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

Tie Yangtian, Peng Guang, and Jiang Ze led the Night Watch and the Divine Guard to retreat.

They left Luo'an County that same day.

Villagers from the border villages who were ordered to evacuate early yesterday have returned to their respective villages.

Luo'an County has returned to its former tranquility.

Only Gu Chen, the look in Tiger Seven's eyes when he looked at him, still occasionally surfaced in his mind.

If it weren't for his background...

They were targeted by a powerful demon like Tiger Master Seven.

He has been torn to pieces.

We need to be more cautious in the future.

The background provides strong protection.

But it's far less important than one's own strength.

If Tiger Seventh Master were the kind of heartless and insane demon who was determined to avenge his four sons at any cost...

He'll have to live in constant fear from now on.

Next, he was transferred to Yuehai County.

Gu Chen planned to keep a low profile, focus on improving his own cultivation level, and avoid getting involved in those dirty affairs.

The most important thing is to develop steadily.

The days that followed.

Gu Chen was at ease refining pills in Luo'an County, waiting for news of his appointment.

More than twenty days.

Gu Chen finished refining the remaining eighty portions of Qi and Blood Pills that the Cheng family had previously acquired.

He received a reward of 9,600 taels of silver.

In addition, there was the more than 20,000 taels he earned from selling the furs of the Tiger Mountain Lord's family after they were wiped out.

That's enough for him to buy pills to break through to the late stage of the True Essence Realm.

That day.

An envoy from Zhenshi County has arrived.

They sent him an official seal and an identity token.

In Yuehai County, the transfer procedures have been completed.

Luo Tianxing arranged for him to take up his post in Jiuwan City, Heiyan Prefecture, Yuehai County.

Received transfer notice.

Gu Chen contacted Cheng Mengling directly and asked her to start preparing.

The Cheng family will establish a new base in Jiuwan City.

The messenger who came to deliver the message to Gu Chen brought him not only an official seal and an identity token.

They also brought him a letter.

It was given to him by Luo Tianxing.

That's roughly the idea.

After arriving in Yuehai County, Gu Chen was instructed to first visit him at the County City Night Watch, and then proceed to Jiuwan City to assume his post.

On that day, Gu Chen bid farewell to all his former subordinates in Luo'an County.

They set off immediately.

He set off alone.

He had already arranged for Wei Zhong and the Cheng family's merchant caravan to transport his alchemy furnace there.

Wei Zhong is now enjoying a plentiful supply of elixirs.

His strength has already broken through to the first level of the Innate Realm.

However, he was practicing a common innate cultivation technique obtained from the Cheng family.

Martial arts are the same.

His gecko wall-climbing technique was too advanced; even with his personal guidance, Wei Zhong was still unable to master it in a short time.

We can only take it slowly.

Gu Chen acted alone, not with the Cheng family caravan.

The reason is that he needs to take a detour to Zhenshi County City first to buy a batch of pills to break through his cultivation level, and then go to Yuehai County from Zhenshi County City.

He was about to take up his post in Yuehai County, and nothing was certain about what would happen next.

Naturally, he would first convert the silver he possessed into cultivation points before going there.

Although in Yuehai County, one can obtain the protection of Luo Tianxing, a fourth-grade Core Formation Realm cultivator, the protection of an outsider is ultimately an external force.

It's impossible for others to be by his side every moment.

The stronger you are, the more secure you will be.

On the way, Gu Chen changed his clothes and disguised himself so that no one could recognize his true face.

Upon arriving at Zhenshi County, Gu Chen went directly to Xuantian Pavilion.

He asked, "I'd like to purchase fifty-six Grade One Qi Condensation Pills at once. Is there a discount?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper in the pavilion said, "We can offer a 3% discount."

"How about a 4% discount?" Gu Chen asked him.

"The maximum discount is 3%," the shopkeeper shook his head.

