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

Gu Chen left the small village.

That afternoon.

They then rushed to Luo'an County.

Gu Chen headed directly towards the Night Watch of Luo'an County.

At the gate of the Night Watch of Luo'an County, two guards saw Gu Chen arrive, but they did not recognize him.

"Halt! This is a restricted area of ​​the Night Watch. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter." The two guards stopped Gu Chen immediately.

"I am Gu Chen, the newly appointed Director of the Night Watch." Gu Chen took out his identity token.

The two guards were startled when they saw Gu Chen take out his identity token.

It turned out to be the newly appointed Chief of the Night Watch.

"Sir, please come in." The two hurriedly welcomed Gu Chen inside.

They had been eagerly anticipating this arrival of the newly appointed official.

The former head of the Night Watch and his two deputy heads were wiped out by the demon forces.

This left the Night Watch leaderless for the past two months.

Demons and monsters wreaked havoc in Luo'an County, causing widespread calamities.

There have been dozens of incidents of demons descending from the mountains to devour people.

The local government offices of the dozen or so towns under its jurisdiction had limited strength and were simply unable to fight against the demons.

There were even local gangs that made agreements with the demons, sending them people every so often in exchange for permission to stop the large-scale cannibalism.

Another newly appointed deputy director of the Night Watch arrived a few days ago.

With the arrival of the Chief of the Watch today, we can finally reorganize the Night Watch and go out to fight against those demons.

Gu Chen entered the Night Watch.

He said to the two guards, "Go and gather the two deputy commanders and all the night watchmen here."

"Yes, sir." The two guards left.

The Night's Watch is divided into two types: guards and watchmen.

Night Watchmen are full-time employees and can only be recruited through a divine test.

The guards, on the other hand, were appointed by the Director and Deputy Director of the Night Watch themselves, recruiting people from outside the area.

The Night Watch Division of Luo'an County has one Director, an official of the eighth rank, and two Deputy Directors, officials of the ninth rank.

Ten members of the Night Watch, ranked ninth grade.

The rest were all guards.

Soon.

Ten Night's Watchmen and two deputy chiefs were then summoned.

Gu Chen also recognized two acquaintances among these twelve people.

"Zhong Hao, Duan Xingchen!" Among these twelve people, Zhong Hao and Duan Xingchen were clearly among them.

Duan Xingchen was even one of the two deputy directors.

When Tie Yangtian recruited him into the Night Watch, one of the conditions he promised him was a Tiger Bone Pill.

Tiger Bone Pill is a breakthrough pill of the third grade of the Innate Realm, and his previous cultivation had already reached the perfection of the second stage of the Innate Realm.

After obtaining the Breakthrough Pill, he broke through to the third level of the Innate Realm in one go and was assigned to Luo'an County as the deputy director of the Night Watch Division.

"Gu Chen!" The two were also somewhat surprised to see Gu Chen.

They never expected that the newly appointed head of the Night Watch would be Gu Chen.

However, the two recalled that one of the conditions Tie Yangtian had used to recruit Gu Chen was that he would be able to serve as the head of the Night Watch in a county town once he joined the Night Watch.

Now that the position of Director of the Night Watch in Luo'an County is vacant, it is normal for Gu Chen to be assigned to the post.

"Mm." Gu Chen nodded to the two of them.

Another deputy director of the Luo'an County Night Watch was named Qian Shen.

He is an old man from the Night Watch of Luo'an County. Among the ten Night Watchers in Luo'an County, he is ranked first in strength and has the strength of the early stage of the second realm of the Innate Realm.

Two months ago, the former head of the Night Watch and two deputy heads were killed by demons.

The city's night watchman's office then promoted him to deputy director.

Zhong Hao was parachuted in to fill his former position as the First Watchman.

Duan Xingchen was parachuted in to serve as another deputy director, and Gu Chen was parachuted in to serve as director.

