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

We arrived at the courtyard.

The evil spirit that Deng Xian had transformed into immediately fled out of the courtyard. He hadn't expected Gu Chen to be so powerful.

They have already cultivated the Blazing Sun Technique to this level.

He had just transformed into an evil spirit and was still too weak, so he had to retreat first and return to seek revenge on Gu Chen when he became stronger.

"Trying to escape!" Gu Chen sneered, leaping up quickly and slashing down with his sword.

The blade flashed across the night sky, carrying the scorching power of the sun, and landed on the evil spirit that Deng Xian had transformed into, who was trying to escape!

Noisy!

"what!"

Screams echoed throughout the entire courtyard!

Gu Chen's slash, imbued with the power of the blazing sun, struck him as if a red-hot iron blade had fallen onto human skin.

It has enormous destructive power.

Slashed and burned by the power of the blazing sun, most of the black energy on his body dissipated, and his face showed an expression of extreme pain, his features contorted.

Wang Chao, who was in the house on the other side, was startled and came out to check the treasured sword.

Upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, they couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "An evil spirit!"

Hearing the commotion, the guards from the other courtyards around also got up to check.

More and more people are coming out.

Gu Chen gripped his treasured sword and unleashed a series of lightning-fast five-hit combos, his internal energy and the power of the blazing sun constantly erupting.

He slashed repeatedly at the evil spirit that Deng Xian had transformed into.

Prepare to kill him quickly.

So that he won't tell anyone what happened today.

"Today, it's Gu Chen!" The evil phantom that Deng Xian had transformed into became increasingly illusory, knowing that Gu Chen wanted to quickly silence him.

He wanted to reveal the truth at the last moment: that Gu Chen had killed him and taken the Blood Ginseng today.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, Gu Chen's final strike cleaved his soul away.

It transformed into a jet-black bead and fell to the ground.

The guards were all shocked as they stepped into the courtyard where Gu Chen and Wang Chao lived.

They didn't hear what Deng Xian said before his soul dissipated; the chaotic words of an evil spirit before it was destroyed were not something anyone would pay attention to.

They were all shocked by Gu Chen's immense strength.

These newly recruited guards are incredibly powerful.

The evil spirit was thus brutally hacked away and its soul was scattered.

Has he broken through to the early stage of the Blood Refining Realm?

soon.

Guard Zhou Hong and steward He Xiangdong also arrived shortly afterward.

It was discovered that evil spirits had invaded the Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

He Xiangdong looked at everyone, and everyone turned their attention to Gu Chen and Wang Chao.

He Xiangdong looked at Wang Chao and asked, "What happened with the evil spirit invasion just now?"

Wang Chao didn't answer. He was also confused. As soon as he came out, he saw Gu Chen holding a treasured sword and frantically slashing at a malevolent phantom.

In no time, the evil spirit was cleaved away.

He could only make out that the evil spirit seemed to be a servant who had entered the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in the same batch as them, and his name seemed to be Deng Xian.

He Xiangdong looked at Gu Chen: "You tell me."

Gu Chen replied directly, "Steward, there was indeed an evil spirit that invaded my Treasure Medicine Pavilion just now. The evil spirit was the transformation of Deng Xian, the handyman who died while gathering herbs today. I didn't expect that he would come back to my Treasure Medicine Pavilion to harm people as soon as he transformed into an evil spirit."

"It's an evil spirit that's the reincarnation of the servant who died today!" He Xiangdong narrowed his eyes.

The other guards were also somewhat shocked.

The conditions under which evil spirits are formed are incredibly varied, and to this day, the Night Watch has yet to provide a specific standard.

Unexpectedly, the servant who died while gathering herbs today has transformed into an evil spirit.

"Evil spirits have a strong sense of self and won't easily target people." He Xiangdong looked at Gu Chen: "Was the evil spirit that servant transformed into tonight aimed at you?"

Gu Chen pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Do you have a grudge against him?" He Xiangdong asked Gu Chen with a sharp gaze.

"When I was still a handyman, I had some conflicts with him. Once, when we went out to collect herbs, he falsely accused me of hoarding spiritual herbs. Afterwards, two of my colleagues who accompanied me investigated and found that I had not hoarded any spiritual herbs; it was just a simple accusation by him," Gu Chen explained.

"After that, I was promoted to guard. Today, he went out to collect herbs. He was probably afraid that I would target him because of what happened before, so he deliberately went to a remote place. Unfortunately, he fell off a cliff and died. He must have died unwillingly and wanted to settle the score with me."

"So he just transformed into an evil spirit and came to seek revenge on the boy."

