Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

"It can be exchanged for top-grade spiritual stones? I wonder what the reserve price is?" a deep voice asked.

Elder Zhang looked embarrassed. Top-grade spiritual materials like Liuguang Fire are rare in the world. They are all traded in barter, or at least traded with Yuanying stage elixirs and thousand-year spiritual herbs. How could it be possible to bid for top-grade spiritual stones?

He thought for a moment and said a price that would deter ordinary Yuanying cultivators: "The reserve price is twenty top-grade spiritual stones. Fellow Taoists can make an offer."

Twenty top-grade spiritual stones can be bought for ordinary top-grade spiritual materials like Yanli Wood, but it is only the reserve price of Liuguang Fire.

"I'll offer twenty-one!" A hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

"Twenty-three." The deep voice was calm and casual.

"Twenty-five." Someone else rushed into the battle.

Chen Yuan, who was sitting in front of the jade table, could only hear the voices through the bronze mirror, shouting out prices that stunned Yuanying cultivators.

"Thirty-five top-grade spirit stones!" The deep voice directly raised the price by five top-grade spirit stones.

The space secret realm was quiet for a moment, and a gentle voice followed closely: "I will bid thirty-six spirit stones."

This was already the seventh Nascent Soul cultivator to bid, and Chen Yuan found that he might have underestimated the financial resources of the Nascent Soul cultivators in Donghuazhou.

"Thirty-seven." The deep voice followed slowly.

"Thirty-eight!" The gentle voice did not hesitate at all.

There had been no other bidders for three consecutive rounds, and only he and the deep voice were left on the battlefield of Liuguanghuo.

"Thirty-nine." The deep voice was casual as if he was buying a low-grade magic weapon.

The gentle voice finally hesitated, and after a long while, he said: "Forty top-grade spirit stones!"

"Forty-one." The deep voice was still unhurried.

The gentle voice finally fell silent.

Elder Zhang looked around and said loudly: "Daoist No. 14 bids forty-one top-grade spirit stones. Are there any other Daoists who want to bid?"

"It's the only time in ten thousand years that you can use spirit stones to buy a spiritual material like Flowing Light Fire. If you miss it, you will have no chance."

He has hosted more than a dozen Tianxuan auctions and knows how to mobilize the desires of these Yuanying cultivators.

But in front of the sky-high price of forty-one top-grade spirit stones, any rhetoric will pale in comparison.

It's not that the Yuanying cultivators present can't afford so many top-grade spirit stones.

But to buy the Flowing Light Fire at this price, they have to give Tianxuan Sect four top-grade spirit stones, a total of forty-five top-grade spirit stones, which can only be taken out after emptying all the accumulation of a medium-sized sect.

Few Yuanying cultivators are willing to exhaust all resources just to buy a top-grade spirit material.

Elder Zhang said it three times in a row, but no one bid. He did not delay any longer and said, "Deal! This ball of flowing light fire belongs to Daoist No. 14!"

A storage bag fell from the sky and landed in Elder Zhang's hand. Elder Zhang took out all the top-grade spirit stones in it and let all Yuanying cultivators see it through the bronze mirror.

Then he put the flowing light fire into the storage bag, raised his hand and threw it, flew into the sky, and disappeared in front of everyone.

In the thatched house No. 27, Chen Yuan looked at the shining top-grade spirit stones and breathed a sigh of relief.

He failed to get the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand, but it was not bad to exchange for 41 top-grade spirit stones.

Before the auction started, he made two preparations. If no one took out the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand, he would exchange the flowing light fire for the top-grade spirit stones.

Tianxuan Auction gathered the most Yuanying cultivators in Donghuazhou. No one took out the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand at the auction, and it was even more impossible at other times.

Maybe someone had the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand in his hand, but was unwilling to exchange it for the flowing light fire.

But it is more likely that the Nine-bend Yellow Sand has been extinct for thousands of years and no one can take it out.

A bird in the hand is worse than a thousand birds in the forest.

Chen Yuan can only make the worst plan, sell the Flowing Light Fire, exchange it for the best spiritual stone, and then collect the other three high-grade spiritual materials and the eighth-level demon pill.

It is too difficult to exchange for spiritual materials directly. He still lacks three spiritual materials: Tianmeng Crystal, Nine-color Mud, and Jingchan Liquid. Although they are not as good as the best spiritual materials, they are the best among the top spiritual materials.

It is difficult for a cultivator to take them out at the same time, which will also expose his identity.

The same is true for exchanging for the eighth-level demon pill directly.

