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

One day later.

In the desolate state, Gu Chen and Luo Tianxing arrived at the state capital.

Tieyangtian also passed away today.

The welcome banquet for the new commander-in-chief is scheduled for the evening of the day after tomorrow.

The three brothers then settled down at the residence of their second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan.

Tie Yangtian and Luo Tianxing both made further progress in their cultivation.

Tie Yangtian broke through to the mid-stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

Luo Tianxing has reached the peak of the fourth-grade Core Formation realm, half a step away from the Grandmaster realm, just one step away from breaking through to the third-grade realm.

Of course, taking that step will be somewhat difficult.

Without special circumstances, you might be stuck for a long time.

Gu Chen's second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, has also made further progress and is not far from the perfection of the second-grade sage realm.

Gu Chen and his group had just arrived in the capital of the desolate state.

Chen Lei's two apprentices, Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu, then arrived in Zhenshi County.

They started paying people to secretly spread the news.

It only took half a day.

Zhenshi County, the county seat, has many streets and alleys.

Teahouses, taverns, restaurants, and inns.

All the cultivators began to discuss it.

"Have you heard? The Blood Soul Cult was causing trouble in our Zhenshi County a while ago, arresting rogue cultivators and ordinary people everywhere, and using cultivators from various forces as human sacrifices. It was Gu Chen, the former director of Jiuwan City, who investigated it in Yuehai County."

"I've heard about it. I've heard that even our Zhenshi County Night Watch is helpless in this case. A while ago, more than a thousand people in Datong Village were directly sacrificed by the Blood Soul Sect. Our Zhenshi County Night Watch went to the Surveillance Division and the Divine Garment Division to investigate in secret, but they couldn't find a single clue. In the end, it was our Zhenshi County Night Watch Deputy Director Tie Yangtian who personally went to Yuehai County to invite his junior brother, Gu Chen, the Night Watch Director of Jiuwan City, to investigate this matter."

"That Gu Chen is truly amazing. During this period, not only has his ranking on the Prodigy Ranking improved rapidly, but he has also solved a series of major cases in Yuehai County. You may not know this, but there was a rampant smuggling case in Yuehai County before. The Yuehai County Night Watch investigated for several months but couldn't find any clues. In the end, it was Gu Chen who took office as the head of the Night Watch in Jiuwan City. He found out in no time that it was actually an undercover agent of the evil cult Drowning Cult who infiltrated the mining gang as a spy and colluded with Japanese pirates to commit the case. If it were an ordinary person, who would have thought of this?"

"Yes, Gu Chen was in Yuehai County. He even cracked the case of He Teng, the head of the Yuehai County Li Huo Prefecture Night Watch, colluding with Japanese pirates. He directly exposed He Teng, and even He Teng's master, Chen Lei, was implicated and lost his position as the head of the Huangzhou Night Watch."

"That Chen Lei is a good-for-nothing. He only knows how to fight among himself and does nothing of substance. He has only been in office in our Huangzhou for a few months, and he has already turned the whole place into a mess. The powerful families are all like frightened birds, and prices have skyrocketed. He should have been removed long ago."

"However, the incompetence of Chen Lei and his disciples only serves to highlight the excellence of Gu Chen and Tie Yangtian, these disciples of Shangguan Wuqing."

"You may not know this, but the Black Heaven Cult, which used to commit crimes in our Zhenshi County, was also discovered by Gu Chengu, who secretly reported it to Tie Yangtian, which led to the complete annihilation of the Black Heaven Cult."

"We really didn't know this secret before. All we knew was that Gu Chen was a genius who emerged from the divine examination of Huoyun Prefecture in Zhenshi County. He was a rare talent, one in ten years. We never expected that his ability to investigate and solve cases was so outstanding back then."

"Gu Chen is truly the nemesis of cults. He's practically the strictest father to these cults. With him around, I reckon no cult will dare to cause trouble in the Desolate State anymore. Every one that comes will be wiped out."

"Hahaha, that's true. It's not just cults, but also those Japanese pirates from island nations. As long as they dare to continue causing trouble in this desolate place, they will definitely not escape Lord Gu's pursuit."

"He was not only the strictest father of the cult, but also the strictest father of the Japanese pirates, hahaha."

These arguments were heard throughout Zhenshi County.

And then, at an extremely fast speed, the message was sent to the other three counties of the desolate state outside Zhenshi County, and to the various prefectures.

Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu listened to these arguments, even though these people were insulting their master and trampling on their junior brother He Teng in order to elevate Gu Chen.

This made them very unhappy.

But as long as they can put Gu Chen in the spotlight, they will have achieved their goal.

To destroy them, you must first make them go mad.

You should praise Gu Chen and elevate him as much as possible. The higher you elevate Gu Chen now, the faster he will die in the future.

At that time, not only will the Mitian Sect behind the Blood Soul Sect not let him go, but other evil sects, such as the Drowning Sect that still wants to interfere in the Desolate State, will definitely regard him as the biggest threat and want to eliminate him.

There's also the Yamamoto family from the island nation.

If they want to continue smuggling goods to the desolate state, they can't get around Gu Chen.

If Gu Chen doesn't die, even if they secretly establish a stronghold, they will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

These are the remarks that have appeared in Jinseok County today.

Soon, the news reached the ears of the group of cultists from the Mitian Sect who were responsible for investigating the specific circumstances of the Blood Soul Sect's destruction.

