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

"Absolutely certain." Gu Chen replied confidently, "I have investigated a lot of useful information, including information on the various strongholds established by the Yamamoto family of Japan in Li Huo Prefecture, as well as the specific supply information of the goods that He Teng gave the Yamamoto family the green light to help them smuggle.

"As soon as Master arrives, we will secretly launch an operation that will surely leave He Teng and the Yamamoto family from the island nation with nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape," Gu Chen said.

"Good, haha." Luo Tianxing laughed out loud: "If this is done well, Chen Lei won't have an easy time even if he doesn't step down. We, his fellow disciples, will have done another great service. With Master around, Chen won't be able to suppress us anymore."

"Hmm." Gu Chen nodded, then asked, "Should we send someone to inform our second senior brother now, and have him inform our master?"

"Yes, let's send them now, lest we delay and He Teng and the Yamamoto family from the island nation discover something amiss and cause unforeseen circumstances," Luo Tianxing said. "These next few days, you should stay in my residence and pass on the message. Master is coming from Zhongzhou, which will take a few days. We need to prepare to close the net and eliminate all of the Yamamoto family's strongholds at the same time, so we need to make some arrangements."

"Alright, then I'll be troubling you for the next few days, Senior Brother." Gu Chen nodded.

"We're fellow disciples, why are you being so polite?" Luo Tianxing waved his hand.

"Well, senior brother, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you," Gu Chen continued.

"What is it? Please speak freely." Luo Tianxing looked at him.

"I have been dismissed from my official post and left Jiuwan City. I am worried that Chen Lei and his people will join forces with the Wen family to suppress the Cheng family, which is under my command. I want my senior brother to spread the word and help me take care of the Cheng family so that they are not affected by this matter as much as possible."

"That's easy to do. I'll take care of it tomorrow. I'll have someone spread the word that the Cheng family will be under my protection from now on. Anyone who dares to make things difficult for the Cheng family or suppress them in the business world will be my enemy. I believe that the Cheng family shouldn't be too affected in the short term," Luo Tianxing agreed.

"If you can get through these few days, you'll be reinstated and able to continue protecting the Cheng family on your own."

"Perhaps if this matter is handled well and you make a great contribution, your master might directly promote you to the position of Director of the Night Watch of a prefecture. At that time, you will not only be able to continue to protect the Cheng family, but also develop the Cheng family into an even stronger force," Luo Tianxing said.

"Hmm." Gu Chen nodded. "I hope so. Thank you, Senior Brother."

If this incident is handled well, I will definitely be rewarded.

It's just that being promoted to the position of Director of the Night Watch in a prefecture is somewhat difficult.

Because the head of the Night Watch of a prefecture must have a strength of at least the sixth rank.

His current publicly revealed strength is at the late stage of the seventh-grade True Essence Realm.

If he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to be promoted to the position of the head of the Night Watch of a prefecture, he needs to find an opportunity to demonstrate his cultivation to the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

However, he has only recently revealed that he has broken through to the late stage of the True Essence Realm, and it is not appropriate for him to continue to show information about higher realms at present.

Otherwise, it will be easy to be exposed.

We can only take it slowly.

In any case, he has already demonstrated to the outside world that he possesses the combat power of the late stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

He was able to maintain his position at number 247 on the list of prodigies.

Considering his combat prowess and contributions, it wouldn't be unreasonable to forcibly promote him to the position of head of the Night Watch in a prefecture.

We'll see if his master is supportive enough at that point.

As the head of the Night Watch of a prefecture, the forces he can mobilize will far exceed those of the head of the Night Watch of a city.

They will also have more power.

The head of the Night Watch of a prefecture controls more than a dozen cities and more than a hundred counties under the prefecture.

He can enable the Cheng family's business to continue to expand.

"I told you I wouldn't say such things to my own senior brother," Luo Tianxing said. "It's getting late, you should rest first, I'll go make arrangements."

"Okay." Gu Chen nodded.

After arranging for Gu Chen to rest.

Luo Tianxing immediately sent someone to inform Gongsun Yuan.

Tell him everything that happened here.

Tell him to inform Shangguan Wuqing.

They waited for their master, Shangguan Wuqing, to arrive from Zhongzhou.

The exciting show is about to begin.

The next day.

Luo Tianxing then publicly announced in the Yuehai County Night Watch that the Cheng family would henceforth be under his protection, and anyone who dared to make things difficult for the Cheng family would be his enemy.

Most of the Cheng family's properties are located in Heiyan Prefecture of Yuehai County.

