Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 137: Dan Fang Bamboo Sword Life Yuan Lamp
Jin Luoheng said calmly: "This matter has its own reasons, you don't need to ask too much, take these spiritual herbs away and give them to Pavilion Master Liu. If she has any objections, she can come to me."

After he said this, the cultivator surnamed Qi did not dare to ask any more questions. He could only put away the remaining spiritual herbs and bid farewell to the Qi-refining disciples and leave.

Afterwards, Ji Bin put away the twenty or so five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, nodded to Jin Luoheng, and also rode on the light of escape to leave the top of Lingyun Peak.

After everyone left, Jin Luoheng said to Chen Yuan: "Chen Yuan, come with me."

He waved his robe sleeves, and a beam of light wrapped around Chen Yuan. He soared into the air and flew to the northern gate of Lingyun Sect.

After a while, the escaping light landed on the peak of a steep mountain.

Chen Yuan had never been here before, but he knew that this peak was called Jiangzhen Peak, where the Jindan elders of the sect lived.

It seems that Jin Luoheng’s cave is on this mountain.

The top of Jiangzhen Peak is steep and covered with dense pine and cypress trees. There is a cave embedded in the mountain wall. In front of the door hang several green vines, which are twisted and coiled like a coiled dragon. Above the two stone doors is a white jade plaque with the words "Jiangzhen" inscribed on it.

Jin Luoheng waved his sleeves, and the stone door opened. He then stepped in and said, "Come in. This is my master's cave."

Chen Yuan followed Jin Luoheng along a winding passage and entered a slightly narrow stone hall.

There was a white jade bed in the hall, and nothing else. The walls were all made of rough and uneven bluestone.

Jin Luoheng's figure flashed, and the next moment he was already sitting on the white jade bed. He touched his storage bag, and a wooden chair appeared out of thin air on the ground. He said, "Master does not like ostentation. The cave has always been simple and there are no outside guests. You can sit here."

Chen Yuan didn't even look at the wooden chair. He stood in front of the jade bed with his hands hanging down. "How can a disciple have a seat in front of the master?"

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly: "There is no such red tape in my sect, but since you don't want to sit, I will follow your wishes."

He waved his hand again, and the wooden chair disappeared. Then he said sternly, "Chen Yuan, since you have become my disciple, you should perform the ritual of paying homage to me."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately knelt on the ground, respectfully knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and said loudly: "Disciple Chen Yuan, I pay my respects to the Master!"

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "Disciple, stand up."

Only then did Chen Yuan stand up and stand with his hands hanging down.

Jin Luoheng said: "From today on, you are the fifth disciple of my master. Above you, there are two senior brothers and one senior sister, namely my eldest disciple Lin Hao, second disciple Sun Congyao, and fourth disciple Shen Danmei. I hope you can get along well with your senior brothers and sisters and not have any grudges against them."

Chen Yuan bowed and said, "Yes, I will definitely respect you, my brothers and sisters."

Jin Luoheng nodded and said, "I will not hide it from you. The reason I accepted you as my disciple today is mostly for the spiritual herbs you collected from the secret realm. But since you have already accepted me as your master, you are my personal disciple. I will treat you equally..."

As he spoke, he stroked his storage bag, took out a jade slip, dozens of hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and a small green bamboo sword, raised his hand and waved it, and sent them in front of Chen Yuan.

"There are several foundation-building pill recipes in this jade slip. These hundred-year-old spiritual herbs were originally found by you. I am giving them to you. They should be helpful for you to improve your alchemy skills. This spiritual bamboo sword was obtained by me by chance. You have just entered the foundation-building stage and do not have a spiritual weapon. This sword is quite powerful. You can use it for self-defense for now."

Chen Yuan looked at the jade slips, bamboo swords, and many spiritual herbs in front of him, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes: "Thank you for the reward, Master!"

He raised his hand and put all these things into the storage bag.

Chen Yuan originally thought that Jin Luoheng accepted him as his disciple just to take away half of the spiritual herbs, and he never expected that he would actually give him the elixir formula and spiritual weapon.

Although low-grade spiritual tools, foundation-building pill recipes, and hundred-year-old spiritual herbs were nothing to a Jindan cultivator, they were extremely precious to him, a cultivator who had just entered the foundation-building stage.

Especially the recipes for those foundation-building elixirs. If Chen Yuan were to collect them himself, it would take a lot of effort.

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "Among my disciples, you are the only one who is proficient in alchemy. It is useless for me to keep these recipes, so I will give them all to you. Your three senior brothers and sisters should also have quite a few recipes, but whether you can exchange them for them depends on you discussing it with them."

Chen Yuan bowed deeply: "Thank you, Master, for your advice."

From this moment on, he began to have some recognition of his master Jin Luoheng.

Jin Luoheng asked again: "Have you ever made enemies with anyone since you entered the sect?"

Chen Yuan answered truthfully, "At the Immortal Ascension Conference, I killed Huang Yunshang, the grandson of Huang Linye, the head of the Huang family in Cizhou, and thus forged a grudge with the Huang family. Later, after I became a disciple, Huang Yunshang's brother Huang Yundao tried to ambush me, but was killed by me. This further deepened my hatred for the Huang family. However, apart from the Huang family, I have no grudges with anyone else."

Jin Luoheng nodded thoughtfully: "I have met Huang Linye once before. He has a bad temper, but he is not a fool since he has developed the Huang family to this point. Let me write a letter and you will give it to Huang Linye's third son Huang Sipei tomorrow, and he will pass it to Huang Linye. If everything goes well, the Huang family will not embarrass you again in the future."

