Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Two days later, Zhou Muyun finally returned to Iron Frost City.

When he met Han Xuan, Yuan Shuheng and other cultivators of the Tai Xuan Sect, he was very friendly, but there was a strange look in his eyes when he looked at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan knew very well that Zhou Muyun must have already met Lin Huai and learned his background from him.

But Chen Yuan's background and the extent of the inaccuracies in his words are no longer important.

Han Xuan, a true disciple of the Tai Xuan Sect, has already taken Chen Yuan into his sect, making him a disciple of a major sect in the Spirit Realm that the Dragon People cannot afford to offend.

Zhou Muyun could choose not to mention it, but Chen Yuan could not avoid the topic.

He also needs to rely on the strength of the Yingshan tribe to find the traces of Ao Pan and Zhong Ding.

Before long, everyone got up and left, leaving only Chen Yuan, Han Xuan, Zhou Muyun, and Yuan Shuheng in the reception room.

Chen Yuan clasped his hands in a bow to Zhou Muyun, his face showing apology: "In order to gain the trust of senior and senior Chu, I said some things that were not true. I hope senior will forgive me."

Zhou Muyun smiled slightly: "Young friend Chen, you flatter me. I have already heard Lin Huai mention this matter. You are a disciple of the Tai Xuan Sect in the lower realm, which is not an exaggeration."

"I have heard that you have traveled through the Three Realms, yet you still have not forgotten your ambition to ascend to the Spirit Realm. This is a hundred times more difficult than infiltrating the Demon Burning Realm. It is truly admirable."

"Young friend, your decision to enter the Xuanli Realm alone and conceal your identity as an ascended cultivator was out of necessity, so you can't blame yourself."

His affection for Chen Yuan remained undiminished, and he spoke highly of him.

Han Xuan smiled and said, "Senior Zhou is absolutely right. I also greatly admire Junior Brother Chen's indomitable and tenacious spirit."

"The misunderstanding between him and Junior Brother Yuan has been resolved, and he has now temporarily joined the Huayu Peak lineage."

"Once my master arrives in the Xuanli Realm, I will formally accept Junior Brother Chen into my sect."

"The agreement between Junior Brother Chen and the senior still stands."

"As long as you, senior, are willing to help our sect exterminate the demon race and enter the True Dragon Cave."

"Han guarantees that he will properly settle the Dragon People and help Senior and Senior Chu break through their bottlenecks and extend their lifespans."

A glint flashed in Zhou Muyun's eyes: "Can young friend Han make the decision?"

Han Xuan said, "This junior is unworthy, but I am honored to be the eldest disciple of the Huayu Peak lineage."

“My master, Yuan Hemian, is a cultivator in the early stage of the Integration Realm and holds the position of elder in our sect.”

“Junior Brother Yuan is my master’s only son. With the two of us as guarantors, my master will definitely not abandon the Dragon People tribe.”

"At worst, we can preserve the Yingshan tribe and help our senior find a way to break through the current realm."

Zhou Muyun's expression turned serious: "Then I'll leave it to you, young friend Han. I have some knowledge of the True Dragon Cave, and dealing with those demon generals below the Dragon Transformation Realm is no problem for me."

Han Xuan said, "This junior was just about to discuss this matter with senior..."

He briefly explained that the army had split into two groups: one heading to the Ten Thousand Flames Mountains to guard against the demon race breaking through the formation, and the other continuing to hunt down the demon generals.

Zhou Muyun had no objection. In fact, he had made this suggestion before leaving the Wanyan Mountains, but it was rejected by Chen Yuan.

He naturally didn't know that Chen Yuan valued entering the Spirit Realm and finding the other two True Spirit descendants more than the True Dragon Cave, and was unwilling to waste his energy in the Ten Thousand Flame Mountains.

Now that Han Xuan has brought up the matter again, Zhou Muyun immediately took out the conch shell and was about to send a message to Chu Weicai.

It's impossible for both of the two cultivators at the Dragon Transformation Realm to go to the Myriad Flame Mountains.

However, time was of the essence, and Chen Yuan and Han Xuan had already discussed the matter and made a decision over the past two days.

