Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Elder Zhang took out two blank jade slips, imprinted his spiritual consciousness on them, and handed them to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan took the jade slip and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness. Just as Elder Zhang said, he also left his own spiritual mark and handed one of them back.

Tianxuan Auction has been going on for tens of thousands of years. All treasures listed in the auction will have a certificate, without exception, and the reputation is excellent.

Elder Zhang took the jade slip and put it into the mustard seed ring together with three top-quality spiritual materials.

He smiled and said: "After I return, I will send my disciples to inform fellow Taoists of each sect about the news of these three spiritual materials, but I will not mention the names of fellow Taoists."

"Nascent Soul cultivators who are interested in these three spiritual materials will naturally prepare the spiritual materials that Fellow Daoist Chen needs."

Chen Yuan bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Taoist friend Zhang. Do you still need to pay the spiritual stones?"

Elder Zhang shook his head: "This sect never collects spiritual stones from items auctioned. Only those who buy the treasures need to pay 10% of the spiritual stones."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly. Tianxuan Sect was very smart. This would allow more monks to send treasures to the auction and buy the treasures they were interested in in advance.

The Youlan Water he brought out today would be like looking for a needle in a haystack if Tianxuan Sect were to search for it on his own.

For tens of thousands of years, Tianxuan Sect has maintained its position as the leader of the righteous path, and the Tianxuan Auction is indispensable.

Chen Yuan put away the jade slips, talked to Lu Hong and Elder Zhang for a while, got up and left.

The transaction was completed, and three top-quality spiritual materials had been included in the auction. There was no need for him to linger any longer.

The two stood up to see each other off, but Chen Yuan declined politely, took up the Dunguang, and flew to the north.

Lu Hong and Elder Zhang stood in the courtyard, watching Chen Yuan disappear into the horizon.

Lu Hong's eyes flashed: "Senior Brother Zhang, as far as I know, this fellow Daoist Chen had a baby not long ago and just returned to the Lingyun Sect, and he has come up with so many top-quality spiritual materials. How big an opportunity has he got?"

Elder Zhang frowned: "Junior Brother Lu, what do you mean by this?"

Lu Hong whispered: "This person is just a monk in the early stage of Nascent Soul. If he contacts a few Taoist friends he has made friends with..."

"Compared with Taoist Dukun, who is stronger or weaker?" Elder Zhang interrupted him.

Lu Hong thought for a moment and said, "It's not difficult to win."

"What about cutting off one of his arms?" Elder Zhang said calmly.

Lu Hong's face darkened and he shook his head slightly: "It's extremely difficult. Although Taoist Dukun has poor magical powers, he is still a Nascent Soul with many years of experience and is extremely sophisticated."

Elder Zhang said coldly: "Daoyou Chen possesses two high-level magic weapons. Taoist Du Kun cannot withstand a few moves in his hands. Junior Brother Lu should give up this idea as soon as possible. The reputation accumulated by our sect over tens of thousands of years cannot be ruined."

Lu Hong showed reluctance: "The demon territory is expanding and the demon energy is dissipating. Whether Donghua Continent can survive this calamity safely is still open to debate. What is the use of our sect's reputation?"

Elder Zhang frowned and said: "Junior Brother Lu must be careful, the approaching catastrophe may be an opportunity. If the demon realm can be wiped out this time, the five major demon sects will plummet from now on."

"The Righteous Way unites Donghua. As the leader of the Righteous Way, our sect naturally leads the group and all sects respect each other, recreating the grand scene of ancient Taoism."

"At this time, how can you destroy the overall situation just because of your own selfishness?"

"Junior brother, as an elder, you must not mess up your position, otherwise the head brother will not tolerate you!"

Lu Hong's expression changed, and he clasped his fists and said, "Senior brother is right, I got greedy for a moment, but I really shouldn't, and I don't dare to have such thoughts again."

Elder Zhang's expression softened slightly: "I hope that my junior brother will stick to his true intentions. Our sect is an authentic Xuanmen sect and we cannot use this as a means."

"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Chen dared to take out four top-quality spiritual materials, and even dared to declare to the outside world that he would accept thirty thousand-year-old spiritual herbs from our sect. How could he not be confident?"

Lu Hong was shocked and even more frightened. He buried this thought deeply in his heart and did not dare to be greedy again.

…

After Chen Yuan left the Shaoyue Mountains, he escaped very quickly. At the same time, he spread his consciousness and paid careful attention to the surrounding situation.