Chen Yuan was delighted when he heard this and felt even more grateful to Jin Luoheng.

Although he was not afraid of the Huang family's revenge, there were more than a dozen Jindan cultivators and foundation-building cultivators in the Huang family. It would be of no benefit to confront them, and it would only affect his cultivation.

Jin Luoheng touched his storage bag, and a square table appeared out of thin air in front of him, filled with pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

He pondered for a moment, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote quickly. In just a moment, he had written a letter, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan took the letter with both hands and put it into his storage bag.

Jin Luoheng waved his hand, and the square table disappeared. He said, "Tomorrow, after you deliver this letter to Huang Sipei, come to the master's residence to report and meet your second senior brother and fourth senior sister. Your eldest senior brother is traveling outside, looking for an opportunity to form a pill. You won't be able to see him for a year or so."

Chen Yuan bowed and replied: "Yes." Jin Luoheng closed his eyes slightly: "Go, remember to go to Yuanming Palace first, erase your name from the dead book, and leave your life lamp."

Chen Yuan bowed deeply and turned to leave.

He walked out of the Jinluoheng Cave, rode on the light of escape, and flew towards the Yuanming Palace.

Yuanming Hall is the place where the Lingyun Sect's natal Yuan Lanterns are stored. All cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage have their own natal Yuan Lantern stored there.

There is a trace of the cultivator's soul and spirit in the natal lamp, which is connected to the cultivator's soul.

As long as the natal lamp is not extinguished, its owner is still alive. Otherwise, it means that its owner is dead.

But this is not an absolute fact. In the past, there were monks from the Lingyun Sect who were trapped in desperate situations, their spiritual connections were cut off, and their Yuan lamps were extinguished, causing others in the sect to mistakenly believe that they had died, but they later returned safely.

If the distance is extremely far, the natal lamp may be extinguished, resulting in misjudgment.

But in most cases, the natal lamp has extremely accurate sensing ability and can indicate the life or death of its owner.

Only when Chen Yuan left his natal Yuan Lantern in the Yuanming Hall could he be considered to have officially returned to the sect.

According to Jin Luoheng, he had been listed in the dead list because he failed to come out of the secret realm ten years ago. As a Qi-refining disciple, he did not have his own natal lamp, so he was mistakenly believed to be dead by the sect.

If he does not leave behind his natal lamp and erase his name from the Book of the Dead, he will be a "dead man" and will not even be able to enter or leave the mountain gate. He will be wiped out by the sect's protective formation.

Yuanming Palace is located in a remote area, and Chen Yuan flew for half an hour before arriving here.

The one guarding Yuanming Hall was a female cultivator who was at the foundation-building stage. She was extremely surprised to hear the purpose of Chen Yuan's visit.

After staying in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain for ten years, he was able to break through to the foundation-building stage. It sounded like a fairy tale and was unbelievable.

But after checking Chen Yuan's identity jade card, she finally stopped doubting and lit a natal lamp for Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan followed the method taught by the female cultivator and sent a wisp of spiritual essence into his natal lamp and placed it in a corner of the Yuanming Hall.

This hall is magnificent and has more than 300 natal lamps inside, which are always burning, emitting a faint light and solemn and dignified.

After Chen Yuan put down his natal Yuan Lantern, he looked at it deeply, turned around and walked out of the hall.

From now on, he can no longer attack his fellow disciples as he did before against Huang Yundao.

When the monks of Lingyun Sect transferred their spirit, soul and essence into their natal lamp, they were also performing a secret contract technique and swearing an oath not to kill their fellow disciples.

If anyone violates this rule, his natal lamp will sense it, and his spirit, soul and vital energy will begin to move abnormally. The fate will immediately notice it and send out monks from the Law Enforcement Pavilion to hunt down and kill those who have harmed their fellow disciples.

This is the method used by the orthodox sects to restrain their disciples. Only in this way can fellow practitioners trust each other and maintain cohesion.

It is said that the evil sects do not have such rules, and even encourage their disciples to kill each other, which is completely different from the righteous sects.

After leaving behind his natal Yuan Lantern, Chen Yuan rode on his escape light, left Yuanming Palace, and flew to Zhuming Mountain.

He landed in front of the door of his original cave, but found that the restrictions of the cave had been activated.

This cave has been occupied by new outer disciples.

Chen Yuan shook his head and laughed, then started his escape light again and flew towards Zhenfu Pavilion.

He originally wanted to return to his original cave, spend the night there, and then look for a new cave tomorrow.

But now it seems that it can't be delayed any longer.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Yuan came to Zhenfu Pavilion and chose a new cave.

Zhenfu Pavilion is the place where caves are allocated in Lingyun Sect.

According to the rules of Lingyun Sect, outer disciples live in Zhuming Mountain, while inner disciples and above can choose their own caves.

Chen Yuan is now a foundation-building cultivator and his status has become a core disciple. He can choose a mountain with a concentration of spiritual energy that is no less than that of a micro spiritual vein and open up a cave on his own.

He could also choose an uninhabited cave, but this kind of cave was opened up by other foundation-building cultivators and would inevitably not suit his habits.

But Chen Yuan didn't care about it and randomly chose a relatively remote mountain. The concentration of spiritual energy there was also at the bottom level among the dozens of mountains where core disciples lived.

After Chen Yuan made his choice, he left Zhenfu Pavilion. The disciple on duty behind him had a very strange look on his face.

It was the first time he saw a foundation-building cultivator choosing a cave dwelling so casually.

(End of this chapter)