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

He accepted the 45,000 taels of silver handed to him by the shopkeeper.

Gu Chen left the Medicine King Pavilion.

Return to Jiuwan City.

What the manager of the Medicine King Pavilion said didn't seem like a lie.

It would be good if we could sell these two pills for a premium of seven thousand taels.

He had 45,000 taels of silver, plus what he had left on him, bringing his total to over 48,000 taels.

That's enough to cover his monthly income from alchemy and the gifts from the Cheng family.

Back outside Jiuwan City, Gu Chen changed his clothes and went into the city to return to his residence.

Gu Chen took out the fifth-grade martial art, Shadow Killing Technique.

First, master this martial art.

Let's master the attack methods of a fifth-rank official first.

Now, disciples from the four top-tier forces have arrived.

Search for treasure in Yuehai County.

I don't know how strong they are.

If I were to try and take these treasures...

It's safer to improve our own capabilities.

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

Copper bowl tip:

The third-grade martial art of the Traveler, "Shadow Assassination Technique," can be mastered by spending 12,000 taels of silver.

Gu Chen put 12,000 taels of silver into it, and the silver disappeared.

The insights into this martial art instantly entered Gu Chen's mind, allowing him to reach the Great Mastery level.

[Spend 20,000 taels of silver to achieve a complete understanding of the "Shadow Assassination Technique".]

"Twenty thousand taels," the copper bowl indicated.

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

Gu Chen took out 20,000 taels of silver and put it into the copper bowl.

An even greater realization entered Gu Chen's mind.

Let him comprehend this martial art to its fullest extent.

It cost him 32,000 taels of silver to go from mastery to perfection, and now he only has a little over 16,000 taels of silver left.

As you progress through the realms, you really don't spend your money wisely.

Fortunately, he mastered this martial art to perfection.

He was able to successfully upgrade his shadow clones to nine levels, and the martial arts at the perfect level allowed each of his nine shadow clones to have one-third of the attack power of his main body.

With the blessing of his two extraordinary phenomena, even his illusory clones possessed the attack power of the early stage of the Sea Transformation Realm.

After his physical body uses this martial art, it can have the attack power of the mid-stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

With the Breaking Aperture Realm at its peak, he has mastered the attack power of the mid-stage Transformation Sea Realm, which is truly terrifying.

I wonder if the people from those four major forces have started digging for the treasure yet.

I'll ask Cheng Mengling about it tomorrow.

He's not in a hurry to alert the enemy.

They'll send people to dig first, and once they've unearthed the treasure in the tomb, they'll follow them in and reap the rewards.

They hold the key to the cemetery; going there ahead of time will only alert them and bring no benefit whatsoever.

Since I don't have the key and can't open the tomb, and I can't dig it open by myself without their help, it's more satisfying to just rob the treasure in the end.

at this time.

Xiling Mountains.

The people from the four top forces gathered together. Yuan Geng, the leading disciple of Jin Yao Palace, looked at the people from the third-rate forces who were working hard to dig into the mountain and shouted, "Hurry up, all of you! If you delay us from opening the tomb, I'll chop you all in half with one stroke!"

Upon hearing this, the group of third-rate figures...

They worked even harder digging and transporting the soil.

Many of them had whip marks on their bodies, and their clothes were soaked with blood.

It was because I was a little slow in digging during the day that I was whipped by people from these top-tier forces.

The disciples of these top-tier forces are quite powerful.

Even the weakest disciple possesses strength at or above the third level of the Innate Realm.

Even the strongest among their four third-rate forces is no match for their weakest disciple.

They could only swallow their anger and work desperately.

They just hoped that the entrance to the cemetery could be unearthed quickly so that the disciples of these top-tier forces could leave.

Digging graves here feels too unsafe.

One careless move could easily offend the disciples of these top-tier forces, and they could kill you without any recourse.

Ruan Canglin, the leader of the disciples of Wan Du Valley, said to Su Lin of Haoran Academy, "Brother Su, the group of Tianwan Gang members you found in Jiuwan City are really good at digging. Their efficiency is higher than the third-rate forces that the other three families found. At this rate, we estimate that we can find the entrance to this tomb in ten days."

Upon hearing this, Su Lin said, "You guys really fought hard. Without the supervision of your major forces, today's efficiency would have been reduced by at least half. It's all thanks to you."

Today, apart from their Haoran Academy, many people from the other three major forces whipped these third-rate forces to increase their speed.

Otherwise, it would take another half month to complete the project.

"Your Haoran Academy is so high and mighty, what's with all the sarcastic talk? If you can't stand our behavior, you can come and dig us up yourselves." Yuan Geng of Jinyao Palace sneered, "What are you pretending for?"

Both are part of the Seven Houses.

He, from Jin Yao Palace, looked down on the hypocritical behavior of the disciples from Hao Ran Academy.

They've already threatened these third-rate people to dig their graves, so why are they pretending to be so high and mighty? They don't whip these third-rate people, as if they're so noble.

They did it, they played the bad guys, and the rest of the Haoran Academy members reaped the benefits.

"There's no need to argue about this. They're just a few lowly, third-rate forces. Improving our efficiency in digging up information is the real issue. It's an honor for them to work for us top-tier forces," said Gao Tai, the senior disciple of the Divine Fist Sect, trying to smooth things over.

Su Lin of Haoran Academy glanced at Yuan Geng of Jinyao Palace, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

But she didn't argue with him.

Both of them were leaders of their respective forces and possessed cultivation at the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

The other leaders of the Divine Fist Sect, Gao Tai, and the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Ruan Canglin, were only at the half-step Breaking Aperture Realm, making them slightly weaker than the other two.

Once the cemetery is excavated, their main competitors will still be the people from the Golden Palace.

There's no need to clash with them now. We can deal with them after we enter the cemetery, to avoid fighting them now and letting the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and the Divine Fist Sect reap the benefits in the end.

at this time.

In the mansion of a wealthy family in Jiuwan City.

A man in black quietly entered.

They made a small hole in the young lady's boudoir and blew a puff of sleeping powder inside.

After waiting outside for 15 minutes.

The man in black pushed open the door and entered.

Before long, melodious sounds of fish and water mingling filled the air.

Half an hour later.

The man in black came out and closed the door.

He left gracefully.

The next day.

Gu Chen's mansion.

Cheng Mengling arrived and reported the situation to him.

"Brother Gu, the people from Haoran Academy mobilized a large number of Tianwan Gang members from the city yesterday and sent them to the Xiling Mountains in the neighboring city of Xiling, apparently to dig for something." Cheng Mengling said, "They've been digging for a day and a night now, and it's still not over. I don't know what they're digging for."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen nodded and said, "They are digging up a grave, the grave of a half-step Earth Venerable Realm expert. Have someone keep an eye on them. If they make any new moves, report to me immediately, or report to me when they are about to dig it open."

"Yes." Cheng Mengling left.

She never expected that the people from Haoran Academy were actually digging up graves.

No wonder they gathered so many people over there.

The tomb of a half-step Earthly Venerable Realm expert—who knows what treasures are inside that could attract people from the four top-tier forces to come here at the same time.

After Cheng Mengling left, Gu Chen pondered to himself that the people from Haoran Academy had summoned the Tianwan Gang.

It seems like they're digging up treasure from their graves.

During this period, let the Cheng family keep a close eye on things. I'll go over when they're about to dig it open.

He will disguise himself and go in as a Japanese national to snatch the treasure from the disciples of the four top powers.

Those people couldn't bring themselves to suspect him.

perfect.