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

Huangzhou, Zhenshi County, one of the four counties.

County town.

In the residence of Prefect Tang Meng.

Tang Hong came to report to him: "Father, the Blood Soul Sect has already set up all its strongholds in Zhenshi County and is preparing to start the blood sacrifice. This is the 500,000 taels of silver and a Blood Soul Pill they sent."

"Keep the Blood Soul Pill, and set aside 300,000 taels of silver from the 500,000 taels to send to Lord Geng of Zhongzhou," Tang Meng said calmly.

"Yes." Tang Hong nodded, then asked, "Father, are we really alright doing this?"

"Once the Blood Soul Cult begins its blood sacrifice, countless people in Zhenshi County will suffer. The Night Watch will definitely investigate with all its might, and if they trace it back to us, it will be difficult to deal with," Tang Hong said after some hesitation.

The two of them, father and son.

My bottom wasn't always clean.

But it has never cooperated with cults.

The Blood Soul Cult is a second-rate cult under the umbrella of the great evil cult, the Mitian Cult.

After the Black Heaven Sect, a third-rate force under the Mitian Sect in Zhenshi County, was completely eradicated.

The Mitian Sect then sent the Blood Soul Sect to take over the affairs of Zhenshi County.

Responsible for re-establishing the base.

Collect essence and human soul.

If this time the father and son embark on the path of colluding with cults, there will be no turning back.

"The Night Watch can't trace us back to them, and besides, we didn't do anything. It was all done by those people from the Blood Soul Cult. We just took a little tribute from them." Tang Meng said calmly, "What could possibly happen?"

He is now at the peak of the fourth-grade Core Formation realm and has reached the crucial moment to break through to the upper third grade.

Breaking through to the upper three ranks is a long process, requiring the construction of a spiritual platform in the Niwan Palace to nurture and strengthen the divine soul, giving birth to divine soul power.

Next, construct the Purple Mansion on the Spirit Platform.

Gathering one's primordial spirit from the Purple Palace.

This process requires countless elixirs to nourish and strengthen the power of the soul.

Blood Soul Pill can replace those expensive pills that nourish the soul.

However, the process of refining this elixir is extremely cruel and complicated, requiring the use of the essence and soul of living people.

It was listed as a forbidden elixir by the Divine Dynasty.

If anyone is found to be refining or using it, they will be severely punished.

One of the reasons why cults are causing trouble all over the country is to refine Blood Soul Pills.

Today, the Blood Soul Cult sent him a Blood Soul Pill, and there will be a second and a third one in the future.

His breakthrough to the upper three ranks came from the Blood Soul Sect.

How could he not take a gamble?

If he can break through to the upper three ranks, he can be transferred from Zhenshi County to Huangzhou to take up a higher official position.

How could things from the past still affect him?

"Your ideological awareness still needs improvement," Tang Meng said, looking at his son, Tang Hong.

"This isn't something we'll take as tribute ourselves; most of it will go to Lord Geng," Tang Meng admonished. "If we don't cooperate with them, what will we take? If we don't take anything, what will Lord Geng take?"

"Father's words are wise, I understand," Tang Hong nodded.

Father is right.

They have powerful backers, what are they afraid of?

It's not like they're taking it for themselves; they're going to give it as a tribute to Lord Geng.

Lord Geng was their father and son's powerful backer in Zhongzhou.

A second-rank official of the Divine Dynasty, a terrifying existence at the Earth Venerable Realm.

With this powerful backer, what do they have to fear?

If they don't take it, how can Lord Geng take it?

If Lord Geng doesn't take it, who will protect them if something happens?

"Okay, go and do it." Tang Meng nodded and said, "Tell the Blood Soul Cult that it's a small-scale incident, and I can have my men cover it up for them. Just make sure it doesn't cause a large-scale impact all at once."

"Yes!" Tang Hong turned and left.

Blood sacrifices can be done on a small scale or a large scale.

Zhenshi County encompassed four prefectures, over fifty cities, and more than six hundred counties and over six thousand towns.

It governs a vast population.

There are many bandits and demons in the mountains.

There are countless fights and killings every day.

Normally, these matters are handled by the prefectural government, which is headed by the prefect.

The Blood Soul Cult secretly kills and captures people to perform blood sacrifices, refine elixirs, and extract their essence, blood, and souls.

If you do it discreetly, nothing will happen.

As long as someone reports to the government office, he can claim that these people died from bandits, demons, or in a fight with other forces.