Han Xuan suggested that Zhou Muyun accompany him to the Wanyan Mountains.

Chen Yuan led half of the Tai Xuan Sect cultivators and the elders of Ying Shan to Qianwei City, joining forces with the two tribes to continue the extermination of the demon general.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Muyun frowned: "In that case, wouldn't Iron Frost City be left undefended? If the Demon General attacks, how will we respond?"

Han Xuan said, "The demon race came for the Dragon Breath Platform, and they have no real interest in the dragon people tribe."

"Their slaughter of the dragon people tribe was merely a side effect, to prevent the news from spreading and to unite the various tribes in their hatred of the enemy and resist the demon race."

"Simply move your tribe to another place, away from Dragon's Breath Platform, and hide them away, and you will not have to worry about being slaughtered by the Demon General."

"Even if we happen to encounter the Demon General, they most likely won't waste their efforts on dealing with a dragon tribe, so we can be assured that we are safe."

Zhou Muyun frowned: "If we follow your advice, our tribe may be able to survive, but we will have to abandon the Dragon Breath Platform in the Iron Frost Mountains."

"The Dragon Breath Platform is the foundation of our clan's heritage for over 400,000 years. How can we allow the demon race to destroy it?"

Han Xuan said solemnly, "When faced with two evils, choose the lesser. The Dragon Breath Platform may seem to be the foundation of your tribe, but right now, both the human and demon races are entering the Xuanli Realm in large numbers, and they will also attract Nascent Soul cultivators or Demon Saints to descend."

"The entire Xuanli Realm will be turned upside down. Even the True Dragon Cave may not be able to survive. It is really difficult to protect a Dragon Breath Platform."

"But your tribe of 100,000 people is the true foundation of the Yingshan tribe."

"Whether you stay in the Xuanli Realm or enter the Spirit Realm, you can continue your clan's legacy."

"Moreover, the dragon energy in this Dragon Breath Platform is becoming increasingly thin. Fifty thousand years ago, it could no longer help your cultivators break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm. It is as useless as a chicken rib. What's the point of keeping it?"

Zhou Muyun's eyes flickered a few times, a hint of melancholy flashing across them, before he slowly nodded: "Young friend Han is right. We must not lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of small gains."

"If the demon race succeeds, the Dragon Breath Platform will be useless no matter how well it is intact."

"Our headquarters has a long history and has experienced several periods of rise and fall. We were well prepared for the relocation."

"I will make the arrangements immediately and order my people to stay away from this place of trouble."

He acted swiftly, immediately rising to take his leave, summoning the elders, and arranging the relocation of the Yingshan tribe.

When the elders of Yingshan heard about this, they were in an uproar. They were extremely unwilling, but dared not disobey Zhou Muyun's order.

They also knew that after the human and demon races entered the Xuanli Realm, the Yingshan tribe would no longer be able to continue its peaceful lineage as before.

The deaths of the late-stage Cloud Realm elders at the hands of the Demon General, along with the slaughter of the Dragonman tribes, made them no longer doubt the ferocity of the Demon Race.

Now that the Supreme Elder and Chen Yuan are about to leave, the lives of the 100,000 clansmen are more important than the increasingly waning dragon energy of the Dragon Breath Platform.

Han Xuan originally intended to destroy the Dragon Breath Platform, but seeing that the Yingshan tribe reacted so strongly by simply abandoning the platform, he refused to mention the matter again.

The Yingshan tribe can still bear the loss of the Dragon Breath Platform.

However, if Han Xuan and the others were to personally destroy the Dragon Breath Platform, it would surely cause dissatisfaction among the Yingshan tribe, and might even force them to defect to the demon race.

Han Xuan could disregard the elders of the Yingshan tribe, but he could not give up the help of Zhou Muyun, who was at the Dragon Transformation Realm.

Even if he couldn't destroy the Dragon Breath Platform, Han Xuan wouldn't ignore it.

The Dragon Breath Platform is the foundation of the Xuanli Realm Grand Array, and is of paramount importance.

The Dragon Breath Platform of Yingshan Tribe is one of the largest Dragon Breath Platforms outside of the True Dragon Cave, so it's natural to want to explore it. Chen Yuan and Shen Yu had entered the Dragon Breath Platform of Qiucao Tribe before, but that one was only built on a small spiritual vein and was far inferior to this one.

