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

The Black Heaven Cult, outside Red Sun City.

In that branch outpost in the valley cave.

"It's been investigated. That kid has no background with the Night Watch at all. He killed Yu Zhibo with his own strength." A protector reported to the elder stationed at the stronghold.

"Now that kid has been forced out of the Cheng family by the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, and then killed Liu Biao, the envoy of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, he is wanted by the Treasure Medicine Pavilion throughout the entire Fire Cloud Prefecture." The protector said, "Now may be the perfect time for us to kill him."

"The Vice Master has returned and is currently in the capital city of Huoyun Prefecture. Send someone to contact the Yang family in the capital city and have them join forces with the Treasure Medicine Pavilion to find this kid's hiding place first, and then take him down together," the elder said.

"This kid killed Yu Zhibo. I wonder if he learned our secret from Yu Zhibo. We can't keep him around for too long."

"Tell the Yang family that one of our elders has been killed by that brat. If we don't find him and eliminate him as soon as possible, he might leak the secret of our past cooperation."

"The Yang family knows what to do."

Fire Cloud Mansion.

Gu Chen left the inn.

We arrived at the main building of the Precious Medicine Pavilion.

The same shopkeeper served him as before.

Upon seeing Gu Chen arrive once again, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "Sir, is there anything else you need?"

"I need another thirty-four Yi Jin Dan. I would like to ask the alchemists in your pavilion to start the furnace and refine them for me. Can you refine them for me within twenty days?" Gu Chen asked.

"Let's refine another thirty-four Yi Jin Dan pills. It should take twenty days without any problem. The price is three hundred taels each, making a total of ten thousand two hundred taels. But we can round it down for you, so it will only cost you ten thousand taels," the shopkeeper said.

"However, sir, you need to pay five thousand taels of silver first. After the pills are refined, you can pay the remaining half when you come to collect them." The shopkeeper looked at Gu Chen.

"Okay." Gu Chen took out a five-thousand-tael silver note and paid the shopkeeper.

Then they left.

It can be refined in twenty days.

He was able to break through to the mid-stage of the Yi Jin Realm just before the Divine Test.

However, he eventually ran out of money.

There are less than a thousand taels left.

The Yi Jin Dan itself is not expensive, but the pill business in Huoyun Prefecture is dominated by Baoyaoge, which uses scarcity marketing.

That's what drove the price up.

If he could get his hands on the recipe for the Yi Jin Dan (Muscle/Tendon Changing Pill).

With a cost of at most ten thousand taels of silver, he could refine enough pills to help him break through to the Perfection of the Yi Jin Jing.

At this time, among the three first-class families of Huoyun Prefecture, the Yang family...

"Bin'er, now that you've broken through to the late stage of the second realm of the Innate Realm, you're sure to achieve the 'Grade A Divine Judgment' in the upcoming Divine Trial. The future of the Yang family will be brought to glory through you," Yang Yuanxiao said with a smile.

His son, Yang Wenbin, is only twenty years old.

His cultivation level broke through to the late stage of the second realm of the Innate Realm.

With such talent, it is hoped that he will reach the fourth realm of the Traveler in the future.

Once the Yang family produces a fourth-level Traveler, they will no longer need to remain confined to the Fire Cloud Prefecture and can expand into larger prefectures.

"Thanks to the Blood Marrow Pill that my father gave me before, my aptitude has improved to a higher level, otherwise I wouldn't have reached this level today," Yang Wenbin said with a smile.

The Blood Marrow Pill can only be taken once in a lifetime.

Taking Kevamao Xisui (a traditional Chinese medicine) can transform a person and improve their overall quality.

However, this elixir is a forbidden drug, requiring the blood and marrow of young children to refine, making it extremely sinister.

The reason the Yang family cooperated with the Black Heaven Sect was to refine this Blood Marrow Pill.

"Mm." Yang Yuanxiao nodded with a smile and said, "Now you should prepare well for the divine test."

"Yes, Father." Yang Wenbin nodded.

At this time.

A guard from the Yang family came to report.

"Master, another protector of the Black Heaven Cult has arrived, saying he has something to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yuanxiao's face darkened.

The Blood Marrow Pill is now in our hands.

He had absolutely no desire to deal with the Black Heaven Cult, those rats in the gutter, any longer.

But these rats kept coming to the Yang family's house.

Once you're truly stuck to them, you can't shake them off no matter what you do.

Yang Yuanxiao waved for Yang Wenbin to go down first.

He went to see the protector of the Black Heaven Cult himself.

Yang Wenbin was unaware of the matter with the Black Heaven Cult; he kept it a secret very well.

He knew that the fewer people in the Yang family knew about this, the safer they would be.

We arrived at a secluded courtyard.

"What exactly do you want? I've already said it before: the cooperation between my Yang family and your Black Heaven Sect has ended." Yang Yuanxiao said as he entered the courtyard.

