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

If the Cheng family were to now associate with the head of the Night Watch of another city without any background...

It's possible that not only will the industry be unable to expand.

Even with the Wen family's oppression this time, the Cheng family couldn't protect themselves.

He had no choice but to give away the family business he had painstakingly built up to the Wen family.

To become a puppet of the Wen family.

"It's not hard work," Cheng Mengling said with a sweet smile.

Despite her hard work, she received a compliment from Gu Chen.

It was worth it.

She has now broken through to the first level of the Innate Realm.

And it's not even in the early stage, but in the middle stage.

With sufficient resources available.

She will soon break through to the late stage of the first innate realm.

Unfortunately.

It's too difficult for her to follow in Gu Chen's footsteps.

Gu Chen was like a rising comet, growing at a speed that made him unattainable for her.

She used to have unrealistic ideas about Gu Chen.

She fantasized that if she silently worked for Gu Chen and let him see her abilities, he might develop feelings for her.

Looking back now.

The gap between Gu Chen and her is already too great.

The dazzling light emanating from Gu Chen was enough to overshadow all her efforts.

Whether it's talent, background, or ability.

She is no longer a good match for Gu Chen.

She could only keep this affection deep in her heart.

As long as Gu Chen needs her, that's enough for her.

Without Gu Chen, the Cheng family wouldn't be where it is today.

Now that Gu Chen has defeated Wen Wushuang and Duan Yanxin, the Wen family should no longer target the Cheng family.

This was said by Wen Wushuang himself before challenging Gu Chen.

The Wen family is a top-tier family.

I will not break my promise.

The submission of the Cheng family, a third-rate clan, is insignificant to the Wen family.

It won't affect the Wen family's core support base.

It can only be said that it will disgust the Wen family.

"Mm." Gu Chen nodded.

After Cheng Mengling left.

Gu Chen tidied himself up and then left.

It's still early today.

Now he has received 20,000 taels of silver.

He has saved enough silver to break through to the Perfect Breakthrough Realm.

I'll buy the elixir today and break through.

Gu Chen announced that Wei Zhong would have a day off today.

He needs to go out for a while.

He usually goes out.

Sometimes they went to keep watch, and sometimes they went to do other things.

Wei Zhong wouldn't ask any more questions.

He wouldn't normally visit the Night Watch very often.

So they didn't observe his movements.

Naturally, no one paid any attention to him.

On the road, Gu Chen maintained his good habit of changing his appearance and disguising himself so that no one could recognize his true face.

To avoid being noticed by those with ulterior motives.

Upon arriving at Yuehai County, Gu Chen went directly to Xuantian Pavilion.

"I want to buy sixty-four Level Two Breakthrough Pills for Travelers at once. What kind of discount can I get?"

The shopkeeper said, "3% off."

"Okay." Gu Chen took out 62,080 taels of silver and handed it to him.

Sixty-four Breakthrough Pills, after a 3% discount, that's all you get.

The shopkeeper accepted the money.

After entering the pavilion, he took out seven small porcelain bottles and handed them to Gu Chen. After checking that the quantity of the pills was accurate, he handed them to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen left and went straight out of Yuehai County.

Return to Jiuwan City.

at this time.

Within the Wen family.

Wen Jiexing had already led Wen Wushuang and her group back to the Wen family from Jiuwan City.

At this time, Wen Lingtian had already received news of their defeat.

Now, looking at everyone who has rushed back...

His face was gloomy.

"Useless! You can't even handle someone who has just broken through to the early stage of the True Yuan Realm. What else can you do?" Wen Lingtian shouted angrily at his younger brother Wen Wushuang and his follower Duan Yanxin.

Wen Wushuang is one thing.

Since Gu Chen had entered the realm of the Crimson Copper Body and mastered the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique,

It's normal for him to lose.

What he didn't expect was that even Duan Yanxin, a veteran mid-stage True Yuan Realm expert who was just one step away from breaking through to the late-stage True Yuan Realm, was defeated.

Is Gu Chen really that strong?

This is Wen Wushuang's challenge.

This not only prevented them from continuing to target the Cheng family under Gu Chen's command.

The other families, who didn't care about the Wen family's orders before, care even less now.

The Wen family couldn't even handle the Cheng family under Gu Chen's command.

Do you really think you can take down those powerful families who have extraordinary influence as their backers?

Wen Wushuang and Duan Yanxin were so scolded that they dared not retaliate.

They were indeed careless this time.

Gu Chen gained fame by stepping on their faces.

Wen Wushuang looked at her elder brother, Wen Lingtian, and asked, "So what should we do next, brother? Are you going to personally challenge Gu Chen? We've let him take such a huge advantage of us!"

"Hmph." Wen Lingtian snorted coldly and said, "Trying to use your information asymmetry to step on the Wen family's face and rise to power? It's not that easy."

Wen Lingtian narrowed his eyes: "Have someone spread the word everywhere that I'm challenging him, within three months, whichever he decides. Let's see if he dares to accept the challenge. If he does, I'll show him what cruelty is!"

This is the move he made.

It's an open conspiracy.

He and Gu Chen were both disciples of the Chief Commander of the Night Watch.

