Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

When Chen Yuan came to Jinshanfang City, it was noon.

After purchasing the pass token, he entered Fangshi and went straight to Baibao Pavilion.

In fact, only Qi Refining cultivators need to purchase the pass token, and Chen Yuan only needs to show his alchemy cultivation to gain access without any hindrance.

But he didn't want to be too ostentatious, so like other monks, he waited patiently in line for a quarter of an hour to buy the pass.

It was noon, and the Baibao Pavilion was bustling with people. The hall on the first floor was full of Qi Refining monks who came to buy magic weapons.

Facing the approaching female qi-refining cultivator, Chen Yuan released his qi and said calmly: "Is the shopkeeper of your pavilion, Pei, here?"

The attitude of the female qi refining cultivator immediately became respectful, and she led Chen Yuan to the third floor of Baibao Pavilion and met Pei Song.

After Chen Yuan left Yu Qinghai, he took off his gold mask and revealed his true appearance.

When Pei Song saw him, he immediately stood up to greet him, clasped his fists and bowed: "Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Chen is still as charming as ever. Please sit down and talk."

He was quite surprised by Chen Yuan's arrival, but not unexpected.

When the two were chatting before, Chen Yuan had said that although he was a monk in Hengzhou, he had no sect. He offended a medium-sized sect before coming to Renzhou, and he would practice in Renzhou from now on.

Chen Yuan clasped his fists in return, and the two of them took their seats respectively. Pei Song dismissed the Qi Refining female cultivator and poured the spiritual tea for Chen Yuan with his own hands.

Chen Yuan raised a cup to sip, and the two of them chatted some more and exchanged their cultivation experiences. Half an hour passed in a hurry.

Pei Song just smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen is here not just to catch up with Pei, right?"

Chen Yuan said seriously: "Fellow Daoist Pei has a keen eye. Chen came here with two things that he would like to ask Friend Pei to take a look at."

After that, he took out two shrunken ancient beast puppets from the mustard ring. One was intact, the other was severely damaged, and handed them to Pei Song.

Ever since Chen Yuan obtained these two beast puppets, they have been placed in a mustard ring and have not been put to any use.

When Kun Feng was ambushed before, he didn't have time to take out the wolf-shaped beast puppet, and it was useless to take it out.

The beast puppet can only exert the strength of a peak pill-forming monk, and is no match for Kun Feng.

This wolf-shaped beast puppet is useless in Chen Yuan's hands. The opponents he can defeat do not need to use the beast puppet, and the monks who cannot even deal with him will use the beast puppet.

So now that he was short of spiritual stones, he took out these two beast puppets and planned to sell them to Baibao Pavilion.

"This is...an ancient beast puppet?" Pei Song's eyes lit up, he took the beast puppet and examined it carefully.

The giant ape beast was heavily damaged, and Pei Song only made a cursory inspection, his eyes always falling on the wolf-shaped beast puppet.

"Sure enough, it is an ancient beast puppet. The materials used have long since disappeared, and the core is difficult to see." After a while, Pei Song withdrew his consciousness, raised his head, and was amazed.

Chen Yuan said: "Is Fellow Daoist Pei interested in the two beast puppets?"

Pei Song said without hesitation: "Of course! Such treasures are rare to see. Now that Pei has encountered it, he cannot miss it. Does fellow Taoist intend to sell it?"

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Yes, this wolf-shaped beast puppet is intact. Just put in a top-grade spiritual stone and it can exert its strength equivalent to that of a peak pill-forming monk."

"The damage to the other beast puppet is more serious, but many parts are still intact, and it is of considerable value. I would like to exchange it for some high-grade spiritual stones, please ask Fellow Daoist Pei to give me a price."

"How many spiritual stones does Fellow Daoist Chen want?" Pei Song pondered for a moment and then asked.

"Two thousand high-grade spiritual stones." Chen Yuan said calmly.

Pei Song frowned and said: "This ancient beast puppet is indeed rare, but its flaws are also extremely obvious. It requires the best spiritual stones to drive, which is very expensive."

"But its strength is only at the peak of Dan Jie. Yuanying monks can produce the best spiritual stones, but they can't use this beast puppet. Dan Jie monks can use the beast puppet, but it is difficult to produce the best spiritual stones. Two thousand yuan The price of high-grade spiritual stones is a bit high.”

"How many spiritual stones are you willing to give, Fellow Daoist Pei?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Thirteen hundred high-grade spiritual stones." Pei Song said, "I am an old friend with Daoist Chen, and I will not take advantage of you. This price is extremely fair. Other shops are not as financially strong as ours. The price of a hundred high-grade spiritual stones cannot be quoted.”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Fifteen hundred high-grade spiritual stones. This wolf-shaped beast puppet is not afraid of death and is the best bodyguard. I think there are many Nascent Soul monks who are willing to buy such a beast puppet for the younger generation to protect themselves." ”

"And these are two beast puppets. Although the other one is somewhat damaged, it is not worthless."

