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

The next day.

Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong arrived at Jiuwan City together.

The two then released the news.

I will challenge Gu Chen in three days.

They wish to invite the rogue cultivators who have traveled from the desolate state to come and watch the battle, as well as the prodigies from various forces within the Divine Dynasty.

The two came to challenge Gu Chen.

Firstly, it's for their own benefit, and secondly, it's to boost the reputation of their own faction.

After all, when they go out, they sometimes represent the face of their own faction.

Naturally, we need to create a buzz around it.

This way, they win, and their own faction also benefits.

They might even reimburse them for the 30,000 taels challenge fee they would have to pay to challenge Gu Chen.

Since they chose to take on the challenge fairly, Gu Chen set a challenge fee.

They then decided to pay the challenge fee.

Although they also felt that this way of accepting money was undignified and unbecoming of a proud and noble person.

But Gu Chen himself didn't feel ashamed, so what did it matter to them? They could just grit their teeth, pay the money, and challenge him.

If it were them, they wouldn't accept such a challenge fee.

The day.

Inside Gu Chen's mansion.

A disciple from the Misty Palace and a disciple from the Mad Blade Palace arrived one after the other.

He respectfully handed over 30,000 taels of silver as a challenge fee to Gu Chen.

Seeing that Chen Xinglong and Shen Qinglan were so agreeable, Gu Chen readily agreed as well, promising to accept their challenge in three days.

Many of the geniuses and rogue cultivators who came to the desolate state this time saw that Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong were still preparing to challenge Gu Chen.

And the time has already been set.

They headed directly towards Jiuwan City.

They wanted to see what gave these two the confidence to challenge Gu Chen, who had so easily defeated Yuan Geng.

soon.

Jiuwan City thus attracted many people from outside forces and independent cultivators.

Liang Xiaoyun and Lin Fei hurriedly followed Gu Chen's instructions and began to keep watch on them from all sides.

If they dare to cause trouble in Jiuwan City or bully others, report it directly to Gu Chen.

Let Gu Chen deal with them.

We can arrest them and put them in jail, and then we can extort money from them.

The city of Huangzhou.

On Chen Lei's side.

Chen Lei called Yan Xiu over.

"Did you do what I asked you to do before, to warn Gu Chen not to collect challenge fees from other geniuses?" Chen Lei asked.

He had previously instructed Yan Xiu to explain that Gu Chen, as an official of the Night Watch, had an official status and represented the Night Watch's reputation, and therefore could not collect challenge fees from other geniuses on the Heavenly Pride Ranking for personal gain.

Go and stop Gu Chen.

I don't know if Yan Xiu has taken care of it or not.

Now, Gu Chen has openly and honestly accepted the challenge fees from the two prodigies of the Mad Blade Hall and the Misty Hall, and has even set a time for the challenge.

"I already told you, Master, I also warned Gu Chen that if he dares to use this challenge fee to make money and ruin the reputation of my Night Watch Division, he can forget about being the head of the Night Watch Division of Nine Bays City," Yan Xiu replied.

Upon hearing this...

Chen Lei narrowed his eyes slightly, then snorted coldly.

"It seems that Gu Chen completely disregards our warnings," Chen Lei said coldly. "Although his backer, Shangguan Wuqing, serves as the decision-maker of the Night Watch in Zhongzhou, I still call the shots in this desolate state. Does he really think I wouldn't dare to touch him?"

"Go through the proper procedures and remove him from his position as the head of the Nine Bays City Night Watch. I want to see what Shangguan Wuqing can do," Chen Lei said to Yan Xiu.

"Yes." Yan Xiu accepted the order and left with a cold smile.

Removing a city's Night Watch chief from his post requires following proper procedures.

This is not something that Chen Lei can accomplish with just a few words.

It needs to be reported to Zhongzhou.

The process takes about a month to complete.

They carried it out in secret without informing Gu Chen.

Since Gu Chen didn't know, he wouldn't inform Shangguan Wuqing.

When this decision reaches Zhongzhou, we can simply have it approved by their faction.

After a month, once Gu Chen learns that he has been dismissed from his position, he will report it to Shangguan Wuqing.

It was already too late.

It will take at least two or three months for Shangguan Wuqing to reinstate him to his official position.

Gu Chen has not held an official position for the past two or three months.

They can destroy as many of the Cheng family's businesses as possible that Gu Chen controls.

To destroy the Cheng family's business scale.

This deprived Gu Chen of his main source of income, even if he later regained his official position.