Even Gu Chen's master, Shangguan Wuqing, went to Zhongzhou to serve as a high-level decision-maker in the Night Watch.

The two have special identities.

They represent not only themselves, but also their masters and factions behind them.

If Gu Chen dares to accept the challenge, he will definitely beat Gu Chen until he shits himself.

If Gu Chen does not accept the challenge.

He then took the opportunity to create public opinion.

They spread rumors that Gu Chen feared him, was inferior to him, and that they were both disciples of the Night Watch Division.

Ancient dust was afraid of battle, and so on.

This made things difficult for Gu Chen no matter what.

This also brought shame upon Shangguan Wuqing, who was behind Gu Chen.

"Okay." Wen Wushuang nodded excitedly.

He was defeated by Gu Chen, and now he has nowhere to vent his anger.

His older brother is going to challenge Gu Chen, that's great.

Ideally, Gu Chen should be completely crushed, so that he can experience the feeling of being brutally abused.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen...

That night.

After he returned to his residence in Jiuwan City.

Gu Chen then placed sixty-six Breakthrough Pills into the copper bowl.

He had just bought sixty-four coins, and adding the two he had seized from Yamamoto Okamura, that made sixty-six coins, just enough.

Choose to directly exchange for a cultivation breakthrough.

Sixty-six second-grade Breakthrough Pills for Travelers can be exchanged for 660 days of pure cultivation.

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

In an instant, an immense amount of cultivation power was poured into his body.

Gu Chen immediately activated the White Tiger Breaking Acupoints Technique, transforming it into White Tiger Killing True Essence to open up the acupoints in his body.

His acupoints in his limbs, torso, and dantian have all been opened and filled with true essence.

To break through from the late stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm to the Perfection Realm, one needs to break through all the apertures surrounding the final sea of ​​consciousness.

Gu Chen mobilized his true energy and, following the guidance of the cultivation technique, determined the locations of these acupoints.

Then, a white tiger phenomenon appeared behind Gu Chen.

A phantom of a white tiger stood above his body, guiding sharp true energy to continuously impact the acupoints in his sea of ​​consciousness.

One by one, the acupoints were opened, allowing Gu Chen's physical body to be continuously baptized.

After all the cultivation was infused, all the acupoints around his sea of ​​consciousness were opened up, and the acupoints were filled with true essence transformed from the cultivation.

The amount of true essence stored in Gu Chen's body surged.

Each time the physical body's acupoints are opened, it undergoes a cleansing process, greatly increasing its strength.

Gu Chen's eyesight, hearing, and reaction speed have all improved.

Even their spiritual power has been enhanced to some extent.

This increased the range of his divine soul's projection by at least ten meters.

This was an unexpected gain. Previously, when he broke through the acupoints in other places, he did not improve his spiritual power. He only improved it when he broke through the acupoints around his sea of ​​consciousness.

Now, the Breakthrough Realm has been fully achieved.

The next step is to break through to the fifth rank of the Transformation Sea Realm.

However, the fifth-grade Huahai Pill is too expensive, costing two thousand taels of silver per pill.

He needs 68 stones, which cost more than 130,000 taels of silver, to break through.

He couldn't gather the money in time.

We need to slow down for a while.

Fortunately, from then on, he received an extra 20,000 taels of silver from the Cheng family every month as a token of his respect.

In addition, there's the 24,000 taels I can earn from alchemy.

That's more than 40,000 taels a month.

He only needs to save for three months to accumulate enough silver to break through to the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

Let's take it one step at a time.

Now he has reached a higher level.

Martial arts skills also need to be learned.

He currently has more than 15,000 taels of silver left.

The fifth-grade martial art we seized from Yamamoto Okamura can now be practiced.

Gu Chen placed the Shadow Killing Technique manual into the copper bowl.

Copper bowl tip:

The third-grade martial art of the Wanderer, "Shadow Assassination Technique," can be learned by spending two thousand taels of silver.

The silver cost for a second-grade martial art is twice that of a first-grade martial art.

The martial arts skills of a third-ranked practitioner are twice that of a second-ranked practitioner.

Let's master this martial art first.

Gu Chen put two thousand taels of silver into it, and the silver disappeared.

The insights into this martial art instantly entered Gu Chen's mind, allowing him to successfully master it.

[Spend 6,000 taels of silver to exchange for a minor level of mastery of the "Shadow Assassination Technique".]

"Six thousand taels," the copper bowl indicated.

Gu Chen was startled, but he still gritted his teeth and made the exchange.

Gu Chen took out six thousand taels of silver and put it into the copper bowl.

An even greater realization entered Gu Chen's mind.

Let him master this martial art to a minor level.

He now only has a little over seven thousand taels of silver left, which is not enough to continue breaking through to the Great Perfection stage.

Gu Chen simply left it for the time being.

Shadow Assassination Technique at the Lesser Mastery Level.

It already allows him to create four clones to attack the enemy simultaneously.

Then, he can unleash his sword intent in conjunction with his Breaking Illusion Blade, further enhanced by the two extraordinary phenomena.

He could even put up a fight against a strongman at the early stage of the fifth-grade Sea Transformation Realm.