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

Yamajiro desperately channeled his inner energy, his eyes bloodshot, and roared, "Block it!"

He used a large amount of true energy, condensing it into his hands, and then unleashed both palms simultaneously, executing the martial art of the Broken Blade Palm.

This is a fifth-rank martial art from the Yamamoto family, specifically designed for close-quarters combat against weapons.

He used his Broken Blade Palm technique to create two terrifying true essence palm prints, which he then unleashed at Gu Chen's incoming blade strike.

They wanted to break Gu Chen's longsword.

Unfortunately, Gu Chen's Fire Profound Blade was of the Profound Grade, just one step away from becoming a Grade Earth-level treasure weapon.

Without the strength of a third-rank expert, it would be impossible to break it.

Boom!

The terrifying collision echoed throughout the entire mountain forest.

Yamamoto Jiro's two palm prints of true essence exploded instantly, turning into energy shockwaves that spread in all directions, snapping and falling large trees that could be embraced by one arm, and shattering rocks that flew everywhere.

But this only blocked one-third of the power of Gu Chen's slash. Gu Chen then slashed down, aiming for his head.

It was as if they wanted to cleave him in two.

In his final, critical moment, Yamamoto Jiro suddenly mobilized all his remaining true energy, channeling it into his palms and clamping it between Gu Chen's longsword.

brush!

Gu Chen's longsword was extremely powerful, and he couldn't hold it at all.

Gu Chen's longsword pressed down on his bent palms and struck directly on his shoulders.

"Ah!" Yamajiro screamed in agony.

The immense force pressed him down to one knee, and like an iron plow, ploughed him back several meters.

He knelt on one knee in front of Gu Chen, his hands gripping the Fire Profound Blade that Gu Chen had slashed down on his shoulder. A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth as he looked up and stared intently at Gu Chen.

There was a deep, bone-revealing wound on his shoulder, and blood stained his body red, a horrifying sight.

He tried to forcefully pry the knife that Gu Chen was pressing on his shoulder away, but Gu Chen was extremely strong and slashed at his shoulder with both hands while holding the Fire Profound Blade.

He couldn't stretch himself at all; every bit of effort he exerted caused Gu Chen's blade to penetrate even deeper into his body.

With each bit of effort he exerted, more blood would flow from the wound on his shoulder, dripping onto the ground to form a small pool of blood.

"Answer a few questions, and I can let you die a little more easily!" Gu Chen looked down at him.

Today, it wasn't Chen Lei's people who came to kill him, but rather the Japanese.

This puzzled him.

He hadn't dealt with the Japanese for a while since killing Yamamoto Okamura.

He wasn't sure if the Japanese had already partnered with Chen Lei, and he wanted to find out.

Although he doesn't need to ask Yamamoto Jiro, he will be able to figure it out later through the copper bowl.

However, exchanging information using a copper bowl requires spending silver.

It would be even better if he could obtain information by asking Yamamoto Jiro without exchanging silver, as he is currently very short of silver.

He was about to break through to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm, but then this happened.

This disrupted his plans to accumulate wealth, so he naturally had to be more frugal with his spending.

"If you're willing to let me go, I'll answer any of your questions." Yamajiro gritted his teeth, looking at Gu Chen with apprehension and even a hint of fear.

If Gu Chen is willing to let him go, he can tell him anything.

If he refuses, then even if he dies, Gu Chen will not be able to obtain any useful information from him.

He finally understood why Gu Chen had been so good at investigating cases before.

It may be related to his strength and the secrets behind him.

If only Gu Chen would let him leave this time.

Once he returns to the Yamamoto family, he will definitely bring powerful figures to capture Gu Chen and force him to reveal his secrets.

In just a year and a half, he has acquired this ability.

He couldn't imagine how extraordinary Gu Chen's secrets were, or how high he could reach if he could obtain them.

"You have no right to bargain with me," Gu Chen said calmly. "I will only ask three questions, and you have three breaths to consider your answers. If you don't answer, you will die."

"My first question is, have you islanders already cooperated with Chen Lei?" Gu Chen began to ask.

"Secondly, did you come to kill me on your own initiative, or did someone else send you?"

"Third, have you islanders now established new outposts in Yuehai County and started smuggling supplies back to the Divine Dynasty?"

These three questions are all quite important.

This is something that Gu Chen urgently needs to figure out.

If the island nation didn't cooperate with Chen Lei, then who did they cooperate with?

