My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 26 Chaos
The chaos came unexpectedly.

One night in April, Chen Mu was fast asleep.

A scream was heard.

Chen Mu woke up with a start.

Listening carefully, the faint wails made him realize that something had happened!
He quickly put on a piece of clothing and jumped onto the roof.

Fires broke out everywhere in the city, and screams of battle echoed throughout.

A chaotic army besieging the city?!
He didn't dare to go out and wander around.

In such chaos, one could easily lose their life.

He could only sit on the roof, vigilantly watching for any movement around him.

Fortunately, the bandits did not immediately raid the civilian population.

They mainly targeted wealthy families in the city.

Most of the fires occurred in the city center.

They watched the surroundings nervously until dawn broke, when the shouts of battle gradually subsided.

Accompanied by the faint sounds of horses galloping and neighing, a brief silence fell over Qingshan County.

As the sun rose, cries of agony rose and fell.

The night was filled with chaos, and countless people lost their lives.

Chen Mu kept the door tightly shut, determined to stay home and not go out.

The bandits had just left, but the chaos was far from over.

"Fortunately, we had stockpiled a batch of food beforehand."

As grain prices continued to rise and news of unrest kept coming in, he had a bad feeling and decisively stockpiled grain and medicine.

With food in hand, there's no need to panic.

They blocked all the gates of the three houses with wooden sticks.

Chen Mu stayed at home quietly, grinding away to improve his skill level.

"Let's wait until things have completely calmed down before we go out and explore."

……

Two days later, in the evening.

Chen Mu finished his day of cultivation and went to eat and rest.

Listen carefully to the sounds around you.

The chaos is not completely over yet.

Even in the middle of the night, sporadic screams could still be heard.

"I wonder what the county government soldiers are doing?"

Two days have passed, and the government still hasn't come out to quell the chaos and restore order.

"Won't they have been completely wiped out by the bandits?"

The idea of ​​going out to take a look that had just been raised was immediately dispelled.

With his martial arts skills, even if he couldn't defeat a strong opponent, he could still escape.

But if his martial arts skills are revealed, it might arouse curiosity and investigation from others, ultimately leading to trouble.

"You have to be careful to survive longer."

The world is a complex place.

……

Anlefang in Dongshi.

The doors of the Miaohuafang shop were wide open.

Inside, books, paintings, paper, and ink were scattered everywhere.

The counter was also pushed over and overturned.

There were still traces of blood on the wall.

Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan walked out of the shop looking gloomy.

"They really went all out, not leaving us two brothers a single copper coin!" Zhou Liang said bitterly.

"All the wealthy shops nearby have been robbed. Should we go check out the homes of the big families in Shengye Lane?" Zheng Huan said unwillingly.

“Those wealthy families whose doors were broken into have already been robbed clean.” Zhou Liang said helplessly, “The two of us brothers can’t get into the ones whose doors weren’t broken into either.”

"If that doesn't work, we'll find a few small businesses. Little by little, we can't come up with nothing," Zheng Huan said through gritted teeth.

Bandits stormed the county town, causing chaos within the town.

For these gangsters, however, it was a feast.

The desires that were usually hidden deep in my heart were completely released.

They committed all sorts of atrocities, including arson, murder, and looting.

"What profit could you possibly make from those small, insignificant households?" Zhou Liang's eyes darted around as he chuckled. "Have you forgotten Chen Mu?"

Zheng Huan's eyes lit up: "Twenty taels for a painting, that's a real bargain!"

"It's a pity that Old Man Yan disappeared, and his family property was divided up long ago. Otherwise..." Zhou Liang said regretfully.

"Let's go, let's take down this kid first!" Zheng Huan urged repeatedly. "That kid only knows how to eat meat after he makes money, he doesn't know how to spend it at all. He must have saved up at least several hundred taels of silver!"

"Then let's teach him how to spend it!"

The two men, with short swords at their waists, excitedly slipped into the alley.