Although Tianxuanzong is the leader of the righteous path and has an excellent reputation, he has produced four top-quality spiritual materials and cannot act carelessly.

Of course Chen Yuan knew that wealth should not be revealed, and he shouldn't have taken out so many treasures at once.

But only the Tianxuan Auction could bring together more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators at the same time. In order to gather the spiritual materials needed to repair the ancient teleportation array as soon as possible, he had to take risks.

In the next few days, Chen Yuan fled for tens of thousands of miles, changing directions twice, but was not intercepted or killed, nor did the Yuanying monks from Tianxuan Sect pursue him.

He finally felt relieved, slowed down his escape speed, and flew back to Qi.

Chen Yuan first went to the mountain range where the ancient teleportation array was located, but did not alert Sun Congyao. He just used his spiritual sense to explore it from high in the air.

The teleportation array was still the same as before. Sun Congyao was practicing in the cave and everything was as usual.

Chen Yuan nodded, quietly left, and returned to Lingyun Mountains.

Without alerting anyone, he quietly returned to the cave on Baiyun Peak and gave Zhuge Qiqi a transmission note.

Only two quarters of an hour later, Zhuge Qi came to Chen Yuan's cave, clasped his fists and bowed: "Welcome the Supreme Elder to return to the sect."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "I will not leave the mountain gate for a few years when I return to the sect. The intensity of dealing with the Ziyang sect can be increased. If Taoist Dukun comes forward, come and repay me as soon as possible."

"Zhuge understands." Zhuge Qi's eyes flashed with joy.

This time Chen Yuan left Shanmen and came back less than half a month later, which made him feel relieved.

The Lingyun Sect has been suppressing the Ziyang Sect, and without Chen Yuan in charge, he felt quite uneasy.

If Taoist Du Kun couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly took action, the Lingyun Sect would definitely suffer a big loss.

Now that he has Chen Yuan's support, he doesn't have to worry about anything. The days of Ziyang Sect are not easy.

"How is Dai Qing now?" Chen Yuan asked.

Zhuge Qi replied: "He sent back another message, which allowed our sect to severely injure an elder of Ziyang Sect in the early stage of Jindan."

Chen Yuan pondered for a while and said: "Send a message to Dai Qing, I want to meet him."

Zhuge Qi was stunned and immediately responded: "Yes."

"After setting the time and place, report back quickly." Chen Yuan ordered.

Zhuge Qi agreed and turned to leave the cave.

Chen Yuan got up and went to the practice room, took out the "Demon God Sutra", probed into it with his spiritual consciousness, and carefully checked it.

Three days later, Zhuge Qi came to Baiyun Peak to meet Chen Yuan.

Three days later, Chen Yuan walked out of the cave and quietly left Lingyun Mountains.

The next day, he quietly returned to the mountain gate and entered the cave.

Seven days later, Chen Yuan came to the Alchemy Pavilion and entered the deepest stone chamber of the Earth Fire Hall to start refining the elixir.

…

Spring and autumn change, cold and heat come and go, and three years pass in a flash.

On this day, thousands of Qi-refining disciples gathered on the white jade square at the top of Lingyun Peak.

They dispersed and surrounded more than a dozen arenas, cheering loudly or talking about it, and it was very lively.

These dozen arenas were about ten feet in radius, three feet above the ground, and were made of dark rocks.

Four formation flags were planted at the four corners of the arena, and a transparent formation curtain with faint ripples covered the arena.

On the arena, pairs of Qi-refining tenth-level disciples were either controlling magic weapons, or raising their hands to make hand gestures, and some were secretly holding magic talismans in their hands, fighting back and forth, and the battle was very fierce.

Above the arena, two foundation-building monks stood in the air, staring closely at the Qi-refining disciples on the arena to prevent casualties.

In the depths of the white jade square, in front of the Lingyun Hall, on a three-foot-high stone platform, three Jindan elders sat on the Taishi chairs, overlooking the many disciples below.

The person in the middle was Jin Luoheng, who was wearing a black and white Taoist robe. On his left was Wang Xian, the only sword cultivator of Lingyun Sect, with white hair and beard, showing his old age.

On Jin Luoheng's right sat Wu Zexian, who was elegant and smiling, nodding slightly from time to time, showing approval.

Jin Luoheng looked indifferent, and his eyes slowly swept across the white jade square. Wherever his eyes stopped, the foundation-building cultivators above that arena became particularly nervous.

