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

"Leave your silver and resources behind, and you can leave," Gu Chen said. "I'm letting you go this time, but you won't be so lucky next time. Take care of yourselves."

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" The pirates hurriedly took out all the silver and pills they had on them.

Then he hurriedly ran towards the ship in Haikou.

Gu Chen blinked at them and said calmly, "This is our second meeting."

"You won't be so lucky this time," Gu Chen said.

The pirates running ahead were all stunned upon hearing this.

What's going on?

Gu Chen has changed his mind and is no longer willing to let them go.

They ran forward as fast as they could.

Gu Chen's sword energy followed.

None of them escaped; they all died under Gu Chen's blade.

He put away all the pills and silver.

Gu Chen unleashed his true essence, soaring through the air and leaving Iron Reef Island.

Now that he has obtained more than 60,000 taels of silver, he can directly purchase the second-grade Breakthrough Pill for travelers.

He broke through to the Breaking Aperture Realm and is now moving towards the sixth rank.

A master of the sixth rank.

It is a formidable force in the entire desolate state.

The deputy director of the Night Watch Division of a prefecture has this level of cultivation.

If one breaks through to the fifth rank.

He could then serve as the deputy chief of the night watchman's office in a prefecture.

Of course, he would need to have corresponding achievements first.

However, even if he achieves great merit, Gu Chen will not reveal his true strength so quickly.

Doing so is too dangerous; it could easily lead to being captured and dissected for research.

On his way back to Jiuwan City.

The city of Huangzhou.

Outside the Chief Inspector of the Desolate State.

Spies from many factions gathered with more cultivators from the desolate state.

Waiting for that moment to arrive.

today.

It's time for the Supervision Department to release its quarterly list of outstanding individuals.

The Imperial Censorate of the Divine Dynasty oversees the nine provinces of the world and maintains three lists.

It includes geniuses from all stages of their lives.

Those who make the list are the best among their peers.

Their future achievements will be extraordinary.

The list is updated every three months.

Outside the supervisory offices of the nine prefectures of the Divine Dynasty, the cities would be crowded with cultivators of the Divine Dynasty and spies from various forces.

I'm eager to know which brilliant talents have appeared on the latest list.

Have any of your own prodigies been included in the list?

There are three lists: the Human Ranking of Prodigies, the Earth Ranking of Supremes, and the Heaven Ranking of Heroes.

Most people focus their attention on the list of human prodigies and the list of geniuses.

Because the powerful figures included in the Earthly Supreme Ranking and the Heavenly Hero Ranking rarely change.

The competition is most intense only on the Human Ranking and the Prodigy Ranking.

Many young talents who failed to make the list enjoy relentlessly challenging other masters on the list.

He hoped to take his place and fight for his own reputation.

Especially when they see something unreasonable and think that the person made it onto the list by chance, they are more likely to become the target of their challenges.

Because that's the rule of the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

If you can defeat the person ranked on the leaderboard, you can take their place.

Some people's martial arts and skills are so powerful that they can defeat some of the top talents on the list. They will then issue a challenge and take the other's place.

They are also easily challenged by geniuses who possess their own unique skills and martial arts, and eventually replace them.

Intense competition and rivalry can also foster a strong culture of cultivation within the divine dynasty, thereby enhancing its overall strength.

May the divine dynasty stand firm like a pillar stabilizing the sea on the fertile land of the nine provinces.

The demons of the Ten Thousand Mountains, the barbarians of the north, the nomadic royal tribes of the west, and the pirates of the various island nations of the east were all firmly kept out.

At this time.

Outside the General Directorate of the Supervisory Office of the Wilderness State.

An inspector took out three lists and posted them in the corresponding posting positions.

A group of people hurriedly squeezed forward to copy it down.

It must be spread.

"Damn it, are you blind? You're squeezing me!"

"What's wrong with squeezing in? There's only so much space. If we don't squeeze in, what will everyone think?"

"You think you're right for squeezing me? You want to fight me one-on-one? If you're not happy, let's go outside and settle this later."

"One-on-one it is, I'm not afraid of you!"

A group of people huddled together, and soon an argument broke out.

