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

Back in Luo'an County.

It's only afternoon.

It can also be used for alchemy.

evening.

The Night Watchmen of Luo'an County and the members of the Black Wolf Gang returned.

The news that Gu Chen had wiped out the remaining two demonic forces of Jiuwang Mountain spread.

From then on, all demons within the territory of Luo'an County were completely eradicated.

Countless people cheered.

The magistrate of Luo'an County was overjoyed.

Because of the demonic disturbance, many trade routes and foreign trade in Luo'an County have been affected.

The demonic threat has now been resolved.

Once Luo'an County is able to communicate normally with the outside world, its economy in all aspects will recover in a short period of time.

The magistrate directly ordered someone to take 10,000 taels of silver from the treasury and send it to Gu Chen.

At the same time, all the night watchmen of Luo'an County were rewarded.

Gu Chen accepted the ten thousand taels of silver with a clear conscience; it was what he deserved.

That night, the Black Wolf Gang and the Night Watchmen took the materials from the tiger and turtle demons and sold them, then sent the money to Gu Chen.

There are more than 16,000 taels.

In addition, there was the ten thousand taels sent by the county magistrate.

Gu Chen now has more than 51,000 taels of silver on him.

Unprecedented wealth.

That night, Gu Chen was in his room.

Place the first-grade martial art of the Traveler, "Flying Snake Step," into the copper bowl.

[To exchange for a perfect level of "Flying Serpent Step" enlightenment, three thousand taels of silver are required.]

Gu Chen put the silver into the bowl.

Choose to redeem.

In an instant, a vast amount of martial arts insights were poured into his mind.

This will allow him to directly comprehend this martial art to its fullest extent.

With the current reserves of Five Elements Thunder True Essence within his body, plus the reduced consumption of True Essence by the Flying Serpent Step at its perfect level.

He can directly use his true energy to fly forty or fifty kilometers.

Gu Chen took out the cultivation technique for the fourth realm of the Traveler, "Four Beasts Celestial Phenomena Technique".

The next step is the True Essence Realm.

First, one must comprehend the technique.

Gu Chen flipped through the introduction of this cultivation method. This method uses the power of the four sacred beasts, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, to open up the meridians, acupoints, and dantian as containers to cultivate the storage of true essence step by step.

The True Essence Realm opens up the meridians; the Breaking Aperture Realm opens up the acupoints; the Transforming Sea Realm opens up the dantian and transforms qi into a sea; the Forming Elixir Realm condenses qi into an elixir.

The True Essence Realm corresponds to the cultivation technique "Azure Dragon Meridian Opening Chapter".

Cultivating the Azure Dragon phenomenon draws in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, tempering the mortal energy within the body into true essence. This true essence is used to open up the meridians throughout the body, which are then used to store the true essence. The power of the Azure Dragon's growth nourishes the physical body and meridians, laying a solid foundation for cultivation.

Furthermore, activating the Azure Dragon Phenomenon during battle can amplify one's combat power.

This greatly enhances the power of the martial arts techniques one can use.

Place the technique into the copper bowl.

Copper bowl tip:

[For one thousand taels of silver, one can comprehend the "Azure Dragon Meridian Opening Chapter."]

"As expected of a True Essence Realm technique, it costs a thousand taels of silver to comprehend it." Gu Chen put in the silver and chose to comprehend it without hesitation.

This technique was practiced by the head of the Night Watch, and to this day, no one else has been able to master it.

After cultivation, one can witness the extraordinary phenomenon of the four sacred beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

It can greatly enhance combat power when activated.

The silver in the bowl disappeared.

Gu Chen comprehended this cultivation technique.

Gu Chen sat cross-legged.

As he circulated his cultivation technique, a phantom image of a blue dragon appeared behind him; this was the azure dragon phenomenon.

Relying on this azure dragon phenomenon, he can directly and continuously absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body, and then transform it into true essence to open up all the meridians in his body.

This newly born true essence is a fusion of entirely new attributes, possessing the domineering destructive power of the Five Elements Thunder True Essence and the vitality of the Azure Dragon True Essence.

Extremely powerful.

However, relying on cultivation techniques to slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation results in extremely slow progress.

If you want to quickly improve your cultivation level, you have to use the copper bowl to exchange for cultivation points.

The next morning.

Gu Chen then left Luo'an County and headed to Zhenshi County.

Arrive in the wilderness.

Gu Chen took out the disguise material from the copper bowl.

They put on a human skin mask and changed into a robe.