Upon seeing the Black Heaven Sect protector in the courtyard, he said directly, "If you continue to cause trouble, believe me, I will join forces with the Night Watch of Fire Cloud Prefecture to wipe you out."

Upon hearing this, the Black Heaven Sect protector's eyes turned cold, a murderous glint flashing within them. He then sneered, "Do you dare?"

"If you report us to the Night Watch, we might not be wiped out, but your Yang family's collaboration with us in refining Blood Marrow Pills will likely result in your entire family being raided and exterminated!"

"What brings you here this time?" Yang Yuanxiao didn't want to talk to these scoundrels any longer and just wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.

"That kid we asked you to help us go to the Treasure Medicine Pavilion and get them to expel him is no ordinary person. We all underestimated him," said the Black Heaven Sect Protector.

"Our last attempt to ambush him failed. That brat killed one of our elders and more than a dozen experts at the Innate Realm. He probably already knows that your Yang family once collaborated with us to refine the Blood Marrow Pill," the Black Heaven Sect protector explained.

"At the same time, he may also know that it was the Yang family who secretly approached the Baoyao Pavilion last time and got them to expel him."

"What!" Yang Yuanxiao's expression changed upon hearing this. It was possible that the brat had found out about his Yang family's collaboration with the Black Heaven Sect in refining Blood Marrow Pills.

The process of refining the Blood Marrow Pill, a forbidden and sinister elixir, requires killing countless young children to extract their blood, essence, and bone marrow, and is therefore considered taboo by the Divine Dynasty.

If any force is found to be refining this pill, it will be purged by the Divine Dynasty with iron-fisted methods.

This is a big problem.

"How can you be so useless? You can't even handle a kid at the first level of the Innate Realm." Yang Yuanxiao was furious.

"That kid's cultivation is far beyond the first level of the Innate Realm; he may have already reached the third level of the Innate Realm, with copper or silver bones," the Black Heaven Sect envoy said, shaking his head.

"An envoy from the main branch of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, who was at the third level of the Innate Realm, was recently killed by him. Now he is wanted by the Treasure Medicine Pavilion throughout the entire Fire Cloud Prefecture," explained the Black Heaven Sect Protector.

"So, what do you Black Heaven Sect want from my Yang family?" Yang Yuanxiao asked, looking at him.

"In coordination with the Precious Medicine Pavilion, we will conduct a full-scale search for him throughout the entire Fire Cloud Prefecture. My Black Heaven Sect will also be keeping a close eye on him from the shadows." The Black Heaven Sect's protector narrowed his eyes.

"How do you know he's still within the territory of Huoyun Prefecture and hasn't left for other places?" Yang Yuanxiao asked in return.

If he were Gu Chen, wanted by a force like the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, he would probably have left Huoyun Prefecture long ago. How could he possibly still be foolishly staying here?

"He won't leave. He signed up for the Divine Examination. For a genius like him, the Divine Examination is his only chance to enter the Divine Dynasty as an official and gain a divine identity and background. He won't give it up," said the Black Heaven Sect Protector.

The Divine Dynasty conducted very detailed investigations into the identities of those who applied for the Divine Examination.

When Gu Chen first arrived in Chiyang City two months ago, he signed up for the Divine Examination.

It took the government a month to verify his identity. Only native Huoyun Prefecture residents with clean backgrounds and identities were allowed to participate in Huoyun Prefecture's divine examination.

If Gu Chen didn't participate in the Divine Examination in Huoyun Prefecture, he wouldn't be able to register anywhere else.

"Understood. My Yang family will cooperate with the Precious Medicine Pavilion to apprehend him," Yang Yuanxiao said. "But if he doesn't show up during this period and only appears on the day the Divine Examination begins, what can we do then?"

"At that time, all the official forces of the entire Fire Cloud Prefecture will be concentrated in the Divine Examination area. Do you think we can still kill him right under the noses of the Night Watch and the government?"

"Your Yang family just need to focus on the current operation of capturing him," said the Black Heaven Sect protector. "If we still can't find him before the Divine Examination, we will naturally find a way to deal with him once he shows up at the examination."

"That's no problem." Yang Yuanxiao felt relieved, as long as those madmen from the Black Heaven Cult were willing to help when the time came.

The Yang family is a prominent and influential family in Huoyun Prefecture. They can act secretly, but they cannot easily make a move in the open.

If the Black Heaven Sect fails to assassinate Gu Chen, they can escape; however, they fail to assassinate the Divine Examiners.

The entire Yang family will likely be implicated. Assassinating a candidate during the Divine Examination is a provocation against the authority of the Divine Dynasty.

The Divine Dynasty will never let the mastermind behind this get away with it.

Only a group of heartless and insane cultists like the Black Heaven Cult would dare to do something like this.