Why come to kill him today?

Who are the island nation's new partners, and have they committed crimes again?

I understand now.

He went directly to his fellow disciples to report the matter to higher authorities, and then notified his master to come over.

He wiped out these islanders and his partners all at once.

Another achievement.

They might even be able to imprison Chen Lei and his disciples.

"One breath!" Gu Chen stared coldly at Yamamoto Jiro.

"I'll only tell you if you let me go. Otherwise, even if you kill me, I won't say a word." Yamajiro looked up at him defiantly.

"Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut when I get back and will not reveal your secret."

"Two breaths." Gu Chen ignored him and continued counting.

"Gu Chen, my Yamamoto family is a transcendent family with a terrestrial immortal in charge. We also have powerful divination experts in our family. Moreover, the people of my Yamamoto family in Yuehai County already know that I am here to assassinate you. If you kill me today, you will not be able to escape. My Yamamoto family will definitely not let you go!" Yamamoto Jiro threatened when he saw that Gu Chen was unmoved.

"With the death of a fifth-rank family member, the family will definitely dispatch experts of the third rank to apprehend the murderer. Unless you can guarantee that you can stay by your master's side for the rest of your life, you will not escape the revenge of the Yamamoto family if you are ever alone!"

"Three breaths!" Gu Chen coldly uttered these two words.

He shook his head, giving an irrelevant answer: "Fine, you can't even save a little money? Since you're so stubborn, then go die!"

A fierce glint flashed in Gu Chen's eyes.

"No, Gu Chen, you can't do this!" Yamamoto Jiro exclaimed in alarm, "If you do this, my Yamamoto family will never let you get away with it!"

Unfortunately, Gu Chen was no longer willing to listen to his nonsense.

Just kill them directly, and then slowly exchange the silver for information.

Gu Chen twitched his hand holding the Fire Profound Blade, about to slay him with a single blow.

Seeing this, Yamamoto Jiro cleaved Gu Chen's Fire Profound Blade in two with both palms. Then, despite his injuries, he turned around, unleashed his true essence, and tried to escape into the distance.

puff!

From behind, Gu Chen stabbed him with even greater speed, piercing through his back and exiting through his chest.

The terrifying intent of the piercing blade and the violent alien true essence flowed into his body through the blade, causing frenzied destruction and damage.

Blood gushed from the corner of his mouth.

The body froze on the spot.

Gu Chen drew the Fire Profound Blade.

His body then slumped down.

Even at the moment of his death, he was filled with resentment.

He never expected that Gu Chen would be such a deeply hidden person. Today, he had chased Gu Chen all the way from Jiuwan City to the moment of his death, and he felt that victory was in his grasp.

Now, he's fallen into a trap and died at the hands of Gu Chen.

Today he dies, but in the future, who knows how many more will die at Gu Chen's hands.

This kind of person is too cunning.

Despite possessing strength approaching the fourth rank, he concealed his cultivation level at the seventh rank.

Who would have thought of such a shady tactic?

He lets those who want to deal with him die wave after wave, while he sits calmly and reaps the benefits.

After Yamamoto Jiro's death.

Gu Chen began to grope and search his body.

I hope to find more money.

If we could get more than 30,000 taels.

That would be enough silver for him to break through to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

finally.

Gu Chen found over 39,000 taels of silver and three Transformation Pills on his person.

can.

A smile appeared on Gu Chen's lips.

He was richer than Jiang Ruyan, a fifth-rank expert from the Haoran Academy whom he had killed before.

Gu Chen remembered that he had only found 30,000 taels of silver and two Huahai Pills on Jiang Ruyan.

Yamamoto Jiro had nine thousand taels of silver and one Sea-Transforming Pill more than she did.

In addition, he now has more than 120,000 taels of silver on him.

That's enough for him to buy pills and break through to the late stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

Gu Chen went over and picked up his samurai sword.

This samurai sword is of a higher grade than the one he obtained from Yamamoto Village, reaching the upper-grade Xuan rank.

It's a pretty good weapon.

However, due to its unique design, it is not easy to sell openly in Shenchao.

He has the Fire Mystic Blade to use, so he doesn't need it.

The only thing to do is try to sell it to some independent cultivators to see if any of them are willing to take it.

Gu Chen took out a can of kerosene from his storage bag and poured it on Yamamoto Jiro.

Then they set his body on fire.

Watching Yamamoto Jiro being engulfed in flames.

Gu Chen turned and left.