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

Meanwhile, at Shangguan Wuqing's residence...

They learned that Gu Chen was coming.

Shangguan Wuqing has already notified his other three disciples in Zhongzhou.

Let us welcome the ancient dust together.

This was meant to allow Gu Chen to meet his three other senior brothers.

Gu Chen's six senior brothers.

Besides the three senior brothers who serve in the desolate state: Second Senior Brother Gongsun Yuan, Fourth Senior Brother Luo Tianxing, and Sixth Senior Brother Tie Yangtian.

The other three are all in Zhongzhou.

Senior Brother Guo Feng works at the headquarters of the Supervision Department and was previously at the peak of the second rank.

Based on reliable information obtained during a recent conversation with Luo Tianxing and others.

He has now entered the realm of a first-grade Venerable.

Third Senior Brother Xiang Tianlu works at the headquarters of the Divine Garment Division and recently reached the second-grade Sage realm.

Fifth Senior Brother Tong Shi serves in the Divine Guard Army. He has reached the fifth rank of perfect cultivation and is only one step away from the fourth rank of Core Formation.

One day later.

Upon arriving in Zhongzhou, Gu Chen was immediately taken to Shangguan Wuqing's residence.

Let Gu Chen and his fellow disciples have a get-together first.

I will see the Second Prince again tomorrow.

There are still three days until the competition.

It's not too late.

Arrived in Zhongzhou.

Zhong Hong then completed his task.

Gu Chen stayed with Shangguan Wuqing and the others.

Naturally, there was no need for him, a second-grade expert, to follow and protect him.

That night.

At Shangguan Wuqing's residence.

A sumptuous feast was laid out on the table.

Gu Chen and the other three senior brothers whom he had not met before sat down with Shangguan Wuqing.

"I've known for a long time that Master's new junior brother is exceptionally talented, possesses outstanding combat abilities beyond his level, and has the potential to become a Heavenly Venerable. However, I've been unable to meet him due to official duties. Today, I've finally met him," said Guo Feng, Gu Chen's senior brother.

"To be able to defeat Qiu Jiu, who is at the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm, with only the True Essence Realm at its peak, Junior Brother's physique is truly heaven-defying," said Xiang Tianlu, Gu Chen's second senior brother.

"This time in the Desolate State, Junior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother defeated two of Chen Lei's disciples in succession, which can be said to have given Chen Lei a good slap in the face, hahaha," said Tong Shi, Gu Chen's fifth senior brother.

The three senior brothers met for the first time.

His words were full of praise for Gu Chen.

They were extremely satisfied with this junior brother that their master had taken in later.

"I'm embarrassed by your praise, senior brothers," Gu Chen said modestly. He raised his wine glass and looked at the three of them: "I'd like to toast you three senior brothers."

"Junior Brother is too modest." The three raised their glasses and drank with Gu Chen.

The group then resumed their conversation.

His words were full of admiration and high regard for Gu Chen.

Indeed, the achievements Gu Chen has made at his age are remarkable.

All of these are things they didn't achieve when they were young.

This can be considered as bringing honor to their sect.

If Gu Chen grows up in the future.

For example, reaching the Celestial Venerable Realm or even the supreme terrestrial immortal realm.

With this bond of brotherhood among fellow disciples, they can also reap many benefits.

Towards the end of the conversation.

Gu Chen asked Shangguan Wuqing, "Master, this time I have come to represent the Second Prince in the battle. I wonder what level of people the Crown Prince and the Body Sect have sent, how strong they are, and whether they pose a threat to us."

Gu Chen was confident in his abilities.

But it's always good to learn about your opponent first.

The previous act of directly revealing his mid-stage Transformation Realm combat strength at Li Xianghe's welcoming banquet was too reckless.

It almost put him in a life-or-death situation.

This mistake must not be repeated.

We should keep a low profile.

Concealing some of his strength ensures he has sufficient capability to deal with any future hostile forces that might try to target him in secret.

Upon hearing this...

Gu Chen's other three senior brothers stopped speaking and looked at Shangguan Wuqing.

