Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 153 The Power of Spiritual Weapons
Chen Yuan waited for half an hour before Shen Danmei finally walked into his cave. She was still dressed like a scholar, full of vigor and said loudly, "Junior Brother Chen, I've been waiting for you for two months, and you're finally back. I've gathered the spiritual herbs for two furnaces of Heqi Pills, and you must refine eight Heqi Pills for me!"

Among the two pill recipes she had given to Chen Yuan before, one was the Heqi Pill, which was the same recipe as the one given by Jin Luoheng.

But the other recipe is a miraculous elixir called the Bone-Dissolving Pill, which can dissolve the transverse bone in the monster's mouth and make it speak like a human.

Chen Yuan stood up to greet him and bowed, "Leave this matter to me."

He knew that Shen Danmei was straightforward and didn't like procrastination, so he closed the cave formation restrictions in advance and opened the stone door. After she arrived at Yunyin Peak, she could directly enter her cave without having to wait outside.

Shen Danmei smiled when she heard this. She stroked her storage bag, took out ten spiritual herbs, and handed them to Chen Yuan, saying, "Please keep these two spiritual herbs. Senior Sister has not let you refine the elixir in vain. I have a good thing to tell you after you finish refining the elixir."

Chen Yuan did not ask any more questions and took the spiritual herbs with a smile: "Then Senior Sister will have to wait for a while. This time, I came back with a senior brother who introduced several fellow disciples to me and asked me to make pills. It will take at least three months."

Shen Danmei frowned slightly: "Three months? This matter cannot be delayed, but three months is barely enough. You need to be quick and don't procrastinate."

Chen Yuan was quite curious about this matter when he heard it. Just as he was about to ask, Shen Danmei said goodbye directly: "Since Junior Brother Chen has fellow disciples to meet, I will not disturb you. After refining the elixir, you can send me a sound transmission note."

After saying that, she turned and left. Chen Yuan had no choice but to quickly follow her and escort her out of the cave.

Watching Shen Danmei escaping into the distance, Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This Senior Sister Shen has a straightforward personality and is resolute and decisive, which is completely different from the ordinary cultivators who are extremely cunning.

He had mentioned Shen Danmei when he was chatting with Sun Congyao before.

According to Sun Congyao, Shen Danmei was the daughter of a general of the State of Qi. She was taught by famous teachers and read scriptures since she was young.

However, she scoffed at the ethical principles in the book, but had a special liking for poetry, novels, strange stories and legends. She yearned for the ancient literati and knights who were well-read in poetry and wielded swords.

Later, when Shen Danmei was fifteen years old, her father was implicated in a major case in the court, and was imprisoned and his property was confiscated. She was sold to the Jiaofangsi and was about to become a prostitute.

But at this time, Jin Luoheng happened to be traveling to the mortal world because of something, and met Shen Danmei in the Jiaofang Bureau. He found that Shen Danmei had earth spiritual roots and extraordinary qualifications, so he accepted her as a registered disciple and helped her father to redress his grievances.

The Qi royal family was supported by the six major sects, so they naturally did not dare to go against the wishes of Jin Luoheng, the Jindan elder of the Lingyun sect, and immediately restored Shen Danmei's father to his position as commander.

After this incident, Shen Danmei joined the Lingyun Sect and her cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds. In just twenty years, she successfully established her foundation and was accepted as a formal disciple by Jin Luoheng. Later, she successfully broke through the middle stage of foundation building.

But what is surprising is that although Shen Danmei experienced her family's decline and witnessed the fickleness of human nature and the world in the Jiaofang Bureau, her character remained straightforward and enthusiastic.

When Sun Congyao talked about Shen Danmei's past experiences, Chen Yuan felt doubtful and felt that it was inappropriate to talk about fellow disciples behind their backs.

But Sun Congyao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Junior Brother Chen. These are all told by Junior Sister Shen herself. Even if I don't tell you, you will know it in the future given her personality."

Chen Yuan finally felt relieved, and at the same time he began to have a good impression of Senior Sister Shen.

This is not a love between men and women, but a respect for Shen Danmei.

She has experienced so many hardships and then entered the cruel world of cultivating immortals, but she still maintains such a character. It is really not easy.

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After seeing Shen Danmei off, Chen Yuan sent a sound transmission note to Yi Jin.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he received a reply from Yi Jin, saying that he would come to visit him tomorrow with three fellow disciples.

Chen Yuan had no objection, and he took this opportunity to practice with the two top-grade spiritual weapons he had recently acquired.

It just so happened that Yunyin Peak was located in a remote area, and there were very few foundation-building cultivators who opened up caves here, so there were large areas of unowned land.

Chen Yuan came to a secret valley, touched his storage bag, took out two spiritual weapons, and offered them in the air.

During the half month in Lingyun Market, in addition to refining the medicinal power of the Zengyuan Pill every day, he would also take out an hour to nurture the three top-grade spiritual weapons. Although he could not use them as easily as his own arms, he could already unleash their full power.

He raised his hand, made a gesture, and then pointed at the Fire Cloud Gourd. A rich scarlet light emanated from the mouth of the gourd, and then three hundred and sixty soybean-sized grains of Fire Cloud Sand were sprayed out, which dispersed and spread over an area of ​​a hundred feet.

This valley was specially selected by Chen Yuan. It is vast, covering several acres in size, and is surrounded by dense forests that block out the sun. He can practice magic here at will without attracting attention.

