Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start Chapter 63: Chapter 61: Promotion to Metropolitan Procurator

The next day, Luo Feng left Huaiyang City, and after his departure, Gu Chen also left, planning to spend so ti traveling around Li Mountain County to complete the final task of his tropolitan Procurator assessnt.

Fortunately, Gu Chen had intelligence provided by Jing Tian Departnt, giving him a rough understanding of the area where demons were active. Otherwise, Li Mountain County was so vast—with over a dozen cities on the scale of Huaiyang City—that a aimless search would take more than a month and waste a trendous amount of ti.

Thus, after spending half a month, Gu Chen thoroughly eradicated the demons in the vicinity and completed his tropolitan Procurator assessnt task, then returned to Tiandu.

Looking at the majestic city before him, towering like great mountains, no matter how many tis he had seen it, Gu Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. It was unimaginable how much manpower, material resources, and wealth were expended in building this city in the old days.

Entering Tiandu, Gu Chen first went back to his ho, changed his clothes, and rested for a while to restore his condition to its peak.

After all, his return to Tiandu involved a long journey, naturally filled with the dust and wear of the road.

Later, Gu Chen headed to the Jing Tian Departnt and arrived in front of the pavilion. After a junior official announced his arrival, Gu Chen once again entered the grand hall and t the commander of Jing Tian Departnt's external operations in Tiandu, Commander Chen Yu.

Chen Yu wore a blue robe, his appearance dignified and handso, sitting at the head of the hall, engrossed in a page of scripture in his hands.

Gu Chen could see clearly that it was a martial arts manual. Given Commander Chen Yu's rank, the manual that caught his interest was at least superior-grade, or even a Superior Martial Skill.

Gu Chen's Horizontal Training skill was a superior-grade martial art, and he had only attained the introductory level but already possessed such formidable power. It was beyond imagination how powerful a legendary Superior Martial Skill could be?

But such things were still far too distant for the present Gu Chen; the gap between him and Chen Yu was just too great.

"I've seen Commander Chen," said Gu Chen, standing at a lower position and bowing with cupped hands.

Upon seeing Gu Chen's arrival, Chen Yu put the martial arts manual aside, and in his admiring gaze towards Gu Chen, there was no attempt to conceal his praise, "You perford very well in this assessnt."

Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged, neither servile nor overbearing, "Commander Chen flatters ."

Chen Yu smiled slightly, "As I've said before, talent is talent; you don't need to be modest. One of your tasks for the tropolitan Procurator assessnt was rely to find evidence that Zheng Jinan is a demonic cult martial artist, but unexpectedly, you ended up killing him directly, as well as a ghost-rank demon, overachieving the task.

This also spares Jing Tian Departnt the trouble of dealing with him."

"You must understand that when it's ti to be fierce, you must be fierce; otherwise, others will see you and think you are easy to bully."

Hearing this, a hint of a smile appeared on Gu Chen's face, "Thank you for the guidance, Commander Chen."

"It's nothing."

Chen Yu shook his head slightly; there was not a leader who did not appreciate a genius, especially in a place where strength reigned supre like Jing Tian Departnt.

He was well aware of Gu Chen's exploits in Li Mountain County; defeating Zheng Yan, slaying Zheng Jinan and the ghost-rank demon, both achievents were exceptionally dazzling, no matter which one was considered.

At the sa ti, he knew that for Gu Chen to accomplish this as a ridian Opening realm practitioner, he must have opened at least forty ridians in his body, a feat rare in the world.

However, Chen Yu did not pay too much attention to it. In his own ti at the ridian Opening realm, he had opened up to fifty-three ridians, just three shy of the realm's limit.

Of course, those three were a chasm apart, like ditches in the heaven.

But indeed, Gu Chen was remarkable. Having been in the ridian Opening realm for only a few months, he had improved so quickly. Chen Yu did not believe that Gu Chen had no fortuitous encounters.

However, he did not intend to pry. There weren't many but also not too few thods to accelerate one's training in the ridian Opening realm. Moreover, each genius had their own fortunes, and he had his as well.

At this mont, Chen Yu said, "Are you aware that recently, the entire Jianghu has been talking about your na?"

Gu Chen was slightly surprised upon hearing the words. Seeing his expression, Chen Yu smiled and explained, "By defeating Zheng Yan, in theory, you have qualified to ascend the Star Rankings, taking Zheng Yan's place. However, you have also consecutively killed two Outer Qi warriors and a Yu-level demon.