But it was within that Dragon Breath Platform that the jade pendant exhibited unusual behavior, as if it had sensed the blood of the true spirit.

Chen Yuan was also quite interested in whether this Dragon Breath Platform would elicit a reaction from the Jade Jade, so he summoned Wu Xuan and entered it together with Han Xuan.

Among the Tai Xuan Sect cultivators following Han Xuan, only Yuan Shuheng, Senior Brother Song, and Senior Brother Li were present.

Yuan Shuheng's Thunder Technique is violent and his strength is formidable, second only to Han Xuan. As the son of Elder Yuan, his status during this trip to Xuanli Realm is even higher than that of Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Sister Hu.

Like Wu Xuan, Senior Brother Song and Senior Brother Li are all array masters, so naturally they are indispensable in investigating the secrets of the Dragon Breath Platform.

Zhou Muyun also sent Lin Huai to guide them. After being rescued by Yuan Shuheng, Lin Huai had become the person among the elders of Yingshan who had the closest relationship with the cultivators of Taixuan Sect.

As soon as they entered the Iron Frost Mountain Range, a domineering dragon aura surged in from all directions.

The closer one gets to the Dragon's Breath Platform, the stronger the dragon's aura becomes, far surpassing that of the Dragon's Breath Platform of the Qiu Cao Tribe.

However, everyone present was either highly skilled in cultivation or proficient in array formations, each possessing their own methods, and easily blocked the attack.

Upon entering the Dragon Breath Platform, the dragon's aura intensified dramatically, causing even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to feel considerable pressure. Only Lin Huai felt completely at ease.

Han Xuan and Yuan Shuheng formed thick protective shields of true essence around their bodies. Wu Xuan, Senior Brother Song, and Senior Brother Li each took out a rare treasure to block the dragon energy, which also consumed a lot of their true essence.

Chen Yuan's physical body was incredibly strong, easily withstanding the erosion of the dragon's energy, but he didn't reveal it, instead condensing a protective shield of true essence.

As expected, the jade pendant in Chen Yuan's body space became warm and glowed red.

It seems that the blood of true spirits exists in every Dragon Breath Platform.

Chen Yuan pondered silently, enveloped in the dragon energy storm, and slowly flew downwards.

The group finally stopped in front of the large spiritual vein beneath the Dragon Breath Platform.

The oppressive aura of the dragon energy here is beyond the capabilities of ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Three green bamboo flying swords surrounded Han Xuan, their emerald green sword energy spewing out and intertwining, emitting a faint fragrance of green bamboo, completely annihilating the incoming dragon energy.

Yuan Shuheng took out the bronze mirror, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and unleashed bolts of lightning that firmly blocked the dragon's energy outside, crackling and dissolving with it.

The magical treasures of Senior Brother Song and Senior Brother Li were no longer effective, so Han Xuan took out six flying swords to help the two of them block the dragon energy. His expression was quite solemn.

A faint black light covered Chen Yuan's body as he unleashed his Devouring Technique, causing all the dragon energy that attacked to vanish.

Such a semi-illusory, semi-real thing is also restrained by the Zhu Yan True Fire, but it also consumes more of one's true essence.

After refining the essence blood of the Kunyu Demon King and comprehending the fragments of the Green Mantis Realm's origin, Chen Yuan's Devouring Technique was greatly enhanced.

In the past, the Devouring Technique could only devour the opponent's supernatural abilities, but after Chen Yuan left the Green Mantis Realm Fragment, it could increase the speed of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and was no longer just a defensive supernatural ability.

Wu Xuan was in a very sorry state under the pressure of the dragon's aura.

Chen Yuan secretly activated the Fire Lotus Mark, and the Vermilion Flame suddenly rose up, burning away all the dragon energy that had entered his body.

Han Xuan frowned as he looked at the massive, dragon-shaped earth vein winding away: "The dragon energy here is so intense that it's making it extremely difficult for us all."

"Are the thirty-six Dragon Breath Platforms in the True Dragon Cave only accessible to cultivators at the Void Refinement stage?"

