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

Gu Chen put the silver in again, not caring anymore; he had to learn it even if it cost him ten thousand more taels.

Anyway, he has more money now, so an extra ten thousand is enough.

First, master it and improve our combat strength.

Instantly, he mastered the perfected Spirit Dragon Body Technique.

It was as if he had practiced this footwork for decades.

With his footwork in motion, Gu Chen moved with the agility of a dragon, easily traversing the mansion area, leaping and bounding across rooftops.

After landing, his speed when moving in the mansion square was several times faster than usual.

This made up for his weakness of not having advanced movement techniques.

of course.

He wouldn't reveal the Spirit Dragon Movement Technique and the Four Beasts Attack Technique, both fourth-grade martial arts, unless it was a matter of life and death.

The same applies to the fifth-rank Shadow Killing Technique.

These are his trump cards.

He still has more than 10,000 taels of silver left.

With his martial arts skills resolved, his next focus in cultivation would be on developing the Crimson Copper Body and breaking through to a higher realm.

News of today's events should spread.

I wonder if any other geniuses would dare to challenge him.

If so, we can make a few more money.

If not, then he can only focus on developing for two months before he can raise his cultivation level to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

He defeated Yuan Geng in a crushing manner, proving his strength. He was at least capable of defeating ordinary mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators, and ranking within the top 250 was no problem.

Those who are behind him now.

Only Shen Qinglan, the Ice Maiden of the Misty Palace, and Chen Xinglong, the Mad Blade of the Mad Blade Palace, have the strength to defeat a mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm expert.

He was also ranked ahead of Yuan Geng by the Supervisory Department.

If the two of them don't challenge him, then no one else will.

One day later.

The news of Gu Chen defeating Yuan Geng spread throughout the entire desolate state and continued to reach other states.

Many rogue cultivators and disciples from top-tier forces who had just arrived in the desolate state and were not yet in Jiuwan City to challenge Gu Chen.

Everyone was shocked.

"No way, is Gu Chen really that powerful? Yuan Geng was completely crushed and defeated by him."

"His Crimson Copper Body has already cultivated forty protective divine runes, its defensive power can ignore most attacks from mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators, how can we possibly fight against that!"

"How did he do that? I've looked into the Body Refining Divine Art of the Body Sect. It's extremely difficult to cultivate. Besides needing to comprehend the technique first, each subsequent advancement requires refining countless body-refining pills to support the cultivation. Even if Gu Chen's talent is sufficient to allow him to quickly comprehend the technique, how could he refine so many pills for cultivation in such a short time?"

"That's right, it's really strange. Could it be that he has some kind of method to quickly refine pills?" Some people began to suspect Gu Chen.

"Perhaps it's because of his special physique. He must have mastered a physique that allows him to quickly refine and absorb pills for cultivation, otherwise his cultivation level and body refinement level wouldn't have improved so quickly."

"I think so too. From what I understand, Gu Chen has only been cultivating for a little over a year, yet he has risen from a low-level medicine pavilion servant with no cultivation to his current level. His physique must be extraordinary," someone speculated.

It's no wonder they can't understand.

Gu Chen's improvement was simply too fast.

If it's not due to a special physical condition, then other reasons don't make sense.

After all, who would have thought that he would possess such an extraordinary treasure as the bronze bowl?

It's more likely that we can guess he has a cheat code like the copper bowl.

It would be more reasonable to speculate that he actually possesses some kind of powerful special physique, which allows him to quickly refine and absorb pills and improve his cultivation level while being exceptionally gifted.

"It was a mistake for the Body Sect not to cripple him when they discovered he was practicing their own sect's techniques. Now, Gu Chen is directly crushing his peers with this body-refining technique. Sigh."

"Cripple him? Does the Body Sect dare to? Gu Chen is a seventh-rank official of the Night Watch, and the origin of his cultivation technique is clear. He didn't steal or rob. Do you believe that if the Body Sect dares to cripple him because of this, many of the Body Sect's disciples will be inexplicably crippled by the Night Watch as cult members and spies?"

"Right now, those of us who haven't even reached the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm are not qualified to challenge Gu Chen. Going would only result in defeat and a waste of 30,000 taels of silver. It all depends on whether Shen Qinglan of the Misty Palace and Chen Xinglong of the Mad Blade Palace dare to challenge him."

The experience of Gu Chen fighting against Yuan Geng.

Let all those who come to challenge him understand.

If you want to challenge him, you can't get something for nothing.

He either demands a challenge fee of 30,000 taels of silver, or he will escalate the battle into a fight to the death.

It's your choice; if you don't want a life-or-death battle, then obediently pay the challenge fee.

This makes many people who lack self-confidence hesitate to even try.

After all, it's not worth it no matter what, and you won't gain anything.

