Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 215 A blessing in disguise
After returning to Jiuxianzhou, Master Qingyou quietly came to a famous market town thousands of miles away to search for spiritual objects and magical weapons.

He waited in the market for three years, participated in an auction, bought a piece of soul-nourishing wood, and found a place to practice in seclusion.

He cut off half of the soul-nourishing tree and performed a secret technique to absorb all the spirituality in it, restoring his soul to its original state.

Afterwards, Master Qingyou continued to search for spiritual objects for forming a baby, but spiritual objects for forming a baby are extremely precious. Even though the Nine Immortal Continent is rich in spiritual energy, they are still extremely rare.

Taoist Qingyou flew tens of thousands of miles and passed through several markets, but could not find him anywhere.

After some hesitation, he decided to go to a secret cave of the Wentian Sect.

All clans and families are well aware of the principle of "a cunning rabbit has three burrows". They set up secret caves and treasured places, leaving behind skills and spiritual objects, so that even if the clan encounters a disaster, the inheritance will not be cut off.

True Man Qingyou is a disciple of the head of the Wentian Sect and holds a very high status. When the sect was destroyed, he was told by the head of the sect that he knew the locations of all the secret caves.

The secret cave he was going to contained thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, spiritual objects for forming infants, and all the skills of the Wentian Sect. It was the largest of all the secret caves.

Before, he was worried that after the sect was destroyed, the monks in the sect would scatter and flee, and the location of the secret cave would be leaked, so he did not dare to act rashly.

But he had been searching for years and still couldn't find the spiritual object that could form a baby, so he could only place his hopes on the secret cave.

However, Master Qingyou had been practicing for hundreds of years and was extremely cautious. He explored outside the secret cave for several months and made several attempts during that time, but found nothing unusual before entering the secret cave.

However, someone had set up a teleportation array in the secret cave, which teleported him to a dangerous place, where several Jindan monks had been waiting for several years, specifically to ambush and kill Master Qingyou.

The Wentian Sect has a history of tens of thousands of years and has a profound foundation. It acts in a domineering manner and has deep hatred with several sects.

When these sects heard that the Wentian Sect had been destroyed, they immediately hunted down its monks, tortured them to find out the locations of several secret caves, set up killing formations, ambushed and killed the remaining disciples, and Master Qingyou was the top priority.

Fortunately, Master Qingyou was very powerful, cautious by nature, and well-prepared. He killed two Jindan cultivators and escaped from the ambush.

But after this disaster, he was poisoned, and the few magic weapons he had left were all destroyed. Only three ordinary magic weapons he got from the monks of Zi Yang Sect were left.

Master Qingyou was worried that his enemies would come to him, so he did not dare to stay in Jiuxianzhou for long and fled to Qi State through the teleportation array.

However, he was severely poisoned and his life was in danger. He was worried that he would die, so he accepted two foundation-building monks as his registered disciples. He gave the token to open the Wentian Ding to the two and ordered them to guard the space magic weapon.

One of these two disciples was surnamed Zhang and the other Yu. The disciple surnamed Yu came from a small immortal cultivation family.

Only then did Chen Yuan realize that the Yu family in Dingzhou were not descendants of Master Qingyou, but were just disciples pretending to be so.

After Master Qingyou recruited disciples, he entered a magical space and went into seclusion to heal his wounds, hoping to survive from death, but he failed and his body withered.

Master Qingyou was unwilling to die just like that, so his spirit and soul escaped into the soul-nourishing tree, where he fell into a deep sleep and lingered on.

It was not until Chen Yuan absorbed the spirituality from the soul-nourishing tree and attracted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that he was awakened.

At this time, Master Qing You had been sleeping for a thousand years, and his soul was extremely weak. He did not dare to take over the body, so he could only secretly absorb the spirituality of the soul-nourishing tree to nourish his soul. At the same time, he sent the essence of his soul into Chen Yuan's soul space, leaving his own breath to prepare for taking over the body.