On the Star Rankings, Diancang Pavilion holds you in high esteem, placing you eighth right from the start, squeezing out Yu Qiushi of the Canghai Sect."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen imdiately understood. He had heard of Diancang Pavilion and the Canghai Sect, but he knew nothing about this Yu Qiushi.

"Eighth on the Star Rankings is certainly not low," Chen Yu glanced at him.

"This is also thanks to my late father, who left a set of superior martial skills," Gu Chen said. "I have been studying it for years and finally reached the entry-level realm recently. It is for this reason that I was able to defeat Zheng Jinan and Zheng Yan."

Gu Chen said this to avoid revealing the astonishing fact that he had already opened fifty ridians in the channel-opening realm. After all, it was common knowledge that within the entire Nine Provinces, among the younger generation, those who could achieve this were exceedingly rare.

Indeed, the further one progressed in the channel-opening realm, the more difficult it beca to open new ridians. While it was not unheard of for soone to open forty ridians, every generation had a few individuals who accomplished this. However, to open fifty ridians in the channel-opening realm was so rare that sotis not even one person would erge in an entire era.

Chen Yu nodded slightly upon hearing this. With such an understanding, perfecting superior martial arts at this age, Chen Yu thought highly of Gu Chen's comprehension skills.

When it cos to cultivating martial arts, insight is the most crucial. Those with high insight can naturally grasp martial arts faster.

"Would you be willing to join my ranks?" Chen Yu suddenly asked.

Seeing Gu Chen slightly startled, Chen Yu smiled and explained, "The position of tropolitan Procurator is different from that of a patrol officer. You'll see once you enter the inner city, each tropolitan Procurator is led directly by a commander. Although I am stationed in the Jing Tian Departnt of the outer city, I do have my own personnel.

However, having just been promoted to commander recently, my staff is quite limited."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen imdiately clasped his hands in gratitude, "Thank you, Commander Chen, for your high regard."

Chen Yu had a pleasant personality and strong power. Most importantly, he was very young with a promising future. With his knowledge from a previous life, Gu Chen understood how crucial it was to follow the right leader in an institution like the Jing Tian Departnt that was directly under the control of the state.

Moreover, not knowing anyone else in the expansive Jing Tian Departnt apart from this one commander, Gu Chen decided it was much better to follow Chen Yu than to be randomly assigned within the departnt after entering the inner city.

Noticing Gu Chen's sensible response, Chen Yu was naturally very pleased. After all, there was also competition among commanders.

"Our ages are not far apart, and since you've joined my ranks, there's no need to call Commander Chen anymore, it sounds too impersonal. If you're willing, you can call Brother Chen from now on," Chen Yu said with a smile, evidently happy to have recruited a talent like Gu Chen.

"There are many extraordinary skills and treasures within the Jing Tian Departnt. Having just been promoted to tropolitan Procurator, you now have greater authority and can exchange for more treasures and skills. Among them, there's an elixir called 'ridian Opening Pill' within the departnt that works wonders for practitioners in the channel-opening realm.

With the rits from completing this mission, you should have just enough to exchange for it."

Gu Chen's eyes shone with joy upon hearing this and hastened to thank Chen Yu.

Chen Yu chuckled, "With the ridian Opening Pill, you still have great hope of opening fifty ridians in the channel-opening realm."

As for more than fifty, that possibility was extrely slim. Even Chen Yu, with the aid of the ridian Opening Pill and various opportunities, had only managed to open fifty-three ridians during his ti in the channel-opening realm.

Not having been able to open fifty-six ridians in the channel-opening realm was always a regret for Chen Yu.

"If there's nothing else, you may leave now. After exchanging for the ridian Opening Pill, go back and settle your thoughts. Report to the headquarters of the Jing Tian Departnt in the inner city tomorrow," Chen Yu said.

"Yes."

Gu Chen clasped his hands and then turned to leave. First, he went to the Hall of rit to exchange the rits from this mission for the "ridian Opening Pill" Chen Yu had ntioned, and then he picked up a new waist badge.

The tropolitan Procurator's waist badge was still black, with a large "Jing" character on the front. The only difference was on the back, where, aside from Gu Chen's na, his rank had changed from patrol officer to tropolitan Procurator.

Once everything was ready, Gu Chen did not return to Gu Mansion; instead, he went back to his own ho. After all, he had accumulated so rit points from this mission, and with the added help of the ridian Opening Pill from the Jing Tian Departnt, Gu Chen wanted to see how far he could progress this ti.