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Major powers.

We have just entered the territory of the desolate state.

The first group of people who wanted to challenge Gu Chen.

Upon learning that Gu Chen had openly announced it.

Anyone who wants to challenge him must first give him 30,000 taels of silver.

Many people were dumbfounded.

"Damn it, he wants 30,000 taels of silver to even challenge me? I think Gu Chen is crazy for money!"

"Yeah, I've never heard of anyone on the Prodigy Ranking being challenged and then having to give them money first. How afraid of losing is Gu Chen that he deliberately created this situation to discourage people from challenging him?"

"This kind of person is truly irresponsible and incapable of achieving anything great. He even accepts money when challenged. He's a petty person who is greedy and unscrupulous."

"I used to think he was something special, but it turns out he's just like that. I really overestimated him to be able to pull off something like this."

The group of geniuses were speechless.

Regarding Gu Chen's actions.

To get it, you have to give him 30,000 taels of silver first, which is a lot for experts at the True Essence Realm and Breaking Aperture Realm.

That's not a small amount.

While it won't bankrupt them, it will certainly cost them dearly.

Gu Chen had precisely calculated the amount he set for them.

What a damn dog!

Gu Chen had accurately predicted his popularity; some of them would even spend money to challenge him.

They can make a fortune.

The method is not illegal.

However, they lacked the spirit that top geniuses should have.

That's how Gu Chen ended up.

He was destined to never amount to anything. The rumors about him in the past were just them overestimating him.

On Gu Chen's side.

After receiving information that someone had arrived in the desolate state to challenge him.

And the disgraceful remarks made by people outside who said he would only accept challenges for a fee.

Gu Chen didn't take it to heart.

How much is face worth?

I'm going to take the money, so what?

Your time is time.

Lao Tzu's time is no longer time.

If you can't afford the challenge, get lost and don't bother me.

Here at Li Huo Prefecture.

The powerful members of the Yamamoto family also secretly rushed to Jiuwan City.

During this period, people from various powerful forces across the Nine Provinces entered the Desolate State to challenge Gu Chen.

It will definitely be a mixed bag then.

This was a perfect opportunity for them to secretly kill Gu Chen.

All it takes is to send a fifth-rank expert to secretly kill Gu Chen without anyone noticing.

With so many people and such complex forces, even if Gu Chen's senior brothers from the Night Watch Division wanted to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find anything.

They will definitely prioritize suspecting those who came to Jiuwan City to challenge Gu Chen.

The next day.

Then a group of young men dressed in gold, their bodies radiating a sharp, metallic aura, entered Jiuwan City.

They were disciples of the Golden Palace, one of the Seven Palaces' forces.

The one leading them was Yuan Geng.

Because he was injured by Gu Chen in the tomb in the Xiling Mountains, he went back and took high-grade spiritual medicine to recover from his injuries. He then broke through to the middle stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

However, the Supervisory Department only ranked him at number 250 on the latest list of prodigies.

And Gu Chen is a person in the middle stage of the True Yuan Realm.

They were ranked 247th.

He was really furious.

The Inspectorate has gone too far in bullying people.

I think he, at the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, would be no match for Gu Chenyao, who is at the mid-stage of the True Essence Realm.

There were also two people ranked ahead of him, Chen Xinglong and Shen Qinglan. Their cultivation levels were also lower than his, but one was ranked 248th and the other 249th.

this time.

He received the news.

These two will also come to Jiuwan City to challenge Gu Chen.

He packed it up along with the rest of the time.

Let the world know.

He possesses genuine talent and learning, far surpassing ordinary rogue cultivators at the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

The Seven Palaces represent a power above the Eight Schools.

It has a Celestial Venerable Realm expert in charge.

His master was an elder in the Golden Palace, a genuine first-rank Venerable.

He is not a solitary hermit.

It's quite normal for an ordinary rogue cultivator in the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm to be no match for core disciples of the Six Palaces like Chen Xinglong and Shen Qinglan, who are capable of challenging opponents of higher levels.

But he has a legitimate lineage.

By doing this, the Inspectorate is lumping him together with those rogue cultivators in the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, which is a sign of looking down on him.

He was determined to get his revenge.

Upon entering Jiuwan City.

Yuan Geng then instructed the disciples of Jin Yao Palace to spread the news for him.

He said he would challenge Gu Chen tomorrow.

that's it.

Whether Gu Chen agrees or not is not something he should consider.

As for Gu Chen's so-called challenge to him, he said he had to pay him 30,000 taels of silver first.

It's a joke.

He refused to pay Gu Chen 30,000 taels of silver, but he still wanted to challenge Gu Chen.

