Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Three days passed quickly. On the day of the Yuanying Ceremony, a young foundation-building cultivator came to the courtyard and led Dai Qing to the top of Lingyun Peak.

The open white jade square was crowded with people. At a glance, at least thousands of cultivators were sitting behind tables, and whispers filled the square.

In the center of the square, in front of the Lingyun Hall, a stone platform several feet high was built, on which a cushion was placed.

Dai Qing was surprised to see so many cultivators gathered in the square.

He spread his spiritual sense and scanned the crowd, and found that most of them were Qi-refining cultivators, with more than a hundred foundation-building cultivators and only more than twenty Jindan cultivators sitting around the stone platform.

Dai Qing was even more confused. He had participated in a Yuanying Ceremony once, and only Jindan cultivators and foundation-building cultivators watched the ceremony. He had never heard of Qi-refining cultivators participating in the Yuanying Ceremony.

He bowed to the foundation-building cultivator who led the way and said, "Excuse me, fellow Daoist, are all the disciples of your sect present?"

The foundation-building cultivator smiled and said, "Senior, you have a keen eye. The Supreme Elder treats everyone equally and has issued an order to allow all cultivators in the mountain gate to come to participate in the Yuanying Ceremony."

The two of them fell into the light of escape. The foundation-building cultivator led Dai Qing to a table at the front of the stone platform and raised his hand to invite him, "Senior, please take a seat."

Dai Qing smiled and said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist."

The foundation-building cultivator was flattered to see Dai Qing so kind, even though he knew he was an elder of Ziyang Sect. He said he dared not and bowed and retreated.

The surrounding Jindan cultivators noticed Dai Qing and looked over.

Dai Qing looked around and found Qin Gang of Tiangang Sword Sect and Wan Shihun of Mingyin Valley sitting in the distance, with a middle-aged beautiful woman in palace clothes and a young cultivator in green robes beside him.

The middle-aged beautiful woman bowed with a smile, and a hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes: "I never thought that it was Brother Dai who came to watch the ceremony. I am honored."

Dai Qing clasped his fists in return and said with a smile: "I haven't seen Brother Leng for twenty years. Brother Leng is still as elegant as ever."

The middle-aged beautiful woman is called Leng Chan, an elder of Guiyuan Sect, with a late Jindan cultivation level. After the departure of Bai Yanji, the head of Guiyuan Sect, she took charge of the sect.

The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled and said: "Brother Dai is the one who has the secret of keeping his youthful appearance. People are really envious of him."

The young cultivator in green robes also came up and bowed, puzzled: "Senior Du Kun has important things to do, and he didn't attend Senior Chen's Yuanying Ceremony?"

His name is Meng Qi, an elder of Wanshou Mountain, also with a late Jindan cultivation level, and in charge of the sect.

The Yuanying Ceremony is a grand event of the sect, and in the past, the heads of various sects were invited to watch the ceremony.

That is to say, the current situation is special. All the leaders of various sects have left Qi State, so it is their turn as Jindan elders.

But Ziyang Sect still has Du Kun Daoist, a Yuanying cultivator. Even if he is too embarrassed to attend the ceremony because of his broken arm, it should be Xie Chaohong who comes to watch the ceremony. It should not be the turn of Dai Qing, a mid-stage Jindan cultivator.

Dai Qing returned the greeting and said with a wry smile: "The invitation sent by Lingyun to our sect specifically stated that Dai was asked to attend the Yuanying ceremony. The Supreme Elder also issued an order, and Dai could only obey the order."

Meng Qi was even more confused when he heard this. He suddenly remembered what the elders in the sect said, that Qi Yuanshan and Chen Yuan had a grudge, and then he understood.

He smiled and said, "I heard that Senior Chen is a physical cultivator. Maybe he heard of your reputation and invited you to come and watch the ceremony. Maybe he will give you some advice."

Dai Qing sighed, "My master and Senior Chen had a misunderstanding. I'm afraid this trip is..."

He didn't finish, but Meng Qi knew what he meant and said, "Senior Chen is a Yuanying cultivator. How could he have the same opinion as us juniors? Fellow Daoist Dai, just watch the ceremony without worry."

Dai Qing nodded, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist. Ji Yan, Dai will go to greet all the Taoist friends first. "

He greeted Qin Gang, Wan Shihun, Zhuge Qi one by one, as well as nearly ten heads of the immortal cultivation families who came to participate in the ceremony, and finally came to Jin Luoheng and bowed: "Fellow Daoist Jin."

Jin Luoheng's desk was in the middle of the first row, with stars surrounding the moon. Sun Congyao, who was only in the early stage of Jindan cultivation, sat next to him, and Zhuge Qi, Wan Shihun, Qin Gang, Leng Chan, Meng Qi and other late Jindan cultivators were on the same level.

Jin Luoheng returned the greeting, and at this moment, a melodious and deep bell sound came out. The sound was not loud, but it seemed to reach everyone's heart, and it was particularly clear.

This is the magic weapon Xiyi Bell of Lingyun Sect, which is intended to remind the cultivators of various sects and disciples in the sect that the ceremony is about to begin.

Jin Luoheng said lightly: "Fellow Daoist Dai, please sit down, my disciple's Yuanying ceremony is about to begin."

Dai Qing returned to the back of his desk, sat cross-legged, and waited for the ceremony to begin.

Accompanied by the melodious bell sounds, the disciples of Lingyun Sect came to the square one after another.

Most of them were Qi-refining cultivators. They could not fly yet, so they could only use the light body technique to travel. The Lingyun Sect's mountain gate was quite large, so it took a lot of time.

There were also a few foundation-building cultivators who stood guard at various places at the mountain gate until the last moment before rushing to Lingyun Peak.