"Everyone, I am Gu Chen, the newly appointed director of our Night Watch." Gu Chen took out his identity token and introduced himself.

Qian Shen and the other nine night watchmen who did not recognize Gu Chen saw the identity token.

After confirming Gu Chen's identity.

Together with Duan Xingchen and Zhong Hao, they bowed to Gu Chen and said, "Greetings, Lord Gu."

"No need for formalities," Gu Chen waved his hand.

He continued, "I've just taken over the Night Watch since I just arrived, so I'm not clear on the current situation in Luo'an County. Please tell me about it."

Upon hearing this, the Night's Watchmen...

He looked at Qian Shen.

Zhong Hao and Duan Xingchen, like Gu Chen, were parachuted in.

They also lack knowledge about the current situation in Luo'an County.

They also looked at Qian Shen.

As an old man from the Luo'an County Night Watch, Qian Shen is most aware of the current situation in Luo'an County.

Qian Shen stepped forward and said, "Sir, the situation in Luo'an County is very bad."

"Within Luo'an County, there are several demonic forces causing havoc. Most of these demonic forces have demons at the second and third levels of the Innate Realm, and some even have demons at the fourth and fifth levels of the Innate Realm," Qian Shen explained.

"The previous director and two deputy directors were killed by a group of dog demons."

"After the three lords died, we could only deal with the demons at some unavoidable cost to prevent them from harming more people," Qian Shen explained.

"What is the unavoidable price?" Gu Chen looked at him.

"Well, it's just that every two weeks we provide these demonic forces with some people to eat," Qian Shen said weakly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's eyes narrowed.

The other night watchmen also felt extremely frustrated.

They receive stipends from the gods and are supposed to protect the peace of their region.

Keluoan County borders the Shiwan Mountains.

The Night Watch is far too weak to match the strength of these demonic forces.

They appealed to the Night Watch of the neighboring city for help.

The reply I received each time was that the Night Watch of the border city was also short-handed.

They must contend with an even stronger demonic force from the Hundred Thousand Mountains that threatens the neighboring city.

Sometimes they can spare one or two experts at the third level of the Innate Realm or above.

They could wipe out a wave of demonic forces within Luo'an County, but the demonic races in the Hundred Thousand Mountains were numerous.

We can wipe out one wave today, but it won't be long before another wave comes to cause trouble.

The strong guards of Lin'an City could not possibly stay in Luo'an County for an extended period of time.

This has led to the current situation.

The deaths of three high-ranking members of the Night Watch two months ago further exacerbated this situation.

"Once every two weeks, how many people do you provide to them each time?" Gu Chen asked in a low voice.

"Each time there are more than ten people. These demon forces are mainly composed of nine groups, known as the Nine Kings Mountain. The rest are just some scattered demons, none of whom are above the second level of the Innate Realm," Qian Shen said. "We mainly hand over people to the nine groups of demons in the Nine Kings Mountain, and at different times we hand them over to different demon kings."

"When will the next round of people be handed over, and to which faction? Will the government be responsible for arresting these people?" Gu Chen asked Qian Shen.

"No, it's the Black Wolf Gang, a local gang, that's doing it. The government just turns a blind eye," Qian Shen explained. "The next batch of people to be handed over will be in three days, at Qing Gou Ridge in Jiu Wang Mountain."

The officials of Luo'an County would naturally not personally arrest people and send them to the demons.

The agreement reached between the Wild Wolf Gang and the demons.

This will prevent the demons of Jiuwang Mountain from coming out to eat people and causing panic and chaos.

The government could only acquiesce.

"Understood." Gu Chen understood and looked at Qian Shen, saying, "Have someone inform the Black Wolf Gang that from today onwards, they must not arrest anyone anymore. Release all those who were arrested before and have not yet been sent to the demons."