It will take a long time to restore the Cheng family to its previous level.

For a genius like Gu Chen, time is the most important thing.

This would greatly suppress Gu Chen's development.

Slow down his pace of cultivation and mess with his mindset.

Gu Chen, of course, was unaware of these things.

Here in Jiuwan City.

Three days.

It will pass quickly.

The day of the challenge has arrived.

These past few days, I don't know if it's because he had Liang Xiaoyun and Lin Fei keep a close eye on him.

Surprisingly, none of the outsiders and independent cultivators who had gathered in Jiuwan City took the initiative to cause trouble.

For example, there wasn't a single incident similar to the Qingyun Sword Sect's bullying at Jiuwan Tower.

His plan to use this to swindle outsiders or rogue cultivators was completely thwarted.

They could only obediently wait for the challenge from Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong.

Actually, Gu Chen was overthinking it.

Not everyone who is part of a powerful or influential group is a spoiled brat.

They are just domineering, thinking that they are born superior to others just because they came to a small place.

The last time Gu Chen clashed with Liu Chen and others, it was because he dared to confront Liu Chen head-on. Liu Chen didn't know his background, which led to that incident.

Most of the outsiders and independent cultivators who have come to Jiuwan City are quite strong.

Everyone knows each other well, so there won't be any pointless disputes over the location of Jiuwanlou.

The natives of Jiuwan City dared not provoke them, and all kept their own people under control, lest they anger these people.

Naturally, no special events occurred.

Moreover, Gu Chen was being watched by the Night Watchmen every day. Based on the previous experience of Liu Chen and his group from the Qingyun Sword Sect, they knew Gu Chen's true nature.

They're definitely waiting for them to make a mistake so they can seize the opportunity to scam them.

They certainly wouldn't be that stupid.

The day of challenge.

Many powerful figures and independent cultivators gathered at the martial arts arena in Jiuwan City to watch.

There are local forces in Jiuwan City and people from the four major official institutions.

There were also people from various powerful forces and aristocratic families within the desolate state, as well as independent cultivators.

Secondly, there are all people from outside forces.

The Wen family also sent people to watch this challenge.

It is Wen Wushuang.

He was unwilling to accept defeat. Last time, his elder brother and He Teng were both defeated by Gu Chen. Now he wanted to see if Gu Chen could defeat Mad Blade Chen Xinglong and Ice Maiden Shen Qinglan as well.

If so, it truly means that Gu Chen was never on the same level as them.

It's understandable that they were defeated.

It's not that they're too weak, it's that Gu Chen is too strong and too abnormal.

So that they wouldn't be portrayed as so pathetic.

Those stronger than them were all defeated, so it's reasonable for them to lose.

even.

Liu Chen from the Qingyun Sword Sect also came this time.

Like He Teng, Gu Chen has now become their inner demon.

They would never be satisfied as long as Gu Chen remained undefeated.

He didn't have He Teng's status to cooperate with the Japanese and find someone to deal with Gu Chen.

Therefore, he can only hope that Gu Chen is defeated by someone else, so that even if the person who defeats Gu Chen is not him, he can still vent his anger.

At least someone broke Gu Chen's undefeated myth, causing Gu Chen to suffer a certain blow.

The edge of the training ground.

The two groups from the Mad Blade Hall and the Misty Hall had already arrived and were waiting in their respective areas.

Gu Chen arrived with a group of experts from the Nine Bays City Night Watch and the Cheng family.

Gu Chen entered the area reserved for them in the martial arts arena.

Gu Chen didn't hesitate at all.

He went straight to the center of the training ground by himself, glanced at the direction of the Misty Palace and the Mad Blade Palace, and the direction of Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong, and said, "Which of you two will go first?"

The two exchanged a glance.

"I'll do it." Shen Qinglan stepped forward and headed towards the center of the training ground.

She came today mainly to challenge Gu Chen.

Of course, after defeating Gu Chen.

She and Chen Xinglong will definitely have a battle.

She heard through the grapevine that Chen Xinglong had already grasped a trace of the Mad Demon Blade's essence.

The Mad Demon Blade Intent is at a higher level than Gu Chen's Breaking Illusion Blade Intent.

It is a sword intent born from the sword dao classic of the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

Even a trace of it is stronger than the sword intent that Gu Chen only comprehended from sixth-grade martial arts.

If this news is true, in her opinion, Chen Xinglong is even more of a threat than Gu Chen.

Since that's the case, let's defeat Gu Chen first, and then deal with Chen Xinglong.