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

With Gu Chen's talent, he was able to be listed on the list of outstanding talents at the age of twenty.

When he is twenty-five years old, he will surely be among the top 100 on the list of outstanding people.

This level.

Generally, only the most outstanding geniuses in the Divine Dynasty, as well as the prodigies from the Buddhist and Taoist sects, those from beyond the mountains, beyond the towers, and beyond the heavens, can enter.

Few of the four major clans and five great families can even get in.

"You all flatter me too much," Gu Chen replied politely.

The food and drinks have now been served.

"I raise a toast to all of you gentlemen." Gu Chen raised his cup.

"No flattery, Lord Gu deserves it." The four quickly raised their wine glasses and toasted with Gu Chen.

Tonight's banquet.

The banquet was mainly for them to get closer to Gu Chen.

Amidst the praise of the crowd.

The banquet has ended.

Gu Chen became quite familiar with the four of them.

In the future, when we work together in the same city, it will be easier to ask for help from others.

Gu Chen returned to his residence that evening.

Take out the copper bowl.

Put the silver in.

"I need to exchange for information about the smuggling case that happened overseas from Jiuwan City a while ago. I need to know which force from the Divine Dynasty was smuggling goods to the island nation," Gu Chen transmitted the information to the copper bowl.

The copper bowl immediately provided feedback.

It will cost 10,000 taels of silver to exchange for this information!

Gu Chen received this feedback.

He was completely stunned.

Ten thousand taels, that's a lot!

Could it be that the power of the island nation and the divine dynasty is too terrifying, involving too many people, which is why so much money is needed?

Or rather, this matter does not currently affect his safety, and there is no direct causal relationship, so the price has been increased tenfold.

He only had a little over three thousand taels of silver left, which was far from enough.

Gu Chen tried a different approach.

"I need to know if this case will affect my safety," Gu Chen asked the copper bowl.

The copper bowl indicated that exchanging this message would require one hundred taels of silver.

Gu Chen put the silver in.

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

【Won't.】

Just two words, simple and clear.

If that doesn't work, then there's no problem. Gu Chen felt relieved.

Surprisingly, it didn't affect his safety.

Then he doesn't need to meddle in other people's business.

Otherwise, if those at the higher levels don't handle it well, or if some of them are directly involved in the matter, it could lead to problems.

It wouldn't be good to end up with a lot of trouble.

The following days.

Gu Chen settled down in Jiuwan City.

The Cheng family arrived on the seventh day after Gu Chen took office.

After purchasing a new location in the city as her base, Cheng Mengling immediately went to report to Gu Chen.

At the same time, Gu Chen's alchemy furnace was transported to his residence.

"Brother Gu." Cheng Mengling brought a batch of medicinal herbs for alchemy.

She acquired them during this period.

After Gu Chenxin's new post location was announced.

She then instructed the Cheng family to begin purchasing medicinal herbs, so that it would be convenient for them to settle in after they arrived.

Gu Chen was able to refine pills.

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded. "Is everything settled?"

"It's all settled." Cheng Mengling handed the medicinal herbs to Wei Zhong: "This is one hundred and twenty portions of medicinal herbs."

"With the Cheng family's current business channels, they can sell about two hundred Bone Forging Pills, about four hundred Skin Tempering Pills, and about six hundred Qi and Blood Pills every month."

"Of these 120 portions of medicinal herbs, 20 are for Bone Forging Pills, 40 are for Skin Tempering Pills, and 60 are for Qi and Blood Pills," Cheng Mengling replied. "That's exactly the maximum amount you can refine in a month, Brother Gu."

"Okay." Gu Chen nodded.

He currently has over three thousand taels of silver on him.

One hundred and twenty doses of pills were refined in one month.

The reward for one dose of Bone Forging Pill is 360 taels of silver.

One serving of the Skin Tempering Pill costs 240 taels of silver.

One dose of Qi and Blood Pill costs 120 taels of silver.

The total reward for refining 120 portions is 24,000 taels of silver.