"Yes." Qian Shen obeyed the order, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sir, if we don't let the Black Wolf Gang continue to capture people, when the agreed time with those demons arrives, they won't be able to hand over the people. If we can't negotiate with the demon race, how will we deal with those demons coming down the mountain to eat people indiscriminately?"

"Just do as I say, and I will personally negotiate with those demons," Gu Chen replied calmly.

"Yes." Qian Shen withdrew and appointed two night watchmen.

He left the Night Watch with him and headed to the Black Wolf Gang.

The notice has been issued.

Gu Chen looked at Duan Xingchen: "Go down and compile a detailed intelligence report on the demonic forces in Jiuwang Mountain within Luo'an County for me."

"Yes, sir." Duan Xingchen obeyed.

"The rest of you, follow Zhong Hao and deal with the remaining scattered demonic forces besides Jiuwang Mountain. Eliminate them as much as you can, and for those you can't eliminate, don't let them continue to harm people in Luo'an County."

"Yes, sir." The crowd obeyed and followed Zhong Hao away.

All ten watchmen, except for Zhong Hao, were at the first level of the Innate Realm.

The strongest one, currently ranked second among the ten Night's Watchmen, only possesses the strength of the first perfect stage of the Innate Realm.

In the past, they were sent to deal with these demonic forces on their own, even if they weren't the main demons of Nine Kings Mountain.

They all dared not do it.

However, with Zhong Hao, a late-stage second-level Innate Realm expert, by their side, they had a certain degree of confidence.

Otherwise, going there would be pointless, and you might even be killed by those demonic forces.

After everyone left.

Gu Chen had his guards take him to find out where he would stay in the Night Watch.

As the head of the Night Watch, he lived not far from the Night Watch's office.

It was in a house behind the house.

This residence is very large, no smaller than the Cheng family's residence in Chiyang City.

Find a place to stay.

Gu Chen asked his two guards to search for him in Luo'an County.

Let's see where the Cheng family has chosen to establish their branch headquarters.

Once found, have the person in charge of the Cheng family's branch come to see him.

He has now settled in the Night Watch of Luo'an County and only needs to do three things.

First, eradicate all demonic forces within the territory of Luo'an County.

Second, find out who killed the former head of the night watch of Luo'an County and his two deputy heads, and see if they really died at the hands of demons, or if there is another hidden story.

If they died at the hands of demons, then which faction killed them? Why did they kill the three of them? Is there some powerful demon behind them?

Third, we must continue our cooperation with the Cheng family and ensure that the path of earning money through alchemy is not cut off.

Gu Chen took out a copper bowl.

Put in the silver.

"I want to exchange for information about the real killer who murdered the former head of the Night Watch of Luo'an County and his two deputy heads," Gu Chen communicated with the copper bowl.

The copper bowl gave a hint: to exchange for this information, five hundred taels of silver would be required.

Gu Chen was somewhat surprised that there were so many. Could it be that the information involved some complicated murderers and had a wide reach?

After exchanging information with the copper bowl multiple times, Gu Chen understood.

The more powerful and influential the factions involved in the information to be exchanged, the more silver is required.

At the same time, if the information is completely unrelated to him and has no causal relationship, exchanging it will cost a lot of silver.

Gu Chen put in five hundred taels of silver and chose to exchange it.

The silver disappeared, and the copper bowl immediately gave a clue:

The murderer who killed the three was Gong Yi, the deputy director of the Night Watch of Linbian City. The demons of Jiuwang Mountain were merely accomplices. Gong Yi's cultivation was at the peak of the fifth level of the Innate Realm, and he was about to break through to the True Essence Realm. He needed the spiritual medicine Condensing Essence Flower to break through. The Condensing Essence Flower, when nourished with human blood essence, could increase its age and potency, thus increasing the chance of breakthrough. Of the people captured by the Black Wolf Gang, only half were sent to the demons, and the other half were sent to Gong Yi. The director and two deputy directors of the Night Watch of Luo'an County blocked his way, so they were eliminated.