Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

Gu Chen placed the Soul-Piercing Cone, a secret technique for attacking the divine soul that he had previously acquired and which Tang Hong had given him as a form of reconciliation, into the copper bowl.

I want to see if the amount of silver required to learn this secret technique has decreased.

Gu Chen had a guess.

The ability to exchange a copper bowl for insights into a secret manual is related to one's level of mastery over that manual.

He spent some time practicing this secret manual himself and gained a certain understanding of it.

The amount of silver required to exchange for insights will be reduced.

Gu Chen wanted to see if that was true.

The copper bowl provides a clue.

[The special soul-piercing attack technique, "Soul Piercing Cone," can be learned by exchanging 80,000 taels of silver.]

Eighty thousand taels of silver!

As expected, the number decreased.

When he first obtained this secret manual, it cost 100,000 taels of silver to even begin learning it.

But now, it only costs 80,000 taels.

It was reduced by 20,000 taels.

More than two months have passed since he obtained this secret manual.

When he first obtained this secret manual, he tried to comprehend it using a copper bowl, but the bowl indicated that he needed 100,000 taels of silver to even begin to understand it.

He thought it was too expensive, so he chose to figure it out himself. For the past two months, whenever he had free time in the evenings, he would take out this secret manual and study it on his own.

Two months have now passed.

He already had a certain understanding of this secret manual, and then used the copper bowl to exchange for insights.

The amount of silver needed was reduced.

This is a good thing.

He can then continue to reflect on his own understanding.

He estimated that he would be able to master this soul attack technique within a year.

He was extremely envious of the top-tier attack methods.

He was only at the sixth rank, yet he possessed the divine soul power that only experts at the upper three ranks could have.

This power accompanied him as he acquired more and more evil spirit beads and exchanged them for more and more spiritual cultivation.

It can also improve quickly.

Tomorrow, I need to find a way to kill the evil spirit beside Liu Xun, get the Soul Pearl I obtained, and exchange it for another fifty years of divine soul cultivation.

This caused his spiritual cultivation to surge.

The next day.

Gu Chen left Jiuwan City early in the morning.

He went to Yuehai County and found his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing.

"Fourth Senior Brother, I have something important to report to you." Gu Chen got straight to the point.

"Something big? What's so big?" Luo Tianxing looked at Gu Chen.

Recently, their master broke through to a higher level and left the desolate state to take up a leadership position in the Central State Night Watch.

Their second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, told them to keep a low profile.

I wonder what important matter Gu Chen has come to report to me now that he has come to my door.

"Fourth Senior Brother, do you still remember the smuggling case you asked me to investigate when I came to take up my post a month ago?" Gu Chen said.

"I remember." Luo Tianxing nodded.

This incident had a significant impact, involving the smuggling of military supplies. The prefect of Yuehai County also urged him to solve the case as soon as possible.

However, there have been no leads. The smuggling cargo ship and its crew have all disappeared without a trace, making it impossible to investigate.

Gu Chen brought this up to him now, could it be that there are clues about this smuggling case?

"Entrusted by my senior brother, I dared not neglect my duty. For the past month, I have been secretly investigating this matter, and finally, I have obtained the results," Gu Chen said.

"You've found out who's behind this!" Luo Tianxing exclaimed in surprise.

He had previously heard Tie Yangtian talk about Gu Chen's ability to solve cases.

I just haven't seen it with my own eyes.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen is truly outstanding in this area.

Gu Chen had only been in office in Jiuwan City for a month when he had already achieved results.

Gu Chen said there was a result, not just a clue, which means he has direct evidence to conclude the case.

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded and said, "That cargo ship was smuggling goods to the Yamamoto family in Japan."

"The Yamamoto family, one of the four major families in the island nation, is also the largest supplier of military supplies to the island nation!" Luo Tianxing said coldly.

Gu Chen may not know the details of the Yamamoto family, but as the head of the county's Night Watch, he has dealt with forces in the coastal areas and the island nation for many years, so he knows the details of the Yamamoto family.

In Japan, the Yamamoto family holds a position no less powerful than the five great families in China, each with a powerful deity residing within their territory.

Unexpectedly, the smuggled goods in this case were sold to the Yamamoto family.

"That's right, it's the Yamamoto family," Gu Chen said. "And the person trading with them within our Yuehai County isn't the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, nor those salt merchants, but Liu Xun, the senior brother of the Mining Gang, one of the major powers in Yuehai County!"

"Liu Xun, the senior brother of the Mining Gang, is actually a member of the Mining Gang!" Luo Tianxing's eyes narrowed slightly.

Liu Xun is incredibly audacious!

They dared to smuggle military supplies and minerals to island nations.

This is a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.

He's dead.

"Is it just Liu Xun who was involved, or the entire mining gang?" Luo Tianxing asked.

The mining gang is a second-rate force, with its strongest member being a fourth-rank expert.

However, the mining gang is one of the industries of the Body Sect, and the Body Sect is behind it.

If the entire mining gang was involved, then the Body Sect behind him might also have been involved.

That matter has become much bigger, and has exceeded the scope of what a mere county garrison commander like him could handle.

We need to report this to our superiors.

This involves a transcendent force like the Body Sect, which has terrestrial immortals presiding over it.

Even the chief of the Night Watch of the Desolate State couldn't supervise it; he had to report it to the Central State.

It requires joint supervision from the Night Watch headquarters and other major divine dynasties' institutions.

"It's just that Liu Xun was involved, but the mining gang behind him wasn't involved," Gu Chen replied.

"Speaking of which, Senior Brother, you would never guess that there's a big problem with Liu Xun." Gu Chen looked at Luo Tianxing, keeping him in suspense.

