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

soon.

Jiang Ruyan then went to find Mei Jingfeng and said, "According to Fei'er, he was probably secretly reported to the head of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City by other disciples of Haoran Academy, which is why he was captured by Gu Chen."

"He was wrong first, knowingly breaking the law and committing the act of a womanizer. Even if someone reported him, what can we do? Help him find the person in the academy who reported him this time?" Mei Jingfeng said angrily.

Haoran Academy.

Similarly, the factions are complex, and there are quite a few gentlemen like him who are of the third rank.

It is common for disciples under different schools to have some conflicts with each other.

His son made a mistake first, and someone seized the opportunity to report him.

What can he do?

Find all the disciples from Haoran Academy who went to the desolate state to seize the treasure, and interrogate them one by one whether they reported their own sons.

This way, you won't get any useful information.

Ultimately, it might also completely expose what their son did in the desolate state.

It's simply not worth the loss.

"I just can't swallow this. They usually resolve their conflicts within the academy themselves. Why do they have to team up with outsiders to target Fei'er?" Jiang Ruyan sneered. "If you don't want to get involved, I will. I will stand up for Fei'er and find the villain behind this."

"What do you plan to do? If this matter is investigated within the academy, Fei'er's reputation will be ruined," Mei Jingfeng said. "Don't do anything rash."

The case that Mei Jingfei committed in the desolate state has not yet spread within the Haoran Academy.

The same goes for Jiuwan City.

If Jiang Ruyan were to launch a large-scale investigation, it would be tantamount to exposing these matters.

Even if the person behind the whistleblower who reported their son is eventually caught, their son's reputation will be ruined.

"Of course I wouldn't be so stupid as to investigate directly within the academy," Jiang Ruyan said calmly. "Since that person reported it to Gu Chen, the head of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City, I can just go directly to Gu Chen."

"The simplest way is to pry the person behind it out of him directly," Jiang Ruyan said coldly.

"As far as I know, Gu Chen is the personal disciple of Shangguan Wuqing, a high-level decision-maker in the Night Watch. If you want to get him to talk, you can't go too far, otherwise we can't afford the consequences if Shangguan Wuqing investigates," Mei Jingfeng warned.

"Don't worry, I won't go too far. I'll make him talk willingly," Jiang Ruyan said calmly.

Meanwhile, in Jiuwan City...

Gu Chen had a busy day.

After finishing the alchemy, he made a routine inspection of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City.

They inquired about Lin Fei and Liang Xiaoyun's progress in investigating the case.

The response I received, of course, was that there was absolutely no progress.

Gu Chen didn't complain about them or put pressure on them.

Let them continue their investigation at their own pace.

The rest.

On the side of the four top forces.

The Jin Yao Palace, Hao Ran Academy, Wan Du Sect, and Shen Quan Sect sent personnel to investigate this matter.

No clues were found during this period.

The four top-tier forces are taking this matter very seriously.

The four senior experts of the Upper Three Realms who had previously obtained the treasure map all personally descended upon Yuehai County.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they investigated...

There was no useful information about the killer.

It was as if this person had vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed at all.

"Let's go find someone from beyond the mountains to divine this. I'm determined to find this person's whereabouts," said the senior expert from the Golden Palace.

"We haven't been able to find anything, so this is the only way we can do it." The older generation of experts from the Divine Fist Sect nodded.

Beyond the mountains is the most skilled force in divination within the Divine Dynasty.

They specialize in studying celestial secrets and destiny.

In ordinary divine dynasties, if there are things that cannot be found out, or people that you want to find, you can go to the mountains beyond mountains to ask their people for help with divination.

Of course, the cost is not small.

"We'll pool our resources and pay the price together. Once we find the murderer, we'll take the treasure from him and see if that can make up for the price we paid for the divination. If not, we'll make up for it together," suggested the senior expert from Haoran Academy.

"No problem," the senior expert from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect agreed.

