Chapter 19: New card, Equipment Card!

Night.

Dark clouds covered the sky, blocking the moonlight.

In the Nanyun Prefecture City in the darkness, most areas were silent.

Changping Ward.

Chen Mu was lying on the bed about to fall asleep when suddenly a scream came from afar.

The cry was loud, piercing the night.

Immediately after, roars and shouts of killing mixed together, breaking the silence.

Chen Mu climbed out of bed, put on his clothes, opened the door, and walked out.

"Creak~"

Huang Feiyang in the back room also came out of his room at the same time; hearing the movement on Chen Mu’s side, he hurriedly shouted, "Huzi, don't go out. This movement sounds like a martial arts feud."

"Listening to the sound, it’s coming from the neighboring Changlong Ward." Chen Mu nodded. "I’ll go over and see the situation; Brother, don't worry, I won't get close to the battle circle, I’ll just watch from the periphery."

As the words fell, he tipped his toes, leaped into the air, and landed on the roof.

Stepping on the roof, he flew away quickly.

"You……"

Huang Feiyang just wanted to scold him, but the words reached his lips, and Chen Mu was already gone, so he had to swallow them back.

The next moment, surprise appeared on his face.

"Huzi can see in the dark?"

In the blink of an eye, Chen Mu was gone.

Even if his light martial arts were good, if he couldn't see, it would be useless.

Chen Mu clearly didn't have this problem.

……

……

The "Night Vision" skill was activated, and the pitch-black night turned into a pale purple in Chen Mu’s eyes, and a translucent one at that.

Seeing things was naturally possible, no different from the daytime.

Flying on the roof, the "Spirit Snake Steps" were activated, and before long, he approached the place where the roars and shouts of killing had erupted.

In an inn in Changlong Ward!

At this time, the front door of the inn was broken, and the back courtyard door was also wide open.

Two groups of people were fighting everywhere inside and outside the inn.

One side looked like sect disciples by their dress, while the other side seemed to be a dart-escort team.

The former had fewer people but stronger strength, while the latter had more people but average strength.

At least in terms of martial artists, everyone on the sect disciple side was one.

If the number reached hundreds, then using human lives to pile up could also kill an Acquired martial artist.

However, although the dart-escort team had more people, there were only thirty-something of them.

Facing the charge of the sect disciples, seven or eight had already fallen by now.

Just as Chen Mu was squatting on the roof, looking from afar, two more died in the back courtyard.

"Run!!"

A loud roar sounded at the right time.

On the dart-escort team side, a burly man roared indignantly, "Everyone retreat with me!"

"Clang, clang, clang~!"

A burst of weapon collisions sparked large sparks.

The remaining people of the dart-escort team quickly retreated from the inn and fled to the street.

The seven martial artists on the sect disciple side chased after them.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Mu jumped off the roof, activated the "Spirit Snake Steps," and wandered among the corpses.

[Corpse found, do you wish to loot?]

"Yes!"

[Corpse found, do you wish to loot?]

"Yes!"

……

He looted a total of thirteen cards!

There were also several dart-escort people who died in the room.

Chen Mu didn't miss a single one.

With the cards in hand, he left immediately.

He walked on the roof when he came, and he walked on the roof when he left.

Along the way, no one intercepted him.

Or rather, the movement at the inn couldn't attract martial artists from certain forces in the city to come and check.

As for the Great Blade Gang……

Changlong Ward was indeed the territory of the Great Blade Gang, but that referred to the underground forces, collecting protection fees on the street.

Such a martial arts feud, let alone Yu Baoliang, who was responsible for Changlong Ward, even the leader of the Great Blade Gang wouldn't dare to intervene.

Two groups of people were fighting, and Yu Baoliang naturally heard the movement, but he didn't dare to come out at all.

Others dared even less!

……

He returned home easily.

He was pulled aside and nagged by Huang Feiyang, who was waiting in the courtyard.

Chen Mu returned to his room and checked the cards he had looted.

Energy Card, Physical Strength Card, Physical Strength Card……

Internal Energy Card!

Equipment Card!

After checking, there was one useful Internal Energy Card, with two months of internal energy cultivation.

The other new card, the Equipment Card, really surprised Chen Mu.

As the name suggests, an Equipment Card contains various equipment and items, and even elixirs.

Items left on the corpse, if they were valuable, could be looted and sealed in an Equipment Card.

Chen Mu silently recited to use it, the Equipment Card’s seal was broken, and he obtained the item.

At this moment, Chen Mu had an extra piece of leather-like material in his hand, like an enlarged facial mask.

A human-skin mask!

The item sealed in the looted Equipment Card was actually a human-skin mask that could be used for disguise!

Although it was habitually called "human skin," the material for making a human-skin mask was not actually human facial skin, but rather the intestines of exotic beasts, special wood, precious minerals, etc.

The price was high; one couldn't buy it without thousands of taels of silver, and ordinary people had no channels to buy it.

Chen Mu could be said to have found a treasure this time!

"Walking in the martial arts world, it’s best to disguise oneself; changing one’s appearance requires cultivating special techniques, but disguise is already prepared."

"Not bad, not bad."

Playing with the human-skin mask, Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction.

A moment later, he tucked it away close to his body.

Immediately, he used the Internal Energy Card, and internal energy was born out of thin air in his body, pushing the "Rolling Cloud Technique" to circulate and impact the fourth layer of the Acquired realm.

However, the threshold from the third layer of the Acquired realm to the fourth layer was a bit high.

The Internal Energy Card with two months of cultivation was exhausted, but he still didn't succeed.

Chen Mu wasn't discouraged by this; not succeeding was within his expectations.

Isn't it just an Internal Energy Card?

Two months isn't enough, then three months, four months, five months……

As long as there were enough Internal Energy Cards, he didn't believe he couldn't break through!

……

……

The next day.

The fighting in Changlong Ward last night caused discussions in several wards and streets.

But the corpses were taken away by the government office early in the morning.

This was why Chen Mu went to the inn to investigate last night despite knowing the risks.

If he went late, he couldn't get close to the corpses.

And how could he loot cards?

Fortunately, after being promoted to Acquired Third Layer, the looting range expanded to eight meters; as long as the corpse was within eight meters in a straight line, he could loot cards.

He no longer needed to get close.

If he broke through to Acquired Fourth Layer, this range would be even larger!

……

With a goal, there was motivation.

Chen Mu continued to walk around the city.

However, his luck was limited.

He had no gains in the morning, and no gains in the afternoon.

At dusk, Chen Mu returned to Changping Ward.

Just as he entered the ward gate, he ran into two Great Blade Gang members.

"Erhu? You’re back?"

One of the men saw Chen Mu and hurriedly stepped forward, whispering, "Erhu, where have you been? Boss Tiger told us to find you……"

"My brother is looking for me?"

Chen Mu was puzzled. "Is something the matter?"

"The Green Snake Gang has come to retaliate!"

Another burly youth whispered, "Just after noon, people from the Green Snake Gang suddenly crossed the border and ambushed Boss Tiger……"

"What?" Chen Mu was startled. "Is my brother okay?"

"Fortunately, Boss Tiger’s martial arts have improved, and his strength has increased quite a bit. When he was ambushed, he had six people with him. Although he was slightly injured, it was only skin-deep, nothing serious."

The burly youth replied, "Boss Tiger told us to find you just to tell you this, so you don't go out for the next few days to avoid being ambushed by people from the Green Snake Gang!"

"I understand."

Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "The Green Snake Gang ambushed my brother; do you know who the leader was?"