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

"Twelve thousand taels of silver." Gu Chen looked at the fat man in the golden robe.

"That's right." The fat man in the golden robe smiled and said, "Not only this treasured weapon, but also all the other prizes you won in tonight's battle, and all the pills you don't need, you can sell them to me. I'll buy them all for you at a 20% premium over the market price."

Today, he was also watching the battle between Gu Chen and Qiu Jiu from the distant sky.

Good guy.

He was able to defeat a prodigy at the early stage of the fifth-grade Transformation Sea Realm after reaching the Perfect True Essence Realm, and he also directly cultivated the Four Beasts Attack and Kill Technique, a top-tier fourth-grade martial skill, to the third form.

This prodigy is destined to stand among the top figures of the Divine Dynasty in the future.

He is in charge of the Huangzhou headquarters of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

Seeing this battle today, he wanted to take the initiative to befriend Gu Chen.

I just don't know how to approach Gu Chen.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity has now arrived.

How could he possibly miss it?

It's only a 20% premium; the Sihai Chamber of Commerce isn't short of that money.

Gaining the favor of a prodigy like Gu Chen is absolutely worthwhile.

"Why?" Gu Chen looked at him. "What do I have to give you?"

Not only is the other party willing to pay a premium to acquire his precious weapons, but now they are also willing to pay a premium to acquire his elixirs.

He couldn't figure out what the other party wanted in return from him.

"Brother Gu is joking. I am Jin Duoduo, the manager of the Sihai Trading Company's Huangzhou headquarters. I acquired it at a 20% premium simply because I wanted to make friends with you. I have no other purpose," Jin Duoduo said with a smile.

Upon hearing this...

Gu Chen understood.

She took the initiative to befriend him.

The head of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce's Huangzhou headquarters.

It seems that the Sihai Chamber of Commerce wants to befriend him in advance, or rather, Jin Duoduo in front of him wants to befriend him in advance.

Given his current talent, ability to challenge opponents of higher levels, and his background, he is a formidable force.

It's normal for the leaders of these forces to want to get closer to him.

The Sihai Chamber of Commerce is one of the top ten chambers of commerce.

The Ten Chambers of Commerce are ranked below the Nine Top Families, but they are still top-tier forces with two Heaven and Earth Venerable Realm experts in charge.

Not to be underestimated.

Since the other party took the initiative to extend friendship to him.

Gu Chen naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Then thank you very much, Brother Jin." Gu Chen smiled and bowed to Jin Duoduo in thanks.

The other party was so polite, calling him "brother," so he called him "elder brother."

If we have anything else in the future, we can continue to sell it to him.

Gu Chen took out the Sea Transformation Pill and a fourth-grade pill from his person and handed them to Jin Duoduo.

All acquisitions were made at a 20% premium.

That would earn an extra 20,000 taels of silver, which is really great.

This person still managed to become famous.

Its reputation and potential have improved in all aspects.

You'll then discover that there are powerful people everywhere who want to befriend you.

Gu Chen took out the three Transformation Sea Pills and the four Grade 4 Great Golden Pills from his body.

He handed it to Jin Duoduo: "One Huahai Pill costs two thousand taels of silver, and one Dajin Pill costs five thousand taels of silver, which is twenty-six thousand taels. If we buy it at a 20% premium, it will cost thirty-one thousand two hundred taels."

Jin Duoduo immediately sent someone to fetch 151,200 taels of silver and handed it to Gu Chen.

The two chatted for a while longer.

Gu Chen then left.

Gu Chen, a fourth-grade Golden Elixir, could use it himself.

The reason for selling it was to avoid arousing suspicion from others.

Sell ​​it at a premium first.

Once I change my identity, I can go to the place that sells pills to buy them.

Gu Chen left the trading company.

In a secluded corner of the city, after releasing his divine soul power to confirm that no one was following him, he...

He used a bone-shrinking disguise technique to change his appearance.

Then he changed into a set of casual monk's clothes.

We arrived at the Xuantian Pavilion in the city.

Purchase a Grade 4 Golden Elixir.

"I need seventy-six Grade 4 Great Golden Pills. What kind of discount can I get?" Gu Chen asked the shopkeeper.

A fourth-grade Golden Elixir costs five thousand taels of silver.

Gu Chen figured that since he was ordering so much, there should be a discount.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper glanced at Gu Chen with curiosity.

The fact that such a large number of Golden Cores, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, was bought by a rogue cultivator was astonishing.

He was a little confused.

Those who can buy so many Great Golden Pills in one go must mostly be top-tier forces.

Could it be that this rogue cultivator is a retainer of some top-tier power, commissioned to buy this item?

The shopkeeper replied, "I can give you a 4% discount."

"Alright." Gu Chen nodded, took out 364,800 taels of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, please count it."

Seventy-six Grade 4 Golden Elixirs cost 380,000 taels of silver, which is the price after a 4% discount.

After the shopkeeper counted the silver and confirmed that everything was correct,

He took out seventy-six Grade 4 Golden Pills and handed them to Gu Chen.

