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

The silver in the copper bowl disappeared.

[Your causal connection to this tomb treasure struggle has been severed, and all your secrets regarding this matter have been obscured. No one can deduce any information about you.]

Looking at the instructions on the copper bowl.

Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it cost 100,000 taels of silver.

But it also saved me from a big problem, so it was a trade-off.

Fortunately, he was quite cautious and chose to exchange information with the copper bowl tonight to see how the four top powers were investigating him recently.

If he weren't so cautious.

The arrogant man thought he had hidden himself perfectly, but it was likely that the people from the four top powers would come to the mountain outside the mountain to perform divination and deduce his identity.

He's finished.

That was close.

This experience made him realize that this world was a fantasy world.

Even if you do something perfectly.

If one is willing to pay the price, it is possible to deduce some secrets of heaven.

Do not act rashly; always have reverence for power.

correct.

Gu Chen recalled that he had just exchanged information with the copper bowl about who might be detrimental to him recently.

The copper bowl also hinted that Jiang Ruyan, the mother of Mei Jingfei from Haoran Academy, might come to cause trouble for him because of Mei Jingfei's matter.

Let him prepare for the situation.

Mei Jingfei Gu Chen remembered that after he caught this flower thief, he searched his body and took all the valuable items.

He then handed it over to the government office.

Later, the government office told him that a third-rank expert from Haoran Academy had come to demand his return and had offered him some benefits.

They then handed it over.

Unexpectedly, this guy is incorrigible and doesn't sincerely repent; he even wants his mother to come and cause trouble for him.

That's really courting death.

Gu Chen took out some silver and put it into the copper bowl, then communicated with the bowl, saying, "What is the strength of Mei Jingfei's mother? Am I her match?"

The copper bowl indicates that exchanging this information requires five hundred taels of silver.

Gu Chen put five hundred taels of silver into it.

The copper bowl provided the following feedback:

Mei Jingfei's mother, Jiang Ruyan, is at the mid-stage of the Fifth Grade Sea Transformation Realm, a minor realm higher than you, but her strength is no match for yours.

"A mid-stage fifth-grade Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, huh? That's not weak. I need to make some preparations." Gu Chen pondered.

He has now mastered the first three chapters of the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique.

Three extraordinary phenomena have already occurred.

The simultaneous activation of the three extraordinary phenomena amplified his power to a terrifying degree. This, combined with the Shadow Killing Technique, a fifth-grade martial art he had already perfected, and the Breaking Illusion Blade Intent born from the Breaking Illusion Blade, a sixth-grade martial art he had previously perfected, further amplified his power.

Gu Chen felt that he could fight against even a powerhouse in the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

Jiang Ruyan was only at the mid-stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

With proper preparation, taking her down shouldn't be a problem, and we could even kill her.

She came to stand up for her son and cause trouble for me; let's see what she's planning.

If they act openly and don't use force against him, the two of them can live in peace.

If she were to secretly attack him, he would show her what true cruelty is.

The time that followed.

Gu Chen returned to his normal routine of refining pills to earn money.

In the Nine Bays City Night Watch, Lin Fei and Liang Xiaoyun are in charge of investigating He Teng's case.

On the side of the Yuehai County Night Guard.

Luo Tianxing also voluntarily helped Gu Chen investigate the case with all his might.

I wanted to help him find the culprit so that he wouldn't be targeted by Chen Lei.

When he learned from his second senior brother Gongsun Yuan that Chen Lei had given Gu Chen a specific deadline, if Gu Chen could not find the culprit who injured He Teng and robbed the four top forces within a month, Gu Chen would be dismissed from his post.

He then wanted to do something for Gu Chen.

To avoid Chen Lei using this as an excuse to suppress Gu Chen again, even with his master's presence, Chen Lei would not actually remove Gu Chen from his official position because of this matter.

But they will definitely make things difficult for Gu Chen elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the older generation of figures from the four top-tier forces.

Today, we have also arrived at the mountains beyond mountains.

The four of them went directly to an elder from the outer mountains who was familiar with them and whom they had known since their youth.

They came to divine information about the unknown powerful figure who attacked the disciples of their four top forces and stole the treasure from the tomb.

After offering a generous reward.

The elder from the mountains, who was familiar with them, began to deduce the situation.

He took out an ancient tortoise shell, muttered incantations, then suddenly threw out the copper coins from inside the shell, and then rummaged through the coins with his hands.

Based on the conclusions obtained, we can calculate using our fingers.

After a while.

"Not good!" Suddenly, the elder from the mountain outside the mountain seemed to have deduced something, his expression turned to shock, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his whole body instantly weakening.

He quickly stopped the divination.

"Elder Chang, what's wrong!" The senior expert from Haoran Academy hurriedly asked.

The three members of the Golden Palace, the Divine Fist Sect, and the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect also looked at him anxiously.

Elder Chang from outside the mountain seemed to have all his strength drained away, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"What's going on? There's absolutely no causal connection to this matter, and the secrets of heaven have been obscured!" Elder Chang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, unable to understand.

