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

Inside Gu Chen's mansion.

At this time.

Liang Xiaoyun suddenly came to report.

"My lord, something terrible has happened! Lord Yan Xiu, one of the four chief officers of the Night Watch of the Wilderness State, has arrived. He says he wants to send someone to temporarily take over the Night Watch of our Nine Bays City. He says your position as chief officer has been revoked, and he sent me to summon you." Liang Xiaoyun said to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen was taken aback upon hearing this: "Yan Xiu has arrived and said that I have been removed from my position as the head of the Nine Bays City Night Watch and that he is going to take over my Nine Bays City Night Watch."

A cold glint appeared in his eyes.

Yan Xiu had warned him before.

Tell him to stop collecting challenge fees from those who challenge him, as it damages the image of the Night Watch officials.

Otherwise, he might as well quit his job as the head of the Night Watch.

He didn't care.

After that, he directly accepted the challenge fees from Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xiu actually dared to do this, and directly stripped him of his official position.

"Yes, Yan Xiu also told you to hand over your official seal immediately." Liang Xiaoyun said with a grim expression, "He said that after you hand over your official seal, you should leave the Jiuwan City Night Watch and move out of your residence."

"Well, well, they really dare to do that." Gu Chen's voice was icy.

He was a seventh-rank official in the Night Watch.

It's not something that Yan Xiu can dismiss with just a word.

They wanted to remove him from his official position.

At the very least, it requires the approval of the higher-ups in Zhongzhou.

Going through the process alone will take at least a month.

In other words.

It started a month ago, after he accepted the challenge fees from Shen Qinglan and Chen Xinglong.

Yan Xiu and his group then began to plot against him.

He knew nothing about it.

The process was completed over there.

He was completely kept in the dark.

His master must also be kept in the dark.

Otherwise, his master would never have allowed Chen Lei and his ilk to resign from their posts.

The application to remove him from his official post must have been approved by the high-ranking members of Chen Lei's faction in the Night Watch in Zhongzhou.

Great, we've outmaneuvered him.

Losing his official position had a significant impact on him.

The Cheng family relied on his protection. When he lost his official position, the first thing to be affected was the Cheng family's business and assets.

Secondly, there was his daily income from alchemy.

We can't let them control this!

"I'll go take a look first," Gu Chen said to Liang Xiaoyun.

"Mm." Liang Xiaoyun nodded.

Gu Chen arrived at the headquarters of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City.

Then he saw Yan Xiu sitting swaggering in the main seat of his department, with a young night watchman official beside him.

It seems that he brought people to temporarily take over the Night Watch of Nine Bays City.

Upon seeing Gu Chen arrive.

The two locked eyes.

Yan Xiu said, "Gu Chen, as an official of my Night Watch, you have failed to set a good example by forcibly collecting challenge fees from the prodigies who challenge you, which has damaged the image of my Night Watch officials and tarnished the reputation of my Night Watch. In addition, your handling of the case has been ineffective. The case of He Teng being attacked by an unknown expert, which you were in charge of, has been going on for months without any results. As a result, the Chief of the Wilderness Night Watch of the Desolate State and the Headquarters of the Central State Night Watch have unanimously decided that you are no longer suitable to serve as the Chief of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City."

"Effective immediately, you are demoted to a regular black-clad night watchman of the Nine Bays City Night Watch. Hand over your official seal." Yan Xiu looked at him.

Gu Chen did not move, staring at him for a moment before speaking: "Yan Xiu, is there any point in what you are doing? My master can still reinstate me to my original position if he finds out."

Now that things have come to a head, there's no need for him to be polite to Yan Xiu anymore.

Yan Xiu did not answer his question directly, but instead looked down at him and said, "Gu Chen, watch your address. I am one of the four chief officers of the Night Watch of the Desolate State, a fifth-rank official. You have no right to address me by my name. If this happens again, I will cripple you."

"Hand over your official seal." Yan Xiu was too lazy to waste words with Gu Chen and listened to his threat.

I don't know if it will have any effect.

All he knows is that Gu Chen is now just a ninth-rank black-clad night watchman.

Your master wants to help you regain your official status, so let's wait until he does.

"Good, very good!" Gu Chen took out the official seal, threw it away, and left immediately.

Now that things have come to this, there's no point in him saying anything to Yan Xiu.

They dare to do this because they are confident that they are weak and have no way to resist at present.

Hand over the official seal first, then go find your master.

He refused to believe that his master would swallow this insult.

Using such despicable means to secretly remove him from his official position, they really think their faction is easy to bully.

