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

They saw Gongsun Yuan.

Those around were startled.

What brings you here?

Even Xu Lei of the Body Sect and the third-rank elder of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect were slightly surprised.

Gongsun Yuan, Shangguan Wuqing's second disciple, is the deputy director of the Night Watch Division of Huangzhou and a second-rank expert.

He's coming over.

Today, Gu Chen will probably be protected by him.

Gongsun Yuan came to Gu Chen's side.

Luo Tianxing and Gu Chen called out in unison, "Second Senior Brother."

Gongsun Yuan nodded: "I came here immediately after receiving your message. Luckily, it wasn't too late, otherwise I would have been bullied."

Gongsun Yuan looked at Xu Lei of the Body Sect and said indifferently, "The matter has not been investigated clearly yet. Envoy Xu, it would be best if you did not touch my junior brother. Otherwise, you will not be able to explain to us where he was injured."

Although the tone was calm, the threat was palpable.

In front of Gongsun Yuan, a master of the second rank.

Xu Lei, no longer as domineering as before, looked at Gu Chen and said, "Where did you obtain my Body Refining Technique from? Tell me the truth. If you didn't kill a disciple of my Body Refining Sect to obtain it or directly steal it from my Body Refining Sect, we can try to treat you leniently."

With Gongsun Yuan by his side, Gu Chen was no longer afraid and said, "I obtained this technique from a protector of the Black Heaven Sect, a small evil cult in Zhenshi County. There are guards from the Cheng family who can testify to this."

"I didn't know it was a divine skill of the Body Sect at the time, but I still practiced it," Gu Chen explained.

"Obtained from a cult protector!" Xu Lei said thoughtfully.

"That's good." Gu Chen nodded. "If you want it back, I can give it to you."

Gu Chen took out the manual and tossed it to Xu Lei.

Anyway, he has the copper bowl, and he can use it to exchange for cultivation after he obtains the Vajra Body.

Keeping the secret manual is useless.

Xu Lei took the manual.

Seeing this, Gongsun Yuan smoothed things over, saying, "Since my junior brother obtained the secret manual from cultists, ignorance is no excuse. Now that we have retrieved it and returned it to you, you don't need to thank him. Let's just let this matter drop."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lei accepted the manual and said, "I will report this truthfully when I return to the Body Sect. The sect will decide how to handle it."

After saying that, he didn't continue talking about it.

If this task were done by someone without any background or connections...

He will definitely capture him and bring him back to the Body Sect today to punish him and cripple his cultivation.

But Gu Chen dared not do that.

Gu Chen is Shangguan Wuqing's personal disciple. Shangguan Wuqing is the deputy director of the Night Watch Division and has now broken through to the Earth Venerable Realm, becoming one of the high-level decision-makers of the Night Watch Division.

Even if he went back and reported it to the Body Sect, the Body Sect would most likely just let it go.

The Body Sect has many body-refining divine techniques.

The Xuan Tie Chi Tong Vajra Body is not the most essential element, and this technique can only be cultivated up to the upper three realms.

If Gu Chen learns it, so be it.

They didn't need to offend Shangguan Wuqing or the Night Watch over this matter.

Moreover, Gu Chen has already returned the manual to them, giving them both face and substance.

It would be wrong of them to continue dwelling on this matter.

Huang Ping then looked at Gu Chen: "Director Gu, let's put aside your cultivation of the Body Sect's techniques for now, but do you think you can just brush off the fact that you killed my son like this today? Do you think you, as an official of the Night Watch, can kill the heirs of second-rate forces as you please?!"

Upon hearing this...

Everyone present once again focused their attention on Gu Chen.

Gongsun Yuan came and resolved the issue of his practice of the Body Sect's techniques.

But the matter of him killing Huang Jinyu, the young leader of the mining gang, is not over yet.

If he cannot produce evidence to prove that he or Liu Xun were the mastermind behind this, he will still be in trouble today.

Liu Chen snorted coldly and looked at him.

Even if Gu Chen resolves the matter of cultivating the Body Sect's techniques, let's see how he handles the matter of killing Huang Jinyu.

"I told you, I wasn't the one who killed Huang Jinyu. It was a setup, and the mastermind behind it all is Liu Xun and Yamamoto Okamura of the Yamamoto family from Japan!" Gu Chen said.

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled once again.

People from the Yamamoto family of the island nation.

This time, Gu Chen even dragged people from the island nation into it.

Isn't this even more outrageous?

Those around them thought it was outrageous.

Liu Xun felt as if the sky was about to fall.

Gu Chen actually knew the name of Yamamoto-oka Village. How did he know it?

The fact that Gu Chen could name Yamamoto-oka Village shows that he truly knows the truth of the matter, and he probably wasn't making it up.

Now, Liu Xun began to panic.

At this time.

Liang Xiaoyun also brought along the managers of six forces: the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, the Liuyun Chamber of Commerce, the Tianwan Gang, the Zhu family, the Yu family, and the Qiao family.

Seeing Liu Xun starting to panic, Gu Chen sneered and said, "This matter started some time ago when I was tracking down a batch of supplies that had been stolen by pirates for the six major forces in Jiuwan City."

"Some time ago, I helped the six forces in Jiuwan City track down a batch of supplies that had been looted by pirates. We tracked them to Iron Reef Island and Lone Cliff Island in the waters near Jiuwan City, found the pirates who had looted the supplies, and even stumbled upon their transaction with the Yamamoto family of the island nation."

"I just learned that Liu Xun, the senior brother of the mining gang, has been secretly trading with the Yamamoto family of Japan for the past few years, selling rare metals, medicinal herbs, and healing medicines that are strictly prohibited from being sold to Japan by the Divine Dynasty government!"