It can be concealed.

As long as we don't alert the Night Watch, it'll be fine.

He can usually handle things as long as there isn't a large-scale blood sacrifice.

If it were the Blood Soul Cult members, they could have sacrificed tens of thousands of people in a town at once, or even more recklessly, sacrificed hundreds of thousands of people in a county.

That's something he can't hide anymore.

At that time, the city's night watchmen would definitely be alarmed, and even the chief night watchmen of the desolate prefecture would be alarmed.

Only through a thorough investigation can the truth be revealed.

Otherwise, it would not be exposed under normal circumstances.

Yuehai County.

Lishui Mansion.

Inside He Teng's mansion.

Yamamoto Yota, a sixth-rank expert from the Yamamoto family who was sent by Yamamoto Jiro to negotiate with He Teng, secretly approached him.

"Lord He, you may consider our Yamamoto family's proposal." Yamamoto Yaotian said, "As long as you agree to cooperate with our Yamamoto family, we will offer you the first-grade spiritual medicine Peiyuan Ginseng, which can repair your hidden injuries and foundation."

"From now on, my Yamamoto family will also offer 10,000 taels of silver every month." Yamamoto Yaotian looked at He Teng.

He Teng looked at him and said, "You people from the Yamamoto family are really bold to show yourselves to me. Aren't you afraid that I will immediately tell my master about your appearance and have him send people to wipe you out?"

Upon hearing this, Yamamoto Yota shook his head and said, "Our Yamamoto family likes to deal with intelligent people. Since I am here, I am not afraid that you will report me to your superiors, nor am I afraid that you will be able to find my Yamamoto family's stronghold."

"Besides, you wouldn't do that," Yamamoto Yota said confidently.

"Oh, why? Are you sure I'll cooperate with you just because you came to me? If I cooperate with you and things are exposed, I'll be in dire straits. It's better to report your presence and get some credit for it." He Teng looked at Yamamoto Yota.

"First, you reported us to higher authorities. Since you couldn't keep me here today, even if you continue your investigation, you won't find anything," Yamamoto Yota said. "At most, you'll only get verbal praise from the higher-ups of the Night Watch for your firm stance, nothing more."

"Secondly, you won't get any top-grade spiritual medicine that can repair your hidden injuries and foundation in the Night Watch. With your meager salary, you'll never be able to get such a spiritual medicine in your entire life." Yamamoto Yota looked at him and said, "The effort and the reward are not proportional."

"Thirdly, we believe that Lord He is a smart man, not a pedant. The interests of the Divine Dynasty belong to the Divine Dynasty, and your interests belong to you. It's a matter of fact. You should be able to distinguish which is more important. Cooperating with us will at most harm the interests of the Divine Dynasty, but it will not harm your interests." Yamamoto Yota laughed, "After all, can the interests of the government really be called interests?"

He Teng laughed: "You all see things very clearly, but what if I'm a blindly loyal person?"

Yamamoto Yota looked at him and smiled, "But, Lord He, are you?"

"You want me to betray the Divine Dynasty, betray the Night Watch, and betray my master." He Teng's gaze was serious. "It's not impossible."

"But there's one more condition," He Teng said, his gaze turning cold. "You need to deal with one more person for me!"

Upon hearing this, Yamamoto Yota tentatively replied, "Who, Gu Chen?"

Based on the intelligence they obtained.

If you were to ask who He Teng hates the most right now...

In their eyes, nothing was more worthy of their attention than Gu Chen, who had publicly defeated and humiliated them a month ago.

After that battle, Gu Chen's reputation soared, and he is now ranked 247th on the list of prodigies.

He became Gu Chen's stepping stone. Whenever someone talked about Gu Chen, they would mention him, because he was the one who paid to get beaten up, giving Gu Chen the opportunity to become famous.

If it weren't for him spending money to hire Gu Chen to fight.

The Censorate could at most assess Gu Chen as having the combat strength of the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, someone who had a record of defeating someone at the peak of the True Essence Realm.

He was the one who rushed up to let Gu Chen rack up battle points.

Now he has become a laughing stock, while Gu Chen has become famous and enjoys immense prestige.

He naturally hated Gu Chen the most.

They were certain of his hatred for Gu Chen and his desire to deal with Gu Chen, which is why they were so sure he would cooperate with them.

"That's right, I need you to help me kill him," He Teng said. "Otherwise, I will never cooperate with you, and I will report your visit to me today."