Gu Chen planned to purchase fifty first-grade Condensation Pills for Travelers after arriving in Zhenshi County, so as to break through his cultivation to the True Essence Realm.

Let's go find Tie Yangtian again; that would be safer.

Gu Chen used his true energy to perform the Flying Serpent Step to travel.

Without flying, this footwork doesn't consume much true energy.

In one day, they arrived at the town of Zhenshi County.

Xuantian Pavilion is one of the three top institutions in Zhenshi County that sell elixirs.

It is an organization at the same level as the main branch of Baoyao Pavilion.

The force behind it is the Taoist sect.

All the cultivation elixirs for the four realms of the pilgrim are available for sale.

As long as you can afford the silver, you can buy the pills you want.

Gu Chen entered and immediately asked, "I'd like to purchase fifty Grade 1 Qi Condensation Pills at once. Is there a discount?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper in the pavilion said, "We can offer a 2% discount."

"How about a 5% discount?" Gu Chen asked him.

"Fifty pieces are too few. If it's one hundred pieces, I can give you a 5% discount." The shopkeeper shook his head.

"Okay, 2% off it is." Gu Chen took out 24,500 taels of silver.

One Condensing Essence Pill costs 500 taels of silver, so 50 pills would cost 25,000 taels. With a 2% discount, the price would be 24,500 taels.

It can save five hundred taels.

The shopkeeper accepted the money.

Upon entering the pavilion, they took out five small porcelain bottles and handed them to Gu Chen. Each small porcelain bottle contained ten pills.

I managed to buy the elixir.

Gu Chen left Xuantian Pavilion, opened an inn in the city, and took out a copper bowl.

Put the two Condensation Pills that were previously seized from Gong Yi into the copper bowl along with these fifty pills.

Fifty-two Grade One Qi Condensation Pills can be exchanged for 520 days of pure cultivation.

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

In an instant, a vast amount of cultivation power was poured into his body.

Gu Chen immediately activated the Azure Dragon Meridian Opening Technique, transforming it into true essence, and began to open up all the meridians in his body, creating a small channel in each meridian.

Behind Gu Chen, a strange phenomenon of a blue dragon appeared.

A phantom of a blue dragon coiled above his body, then guided his true essence along the meridians throughout his body, slowly flowing into his dantian.

Refining the mundane and impure energy within the body, each cycle of the body repeatedly tempers the true essence, removing impurities from the meridians, and the true essence is continuously compressed.

After all the cultivation was infused, the true essence in his body had transformed into a light blue liquid true essence, which was stored in his meridians and gathered towards his dantian, forming a preliminary true essence vortex within the dantian.

This caused the amount of true essence stored in Gu Chen's body to surge.

It is at least ten times that of before.

Having broken through to the True Essence Realm using the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique, the True Essence within the body is several times greater than that of ordinary cultivation techniques.

Early stage of True Essence Realm, reached!

A chilling aura emanated from Gu Chen.

His physical strength, defense, eyesight, hearing, and reaction speed all experienced a comprehensive surge.

If it were me against my past self.

Gu Chen could easily defeat it by using the Azure Dragon phenomenon without resorting to martial arts.

"Awesome!" Gu Chen stood up and clenched his fist.

Upon reaching the True Essence Realm, one is promoted to a true seventh-rank master.

He has finally found a real foothold in this world.

He has now reached the True Essence Realm.

The secret technique he had previously practiced to conceal his cultivation level, the "Mysterious Turtle Concealment Technique," had only reached a minor level of mastery and was no longer sufficient to conceal his current cultivation level.

To conceal the cultivator's cultivation level across the four realms.

Only a mastery of concealment techniques is required.

[The "Mysterious Tortoise Concealment Technique" can be obtained by spending 500 taels of silver to achieve mastery.]

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

The technique of concealing the black tortoise has been perfected.

He concealed his true cultivation level by operating the Concealment Technique, hiding it at the level of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm.

"I can go report to Tie Yangtian now." Gu Chen removed his disguise, changed into the bronze robes and attire of the chief of the Luo'an County Night Watch, and left the inn.

at this time.

Zhenshi County.

Inside the Prince's residence.

Tang Hong had previously sent envoys to Linbian City.

I returned today to report to him.

"Your Highness," the messenger said, "Gong Yi, the deputy commander of the border city's night watch, has not contacted me for several days. I suspect he is dead!"

"Because two days ago, the two remaining demon forces in Jiuwang Mountain within Luo'an County were wiped out by the newly appointed head of the Night Watch of Luo'an County."

