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

then.

Gu Chen spent another three thousand taels.

Information was exchanged for regarding the Yamamoto family's newly established strongholds throughout the Koshikai County.

Information about He Teng's cooperation with them, giving them the green light, and the batch of rare minerals and other military supplies smuggled by the Divine Dynasty this month.

After having this information...

Gu Chen removed his disguise and changed back into his Night Watchman's uniform.

To change his face back to his original face.

Then they left the mountain range and headed towards Yuehai County.

First, go and meet up with his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, and tell him that he has been stripped of his official position. Then, tell him that Chen Lei's disciple is colluding with the Japanese. Ask him to contact his second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, and have Gongsun Yuan contact his master.

As long as his master comes from Zhongzhou.

This incident will make Chen Lei and his disciples pay the price.

As for killing Yamamoto Jiro, he decided to keep it a secret.

According to the intelligence he obtained, all of the Yamamoto family's newly established strongholds are located in the Li Huo Prefecture.

They have no stronghold in Blackrock Prefecture.

Therefore, the people from the island nation who are currently in Yuehai County are all in Lihuo Prefecture.

The other islanders now only know that Yamamoto Jiro came to Jiuwan City to find an opportunity to assassinate him.

No one knows his exact whereabouts or location.

Therefore, it would take some time for the islanders to discover his death.

As long as he doesn't reveal that he has killed Yamamoto Jiro, no one will know.

He naturally couldn't reveal it, because doing so would expose his true strength.

By the time the islanders realized what was happening...

He had already gone and, together with his fellow disciples, arrested them all.

By then, they will all be in dire straits themselves and won't care about Yamajiro anymore.

They might assume that Yamajiro Jiro had also been captured or killed.

Meanwhile, in the capital city of Huangzhou...

Yan Xiu has returned.

He reported to Chen Lei: "Master, it's all done. Gu Chen has had his official seal confiscated and has been moved out of the exclusive residence of the Night Watchman of Jiuwan City."

"After leaving the mansion, he had all his belongings moved to the Cheng family's stronghold in Jiuwan City, and then he left Jiuwan City directly." Yan Xiu continued to report, "It seems he probably went to find some of his senior brothers and asked them to contact Shangguan Wuqing."

"I have instructed the person who is currently in charge of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City and my junior brother's Wen family to focus on suppressing the Cheng family, which is under his command, during this period. I want to make sure that the Cheng family is severely damaged, even if they are not destroyed, and cut off Gu Chen's future source of income. Even if he regains his official position, he will hardly be able to grow at the same rate as before." Yan Xiu sneered.

"Well done." Chen Lei smiled, having repeatedly embarrassed his disciple.

Today he finally got what he deserved.

His reasons for suppressing Gu Chen were somewhat far-fetched, but he could still do it.

The case was handed over to Gu Chen for investigation, and he still couldn't find anything after several months. What else could it be but incompetence?

He is now using his ranking on the Heavenly Pride List to charge challenge fees and amass wealth, damaging the image of the Night Watch officials and tarnishing the reputation of the Night Watch. He has been warned, but he has not listened.

So what if he loses his official position?

If Shangguan Wuqing dares to treat him in the same way, he'll be waiting.

Before that, he was determined to make Gu Chen suffer.

Inside He Teng's residence in Li Huo Prefecture.

He Teng summoned Yamamoto Yota of the Yamamoto family.

He said directly, "Good news! My master sent me good news. They have secretly worked to remove the head of the Night Watch of Gu Chen Jiuwan City from his position."

"Gu Chen is now a person without official rank. He will probably leave Jiuwan City to seek help from his senior brothers and master. Now is the best time for you to kill him. You should seize the opportunity and make your move on his way to Jiuwan City to find his senior brothers," He Teng said, narrowing his eyes.

"Otherwise, once he goes to his master, Shangguan Wuqing, and gets his official position reinstated, it will be difficult to find another opportunity to kill him."

He Teng understood.

During this time, the Yamamoto family from the island nation had been looking for an opportunity to assassinate Gu Chen.

But Gu Chen remained like a tortoise, going back and forth between two places every day, either at his residence or at the Jiuwan City Night Watch in Jiuwan City.

This prevented the Yamamoto family from taking action.

Now that he has been dismissed from his official post, he must leave Jiuwan City to seek help from his senior brothers and master.

The best opportunity to assassinate him was during his journey.

As long as you kill him without anyone noticing during the journey.

Keep it a secret.

By the time his senior brothers and master discovered he had disappeared and might have been murdered, and began their investigation, it was unclear how much time had passed.