"Alright." Gu Chen took out 27,160 taels of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The total price of the fifty-six Condensing Essence Pills is 28,000 taels, which is reduced to 27,160 taels after a 3% discount.

There were more than 800 taels left.

If he could refine this pill himself, Gu Chen estimated that the cost would be at most three hundred taels per pill.

Unfortunately, he couldn't get his hands on the recipe.

It can only be purchased.

The shopkeeper accepted the money.

Entering the pavilion, he took out six small porcelain bottles and handed them to Gu Chen. Five of the bottles contained ten pills each, and the sixth contained six.

I managed to buy the elixir.

Gu Chen left Xuantian Pavilion and went directly out of Zhenshi County.

After confirming that no one was following them.

He found a secluded corner in the wilderness and took out a copper bowl.

Place fifty-six pills into a copper bowl.

Fifty-six Grade One Qi Condensation Pills can be exchanged for 560 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 to transform it into true essence, which he then used to further expand the meridians throughout his body.

A strange phenomenon of a blue dragon appeared behind him.

He continuously compressed and condensed his true essence into liquid true essence, which was then stored in the true essence vortex in his dantian and dantian.

Cultivation transfer complete.

The amount of true essence stored in Gu Chen's body surged.

Late 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.

His current reserves of true essence are enough to unleash the fourth form of the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique four times without any problem.

In addition, there is the amplification from the Azure Dragon phenomenon.

He can kill a True Essence Realm Perfection cultivator who practices ordinary techniques and has average combat power.

Even a stronger expert at the peak of the True Essence Realm would be evenly matched with him.

The next step is to break through to the Perfection of the True Essence Realm and then launch an attack on the Breaking Aperture Realm.

To break through to the Perfect True Essence Realm, one needs fifty-eight Condensation Essence Pills.

That's 29,000 taels of silver.

He still has more than three thousand taels of silver left.

We need to save it slowly.

After he goes to Jiuwan City to take up his post.

We can increase the production of high-level pills, and we should be able to save up enough money in a little over a month.

Gu Chen got up and left.

three days later.

He arrived at Yuehai County.

Upon entering Yuehai County, Gu Chen went directly to the Night Watch Division to find Luo Tianxing.

"Seventh Junior Brother, you've arrived so quickly." Luo Tianxing was somewhat surprised to see Gu Chen arrive.

He had just finished completing the formalities and sent them to Zhenshi County when Gu Chen arrived.

Yuehai County and Zhenshi County are separated by one county, and he thought it would take Gu Chen some time to arrive.

"I've already handed over the things over there, and there's nothing much to do. After receiving the message from my senior brother that the formalities had been completed, I set off directly here," Gu Chen explained.

"I see." Luo Tianxing looked at Gu Chen: "You can stay here tonight, and we brothers can have a drink before heading to Jiuwan City to take up our posts tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, senior brother." Gu Chen nodded.

As the head of the Night Watch of a prefecture, Luo Tianxing has his own residence in Zhenshi Prefecture.

That night.

At Luo Tianxing's residence.

A large table of food and wine was prepared, all of which were local specialties that Gu Chen couldn't get in Zhenshi County, such as seafood and monster meat. The two toasted each other and drank for a while.

Luo Tianxing said, "Junior brother, I'm arranging for you to take up your post in Jiuwan City. Two months ago, a case occurred, and I brought you over from Sixth Junior Brother's place because I thought you were very capable in this area and wanted you to help me share the burden."

"What kind of case is it that leaves you clueless, Senior Brother?" Gu Chen asked.

"A smuggling case," Luo Tianxing said. "This case occurred not long after the head of the Nine Bays City Night Watch was transferred two months ago."

"This smuggling case involves elixirs, healing medicines, spiritual herbs, and rare metal iron ore, which are strictly prohibited from being smuggled to island nations by our Divine Dynasty, and the amount involved is enormous," Luo Tianxing said solemnly.