In addition, there was his three thousand taels of silver.

That's 27,000 taels.

His monthly salary was five hundred taels of silver, plus three sacrificial pills.

After he sells the sacrificial pill to Cheng Mengling, he can get six or seven hundred taels of silver, plus his salary of five hundred taels.

There were more than 28,000 taels.

To break through to the Perfection of the True Essence Realm, he needs 58 Condensation Essence Pills, which is 29,000 taels of silver. If he buys 58 at once, he can get a 3% discount, which will bring the price down to about 28,000 taels of silver, which should be just enough.

He only needs to survive for a month to have the resources to break through to the peak of the True Essence Realm.

He has just arrived in Jiuwan City to take up his post.

He didn't want to be too high-profile, like when he went to Luo'an County, where he made a big move as soon as he arrived.

Finally, Tiger Mountain Lord was brought out, resulting in the massacre of the entire village of Daya.

The next month.

Gu Chen spent his days refining pills in his mansion, keeping a very low profile.

All the miscellaneous tasks of the Nine Bays City Night Watch were handed over to Liang Xiaoyun and Lin Fei to handle.

Perhaps because he had just taken office, the demons and monsters in Jiuwan City were afraid of the power of his first three acts as a new official and did not cause any trouble.

No evil spirits or demons have caused any harm to people in Jiuwan City this month.

There have been no incidents of cult members harming people.

A piece of peace.

Of course, it's also possible that when the former Night Watch Chief was in office, all the demons and monsters within the territory of Nine Bays City were eliminated by the fourth-rank expert beside him.

No bad things happened.

Gu Chen was happy to have some peace and quiet.

end of the month.

Gu Chen refined all 120 portions of medicinal herbs that Cheng Mengling had brought at the beginning of the month into pills.

He received a reward of 24,000 taels of silver.

At the same time, he sold the three sacrificial pills, which were the salary of the Night Watch Chief for this month, to the Cheng family for 250 taels each, and obtained 750 taels of silver.

In addition, there was his salary of five hundred taels of silver.

Gu Chen currently has a total of over 28,600 taels of silver on him.

You can go to the county town to buy the Condensing Essence Pill to break through to the Perfect True Essence Realm.

Gu Chen left Jiuwan City directly.

Pills for those at the True Essence Realm or above.

He will no longer allow the Cheng family to make acquisitions for him.

It is easy to arouse suspicion.

He should go himself.

He originally intended to train Wei Zhong.

But Wei Zhong's talent was limited, and his growth was too slow, so he didn't feel comfortable letting him go and make the purchase.

Sending someone at the first level of the Innate Realm to buy him a Grade One True Essence Pill for a Traveler could attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

If they wanted to seize it, Wei Zhong simply couldn't protect it.

When Gu Chen went to buy pills, he always disguised them.

He reveals his true cultivation level, which deters those who might try to take advantage of him from making a move.

Gu Chen is currently in Yuehai County.

To buy the elixirs, they went directly to the city of Yuehai County.

Both are county-level city units.

There are institutions selling elixirs in Zhenshi County, and there are also in Yuehai County.

At Gu Chen's current speed, if he uses his true essence to travel the entire way, he can make a round trip in a day.

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

Upon arriving in Yuehai County, Gu Chen went directly to the institution that sold high-level pills.

Xuantian Pavilion is the organization whose backing is the Taoist sect.

There is also a branch in Yuehai County.

Gu Chen entered and asked directly, "I want to buy fifty-eight Grade One Qi Condensation Pills at once. Is there a discount?"

Upon hearing this, the staff member in charge of reception had a bright look in their eyes; a big client had arrived.

For a rogue cultivator like Gu Chen, the number of pills he buys each time he enters a county town is usually enormous. He can earn a commission of ten to twenty taels of silver for each pill he sells.

He was very happy to receive such independent practitioners.

The receptionist said, "There's a discount; we can give you a 3% discount."

"Okay." Gu Chen was too lazy to haggle anymore; even if he spent a lot of time negotiating, the price wouldn't be much different.