Everyone knew that the Supreme Elder attached great importance to the sect competition.

Elder Jin, as the master of the Supreme Elder, was also very concerned about this.

He presided over the sect competition twice in a row.

Previously, several foundation-building disciples made mistakes due to carelessness, causing injuries to the Qi-refining disciples participating in the competition. They were all severely punished and sent to the spiritual mine to serve as deacons, responsible for supervising the mining of independent cultivators.

In the past, being a spiritual mine steward was a good job, as he could deduct spiritual stones, and it was very lucrative, and everyone yearned for it.

But since the Supreme Elder returned to the sect, he ordered Elder Zhuge to vigorously rectify the Law Enforcement Pavilion and send law enforcement disciples to the spiritual mine, and the good days of the spiritual mine steward are gone.

In the past, the Law Enforcement Pavilion had a low presence in Lingyun Sect. Disciples would only be punished by the Law Enforcement Pavilion after they made mistakes, and they did not have much power.

But now, the Supreme Elder stipulates that the amount of elixir spiritual stones received by law enforcement disciples will be doubled every year, and they will monitor all halls, pavilions, and spiritual mines. As long as the corrupt are found and the evidence is conclusive, they will get all the corrupt proceeds.

Lingyun Sect disciples can also report law enforcement disciples. If any law enforcement disciple abuses his power and frames others for spiritual stones, he will be immediately deprived of his status as a law enforcement disciple and severely punished.

After three years, the atmosphere of Lingyun Sect has changed greatly, and corruption has been greatly reduced, but the confrontation between law enforcement disciples and other disciples has become more and more serious.

Since the law enforcement disciples of Lingyun Sect all wear black clothes, other disciples secretly call them "black dogs", implying that they are no different from mad dogs.

But if there is a chance to become law enforcement disciples, they will definitely agree without hesitation.

The person who is in charge of the law enforcement pavilion now is the master of the Supreme Elder, Elder Jin Luoheng.

Elder Jin has extremely strict requirements when selecting law enforcement disciples.

Only those who are extraordinary and have made contributions to the sect have the opportunity to join the law enforcement pavilion.

Receive rich spirit stones and elixirs, no longer need to complete sect tasks, and there are also elders who often preach and teach, which makes people envious.

During the sect competition, there are also law enforcement disciples to supervise to prevent cheating.

They are dressed in black and fly slowly above the arena, watching the foundation-building cultivators above the arena and the Qi-refining disciples on the arena, with eyes as sharp as knives.

The defeated Qi-refining disciples left the stage sadly, while the winners were full of joy, welcoming the congratulations of their friends. Those who were unwilling to admit defeat were rescued by the foundation-building cultivators and left the top of the mountain in despair.

Until dusk, the second sect competition of Lingyun Sect finally came to an end.

This sect competition had more than 600 Qi-refining late-stage disciples registered, which lasted for ten days. After hundreds of competitions, everyone had two chances to decide the 100 winners.

The 100 winning Qi-refining disciples all came to the front of Lingyun Hall, under the stone platform, looking up at the three Jindan elders on the stage, bowing down, with excited expressions.

Jin Luoheng stood up and personally distributed the rewards. From the first to the 100th place, they were all extremely generous, and the top three even had talismans as rewards, which made people very envious.

At the end, Jin Luoheng also announced: "In this sect competition, the top six people will have a three-day sermon by the Grand Elder."

The Qi-refining disciples below the stage were in an uproar, and even forgot to be respectful in front of the Jindan elder.

Everyone's eyes fell on the top six Qi Refining disciples, full of envy and jealousy. The disciples who failed to make it into the top six were dejected, and the one who ranked seventh was even more dejected.

The six Qi Refining disciples were overjoyed and quickly bowed down deeply.

During the Nascent Soul Ceremony, the Supreme Elder preached for three days, and the disciples of Lingyun Sect benefited a lot. After the ceremony, hundreds of people broke through the bottleneck.

This time, the Supreme Elder will preach to them alone for three days. What an opportunity is this?

Jin Luoheng looked at the six people and said calmly: "The Lingyun Sect's second sect competition is over. The top six people stay and the others disperse."

Under the guidance of the foundation-building monks, thousands of Qi-refining disciples in the audience reluctantly left the peak, talking about the sect competition. The six Qi-refining disciples summoned by the Supreme Elder appeared countless times. in their mouths.

Wu Zexian took a step forward, took out a three-inch flying boat with his backhand, threw it forward, and it rose up into the wind, turning into a flying boat several feet long.

