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

The Ancient Ape King was easily killed by Gu Chen with a single strike.

The three great ape demon generals were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly.

His hands, gripping the iron rod, were trembling.

Gu Chen walked towards them step by step.

Then he unleashed several more slashes.

The three-headed ape demon general followed in the footsteps of the ancient ape king.

The ancient ape king and the three great ape demon generals died.

All the ape demons on the scene began to riot and tried to escape.

"Stop them, don't let a single one escape," Gu Chen shouted to the group of night watchmen.

The Night's Watchmen received their orders.

The ancient ape king, who was at the fourth level of the innate realm, and the three-headed ape demon general, who was at the third level of the innate realm, have now been killed.

The remaining ones were all ape demons below the third level of the Innate Realm, and it was difficult for them to break through their blockade.

Gu Chen rushed towards the group of lesser demons who were not even at the Innate Realm, and unleashed the Burning Wood Blade Technique.

Terrifying blade energy raged, slashing wave after wave at the group of lesser demons.

Without reaching the Innate Realm, and without tempering their flesh and bones, their physical bodies were utterly vulnerable to Gu Chen's sharp blade energy.

They were all killed shortly afterward.

Then Gu Chen continued to attack the remaining ape demons at the Innate Realm.

After a while.

All the ape demon corpses fell to the ground.

Blood covered the entire summit of Deadwood Mountain.

Gu Chen sheathed his sword and said, "Today's demon-slaying mission is now concluded!"

"Take the materials off these ape demon corpses and exchange them for silver to bring back to me. I'm going back to take a bath first," Gu Chen said to the night watchmen. "I'm stinking from killing a day demon."

"Yes, sir." The Night's Watchmen obeyed.

They were filled with emotion.

The infamous nine demonic forces of Jiuwang Mountain were almost completely wiped out by their master in less than a month.

The remaining two groups will likely also attack them once their adults reach the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

At that time, the entire Luo'an County will likely be free of demonic forces.

This situation is probably unique among all the counties in the entire Divine Dynasty that border the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Gu Chen returned to the Night Watch of Luo'an County.

It was already close to evening.

Gu Chen told Wei Zhong to go back and rest first.

After killing demons all day, he lost all interest in refining pills.

Take a day off today.

After news of Gu Chen's annihilation of the three major demonic forces of Jiuwang Mountain reached Luo'an County,

This caused a sensation once again.

Gu Chen became famous in Luo'an County during this period.

He successively wiped out seven demon forces in Jiuwang Mountain. As for the other scattered demon forces outside Jiuwang Mountain, they were either killed or so frightened that they dared not stay in Luo'an County.

This set a record for the most demons killed in Luo'an County's history.

This gave the people of Luo'an County hope that the demonic scourge could be completely eradicated.

The magistrate of Luo'an County is not a benevolent official; it is only after Gu Chen that they become benevolent officials.

The next day.

Ding Wei of the Black Wolf Gang sold all the materials he had taken from the fox demons of Yin Huai'ao and the lion demons of Chiyan Peak for silver, and then sent the silver to Gu Chen.

The materials from all the demons in these two major demonic forces were sold for a total of over 11,000 taels of silver.

The materials from the group of ape demons on Drywood Mountain were stripped off by the Night Watchers, who sold them for over six thousand taels of silver.

In addition to the more than two thousand taels I earned from alchemy these past few days.

Now Gu Chen has more than 19,000 taels of silver on him.

He left 14,000 taels of silver to pay the Cheng family for the elixir.

Gu Chen planned to use the remaining silver to upgrade two martial arts techniques to the first rank of the Traveler level.

Now that he has reached the late stage of the fifth realm of the Innate Realm, he can generate a certain amount of true essence within his body.

It can unleash a portion of the power of these two martial arts techniques.

Let's improve our proficiency in these two martial arts techniques to prepare for any potential crises that may arise.

He ignored Gong Yi's warning, and Gong Yi might take action against him.

He should prepare early.

These two martial arts techniques are of the highest rank among practitioners.

He had mastered the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique to its highest level, and the Flying Serpent Step was at a lower level.

Gu Chen placed the manual into the copper bowl, conveying his desire to exchange it for the complete understanding of the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique.

