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

Same as always.

On the road, Gu Chen maintained his good habit of changing his appearance and disguising himself so that no one could recognize his true face.

It's never wrong to be a little cautious.

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

"I'd like to purchase 62 Level 2 Breakthrough Pills for Travelers at once. What kind of discount can I get?"

Seeing that Gu Chen was dressed as a rogue cultivator, the person in charge of reception said, "The maximum discount is 3%."

"Alright." Gu Chen took out 60,140 taels of silver and handed it to him.

Sixty-two Breakthrough Pills, after a 3% discount, that's all you get.

He had received money.

After entering the pavilion, he took out seven 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 sixty-two Breakthrough Pills into the copper bowl.

Sixty-two second-grade Breakthrough Pills for Travelers can be exchanged for 620 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 White Tiger Breaking Acupoints Technique, transforming it into White Tiger Killing True Essence to open up the acupoints in his body.

His acupoints on his limbs have been opened and are now filled with true energy.

To break through from the early to the middle stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, one needs to break through a series of acupoints in the torso.

Gu Chen mobilized his true energy and, following the guidance of the cultivation technique, determined the locations of these acupoints.

Then, a white tiger phenomenon appeared behind Gu Chen.

A phantom of a white tiger stood above his body, guiding sharp true energy to continuously impact the acupoints of his torso.

The first acupoint was opened, and then instantly filled with true essence transformed from cultivation.

The second acupoint was opened and then filled.

The third.

the fourth.

……

After all the cultivation was infused, all the acupoints in his body were opened and filled with the true essence of the cultivation.

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

The minimum quantity is several times that of before.

Moreover, each time the physical body's acupoints are opened, it is cleansed and its strength greatly increases.

All physical attributes, including eyesight, hearing, and reaction time, are improved.

Reached the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Now he has reached a higher level.

However, he applied for two fourth-grade martial arts techniques.

They haven't come down yet.

Gu Chen estimated that it should be ready in the next few days.

It's more worthwhile to spend money to learn new martial arts than to master existing martial arts to a high level.

His Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique has now been perfected.

To break through from perfection to the level of divine mastery.

It requires 30,000 taels of silver.

It's a full ten times the distance from Great Accomplishment to Perfection, which is simply not worth it.

After all, even a master-level Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique is only comparable in power to the weaker martial arts of the sixth rank.

With the auspicious signs of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger, he could achieve the same effect when unleashing the fourth strike of the perfected Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique.

Let's just wait patiently for the two fourth-grade martial arts techniques we applied for to be granted.

At this time.

Outside Jiuwan City, in a small town, inside a hidden stronghold.

The three powerful members of the Yamamoto family were secretly discussing matters with Liu Zhao, the senior brother of the Yuehai County Mining Gang.

"The pirates on Iron Reef Island and Lone Cliff Island have all been wiped out, and it was the Night Watchmen who did it," Yamamoto Gangcun said. "The new Night Watchman of Nine Bays City, Gu Chen, has a very strong tracking ability. He may have already discovered that the pirates were trading with us."

"According to our investigation, it has only been a day since the six forces in Jiuwan City sought his help, and he has already located the bases of the two groups of pirates on Duya Island and Tiejiao Island. With such terrifying tracking ability, if we allow him to continue serving as the head of the Night Watch in Jiuwan City, our transaction will be discovered by him sooner or later!" Yamamoto Okamura looked at Liu Zhao.

These few years.

The Yamamoto family had been secretly trading minerals with Liu Zhao, the senior member of the mining gang.

However, they conducted it very secretly, and it was only exposed once two months ago.

But it wasn't detected.

Now, Gu Chen has come to Jiuwan City to serve as the head of the Night Watch.

It demonstrated such terrifying tracking capabilities.

They were genuinely afraid that Gu Chen would uncover some clues.

"This ancient dust is indeed a bit troublesome!" Liu Zhao frowned slightly after hearing Yamamoto Okamura's description.

"My Yamamoto family's Yamamoto Juichi was murdered on Iron Reef Island. I suspect that he was the one who led the men there to kill him. He may have had helpers secretly sent by the Yamamoto County Night Watch General, who may be here to investigate us!" Yamamoto Okamura narrowed his eyes.

Yamamoto Juichi has the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the True Essence Realm.