Gu Chen downplayed the important points and revealed everything that He Xiangdong could find out.

The rest was kept secret, since Deng Xianren was now dead and the evil spirits he had transformed into had been destroyed by him.

He Xiangdong couldn't find anything out even if he tried to investigate.

At most, all that can be found is that his cultivation and swordsmanship have improved rapidly, which he can forcefully explain away by saying that he has extraordinary talent.

Anyway, since he had stored the copper bowl inside his body, no outsider would be able to detect it.

Upon hearing this, He Xiangdong seemed to be deep in thought.

Gu Chen looked at him, unsure how much of his words he believed.

He Xiangdong summoned the two guards who were present when Deng Xian accused Gu Chen of secretly keeping medicinal herbs to inquire about the situation.

The two reported the events of that day to him truthfully, confirming that they had indeed not found any spiritual herbs on Gu Chen.

Furthermore, they observed Gu Chen for several days afterward and did not find that Gu Chen took out any spiritual medicine, so it seemed that Deng Xian was indeed slandering Gu Chen.

At this time.

Zhou Hong, standing to the side, snorted coldly and said, "Manager He, this kid's words are probably false."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Zhou Hong.

Zhou Hong looked at Gu Chen and said, "This servant died today and turned into an evil spirit, which immediately came to seek revenge on him. Obviously, there is something fishy about the servant's death."

"I think he held a grudge because this servant falsely accused him of hoarding medicinal herbs. Today, taking advantage of the opportunity to go out to gather herbs, he secretly murdered the servant. That's why the servant, after transforming into an evil spirit, came to seek revenge on him immediately!"

"You dare to kill a servant of my Treasure Medicine Pavilion without permission, even if you are a guard." Zhou Hong looked at Gu Chen coldly and said, "According to the rules of my Treasure Medicine Pavilion, your cultivation should be abolished, your limbs broken, and you should be expelled from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion."

Gu Chen was arrogant and unwilling to give him money, so he took that sword technique and practiced it alone.

He committed murder again today. Such an arrogant, ruthless person.

They should be taken down directly, their cultivation crippled, their limbs broken, and they expelled from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

He Xiangdong, who was standing to the side, did not reply.

Gu Chen turned to Zhou Hong and said coldly, "May I ask, which eye of yours, Guard Zhou, saw me kill Deng Xian?"

"The servants who accompanied me today and the other guard can both testify that Deng Xian died by accident, falling off a cliff. What does it have to do with me!"

"Is it because, a month ago, when I asked you for advice on swordsmanship, I didn't give you any money as a token of my respect, which displeased you, and now you're trying to frame me for the unauthorized murder of a servant from the Precious Medicine Pavilion?!"

Gu Chen retorted sharply, showing no mercy to Zhou Hong.

This week, Hong was clearly holding a grudge against him because of what happened before, and now he wanted to use this incident to target him.

He naturally wouldn't give Zhou Hong any face.

As a guard, it was Zhou Hong's duty to teach swordsmanship to each new guard.

His act of extorting money from the guards by abusing his position was already illegal.

However, everyone was mindful of his position as a bodyguard and thought that it was only a tael of silver, so they gave it to him without worrying about offending him over a tael of silver.

These things are all done in private.

This cannot be discussed openly.

Now that Gu Chen had so bluntly exposed him, Zhou Hong's face darkened.

"Gu Chen, don't you dare slander me! When have I ever asked you for money as a tribute?" Zhou Hong roared, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.

"The discussion should focus on the servant's murder; why are you bringing up these irrelevant matters!"

This kid is really asking for death!

A newly promoted guard dares to target him like this? Does he not want to stay in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion anymore?

"The death of the handyman Deng Xian today was an accident. I am innocent. What you just said is a complete frame-up." Gu Chen sneered, "As for whether you, Guard Zhou, accepted bribes from other guards, Guard Zhou knows the answer in your heart."

"I'm too lazy to argue with you. This is all baseless. I'm completely innocent. Your slander won't change anything." Zhou Hong said and then shut his mouth.

In this situation, we can't argue with this kid anymore.

Otherwise, if there's too much arguing, people will bring up the fact that he previously accepted money from the guards, which will have a significant impact on him.

Let's be patient for now and find a chance to teach this kid a lesson later.

Seeing that he shut up, Gu Chen didn't say anything more.

Instead, he looked at He Xiangdong.

In the Baoyao Pavilion of Cangshan County, there are several people in charge: the Pavilion Master, the alchemist in charge of the Baoyao Pavilion, and Master Ma, the elder who created the Lightning Five-Strike Combo.

Finally, there is the manager in front of us, He Xiangdong.

