Chapter 18: A life with cheats is just this refreshing!

"Yes!"

Chen Mu responded in his heart and looted a card.

Wu Sihai thought that if he kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, Chen Mu wouldn't kill him.

It can only be said that he thought too much.

Who the Hall Master behind Wu Sihai was, and which gang they belonged to—Chen Mu was curious, but had no other thoughts.

Wu Sihai had spoken, which was just enough to satisfy his gossip.

If he didn't speak, there was no loss either.

Threaten him with this?

In his dreams!

……

Carrying Wu Sihai’s corpse, Chen Mu shuttled through the alleys.

Along the way, he avoided others and arrived at the place where he had dumped bodies during the day, throwing Wu Sihai’s corpse into the dry well just like Wei Qi and the others.

He covered it with stones to mask the scent.

Chen Mu returned to Changping Ward; on the way, he took out the new card he had looted: a Cultivation Card!

Wu Sihai was a martial artist; the card Chen Mu wanted most from him was an Internal Energy Card.

However, a Cultivation Card was also good; although it only had a one-year limit, it was enough to cultivate the "Residual Cloud Palm."

And so it was.

Back home, Chen Mu used this Cultivation Card, and within two breaths, the "Residual Cloud Palm" was elevated from entry-level to the realm of "Entering the Hall and Ascending the Room"!

One must know that Huang Feiyang had been cultivating the "Residual Cloud Palm" for half a year and had only achieved minor success.

A life with cheats is just this refreshing!

……

……

The news of the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall being wiped out spread in the East District, causing quite a stir.

In the eyes of the lower-class people, Luo Zhongyun was a great Acquired expert with high prestige and strong strength.

The reputation of the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall was also good; as long as enough silver was given, one could learn the "Residual Cloud Palm" and the first three layers of the "Rolling Cloud Technique."

Over the past few decades, there were at least eighty, if not a hundred, people who had become martial artists by cultivating the "Rolling Cloud Technique."

Most of these people were very grateful to Luo Zhongyun.

As a result, the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall was wiped out overnight, and it was hard not to sigh.

But as for the news of Luo Zhaoyu’s survival, Chen Mu observed that it seemed no one knew.

Was it deliberately hidden?

Speculation was just speculation; Chen Mu couldn't afford to get involved in this.

It was safer for him to honestly loot cards.

……

He wandered around the city and went to the two mass graves outside the city every three days.

He looted cards, but the quantity was limited.

The opportunity to loot multiple Internal Energy Cards and Skill Cards in a mountain gully like last time was an exception.

Chen Mu wasn't discouraged.

The Nanyun Prefecture City had a floating population of tens of thousands every day, and someone died almost every day or two.

This afternoon, Chen Mu was returning from the mass graves outside the city and walking on the road back to the city when, suddenly, a figure flew out of the mountain forest not far ahead, fleeing in a sorry state.

He subconsciously stopped, and two more figures rushed out of the mountain forest, chasing behind.

The sorry figure running in front was clearly a martial artist.

The two chasing him wore tight-fitting clothes wrapped in flames, wore flying feather hats, and had tiger-head sabers at their waists, looking domineering and fierce.

"……People from the Martial Suppression Division?"

Chen Mu’s pupils shrank slightly.

The Martial Suppression Division was a violent institution established by the Great Zhou Imperial Court specifically targeting martial arts sects.

Their duty was to monitor the entire martial arts world and arrest fugitives, great thieves, and giant bandits.

Red Fire Uniforms and Fierce Tiger Sabers were the standard equipment for Martial Suppression Division guards.

The government office’s constables were responsible for fights, petty theft, and civil disputes.

Martial Suppression Division guards were responsible for homicides and major cases.

When people were killed in street fights, the corpses were basically taken away by them.

Chen Mu often arrived a step late.

If he could enter the Martial Suppression Division, the effect of his ability to loot cards would be maximized.