Feedback on the copper bowl:

[Spend three thousand taels of silver to exchange for a complete understanding of the "Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique".]

Gu Chen put three thousand taels of silver into it.

Instantly, the perfect understanding of this sword technique was injected into his mind.

The more true energy is used to activate the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique, the greater its power becomes.

The Five Thunder Innate Skill he cultivates is one of the most difficult and top-tier cultivation techniques to master.

If he can condense his true essence ahead of time and reach the perfection of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm, he will be able to condense half the amount of true essence that a powerhouse at the early stage of the True Essence Realm can possess.

Furthermore, the destructive power of the Five Elements Thunder True Essence far exceeds that of the True Essence cultivated through ordinary techniques.

The Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique consists of four blade strikes.

It corresponds to the power from the early stage to the peak of the True Essence Realm.

The first move, the Evil-Slaying Slash, can be used against powerful individuals in the early stages of the True Essence Realm.

The second move, the Suppressing Fiend Slash, can be used against experts in the mid-stage of the True Essence Realm.

The third move, Demon Subduing Slash, can be used against powerful individuals in the late True Essence Realm.

The fourth move, Demon-Slaying Slash, can be used against powerful cultivators at the True Essence Realm.

Gu Chen was only at the late stage of the fifth realm of the Innate Realm. The true essence he possessed was less than half of that at the early stage of the True Essence Realm, only about a quarter of that at the early stage of the True Essence Realm.

It allows him to unleash the second move of the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique, the Demon-Suppressing Slash, once, and the first move of the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique, the Evil-Exorcising Slash, about four times.

It should be enough to deal with ordinary early-stage True Essence Realm cultivators.

There are still more than two thousand taels of silver.

Continue to exchange for proficiency in the Flying Serpent Step, a movement technique.

Gu Chen placed this unique lightness skill into the copper bowl.

Copper bowl tip:

[Spend 1,500 taels of silver to exchange for the enlightenment of mastering the "Flying Serpent Step".]

The copper bowl serves as a reminder.

Gu Chen took out 1,500 taels of silver and put it into the exchange option.

The silver disappeared.

This insight into the lightness skill entered Gu Chen's mind.

If he were to consume his true essence to activate a movement technique at the peak of its development...

With the amount of true essence he can currently utilize, he can fly a short distance.

After traveling approximately a few kilometers, the body's vital energy will be completely depleted.

It doesn't last long.

To truly fly, one must break through to the True Essence Realm or even higher.

At this moment, a message appears on the copper bowl.

The required level of mastery of the Flying Serpent Step is three thousand taels of silver.

The Flying Serpent Step at its perfect level allows him to unleash speed exponentially when he uses his true essence; however, the faster he can unleash his speed in a short period of time, the more true essence he consumes.

At the same time, using the Flying Serpent Step at the perfect level to fly will consume about half the true essence compared to the Great Perfection level.

However, he doesn't have enough money on him right now.

Gu Chen had no choice but to give up.

He spent 4,500 taels of silver to exchange for the perfected Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique and the advanced Flying Serpent Step, and now he only has 14,800 taels of silver left.

Fourteen thousand taels of silver were reserved to pay for the pills when the Cheng family's caravan returned.

We can only exchange it when we have enough silver.

today.

The last two remaining forces in Jiuwang Mountain, the Iron Turtle King's forces at Hanshui Pool and the Giant Tiger King's forces at Luanshi Slope, have joined forces.

Iron Turtle King ordered all the turtle demons from Cold Water Pool to temporarily move to Rocky Slope and gather with Giant Tiger King's group of tiger demons.

Gu Chen's annihilation of the forces of the Ancient Ape King, the Fox Demon King, and the Flame Lion King greatly frightened it.

It can withstand Gu Chen's attacks on its own.

The other turtle demons in the Cold Water Pool were no match for them.

Therefore, the turtle demons from Cold Water Pool should be moved to Rocky Slope to join the tiger demons of the Giant Tiger King.

Let's see what the Giant Tiger King plans to do next.

Should they go and eliminate Gu Chen, or simply lead the group of tiger demons away from Nine Kings Mountain?