They saw Gu Chen leave.

Yan Xiu sneered and said to the young man beside him, "From today onwards, you will take over the Night Watch of Jiuwan City."

"During your time in charge, you only need to do one thing: severely suppress the Cheng family's businesses under Gu Chen's control. Suppress them as much as possible. Don't be afraid of offending people; I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong," Yan Xiu said.

He knew that their method of secretly and directly removing Gu Chen from his official post would inevitably provoke the anger of Shangguan Wuqing's faction.

If Gu Chen reports this matter to higher authorities, his official position will be restored in no time.

Therefore, during the period when Gu Chen is without an official position, it is best to suppress the Cheng family's power under his command as much as possible.

Let the Cheng family, if not dead, be crippled.

When Gu Chen finally regained his official position, the Cheng family, on which he had relied for his wealth, was also ruined.

This directly aims to cut off his momentum.

"Yes, sir." The young man accepted the order.

After leaving the Night Watch of Jiuwan City, Gu Chen headed to the Cheng family's residence in Jiuwan City.

He ordered Cheng Mengling to bring people to his mansion and move all his belongings away.

Especially the large alchemy furnace he usually used for refining pills.

To prevent the next group of people who move in from causing damage.

Cheng Mengling was confused and asked what was going on.

Gu Chen said coldly, "I have been dismissed from my official post. Now, Chen Lei, the chief of the Night Watch of the Desolate State, is not in the same faction as my master. They are deliberately targeting me."

"After I'm dismissed from my post, they'll definitely try to suppress my forces, and the Cheng family's business and industries will certainly be affected," Gu Chen explained. "During this time, you should have the Cheng family keep a low profile and be patient in all aspects of their business dealings."

"It won't take too long. After I report this matter, my master will handle it quickly. After I settle things here, I will go to Yuehai County City to find my fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, and ask him to help take care of the Cheng family so that they don't suffer any major losses."

After listening to Gu Chen's description.

Cheng Mengling was shocked, not expecting that Gu Chen had been dismissed from his official post.

The current commander of the Night Watch of the Wilderness State is truly despicable, using such methods to target a young man like Gu Chen.

"Brother Gu, please go with peace of mind. I will take good care of the Cheng family and ensure that our businesses and commerce are not damaged. I will wait for your return, Brother Gu," Cheng Mengling said.

"Okay." Gu Chen nodded and led Cheng Mengling and a group of Cheng family experts to his residence to pack their things.

Then they moved all these things back to the Cheng family's stronghold in Jiuwan City.

Then Gu Chen left Jiuwan City directly.

In Jiuwan City.

Yamamoto Jiro, who had been secretly watching Gu Chen's movements, saw that Gu Chen headed directly out of Jiuwan City after leaving the Cheng family.

He sneered inwardly.

For the past two weeks, the Yamamoto family has been looking for an opportunity to assassinate Gu Chen.

Gu Chen always went between two places every day, either at his residence or at the Night Watch in Jiuwan City.

They had no chance at all.

Rushing directly to Gu Chen's residence or the Night Watch of Jiuwan City to kill him is too risky.

Their identities are easily exposed.

He had been keeping a close eye on Gu Chen's movements in Jiuwan City for the past few days.

He never expected that Gu Chen would be dismissed from his post today.

Internal strife within the Night Watch.

This gave them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to assassinate Gu Chen.

We just need to take advantage of Gu Chen's departure from the city and kill him without anyone noticing.

Afterwards, no one will suspect the Yamamoto family.

At most, people would suspect that someone from He Teng's faction hired someone to kill Gu Chen.

They would only seek revenge against people in He Teng's faction.

Internal strife within the Night Watch will distract them, making it easier for them to smuggle goods within the Yuehai County region in the future.

As soon as Gu Chen left Jiuwan City, he sensed someone chasing after him.

He found today's events very strange.

Chen Lei's faction was so arrogant that they dismissed him from his post for such a trivial reason.

They might arrange for someone to secretly harm him.

So I kept a watchful eye on things.

Let's see if he'll be followed and attacked after he leaves the city.

Sure enough, a tail followed.

Gu Chen sneered inwardly.

It's obvious without even thinking that they were sent by Chen Lei's faction.

He is at the mid-stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

If he really only has the cultivation level of the late True Essence Realm, then he is doomed to die today.

Fortunately, he was quite cunning and concealed his cultivation level of almost two major realms.

We can handle it calmly.

Since these people are so eager to die...

Then let's grant their wish.