He ordered: "Come up quickly and follow me to see the Supreme Elder."

The six Qi refining disciples did not dare to neglect, and immediately used the lightening technique to board the flying boat.

Wu Zexian turned around and bowed to Jin Luoheng with clasped fists: "Senior Brother Jin, I'll take the first step."

Jin Luoheng nodded slightly, and Wu Zexian swayed and came to the flying boat.

With a flick of his sleeve, the flying boat slowly lifted into the sky, and it only took a quarter of an hour to arrive at Baiyun Peak.

Baiyun Peak and Lingyun Peak are not far apart, but the Qi Refining disciples cannot fly away. If they were allowed to use their magical weapons to fly away, it would be too embarrassing and disrespectful to the Supreme Elder. It would be most appropriate to carry people on a flying boat.

The flying boat slowly landed and stopped outside two stone doors halfway up the mountain.

Wu Zexian's body swayed and he came to the stone gate. Six Qi Refining disciples quickly used the light body technique and swept off the flying boat.

Wu Zexian raised his hand and put away the flying boat. A sika deer slowly walked out of the forest next to him. He blinked and spoke in human words: "Elder Wu is here to pay homage to the master?"

Its voice was very soft and beautiful, like that of a young woman, and the six Qi Refining disciples were all shocked.

However, Wu Zexian's expression was as usual, he cupped his fists and bowed, and said with a smile: "I would like to ask fellow Taoist Mei to inform you that Wu, with his sect disciple, won the competition and came here to pay homage to the Supreme Elder."

Sika Deer's eyes swept over the six Qi Refining disciples and nodded: "Elder Wu, please wait a moment. I will report this to the master."

She turned around gracefully, walked to the stone door, lowered her head and touched it lightly with the tip of her nose.

The light on the stone door flows and slowly opens.

The sika deer walked into the cave with light steps, and the six qi refining disciples just looked away curiously.

Wu Zexian frowned: "Fellow Daoist Mei is the spiritual beast under the Supreme Elder, you must not be disrespectful in the slightest."

The six Qi Refining disciples responded quickly. When the sika deer walked out of the cave a quarter of an hour later, they all lowered their heads slightly and did not dare to look again.

The sika deer chuckled softly, as if a wind chime was shaking: "I have my fate. Please come in and meet Elder Wu."

Wu Zexian bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

He walked into the cave, and the six Qi Refining disciples hurriedly bowed to the sika deer and followed quickly.

They followed Wu Zexian through a passage and came to a large stone hall.

Sitting on the main seat was a young monk with a very familiar face. He was the Supreme Elder whom he had seen at the Nascent Soul Ceremony.

His expression was indifferent, with a smile on his lips, and his dark eyes were like deep pools, deep and unpredictable.

Wu Zexian stopped, bowed to Chen Yuan with clasped fists, and said respectfully: "Meet the Supreme Elder."

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "Elder Wu, there is no need to be polite. Are these the top six disciples in this competition?"

His eyes fell on the six Qi Refining disciples. They immediately saluted and said in unison: "Disciples pay homage to the Supreme Elder!"

Chen Yuan glanced at them one by one and nodded: "Yes, the Qi machine is pure and solid, the foundation is solid, and there are no opportunistic people. No wonder they can win the competition, and there is hope for building the foundation."

The six Qi Refining disciples were overjoyed, and one of them said boldly: "Only when the Supreme Elder preaches and teaches the Dharma, do the disciples know the key to cultivation, build a solid foundation, and avoid going astray."

Chen Yuan looked over. This man was only in his twenties. He was very young. He was about the same age as Chen Yuan. He had a handsome appearance and his eyes were full of reverence.

Chen Yuan asked: "What's your name?"

The young monk was overjoyed and said respectfully: "Disciple Hong Yi, I became a disciple seventeen years ago and ranked fourth in this competition."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "In seventeen years, he has reached the peak of Qi refining. He has good talent, but he comes from a family of cultivators?"

Hong Yi smiled bitterly and said: "This disciple is of average talent, only has true spiritual roots, and his parents are both casual cultivators."

"The disciple's cultivation level is acceptable. It was by chance that when completing a sect task, he received a storage bag left by a foundation-building senior of the Guiyuan Sect and a demon cultivator of the Blood Spirit Sect. There is no shortage of them. Spiritual stone elixir.”

Chen Yuan smiled: "This is rare. Where are your parents?"