"We're fine with it too." The two senior experts from Jin Yao Palace and Shen Quan Sect nodded in agreement.

The four sent their respective elite members, who had brought them with them, to continue their investigation in the Yuehai County area.

They headed straight for the outer mountains.

The sect of Shanwaishan is located in Zhongzhou.

It will take them some time to get there.

Gu Chen prepared.

After returning to the mansion that evening.

He first took out the Blood Transformation Blade and used his true essence and divine soul power to nurture it.

Then he took out the Soul-Piercing Cone, a secret technique for attacking the soul, and began to study it while nurturing the Blood-Transforming Blade.

After several days of nurturing, Gu Chen discovered that his soul had formed a slight connection with the Blood Transformation Blade.

If used against an enemy, the Blood Transformation Blade is much more lethal than the Fire Profound Blade.

of course.

With his current strength, the Fire Profound Blade is sufficient.

He wouldn't easily take out the Blood-Transforming Blade unless he encountered an enemy he couldn't defeat.

After one hour of warming and nurturing.

Gu Chen took out a copper bowl and put the silver into it.

He communicated with the copper bowl, saying, "I would like to exchange information about the recent investigations by the four top powers, the Wen family, and Chen Lei into my theft of their treasure. Is it possible that they will trace it back to me? Also, is anyone planning to make a move against me in secret?"

The copper bowl indicated that exchanging these items would require one thousand taels of silver.

Those related to his safety require less money.

Gu Chen put one thousand taels of silver into it.

The copper bowl immediately provided feedback:

[Chen Lei and the Wen family haven't found any clues about you, nor have the four top powers—Haoran Academy, Jinyao Palace, Shenquan Sect, and Wandu Sect. However, they are preparing to go to Shanwaishan to invite a master of divination and fortune-telling to interpret your identity. Be careful. Also, Jiang Ruyan, the mother of Mei Jingfei from Haoran Academy, might come looking for trouble because of your son's previous capture. Be prepared to deal with that as well.]

"Holy crap!" Gu Chen exclaimed in surprise.

Damn, do the four top powers hate him that much?

They were even willing to pay a huge price to invite people from outside the mountains to deduce his identity.

It's just that I stole one of your treasures, is it really that big of a deal?

There's not much money left.

This is not a good situation.

If the people from the four top powers really manage to deduce his identity...

That would be disastrous.

Those four top-tier forces certainly won't let him off easily.

Even Chen Lei, who is behind it, is one of them.

Looting treasures, ambushing, and injuring people—if these five forces were to unite...

But it won't be easy for his master to protect him alone.

Even if we can save him, it will probably come at a considerable cost, and all the gains from this trip will be lost.

What to do?

Gu Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at the copper bowl in his hand.

This copper bowl can be used to exchange for information, relying on its ability to deduce cause and effect and the secrets of heaven.

He can deduce the secrets of heaven, but I wonder if he can conceal them.

If possible, we could conceal his secrets and prevent those outside the mountains from deducing them. Wouldn't that be sufficient?

Gu Chen communicated with the bronze bowl, saying, "Could you conceal my secrets in this incident so that the people outside the mountains cannot deduce my involvement?"

The copper bowl gave feedback, indicating that it was possible, but the secrets hidden in this incident and the cause and effect of severing it would require 100,000 taels of silver.

"Damn, 100,000 taels, that's a lot!" Gu Chen felt a headache coming on; he only had 110,000 taels of silver on him.

He demanded 100,000 taels of silver at once.

It would take him about two months to save up that much money.

Severing cause and effect and obscuring the secrets of heaven is so expensive.

Despite the delay, Gu Chen gritted his teeth and put 100,000 taels of silver into the copper bowl, choosing to sever his ties with this matter and obscure the truth.

This prevented those outside the mountains from deducing his existence.

Otherwise, if the four top-tier forces trace it back to him, he will definitely be in deep trouble.