He was a cultivator at the peak of the Jindan stage, with a high level of cultivation. The secret techniques he used were also extremely mysterious, and Chen Yuan was completely unaware of it.

Until a few days ago, when Master Qingyou's spirit and soul recovered to its peak state and Chen Yuan's consciousness was damaged, he took action to take over the body.

But Chen Yuan had a jade disc to protect his soul, and True Man Qing You returned empty-handed, and was instead destroyed by the power of the stars around him.

However, he was cruel and ruthless, and before his death he voluntarily left behind a huge amount of memory in an attempt to overwhelm Chen Yuan's mind.

He was almost successful, but fortunately Chen Yuan had a solid mind and a firm resolve. He had experienced this feeling again when he traveled through time and space and was prepared. In the end, he managed to survive and not only did he not suffer a mental breakdown, but he gained a lot of benefits.

Chen Yuan immersed himself in the memories of Master Qingyou and lived his life from his perspective. His knowledge increased greatly, and he gained many secret techniques and supernatural powers, as well as experience in cultivation. Many difficult obstacles in cultivation were easily solved.

However, Chen Yuan’s skills are not compatible with those of Taoist Master Qing You, and since they are practicing both Dharma and body, they cannot practice most of the secret techniques and supernatural powers. Only a few can be learned, and they need to wait until they reach the stage of Dan.

His greatest gain was knowing the location of the ancient teleportation array.

This is the shocking secret mentioned by Qing Youzhen. As long as Chen Yuan makes a vow, he will tell Chen Yuan about this, flee from Qi State, avoid the devil's calamity, and safely find a foundation-building cultivator for him to help him take over another body.

The teleportation array that can span two continents is a treasure, and even Nascent Soul cultivators covet it.

This teleportation array is located in a remote place. It was discovered by Master Qingyou by chance. He strictly guarded the secret and no one else in the world knew about it.

But Chen Yuan obtained all the memories of Master Qingyou, and it was as if he had lived for more than three hundred years longer. His already cautious and strong character became even calmer and more composed. Even when he heard the news about the ancient teleportation array, he remained calm.

His thoughts were flowing in his mind as he pondered over his future path of cultivation.

The spiritual energy in Donghua Continent is scarce, and 90% of the spiritual herbs over a hundred years old are in the hands of large sects. The path for independent cultivators is blocked, and in the huge country of Qi, there are only two or three independent cultivators who have managed to form a pill by chance.

Chen Yuan can only rely on Lingyun Sect to obtain sufficient spiritual herbs, and he does not hesitate to fight with the evil cultivators for this.

Unless the six factions of Qi are defeated and the Lingyun faction is in danger of destruction, he will seek another way out.

But that was just a helpless move, as the spiritual herbs from large sects were in short supply, and even if independent cultivators were wealthy, they had nowhere to buy them.

Before obtaining the memories of Master Qingyou, even if the Lingyun Sect was defeated by the two demon sects and left Qi State, Chen Yuan would not escape alone and become a solo cultivator again.

One-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs can still be seen in the market, but three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs are much rarer, and five-hundred-year-old and eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs are even more priceless.

Only if a Jindan cultivator has the support of a large sect can he get one or two pills every few years. Otherwise, he can only absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, or take the trouble to collect spiritual herbs. His cultivation is as slow as a snail, and he will never be able to form a Nascent Soul until his death.

However, the Jiuxian Continent is rich in spiritual energy and has no shortage of spiritual herbs. There are independent cultivators who are building their foundations everywhere, and independent cultivators who are forming the elixir can be seen everywhere. There are even independent cultivators who have formed the Nascent Soul, founded their own sects, and become powerful in the area.

If the situation goes badly, Chen Yuan can escape to Jiuxianzhou through the ancient teleportation array and no longer have to fight with the demon cultivators. The originally dangerous and difficult situation suddenly becomes a safe and secure place.

More importantly, the Nine Immortal Continent is rich in spiritual energy and has a large number of monsters, some of which are even comparable to human cultivators. Among them, there are many with strong bloodlines, making it easier to find the descendants of the true spirits.