The exchange of Tianluo Wood and Flowing Light Fire is both Nine-bend Yellow Sand, and it is easy to guess that the same person is behind it.

Chen Yuan once exchanged three high-grade spiritual materials and the eighth-level demon pill at the trade fair, and he could not hide it from other cultivators.

Only by exchanging for the best spiritual stone and then collecting demon pill spiritual materials by yourself is the safest.

In addition, the Flowing Light Fire can also be used to exchange for thousand-year spiritual herbs and Yuanying pills.

But these two treasures are very valuable. For Chen Yuan, who has mastered the formula of the demon Yuan Dan, the gains are not worth the losses.

…

The Flowing Light Fire attracted seven Yuanying cultivators to bid, and finally sold it at a sky-high price, which completely ignited the atmosphere of the auction and made the bidding for the last two treasures reach a white-hot stage.

Elder Zhang did not need any words, just one sentence, and he was drowned by the sound of bidding.

Fifty years seems short, for Yuanying cultivators who have lived for thousands of years, it is just a snap of a finger.

But for cultivators who are about to die, ten years are precious.

If there is no successor in the sect, fifty years may be enough to wait for the next Yuanying cultivator to appear.

In the end, this Shoushan jade was bought by a Yuanying cultivator at a sky-high price of two bottles of Yuanying middle-stage pills and twenty pieces of top-grade spirit stones, which made Chen Yuan amazed.

This is in Donghuazhou, where the spiritual energy is poor. Two bottles of Nascent Soul Middle Stage Pills require at least twenty thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and the main medicine is even rarer.

Since Chen Yuan formed his Nascent Soul, he has handled countless treasures, but only two main medicines for refining Nascent Soul Middle Stage Pills have been kept secret.

This person is definitely not an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. He must be at least a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, and he may even be a great cultivator, so he can do such a thing.

The last treasure is a purple gold hammer, which is similar to the Chongxuan Peak. It is full of spirituality and has the potential to be promoted to a top-level magic weapon.

This potential does not seem high, and it needs to be carefully cultivated for at least thousands of years before it can be promoted, but it is enough to make the purple gold hammer more popular than Shoushan Jade.

Shoushan Jade can only increase a cultivator's lifespan by fifty years, while a top-level magic weapon can be passed down for thousands of generations and suppress the fortune of the sect.

The reason why Ziyang Sect has been able to pass down for ten thousand years is that in addition to obtaining a large number of rare spiritual herbs from the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain and accumulating a deep foundation, it is because it paid a huge price to refine a top-level magic weapon.

This top-level magic weapon is quite famous throughout Donghuazhou. It is called Zixu Sword and is enshrined in the ancestral hall of Ziyang Sect. After being nurtured and cultivated by successive sect masters, its power has gradually deepened.

Ziyang Sect once had a period of lack of successors, and the inheritance of Yuanying cultivators was cut off, and it was suppressed by various sects in Qi at that time.

When the situation was most dangerous, five Yuanying cultivators gathered in Ziyang Mountains and besieged the gate of Ziyang Sect.

At this critical juncture, three consecutive elders of Ziyang Sect in the late Jindan stage burned their souls and successively held the Zixu Sword to resist the enemy.

Under the blessing of the sect protection formation, they defeated the five Yuanying cultivators and seriously injured two of them in the early Yuanying stage, shocking the Qi cultivation world.

After this battle, the allied forces of the various sects retreated. Thirty years later, an elder of the Ziyang Sect gave birth to a Nascent Soul and regained the title of the largest sect in Qi.

The terrifying top-level magic weapon can ensure the immortality of a sect's inheritance.

Sects without top-level magic weapons to suppress their luck will be doomed to destruction like the Pingdu Sect of Si State once the Nascent Soul cultivators' inheritance is cut off.

This purple gold hammer has the potential to be promoted to a top-level magic weapon. Even if the chance is slim, it is enough to drive a group of Nascent Soul cultivators crazy.

However, top-level magic weapons are not omnipotent. Their power is too strong, and only great cultivators can use them freely.

Even a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul cannot exert the full power of a top-level magic weapon, which is just a little stronger than a high-level magic weapon.

It is also impossible to support the consumption of a top-level magic weapon. In a short time, the true essence will be exhausted.

Only under the blessing of the sect's formation can a top-level magic weapon exert its full power.

It was for this reason that Chen Yuan dared to fight with Taoist Du Kun and let Lingyun Sect suppress Ziyang Sect.

Taoist Du Kun would never dare to take the Zixu Sword out of the sect, otherwise Chen Yuan would only need to wait until his true essence was exhausted and then snatch the Zixu Sword away, and Ziyang Sect would lose its foundation.