Chen Yuan used all his strength to activate his true energy. The Fire Cloud Sand slowly grew to the size of a fist and began to rotate at an increasingly faster speed, emitting wisps of red smoke that were like gauze and fog. The smoke spread and formed a bright red cloud that enveloped an area of ​​a hundred feet, making it impossible to see.

Chen Yuan's mind moved, and the three hundred and sixty grains of fire cloud sand trembled slightly. While rotating on their own, they also danced back and forth in the air. Wherever they passed, they brought up wisps of red smoke, caused mountains and rocks to collapse, and turned grass and trees to ashes.

Chen Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and the magic formula in his hand changed. The Fire Cloud Sand suddenly stopped, retracted the smoke, and then all flew back into the vermilion gourd.

Looking up at this moment, the area that was covered by the red clouds just now has turned red, and the originally lush and green flowers and plants have all turned to ashes.

The red smoke was extremely hot and could burn anything it touched without any visible flames. It also had the effect of confusing spiritual consciousness. Three hundred and sixty grains of fire cloud sand flew back and forth, which could wear away spiritual power and corrode spiritual tools, but its power was slightly insufficient.

However, the purpose of this Fire Cloud Sand is group attack. If Chen Yuan wants to deal with a strong opponent, he has other means.

He put away the Fire Cloud Gourd, changed the magic gestures in his hands, and injected true energy into the Xuanshui Flag.

A dark blue water curtain appeared in front of Chen Yuan, about seven feet in size, with rippling water flowing in a cycle.

Chen Yuan used all his strength to mobilize his true energy. A strange roar was heard faintly, and the shadow of the black tortoise on the flag shone brightly and appeared, hanging above Chen Yuan's head. The turtle head and snake tail opened their mouths at the same time, and four dark blue water columns were sprayed out in succession, condensing into four thick water curtains to protect him.

At this time, the true energy in Chen Yuan's body was being continuously devoured by the Xuanshui Flag at an extremely terrifying speed.

He estimated that he could only hold out for a quarter of an hour at most before all his energy was exhausted.

However, according to Chen Yuan's perception, the defensive capabilities of these four water curtains are extremely extraordinary. Even if a cultivator in the late foundation building stage attacks, he has the confidence to resist.

The next moment, he rode on a beam of light and came into the air. The magic gesture in his hand changed, and Xuanwu sprayed out two streams of water, which condensed into two water curtains above his head and feet.

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, withdrew his true energy, the water curtain slowly dissipated, the shadow of the Xuanwu beast roared, and returned to the Xuanshui flag.

Then he raised his sleeve and put away the small blue flag.

After this experiment, he has already understood the power of the Fire Cloud Gourd and the Black Water Flag. He just needs to nurture them for a period of time, and then he can use them in combat.

As for the Duyun Boat, Chen Yuan had already tested it on the way back to the mountain gate.

The speed of this boat is several times faster than his escape light, comparable to the flying speed of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building.

With Chen Yuan's full strength controlling it, the speed of the Duyun Boat doubled. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as lightning fast.

As for the backlash of the fifth-level wind phoenix demon power that the green-robed monk mentioned, Chen Yuan easily endured it without any harm.

However, this speed of escape can only last for a quarter of an hour. If one wants to activate the Feng Luan demonic power again, one has to wait at least six hours. Otherwise, the spiritual material of the Duyun Boat will not be able to withstand the continuous activation and will be in danger of collapsing.

Chen Yuanyu flew on the Duyun boat and returned to the mountain gate in just half an hour, which was only a quarter of the time before.

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After testing the power of the Fire Cloud Gourd and the Mysterious Water Flag, Chen Yuan returned to his cave to meditate. That night, he drew starlight into his body to strengthen his physical body and consciousness, and then meditated to restore his internal energy.

The next morning, Yi Jin, Mo Jingchun and three foundation-building cultivators came to Yunyin Peak to visit Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan welcomed everyone into his mansion and greeted them one by one.

These three people are all from the lineage of independent cultivators. One of them is a core disciple, and the other two are deacon disciples. Their cultivation is all in the middle stage of foundation building.

They took out four spiritual herbs in total and asked Chen Yuan to make pills.

Mo Jingchun came with Yi Jin this time and also gathered a furnace of spiritual herbs for Zengyuan Dan and asked Chen Yuan to make the elixir.

In the past ten years, he has accumulated a lot of spiritual stones for good deeds, but he has exchanged them all for elixirs and spiritual tools. It is not easy for him to put together a furnace of spiritual herbs now.

With Yi Jin's introduction, Chen Yuan had a very pleasant conversation with these three senior brothers.

The three of them had higher cultivation levels than Chen Yuan, but they did not dare to be negligent in front of the alchemy master.

Among the four batches of elixirs that they asked Chen Yuan to refine, three were Qingning Pills and the other was Nanguang Pills.

Chen Yuan had refined both types of pills before and had rich experience. He immediately promised that he could refine six pills.

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this.

The alchemy master they had previously approached said that the success rate of the pills was only 40%, and if one pill was left, he could only give three pills. Moreover, his attitude was extremely bad, and there was no room for bargaining at all.

Chen Yuan's success rate in making pills was 60%, far exceeding that of the master alchemist.

The three of them immediately handed the spiritual herbs to Chen Yuan, and then they exchanged their experiences in cultivation for a while before Yi Jin and the others said goodbye and left.

Because of what Shen Danmei said, Chen Yuan did not dare to waste time. He went to the Earth Fire Palace that day and rented a second-class Earth Fire room for three months to start refining the elixir.

This time he has to refine seven furnaces of pills. Fortunately, there are no pills for the late stage of foundation building among them. Three months should be enough.

(End of this chapter)