The Treasure Medicine Pavilion has two guards, Zhou Hong being one of them, whose status is below He Xiangdong.

As for how to handle today's events, Zhou Hong's words are useless; in the end, we still have to see what He Xiangdong thinks.

At this moment, He Xiangdong looked ahead at the black bead left behind by the evil spirit that Gu Chen had killed when he killed Deng Xian.

He stepped forward, picked it up, and held it to feel it.

After a while.

He Xiangdong looked at Gu Chen and said, "I remember you were promoted to guard only a month ago, right?"

Gu Chen nodded.

"Did you kill this evil spirit all by yourself?" He Xiangdong asked Gu Chen.

"Yes," Gu Chen answered truthfully.

"Although this evil spirit is not at the third-rate level, it is not something that someone who has just been promoted to guard can kill. How did you do it?" He Xiangdong looked at him.

He arrived late, and by the time he got there, the evil spirit had already been killed by Gu Chen. He did not witness the process of Gu Chen killing the evil spirit.

"Reporting to the steward, the boy killed him with his own strength," Gu Chen said, releasing the aura of the early stage of the Blood Refining Realm.

At the same time, he unleashed a few basic Lightning Five-Strike Combo moves.

This revealed that he already possessed the strength of a third-rate expert.

This explains why he was able to kill evil spirits.

A third-rate expert could easily kill a newly born evil spirit.

He didn't reveal his full cultivation level because he was afraid of arousing He Xiangdong's suspicion!

His current realm is the late stage of Blood Refining Realm. He was promoted to Guardian a month ago, and a month later, he directly broke through to the late stage of Blood Refining Realm.

This is something that talent alone can't achieve!

Even Zhou Hong, a guard who has cultivated for decades, is only at the late stage of the Blood Refining Realm.

He achieved it in just one month; there's only one possibility: he took a magic elixir.

This is tantamount to admitting guilt without being asked.

He Xiangdong was somewhat surprised to sense the cultivation aura released by Gu Chen and the swordsmanship he displayed.

In just one month, he broke through to the early stage of the Blood Refining Realm and mastered the Lightning Five-Strike Combo, reaching the level of a third-rate expert.

Genius, he's a genius!

He came to a conclusion.

This time, the Treasure Medicine Pavilion has actually recruited a genius!

Looking at Gu Chen's face, He Xiangdong was immediately filled with admiration.

A genius will always inspire a love for talent in someone like him who is in charge.

He tossed the black bead in his hand to Gu Chen and said, "You killed this evil spirit, so this soul bead is yours."

"Your strength has reached the level of a third-rate master. From today onwards, your monthly allowance will be increased to five taels of silver."

His rapid change of expression surprised the surrounding guards; what was going on?

He Xiangdong not only gave the Soul Pearl to Gu Chen, but also increased his monthly salary, indicating that he was not going to pursue the matter further?

He Xiangdong looked at the guards around him and said, "Today's incident was caused by the evil spirit that turned into a servant who died unexpectedly during the day. Now that the evil spirit has been killed by Gu Chen, the incident has been resolved. Everyone, go back to sleep."

Upon hearing this, the guards all left.

Today's events can be big or small, and how they end is entirely up to He Xiangdong's word.

Many people knew in their hearts that Gu Chen was most likely the one who killed the servant.

Killing a servant of the Precious Medicine Pavilion would indeed be severely punished.

But there's no evidence, so you could say that Gu Chen didn't kill the person.

He Xiangdong probably knew in his heart that Gu Chen was the one who killed the person, but Gu Chen's talent had made him appreciate his talent.

Choose to let this matter rest.

From today onwards, Gu Chen, this genius, will likely be under He Xiangdong's close attention.

Although Gu Chen offended Zhou Hong, Zhou Hong was just a bodyguard.

With Gu Chen gaining He Xiangdong's attention, Zhou Hongming no longer dared to do anything to him openly.

Zhou Hong gave Gu Chen a cold look before leaving.

He hadn't expected that Gu Chen, this newly recruited guard, would have such good talent, raising his strength to the level of a third-rate expert in just one month.

This is why it attracted the attention of He Xiangdong.

It will be difficult to deal with him in the future.

However difficult it may be, Gu Chen exposed his past in front of everyone today, making him lose face.

He will settle this score with Gu Chen sooner or later, and Gu Chen had better not give him any leverage over him.

After everyone left, He Xiangdong came up to Gu Chen and patted him on the shoulder: "You have good talent. Keep up the good work. My Treasure Medicine Pavilion never mistreats geniuses."

"Thank you, Steward." Gu Chen clasped his hands in thanks.

He Xiangdong nodded and turned to leave.