Gu Chen's cultivation level was only at the early stage of the True Essence Realm, so he couldn't kill him at all.

Furthermore, according to their examination of Yamamoto Juichi's body, he had taken two Blood Explosion Pills before his death, raising his cultivation level to a level comparable to the Perfect True Essence Realm.

He was still killed.

This only proves one thing.

Among those who went to Iron Reef Island to kill them that day were beings at the peak of the True Essence Realm.

There's more to Gu Chen than meets the eye.

"Gu Chen is Shangguan Wuqing's personal disciple. He has come to Jiuwan City to take up his post. Luo Tianxing, the chief of the Yuehai County Night Watch, is his senior brother. It is normal for him to secretly send experts to help him. Perhaps they are here to investigate the smuggling case that was targeted by the Yuehai County Night Watch a few months ago!" Liu Zhao said.

"Or, let's just kill him!" Yamamoto Okamura said coldly.

Even if Gu Chen wasn't the murderer of Yamamoto Juichi, who killed their Yamamoto family, he was still an accomplice.

It would be best to kill them directly.

"No." Liu Zhao shook his head.

"He is Shangguan Wuqing's disciple. If we kill him, the Night Watch will be furious. The forces they will use to investigate the case in Jiuwan City will be much larger than what we have now. It will be difficult for us to escape, and we could be easily caught up in the process."

"Then what do you suggest? If we don't kill him, it'll be easy for him to find out about us." Yamamoto Okamura looked at him.

"We won't kill him, but we can't let him stay in Jiuwan City any longer, otherwise we'll be exposed sooner or later, and he might not even be able to stay in Yuehai County." Liu Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly: "My junior brother seems to be in Jiuwan City. I have a plan."

Liu Zhao coldly said, "I guarantee that Gu Chen will not be able to stay in Jiuwan City, and he won't even be able to stay in the Night Watch."

The next day.

Nine Bays City, the Night Watch.

Early in the morning.

Then a middle-aged man came looking for Gu Chen.

Liang Xiaoyun led him directly to Gu Chen's residence.

The middle-aged man, holding an iron fan, arrived outside Gu Chen's mansion.

Liang Xiaoyun stepped forward to knock on the door.

The middle-aged man directly stopped him.

"I'll do it," he said to Liang Xiaoyun with a smile.

He then stepped forward and gently tapped the doorknob with the iron fan in his hand.

Inside Gu Chen's mansion.

Wei Zhong came out to open the door.

Upon seeing the middle-aged man, he was about to ask who he was.

The middle-aged man then jumped in.

Extremely fast.

He slipped past Wei Zhong and entered the mansion.

They headed towards Gu Chen, who was refining pills in the courtyard of the mansion.

Gu Chen, who was refining pills, sensed a figure approaching him.

I realized it instantly.

The Flying Serpent Step is executed.

He dodged to the side.

Then his cultivation exploded, the aura of the early stage of True Essence Realm spread out, and a blue dragon phenomenon appeared behind him, with a loud dragon roar resounding throughout the entire courtyard.

Gu Chen's all-around attributes have been boosted.

The alien true essence within his body surged forth and attached itself to Gu Chen's fist.

Then he threw a punch at the middle-aged man.

Even a mid-stage True Essence Realm cultivator would need to exert all their strength to withstand this punch.

The middle-aged man simply smiled.

He put his right hand, which was holding the iron fan, behind his back, and stretched out his left hand to gently and loosely grasp the terrifying punch that Gu Chen was throwing, catching it steadily.

Furthermore, the gentle true energy circulating in his left hand helped Gu Chen dissipate the force of inertia.

This prevented Gu Chen from being thrown back by the recoil.

He watched as the middle-aged man caught his punch steadily.

Gu Chen was greatly surprised.

Although he only unleashed the power of the early stage of True Essence.

They did not unleash their true strength.

But it's still shocking enough.

Gu Chen sensed that the power emanating from the middle-aged man was stronger than that of his fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing.

His fourth senior brother, Luo Tianxing, was a fourth-rank expert, and one of the top experts among the fourth-rank.

He's even stronger than Luo Tianxing, which means he might be a top-tier (or higher) level being.

Even if he unleashed his full power, someone of this level would still be no match for him.

I wonder where he came from, a master of this art.

About it.

Liang Xiaoyun and Wei Zhong had already rushed in from outside.