But a thousand years have passed, and no one knows whether any accidents have occurred during this thousand years. Whether the teleportation array can still be used needs to be investigated before making any decision.

Moreover, Chen Yuan was not willing to be a casual cultivator unless he had no other choice.

While staying in Lingyun Sect, Jin Luoheng took good care of him, Sun Congyao and Shen Danmei had a close relationship with him, and Mo Jingchun and Yi Jin had been his friends for more than ten years.

He can exchange spiritual herbs from the Alchemy Pavilion without having to search for them, and he can practice in his cave without worrying about invasions from outside enemies...all these are things that a casual cultivator needs to worry about.

Therefore, Chen Yuan only regarded the ancient teleportation array as a way out. If the six sects of Qi State won, he would naturally stay in Lingyun Sect to practice with peace of mind. If he could not find the descendants of the true spirit in Donghua Continent, it would not be too late to go to Jiuxian Continent. If the situation was critical, Chen Yuan would go to Jiuxian Continent through the ancient teleportation array to avoid fighting with the demon cultivators.

With a plan in mind, Chen Yuanning calmed his mind, closed his eyes and meditated, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The Chilong pendant on the waist glowed faintly, adding a touch of light to the dim training room.

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Three days later, Chen Yuan's true energy was fully restored and he stood up and walked out of the cave.

He spread out his spiritual sense, feeling the huge spiritual sense that covered most of the Yunyin Peak and extended for more than four hundred and fifty feet, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

True Man Qing You was destroyed by the power of the surrounding stars, and the essence of his soul merged into Chen Yuan's soul space. His spiritual awareness surged by more than 130 feet, more than twice that of the cultivators of the same level, far exceeding the cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

Moreover, his spiritual sense has become much more condensed than before, and his perception has become more delicate. Within the range of his spiritual sense, no matter how tiny the movement is, it cannot be hidden from him.

If he met Zuo Heng and the other man again, every word of the young monk's message would be transmitted to his ears without missing a word, and he would not be able to hide anything.

Chen Yuan withdrew his spiritual consciousness, drove the cloud boat, passed through the cloud wall, identified the direction, and fled to the northwest.

Not long after flying out, Chen Yuan saw a monk from the Lingyun Sect patrolling in the air.

When this person saw him flying out of the mountain gate, he did not come up to ask him questions. Instead, he bowed and nodded.

Chen Yuan returned the greeting with a smile. After the man had gone far away, he activated the Duyun Boat to speed up. In just one hour, he arrived at Lingyun Market.

The Demon Sect invaded on a large scale, and the demon cultivators in various places caused even more chaos. Lingyun Market was even more depressed than it was three years ago. There were few pedestrians on the streets, and many shops were closed.

Baoguang Pavilion was still open to welcome guests, but it was deserted, with only three female monks serving as receptionists.

Chen Yuan walked in and explained his purpose. Led by a beautiful female cultivator, he went up to the second floor and met Nie Ruyue.

The two sat down as host and guest, and Nie Ruyue personally served them spiritual tea. She smiled and said, "Daoyou Chen, are you here to take the Silver Sword?"

More than ten years have passed, and she is still wearing a light-colored open-necked skirt, a transparent silk shawl, and a smile in the corners of her eyes, making people feel like spring breeze.

Chen Yuan took the spiritual herb, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Master Nie is right. I came here just to get the sword."

He put down the teacup, touched his storage bag, and a small pile of medium-grade spirit stones appeared out of thin air in front of him. He raised his hand and waved it over.

"This is the spiritual stone we agreed on. Please accept it, Master Nie."

The spirit stones slowly flew in front of Nie Ruyue. She took a quick look and saw that there were exactly nineteen pieces.

Nie Ruyue nodded slightly, raised her sleeves and put away the spirit stone, and said with a smile: "Please wait for a moment, Brother Chen, I will fetch the flying sword right away."

She stood up and walked out of the quiet room. After a while, she came back with a flying sword in her right hand.