"What's the problem?" Luo Tianxing asked him curiously.

If it were just Liu Xun participating alone, that would be easy to handle.

He can handle it directly.

They sent men to arrest Liu Xun and all those involved in the matter.

At the same time, we just need to shut down all their smuggling dens with the Yamamoto family of the island nation.

"This Liu Xun is actually an undercover agent planted in the mining gang by the cult Drowning Cult, in order to control the mining gang and use it for the cult's purposes," Gu Chen replied.

"He's an undercover agent planted by the Drowning Cult in the mining gang." Luo Tianxing was shocked again upon hearing this.

This case is getting more and more interesting.

It turns out that so much valuable information about the people involved has been revealed.

The Drowning Cult is a major cult active in the desolate state and the neighboring South China Sea state.

Their strength far surpasses that of the Black Heaven Sect, which was previously eradicated by Tie Yangtian and only operated within the territory of Zhenshi County.

He belongs to a major cult that is above the first-rate forces and has touched the threshold of the top-tier forces.

The sect has several top-tier experts in charge, and the sect leader is suspected to have reached the Earthly Venerable realm.

Unexpectedly, this case also involved an undercover agent planted by the drowning cult within the mining gang.

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded: "The reason why Junior Brother was able to discover these things is firstly because of the investigation over the past month, and secondly because some time ago, the six major forces in Jiuwan City asked Junior Brother for help, asking him to help them track down a group of pirates who were plundering their supplies at sea."

"My junior brother investigated and found the base of those two groups of pirates. He discovered that they were one of the corrupt officials from the Divine Dynasty who traded with the Yamamoto family of the island nation. They even encountered members of the Yamamoto family who came to trade with them on the island."

"I killed those members of the Yamamoto family, and only from them did I learn the inside story of the deal between the Yamamoto family and Liu Xun, the senior brother of the mining gang." Gu Chen shifted all the blame onto the Yamamoto family members he had killed on Iron Reef Island.

Anyway, there's no way to prove it now that the dead are dead.

Outsiders have no way of knowing whether it was those same people who gave him this information.

It just needs to be enough to cover up the help provided by the copper bowl.

"The information that Liu Xun is a member of the Drowning Cult was also discovered by me through secret investigation. Last night, he and Yamamoto Okamura, a master from the Yamamoto family, set a trap to frame me, which provided evidence that I was implicated in a murder case." Gu Chen recounted what happened last night.

"They set a trap for you, implicating you in a murder case. How do you explain that?" Luo Tianxing asked Gu Chen.

"Last night, an evil spirit suddenly appeared in Jiuwan City. My junior brother went to chase it and found the body of Huang Jinyu, the young leader of the mining gang, in an alley. He discovered that he had been killed there beforehand. The evil spirit's purpose was to lure me there and frame me for his death."

"That Huang Jinyu was killed by Yamamoto Okamura from the island nation. He and Liu Xun set a trap for me to get rid of me and prevent me from finding out more about them." Gu Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "Moreover, with Huang Jinyu killed, Liu Xun will have no one in the mining gang to compete with him for the position of the next gang leader. It's killing two birds with one stone."

"So that's how it is." Luo Tianxing understood.

He continued, "Then they falsely accused you of killing Golden Feather. Now you're in more trouble."

"It is a bit troublesome. The powerful figures from the Kuang Gang and the Body Sect behind them may arrive in Jiuwan City today, demanding an explanation from me." Gu Chen nodded. "However, it's not a big problem. Today, we will take people there, arrest Liu Xun in public, and expose his collusion with the Japanese to kill Huang Jinyu and his smuggling of military supplies. Then everything will be fine."

"Alright, let's not delay any longer and get started now." Luo Tianxing nodded: "I'll gather the men and go to Jiuwan City with you right away."

"Mm." Gu Chen nodded.

The Night Watch's fighting strength.

Night watchmen above the prefectural level.

In addition to the normal night watch personnel, there are four chief officers, two deputy directors, and one director.

They are law enforcement officers and night watchmen.

The law enforcement guards comprise half of the combat strength of the night watchmen in prefectural cities and above.

Their usual duties include covert pursuit, intelligence gathering, and law enforcement.

For example, the chief of the Yuehai County Night Watch.

There are two fourth-rank masters present.

One was Luo Tianxing, the director of the Night Watch, and the other was the chief leader of the Night Watch.

The law enforcement guards consisted of one fourth-rank chief captain, two fifth-rank deputy captains, and four sixth-rank captains.

With his teammates.

Luo Tianxing directly mobilized a large brigade of the Yuehai County law enforcement and night watchmen.

A sixth-rank law enforcement officer and a night watchman captain with more than fifty members.

In addition, there is the power controlled by a chief officer within the Night Watch.

A sixth-rank official and his squad of over fifty Night Watchmen.

There were more than a hundred people in total.

Act swiftly.

Heading towards Jiuwan City.

Gu Chen showed them the locations of the trading bases between the Yamamoto family and Liu Xun's subordinates.

And a large number of trusted confidants within the mining gangs who were bribed by Liu Xun and involved in this matter.

And the location of the accounts and evidence information related to their usual transactions with the Yamamoto family.

He exchanged these for copper bowls last night.

Let them take action first.

Destroy these strongholds, arrest all those involved, and collect the evidence.

With witnesses and physical evidence readily available, Liu Xun will have no way to escape.

Just to be on the safe side.

Gu Chen asked Luo Tianxing to inform their second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, about this matter.

It's unclear whether any experts of the third rank from the Body Sect will come to support the Mining Gang.

If so, it would be better to have their second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, a second-rank big shot, come over. That way, they would feel more confident and secure.