…

The purple gold hammer caused a fight among more than a dozen Yuanying cultivators, and was finally bought by cultivator No. 41, who paid an astonishing price of three bottles of Yuanying early stage elixirs, two kinds of top-grade spiritual materials, and twenty top-grade spiritual stones.

At this point, the Tianxuan auction finally came to an end. The thatched house trembled slightly, moved back and forth in the air, returned to its original position, and slowly fell to the ground.

The invisible formation curtain disappeared, Chen Yuan stood up and walked out of the thatched house.

Other Yuanying cultivators also walked out of the thatched house. Everyone had a calm expression, and it was impossible to tell whether they had bid or spent a lot of money to buy a treasure.

Several eyes fell on Chen Yuan with a sense of scrutiny.

Chen Yuan ignored them, and after greeting Tang Jiugongzi, He Zhenren, Song Ming and others, he walked towards the exit of the secret realm.

He knew that these people suspected that he had taken out the Jielei Dan in exchange for three diamond apricots.

But as long as he didn't admit it, these people could only be suspicious.

Chen Yuan stepped through the hazy white light gate and walked out of the space secret realm.

Beside him were Tang Jiugongzi and He Zhenren. Tang Jiugongzi waved his folding fan, with a smile on his lips, and his demeanor was unrestrained. He didn't even look at the storage bag handed over by Lu Hong, and directly put it away.

He had always been free and easy before. Seeing Chen Yuan's extraordinary demeanor, he regarded him as a confidant, but did not ask about the auction.

He Zhenren kept silent about the auction just now.

Chen Yuan didn't talk about this matter either. What he bought at the auction and what kind of treasure he took out were everyone's secrets, and even the Tianxuan Sect didn't dare to reveal it.

Lu Hong stood at the entrance of the secret realm, greeted the three people one by one, and handed each of them a storage bag.

Chen Yuan used his spiritual sense to explore inside. There were forty-one top-grade spirit stones, one piece of five-element iron, and three top-grade spirit materials exchanged for the flame wood.

What else was in the storage bags of He Zhenren and Tang Jiugongzi?

Behind the three people, other Yuanying cultivators took the storage bags from Lu Hong and flew to Yingke Peak or left Tianxuan Market directly.

He Zhenren bowed to the two people and said, "I still have some things to deal with. I need to rush back to the sect immediately. My two Taoist friends, goodbye."

"Daoyou, take care." Chen Yuan returned the greeting.

Tang Jiugongzi turned the folding fan in his hand upside down, with a smile on his lips: "When I have time in the future, I will talk about the profound Tao with He Daoyou again."

He Zhenren smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he paused, raised his eyes slightly, looked at the horizon, and looked blankly.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan and Tang Jiugongzi felt something in their hearts and turned around, following He Zhenren's gaze and looking into the distance.

Thousands of feet high in the sky, I saw a distant ray of light flying from the horizon, as swift as a meteor, passing over the lake and heading straight into the depths of Shaoyue Mountains.

In the escaping light is an old man with white hair and beard, with an unusually serious expression.

He seemed to be aware of the gazes of the three people. He glanced down and nodded slightly. His escape speed suddenly increased and he disappeared deep into the Shaoyue Mountains.

Chen Yuan's heart trembled. If He Zhenren hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

But even after seeing the old man, he still couldn't see through this man's cultivation.

Mr. Tang Jiu's expression changed even more, and he put away the folding fan in his hand.

Several other Nascent Soul monks also saw this escaping light, their expressions changed, and they all seemed to recognize the old man with white beard and hair.

Chen Yuan frowned and asked, "Brother Tang, who is this? He seems to be quite famous."

Mr. Tang Jiu said in a low voice: "If Tang is not mistaken, this person is the Supreme Elder of Tianxuan Sect, Gu Zuo."

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He had naturally heard of the great monk Gu Zuo, but he had never seen him before.

He Zhenren withdrew his gaze and said solemnly: "Fellow Taoist Tang is right. This person is Gu Zuo. As far as I know, he has already gone to the Demon Realm to guard the gate of the Blood Spirit Sect. Why did he suddenly return to the Shaoyue Mountains?"

When Chen Yuan heard this, many speculations emerged in his mind, but he had no clue.

Master He frowned: "It's been such an eventful time... I want to return to the mountain gate and report the matter to the master, the two Taoists, so we can say goodbye."

He cupped his fists and bowed, without further delay, he took up the Dunguang and flew out of Tianxuanfang City.

