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

"I have already investigated," said Fu Tongkui, the chief steward of the Baoyao Pavilion. "In the past month and a half, a family force has been secretly selling Qi and Blood Pills and Skin Tempering Pills in the eleven cities and even the counties under the jurisdiction of Huoyun Prefecture."

"And their prices are cheaper than ours. Their retail price is only 5% of ours, and if you buy a large quantity of pills at once, you can get an additional 10% discount," Fu Tongkui said.

"Someone actually dares to steal business from our Treasure Medicine Pavilion, they don't want to live." Nie Ke narrowed his eyes and ordered, "Go and investigate what kind of background this family has, where their pills come from. If their background is not as good as ours, and their strength is not strong, then go directly to their door and warn them not to sell anymore. If they don't listen, then secretly eliminate them for me."

"Yes." Fu Tongkui nodded and turned to leave.

On the other side...

Outside the Fire Cloud Manor lies a range of mountains, within which lies a secluded valley with caves lining the cliffs, forming a labyrinthine network.

Inside the cold, damp cave.

A group of men in black gathered here, and the cave was fully equipped with all kinds of living facilities.

This place has been developed into a stronghold by this group of men in black.

It is the largest stronghold of the Black Heaven Sect in Huoyun Prefecture.

"Ning Zhibo is dead, and everyone who went with him to deal with that kid is also dead!" An old man in black with white hair spoke in a hoarse and cold voice: "How did you gather this intelligence?"

"That kid only has the cultivation of the second level of the Innate Realm, how could he possibly kill Ning Zhibo!"

"Perhaps someone is helping him in secret. Maybe this kid is bait released by the Night Watch to lure us out of our cave," replied an elder in black with red hair.

"Then, elders, should we continue to attack that brat?" a protector at the second level of the Innate Realm asked.

"Let's wait. If he's bait set up by the Night Watch, and we rashly attack him, we might fall into their trap."

"Observe for a while longer. If it was just that kid's good luck in killing Yu Zhibo and the others because he had concealed his cultivation level, then when the Vice Sect Leader returns, we will all take action together, forcefully break into Chiyang City, and wipe out that kid," the white-haired elder said in a cold voice.

Their deputy leader possesses the cultivation level of the early stage of the fifth realm of the Innate Realm.

If that kid didn't have the Night Watch as his backer.

Even if he hides in Chiyang City and never comes out, he will still die!

On Gu Chen's side.

He chose to refine the Bone Forging Pill first.

He had already exchanged for two hundred days of pure cultivation. If he could exchange for another one hundred and twenty days of pure cultivation, he would be able to break through to the Silver Bone level directly.

In one day, Gu Chen refined all three portions of Bone Forging Pill ingredients into Bone Forging Pills.

In addition to the six items he seized from Yu Zhibo.

He now possesses thirty-six Bone Forging Pills.

Wei Zhong would not stay at his villa at night; he had a separate small villa next to Gu Chen's.

However, it wasn't as large as Gu Chen's.

This was arranged by the Cheng family so that he could come and help Gu Chen start the fire and refine pills at any time.

Otherwise, he would have to live with the other Cheng family guards.

Gu Chen took out twelve Bone Forging Pills and placed them in the copper bowl.

[Twelve Grade 3 Innate Bone Forging Pills can be exchanged for 120 days of pure cultivation.]

Feedback from the copper bowl.

"Exchange." Gu Chen directly selected to exchange.

Instantly, a surge of cultivation energy was poured into his body.

He used the Fire and Thunder Bone Forging Technique to transform and forge his entire skeleton.

Soon, the silver bones he was just a short distance from completing were successfully forged.

Beneath Gu Chen's skin and flesh, his bones radiated a faint silver light.

The Silver Bone level has been reached.

The next step is the Golden Bones.

Once he breaks through to the Golden Bone level, he will be considered to have reached the Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm, and then he will have to find a way to obtain the Tendon Changing Pill, which is the fourth level of the Innate Realm.

They've made their way to the fourth level of the Innate Realm.

He still had twenty-four Bone Forging Pills left.

Once the Cheng family obtains another batch of ingredients for the Bone Forging Pill and refines ten pills together, he will be able to directly enter the Golden Bone Realm.

