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Upon hearing this, Yuan Geng...

He shook his head weakly.

"I don't have that much. I only have a little over ten thousand taels on me. If you say thirty thousand taels, I'll have to borrow as many as possible from the fellow disciples here to see if I can raise it," Yuan Geng said. "If you want one hundred thousand taels, you'll have to let me go back to the sect to raise it."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's expression turned cold.

Letting you go back? Do you think I'm an idiot?

If you go back to Jin Yao Palace, I can still get the money.

I doubt I'll get a single penny.

We can extort them today.

It's also because no experts of the third rank or above from Jin Yao Palace have come here.

He was able to succeed because of this; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to succeed.

"Make them hand over all their silver and pills, and I'll lend them to you. I'll see how much they're worth. If it's too little and I'm not satisfied, I'll kill you today even if I don't want the silver," Gu Chen said coldly.

"Alright." Yuan Geng nodded, then looked at the disciples of Jin Yao Palace: "Fellow disciples, lend me all the silver and pills you have on you. I will definitely find a way to repay you after we return to the sect."

"Senior brother, what are you saying? We'll just take out the silver." Everyone nodded.

Then he glared angrily at Gu Chen.

They took out all the silver and pills they had on them.

Yuan Geng also took out the silver and pills he had on him.

Gu Chen stepped forward and collected them all. After counting them, he found that there were more than 50,000 taels of silver, one sixth-grade Breakthrough Pill, six seventh-grade Condensation Pills, and seventeen fifth-grade Primordial Cleansing Pills.

There were more than a dozen of them, including three True Essence Realm cultivators and eight Fifth Innate Realm cultivators.

That's all the wealth I had on me.

Gu Chen accepted them all; it was better than nothing.

This money, plus the money from selling all the pills.

It could be more than 60,000 taels.

Whether it's used to cultivate martial arts, to buy Crimson Copper Pills to increase the number of protective divine runes on the Crimson Copper Body, or to buy pills to break through realms.

That's a considerable sum of money.

The challenge fee was more than double the expected 30,000 taels.

"Get lost." After accepting the silver and pills, Gu Chen said to the group of people from the Golden Palace.

The crowd gave Gu Chen a cold look, then helped Yuan Geng up from the ground and left.

They've suffered a huge loss today.

Although Yuan Geng's life was saved.

However, all the silver and pills on his person were also stolen.

The challenge failed, and he ended up getting himself into a mess.

They also lost all face.

Seeing the Jin Yao Palace members leave, everyone around sighed with regret.

Unexpectedly, this life-or-death battle ended in this way.

For Gu Chen, this outcome was truly a sure win.

Originally, if Yuan Geng had agreed to give him the challenge fee...

He might only receive 30,000 taels of silver.

This commotion directly doubled my winnings to over 60,000.

There's no need to kill Yuan Geng, or offend Jin Yao Palace to death.

This gives them a way out.

The Jin Yao Palace members provoked Yuan Geng first, and then accepted the life-or-death battle themselves. In the end, Gu Chen did not kill Yuan Geng, but only made them pay silver.

That's considered giving Jin Yao Palace face.

Afterwards, Jin Yao Palace felt too embarrassed to bother Gu Chen again.

Gu Chen, having won the battle, gained fame, secured his position on the Prodigy Ranking, and received a large sum of silver.

It was a win-win situation, bringing both money and fame.

Today, once word gets out about the challenge here, Gu Chen will once again steal the spotlight.

The battle is over.

Around the square of Gu Chen Mansion, a group of outsiders and independent cultivators also left.

There is only one challenge today.

Other challenges are expected to arise some time from now.

Most of the geniuses who came to challenge Gu Chen are still on their way.

However, today Gu Chen challenged Yuan Geng and successfully defeated him, demonstrating his ability to crush a mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm expert.

It remains to be seen whether the other challengers will dare to continue challenging Gu Chen.

Even Yuan Geng was defeated, so how much stronger can they be than Yuan Geng?

Will it become a stepping stone for Gu Chen again?

If they challenge Gu Chen without paying the challenge fee, and Gu Chen refuses their challenge, it will escalate into a life-or-death battle, and Gu Chen will then swindle them out of more money, which would be a loss.

If they pay a challenge fee of 30,000 taels of silver.

He was defeated by Gu Chen in just a few moves, which was even more of a loss.

It's completely pointless, like paying to get beaten up.

After everyone left.

Outside Gu Chen's mansion.

Yan Xiu's face was gloomy.

I never expected that today's events would end in this way.

Not only did it fail to harm Gu Chen, it actually allowed him to make a fortune and gain reputation along the way.

No.