Chen Yuan and Tang Jiu Gongzi looked at each other with solemn eyes. They took up the escape light and silently flew to Yingke Peak.

On the way, Chen Yuan said: "Brother Tang has a lot of connections, do you know which fellow Taoist has an eighth-level demon pill?"

Mr. Tang Jiu was startled, and then he remembered that when they were drinking and discussing Taoism together, Chen Yuan once said that his technique was special and he needed to practice the eighth-level demon elixir.

He shook the folding fan lightly, thought for a moment, and said: "I know two fellow Taoists who have eight-level demon pills in their hands, but they all regard the demon pills in their hands as treasures and the price is not low. Brother Chen can do it." Be prepared.”

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up: "As long as it's not a lion's mouth, I can accept it."

Mr. Tang Jiu nodded: "In that case, leave this matter to me. The auction just happened to be over. Many of my colleagues must have returned empty-handed, with the carefully prepared spiritual stone treasures still in their hands."

"Brother Chen will go with me to attend two trade fairs. As long as there are enough top-quality spiritual stones, or more, two or three eighth-level demon pills, it shouldn't be a problem."

Chen Yuan cupped his fists and bowed: "Thank you very much, Brother Tang."

This was the reason why he still stayed in Tianxuanfang City after the auction.

Before the auction begins, the Nascent Soul monks will also hold a trade fair, but in order to preserve financial resources for bidding, no one will take out the real treasures.

After the auction, many monks still kept the treasures and spiritual stones specially prepared for the auction, but they had no use for them.

The next auction has been too long, so in order not to delay their cultivation, they will attend the trade fair and exchange for needed elixirs, spiritual stones, treasures and spiritual materials.

Chen Yuan bid farewell to Mr. Tang Jiu and returned to the cave. Before he could meditate, Xiao Mingyuan's voice came from outside the door: "Is Fellow Daoist Chen here? Xiao is here to visit."

Chen Yuan's heart moved, he got up and went out, welcoming Xiao Mingyuan in.

The two of them were seated separately. Chen Yuan served the spiritual tea and said with a smile: "I just want to visit Fellow Daoist Xiao and discuss with him my experience in physical cultivation..."

Xiao Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Physical cultivation is rare, and infant physical cultivation is even rarer. Xiao learned that fellow Taoist Chen is also a physical cultivator, and he was very happy in his heart. He deeply felt that I am not alone..."

The two exchanged their cultivation experiences, but they both avoided talking about the techniques they practiced.

Physical training may seem simple, you only need to strengthen your physical body, but there are tips on how to refine the body-tempering elixir, how to temper your physical body, and how to fight with others.

The human body is inherently weak and is actually not suitable for the path of physical cultivation.

When refining the body tempering elixir, it can only absorb half of the medicine's power. It is extremely difficult to strengthen the physical body to a level comparable to that of monsters of the same level.

It's just that Chen Yuan has the Jade Jue in his hand, which can use the power of the stars in the sky to temper his body.

You can also use the power of the true spirit to fight with others, and you will have no opponent.

No need to go to great lengths to learn these tips.

But Xiao Mingyuan's talk about some obscure methods for tempering the body still opened his eyes.

For example, taking a special elixir, soaking in magma, and using the power of earth fire to strengthen the body.

Another example is that during thunderstorms, one can sneak into the thunderclouds and use thunder-attributed treasures to attract thunder from the sky and fill the body, eliminating impurities deep in the body.

But this move is extremely risky. If you are not careful, you will die.

What interests Chen Yuan the most is that diving into the deep sea and using the huge squeezing force to strengthen the body is similar to using the vast ocean to temper the body.

The body-tempering elixir was hard to find, so Xiao Mingyuan tried almost all of these methods in order to strengthen his body.

He said it in an understatement, but Chen Yuan could fully imagine how many hardships he had gone through and how much pain he endured before he finally succeeded in conceiving a baby.

This is because Jiangxian Mountain is a large sect with a profound foundation and complete inheritance. All these physical cultivation methods have been passed down.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Xiao Mingyuan to successfully conceive a baby in just over three hundred years.

From Xiao Mingyuan's narration, it was not difficult for Chen Yuan to see that the technique he practiced was definitely not the "Demon God Art".

After practicing "Demon God Art", there is an upper limit for cultivation, but because there is a demon pill in the body, it can be regarded as a half-demon body.

It can absorb most of the medicinal power of a body-tempering elixir, and the effect of nourishing the physical body with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is at least twice as strong as that of the same level of physical cultivation.

After Qi Yuanshan seized the body of Dai Qing, he prepared a limited number of body tempering elixirs, but he still reached the middle stage of elixir formation in just a hundred years.