"Living in Lingyunfang City."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly and looked away.

Hong Yi breathed a sigh of relief and his face was filled with joy. The other five Qi Refining disciples looked at him secretly, with a trace of jealousy flashing in their eyes.

If they had known that the Supreme Elder was so kind, they would definitely not miss this opportunity.

After these questions and answers, the elder Taishang remembered Hong Yi's name. He only needed a little care and he would benefit from it.

They all looked up at Chen Yuan, their thoughts tense, waiting for the next opportunity.

Chen Yuan said calmly: "I summoned you here today not to preach to you, but to let you enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain and complete a sect mission. Are you willing to accept it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Yi said categorically: "No matter what the Supreme Elder orders, this disciple will do his best!"

"This disciple is willing to go through fire and water for the sect!"

"The disciples will definitely go all out to find spiritual herbs for the sect!"

Others also rushed forward without any hesitation.

Since four years ago, the Shanggong Hall can no longer exchange for foundation-building pills, and there are no more disciples in the Qi-refining period to build foundations.

Although the rewards of the sect competition were extremely generous, including talismans, there was not even a foundation-building pill.

They were going to enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain to find spiritual herbs and exchange them for foundation-building pills, so of course they would not refuse the Supreme Elder's request.

Chen Yuan nodded, raised his sleeves, and six wooden boxes appeared out of thin air on the table. He pointed at them again, and the lids of the boxes opened, revealing six round pills the size of walnuts.

The six Qi Refining disciples couldn't help but be stunned when they saw these round pills.

They were able to win the sect competition, so their strength was certainly not weak. They had completed many sect tasks and killed demon beasts. They could recognize at a glance that these were six second-level demon pills.

How could there be such a thing in the hands of the Supreme Elder?

Chen Yuan said calmly: "In one month, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will be opened. Before that, I will implant these six second-level demon pills into your bodies."

"After you enter the secret realm, you can stimulate the demonic power in the demon elixir and exert a strength that is no less than that of the monks in the early stages of foundation building. The disciples of all sects are no match for you."

"What you have to do is to break a few restrictions and then kill all the Ziyang Sect disciples who enter the secret realm."

The six Qi Refining disciples were so shocked that they even forgot to reply.

They could never imagine that Chen Yuan would ask them to do such a thing.

If demon pills are implanted into the body, will they be humans or demons in the future?

Suddenly, Hong Yi gritted his teeth, clasped his fists and bowed: "Disciple, take orders!"

Others woke up and agreed one after another, but there was more or less hesitation on their faces.

Chen Yuan said calmly: "You don't have to worry. This technique of implanting the demon pill has no consequences. It will dissipate on its own after being used a few times and will not affect your future cultivation."

"This matter is not difficult. All disciples at the tenth level of Qi Refining in the sect can do it. I just wanted to give you a chance because you won the sect competition and have extraordinary potential."

"If you are unwilling to agree, there is no need to force it. Elder Wu can send you back now."

When the six Qi Refining disciples heard this, their doubts disappeared, and no one refused.

Chen Yuan glanced at the six people and nodded slightly: "In that case, I will implant the demon pill into your bodies. Hong Yi, you come with me."

He raised his sleeves and put away the six second-level demon pills on the table, stood up and walked towards the training room.

Hong Yi quickly followed, while the other five people did not dare to say anything and stood with their hands lowered, waiting silently.

Wu Zexian stood aside with a calm expression, obviously already aware of this matter.

An hour later, Hong Yi walked out of the training room and raised his hand to touch his heart, his expression a little unnatural.

He looked at a middle-aged man and said, "Senior Brother Li, the Supreme Elder has summoned us."

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and walked into the training room.

Five hours later, the last female qi-refining cultivator followed Chen Yuan and walked out of the training room, looking a little dazed.

Chen Yuan sat on the main seat and said calmly: "These six jade slips contain the method of using the demon pill and a map."

"In the next month, you must be proficient in using the demon elixir, but you must not waste your demon power."

"This map records several restrictions. After you enter the secret realm, do not pick spiritual grass. Break these restrictions first, and then intercept and kill the Ziyang Sect disciples."

"Other disciples will assist you to complete this matter, do you understand?"

As he spoke, he raised his sleeves and flicked his sleeves, and six jade slips appeared out of thin air in front of him, slowly flying towards the six Qi Refining disciples.

"Disciple understands!" The six Qi Refining disciples accepted the jade slip and responded in unison. (End of chapter)