First, he could come into contact with various homicide scenes and get close to the corpses.

Second, the Martial Suppression Division’s news channels were the most well-informed!

The importance of information was beyond doubt.

If he entered the Martial Suppression Division, why would Chen Mu need to run around everywhere every day?

He would have people below him reporting homicide cases and places where dead bodies were found!

Gang fights, martial arts feuds, street brawls……

He could know about them at the first moment!

Unfortunately……

To enter the Martial Suppression Division, the first hurdle was having a clean background.

Chen Mu, a "gang member," would be eliminated without even waiting for a review, unless he had a recommendation from an insider!

This was clearly unrealistic.

"By the way, it seems the minimum requirement for a Martial Suppression Division guard is Acquired Fourth Layer?"

Chen Mu recalled the relevant information in his mind and couldn't help but click his tongue.

Only at Acquired Fourth Layer could one serve as a guard, and even then, only as the lowest-ranked Iron-Execution Guard.

Those at Acquired First to Third Layer could only serve as laborers in the Martial Suppression Division.

That’s right, just laborers who sold their strength; they weren't even qualified to wear the Red Fire Uniform, let alone carry the Fierce Tiger Saber.

"With my current cultivation, even if I entered the Martial Suppression Division, I would only be a laborer, just a little better than the lowest-ranked servants……"

Thinking of this, Chen Mu shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He lifted his feet and continued walking, but his direction changed slightly, following behind the three figures—one fleeing and two chasing.

With the Martial Suppression Division guards taking action personally, the person fleeing likely wouldn't have a good outcome.

If he died……

"Hoo!"

Chen Mu took a deep breath to steady his mind, activated "Heavenly Wolf Smells the Moon," and tracked the scent from afar.

This walk took half an hour.

A bloody smell suddenly drifted from afar and was locked onto by "Heavenly Wolf Smells the Moon."

Chen Mu felt joy in his eyes, stopped, waited in the wilderness for two quarters of an hour like he was on an outing, looked around to ensure no one was paying attention, and then used the "Spirit Snake Steps" to fly toward the bloody smell.

Before long, he entered a mountain stream.

[Corpse found, do you wish to loot?]

"Yes!"

From a distance of seven or eight meters, he looted the card and Chen Mu turned to leave without even seeing the corpse.

The card was in hand; whether he saw the corpse or not didn't matter.

……

He quickly left the mountain.

Once completely far away, Chen Mu checked the card.

Cultivation Card!

The time was three and a half years!

The person who died had a high cultivation!

Chen Mu was excited but didn't rush to use it.

He returned to the city and entered his home before using the Cultivation Card to cultivate the "Shattering Gold Palm."

Hum hum~

His consciousness turned into a small figure, practicing the palm technique over and over again.

His body was covered by an invisible film of light, stimulating and strengthening the bones of his palms.

When he stopped, the realm of the "Shattering Gold Palm" had been elevated from "Entering the Hall and Ascending the Room" to "Pure Fire and Perfect Mastery"!

Once the "Shattering Gold Palm" at this realm was activated, both palms would turn pitch black, becoming impervious to blades and spears, water and fire!

……

……

Changde Ward.

Blood Wolf Gang headquarters.

"Old Yang, where did Boss Wu go?"

A burly man with a shaved head and a full beard looked at one of Wu Sihai’s confidants and asked, "It’s been three days, why hasn't the boss come back?"

"I don't know."

The burly man who was asked was puzzled and confused. "That night, after the boss told us to disperse, he said he was going home, and we left. Where the boss went, we have no idea."

"This……"

In the main hall, the dozen or so people sitting or standing frowned upon hearing this.

As a major leader, Wu Sihai’s whereabouts were generally known to those below him.

But this time it was a bit strange; it had been three days, and there was no sign of him.

Not just Wu Sihai.

The only remaining minor leader, Wei Qi, had also not appeared again!

Things……

Were a bit wrong!