"To prevent me from finding out about him, Liu Xun joined forces with a powerful member of the Yamamoto family in Japan to set up this scheme, killing Huang Jinyu, the young leader of the mining gang, and framing me."

"Killing Huang Jinyu at the same time will eliminate one person who will compete with him for the position of successor of the mining gang in the future. It's killing two birds with one stone." Gu Chen looked coldly at Liu Xun.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xun looked panicked and said to Huang Ping, "Master, he's talking nonsense. He's wronging me. I don't know any members of the Yamamoto family from Japan, nor have I ever done anything with them. Master has been incredibly kind to me. How could I possibly kill my junior brother for the position of the gang leader's successor? He made all this up to frame me."

Although Liu Xun vehemently refuted it.

But those around him couldn't help but scrutinize Gu Chen's words.

If Gu Chen's words are supported by evidence, then they might actually be plausible.

It remains to be seen whether Gu Chen can produce compelling evidence to prove that what he said is true.

"What evidence do you have for what you're saying?" Huang Ping ignored Liu Xun's rebuttal and instead looked at Gu Chen to ask.

If what Gu Chen said is false.

Liu Xun didn't need to refute it; if it were true, his rebuttal would be useless.

It would be better to see if Gu Chen can produce any compelling evidence to prove that what he said is true.

"The evidence is there," Gu Chen said. "The people from these six major forces can all testify that I sent them to hunt down supplies, and that I killed members of the Yamamoto family and pirates from the island nation on Iron Reef Island."

"Please be patient, everyone. The people I sent out to wipe out the Yamamoto family's strongholds in my Yuehai County will be back soon. The evidence of Liu Xun's dealings with them will be delivered shortly," Gu Chen said calmly.

Liu Xun was even more alarmed upon hearing this.

Gu Chen not only knew about his deal with the Yamamoto family, but also their trading locations. He has now sent people to wipe out these locations and collect evidence.

He panicked completely.

Should he choose to run away now?

I don't know if what Gu Chen said is true.

If that's true, if he doesn't run away, he's doomed.

If it's fake, Gu Chen is trying to trick him into losing his composure.

He fell for Gu Chen's trick.

No, he can't afford to lose his composure.

If he chooses to escape now, not to mention the three top-rank experts present, the other mid-rank experts present can also stop him.

He has no way to escape.

The only way to survive is to continue denying it.

Gu Chen continued, "You may not know this, but Liu Xun is actually a cult member. He is an undercover agent planted in the mining gang by the Drowning Cult, and his future goal is to control the mining gang for the Drowning Cult's use."

"You must all be curious about where the evil spirit that suddenly appeared in Jiuwan City yesterday came from. There haven't been any evil spirits in Jiuwan City for several years. Why would an evil spirit suddenly appear and lead everyone into the alley? That evil spirit was raised by him. Only a group of cultists from the gutter could have such methods."

"He released evil spirits to lure us over, while he created an alibi outside, allowing Yamamoto Okamura, who was lying in ambush in the alley, to kill the Golden Feather Young Master. Then he framed me. Everything was seamless, killing two birds with one stone and solving his two problems. Afterwards, no one was able to find out who he was."

Gu Chen's words.

This has once again caused a huge uproar.

This Liu Xun is actually a member of the Drowning Cult, a cult.

The Drowning Cult is a major cult lurking in the Desolate State and the South Sea State. It has several first-rank experts in charge and has been repeatedly besieged by the Night Watch of the two states, but all attempts have failed.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xun was actually an undercover agent planted by the Drowning Cult within the mining gang.

If that's really the case.

Then it's very possible that he did all of these things.

Huang Ping looked at him in disbelief.

Was Liu Xun really an undercover agent planted in his mining gang by the Drowning Cult?

If that's the case, then Yu'er was killed by him in conjunction with experts from the island nation.

All this was to frame Gu Chen.

All eyes turned to Liu Xun, if everything was true.

Huang Ping, the leader of the mining gang, is about to lose another of his prized disciples.

"You're talking nonsense, Master! Don't listen to him! I'm not some undercover agent from the Drowning Cult. This is all made up by Gu Chen. He's just saying this to frame me," Liu Xun argued with Huang Ping.

Then he looked at Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, this is all your side of the story. The people from the Nine Bays City that you brought in can only prove that you once chased down a group of pirates for them and happened to see them trading with the islanders on the island where they lived."

"Other things don't prove anything. As for the claim that I made a deal with the Japanese and framed you for killing Junior Brother, you need to provide substantial evidence. Without evidence, everything is just empty talk. You killed Junior Brother too, so you can't escape." Liu Xun said coldly.

Huang Ping looked at Gu Chen.

He also hoped that what Gu Chen said was false.

If it's true.

Now he has not only lost his most talented son, but also his most prized disciple.

All of this is so absurd that it's hard to accept at first glance.

"The evidence is there, of course. Look, it's here." Gu Chen's gaze was now fixed on the outside of the Night Watch.

The people from all the factions present followed his gaze.

At this time, the personnel who had been dispatched by Gu Chen and Luo Tianxing to wipe out the secret strongholds in Yuehai County where Liu Xun was trading with the Yamamoto family of Japan had returned.

Each of them also carried a bloody human head.

Looking at these heads, some were from Japan, with noticeable tufts of beard below their noses.

Some of them were members of the mining gang and were recognized by the gang members.

Furthermore, they also possess stacks of accounts and other receipts documenting Liu Xun's transactions with the Yamamoto family of Japan.

When Liu Xun saw the heads of his trusted men being brought to him by a group of Night Watch personnel, he understood that Gu Chen had indeed wiped out all the bases where he traded with those people from the island nation.

They obtained evidence of his dealings with the island nation.

He's finished today!