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

After reading the letter that Shangguan Wuqing handed over.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "This is a good opportunity. We can take this chance to replace Chen Lei, the commander of the desolate state, with one of our own."

Previously, they had not targeted Chen Lei, allowing him to suppress Gongsun Yuan and others.

They were just waiting for Chen Lei to make a mistake.

In factional struggles, wise people never engage in open conflict.

Instead, they wait for their opponent to make a mistake and then crush them in one fell swoop.

After Chen Lei took office as the Chief Commander of Huangzhou.

He basically never did anything worthwhile.

One thing at a time, another is destroyed.

He had just taken office in the desolate state, and in order to show his loyalty, he immediately tried to win over the Wen family, hoping that the Wen family could directly gather all the powerful families in the desolate state and bring them under the Crown Prince's command.

This resulted in a collective backlash from all the powerful families in the desolate state. Not only did the attempt to win them over fail, it also damaged the image of the crown prince among these families.

This will make it even more difficult for the crown prince to recruit them into his ranks in the future.

Then his disciple He Teng was injured by an unknown powerful figure. He gathered the strength of the entire Wilderness Night Watch Division, but still failed to catch the murderer, which greatly diminished his prestige.

At the same time, he accepted Gu Chen, the heir of the Wen family, who wanted to challenge their faction.

The result was another crushing defeat, and even his fifth disciple, He Teng, who was at the early stage of the Breakthrough Realm, was defeated.

Now his disciple He Teng is colluding with the Yamamoto family of Japan to smuggle military supplies and rare minerals.

He also openly dismissed Gu Chen, a seventh-rank official in their faction, and previously forcibly suppressed and erased the merits of Gongsun Yuan, Luo Tianxing, and Gu Chen in capturing Liu Xun, a spy of the evil cult Drowning Cult, and cracking the case of the mining gang's senior brother collaborating with the Yamamoto family of Japan to smuggle military supplies.

These are the charges, one by one.

That's enough to replace him with someone from your own faction to serve as the chief of the Night Watch in the desolate state.

"Hmm." Shangguan Wuqing nodded. "I'll go myself this time."

"Alright, your young disciple Gu Chen is quite capable. After this incident, don't let him serve as the head of the Night Watch in a city anymore. Promote him directly to the position of head of the Night Watch in a prefecture. We can't let such a talent stay confined to a small place to develop." Qin Ming said, "Transfer him to a prefecture as the head of the Night Watch. After a few years of training, he can be transferred directly to Zhongzhou. We can cultivate a highly skilled expert who excels at tracking cults and Japanese pirates."

I read Gongsun Yuan's letter.

Qin Ming felt that Gu Chen was truly a treasure.

He was exceptionally talented at a young age and had a strong ability to track down and investigate cases.

Such individuals can be promoted despite not meeting the usual criteria.

If he gains more experience over the next few years, he can be transferred to Zhongzhou to take on an important position.

"Okay." Shangguan Wuqing smiled.

He had just received the letter and was thinking about dealing with Chen Lei and his gang this time.

Then he could promote his junior disciple Gu Chen to the first rank and appoint him as the head of the Night Watch Division of a prefecture.

However, this inevitably led other high-level decision-makers at the Night Watch headquarters to say that he was over-promoting his own cronies.

As for gossiping about him, after all, his junior disciple Gu Chen's cultivation level has not yet reached the Breaking Aperture Realm.

The position of the head of the Night Watch Division of a prefecture is a sixth-rank official in the Divine Dynasty, which is not a low rank, and the Night Watch Division has explicit regulations.

Only experts at the lowest level of the sixth-grade Breaking Aperture Realm can hold this position.

Promoting Gu Chen so quickly could easily lead to accusations that he is overly promoting his own disciple.

Now Qin Ming has spoken.

He could then proceed with the task with peace of mind.

Although Gu Chen's realm had not reached the Breaking Aperture Realm, his strength had already reached the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Given his cultivation speed, once he reaches a prefecture and becomes the head of the Night Watch, he will be able to acquire resources much faster.

I believe it won't be long before I break through to the Breakthrough Realm.

Then no one will say anything.

Shangguan Wuqing tidied up the place.

They then left directly and set off for the desolate state.

This matter should be addressed sooner rather than later.

We must get there as soon as possible, subdue He Teng, Chen Lei's fifth disciple, and at the same time arrest the members of the Yamamoto family from the island nation who are cooperating with him, and destroy their stronghold.

Obtain evidence of He Teng's cooperation with them.

In this way, Chen Lei would have no way to clear himself of involvement.

In the desolate state, at the headquarters of the Night Watch.

Chen Lei summoned Yan Xiu and asked, "Where is Gu Chen now? What is the current situation of the Cheng family under his command? Has it been directly suppressed to the point that it has been divided up by other powerful families?"

