Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 140: Gift from a Fellow Disciple: The Fall of Wu State
Chen Yuan arrived at the top of Jiangzhen Peak, lowered his light of escape in front of Jin Luoheng's cave, took out a sound transmission talisman, spoke a few words, and released it.

The cave flew to the stone gate, a flash of light appeared, and suddenly disappeared.

This was moved into the cave by the restriction of the formation. Chen Yuan stood with his hands hanging down and waited for a moment. The stone door of the cave slowly opened.

A female cultivator walked out of the door, looked at Chen Yuan, and said with a smile: "You are Junior Brother Chen, right? Master asked me to take you in."

This female cultivator looked to be in her twenties, with a beautiful appearance, but she also had a pair of thick eyebrows, which added a bit of heroic spirit to her appearance.

She was tall and well-proportioned, almost as tall as Chen Yuan. She was dressed in plain white scholar's clothes and a turban on her head. She did not look delicate like an ordinary woman, but rather, looked like an ordinary scholar, heroic and valiant.

Chen Yuan immediately realized that this should be Shen Danmei, the fourth disciple of Jin Luoheng. He bowed and said, "My younger brother Chen Yuan, I meet Senior Sister Shen."

Shen Danmei smiled and said, "Brother Chen, there is no need to be polite. Come in."

Having said that, she turned around and walked into the cave. Chen Yuan hurriedly followed and came to the stone hall.

Jin Luoheng was sitting on the jade bed just like yesterday, with a smile on his face.

In front of the jade bed stood a thirty-year-old male cultivator with three long beards under his chin. He was wearing a Taoist robe, had a square face and a steady demeanor. He turned his head and looked Chen Yuan up and down.

Chen Yuan first bowed to Jin Luoheng: "Disciple greets Master."

Jin Luoheng said: "Chen Yuan, this is your great-grandson brother Sun Yao."

Chen Yuan bowed to Sun Yaocong again: "Senior Brother Sun."

Sun Yaocong returned the greeting: "Junior Brother Chen."

He stroked his storage bag, took out a dark iron block the size of a walnut, raised his hand and handed it to Chen Yuan: "I don't have any good things on me. This piece of black iron essence was obtained by me three years ago. I am now giving it to Junior Brother Chen. I hope Junior Brother Chen will practice diligently and be filial to Master."

Chen Yuan was startled, and took the black iron block with both hands, and said with a bow: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Black iron essence is a mid-grade spiritual material that can be used to refine spiritual weapons and is very valuable.

This piece of black iron essence is the size of a walnut. As long as a little more is added, it can be used as the main material, supplemented with several low-grade spiritual materials, to refine a low-grade spiritual weapon.

Sun Congyao gave this as a gift for meeting someone, which was quite valuable.

Seeing this, Shen Danmei frowned and said, "Brother Sun, you are so generous that you even gave me the Black Iron Essence. Aren't you putting me on the spot? If the things I gave you are not as good as yours, Brother Chen will definitely complain about me being stingy."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan quickly said, "How dare I!"

Sun Congyao smiled and said, "Junior sister, you are worrying too much. Junior brother Chen is a junior, how could he plot against you behind your back? No matter what you give him, he will gladly accept it."

Shen Danmei glanced at him and said, "How can that be possible? Although my cultivation is not as good as yours, the gift I give to Junior Brother Chen will definitely not be worse than yours!"

She stroked her storage bag, took out a jade slip, raised her hand and threw it, saying: "I heard from Master that Junior Brother Chen is a master of alchemy, so I will give you two foundation-building stage pill recipes, which are no worse than the black iron essence."

Chen Yuan took the jade slip with both hands and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

Shen Danmei smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me, but if Senior Sister needs me to refine pills in the future, I hope Junior Brother Chen will not refuse. Of course, Senior Sister will prepare the spiritual herbs, and Junior Brother only needs to refine the pills."

Chen Yuan said sternly, "Sister, if you need anything, just ask. I will never refuse. But I am a beginner and have only refined foundation-building pills. I am not very good at alchemy. If I were to refine a new kind of pill, I am afraid the success rate would not be very high."

Shen Danmei said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. No matter how bad your success rate is, can it be worse than those guys in the Alchemy Pavilion who cut back on pills? As long as it's 40%, I'll be satisfied."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan's face turned a little awkward: "With a 40% chance of success, I think I still have some confidence."

He could see that his fourth sister was straightforward and outspoken. She said whatever she thought and could easily say things that could offend people.

But she just waved her hand and gave out a recipe for foundation-building pills. She was so generous that it was hard for people to feel bad about her.

At this time, Sun Yaocong said, "Junior Brother Chen, I have a furnace of elixirs to refine. Do you have time?"

Chen Yuan asked, "What kind of elixir does Senior Brother Sun want to refine?"

Sun Yaocong said: "Yuliangdan."

Chen Yuan was embarrassed when he heard this: "This pill requires three kinds of three hundred year old spiritual herbs as the main ingredients. I'm afraid the success rate won't be too high..."

Yuliang Pill is a pill for the late stage of foundation building. The recipe for this pill was included in the jade slip that Jin Luoheng gave to Chen Yuan yesterday.

If it were an ordinary pill, Chen Yuan was confident that the success rate would be at least 40%, and could even reach 50%.

The Foundation Building Pill, like the Jade Beam Pill, used three 300-year-old spiritual herbs as the main ingredients, and the difficulty of refining it was comparable to the late Foundation Building Pill. His success rate in refining the Foundation Building Pill was only 30%, and when he changed to the Jade Beam Pill, it was not much higher.