What can Gu Chen do?

He's just a seventh-rank figure. So what if Gu Chen is an official of the Night Watch and a disciple of a powerful Earth Venerable Realm expert in the Night Watch?

He wasn't alone behind him.

He is backed by the Seven Palaces faction.

If he challenges Gu Chen, and Gu Chen refuses to accept the challenge, then he cannot force his way in.

If you're so capable, why don't you let Gu Chen fight back and let him beat you up?

This way, he can inherit Gu Chen's ranking.

The unspoken rules on the list of prodigies.

It's inherently a matter of lower-ranked individuals challenging higher-ranked individuals; such challenges are not to be refused.

If everyone were like Gu Chen, they would accept huge sums of money from anyone who challenged them.

Not everyone who ranked high on that list of prodigies became rich.

That's truly a pipe dream.

As long as he doesn't cripple or seriously injure him, his master, Shangguan Wuqing, won't dare to say anything.

Your own apprentice avoided the battle first, intending to profit from it and breaking the rules that everyone had agreed upon. Who can you blame?

That evening.

The news that Yuan Geng, a disciple of the Golden Palace who was in the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, wanted to challenge Gu Chen the next day spread throughout Jiuwan City.

The news even spread to various cities in the desolate state.

Many powerful forces and independent cultivators in the desolate state heard this.

They all rushed to Jiuwan City.

The message that Yuan Geng spread was very simple and blunt.

He didn't mention anything about giving Gu Chen 30,000 taels of silver.

He only mentioned one thing: he was going to challenge Gu Chen tomorrow.

Gu Chen had no choice but to accept the offer, whether he wanted to or not.

that's it.

Extremely domineering.

The people of the desolate state all became interested.

Gu Chen's insistence on paying him to challenge him lowered his public image.

It's not that doing it this way is wrong.

People just don't like those who can easily gain benefits from others.

I'm just jealous.

Why is it that Gu Chen can amass wealth through this, while they cannot?

it's good now.

Yuan Geng of Jin Yao Palace doesn't play by the rules at all.

He didn't care whether Gu Chen was willing or not.

He directly announced his challenge to Gu Chen.

If you, Gu Chen, are unwilling, fine, then I'll get my fists in your face.

Let's see if you fight back or not.

A group of powerful figures and independent cultivators.

They all rushed to Jiuwan City.

I'm looking forward to a good show tomorrow.

Gu Chen arrived at the Night Watch of Jiuwan City for his daily patrol.

Liang Xiaoyun reported the matter directly to him: "My lord, Yuan Geng of Jin Yao Palace is spreading rumors that he will challenge you tomorrow. He has not mentioned the previous agreement that you had to pay 30,000 taels of silver before you could challenge him. He has only informed you that you should accept the challenge tomorrow."

"This person is malicious. If you don't accept the challenge, he might take the initiative to attack, or say things like you're inferior to him, or that your avoidance of the fight or the rankings are rigged. This could be detrimental to your reputation," Liang Xiaoyun said with some concern.

If it were other independent cultivators.

They wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.

However, Yuan Geng was a core disciple of the Golden Palace.

They dare to do that.

Although Gu Chen's master was a powerful Earth Venerable Realm expert.

But the Golden Palace is a power that even possesses Heavenly Venerable Realm experts.

They were not afraid of Shangguan Wuqing behind Gu Chen.

If Gu Chen does not accept the challenge, he may make a move directly.

If they don't fight back then, the adults will suffer.

"Hmph." Gu Chen snorted coldly and said indifferently, "He's still too green to play these tricks on me."

"You don't need to pay attention to him. Let's see what he does tomorrow. If you don't want to pay for the challenge, that's fine too. I'll see if he's tough enough." A dangerous glint flashed in Gu Chen's eyes.

tomorrow.

If Yuan Geng dares to attack him without permission...

He then simply crippled him.

He's only at the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

It's not impossible to disable him.

Last month, he received a Lesser Breakthrough Pill from his master, Shangguan Wuqing, and a Greater Qi Condensation Pill from Gongsun Yuan.

He can now fully reveal his cultivation level to the late stage of the True Essence Realm.

It won't be a problem to get rid of Yuan Geng then.

He dared to make a move openly; surely it wouldn't be a problem to frame him for openly attacking an official of the Divine Dynasty's Night Watch.

Attacking an official of the Divine Dynasty's Night Watch, is it alright to cripple him yourself?

Not only should we cripple him, but we should also rob him of all his silver as compensation for emotional distress. Doesn't that make sense?

If you want to get something for free, I'll just cripple you!