[{"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-46":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},2229604,4164,"Chapter 46","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Collect information and build an intelligence network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former just needs eyes and ears, but the latter is difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is the most important thing about intelligence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confidentiality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And timeliness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This involves a problem: communication!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't you see that the imperial court spent huge sums of money to build post stations to transmit intelligence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a small gang to want to build a perfect intelligence system is no less than a pipe dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Tong knew this point, and Chen Mu also knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Mu returned, he thought about the position of \"Hall Master of the External Affairs Hall\" and knew that it was specially established by Guan Tong to win him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the previous \"Supervision Envoy,\" taking money to support people was the main thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collecting information was just a matter of convenience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, giving Chen Mu money also required a legitimate excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to spend the 100,000 taels of operating expenses was entirely up to Chen Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Chen Mu swallowed it all, Guan Tong wouldn't say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he really swallowed it all, if Guan Tong asked Chen Mu to do something later, Chen Mu wouldn't be able to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking people's money, eliminating disasters for people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It applies everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the actions of the External Affairs Hall could not be less; Chen Mu couldn't build a complete intelligence network, but he had to build the basic framework.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the External Affairs Hall could operate normally, his duties would be fulfilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest was information collection, induction, organization, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This required manpower, a lot of manpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the hall of the External Affairs Hall was established, Chen Mu immediately selected suitable personnel within the gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was to collect ordinary information, not to be a secret agent, there were still requirements for whether the personnel were suitable or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handsome, ugly, fierce, tall, thin, fat, short, too fair, too dark—none of these people were suitable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence personnel with plain looks and plain figures were the suitable personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, those with honest, dull, and simple personalities wouldn't work either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to be smart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Blade Gang had all kinds of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a check, there weren't even forty people who met the conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu wanted all of these people, and no one refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Chen Mu was acting under Guan Tong's orders, and second, the price Chen Mu offered was high: 30 taels of monthly money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was six or seven times higher than ordinary gang members; only a fool wouldn't be willing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the errand runners, Chen Mu also recruited a few who were literate and could write and draw to act as record clerks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, he gathered forty people and organized them into four teams, with one minor leader per team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the personnel settled, he still had to train them simply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing on some intelligence networks in film and television dramas from his previous life, Chen Mu gathered everyone and gave a lesson on information collection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when he was busy, a rumor about Chen Mu began to spread in the inner city of Nanyun Prefecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heard? A gang leader in the outer city, only sixteen years old, has broken through to the fourth level of Houtian and calls himself the 'First Youth of Nanyun'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How arrogant, the first youth? Not afraid of losing his teeth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not even sixteen; at this age, having the cultivation of the fourth level of Houtian is indeed a genius. Young and vigorous, being arrogant is understandable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk, the title of 'First Youth of Nanyun' is not something just anyone can hold. There are several people in the major forces of the inner city who are not even sixteen and are at the fourth level of Houtian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Tang Tianhao of the Tang family, Zheng Qianrou of the Zheng family, are all fifteen or sixteen years old and at the fourth level of Houtian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's also Guo Jinquan of the Guo family, who is also at this cultivation level. That Great Blade Gang, Chen Mu, is too ignorant! Thinking about it, how much vision can a low-level gang member have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tea houses, restaurants, inns, brothels...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In various places in the inner city, Chen Mu's arrogant words were spreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First Youth of Nanyun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a muffled sound, in a private room of a restaurant in the inner city, Guo Jinquan slapped the table fiercely, shaking the dishes on the table twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of bullshit Great Blade Hall Master, a stinky fish and rotten shrimp, dares to claim to be the 'First Youth of Nanyun'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jinquan frowned, showing disgust, stood up and said, \"Let's go, go to the outer city, I want to see how much ability this Chen Mu has to dare to step on my head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master Quan, calm down.\" A man with a round face stood up in agreement and laughed, \"Low-level mud-legged people don't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth; there's no need for Young Master Quan to make a move. I'll call someone to teach the other party a lesson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you find someone who is fifteen or sixteen and at the fourth level of Houtian?\" Guo Jinquan looked at the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" The man's expression stiffened, and he laughed dryly, \"This is just to teach a lesson, find someone with a high cultivation level...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jinquan raised his hand and said while walking, \"Finding someone with a high cultivation level to teach people a lesson, wouldn't that make it look like we can't afford to lose? And don't forget, this Chen Mu is suspected of having a Xiantian 'Master' behind him! Deliberately messing with him, be careful of stealing a chicken only to lose the rice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, Young Master Quan is right.\" The man hurriedly agreed, feeling relieved in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost forgot that Chen Mu was suspected of having a Xiantian expert behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news circulating in tea houses and restaurants only revealed that Chen Mu was a Hall Master of the Great Blade Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Chen Mu was suspected of having a Xiantian \"Master\" had not spread; one had to go to the East District of the outer city and investigate on the spot to know this information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, Guo Jinquan had the qualification to say that Chen Mu was a mud-legged person and a stinky fish and rotten shrimp, but he did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tang family, Tang Tianhao, has met Brother Chen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the outer city, East District, Changlong Market, just as Chen Mu walked out of the hall gate, he was blocked by a robust youth who was 1.8 meters tall, had thick arms, a tender face, but obvious fluctuations in blood and energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Chen claims to be the 'First Youth of Nanyun,' Tianhao is untalented and wants to ask for advice, please Brother Chen, don't be stingy with your guidance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Tianhao said, stepped back two steps, and set up a stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu frowned slightly, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First Youth of Nanyun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who gave him this title that attracts hatred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, I have never said the words 'First Youth' myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mu cupped his fists and said, \"Brother Tang comes from a famous family and has strong strength. Chen Mu knows he is inferior and cannot give guidance, I hope you understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, he bowed and bypassed Tang Tianhao, leaving with big strides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Tianhao was stunned, put away his hands, followed behind, and continued, \"Then Brother Chen is not yet sixteen, and the cultivation of the fourth level of Houtian is also fake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...This is true.\" Chen Mu responded while walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's true, that's good.\" Tang Tianhao quickened his pace and walked side by side with Chen Mu, \"Brother Chen's cultivation is equivalent to mine, so we can still spar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it.\" Chen Mu politely declined, \"Cultivation cannot represent combat power. I just had good luck to break through the cultivation level, and I can't compare with you, Brother Tang...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you Chen Mu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shout rang out, and a girl wearing brocade clothes, with fair skin, a plain figure, and heroic spirit, blocked the middle of the road, looked directly at Chen Mu, and shouted in a delicate voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you the one who claims to be the 'First Youth of Nanyun'? Zheng family, Zheng Qianrou, specifically here to ask for advice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1429,"2026-06-18T00:46:08.476Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7ce0e7354219cd9eae5eba4399fd76d63fe4c4e4f8baa8a16cb640de256efcf4","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-47","laying-low-in-the-martial-world-to-become-the-an-chapter-45",576,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhiding-in-the-martial-world-to-become-ancestor-cover.jpg"]