Pei Song hesitated for a while and finally agreed: "Forget it, it's just fifteen hundred high-grade spiritual stones. Who let Pei and Taoist friends be old friends, so he will suffer a little loss."

As he spoke, he raised his sleeves and a pile of colorful spiritual stones appeared out of thin air on the table, forming a hill and filled with rich spiritual energy.

Chen Yuan glanced with his consciousness and found that the number was correct. He smiled slightly, raised his sleeves and put all the spiritual stones into the mustard seed ring.

With the price of 1,500 yuan of high-grade spiritual stones, Pei Song would definitely not suffer a loss.

But as he said, it is not easy to find a suitable buyer for the beast puppet. Chen Yuan has no connections, so he might as well do a favor and sell it to Pei Song.

Pei Song put the beast puppet into the mustard ring. His face seemed calm, but there was a smile on his lips, and he was obviously in a good mood.

Chen Yuan added: "To be honest, I have something else I need to ask Fellow Taoist Pei for help."

Pei Song said seriously: "Fellow Taoist, please tell me."

Chen Yuan briefly described the conflict between Li Qingshan and Feng Yongyan, and finally said: "Chen went out to travel for several years, and then returned not long ago. From Feng Yongyan's mouth, he learned that the mountain chief of Bailu Academy actually formed a Yuan family. infant."

"This time, I have developed a quarrel with White Deer Academy. I feel a little uneasy, so I came here to inquire. I wonder if fellow Taoist Pei knows the details of Feng Tiande, and what the temperament of the chief of White Deer Academy is like, but he is a guard against his shortcomings. ?”

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Chen for accepting a good disciple. He has been able to survive for more than a hundred breaths in the hands of two mid-stage Foundation Establishment monks for the first time in Foundation Establishment. His potential is truly extraordinary." Pei Song did not answer immediately, but first congratulated Chen Yuan for accepting a disciple.

Chen Yuan smiled and said: "My disciple's cultivation level is low, and Chen is a casual cultivator. He often travels far away, so it's difficult to take care of him. So he has to ask fellow Taoist Pei to take care of him."

"What are you talking about, Fellow Daoist Chen? Based on the friendship between you and me, if anything happens, just come to Jinshanfang City to find me." Pei Song agreed immediately.

Previously, Chen Yuan had been recommended by him to go to the Baibao Pavilion in Fanyangfang City to repair the magic weapon. Today, he sold him two ancient beast puppets. They have a close friendship, so such trivial matters are naturally not a problem.

Pei Song changed the subject: "As for White Deer Academy, Fellow Daoist Chen has asked the right person. I have done several transactions with White Deer Academy. I have also met Feng Yongyan's father, Feng Tiande."

"Oh?" Chen Yuan perked up, "What's this person's temperament like?"

Pei Song had a look of reminiscence in his eyes and said slowly: "Fellow Daoist Chen also knows that Jinshan City is the most prosperous city within a radius of thousands of miles."

"Among the many weapon-refining shops in Jinshanfang City, if this pavilion is ranked second, no one dares to be ranked first."

"There are several small sect families in the surrounding area, and the inheritance of weapon refining is common. They often purchase spiritual weapons and magic weapons from this pavilion. White Deer Academy is also a frequent visitor of this pavilion."

"That Feng Tiande is the Supervisor of White Deer Academy. He has a cultivation level in the middle stage of Alchemy. He is worldly, tactful, and very skillful."

"If Fellow Daoist Chen hadn't come to visit today, I wouldn't have known that he would have such a naughty son."

He paused and then said: "But I have never seen Shi Pingshan, the headmaster of White Deer Academy, and I don't know what his temperament is."

"I just heard from others that this native of Shipingshan was invited to give lectures at the Chongde Academy run by the Haoran Sect for three years more than sixty years ago. He seemed to be quite appreciated by a Nascent Soul monk of the Haoran Sect."

"But fellow Taoist, don't worry. Fellow Taoist did not severely punish Feng Yongyan, but only gave him a slight punishment and left his storage bag. According to Feng Tiande's all-round and exquisite temperament, he should not dare to cause trouble to fellow Taoist again."

Chen Yuan felt relieved: "In that case, I can rest assured."

He was naturally not afraid of Feng Tiande, but he was worried that Feng Tiande would persuade the people of Shipingshan and cause trouble for him.