As a dragon-human, Lin Huai had no choice but to condense a dragon energy shield to resist the pure and violent dragon energy.

He said, "No one in the Xuanli Realm has ever entered those thirty-six Dragon Breath Platforms."

"However, our ancestors in the Heavenly Realm left behind a conjecture: those who are not in the Dragon Transformation Realm cannot enter it."

A cold glint flashed in Han Xuan's eyes: "It seems we absolutely cannot let Ao Pan enter the True Dragon Cave. He possesses the bloodline of the Azure Dragon, and being surrounded by dragon energy is like a fish in water; his strength will increase immeasurably."

He turned to look at Chen Yuan: "Fortunately, Junior Brother Chen killed Ao Xuan. He possesses the bloodline of the Crimson Dragon. If he enters the Fire Realm, he will be even more difficult to deal with than Ao Pan."

Chen Yuan said, "I was just lucky..."

He paused for a moment, a strange light flashing in his eyes, and then said, "We have to withstand the pressure of the dragon's aura, and the demon race will also have a hard time moving forward when they come here. Destroying this large spiritual vein is by no means an easy task."

Han Xuan nodded in agreement, and then asked Senior Brother Song and Senior Brother Li to investigate the ingenious restrictions on the earth's veins.

Chen Yuan also ordered Wu Xuan to investigate, but his mind was focused on his left hand hidden in his sleeve.

Just now, when he spoke, the blood jade bracelet formed from the crimson snake flashed slightly, absorbing a few wisps of dragon energy.

Just as the little red snake was about to open its eyes, Chen Yuan quickly sent it a thought, telling it to continue sleeping.

He dared to let the crimson snake attack in front of Wang Xuanyue, but he couldn't easily expose himself to Han Xuan and the others.

Spirit Realm cultivators are knowledgeable and experienced, and Han Xuan and Yuan Shuheng are true disciples of the Tai Xuan Sect. If they recognize the origin of the Candle Serpent, it could very well cause them trouble.

The laws of the universe are the most mysterious and powerful laws, and should never be easily revealed to others.

However, precisely because the laws of the universe are so mysterious, even Mahayana cultivators, unless they cultivate the laws of the universe, could not discern the origin of the crimson snake while it was asleep.

Chen Yuan had not expected that the little red snake would be interested in dragon energy.

He and Shen Yu and others entered the Dragon Breath Platform of the Qiu Cao tribe, but the little red snake remained completely still.

Looking back now, it must be because the dragon energy in that Dragon Breath Platform was far less pure and concentrated than this one, which is why the little red snake didn't react.

This Dragon Breath Platform was, after all, set up by that true dragon, and even contains the essence and blood of that true dragon.

The red snake's bloodline originates from Zhulong, which is also a lineage of true dragons. It is reasonable that it is interested in dragon energy.

However, now is not the time for it to absorb dragon energy. Chen Yuan silently comforted the little red snake and waited for Wu Xuan and the other two to investigate the earth vein restrictions.

These spiritual runes and restrictions were too profound. It took the three of them two or three hours to finally make some progress and stop.

Senior Brother Song said, "This ley line seems to contain an extremely mysterious aura, which is very similar to dragon energy, but much purer. This is also the reason why spiritual energy can be transformed into dragon energy."

"But this aura is formless and intangible, and at least with the abilities of the three of us, it is difficult to discern its appearance."

"If this ley line is destroyed, this aura will also disappear."

Han Xuan did not reprimand them. He thoughtfully examined the earth's veins before leading everyone out.

Even if everything is done in a simplified manner, the relocation of the entire Yingshan tribe would still require at least a few days of preparation.

Chen Yuan and the others naturally wouldn't wait any longer. The next day, Han Xuan and Zhou Muyun left Tielin City and headed towards the Wanyan Mountains.

Chen Yuan and the remaining half of the Tai Xuan Sect cultivators headed towards Qianwei City, while Lin Huai and other elders in the mid-to-late stages of the Tengyun Realm remained in Tielin City for the time being.

They will assist the other elders in relocating the entire tribe, then reunite with Chen Yuan in Qianwei City to continue the extermination of the demon general. (End of Chapter)