This flying sword is about one foot long and hangs in Nie Ruyue's palm, motionless. The sword body is pure silver in color, but it is not eye-catching. Instead, it gives people a feeling of heaviness. It does not contain any other colors or patterns, and exudes a sharp aura.

Nie Ruyue raised her hand and waved the flying sword slowly to Chen Yuan, saying, "Please have a look, fellow Taoist."

Chen Yuan took the flying sword and injected his true energy into it. The flying sword then glowed with silver light, dazzlingly bright.

He was the original owner of the sword, and he had left a spiritual mark on it long ago. The old man in hemp clothes did not erase it when he was refining the weapon. Now he just roughly refined it once, and it felt like he was using his own arm.

The old man in hemp clothes also left a message in the flying sword, introducing the characteristics of this sword.

This top-grade flying sword made of silver Gang Stone has no other power except its extremely sharp edge. It can break anything below the top-grade spiritual weapon with one cut. Only the top-grade spiritual weapon can block a few swords.

Chen Yuan was delighted. After all, Silver Gang Stone was one of the top-grade medium-quality spiritual materials used to refine flying swords. The piece of Silver Gang Stone he bought was of sufficient weight. The old man in hemp clothes added all of it into this sword and refined it carefully. It could be considered top-notch among the top-grade spiritual weapons.

Nie Ruyue smiled and said, "Third Uncle has spent a lot of effort on this flying sword. Is Fellow Daoist Chen satisfied?"

Chen Yuan put the flying sword into the storage bag and praised: "The sharpness of this sword is beyond Chen's expectations. Master Nie is indeed a master of magic."

Nie Ruyue sighed softly: "It's a pity that in the past three years, our pavilion has not purchased any Phantom Yin Stones. We are sorry for your trust."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "It's okay. I was lucky enough to get a piece of Phantom Yin Stone. I came here not only to get the sword, but also to ask Master Nie to help me again."

Nie Ruyue was startled for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist, please follow me. My Third Uncle happens to be free and can help you refine weapons."

How precious is the Phantom Yin Stone? Her third great-uncle had spent his entire life refining artifacts and had seen countless spiritual materials, but he had only seen this once before.

In just three years, Chen Yuan obtained a piece of Phantom Yin Stone. He was really lucky.

Chen Yuan said, "Master Nie, wait a minute. I still have some spiritual weapons to sell. I wonder if Master Nie is interested?"

Nie Ruyue's eyes flickered, and her smile became more charming: "Please bring out some, as long as the quality is acceptable, I will eat them all."

Chen Yuan touched his storage bag, and more than ten spiritual weapons appeared out of thin air on the table, of various styles, ranging from low, medium and high quality.

He took out all the spiritual weapons he had obtained from Zhuang Ji, Ningbi and the seven demon cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building, leaving only the bone-piercing nail.

When Nie Ruyue saw the spiritual weapons piled on the table like a small mountain, her smile froze for a moment. When she looked at Chen Yuan again, there was a bit more awe in her eyes.

Only then did she understand that Chen Yuan did not obtain the Phantom Yin Stone by luck, but by his powerful strength.

He took out so many spiritual weapons at once, he must have the lives of at least seven or eight foundation-building cultivators in his hands!

Nie Ruyue calmed herself down, picked up the spiritual weapons on the table one by one, and bargained with Chen Yuan, eventually settling on three hundred and eighty medium-grade spiritual stones.

If these spiritual tools were sold individually, they should be able to fetch more than four hundred spiritual stones. However, Baoguang Pavilion had to resell them, so they needed to leave some profit margin and lowered the price a little.

Chen Yuan didn't want to waste time for twenty or thirty medium-grade spirit stones, so he agreed directly and sold all the spiritual weapons to Nie Ruyue.

The two agreed that after Chen Yuan had discussed with the old man in hemp clothes, they would deduct the spirit stones needed for refining the weapon and then give the remaining spirit stones to him.

(End of this chapter)