If not, he wouldn't have just left Feng Yongyan and Cheng Zaiming's storage bags.

This was already a severe punishment for the two of them, but in the eyes of the alchemy monks behind them, it was nothing at all.

If what Pei Song said is true, and Feng Tiande is smooth-tempered and well-rounded, this matter should end here.

Pei Song said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Chen has a high level of cultivation. Even if Feng Tiande doesn't want to give up, the people of Shipingshan will not deliberately become friends because of such trivial matters."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "What Fellow Daoist Pei said is true. How could Monk Nascent Soul take the disputes of Junior Establishment into consideration? I just asked this question in passing just for the sake of safety."

"I've only been traveling for a few years, but this person from Shipingshan has formed a Nascent Soul, which is a bit unexpected. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made this trip today."

Pei Song felt the faint evil spirit in Chen Yuan's voice, and couldn't help but be shocked.

From what Chen Yuan said, if the people from Shiping Mountain had not formed the Nascent Soul, he would not be afraid of White Deer Academy at all.

Pei Song reminded: "Young Daoist Chen doesn't know something. This native of Shiping Mountain was about to live for a long time. He dedicated a large amount of cultivation resources and relied on the spiritual veins of the Haoran Sect to successfully conceive a baby. From then on, he has been with Haoran." Zong, fellow Taoist, you should be more careful and try not to provoke this person."

Chen Yuan suddenly understood, and bowed his hands: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Pei, for reminding me. Chen will save it. If Feng Yongyan hadn't bullied this young disciple, I wouldn't have punished him."

When a Nascent Soul monk shatters the pill to transform into an infant, he needs to absorb a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and requires at least one medium-sized spiritual vein to support it.

However, if a large amount of spiritual energy is sucked away in an instant, the origin of medium-sized spiritual veins will be greatly damaged. For at least a hundred years, the concentration of spiritual energy will only be equivalent to that of small spiritual veins.

If a child is born with the help of a large spiritual vein, the original damage will be smaller, but it will still take thirty years to fall to a medium-sized spiritual vein.

Only a giant spiritual vein can easily bear the burden of a monk giving birth to a baby without any damage.

White Deer Academy is just a small sect that occupies a small spiritual vein. If people in Shipingshan want to have a baby, they can only rely on the spiritual veins of other sects and families.

However, if there is no sect family, they will help outsiders to conceive babies, which will cause damage to their own spiritual veins.

Only the ten major sects would allow monks to be sent to conceive a baby with the help of spiritual veins.

In this way, the ten major sects can form a good relationship with these Nascent Soul monks. Some Nascent Soul monks from small sect families will directly join the ten major sects, as is the case with the people of Shipingshan.

The influence of the ten major sects continued to expand through this, and they controlled a state for generations.

Of course, the ten major sects will not engage in loss-making transactions. Before the monks give birth to a baby, they must present a large amount of spiritual stones or rare treasures. No matter whether they succeed or not, they will not lose money.

However, compared with the spiritual energy consumed by forming a fetus, these cultivation resources or treasures are nothing.

That is, after the giant spiritual vein consumes spiritual energy, it will recover quickly, otherwise the ten major sects will ask for more resources and treasures.

Therefore, there are many cultivators who want to use the giant spiritual vein to form a fetus, but not everyone can succeed.

In order to use the spiritual veins of the ten major sects to form a fetus, in addition to offering spiritual stones and treasures, you also need to have a Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect as a guarantor, and you must complete a task to prove your strength.

The spiritual energy of the giant spiritual vein is also limited. It needs to be supplied to the sect cultivators for cultivation, and it cannot damage the origin. A cultivator who uses the spiritual vein to form a fetus has to wait for several years before the next cultivator can form a fetus.

The ten major sects naturally do not want to lend the spiritual vein to those who are not strong enough, wasting an opportunity in vain, and in disguise losing a Nascent Soul cultivator close to them, so they set up three thresholds.

After Pei Song's explanation, Chen Yuan's doubts were gone. The two chatted for a while until someone came to visit Pei Song, and he got up to say goodbye.

After leaving the Treasure Pavilion, Chen Yuan walked around the market and entered several shops selling spiritual herbs, but he was quite disappointed.

He still lacked five kinds of eight hundred year old spiritual herbs and thirteen kinds of five hundred year old spiritual herbs. He only found one kind of eight hundred year old spiritual herbs and six kinds of five hundred year old spiritual herbs in Jinshan Market, which was a lot of shortage.

In desperation, Chen Yuan could only leave Jinshan Market and fly northwest.

Fanyang Market was several times more prosperous than Jinshan Market, and he would definitely be able to gather all the spiritual herbs he needed. (End of this chapter)