The middle-aged man rushed in the instant Wei Zhong opened the door.

Neither of them reacted.

When they came in.

The middle-aged man and Gu Chen had already started fighting.

They saw Liang Xiaoyun and Wei Zhong enter.

Just as Gu Chen was about to ask the two of them who this middle-aged man was,

The middle-aged man released Gu Chen's hand and said, "Junior Brother is indeed remarkable, with extraordinary talent. He has actually mastered the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique."

The middle-aged man smiled.

Gu Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.

The middle-aged man addressed him as his junior brother.

Could it be his senior brother?

He had just sensed that the middle-aged man meant him no harm.

I just wanted to test him.

If the middle-aged man had malicious intent, given his strength as a third-rank cultivator, he might already be dead.

"May I ask who you are, senior brother?" Gu Chen asked the middle-aged man.

His master, Shangguan Wuqing, had taken in six disciples before him.

The sixth disciple was Tie Yangtian, and the fourth disciple was Luo Tianxing.

He had never met the other four before, so he didn't recognize them.

"I am your second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan," the middle-aged man introduced himself.

It turned out to be my second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan.

Gu Chen slowly approached.

He stayed in the capital of Huangzhou for two days.

Shangguan Wuqing then told him about the situation of his six senior brothers.

Senior Brother Guo Feng works in the Supervisory Department and is at the peak of the second rank.

Second Senior Brother Gongsun Yuan, Deputy Director of the Night Watch Division of Huangzhou, with a mid-stage second-rank cultivation level.

Third Senior Brother Xiang Tianlu, works in the Divine Garment Division, and is at the third rank.

Fourth Senior Brother Luo Tianxing, Chief of the Night Watch of Yuehai County, is at the peak of the fourth rank.

Fifth Senior Brother Tong Shi serves in the Divine Guard Army and has a fifth-rank cultivation level.

Sixth Senior Brother Tie Yangtian, Deputy Director of the Night Watch of Zhenshi County, is now also at the fifth rank.

Unexpectedly, his second senior brother, Gongsun Yuan, the deputy director of the Night Watch Division of Huangzhou, came to Jiuwan City to look for him.

Gu Chen clasped his hands in a fist salute to Gongsun Yuan and said, "Junior brother greets second senior brother."

"We're fellow disciples, why are you bowing like that?" Gongsun Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, saying, "Junior Brother, your Second Senior Brother has come to inform you of a few things."

"Please speak, senior brother." Gu Chen stood up and nodded.

"Our master is about to relinquish his position as the chief of the Night Watch of the Wilderness State," Gongsun Yuan said.

"Why?" Gu Chen asked, "Wasn't Master doing a good job as the Chief of the Night Watch of the Desolate State? Why is he suddenly stepping down?"

"Haha." Seeing Gu Chen's puzzled expression, Gongsun Yuan explained, "Because Master took that step half a month ago, breaking through from the peak of the first rank to the Earth Venerable Realm, entering the ranks of super-grade experts. Next, he will be transferred to the Central Continent Night Watch Headquarters to serve as a Golden-Clad Night Watchman, becoming one of the Night Watch's high-level decision-makers."

"Master has broken through to the Earthly Venerable Realm, which is above the first rank!" Gu Chen was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Gu Chen had heard Shangguan Wuqing mention this before; he had been stuck on it for over ten years.

We've finally overcome that hurdle.

Upon entering the Earthly Venerable Realm.

Then they would belong to the club of top experts in the Divine Dynasty.

Their backers have become more secure, and the powerful figures they can rely on have become even stronger.

The hierarchy of the Night's Watch.

Apart from official positions.

It refers to a hierarchy.

The Night Watchers of the Five Innate Realms are the Iron-Clad Night Watchers.

The night watchmen of the four borders of the traveler are the bronze-clad night watchmen.

The Night Watchmen of the Three Realms of Sages are the Silver Watchmen.

Only those Night Watchers who reach the Heaven and Earth Supreme Realm will be promoted to Golden-Clad Night Watchers.

Once you reach the level of a Gold-Clad Night's Watchman, you no longer need to stay in the various states to serve as a high-ranking official in the Night's Watch. Instead, you will be transferred to the Night's Watch headquarters in the Middle-earth to serve as a high-level decision-maker.

Greater power.

They had the power to recommend and transfer officials of the night watch in each state.