After two quarters of an hour, the bell finally stopped. It rang eight times in total, indicating that a cultivator in the sect had formed a fetus, and the whole sect celebrated.

The moment the bell stopped, Chen Yuan walked out of the Lingyun Hall and walked slowly onto the stone platform.

The pressure of the Nascent Soul cultivator slowly dissipated, covering the entire Lingyun Peak.

The whispers in the square stopped, and all the cultivators looked at Chen Yuan on the stone platform.

Zhuge Qi stood up from the mat, clasped his fists and bowed, saying loudly: "Welcome to the Grand Elder!"

The Lingyun Sect monks followed closely behind him, all stood up, and bowed deeply in a sea of ​​people, saying in unison: "Welcome to the Grand Elder!"

The sound spread ten miles, and the echo was agitated, startling countless birds on the nearby mountains.     Jin Luoheng and Sun Congyao also stood up, but did not salute.

The monks of various sects and the heads of various families who watched the ceremony also bowed down and called "Senior Chen", but they were completely suppressed by the voice of the Lingyun sect monk.

After everyone stopped, Chen Yuan smiled, clasped his fists and returned the greeting, and said lightly: "Thank you all for participating in Chen's Yuanying ceremony."

His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of every monk.

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged on the cushion, and everyone just stopped and sat down. The whole place was silent, and the battle could be heard.

No one dared to be disrespectful, and even their expressions did not dare to change randomly.

Under the consciousness of the Yuanying monk, their every move was exposed.

Only Zhuge Qi did not sit down. He said loudly: "Please offer gifts to fellow Taoists from all sects!"

Everyone looked at Dai Qing. After the Nascent Soul Ceremony began, all sects and families had to offer gifts. Ziyang Sect, as the largest sect in Qi, was naturally the first to offer gifts.

Dai Qing stood up with a solemn expression and took out a wooden box from his storage bag.

He opened the lid of the box, revealing a light pink spiritual flower, and said respectfully: "Ziyang Sect respectfully presents a thousand-year-old Nichang flower. I wish you a successful Nascent Soul and a long life!"

After that, Dai Qing handed the wooden box to Zhuge Qi and sat down again.

This Nichang flower was sent to him by Xie Chaohong before he left Ziyang Sect.

Although Chen Yuan cut off Taoist Du Kun's arm and took away 20% of the Yuyang Mountain mine share, the etiquette should not be lost.

As the largest sect in Qi, Ziyang Sect's gift should not be shabby, otherwise it will only cause ridicule.

Qin Gang stood up and said respectfully: "Tiangang Sword Sect respectfully presents a thousand-year-old Xuanyue grass, and wishes the senior a successful infant formation and a long life of a thousand years!"

Then Wan Shihun, Leng Chan, and Meng Qi stood up and presented gifts, all of which were thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, which was also the practice of the Yuanying Ceremony.

Next came the heads of various immortal cultivation families. Donghuazhou lacked spiritual energy and spiritual veins, and Qi State had only a dozen Jindan families. All of these heads were present today.

The gifts they presented were naturally not as good as the five major sects, but they did not dare to neglect them. They were either top-grade spiritual materials or eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.

When the eighth head of the family stood up, he said respectfully: "Cizhou Huang family respectfully presents two thousand-year-old Mingyin grass, and wish the senior a successful infant formation and a long life of a thousand years!"

After that, he handed the wooden box in his hand to Zhuge Qi, and the surrounding Jindan cultivators looked over with surprise.

This was the first head of the Jindan family to present a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, and two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

The Lingyun Sect monks also looked over, with curiosity on their faces.

When the Jindan monks presented gifts, they all infused their true essence, and the sound would reach the ears of every monk.

This was a white-haired old man with a burly figure, a lion nose and a wide mouth, but at this moment his face was full of tension and fear in his eyes.

Chen Yuan's eyes fell on the old man and said lightly: "Are you the head of the Cizhou Huang family, Huang Linye?"

The old man trembled, bowed deeply, and even his voice trembled slightly: "Junior Huang Linye, greets the senior."

Chen Yuan stared at Huang Linye, and after a while, he uttered two words: "Not bad."

Huang Linye breathed a sigh of relief, bowed deeply again, and just sat down, he suddenly found that his back was full of cold sweat.

He knew that the Huang family had passed this time.

When he learned from the Jindan elder of Lingyun Sect that the Qi-refining cultivator who killed his two beloved grandchildren had returned to the sect, formed a Yuanying, and became the supreme elder of Lingyun Sect, he was completely stunned.

Even though he had formed a Yuanying for more than 300 years and had escaped from the war between good and evil, he had never heard of such a thing, let alone expected it to happen to him. It took a long time for him to recover.

But the Jindan elder also said that Chen Yuan overwhelmed Taoist Du Kun in the Six Sects Alliance and even cut off one of his arms, almost killing him on the spot. Huang Linye felt like he fell into an ice cave and felt cold all over.

Although Chen Yuan did not suffer any loss that year, but the Huang family lost two Qi-refining disciples. After Chen Yuan worshipped Jin Luoheng as his master, they had reconciled.

But Chen Yuan is now a Yuanying cultivator, and the reconciliation back then seems like a child's play.

If he still remembers what happened back then, with a single order, the Huang family will be destroyed in an instant.

Huang Linye immediately took out most of the treasures accumulated by the clan, exchanged for two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and presented them as gifts, hoping to seek Chen Yuan's forgiveness.

Chen Yuan's "not bad" finally put Huang Linye's mind at ease.

The following heads of the families still presented eight hundred-year-old spiritual herbs or high-quality spiritual materials.

After the monks who watched the ceremony presented the gifts, Zhuge Qi bowed to Chen Yuan with his fists and sat down.

Seeing this, everyone slowly straightened their bodies and looked at Chen Yuan with solemn expressions. (End of this chapter)