Sun Yaocong asked, "Is it 30%?"

Chen Yuan replied: "Thirty percent should be fine."

Sun Yaocong nodded and said, "A 30% success rate is already enough. If you are willing to refine this furnace of Yuliang Pills for me, you can follow the rules and leave one pill for me. I only need two Yuliang Pills."

Chen Yuan declined, "How can I ask for your medicine..."

Sun Yaocong shook his head slowly, his expression serious: "Junior brother, please don't refuse. The rules cannot be abandoned. How can I let you work in vain? It's settled. I will give the spiritual herbs to you later. You only need to give me two Yuliang Pills within three months."

Seeing that he said this, Chen Yuan had no choice but to agree.

Brother Sun is upright and polite, and it would be bad if he kept refusing.

At this time, Jin Luoheng said: "Okay, if you want to find Chen Yuan to make pills, you can talk about it in private. The three of you will gather together today, and I have a few things to tell you."

Chen Yuan and the other two looked solemn and stopped talking, quietly waiting for what was to come.

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Chen Yuan, you have broken through the foundation and can practice martial arts. I see the spiritual light on your body, which is the true essence of fire. I have several fire martial arts in my hand, but most of them are incomplete. You can go to the Sutra Pavilion later and choose a martial arts to practice."

Chen Yuan bowed and replied, "Yes."

Jin Luoheng continued, "The cultivation techniques in the immortal world can be divided into three categories. Do you know the specific details?"

Chen Yuan replied, "As far as I know, the first type of practice only focuses on cultivation, and progress is very fast. The true essence is pure, but it lacks magical powers. The strength of the practitioners is often at the bottom among the cultivators of the same level. The second type of practice only focuses on magical powers, not cultivation, and progress is very slow. After practicing, the strength is high and there are few rivals at the same level. The third type of practice focuses on both, and the true essence is pure, but it is extremely difficult to practice. It is difficult for those who are not gifted or have a deep opportunity to get started."

Jin Luoheng nodded slightly: "That's right, what kind of skills do you want to practice?"

Chen Yuan said without hesitation: "My aptitude is dull, and I am willing to practice the first type of skills."

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "Very good. Most of the cultivators in my lineage practice the first type of skills, and so does my master. Although we lack magical powers and Taoist skills, we can make up for the lack of magical powers with magic weapons. As long as our Tao heart is firm, we will have the opportunity to achieve Taoism."

Chen Yuan said respectfully: "Disciple will follow the master's teachings. After choosing a technique, I will practice it wholeheartedly to improve my cultivation."

Jin Luoheng nodded and said, "You need to improve your cultivation as soon as possible. I can see from the aura on your body that you are not new to the foundation building stage. You must have been cultivating in the secret realm for quite some time. But this is not enough. It would be best if you could break through to the middle stage of the foundation building stage within 20 years."

Chen Yuan was startled and asked, "Master, do you have anything for me to do?"

Jin Luoheng shook his head and said, "The world of immortal cultivation will undergo a major change. If you only have the early stages of foundation building by then, it may be difficult to save your life."

Chen Yuan looked surprised. Sun Yaocong and Shen Danmei were also quite confused and looked up at Jin Luoheng.

Jin Luoheng said in a deep voice: "Six years ago, the demon cultivators invaded Wu Kingdom. The Wu Kingdom's immortal cultivation world fought with them more than ten times and finally suffered a great defeat. Two of the four major sects in Wu Kingdom were destroyed, and two retreated. The entire Wu Kingdom's immortal cultivation world was swallowed up by the demon cultivators. And their next target is my Qi Kingdom's immortal cultivation world!"

When these words were spoken, Chen Yuan and the other two were all shocked.

After Chen Yuan entered Lingyun Sect, he read ancient books and gained some understanding of the geographical structure around Qi State.

The place where Qi State was located was called Donghuazhou, and there were more than twenty countries in total.

The State of Qi was located in the south-central part of Donghuazhou and was surrounded by four neighboring countries.

Wu State is located in the north of Qi State. It has four Nascent Soul cultivators. The overall strength of its cultivation world is weaker than that of Qi State, but they both belong to the righteous path.

To the north of Wu State is the world of demons, which have been in opposition to the righteous cultivators for many years.

However, the forces of good and evil only confronted each other openly, but communicated frequently in private, and there has not been a major war for a thousand years.

Unexpectedly, the evil cultivators have already destroyed the Wu Kingdom's cultivation world and are planning to attack the Qi Kingdom, and they know nothing about it.

The three of them looked at each other, and Sun Yao was the first to speak: "Master, the Wu Kingdom has been destroyed, why hasn't there been any news?"

Jin Luoheng said, "This matter is of great importance, and only the elders of the Jindan stage of each sect know the inside story. The Qi Kingdom is now in a state of panic because of the demonic plague. If the low-level cultivators knew that the demonic cultivators would soon march across the border, there would definitely be a lot of chaos, so the six Yuanying masters ordered the news to be blocked."

Chen Yuan and the other two nodded slowly, shock still lingering on their faces.

Jin Luoheng said solemnly, "The demonic troubles in Qi are all caused by the demonic cultivators, who want to disrupt the world of immortal cultivation and consume Qi's vitality. Now the demonic troubles are getting worse and worse, and the day when the demonic cultivators will take action is getting closer and closer. You must prepare early, improve your cultivation, and welcome the upcoming war between good and evil."

The three of them responded in unison. Shen Danmei couldn't help but ask, "Master, the righteous and the evil have lived in peace for thousands of years. Why did the evil cultivators suddenly start a war?"

(End of this chapter)