We can't let Gu Chen have it so easy.

If Gu Chen continues like this, earning money in this way, with his talent, he will be able to improve his cultivation level again soon after acquiring money and resources.

It will be even more troublesome as they grow up.

He still had to step in and use the reputation of the Night Watch to blackmail Gu Chen, so that he could no longer amass wealth in this way.

Thinking about it.

He strode directly into Gu Chen's residence.

At this moment, in Gu Chen's mansion.

All the outsiders have left.

Only the Cheng family and the Night Watchmen of Jiuwan City remained.

Gu Chen instructed them to find someone to repair the damaged walls and plaza of the mansion later.

The two of them just fought, and a lot of things were destroyed.

Yan Xiu came in.

The Night Watch and the Cheng family members looked grim.

They had seen Yan Xiu before, when Gu Chen fought against Wen Lingtian and He Teng in Yuehai County.

Knowing that he was a high-ranking member of the Night Watch, one of the four chief officers of the Night Watch headquarters in the desolate state, and a third-grade grandmaster.

At the same time, he is He Teng's second senior brother, and is naturally at odds with Gu Chen's side.

Now it seems there's probably nothing good going on.

as predicted.

As soon as Yan Xiu entered, he shouted at Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, do you know your crime?!"

Gu Chen heard this.

I don't know if this idiot's gone crazy, what's he doing here?

The first thing they did was question him about whether he knew he was guilty.

"I don't know, Lord Yan, what crime have I committed?" Gu Chen replied, forcing himself to suppress his disgust.

Although I don't know what's wrong with this guy, he is a third-grade grandmaster-level expert.

Now that his second senior brother Gongsun Yuan is not here, it's best not to be presumptuous in front of him.

To avoid angering him.

It would be a waste to slap yourself half to death.

A wise person can bend and stretch, and will not put himself under a dangerous wall.

"As a seventh-rank official of my Night Watch Division, and the head of the Night Watch Division of a city, to be able to reach the top 250 on the Prodigy Ranking at such a young age is an honorable thing, worthy of praise, and brings glory to my Night Watch Division." Yan Xiu looked at Gu Chen: "But what about you? What did you do?"

"To actually set such an absurd rule as requiring challengers to pay a challenge fee—you're the first person in history to do something like this! Are you blinded by greed? Don't you have any dignity as a strong person? Don't you have any sense of responsibility as the head of the Night Watch?" Yan Xiu seemed to be exasperated. "With your behavior, what will outsiders think of the Night Watch officials? They'll think all of us Night Watch officials are greedy, opportunistic scoundrels!"

"Do you even realize how much your actions will damage the reputation of the Night Watch, and how much they will affect the challenges posed by future generations of geniuses on the Prodigy Ranking? If everyone follows your example, lower-ranked individuals will have to pay a challenge fee to challenge higher-ranked individuals on the Prodigy Ranking, wouldn't that create chaos?!"

"As the head of the city's Night Watch, instead of setting a good example, you're promoting this kind of wicked trend. Do you think you're smarter than everyone else? Do you think only you could come up with this kind of thing, and others couldn't? It's just that others aren't as petty as you and are unwilling to do it!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's face darkened.

Yan Xiu's first act was to label someone and then convict them!

The playing style is still the same as the old generation!

So what if he collects the challenge fee himself?

He only represents himself; what does he have to do with the Night Watch?

He didn't use the Night's Watch's name to make money, so it's no wonder he's damaging the Night's Watch's reputation.

Yan Xiu saw that he was now being challenged, which would bring him money and increase his reputation, and he couldn't stand it, so he wanted to suppress him.

He is prohibited from continuing to collect challenge fees.

"My ranking on the Prodigy Ranking is different from others. I'm ranked high because I have high combat power despite low cultivation level. This situation will naturally attract many powerful individuals to challenge me. If I don't charge a challenge fee, I will definitely face countless challenges. At that time, just dealing with the challenges will consume a lot of time, which is not good for me and will not bring any benefits." Gu Chen looked at Yan Xiu: "Therefore, a challenge fee is necessary."

"This will deter a large number of people who just want to make a name for themselves and follow the trend, leaving only those who are truly confident in themselves to challenge me. It will also make sense for me to accept the challenge." Gu Chen insisted on his idea: "My actions only represent myself and have nothing to do with the Night Watch. Those who challenge me will not associate it with anything else. Lord Yan is overthinking it."

It's impossible for Yan Xiu and his faction, who belong to Chen Lei's group, to cut off this path.

If he uses this path well, it won't be long before he breaks through to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

Another fourth-grade movement technique can also be perfected.

How could I possibly give up!