The inspector in charge of posting the results watched this scene with great interest.

This scene occurs almost every quarter when the results are released.

He's used to it.

This week's Earthly Supreme Ranking and Heavenly Hero Ranking haven't changed much; it's still the same top players, only with one or two different rankings.

After all, the Earthly Ranking and Supreme Ranking only include strong individuals under the age of fifty, so there won't be much change in a short period of time; at most, the rankings will change.

The Heavenly Ranking, on the other hand, includes powerful individuals under the age of one hundred, making it even more difficult for its status to change.

It may change almost every few years.

Of course, once the Heavenly Ranking changes, it's estimated that some of the top three-rank experts from the Divine Dynasty will break through, which will cause quite a stir.

The group copied down the list of human prodigies and geniuses and quickly discovered some changes.

"Wen Wushuang, the young master of the Wen family, a top-tier family in the Desolate State, has actually broken through to the early stage of the True Yuan Realm and risen to 499th on the Prodigy Ranking!"

"Xu Xianghu, the little immortal of Tianyan Palace, has also changed his ranking and has risen to seventy-ninth. He is only twenty-four years old now, and his realm has already reached the perfection of the Breaking Aperture Realm. If he can step into the Transformation Sea Realm in the next year, he will be able to enter the top fifty. It's terrifying. He truly deserves to be the most dazzling genius that Tianyan Palace has produced in recent years."

"Qiu Xuanji of the Taoist sect and Xuan Kong of the Buddhist sect, the leading figures of these two sects, along with the sixteenth prince of the Divine Dynasty, have dominated the top three of the rankings for over a year. The three have been competing with each other for so long. I wonder who among them will be able to break through to the Core Formation Realm and reach the fourth rank in the remaining time, and determine the winner before leaving the Heavenly Pride Ranking."

"Look, Liu Chen, the prodigy of the Qingyun Sword Sect, has dropped one place to 501. His previous position has been taken by someone else. Who is this Gu Chen? I've never seen him on the list before."

"Are you blind? It says on the sign that he is the head of the Night Watch of Nine Bays City, and his cultivation level is at the peak of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm."

Everyone was immediately drawn to the news that Gu Chen had entered the rankings.

They were all powerful forces and independent cultivators within the desolate state.

They naturally pay more attention to the situation of people from the desolate state making it onto the list.

The list includes the following information about Gu Chen:

Name: Gu Chen

"Realm: Perfected Fifth Realm of Innate Stage"

Rank: 500th.

"Battle record: Killed a demon at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, and a giant tiger king with mutated white tiger bloodline."

"Affiliation: Night Watch, Chief of the Night Watch of Nine Bays City"

Combat strength rating: Early stage of True Essence Realm!

"Goodness, a perfect fifth-stage Innate Realm cultivator can kill a demon with a mutated bloodline. His combat strength is rated as early True Essence Realm. No wonder he can rank 500th and push Liu Chen down one place." A cultivator from the Desolate State exclaimed.

Another prodigy has emerged in the desolate state.

Demons are naturally strong. Most of these demons with special mutated bloodlines can reach the early stage of the True Essence Realm in terms of combat power.

Gu Chen was able to kill it.

It's normal for his combat strength to be rated as the early stage of the True Essence Realm.

Liu Chen of the Qingyun Sword Sect has reached the peak of the fifth level of the Innate Realm, a step closer to the True Essence Realm, and has already transformed a considerable amount of True Essence within his body.

However, the Heavenly Pride Ranking is based on strength and battle record, not on cultivation level.

Although his cultivation level had reached the half-step True Essence Realm, he had never defeated a being at the peak of the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

Gu Chen was present, so the Inspectorate placed him after Gu Chen.

The Prodigy Ranking only includes those who are ranked among the top 1,000 in strength across the entire Divine Dynasty and the Nine Provinces before the age of 25.

The competition is fierce.

The Divine Dynasty boasts countless geniuses.

Aside from the first dynasty, two gates, three outside, four clans, and five lineages.

There are also six palaces, seven halls, eight factions, nine top streams, and ten merchant guilds.

In addition, the sects and aristocratic families within each state generally start at around nine hundredth place on the list of prodigies.