"Although our Divine Dynasty has not prohibited trade with the island nation, the export of these military supplies to the island nation is strictly prohibited," Luo Tianxing said. "In recent years, due to the war waged by the northern barbarians, these island nations in the east have begun to stir and covet the fertile land of our Divine Dynasty."

"Island nations are resource-poor, with limited production of medicinal herbs, healing herbs, and rare metal ores. If they want to expand their army, they have to find a way to smuggle supplies from the Divine Dynasty."

"These supplies, once transported there, will be transformed into the hard power of those Japanese pirates, and may be used against our Divine Dynasty's army in the future!"

"Therefore, we must take such cases very seriously. Once the mastermind is found, no matter which faction of the Divine Dynasty it is, we will not let them off lightly," Luo Tianxing said.

"These people are really bold, daring to smuggle these strategic materials into the island nation!" Gu Chen narrowed his eyes: "Are there any leads in this case? Have we caught the smuggled goods or the people?"

"No, none of that happened." Luo Yangxing shook his head. "After we discovered that smuggling merchant ship, those Japanese pirate assassins detonated the explosives they had planted on the ship beforehand. The entire ship and all the Japanese pirates on board perished at sea!"

"We can only find out that the ship may have departed from the dock in Jiuwan City. We don't know which faction was trading with them here," Luo Tianxing said.

"Jiuwan City is one of the major seaports on the southeast coast. The Imperial Censorate and the Night Watch are keeping a close watch on the major coastal cities in the east, so the Japanese pirates can't smuggle here and have set their sights on this area."

"Jiuwan City has many salt merchants. One of the top ten trading companies, Sihai Trading Company, has a main branch here, responsible for distributing salt mines to the entire Divine Dynasty." Luo Tianxing's gaze sharpened as he said, "They are one of the most likely parties to trade with those Japanese pirates. Of course, the suspicion of other salt merchants cannot be ruled out."

"This case is currently being handled directly by the Yuehai County Magistrate. You can secretly help your senior brother investigate this case," Luo Tianxing said. "If you find any clues, don't alert the enemy or act on your own."

"Those who dare to smuggle these strategic materials to the Japanese pirates are definitely not ordinary people from the Divine Dynasty. The important figures involved may not care about Master's face. If they secretly attack you, it will be dangerous. If you find out anything, tell your senior brother in secret, and someone will naturally deal with them," Luo Tianxing reminded him.

"Understood." Gu Chen nodded. "I will keep an eye out for it. If I find any clues, I will not act on my own. I will report to my senior brother immediately."

Unexpectedly, even Jiuwan City is not peaceful.

This case involves a major case of smuggling military supplies to Japanese pirates in the Shinto direction.

The individuals involved may include some of the top powers in the Divine Dynasty.

These top forces.

It's not someone he can afford to mess with right now.

These forces dare to do such things in secret, they are not even afraid of the Divine Dynasty, so naturally they will not care about the face of his master, Shangguan Wuqing, who is only the chief of the Night Watch of the Desolate State.

He didn't want to get involved in this mess.

Although he outwardly agreed to Luo Tianxing's request.

But after that.

What he does is his business.

He could first use the copper bowl to try and exchange it for the mastermind behind the smuggling case.

However, if the forces involved are too powerful, too much money will be needed.

He would choose to give up directly.

Otherwise, you won't get much benefit and might even cause a lot of trouble.

Of course, if the amount of silver needed is not large, and it can be done without revealing his identity.

He wouldn't mind helping Luo Tianxing with this favor.

If we manage to crack this major case and expose and eliminate the traitors within the Divine Dynasty who collaborated with the Japanese pirates, it will be a significant achievement.

The two then discussed some more details.

After nightfall.

That was the end of the conversation.

The next morning.

Gu Chen then left Luo Tianxing's residence.

He left Yuehai County and headed towards Jiuwan City, where he was to take up his post.

He was about to begin his life as the head of the city's Night Watch.