[{"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-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hiding in the Martial World to Become Ancestor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2229581,4164,"Chapter 23: Killing on the street!","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>\"Acquired Third Layer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu reported one layer less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having only become a martial artist for a few months, if he told the truth, he wouldn't just be a genius, but a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, after Huang Feiyang heard this, his mouth opened wide again, his face full of astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acquired Third Layer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long had it been, and he was already Acquired Third Layer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Genius……\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang’s expression was dazed, muttering like a dream, \"Is this what a genius is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"……\" Chen Mu moved his mouth, coughed lightly, and said, \"Brother, if you have anything you don't understand when cultivating the 'Rolling Cloud Technique,' you can ask me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"……That’s a must.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang took a deep breath and rubbed his face with both hands to calm himself down. \"However, forget about tonight; I have to go find Boss Xie. Just like you said, this is a good opportunity to grab territory!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huzi, you stay at home and look after things; I estimate I won't be back until dawn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead.\" Chen Mu nodded. \"Remember to take a few people on the road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Feiyang, who had already turned around, raised his hand and left quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu watched his back disappear at the main gate, and a card appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last Internal Energy Card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used it directly; the card turned into a stream of light and drilled into his body, and the internal energy born out of thin air pushed the \"Rolling Cloud Technique\" to circulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, this energy was absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months of internal energy cultivation naturally couldn't let the \"Rolling Cloud Technique\" break through to the Acquired Fifth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu estimated that it would take at least ten months of cultivation to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal Energy Cards didn't need to be stored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation Cards could be stored temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu had enjoyed the ability of the \"Spirit Snake Steps\" at the \"Peak of Perfection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his goal was to elevate the \"Shattering Gold Palm,\" a combat-oriented martial technique, to the \"Peak of Perfection\" realm as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a Cultivation Card with a two-year limit was clearly not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take at least five, or even six years, to elevate it from the realm of \"Pure Fire and Perfect Mastery\" to \"Peak of Perfection\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight between the Green Snake Gang and the Blood Wolf Gang provoked by Chen Mu, two gangs that had just fought a few days ago, fought again, and the losses were indeed not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides, just major leaders, several died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, the Great Blade Gang took the opportunity to grab territory, and the plan proceeded very smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Snake Gang and the Blood Wolf Gang basically didn't resist much and quickly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the process, only three people died in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu looted three cards in passing, which were an Energy Card, a Physical Strength Card, and a Power Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Internal Energy Card or Skill Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu was prepared for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the three cards, the expansion of the looting range was what made people happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixteen meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through to Acquired Fourth Layer, the looting range expanded to sixteen meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this distance, he could loot cards even through houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, dead people didn't appear every day after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Snake Gang and the Blood Wolf Gang fought continuously and suffered heavy casualties, and both chose to shrink back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Great Blade Gang finished grabbing territory, they also stopped while they were ahead and didn't continue to force them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they really forced the Green Snake and Blood Wolf gangs to join forces to attack the Great Blade Gang, it would be more than the loss was worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu also didn't impersonate \"Wu Sihai\" again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acquired Fourth Layer was still a low-level martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone Sun Jindong, even the leaders of several gangs were beyond Chen Mu’s reach; if he ran into them, he could only run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu returned to wandering the streets and went to the mass graves outside the city every three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of cards looted was scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu returned to the city from the western suburbs; when passing a street, suddenly a commotion came from ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Are martial artists fighting on the street?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu was happy and ran over quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After squeezing into the crowd and hearing the discussion, he realized it wasn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of the commotion was a young master in brocade clothes who stopped a woman and pestered her without letting go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People from the Guo family are just domineering. Miss Li clearly expressed that she doesn't like him, yet he still pestered her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, who told the Li family to be inferior to the Guo family? Not to mention this Guo Jilun is a direct descendant of the Guo family, even if he is ranked fifth, his martial arts cultivation is average, and his playboy nature is not something the Li family can afford to offend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way, who told him to be born well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"……\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding crowd discussed in low voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu listened, looking calmly at the side of the street, where a greasy-faced, handsome-looking young man with lecherous eyes was blocking a beautiful young girl, teasing her constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth young master of the Guo family, Guo Jilun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, not many people could afford to provoke him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because the Guo family was one of the three major families in Nanyun Prefecture!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a martial arts family passed down for over a hundred years, and there was more than one Innate expert in the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a member of the Guo family, shouldn't he be a cut above others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Descendants of big families, if they were selected for careful cultivation, even if their character was arrogant, they wouldn't do such playboy behavior as teasing women on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Guo Jilun was clearly abandoned……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of sword light suddenly bloomed on the side of the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone suddenly rushed out from behind Guo Jilun, who was blocking the girl and teasing her constantly, passed through the gap between Guo Jilun’s two guards, and stabbed Guo Jilun in the back of the heart with one sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puff!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~~~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the girl’s sharp scream, a spray of scorching blood splashed onto her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking for death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two guards were awakened in horror, roaring as they drew their sabers to attack the person who ambushed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with his face covered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shh, shh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man’s figure flickered, the sword light in his hand continued to bloom; the speed of his sword was average, and the angle wasn't tricky, but the sword blade vibrated inexplicably, producing a powerful vibrating force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang, bang\" two muffled sounds, shaking off the guards’ weapons and injuring their wrists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi! Chi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword light flashed, blood lines sprayed from the necks of the two guards, and their bodies fell straight backward to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they landed, the masked man had already withdrawn his sword and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The street was in chaos, and the masked man, who had mixed into the crowd, disappeared after a few movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s over, something big is going to happen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who? Who was the person who attacked just now? How dare he assassinate Guo Jilun on the street; is he crazy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do I feel a bit familiar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, you know him? Isn't he covering his face? You can recognize him even like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’m talking about the sword technique; the sword technique that person used just now is very familiar. Right, it’s the 'Swinging Cloud Sword'! It can't be wrong, it’s the 'Swinging Cloud Sword' of Luo Zhongyun from the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall in the East District! Is the murderer from the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss~! No…… it can't be, right? The Luoyun Martial Arts Hall has already been wiped out, how could……\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"……\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person speaking stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his companion, his face changed, and he lowered his head and left quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several pedestrians who heard the conversation also didn't dare to stay and left in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu was also walking, but he approached the three corpses and looted the cards before turning to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, he was slightly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man used the \"Swinging Cloud Sword\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Zhaoyu!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only surviving son of Luo Zhongyun after the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall was wiped out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassinating Guo Jilun on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it the Guo family that wiped out the Luoyun Martial Arts Hall?\" \u003C\u002Fp>",1459,"2026-06-18T00:46:08.476Z","2026-06-18T03:30:09.135Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2ef2059156b9cf1342bb2c9c4d0a3cc710628c9955d9f14633c6b7c564345ff3","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-24","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-22",576,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhiding-in-the-martial-world-to-become-ancestor-cover.jpg"]