The next day.

Gu Chen refined the ingredients for four portions of Xuan Tie Dan in one day, obtaining forty Xuan Tie Dan.

He exchanged thirty Xuan Tie pills for a copper bowl and cultivated his Xuan Tie Body to perfection.

With his Xuan Tie Body at the Great Perfection level, he can completely ignore attacks from those within the fourth realm of the Innate Realm.

Even attacks from the fifth level of the Innate Realm can withstand most of the damage.

Combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced.

The Xuan Tie Body is complete.

It requires fifty Xuan Tie Dan to exchange.

He is still forty more herbs needed. Once the Cheng family brings four more portions of medicinal herbs, he will be able to reach this level.

At that time, he will be within the fifth realm of the Innate Realm and will not fear attacks from any realm.

half a month later.

Fire Cloud Mansion, the main branch of the Precious Medicine Pavilion.

"The whole thing has been investigated," Fu Tongkui said. "The family that sold pills at low prices during this period, causing our sales to decline in various places, is the Cheng family of Chiyang City. They have no background whatsoever."

"The reason they were able to obtain so many pills to sell is entirely due to a newly recruited retainer." Fu Tongkui glanced at Nie Ke: "Speaking of which, this retainer has some connection with our Treasure Medicine Pavilion."

"It has a connection with my Treasure Medicine Pavilion." Nie Ke listened with some confusion: "What do you mean?"

"He is the retainer named Gu Chen who was kicked out of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City a month ago," Fu Tongkui explained. "This person has an extraordinary talent for alchemy. He passed the Dan Sect's nominal disciple assessment in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City in just one month, and then learned the methods of refining three kinds of innate pills, from Qi and Blood Pill to Bone Forging Pill, from Xu Kun, an alchemist in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City."

"Those cheap pills that the Cheng family sells everywhere are refined by him." Fu Tongkui said with some surprise, "Logically speaking, with this person's talent, my Treasure Medicine Pavilion should cultivate him vigorously and then recommend him to the Pill Sect."

"I wonder why he was kicked out of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City back then." Fu Tongkui said with some regret, "If this person hadn't left our Treasure Medicine Pavilion, we would have recommended him to the Pill Sect. Once he passed the Pill Sect's formal disciple assessment, our Fire Cloud Mansion Treasure Medicine Pavilion would have had an extra patron in the Pill Sect."

He didn't know at the time that Gu Chen was actually sent by Nie Ke to be driven away by Liu Biao.

Therefore, I sigh.

Only Nie Ke and Yang Yuanxiao knew about their discussion.

The others in the main branch of the Precious Medicine Pavilion were unaware of this.

"Hmph!" Nie Ke sneered upon hearing this, "This boy is wicked. He started opposing my Treasure Medicine Pavilion and ruining my business as soon as he left. How can such a person be qualified to be recommended to the Pill Sect!"

"The Cheng family and this boy dared to disrupt the market with low-priced pills, which is against the rules. Have someone warn the Cheng family. Tell them they are not allowed to sell low-priced pills anymore, and expel Gu Chen from the Cheng family. If they don't listen, have someone secretly kill them." Nie Ke ordered, "Tell them they are not allowed to sell low-priced pills anymore, and expel Gu Chen from the Cheng family. If they don't listen, have someone secretly kill them."

"Yes." Fu Tongkui accepted the order.

He turned around and went to take care of it.

Chiyang City, the Cheng family.

More than half a month has passed.

The Cheng family has completely absorbed the Tang family, and their assets have more than doubled.

The two original retainers of the Tang family, Zhong Chenghu, became crippled, and Wen Zhengzhen chose to join the Cheng family, becoming their new retainer.

At the same time, the Cheng family recruited a rogue cultivator at the mid-stage of the first realm of the Innate Realm from Chiyang City to serve as their retainer.

In addition, during this period, the Cheng family increased its resources for cultivating the original experts.

One of the top-tier bodyguards broke through to the first level of the Innate Realm and became a retainer.

Now.

The Cheng family now has a total of five retainers at the Innate Realm.

Their strength has increased dramatically.

They can extend their trade routes to more distant places, showing a hint of rising to become a first-class family.