By then, they won't be able to find anything even if they want to investigate.

No one would make that connection to them.

At most, people would associate it with his master, Chen Lei, and suspect that he might have sent someone to assassinate Gu Chen.

Even if they were investigated, the investigation wouldn't reach them.

Without Gu Chen, no one would be able to find out about his cooperation with the Yamamoto family from Japan.

"Don't worry, Lord He." Yamamoto Yota said with a smile, "Our Yamamoto family's strongest member, Yamamoto Genji, has already gone to Jiuwan City to lie in wait for an opportunity to assassinate Gu Chen."

"He certainly won't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Yamamoto Yota laughed. "I believe it won't be long before news comes from him. Perhaps he has already secretly followed Gu Chen out of Jiuwan City and is already looking for an opportunity to kill Gu Chen along the way."

"Hmm." He Teng nodded. "I hope nothing goes wrong. If you seize this opportunity, we can rest easy from now on."

"There will definitely be no mishaps. Our family's leader, Yamamoto Jiro, is a mid-stage Fifth Grade Transformation Sea Realm expert. Gu Chen has no power to resist him. As long as Gu Chen is alone and Yamamoto Jiro seizes the opportunity, he will have no chance to escape." Yamamoto Yota was very confident in Yamamoto Jiro.

"That's good." He Teng nodded, knowing that a fifth-grade expert in the mid-stage of the Transformation Sea Realm was going to assassinate Gu Chen.

Then even if he has a strong ability to challenge opponents of higher levels, it will be of no use.

The sixth rank and the fifth rank are not on the same level. Gu Chen had no chance of surviving in Yamamoto Jiro's hands.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen...

He returned all the way to the county seat of Yuehai County.

It was already evening.

Gu Chen headed directly towards Luo Tianxing's residence.

Upon entering the mansion, he sought out his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing.

Upon seeing his arrival, Luo Tianxing was also taken aback and asked, "Junior Brother, what brings you here?"

Gu Chen said directly, "Fourth Senior Brother, I'm being targeted by Chen Lei and his disciple Yan Xiu."

"We've been targeted by Chen Lei and his group." Luo Tianxing was puzzled.

Chen Lei and their master, Shangguan Wuqing, are not from the same faction.

It's normal for them to be targeted; haven't they always been targeted by Chen Lei?

He didn't know what Gu Chen meant by suddenly coming to him and saying those words.

"I'm sorry to bother you, senior brother, but my official position has been revoked by Chen Lei. I am no longer the head of the Night Watch of Jiuwan City," Gu Chen explained.

"Your official position has been revoked by Chen Lei." Luo Tianxing was shocked to hear this.

How dare Chen Lei do that?

They dismissed their junior brother Gu Chen from his official position without a word.

This is no small matter.

Isn't Chen Lei afraid that his master, Shangguan Wuqing, will use the same methods against his disciples if he does this?

"Chen Lei dismissed me because of my poor handling of the case, and also because I accepted challenge fees from those geniuses on the Prodigy Ranking who came to challenge me, which damaged the reputation of the Night Watch officials," Gu Chen explained. "That's why I came directly to see my senior brother."

"This Chen Lei is truly too arrogant." Luo Tianxing said angrily, then continued, "Junior Brother, don't worry, I'll immediately send someone to tell Second Senior Brother to inform Master and have Master take charge for you."

"Once Master intervenes, your official position will be restored in no time. Chen Lei dares to act so unruly; Master will definitely not let him bully us like this and will surely take retaliatory measures." Luo Tianxing said coldly.

"Hmm." Gu Chen nodded, then said, "Senior brother, besides this matter, there is another thing I need to report to Master this time."

"Oh, is there anything else?" Luo Tianxing asked, puzzled.

"During my investigation, I discovered a secret: He Teng, Chen Lei's fifth disciple, after becoming the head of the Night Watch in Li Huo Prefecture, has been colluding with the Yamamoto family of Japan." Gu Chen dropped a bombshell, saying, "This month, he even helped the Yamamoto family smuggle a batch of rare ores and military supplies to Japan."

"What?! Chen Lei's disciple is collaborating with the Japanese?!" Luo Tianxing exclaimed in disbelief.

Then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He asked excitedly, "Are you 100% sure?"

"If we're sure, we'll invite our master over this time and make sure Chen Lei suffers a terrible fate!" Luo Tianxing said excitedly.

Chen Lei's disciple colluded with the Japanese, and even if he was unaware of it, he couldn't escape responsibility.