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

"Arrogant! Take this!" Zhou Hong shouted at Gu Chen.

He charged directly at Gu Chen.

Halfway there, he unleashed his swordsmanship, launching a fierce attack on Gu Chen.

His lightning five-hit combo is almost perfected, and its power is quite remarkable.

If it were a newly promoted top-tier expert, it would be really difficult to resist.

However, Gu Chen was different. He was a master of the second level of the Innate Realm, and he had cultivated the Lightning Five-Strike Combo to a superb level.

Even without using his innate realm strength, he could easily crush Zhou Hong.

Gu Chen stood still.

When Zhou Hong rushed up to him.

Gu Chen's footwork was unpredictable and extremely fast. After taking two steps back, he unleashed four consecutive strikes!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

The training ground was filled with afterimages of Gu Chen wielding his sword.

His movements were so subtle that they were impossible to see with the naked eye.

A moment later.

Zhou Hong's entire body was sent flying backward.

Blood dripped from the air.

Zhou Hong's body crashed heavily onto the ground of the training ground.

He tried to get up and continue fighting Gu Chen, but to his horror, he discovered that he could no longer control his hands and feet.

Zhou Hong cried out in terror, "Gu Chen, you...you actually severed my tendons in my hands and feet!"

In the blink of an eye, the ground around him was covered in blood left by his wriggling limbs.

Everyone looked at him.

All you could see was him desperately trying to control his hands and feet.

I wanted to stand up, but I couldn't!

Clearly, Gu Chen had completely destroyed the tendons in his hands and feet.

They didn't expect Gu Chen to be so ruthless. The four strikes he just delivered were meant to cripple Zhou Hong's tendons in his hands and feet.

They were also shocked by Gu Chen's strength.

Unexpectedly, he not only broke through to the level of a top-tier master, but also gained the strength to easily crush Zhou Hong.

It seems that the spot for the Baoyao Pavilion guard in Chiyang City has been decided, and it is Gu Chen.

Although Gu Chen won, he went too far. Everyone knew about his conflict with Zhou Hong.

However, Zhou Hong's elder brother is one of the retainers of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City, a great master at the Innate Realm.

Gu Chen was so arrogant that he crippled his younger brother before even going to Chiyang City.

Afterwards, when I went to the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City, I was bound to be targeted by that person.

"Gu Chen, you crippled me! How dare you cripple me! You won't get away with this!" Zhou Hong glared fiercely at Gu Chen from the ground.

"If you go to Chiyang City, my elder brother will definitely not let you off the hook." He threatened Gu Chen directly in front of everyone.

Now that things have come to this, he's finished.

Nothing has become meaningful anymore.

He only wanted Gu Chen to be crippled and to die!

Gu Chen ignored his threat.

They told you to give up your spot first so you wouldn't be a nuisance.

He admitted that he didn't know his own strength and that it would be bad if he were crippled.

You chose it yourself, my idol!

Gu Chen looked at He Xiangdong. The battle was over; it was time to announce the results.

"Gu Husband has won. A few of you, carry Zhou Husband away and let the physicians of the pavilion treat him," He Xiangdong announced.

at this point.

He could only declare Gu Chen the winner.

Gu Chen acted too quickly, and Zhou Hong was caught off guard, allowing Gu Chen to cripple him.

This can be considered a dereliction of duty on his part.

Although he wasn't afraid that Zhou Guang, who was behind Zhou Hong, would blame him for this, he still felt somewhat responsible for seeing Zhou Hong crippled before his eyes.

Zhou Hong was, after all, a guard at the Baoyao Pavilion.

A top-tier expert.

The loss of one person to the Baoyao Pavilion is a loss.

If Zhou Hong had been crippled by someone else, he would definitely have held them accountable. But it was precisely Gu Chen, a rising genius, who was crippled, and in such a special martial arts competition.

He didn't know what to say.

He was also aware of the conflict between Gu Chen and Zhou Hong.

So be it.

That day, Gu Chen took the letter of recommendation from him, said goodbye, and left Cangshan County directly.

They went to Chiyang City.

The shortest route to Chiyang City is by water.

The mountain road crosses several counties, plus half of the Jiuchongling mountain range, which is too troublesome and far.

Large merchant ships depart daily from Cangshan County to Chiyang City via waterway.

These merchant ships mainly transported goods, but of course, as long as travelers could afford the money, the merchant ships could also take them to Chiyang City.

This afternoon, another large merchant ship is also setting sail for Chiyang City.

It was a merchant ship belonging to the Cheng family, a second-rate family in Chiyang City.

They loaded their cargo from other counties, passed through Cangshan County, rested at the dock there, and then continued their journey back to Chiyang City.

There were also seats for pedestrians on the boat, and Gu Chen paid one tael of silver for the fare.

They boarded the merchant ship directly and headed to Chiyang City with them.

The journey from Cangshan County to Chiyang City by waterway takes about three days. The merchant ship rested at the dock for an hour, purchased some goods, and then set off again.

Gu Chen stood beside the wooden mast at the bow of the ship, leaning against it.

With this departure, his new life was about to begin.

Gu Chen pondered for a moment. Although the monthly salary for working as a guard at the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City was more than that in Qingping Town, it shouldn't be much more.

It's simply not enough to support the energy expenditure required for his cultivation.

He had to find a new way to make money.

The job of a security guard sounds impressive, but it's actually just a security guard job.

Their basic attributes are still those of cattle and horses; they work for the Treasure Medicine Pavilion and will never get rich.

If he wanted to make money, he had to start from other aspects.

He currently has three directions.

First, go and take the divine test.

The Divine Dynasty oversees the entire realm and selects talented individuals to enter the court and assume important positions in various institutions.

The main method was through divine interrogation.

Within the territory of the Divine Dynasty, any young person under the age of twenty can register to participate in the Divine Examination.

As long as you pass the high school entrance exam, you can be selected to enter the imperial court and become an official.

This is the one that Gu Chen is most interested in right now.

Although the Treasure Medicine Pavilion is backed by the Pill Sect, the Pill Sect is only one of the four major sects.

It can't compare to the Divine Dynasty.

Within the territory of the Divine Dynasty, the Dan Sect must also submit to the administration of the Divine Dynasty.

If one can enter the Divine Dynasty as an official, or join some special institutions within the Divine Dynasty, such as serving as a night watchman in the Night Watch Division, or becoming a Divine Guard in the Divine Garment Division, etc.

It's all better than being a guard in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

The second option.

He served as a guard in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City for a few months before revealing his Innate Realm strength.

He displayed his talent, which led to the Treasure Medicine Pavilion of Chiyang City directly recommending him to the Pill Sect.

Become a disciple of the Dan Sect.

As long as he can go to the Dan Sect to learn alchemy.

Given the function of his copper bowl, perhaps if he could obtain the recipe for a certain elixir, he could exchange it for the insights gained from refining that elixir.

This will allow him to become an alchemist in a short period of time.

Alchemists can make money quickly too.

The third option.

The plan is to go to Chiyang City, display the strength of the Innate Realm, and then find a second-rate power or family to serve as a retainer.

Such second-rate forces and families, without a few innate masters to guard them, would definitely treat him like royalty.

The amount of silver you can get then will be quite substantial.

Furthermore, serving as a worshipper for certain forces does not affect his preparation for the divine examinations, so he has a relatively high degree of freedom.