Gu Chen directly took out 28,130 taels of silver and handed it to him.

Fifty-eight Condensation Pills, after a 3% discount, that's all you get.

He had received money.

After entering the pavilion, he took out six small porcelain bottles and handed them to Gu Chen. After checking that the quantity of the pills was accurate, he handed them to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen left and went straight out of Yuehai County.

Return to Jiuwan City.

That night.

In his mansion.

Gu Chen placed fifty-eight pills into the copper bowl.

Fifty-eight Grade One Qi Condensation Pills can be exchanged for 580 days of pure cultivation.

Gu Chen chose to exchange.

In an instant, an immense 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 then continuously compressed and condensed his true essence into liquid true essence, storing it in the true essence vortex in his dantian.

All cultivation points have been transferred.

The true essence in Gu Chen's meridians had reached its limit and could no longer be increased.

The true energy vortex in the dantian and dantian is also solidified and cannot grow any larger.

It has reached its limit.

To go further, one must break through to the Breaking Aperture Realm, opening up all the acupoints in the body and allowing them to continue storing true essence.

Completely liquefy the true qi vortex in the dantian and dantian.

True Essence Realm Perfection, reached!

A terrifying aura emanated from Gu Chen.

Upon reaching the limit of the True Essence Realm, all attributes surged.

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

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

He can even fight against those in the early stages of the Breaking Aperture Realm who practice ordinary cultivation techniques and have average combat power.

His strength is already comparable to a sixth-grade expert!

The next step is to attempt to break through to the Breakthrough Realm.

"The exclusive cultivation pill for the Breakthrough Realm is the Breakthrough Pill, which costs one thousand taels of silver. If I want to break through to the early stage of the Breakthrough Realm, I will need about sixty pills, which is sixty thousand taels!" Gu Chen shook his head.

If he only relied on refining these three types of innate pills below the third grade for the Cheng family, it would take him at least three months to earn this much money.

Furthermore, reaching even higher levels in the future will require even more money.

I wonder if it's possible to obtain more advanced elixir formulas from other sources.

To make more money, you should refine pills of the fourth or even fifth grade of the Innate Realm.

Or, given his position as the head of the Nine Bays City Night Watch, could he perhaps obtain silver through other channels?

At this time.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

"Is the adult asleep?" It was Liang Xiaoyun's voice.

Gu Chen was puzzled; why was she coming to see him in the middle of the night?

"No, please come in." Gu Chen said to the outsider.

Liang Xiaoyun entered his mansion.

Close the door.

"Why are you here so late? Is something urgent?" Gu Chen asked, noticing her suspicious behavior.

"Hmm." Liang Xiaoyun nodded and whispered, "This can only be discussed with the adults at night, not during the day."

Gu Chen frowned. "What is it that you can't come to see me during the day?"

It will be at night.

Could it be that you've taken a fancy to my good looks and want to offer me warmth at night?

Liang Xiaoyun smiled, then reached into her clothes and touched her chest.

"Hey, don't be so direct, let's go into the room first!" Gu Chen immediately stopped him.

Liang Xiaoyun is just as beautiful as Cheng Mengling, and is even five or six years older than Cheng Mengling, which is the most mature and alluring age for a peach.

In addition, as the deputy director of the department, she naturally possesses a heroic spirit, which gives her a unique charm.

If she wanted to, she could do it herself.

"Ah, what? Come into the room?" Liang Xiaoyun asked in confusion, then took out a stack of silver notes from her clothes and handed them to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen was somewhat stunned when he saw the stack of silver notes she took out: "You put your hand inside your clothes to take out silver."

"Otherwise what?" Liang Xiaoyun asked, puzzled, before realizing what was happening.

It was the middle of the night.

She arrived unexpectedly, and as soon as she entered, she put her hand inside her clothes.

Continuing from what Gu Chen just said, she shouldn't be so direct and should go into the room first.

Her face immediately turned red.

Where did the adult want to go? That's not what she meant at all!