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

Qiu Jiu's fist collided with Gu Chen's Xuanwu Sacred Beast.

Boom!

The sky seemed to crack open from the shock, the sound was deafening.

The massive body of the Black Tortoise pressed down relentlessly.

Qiu Jiu's Sky-Splitting Fist, despite its best efforts, could not break through it.

Xuanwu's body continued to press down, while Qiu Jiu's huge dark gold fist kept retreating.

Click!

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out.

A crack appeared on Qiu Jiu's golden fist, followed by a second and a third.

Soon, the entire dark gold fist was covered with cracks like a spider web.

Then, as if reaching a certain critical point, it collapsed directly, dissipating into a sky full of fist intent.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen's Xuanwu Sacred Beast continued to suppress.

It landed directly on Qiu Jiu.

boom!

puff!

Qiu Jiu crossed his fists and pressed them firmly against his head, but he couldn't withstand the attack at all.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood and was suppressed, falling from the sky like a meteor to the ground of the square.

They smashed a huge hole in the center of the stage in the square.

The Xuanwu sacred beast in the air then turned into energy and dissipated.

Gu Chen looked at Qiu Jiu and said, "I'm sorry, I accidentally went a little too far. I thought Lord Qiu could withstand it. Please forgive me."

The scene was deathly silent.

Gu Chen won.

That was a beautiful win.

Even Qiu Jiu's final, all-out punch couldn't stop him.

Today, Chen Lei's two disciples, Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu, have lost face completely, suffering a double loss.

Not only did they lose all face, but they also completely disgraced themselves.

He even lost all the silver and pills he had on him as a prize.

In particular, Ximen Bin even lost his precious weapon, worth 100,000 taels of silver.

He first challenged Luo Tianxing and was defeated, and now he has lost all his possessions.

I feel too ashamed to stay here any longer.

Ximen Bin got up and walked towards the central stage of the martial arts arena in the square.

He looked at Qiu Jiu, who had been knocked into the center of the stage, and helped him up.

Qiu Jiu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the ancient dust in the sky, he was filled with resentment.

But there was nothing that could be done.

He was a whole realm higher than Gu Chen, yet he still lost.

This ancient dust is truly terrifying.

No wonder so many people lost to him before.

Only those who have truly fought against him can understand how terrifying he is.

He felt very regretful.

I should have known better than to challenge Gu Chen according to Master's wishes.

Not only did they lose face at first, but now they've also lost.

He will likely become the subject of gossip among other factions within the Night Watch in the future.

Qiu Jiu got up, and Ximen Bin saw that his injury was not serious.

The two exchanged a glance, clasped their hands in greeting to Li Xianghe, who was in the main seat, and then left without saying a word.

They were too ashamed to stay any longer.

The two left.

Gu Chen then landed from the air.

He smiled and nodded at the people around him, then walked up to Li Xianghe.

Having defeated Qiu Jiu, it's time to claim the spoils.

The spoils of war were worth approximately 240,000 taels of silver, in addition to the 320,000 taels of silver he had previously accumulated.

When I go back this time, I will be able to buy pills to break through to the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation Realm.

Cool!

"Well done." Li Xianghe smiled at Gu Chen, then gave all the prizes that both sides had placed on him to Gu Chen.

"You flatter me, sir," Gu Chen said modestly, accepting all the prizes.

These prizes alone amounted to over 100,000 taels of silver.

Adding his 320,000 taels, that makes a total of over 420,000 taels.

Even if they don't sell Ximen Bin's top-grade Xuan-level weapon, they'll have enough silver to buy pills for a breakthrough.

"Lord Gu is too modest. A seventh-grade True Essence Realm perfectionist can defeat a fifth-grade Sea Transformation Realm early stage. How many people in this Divine Dynasty can do that? It is no exaggeration to say that Lord Gu is the number one person in our Divine Dynasty in terms of ability to challenge people of higher levels!" A deputy commander of the Wilderness Guard said from the side.

"Yes, a True Essence Realm Perfection Realm expert defeating an early-stage Transformation Sea Realm expert is something no one in the history of the Divine Dynasty has ever accomplished. Master Gu has made history."

"Today, Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu came here to cause trouble, but they ended up getting a beating. They lost both their wife and their army. If Chen Lei knew about this, he would probably be so angry that he couldn't sleep," said an official from Shangguan Wuqing's faction.

The people around them echoed the sentiment.

Most of the people around were from Shangguan Wuqing's faction, so they weren't afraid of what would happen to Chen Lei if they spoke ill of him.

"I'm embarrassed by all your praises." Gu Chen smiled and said to everyone, "That Qiu Jiu was completely shameless today and dared to challenge me. He deserves his current fate. Chen Lei targeted us time and time again before. Now that Lord Li has come to my Huangzhou to serve as the chief commander, we can finally have some peace and quiet."

Most of them were from Shangguan Wuqing's faction, and were promoted by Shangguan Wuqing when he was the governor of Huangzhou.

In the six months since Chen Lei took office, everyone has indeed faced a lot of targeting.

Now that Li Xianghe has arrived, we're all in the same faction, so things will definitely get better from now on.

Everyone responded.

First, he praised Li Xianghe for taking office, saying that everyone would have better days ahead.

He then praised Luo Tianxing and Gu Chen for defeating Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu today.