After checking the quantity of pills, Gu Chen left Xuantian Pavilion.

Then they went straight out of the city.

They found a secluded place outside the city.

Choose to break through.

Let's break through first before going back.

Take out the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique and put it into the copper bowl.

To break through to the Core Formation Realm, one must first comprehend the cultivation technique.

The cultivation technique corresponding to the Core Formation Realm is the "Mysterious Tortoise Core Formation Chapter".

[For ten thousand taels of silver, one can comprehend the "Mysterious Tortoise Core Formation Chapter."]

"It will cost five thousand taels of silver more than the third chapter, Vermilion Bird Transforms into the Sea." Gu Chen put in the silver and chose to comprehend it without hesitation.

The silver in the bowl disappeared.

Gu Chen comprehended this cultivation technique.

The Chapter on Xuanwu's Core Formation.

It is the profound and stable power of Xuanwu that suppresses the spiritual sea in the dantian, compressing the massive amount of true essence and condensing it into a golden core.

After comprehending the technique.

Gu Chen then placed seventy-six large golden pills into the copper bowl.

Begin exchanging for cultivation breakthrough.

Seventy-six Grade 4 Great Golden Pills can be exchanged for 760 days of pure cultivation.

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

In an instant, an immense amount of cultivation power was poured into his body.

The true essence in the spiritual sea, which had already been opened up and expanded to its limit, immediately became boiling and turbulent, as if it would explode at any moment.

Gu Chen activated the Xuanwu Heart Method, and instantly a new phenomenon appeared. The Xuanwu phenomenon appeared behind him, and the suppressing power emanated from the Xuanwu phenomenon, entering his dantian spiritual sea to suppress the turbulent spiritual sea true essence.

The raging spiritual sea essence instantly became calm and restrained. At the same time, the true essence power of the Xuanwu phenomenon strengthened his dantian to withstand the enormous pressure of the subsequent formation of the core and prevent the dantian from collapsing.

Gu Chen concentrated his mind and transformed his cultivation into Xuanwu True Essence, which merged with the other three types of True Essence to form the Four Symbols True Essence, which was slowly compressed in the center of his dantian.

The process of compressing liquid true essence into solid true essence particles and then gradually condensing them into pills was very smooth.

Fifteen minutes later, the elixir was completed.

In that instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth immediately gathered wildly and surged into Gu Chen's body. Then, it was refined into true essence by the cultivation technique and flowed into Gu Chen's golden core.

To solidify the realm of ancient dust.

All cultivation points have been transferred.

He broke through to the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation realm.

The Golden Elixir was born.

The amount of true essence stored in Gu Chen's body surged.

Under the suppression of the Xuanwu phenomenon, the physical body and the soul became more stable and their strength greatly increased.

Gu Chen's eyesight, hearing, and reaction speed have all improved.

The same goes for the power of the soul; the range of its projection has increased by at least fifty meters.

This is equivalent to the upgrade of a demonic soul bead at the fifth level of the innate realm.

Now we have reached the early stage of the Core Formation Realm.

To reach the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm, seventy-eight Great Golden Cores are required.

That's 390,000 taels of silver.

Even after the discount, it would still cost around 370,000 taels.

He previously had 380,000 taels of silver, and won more than 100,000 taels from Ximen Bin and Qiu Jiu.

He earned 151,200 taels of silver from selling knives and elixirs.

However, it cost some money to exchange for information and learn the cultivation techniques.

Buying seventy-six Great Golden Pills cost more than 364,000 taels of silver.

He currently has about 240,000 taels of silver left.

There is still a shortfall of 130,000 taels.

Take it easy.

Not urgent.

Once the Cheng family has established a firm foothold in Li Huo Prefecture, he will be able to earn this much money in just over a month.

Now I have broken through to the early stage of the fourth-grade Core Formation Realm.

He comprehended the new Xuanwu phenomenon.

With all four extraordinary phenomena activated, the amplification power should enable him to achieve attributes comparable to a late-stage Core Formation Realm expert.

In addition, there's his Four Beasts Attack Technique.

Defeating a late-stage Core Formation Realm cultivator shouldn't be a problem.

He could kill Yamamoto Ryuichi, who was in the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm in the Yamamoto family, directly.

However, the second-rank sage sent by the second prince to secretly protect him will arrive tomorrow.

He needs to hide his true strength from now on.

He mustn't find out.

Gu Chen stood up.

They returned to the city.

In a secluded corner, he changed back into his own clothes and appearance, restoring his original look.

Then they returned to Gongsun Yuan's residence.

The next day.

Gu Chen, Luo Tianxing, Tie Yangtian, and the others left Gongsun Yuan's residence.

They returned to their respective posts.

Li Xianghe's welcoming banquet has ended.

They no longer needed to stay in the state capital.

Gu Chen and the others had just left not long ago.

A figure secretly followed Gu Chen and the others out of the city.

It was the second-rank sage whom the Second Prince had sent to secretly protect Gu Chen.

He had just arrived that morning, and after confirming Gu Chen's identity, he began to carry out the task of secretly protecting him.