Yan Xiu replied, "Master, things aren't going very well."

These past few days, he has been keeping a close eye on Gu Chen's movements and the situation of the Cheng family under his command.

Gu Chen left Jiuwan City that day.

He then went to his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, in Yuehai County.

Seek asylum.

Luo Tianxing directly came out to support him and spread the word that the Cheng family under Gu Chen's command was now under his protection.

Anyone who dares to target or suppress the Cheng family is his enemy.

Luo Tianxing was the magistrate of a prefecture's night watchman's office, a fourth-rank Core Formation Realm expert.

The Cheng family's main businesses are all located within the territory of Yuehai County.

He made that statement.

Within Yuehai County, no family power dared to target the Cheng family anymore; in fact, they continued to cooperate normally with the Cheng family.

They're probably just waiting.

Let's see how long it takes for Gu Chen to regain his official position.

They bet that Gu Chen would be reinstated soon, so they didn't risk offending him.

Upon hearing this, Chen Lei frowned and looked at him, asking, "What's going on?"

"After Gu Chen resigned, he went to Yuehai County and found his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, asking Luo Tianxing to protect the Cheng family. With Luo Tianxing's protection, there is no force in Yuehai County that dares to openly target the Cheng family. The Wen family's suppression has little impact on the Cheng family," Yan Xiu replied.

"These people are just watching and waiting, thinking that Gu Chen will soon be reinstated." Chen Lei sneered. "Gu Chen went to find Luo Tianxing. I guess Shangguan Wuqing in Zhongzhou has already heard the news that Gu Chen was dismissed from his post. He is definitely trying to find a way to help him reinstate. I will write a letter to Zhongzhou and ask our big shots here to secretly obstruct him and make it not so easy for Gu Chen to reinstate his post. Let's see how long the Cheng family under his command can hold out."

"Yes, Master is wise." Yan Xiu nodded.

And Li Huofu.

Inside He Teng's mansion.

He Teng summoned Yamamoto Yota, the contact person for the Yamamoto family.

"What's wrong with you guys? Didn't you say you were 100% sure you could take care of Gu Chen on his way to find his senior brothers for protection after leaving Jiuwan City? Now he's already arrived in Yuehai County with his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, and even got Luo Tianxing to stand up for him. As a result, no force in the entire Yuehai County dares to suppress the Cheng family under his command." He Teng looked angrily at Yamamoto Yaotian.

Yamamoto Yoda was also puzzled.

Their family's representative here, Yamamoto Jiro, had already gone over there to deal with Gu Chen.

Logically, he should have been dealt with by the time he left Jiuwan City.

How could they have missed such a great opportunity, allowing him to successfully escape to Luo Tianxing in Yuehai County?

Luo Tianxing is a fourth-rank expert. In Yuehai County, there are several fourth-rank experts in the four major official institutions, and more than a dozen fifth-rank experts.

In Jiuwan City, none of them dared to openly kill Gu Chen.

Upon arriving at the county seat of Yuehai County, they dared not go any further.

Otherwise, with the strength of their family head, Yamamoto Jiro, a fifth-rank official, he could have gone to Luo Tianxing's residence in Yuehai County and killed Gu Chen.

It wasn't him who went to kill Gu Chen, but rather he was killed by Gu Chen's senior brother, Luo Tianxing.

"We've already contacted Yamamoto Gentleman. Gu Chen might be too cunning and escaped Yamamoto Gentleman's pursuit. We'll think of another way. If all else fails, we'll apply to the clan to send a fourth-rank expert to try and kill Gu Chen as soon as possible," Yamamoto Yota said.

In fact, he didn't dare tell He Teng the truth.

They haven't been able to contact their family's head, Yamamoto Jiro, for several days.

In the past, they did not take the initiative to contact Yamamoto Jiro.

Yamamoto will contact them and issue instructions.

Now Yamajiro is not in contact with them, and they can't contact him either. They don't know if something has happened.

They found it very unusual that Yamamoto Jiro did not seize the opportunity to deal with Gu Chen on his way from Jiuwan City to Yuehai County.

I wonder if something has gone wrong.

Logically, this shouldn't be the case.

Yamamoto Jiro is acting alone, and no one knows his whereabouts. Sending people to look for him is unrealistic. He is currently hiding and looking for an opportunity to kill Gu Chen. You simply cannot find him unless he comes out.

Yuehai County is too vast. Searching for someone aimlessly is like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially since this person usually hides their identity and whereabouts.

They could only wait for Yamamoto Jiro to contact them.

If Yamajiro still hasn't contacted them after a month, they will prepare to report the matter to their family.

Have the family send new, stronger individuals.

Yamajiro may have really met with an accident.