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

"Then I thank you for the pills, Junior Brother," Gu Chen said.

A single Great Qi Condensation Pill can be sold for over ten thousand taels of silver at a premium.

It is also a small sum.

Adding the Lesser Breakthrough Pill given to him by his master, Shangguan Wuqing, the total came to over 40,000 taels of silver.

This would reduce the time he spends earning money, allowing him to break through to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

There are also these two fourth-grade martial arts techniques.

He has acquired it now, and he will learn it later.

With his current strength at the mid-stage of the Sea Transformation Realm.

He was confident he could contend with even a fourth-grade Core Formation Realm expert in the early stages.

The fourth-grade Core Formation Realm is also known as the Minor Grandmaster.

He obtained the bronze bowl less than a year ago.

He rose from a lowly servant to a seventh-rank official in the Night Watch, possessing the combat strength of a fourth-rank minor grandmaster.

It's truly unbelievable.

"Yes, cultivate diligently, and you have a good chance of reaching the first rank in the future," Gongsun Yuan said.

"Now that the goods have been delivered, I won't stay any longer. I still have matters to attend to at the Night Watch headquarters. Let's get together more often, my fellow disciples and I." Gongsun Yuan took his leave.

"Since you still have things to do, then I won't keep you any longer, junior brother. Let's get together properly another time," Gu Chen replied.

Then they escorted Gongsun Yuan out of the mansion.

After sending Gongsun Yuan away.

Gu Chen returned, and after a while, he also left the mansion.

Now, we have obtained another Gathering Spiral Pill and a Great Condensation Pill.

Neither of these two elixirs had any effect on him.

Let's sell it first and get some silver.

Yesterday, he gave Cheng Mengling 30,000 taels of silver and brought her a set of medicinal materials for refining the Red Copper Pill.

He has now upgraded his bronze body to the level of forty protective divine runes.

With forty protective divine runes enhancing his physical body and his protective true qi shield activated, he could directly ignore attacks from mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators.

Their strength has reached a new level.

Once he imprints twenty more protective divine runes, bringing the total number of protective divine runes on his body to sixty, his protective true qi will be activated, unleashing an attack equivalent to the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

He can ignore it now.

Gu Chen left Jiuwan City.

They arrived at Black Rock Mansion.

Medicine King Pavilion is an organization that specializes in acquiring elixirs and high-grade materials.

He got straight to the point: "I want to sell you Great Condensation Pills and Gathering Cycle Pills."

He had sold these two kinds of pills to the Medicine King Pavilion once before.

After haggling with the shopkeeper for a while...

The transaction price was the same as last time.

The Gathering Essence Pill sold for 34,000 taels of silver, and the Great Condensation Essence Pill sold for 11,000 taels of silver, for a total of 45,000 taels.

They received the silver.

In addition, there were the five thousand four hundred taels of silver he earned from refining pills over the past three days.

And the more than nine thousand taels of silver that he had left.

He then had more than 60,000 taels of silver.

After Gu Chen returned to his residence in Jiuwan City.

Complete the task of refining pills for the day.

night.

Gu Chen then took out the two fourth-grade martial arts techniques that Gongsun Yuan had brought earlier that day.

Gu Chen planned to spend money to master one of the techniques to enhance his combat power.

Money is important, but personal strength is even more important.

It is essential to ensure that there are corresponding offensive martial arts techniques for each stage.

Otherwise, if you save up your silver and only want to break through to a higher realm, but don't have the combat power corresponding to that realm, it's all empty and useless.

Two fourth-rank martial arts techniques: one offensive technique, "Four Beasts Attack and Slaughter Technique," and the other a movement technique, "Spirit Dragon Movement Technique."

Gu Chen prepared to first practice the Four Beasts Attack Technique.

This top-tier fourth-grade martial art, when mastered to perfection, can be as powerful as a third-grade martial art.

It is one of the strongest killing martial arts in the fourth-grade martial arts library of the Night Watch Division. Its drawback is that it is difficult to comprehend. Currently, apart from the current head of the Night Watch Division who has reached the realm of a terrestrial immortal, no one else has mastered it.

It is paired with his martial art, the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique.

This Four Beasts Attack Technique consists of four forms.

The first move, Azure Dragon Rifts the Abyss, corresponds to a seventh-grade martial art.

The second move, White Tiger Breaks the Mountain, corresponds to a sixth-grade martial art.

The third move, Xuanwu Zhenhai, corresponds to a fifth-grade martial art.

The fourth move, Vermilion Bird Burns the Heavens, corresponds to a fourth-grade martial art.

After mastering all four techniques together, they can be used in combination to unleash the power of the four sacred beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—to attack the enemy simultaneously, reaching the level of a third-grade martial art.

Place it in a copper bowl.

Copper bowl tip:

The fourth-grade martial art, "Four Beasts Attack Technique," can be learned by spending five thousand taels of silver. The first move, Azure Dragon Rifts the Abyss, can be mastered.

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

The insights gained from the first move of this martial art instantly entered Gu Chen's mind, allowing him to successfully master it.