In the two days of chaos, they had killed and robbed more than once, their eyes were bloodshot, and greed had completely taken over their minds.

...Ping An Fang, at the entrance of the Chen family's residence.

The two peeked inside through the crack in the door.

"The door was even blocked up."

"What good is blocking the door? Not a single one of these hundreds of taels of silver will escape!"

"Step on my shoulder and climb over the wall!"

Zheng Huan crouched down and stood firm, while Zhou Liang stepped on his shoulders to climb over the wall.

Perched on the wall, Zhou Liang excitedly looked into the courtyard and saw a figure standing upside down on a stone stool in the middle of the yard.

The other person was shirtless, their full muscles bulging with blood.

With the left hand behind the back, the right index finger and thumb are spread out in a V-shape to support the stone block.

The opponent actually managed to stand upside down in mid-air using only two fingers!

Zhou Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but look at the upside-down face.

This is...this is that thin, frail scholar?!
He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Those well-defined muscles—how could they be considered skinny?!
Chen Mu stared in surprise at the figure that had leaped onto the wall.

Zhou Liang?

It immediately leaped into the air and flipped over, then stood firmly on the stone pier with its knees bent.

Staring at the astonished face on the wall, he couldn't help but grin, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth: "You found out..."

Whoosh!
Before Zhou Liang could react.

Chen Mu suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, it suddenly appeared on the top of the wall.

His right hand gripped Zhou Liang's neck like a pair of iron pincers.

The immense strength left no room for resistance. Grabbing the other's neck, he jumped off the wall as if lifting a chick, slamming him against the opposite wall with a thud.

Zheng Huan, who was squatting under the wall, only felt a blur before his eyes, and Zhou Liang above his head disappeared.

Turning around subconsciously.

Then they saw a muscular man with his upper body bare, lifting Zhou Liang into the air with just one hand.

Seeing Zhou Liang's face turn red and his legs kicking wildly in the air, Zheng Huan turned and ran.

Phew!

A splash of blood erupted behind the knee.

Before the scream could even escape his throat, a large hand grabbed his neck.

Whoosh!
The brief call vanished in a flash.

The alley was deserted, and silence returned.

……

Under the cover of night, Chen Mu carried two straw mat rolls and leaped and ran from rooftop to rooftop.

His two physical transformations provided him with powerful motivation.

He brought the leaping style of the Red Falcon Formation Technique to its fullest potential.

Carrying two people, he moved about without making a sound.

It was still that same abandoned house. Chen Mu was familiar with the routine of digging holes, burying people, and filling in the soil.

Then they quickly cleaned up the scene, and the traces disappeared after a few leaps.

……

Ping An Fang, Chen Family, the easternmost No. 1 courtyard.

An oil lamp was lit on the square table.

Under the dim yellow light.

A bunch of odds and ends were placed on the table.

Copper coins, broken silver, a short sword, lime powder, sleeping potion, Jin Yang pills...

These are items looted from Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan.

Chen Mu touched his chest, feeling his heart still pounding wildly, and said with annoyance, "I have to resort to killing again."

"It's all because of this damned world!"

"Isn't it better to be a good person like me?"

Chen Mu sighed and counted out the copper and silver coins on the table one by one.

Copper coins are copper coins, silver coins are silver coins, but the sleeping potion and lime powder are thrown away because they are of very poor quality.

Jin Yang Wan? What the hell? Throw it away!
Finally, he picked up the two short swords on the table.

Brown wooden hilt and scabbard, oval brass hilt, elbow to fingertip length.

He drew his sword, the bright silver blade still bearing traces of blood.

"Those two deserve to die."

Two days of chaos ensued, and countless innocent souls perished beneath those two swords.

He found a cloth and wiped the short sword clean: "From now on, I can only use you to fight evil, hoping to atone for your sins."

Chen Mu was thinking of going to the Ghost Market after the chaos subsided to find a sword technique manual to practice.

We can't let those two short swords go to waste.

(End of this chapter)