After confirming the authenticity of this intelligence...

They immediately returned to the headquarters of the Mitian Sect to report to the headquarters.

This matter involves too much.

I never expected that such a large second-rate evil cult as the Blood Soul Cult would have three Core Formation Realm experts, and another one who is about to break through to the third rank.

Gu Chen, a single individual, easily uncovered all the intelligence about this level of power in just a few days.

They secretly joined forces with Gongsun Yuan, Luo Tianxing, and others to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

This is outrageous!

There was also the Black Heaven Cult from before.

It was also discovered by Gu Chen.

Gu Chen was able to find out about Liu Xun, an undercover agent who had been hiding in the mining gang in Yuehai County for more than ten years.

This person's abilities are terrifying.

The rumors circulating among the independent cultivators in Zhenshi County that Gu Chen is the nemesis of cults may actually be true.

If we don't find a way to eliminate him as soon as possible, I'm afraid that wherever Gu Chen is, there will be no place for their evil cult to hide.

And the Prefectural Governor's Office of Zhenshi County.

Tang Meng was looking at the intelligence reports coming up from below.

Thoughtful.

According to the reports from below, it will take half a day today.

Throughout the entire town of Zhenshi, in every street and alley, the rumors spread that Gu Chen was the nemesis of cults and the strictest father to the Japanese pirates.

Various eulogistic narratives portray Gu Chen as an omnipotent figure, emphasizing his extraordinary talent in investigating cult intelligence.

He was the one who uncovered the Blood Soul Cult, which committed the crime in Zhenshi County this time, as well as the Black Heaven Cult before.

This seemingly exaggerated praise of Gu Chen felt very unusual to him, and it hinted at a conspiracy.

The last time he got involved in the Blood Soul Cult, he paid a price of one million taels of silver to Gongsun Yuan. People in Gongsun Yuan's faction considered his relationship with Lord Geng.

He wasn't publicly identified, so he wasn't implicated.

The Blood Soul Cult case was known to virtually no one outside the organization; only the Night Watch personnel knew about it.

But not many people know about it.

Few people know that it was Gu Chen who discovered it.

Initially, only his senior brothers knew about it, and among those involved in the operation, only a group of high-ranking officials of the fourth rank or above knew about it.

These people would not publicly publicize Gu Chen's success in solving the Blood Soul Cult case without his consent.

This would be very disadvantageous for Gu Chen.

Everyone knows that although Gu Chen seems to be successful and has solved the Blood Soul Sect case, he will definitely offend the Mitian Sect behind the Blood Soul Sect to death in secret.

Bringing up Gu Chen's affairs at this time, boasting and praising him everywhere, is not good for him, but rather harmful.

Gongsun Yuan and the others would not say.

There's only one possibility: someone among the top decision-makers of the Central Plains Night Watch must have leaked this information.

Because once this matter is concluded, it needs to be reported to the higher-ups of the Night Watch, who will then determine the merits of Gu Chen and the others.

Naturally, they knew the details of the case.

Among the higher-ups of the Night Watch in Zhongzhou, the most likely group to target Gu Chen is Chen Lei's faction.

If this is the nemesis of the Ancient Dust Cult, then the most severe father of the Japanese pirates in the island nation's most stern argument spread throughout the entire desolate state.

At that time, Gu Chen will not only face assassination attempts by cults, but also those from the Yamamoto family of Japan.

This is very unfriendly to Gu Chen, unless Gu Chen and his group hide in the city of Huangzhou and don't go anywhere else.

Otherwise, he would be in great danger.

He continued in his Li Huo Mansion, a place where even fifth-rank experts were not usually present. The Yamamoto family of the island nation or those heretics of the Mi Tian Sect could easily kill him by sending any fifth-rank expert.

"Father, what should we do about this?" Tang Hong looked at Tang Meng. "Should we let this kind of rhetoric continue to fester and spread?"

"No." Tang Meng shook his head: "Send people to immediately suppress this kind of argument, try to prevent it from spreading, and send people to spread the message again that the Zhenshi County Night Watch, the Surveillance Department, and the Divine Garment Department all participated in the destruction of the Blood Soul Sect. Everyone has made contributions. Try to downplay Gu Chen's influence in this matter."

"Yes." Tang Hong nodded, then added, "If we help Gu Chen like this, will he remember our kindness?"

"Whether or not we cherish our past relationship is not important. What's important is that we can't let the truth of this matter be revealed. Otherwise, if the truth comes out and we are found to have been involved, it will be very troublesome," Tang Meng said.

"Understood." Tang Hong turned and went to carry out the task.

Watching Tang Hong's departing figure, Tang Meng sighed. The people in Chen Lei's faction were really troublesome.

Why do you keep provoking Gu Chen?

Did they naively think that this would be enough to kill Gu Chen?

He thought it was impossible; Gu Chen was too mysterious to him.

Now that he has become the most dazzling new star in Shangguan Wuqing's faction, Shangguan Wuqing will definitely arrange for someone to protect him.

When the time comes, don't give Gu Chen credit again and attract the evil Mitian Sect people, so that Gu Chen and Shangguan Wuqing's side can wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Then you'll end up losing more than you gain.

It wasn't about making things difficult for Gu Chen; it was about artificially boosting his achievements.