This move is said to be a seventh-grade martial art.

It doesn't mean that its power is only at the seventh rank.

If Gu Chen were to unleash this power with the strength of a fifth-grade Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, its power would surpass that of a seventh-grade cultivator.

Because it is a move from a fourth-grade martial art, Gu Chen can use it now.

carry on.

[The fourth-grade martial art, "Four Beasts Attack Technique," requires 10,000 taels of silver to learn its second move, White Tiger Breaking the Mountain.]

"Ten thousand taels," the copper bowl indicated.

This martial art has no distinction between beginner, minor, major, and perfect levels.

These are four techniques. Once you fully understand them, you can combine them to unleash their full potential, bringing them to the attack range of a third-grade martial art.

Gu Chen took out 10,000 taels of silver and put it into the copper bowl.

An even greater realization entered Gu Chen's mind.

Let him comprehend the second move of this martial art.

continue!

The third form requires 15,000 taels of silver to comprehend.

Gu Chen put the silver in.

Comprehend the third move, Xuanwu Zhenhai.

Gu Chen was excited.

Continue with the final move.

The third move requires 15,000 taels of silver, 5,000 taels more than the second move and 10,000 taels more than the first move. Each move increases by 5,000 taels. Gu Chen estimates that the final move will require at least 20,000 taels.

Gu Chen conveyed his desire to exchange for the final move, Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven's Enlightenment, to the bronze bowl. The bronze bowl responded:

[Spend 20,000 taels of silver to gain insight into the fourth move of the "Four Beasts Attack Technique," Vermilion Bird Burning the Heavens.]

really.

It has reached 20,000 taels.

Gu Chen put the silver in.

At that moment, an immense realization flooded into his mind.

Let him comprehend the fourth move of this martial art, and let him completely cultivate this martial art to the point of perfection.

These four martial arts techniques can be used individually or combined to unleash the power of the four beasts together to attack the enemy, thus elevating the power of this martial art to the third rank.

Gu Chen made a hand seal to mobilize the true energy within his body.

Instantly, four beast energy bodies formed from true essence appeared around him.

The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—these four beasts possess astonishing power.

At present, Gu Chen can only use the third move, Xuanwu Zhenhai, at most.

The fourth move, Vermilion Bird Burns the Heavens, requires an enormous amount of true essence.

He simply didn't have enough true energy to unleash his full potential.

Even if he managed to unleash an attack comparable to the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation realm, it would consume a huge amount of his true essence, preventing him from using it more than a few times and unleashing the full power of the fourth move.

Gu Chen estimated that he would have to reach the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation Realm at least before he could fully unleash the fourth move.

Now, with the support of his three extraordinary phenomena and unique true essence, the third move, Xuanwu Zhenhai, is no longer a problem for him to fight against the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation Realm.

He now possesses enough attack methods.

Mastering the four forms of this martial art cost him a total of 50,000 taels of silver.

The remaining ten thousand taels of silver.

He was no longer going to use it to comprehend another fourth-grade movement technique, the Spirit Dragon Movement Technique.

After some time, once I've saved up 50,000 taels, I'll try to comprehend it to perfection in one go.

time flies.

soon.

A month has passed.

This month.

The Cheng family collected two more sets of medicinal materials for refining the Red Copper Pill for Gu Chen.

It cost Gu Chen 60,000 taels of silver.

This allowed him to increase the number of protective divine runes in his body to sixty.

With all sixty protective divine runes activated simultaneously, he could directly generate sixty layers of golden light shields on his body, making his defense extremely powerful.

By fusing them, a thick protective aura can be created, which can directly ignore attacks from the early stage of the Sea Transformation Realm.

This bronze body has now reached a point where it can truly help him.

If he could condense ten more protective divine runes, increasing the total to seventy, the protective true energy generated would be so powerful that even an attack from a mid-stage Transformation Sea Realm expert would be insignificant to him.

This month, the Cheng family's business has been developing steadily.

Nothing major happened in Jiuwan City.

He earned 54,000 taels of silver from alchemy, and with the monthly tribute from the Cheng family, that totaled 74,000 taels of silver.

He then used his salary and the elixirs he acquired to sell.

This brought him a total of 80,000 taels of silver.

I spent 60,000 to buy two sets of materials for refining the Red Copper Pill.

They received another 20,000 taels, plus the 10,000 taels left over from before.

He now has a total of 30,000 taels.

We still need to save money.

Continuously accumulate cultivation and physical refinement levels.

And that fourth-grade movement technique must also be mastered.

Gu Chen is preparing to set a small goal.

In one year, he cultivated the Crimson Copper Body to its peak, with 120 protective divine runes, reaching a point where he could ignore attacks from a fourth-grade Core Formation Realm cultivator.

At the same time, he raised his cultivation level to the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation realm.

In addition, he will cultivate that fourth-grade movement technique to perfection, and at the same time, he will learn the basics of the soul attack secret technique, Soul Piercing Cone, in order to master the means of soul attack before entering the upper three grades.