Chen Yuan refined the blood of the true spirit, which is equivalent to the descendant of the true spirit. It can completely absorb the power of the body tempering elixir, and the effect of nourishing the physical body with the spiritual temperature of heaven and earth is several times that of practicing the "Demon God Art".

It's just that he has become accustomed to using the power of the stars in the sky to temper his physical body. He doesn't like the speed of using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen his physical body. He might as well spend his time meditating and practicing to increase his cultivation.

…

The two of them talked until late at night, ranging from their cultivation experiences to interesting anecdotes in the world of immortality.

Chen Yuan also accepted Xiao Mingyuan's invitation to participate in a trade fair organized by an elder of Jiangxian Mountain three days later.

But he never asked why Xiao Mingyuan came to visit.

In the end, Xiao Mingyuan couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Xiao came here today because he actually wanted to ask something. Did Fellow Daoist Chen exchange those three diamond apricots?"

"Weren't those three Diamond Apricots replaced by Fellow Daoist Xiao?" Chen Yuan looked surprised.

"Who did you hear this from, Fellow Daoist Chen?" Xiao Mingyuan was stunned.

Chen Yuan looked at Xiao Mingyuan with a meaningful look: "According to what Elder Zhang said, the Tribulation Thunder Pill and Thousand-Year Thunder Pill have been extinct for thousands of years, and ordinary monks will definitely not be able to take them out."

"Jiangxian Mountain has a long heritage and a profound foundation. Only Fellow Daoist Xiao can exchange a piece of Tribulation Thunder Pill for the Millennium Body Tempering Spirit Grass."

Xiao Mingyuan couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't say it's a joke, Fellow Daoist Chen. Who doesn't know that among the three tribulations of the Nascent Soul, the Yin Fire Tribulation and the Heart Demon Tribulation all have tricks, but this Heavenly Thunder Tribulation is the most difficult to overcome according to the will of heaven."

"There are several alchemy elders in our sect who are extremely skilled in alchemy and weapon refining. Their longevity is approaching, and there is no hope of conceiving a baby. This is because they are distracted by the various arts of cultivation and neglect to practice. Their true energy is not pure and strong enough, and their foundation is not good enough. Prison cannot survive the thunder tribulation."

"If our sect really has the Tribulation Thunder Pill, we will definitely help these elders overcome the tribulation and add another great master to our sect instead of giving it to Xiao just in exchange for three diamond apricots."

A trace of doubt flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes: "Since it wasn't Fellow Daoist Xiao who replaced King Kong Xing, could it be Fellow Daoist Mo from Mo Yuan Hall?"

Xiao Mingyuan took a deep look at Chen Yuan: "Xiao has already asked fellow Taoist Mo, but he denied it."

"Xiao knows this person well and has an arrogant temperament. If he really bought King Kong Apricot, he would definitely not hide it."

Chen Yuan's expression darkened: "Do Fellow Daoist Xiao have suspicions? Fellow Daoist Xiao should know that my master has not yet given birth to a baby. If there is a Tribulation Thunder Pill, it will be left to my master instead of being exchanged for the spiritual grass at the auction."

Xiao Mingyuan smiled apologetically: "Fellow Daoist Chen is serious. Two thousand years of diamond apricots are too rare, so three of them appear together."

"Xiao specially prepared a bottle of Sky Fire Liquid and two pieces of Wind Thunder Crystal, but he still failed and was unwilling to do so."

"There are only three physical practitioners in Donghua Continent. Xiao came to seek help from fellow Taoists for verification. He only hopes to exchange for a diamond apricot and has no other intentions."

"Since King Kong Xing was not replaced by Taoist fellow Taoist, it was Xiao who was reckless. Please forgive me, fellow Taoist."

He said it very sincerely. Chen Yuan's expression softened and he said calmly: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, please come back. I can't get a rare treasure like the Tribulation Thunder Pill."

"As far as I know, diamond apricots are not only used to temper the physical body, but also have other wonderful uses. The person who exchanges diamond apricots at the auction may not be a physical practitioner."

Xiao Mingyuan frowned: "What fellow Taoist said makes sense. The Tribulation Thunder Pill, which has been extinct for thousands of years, suddenly appeared in the world, just in exchange for three diamond apricots. It is very strange. There must be a secret..."

He fell into deep thought, his eyes changing, and after a long time, he suddenly woke up.

He smiled sheepishly, cupped his fists and bowed: "I've been bothered a lot today, Xiao, I'm leaving." (End of Chapter)