He had just performed a divination based on the four people's suggestions.

They wanted to follow the cause and effect to find out the information about the attack on the disciples of the four top forces.

As a result, they couldn't even find the cause and effect.

He then wanted to follow the divine secrets to deduce the truth.

In the end, all he saw was a blinding golden light that completely obscured the secrets of heaven. He tried to forcefully see through the secrets behind the golden light.

He was instantly attacked!

Make him injured and vomit blood!

"The secrets of heaven are obscured, so there's no way to divine them!" The older generation expert from the Golden Palace asked with some doubt.

The unknown expert who attacked their disciple this time is so powerful that he can even conceal the secrets of heaven.

impossible.

If he had such ability, why would he bother to steal opportunities from a group of younger people?

How much valuable stuff could be in the tomb of a half-step Earthly Venerable Realm cultivator?

It can even make a strong person of this level interested.

Isn't he only at the sixth rank of perfect cultivation? How can someone who is not even at the third rank be able to obscure the secrets of heaven!

"Yes," Elder Chang from beyond the mountain answered affirmatively, "This person's heavenly secrets have not only been concealed, but his karmic ties have also been severed."

Elder Chang looked at the four of them: "Because I helped you deduce his information, I suffered a backlash. I won't be able to do any divination or fortune-telling for at least a year. What a huge loss!"

"I advise you to give up. There is a great terror behind this person. If you dig deeper into his past, you definitely won't be able to afford to offend him!" Elder Chang warned.

He couldn't divine any information about this unknown powerful figure, and instead suffered a backlash.

This means that someone behind this person is skilled in divination, far surpassing him. Such a person is definitely not someone that people from the Seven Palaces and Eight Schools can afford to provoke.

He had never even heard of such a method that could sever cause and effect.

Either this unknown expert is incredibly powerful, or there is a terrifying being behind him who has concealed the secrets of heaven.

Regardless of which one it is, these people from the Seven Palaces and Eight Factions who go looking for trouble with him will likely not come out unscathed.

Upon hearing Elder Chang's reminder, several senior experts from the four top-tier forces began to have doubts.

"Is it really that strange?" The older generation expert from the Divine Fist Sect looked at Elder Chang.

Could it be that this old man Chang is not skilled enough to figure out the information about the person behind the scenes, and is therefore shirking responsibility?

They said these alarmist things to scare them.

The three senior experts from Haoran Academy, Jinyao Palace, and Wandu Sect also seemed to be deep in thought.

I don't know if what Old Man Chang said is true or false.

I noticed that he seemed to have really been injured.

It doesn't sound like a lie.

If he can't figure it out, he can just say he can't; there's no need for him to lie to them.

Now they're saying that the person who attacked their disciple this time had his heavenly secrets concealed, his karma severed, and that he's protected by a terrifying being, so they should stop bothering him.

Otherwise, you might get yourself into trouble.

It made them feel uneasy.

"Hmph, if you don't believe me, you can go find someone else to do the divination and see if this is the result." Elder Chang snorted coldly when he saw that the people were questioning his words.

"The divination is over. I have suffered a great loss in doing this for you. What you gave me is not enough to make up for the price I paid. Please leave." Elder Chang felt very regretful.

Knowing he shouldn't have agreed to help them with the divination, he realized he'd gained nothing and even damaged his own luck, so he immediately told them to leave.

"How could that be? We believe what the elders say," the senior expert from Haoran Academy hurriedly apologized.

"Thank you for your hard work, Elder Zhang. We'll take our leave now." With that, the four of them turned and left.

Beyond the mountains.

The older generation expert from Jin Yao Palace spoke up, "Old Chang's account sounds very plausible. Should we continue investigating this unknown expert?"

"The question now is not whether we should continue the investigation, but that even Old Man Chang couldn't divine his information. How can we investigate? If we could find out, the Night Watch would have found out already these past few days," replied a senior expert from the Haoran Academy.

"Everyone, my Ten Thousand Poisons Sect does not want to continue investigating this matter. So much manpower and resources have been wasted without any results. Continuing to investigate will probably be the same. Starting today, I will withdraw all Ten Thousand Poisons Sect personnel from the Desolate State," said an elder of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.

After saying that, he parted ways with the three of them.

I chose to leave.

Further investigation into this matter is pointless; the gains they might ultimately reap from that unknown powerful figure might not even cover the costs they incurred during this period.

It's not worth the loss; let's just say the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect suffered a silent defeat this time.

"Our Divine Fist Sect will no longer participate in the investigation of this matter." The older generation of experts from the Divine Fist Sect said upon seeing that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was no longer involved.

They also chose to give up and leave directly.

Seeing this, the two from Jin Yao Palace and Hao Ran Academy also shook their heads and chose to give up.

They couldn't find anything even if they wanted to investigate, and there was no point in dragging it out, so they might as well give up early and take their people back.