Then it rises step by step.

It's rare to see someone like Gu Chen, who, on his very first appearance on the list, leaped over the next 500 geniuses to enter the 500th position.

Information about Gu Chen.

It was immediately collected by various sects and powerful families within the desolate state.

I want to see how he managed to kill a mutated tiger demon with the combat power of the early stage of the True Essence Realm while only at the peak of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm.

At the same time, investigate his age and background.

Those who can directly become the head of the city's night watchman's office and obtain the rank of seventh-grade official must have an extraordinary background.

I never expected that they hadn't paid attention to this person before.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen...

I know absolutely nothing about this.

He returned to the Night Watch of Nine Bays City in the afternoon.

He was quick today and got back in just one morning.

Gu Chen approached Liang Xiaoyun.

"Did you inform the Liuyun Chamber of Commerce, the Yu family, and the Qiao family this morning? Did they send anyone to check on Duya Island?" Gu Chen asked.

"We've been notified," Liang Xiaoyun said. "They've already sent people to investigate, but the people they sent might not be back until tomorrow. They said they'll give us an answer then."

Speaking of this, Liang Xiaoyun became curious again.

How did Gu Chen manage to find out the pirates' hideout and wipe them out in just one day?

Could it be that behind Gu Chen there really is a fourth-rank servant like the former director?

"Just go." Gu Chen nodded.

The reason he had Liang Xiaoyun notify these forces afterwards was because...

This was because these forces had promised him before.

After he wipes out the pirates for them, they will even give him silver as a tribute.

And it's double.

They had previously given him a total of over ten thousand taels of silver, and afterwards they gave him double that, bringing the total to over twenty thousand.

We can't let this money slip by.

Gu Chen looked at Liang Xiaoyun and continued, "Now, go and inform the other three families: the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, the Tianwan Gang, and the Zhu Family. The pirates who robbed these three families were the same group, and they have all been wiped out by me today."

"The pirates' base is on Iron Reef Island, 300 miles south of the coastline of Sikou Town, Dongdao County, Jiuwan City," Gu Chen explained. "There are still supplies on that island that were looted from the three families before. Sending ships there can recover some of the losses."

"Okay." Liang Xiaoyun nodded and said, "I'll go and inform them right away."

The shock she felt was beyond measure.

The pirates who plundered the other three families have also been found.

And it was also resolved.

Gu Chen only went out for half a day today and got it done.

The efficiency is even faster than yesterday.

Could it be that Gu Chen has been having someone working for him all along?

Only in this way can such efficiency be achieved.

Otherwise, how could it be so fast?

It was as if Gu Chen knew in advance where the pirate bases of these three families were located.

We just went straight there and wiped them out.

She was shocked, as she was.

Gu Chen wouldn't explain it to her.

This kind of thing is impossible to explain.

She can figure things out if she wants, but it doesn't matter if she can't.

Anyway, it won't affect him.

Gu Chen then left the Night Watch and returned to his residence.

Upon entering the mansion.

In the courtyard of the mansion.

Wei Zhong immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Old Master, you're back!"

Gu Chen nodded and said to him, "Go and call Miss Cheng here. I need to speak with her."

"Yes." Wei Zhong turned and left.

Although Gu Chen told him yesterday that he didn't need to refine pills today, he still came.

He was afraid that if Gu Chen needed his help, it would be inconvenient for him to be away.

If you're going to be a subordinate, you have to be prepared to be one.

The boss can let you rest, but you can't rest yourself.

You have to always be thinking that the boss might need you and be ready to complete any tasks assigned by the boss.

Only then can you make the boss think that you are a capable subordinate, and he will also give you benefits.

After Wei Zhong left.

Gu Chen entered the mansion.

He took out the copper bowl. He had enough silver now, except for the 60,000 taels he spent on buying the Breakthrough Pill to break through his cultivation level.

With the extra silver, he could go and study the second chapter of the Black Iron Red Copper Vajra Body, the Red Copper Body.

The Crimson Copper Body is said to be able to withstand attacks from the fourth level of the Path of the Fallen.

If he succeeds in his cultivation...

He can withstand attacks from anyone, even those below the fourth rank.