"Gong Yi had previously said he would personally deal with him and stop him from destroying the last two demonic forces. Now that Gong Yi has lost contact and he has destroyed those two demonic forces, we will have no reason to arrest people in Luo'an County in the future."

Upon hearing this...

Prince Tang Hong narrowed his eyes: "You mean Tie Yangtian arranged for Gong Yi to kill that Tianyuan Shenju, whom I sent?"

"Excellent!" the envoy nodded.

"He has such great power that he wiped out all the demons in Luo'an County and killed Gong Yi?" Tang Hong pondered. "I remember there was a tiger demon in Luo'an County, the grandson of Tiger Seven, right? That tiger demon possessed a rare white tiger bloodline and could fight against early True Yuan Realm cultivators. How did he manage to kill that tiger demon and Gong Yi?"

"Gong Yi seems to have reached the half-step True Essence Realm as well!"

"I don't know." The envoy shook his head: "It is said that Yuan Shenju's realm was not the third level of the Innate Realm, but he had already reached the fifth level of the Innate Realm."

"The fifth level of the Innate Realm, Tie Yangtian is hiding his true intentions well. He's coming for me!" A cold glint flashed in Tang Hong's eyes. "You immediately go and deal with the people who helped us in Luo'an County before, without leaving a trace."

"Let's abandon the Luo'an County channel for now," Tang Hong ordered. "We can't let Tie Yangtian trace it back to me."

"Yes." The envoy nodded. "Then, should we eliminate this Tianyuan Divine Man?"

Tang Hong shook his head.

"With such talent, Tie Yangtian will definitely do everything in his power to protect him. We can't afford to offend the person behind Tie Yangtian."

"Let's handle it this way for now," Tang Hong said calmly.

"Understood." The messenger departed.

On Gu Chen's side.

He has entered the headquarters of the Zhenshi County Night Watch.

I met Tie Yangtian.

Report the situation to him.

"The former chief of the night watch of Luo'an County and his two deputy chiefs were killed by Gong Yi, the deputy chief of the night watch of Linbian City, in collusion with demons!"

"Behind Gong Yi is Tang Hong, the son of the prefect of Zhenshi County. Gong Yi killed three people, causing demons to roam the territory of Luo'an County. This allowed the Black Wolf Gang to use the pretext of stabilizing the demons to secretly capture people and extract their blood essence to nourish Tang Hong with various rare spiritual medicines. This is a gray industry chain controlled by Tang Hong."

"All demonic forces within the territory of Luo'an County have now been eradicated by me, and Gong Yi has also been killed by me. I have come to report back to you, sir!" Gu Chen said to Tie Yangtian.

After listening to Gu Chen's story.

Tie Yangtian's heart remained unsettled for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the demonic scourge in Luo'an County involved Tang Hong, the son of the county's governor.

"Colluding with demons and monsters, harming the people of my divine dynasty, and secretly capturing people for profit—what a fine Tang Hong, what a fine heir to the garrison!" Tie Yangtian's voice was icy cold.

He calmed down after a moment.

He looked at Gu Chen and said, "You did a great job on this; it's a huge achievement."

"Adding to the information you provided me last time about the Black Heaven Cult within Zhenshi County, I recently led my men to completely wipe out the entire Black Heaven Cult."

"These two merits combined are enough for you to be promoted one rank and transferred to a city to serve as the head of the city's night watchman's office."

"However, to serve as the head of the Night Watch of a city, one must have at least the strength of the fifth level of the Innate Realm. We can only leave you in Luo'an County to continue improving your cultivation. Once you break through to the fifth level of the Innate Realm, we will transfer you to take up your post."

Tie Yangguang said.

He realized that something seemed off.

Then, suddenly realizing what she'd just said, she looked at Gu Chen in shock: "You just said you wiped out all the demon scourges within Luo'an County, and killed Gong Yi, the deputy director of the Linbian City Night Watch, who was collaborating with those demons, right? I remember Gong Yi had the cultivation of the fifth level of the Innate Realm!"

"How did you do that?!" Tie Yangtian looked at Gu Chen.

"My lord, I have actually already reached the fifth level of the Innate Realm," Gu Chen replied.

Immediately, the aura of his perfected fifth-stage innate cultivation was released.

Tie Yangtian was so shocked that he was speechless.

Gu Chen, the newly appointed Tianyuan Divine Ruler who has been in office for less than a month.

His current cultivation level has actually broken through to the fifth level of the Innate Realm!

What an terrifying cultivation speed!

Where did this monster come from?!

How did he do that?!