink, impervious to blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gold-Shattering Palm\" entry level achieved!\u003C\u002Fp>",1444,"2026-06-18T00:46:08.476Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","37bb38ff53291dfa6b76812a0ace130c26e30418c4708a6d3bf90a5dd4811287","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-13","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-11",576,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhiding-in-the-martial-world-to-become-ancestor-cover.jpg"]