With him, the head of the Yuehai County Night Watch, saying this.

Those families who had just learned that Gu Chen had been dismissed from his official post and wanted to terminate their cooperation with the Cheng family immediately chose to continue cooperating with the Cheng family.

They knew that Gu Chen's senior brother, Luo Tianxing, was standing up for him.

Everyone knew that Gu Chen's dismissal from his post was the result of infighting within the Night Watch Division.

Now that Luo Tianxing has come out to support Gu Chen, it means that his faction has begun to fight back.

They don't need to rush to terminate their cooperation with the Cheng family, a force under Gu Chen's command.

Let's wait and see who wins in the end.

If Gu Chen wins, with his monstrous talent, he will surely go even further in the future.

Establishing a good relationship with Gu Chen beforehand is a good way out.

Chen Lei's faction.

Several younger generation members, such as Wen Lingtian, Wen Wushuang, and He Teng, are all good-for-nothings.

Gu Chen pressed him to the ground and rubbed him against the ground.

Their future potential is limited, and it's not worth betting on building relationships in advance.

Now it depends on what Gu Chen's faction will do.

The city of Huangzhou.

On Gongsun Yuan's side.

After receiving the message from Luo Tianxing.

He was somewhat surprised, not expecting Chen Lei to be so lacking in martial ethics.

He secretly went through the proper channels to Zhongzhou and stripped his junior brother of his official position.

Fortunately, Chen Lei was vigilant day and night, but it's hard to guard against a thief within your own ranks.

He probably doesn't know that his fifth disciple, He Teng, has already colluded with the Japanese in Li Huo Mansion.

This incompetent apprentice will bring him down in big trouble.

Gongsun Yuan directly sent the message to Zhongzhou, to Shangguan Wuqing, instructing him to come over.

During this period, the group of fellow disciples had been bullied too much by Chen Lei.

Even Shangguan Wuqing, their master, didn't react much. This time, it's time for him to come and support them, so they can redeem themselves.

One day later.

Zhongzhou.

Night Watch headquarters.

In Shangguan Wuqing's simple and rustic courtyard.

Qin Ming, one of the two deputy chiefs of the Night Watch, is a figure who is half a terrestrial immortal.

Today he came to play chess with Shangguan Wuqing again.

Shangguan Wuqing is not yet a hundred years old. At over ninety years old, he has already reached the tenth position on the Hero Ranking and broken through to the Earth Venerable Realm. He has the potential to become a Land Immortal in the future.

He is considered one of the more promising people in his faction, and he has high hopes for him.

Moreover, he recently received news and some interesting news.

The young disciple whom Shangguan Wuqing had previously taken in had mastered the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique, now exclusive to the head of the Night Watch.

Now he's making quite a splash again.

Relying on the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique's ability to challenge opponents of higher levels, as well as a body-refining technique from the Body Sect, he actually managed to cross a major realm in succession, defeating many geniuses on the Prodigy Ranking.

They've climbed to 247th place in the rankings.

They beat up the geniuses from several powerful factions within the Six Palaces and Seven Palaces.

They even accepted challenge fees from the other party.

That's really interesting.

This kid is not even twenty-one years old yet, and he already has such strength.

In the next few years, before he turns twenty-five, he might be able to break into the top ten of the Prodigy Ranking.

Perhaps in a year and a half, he might actually have a chance to qualify for the Divine Dynasty's Great Battle of Prodigies.

At this time.

Suddenly, someone came to report: "Sir, there is a letter from your second disciple, Gongsun Yuan."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wuqing, who was playing chess with Qin Ming, didn't even look up. He simply stretched out a hand and said, "Let me see it."

The man delivered the letter to Shangguan Wuqing.

After Shangguan Wuqing took the letter and read it, his face froze.

"What did Gongsun Yuan say in his letter? Look at you." Qin Ming asked.

Shangguan Wuqing handed him the letter and told him to read it himself.

This Chen Lei is something else; he managed to quietly remove his junior disciple's official position right under his nose.

They're really getting bolder and bolder.

He simply ignored the previous attempts to target his disciple.

Consider it a chance to hone one's own skills.

Now it's happening again.

She really thought she wouldn't dare to confront him.

Moreover, Chen Lei is so cunning that he even spends time targeting a seventh-rank disciple like himself. Why doesn't he use his time to educate his own disciple?

Your disciple is colluding with the island nation, don't you know that? And yet you're still doing these petty things here.

I'll make you pay this time.