Those who are confident in themselves are fine paying 30,000 taels of silver to gain a reputation, but those who lack confidence will suffer a huge loss.

As for not giving Gu Chen any money, they directly challenged him and attacked him.

I'm sorry.

Given Gu Chen's nature, he'll definitely frame you for attacking an official of the Divine Dynasty's Night Watch afterward, making things even worse for you.

If they arrest you and throw you in jail, not only will you lose face, but you might also have to pay even more money to get yourself out, which would be a huge loss.

So if you're confident in yourself, it's best to just pay up and take the challenge.

The city of Huangzhou.

A group of beautiful female cultivators in purple dresses have arrived today.

They were none other than the disciples of the Misty Palace.

The Misty Palace is a top-tier power composed entirely of female cultivators, and a gathering place for high-value female cultivators in the Divine Dynasty.

There was once a terrestrial immortal.

However, it has fallen into decline, with only a half-step terrestrial immortal being in charge, thus dropping out of the ranks of transcendent forces.

They could only be among the top-tier forces, becoming one of the Six Palaces.

The Six Palaces, which rank above the Seven Palaces, are basically forces that once produced terrestrial immortals but are now in decline.

The foundation is still there, it's just that there's no powerful figure overseeing things right now.

The group of more than a dozen female cultivators from the Misty Palace were all junior sisters of Ice Maiden Shen Qinglan. They took advantage of her coming to challenge Gu Chen to come and broaden their horizons.

Upon entering the city of Huangzhou, they learned that Gu Chen had already defeated Yuan Geng.

A female disciple from the Misty Palace looked at Shen Qinglan and asked, "Senior Sister, should we still challenge Gu Chenyao? Yuan Geng has already been crushed by him."

"Go." Shen Qinglan was sparing with her words; that was just her personality.

It may also be related to her constitution. She possesses the Xuanbing Body, which gives her a cold and aloof aura.

She gives off a very aloof vibe.

Therefore, she was given the title Ice Maiden.

Actually, no one knows that she is a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Gu Chen's defeat of Yuan Geng was not unexpected.

Yuan Geng had just broken through to the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm and had no particularly outstanding achievements before.

They are even among the older geniuses who are about to fall off the list of geniuses.

The Supervisory Department had already ranked Gu Chen ahead of him, so it was normal for them to defeat him.

As for himself, he possesses a special physique called the Mystic Ice Body, which gives him a natural affinity for ice-attribute techniques.

Previously, she relied on her physique to be able to exert the combat power of the middle stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm while only being at the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Currently, she is only one step away from the mid-stage of the Breakthrough Realm.

His combat power had long surpassed that of many mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm geniuses who ranked ahead of Gu Chen on the Prodigy Ranking.

Gu Chen, who cultivated the Crimson Copper Body to forty protective divine runes, might be stronger to her than other geniuses in the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm who were ranked ahead of Gu Chen on the Prodigy Ranking.

Perhaps it can serve as a whetstone for her, helping her take this step.

Therefore, challenging Gu Chen was something she had to do.

She wanted to see how long Gu Chen's bronze body could withstand her special physique.

On the Mad Blade Hall side.

Chen Xinglong also led his men into the desolate state.

After learning that Gu Chen had defeated Yuan Geng with overwhelming force.

He became even more excited.

This shows that Gu Chen truly possesses genuine talent and skill; Gu Chen's defensive power can ignore most attacks from mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators.

He wanted to see if Gu Chen could ignore his attack.

He once absorbed the essence and blood of a terrestrial immortal dragon, giving him the bloodline of a dragon.

It can enhance his combat power against opponents of higher levels.

The blood essence of that dragon, which was at the level of a terrestrial immortal, gave him blood-red eyes.

When activated, they appear frenzied, but their understanding of combat becomes incredibly profound.

Each time his frenzied state subsided, his understanding of martial arts and swordsmanship would reach a new level.

He cultivates "Mad Demon Blade," a top-tier sword manual from the Mad Blade Hall, which was left behind by a Heavenly Venerable Realm expert from the Mad Blade Hall.

It aligns perfectly with his path of swordsmanship.

Some time ago, he had already comprehended a trace of the Mad Blade's intent through this treasure trove of sword techniques.

This greatly increased his combat effectiveness.

Even some people in the late stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm would be seriously injured when facing a Mad Blade Intent unleashed by someone who had activated the demonic dragon bloodline and blood eyes within their body and entered a frenzied state.

Gu Chen could ignore some attacks from mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators, but he could not ignore attacks from late-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivators.

He heard that Gu Chen had also comprehended a kind of sword intent, so he wanted to see if Gu Chen's Breaking Illusion Sword Intent was more powerful.

His Mad Blade technique is still more powerful.