If it's the former, it can also contribute.

If it's the latter, it can also escape along with them.

at this time.

In the rocky slope.

A member of the Divine Dynasty's Night Watch also arrived here.

It was Gong Yi, the deputy director of the Linbian City Night Watch.

"Didn't you say you'd handle Gu Chen?!" The Giant Tiger King was furious upon seeing Gong Yi. "If I hadn't believed you, the Fox Demon King, the Ancient Ape King, and the Flame Lion King wouldn't be dead. I could have dealt with Gu Chen myself!"

"He is one of the four chief officers of the Zhenshi County Night Watch Headquarters, and my threats have no effect on him," Gong Yi said.

"Since it's useless, what are you doing here tonight!" The Giant Tiger King looked at him. "Did you come to see us make a fool of ourselves? Of the nine demon kings, he's killed so many that only the two of us are left!"

"No, I'm here to tell you that there's no need to rush to move away from Jiuwang Mountain, nor is there any need to resort to desperate measures and deal with him yourselves," Gong Yi said. "I will personally take care of him."

"It won't be long before the Night Watch of Luo'an County is leaderless. You can continue to cooperate with the Black Wolf Gang," Gong Yi said.

Then they left the rocky slope.

Gu Chen ignored his advice.

They also slaughtered the three major demon forces of Jiuwang Mountain.

The crown prince was furious.

He has been ordered to deal with Gu Chen directly.

Even after the incident, Tie Yangtian, the chief of the night watch of Zhenshi County, investigated the matter.

The crown prince can also cover for him.

Gu Chen must die!

He has been at the peak of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm for more than half a year.

Some time ago, he used human blood essence to cultivate a Condensing Essence Flower and consumed it.

True essence has already condensed within his body.

Currently, the amount of true essence he has accumulated in his body is equivalent to about half of the initial stage of the True Essence Realm.

He has essentially reached the half-step True Essence Realm.

Once my cultivation level has stabilized for two days, I can directly attack Gu Chen!

In his view, Gu Chen was only at the mid or late stage of the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

Compared to him, who had already condensed true essence, those at the fifth level of the innate realm who hadn't condensed true essence were nothing but trash.

He can be killed easily!

Generally, those at the fifth level of the innate realm cannot condense true essence before reaching perfection.

Unless it's one of those rare geniuses who have cultivated top-tier techniques.

He didn't think Gu Chen was that kind of person.

Apart from He Xiangdong, no one else knew about Gu Chen's Five Thunder Innate Skill.

He was naturally unaware of this.

Three days later.

That night, Gu Chen had just finished refining the fourth batch of Qi and Blood Pills of the day.

Then, some of the Cheng family's strongholds in Luo'an County came to the Night Watch to ask Gu Chen for help.

"Lord Gu, something terrible has happened! A caravan belonging to the Cheng family has been robbed. The thieves are very powerful, and the Cheng family's retainers are no match for them. Please, sir, come and save them." The person who came was the manager of the Cheng family's stronghold in Luo'an County.

Aside from Cheng Mengling, he was the person in charge of collecting the pills that Gu Chen had refined from the Night Watch and paying Gu Chen the silver on weekdays.

"Such a thing is true!" Gu Chen was shocked.

But then I suddenly felt something was off.

Late at night, a caravan belonging to the Cheng family was robbed.

He suggested that the Cheng family come to him for help.

Isn't that too deliberate?

"Those are several masked men in black, extremely powerful. Even our Cheng family's newly recruited first-level Innate Realm retainer is no match for them and has been injured by them. Please, sir, make a move," said the Cheng family steward.

"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll grab my gear and come with you." Gu Chen returned to the house.

He noticed that Wei Zhong and the Cheng family steward outside did not follow him.

He took out a copper bowl and put in the silver.

"Who hijacked the Cheng family's caravan? What is the strongest level of this group?" Gu Chen asked the copper bowl.

The copper bowl shows an exchange rate of one hundred taels of silver.

Gu Chen put the silver in.

The person who hijacked the Cheng family caravan tonight is Gong Yi, the deputy director of the Linbian City Night Watch, whose cultivation level is at the half-step True Essence Realm.