They naturally knew that Gu Chen had come here to fight on behalf of the Second Prince against the experts from the Body Sect and the Crown Prince's side, in a dispute over the ownership of the Mining Gang.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wuqing said, "According to the Second Prince's intelligence, the Body Sect is sending a powerful expert with a special physique, Luo Batian. His Myriad Luo Physique is extremely powerful, comparable to a Heaven-rank physique. However, the Myriad Luo Physique has a drawback: it is very difficult to cultivate, requiring hundreds of times more resources than ordinary cultivators. He is not old, only thirty years old now, and under the full support of the Body Sect, he has only managed to raise his cultivation to the peak of the Breaking Aperture Realm."

"Because he possesses the Myriad Luo Body, his combat power is extremely terrifying. It is rumored that he once used his True Yuan Realm Perfection cultivation to punch a rogue cultivator at the Breaking Aperture Realm Perfection. Therefore, we estimate that he has at least the combat power of the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm," Shangguan Wuqing analyzed.

"I've heard of Luo Batian. His Myriad Luo Physique is indeed terrifying," said Tong Shi, Gu Chen's fifth senior brother. "The Myriad Luo Physique specializes in killing. Although it requires hundreds of times more resources than a strong person of the same level to improve, once this physique is improved, the amount of true essence stored in the body is often more than a hundred times that of a strong person of the same level. The same goes for other attributes such as strength, speed, defense, and reaction ability. However, it is said that it is very difficult for this physique to break through the bottleneck of the realm. There are very few people with this physique who can reach the upper three realms. Junior brother, you can't be careless when you face him."

"It possesses attributes a hundred times greater than those of a powerhouse at the same level." Gu Chen was somewhat shocked. In that case, the Wanluo Body's amplification of basic attributes was even more terrifying than his Void Saint Body.

of course.

This does not mean that this physique is stronger than his Void Sacred Body. The strength of the Void Sacred Body does not lie in the increase of basic attributes.

Instead, it allows him to control the power of the void, comprehend the laws of the void in the future, and give birth to a seed of the void and various supernatural powers within his body.

Basic attributes become less important once you reach higher levels.

"I will be careful," Gu Chen nodded.

Even though he possessed attribute amplification a hundred times greater than that of experts at the same level, Gu Chen was not afraid.

His Four Beast Celestial Phenomena Technique's four extraordinary phenomena, the tenfold amplification of his external Void Saint Body, and his basic attributes surpassed those of other experts at the same level by a hundredfold.

Shangguan Wuqing continued, "Representing the Crown Prince is a monk from Buddhism named Kongxuan. He was once a perfect Core Formation Realm cultivator, a half-step Grandmaster Realm expert. Dissatisfied with his own cultivation techniques and understanding of the essence, he chose to revert to a new cultivation. Although his current realm is the Perfect True Essence Realm, his mastery of martial arts and combat experience makes him a genuine half-step Grandmaster Realm expert. In addition, he has made up for the deficiencies in his cultivation techniques, giving him an incredibly strong foundation. He has at least the combat power of the early stage of the Sea Transformation Realm, making him a formidable opponent."

He reminded that Gu Chen also had a record of defeating Qiu Jiu, who was in the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

But we must be careful when facing these two.

After all, these two are both exceptional individuals among those at the same level of strength.

The two cannot be analyzed using normal thinking.

The Crown Prince and the Body Sect knew that Gu Chen had defeated Qiu Jiu, who was in the early stage of the Transformation Sea Realm.

They also chose to let them fight.

That is, we have a certain amount of confidence in them.

"Understood." Gu Chen nodded. "I will handle this carefully."

Both of them possess combat strength at the Transformation Sea Realm.

That's definitely not simple.

But unfortunately, he was stronger.

In any case, he has to win this battle.

He must get his hands on that supernatural power that the Second Prince possesses.

The group continued drinking.

That night, the fellow disciples drank heartily with Shangguan Wuqing.

The next day.

Shangguan Wuqing took Gu Chen to meet the Second Prince.

The Second Prince gave Gu Chen a lot of face.

They went directly out of the residence to greet him.

Afterwards, a banquet was held at the mansion to receive Gu Chen.

He promised Gu Chen a reward regardless of whether Gu Chen won the competition.

This can be seen as a sign of how much he values ​​Gu Chen.

After Gu Chen demonstrated his physical abilities, he changed his mind about treating Gu Chen as just a pawn.

This kind of person, who has the potential to reach the realm of terrestrial immortals in the future, deserves his full attention and should be kept separate from the other geniuses he has recruited.