No one continued to cause trouble.

The banquet continued.

Everyone drank and chatted happily about the evening's events, amidst laughter and clinking glasses.

The dinner has ended.

The crowd dispersed.

At the banquet that followed, Gu Chen also received overtures from several officials from the General Headquarters of the Wilderness State.

Although we are all from the same faction.

But being able to befriend a promising person like Gu Chen in advance, and get acquainted with him, might mean we'll need each other in the future.

Gu Chen, Luo Tianxing, and Tie Yangtian went together to Gongsun Yuan's residence to rest.

It's getting late tonight.

They rested at Gongsun Yuan's residence for the time being, and then returned to their respective posts the next day.

On the way to Gongsun Yuan's residence.

Luo Tianxing said with some annoyance, "I was careless today. If I had known, I should have made an agreement with Ximen Bin to have some stakes when we fought. That way, if I had defeated him, I could have gotten some benefits instead of ending up with nothing."

He felt a pang of regret when he saw Gu Chen mention a wager when Qiu Jiu challenged him to a duel.

If he had offered a prize from the beginning.

Then Ximen Bin will also have to pay a hefty sum.

It offered him some consolation, however small.

Although Ximen Bin was not defeated by him in their fight.

However, he added a wager to the duel between his junior brother Qiu Jiu and Gu Chen.

This also allowed his junior brother to earn the silver, pills, and that precious weapon from Ximen Bin.

I can only say I didn't lose money.

It's a pity that he didn't earn it.

"Haha." Gongsun Yuan and Tie Yangtian both laughed upon hearing this. They knew that Luo Tianxing was rather aggrieved, so they comforted him, "Junior Brother won all of Ximen Bin's things, so it can be considered that he didn't escape."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen smiled and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, how about I share some with you? I'll share the four Rank 4 pills you won from Ximen Bin. Four Rank 4 pills are worth 20,000 taels of silver."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing shook his head.

As the senior student, he wasn't thinking clearly at the time, and he missed the opportunity.

Naturally, he wouldn't ask for his junior brother's spoils.

Moreover, he no longer needs fourth-grade pills.

His cultivation has reached the peak of the fourth-grade Core Formation Realm, and he needs pills or precious medicines that can improve his soul cultivation. He needs to raise his soul cultivation level first.

He's gone to try and break through to the third-grade Grandmaster realm.

"Junior Brother, you should keep your things for yourself. Fourth Brother doesn't need them anymore." Gongsun Yuan smiled and continued, "Your strength today has indeed exceeded everyone's expectations. Now that you have broken through to the True Essence Realm Perfection, you should take what your senior brother told you before to heart."

"After Master allows you to break through to the True Essence Realm Perfection, immediately tell him that he will give you an opportunity. I will tell him this news tomorrow." Gongsun Yuan said, "During this time, you should focus on stabilizing your cultivation. Don't rush to break through to the Aperture Breaking Realm. Wait until Master gives you the opportunity he promised."

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded.

Gongsun Yuan had mentioned this to him before.

He didn't pay much attention at the time.

After all, his true cultivation level was not at the peak of the True Essence Realm.

He was afraid that the opportunity his master gave him was to go to some secret realm or ruin that required a certain level of cultivation, and that people whose cultivation level exceeded the Perfection of True Essence Realm would not be able to go.

If that's the case, then this is not his opportunity at all.

It could also make him expose his own secrets.

"Hmm." Gongsun Yuan nodded, without saying anything more.

That night.

Gu Chen returned to the guest room arranged for him at Gongsun Yuan's residence.

Gu Chen used his divine soul power to make sure that no one was watching him from the surrounding area.

He then took out a copper bowl.

He asked the bronze bowl, "Have I been in any danger lately? Has the Mitian Sect, which is behind the Blood Soul Sect, planned to send powerful figures to deal with me? What about the Yamamoto family?"

Although he felt that as a rising star of the Night Watch, he had made a great contribution by destroying the Blood Soul Cult.

The higher-ups in the Night Watch might send someone to protect him secretly.

But for his own safety, he first used the copper bowl to exchange for some information, to ascertain the movements of these hostile forces in secret, just to be on the safe side.

Gu Chen would not entrust his safety entirely to the protection of others.

It's wise to keep intelligence in your own hands. If you discover something is wrong, the best course of action is to run away beforehand.

With such an incredible advantage as the copper bowl, he can rise to prominence anywhere. He can't let himself be defeated in this ditch.

The copper bowl indicated that exchanging this information would cost two thousand taels of silver.

Gu Chen put the silver into it.

The silver disappeared.

The copper bowl immediately provided a hint:

[The Mitian Sect did indeed want to secretly kill you because you discovered information about the Blood Soul Sect. However, they were worried that you might have high-ranking members of the Night Watch Guard secretly protecting you, and feared it was a trap. They were using you as bait to lure them out to kill you, so they could take advantage of the situation to eliminate them. Therefore, they were waiting for the Yamamoto family to make the first move and see if you had any high-ranking members secretly sent by the Night Watch Guard headquarters to protect you. If not, they would then make their move. As for the Yamamoto family in Japan, because you killed Yamamoto Rinji, they could no longer contact him and had lost patience with you. They were preparing to attack you once you returned to Li Huo Mansion.]