Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 218 Success
In order to prevent Li Ju from escaping and calling for help, Chen Yuan did not dare to hold back at all. He directly used the secret technique of the giant spirit body and punched Li Ju with all his strength, smashing him to pieces. A loud noise was heard, but under the cover of the formation, no sound was heard.

He acted extremely quickly, and in a flash, Li Ju was killed on the spot.

Ren Man had just walked into the gate and was still worried about whether Chen Yuan could defeat Li Ju. But when she turned around, she saw Li Ju being killed by Chen Yuan with one punch, without any ability to fight back. She was so shocked that her face turned pale and she stood there in a daze.

When Chen Yuan took action, his aura was evident and his cultivation level was actually in the late stage of foundation building!

Before he left Huanyue Market, his cultivation was only at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Twenty years later, he had transformed himself into a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, only one step away from Core Formation.

Twenty years may seem like a long time to ordinary people, but to a cultivator who is building a foundation, it is just the blink of an eye. It is extremely rare to be able to cultivate to the middle stage of foundation building.

Accumulating true energy is not a difficult task. As long as you practice diligently and refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, you can always reach the peak of the early stage of foundation building step by step. If you take a few more pills, this process can be greatly shortened.

However, the bottleneck level before the middle stage of foundation building makes the cultivators feel extremely miserable.

Except for cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots who can cross over without any hindrance, even cultivators with earthly spiritual roots will be trapped by the bottleneck.

If you want to overcome the bottleneck, you must not only look at your cultivation foundation, but also your opportunity and state of mind. It is so mysterious that it cannot be explained in words.

Some monks, while traveling around the mountains and rivers, suddenly gain some enlightenment, and are then able to break through the barriers and leave behind a legend of immortals in the mortal world.

Some cultivators comprehend the heaven and earth and practice diligently, but their bottleneck remains unbreakable.

When the opportunity comes, perhaps it can be overcome in three to five years.

If the opportunity does not come, it is common to stop for twenty or thirty years.

The bottleneck in the later stage of foundation building is even more difficult, and can only be broken by those with a solid foundation and pure true essence.

It only took Chen Yuan more than twenty years to accumulate a huge amount of true energy, break through two bottlenecks, and cultivate to the late stage of foundation building. Even a cultivator with a natural spiritual root who was not troubled by bottlenecks could not do this.

But he is a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator who came from a casual cultivation background. He even passed the Ascension Conference and was able to enter the Lingyun Sect. Why is his cultivation speed so fast?

Ren Man felt like she was in a dream, her mind was in a trance, and she felt that everything she saw was so unreal.

What she didn't know was that Chen Yuan was practicing both his magic and his body, and as long as his body was strong enough, he wouldn't encounter any bottlenecks.

However, the cultivators' bodies are weak, and they need rare spiritual objects to strengthen their bodies. Improving their cultivation is more difficult than breaking through the realm through ordinary methods.

But Chen Yuan had the jade beads in his hand, which enabled him to draw upon the power of the stars in the sky to sharpen his bones and cleanse his marrow, tempering his body. He also had many opportunities and no shortage of spiritual herbs and elixirs, so his progress in cultivation was naturally very fast.

……

Chen Yuan quickly checked Li Ju's memory, then released a trace of true energy to crush his soul.

At the same time, he raised his hand and took Li Ju's storage bag into his hand. With a flick of his finger, a fire crow flew out, circled in the courtyard, and burned Li Ju's scattered body to ashes.

After erasing the traces, Chen Yuan looked up at the dazed Ren Man and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Ren, Li Ju is dead. Guiyuan Sect will notice it soon. Let's leave Huanyue Market now."

Ren Man finally came back to her senses, and looked at Chen Yuan with a look of awe in her eyes: "I will go and call Xian Ji over right away."

After knowing Chen Yuan's cultivation level, especially when Chen Yuan killed Li Ju with one punch, it became difficult for her to treat Chen Yuan as a friend.

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "There is no time to lose. I will go with you."

He put away Li Ju's storage bag, walked out of the house first, collected the formation flags scattered around, and then came to Cave No. Ding 347 that he rented with Ren Man, and met up with Cao Xianji, and walked out of the Huanyue Market together.

The three of them walked very fast. It only took them a quarter of an hour to walk out of the Huanyue Market. Then they rode their light and arrived at a barren mountain several miles away before stopping.

Chen Yuan bowed to Ren Man and said, "Thank you, Daoist Ren, for luring Li Ju to the cave, so that I could destroy this beast."

"But after this incident, you and your nephew have no choice but to leave Huanyue Market to escape Guiyuan Sect's pursuit. I feel bad about this, so I would like to give you this Foundation Establishment Pill as compensation. Please accept it."

He touched his storage bag, took out a jade bottle, and handed it over.

When Chen Yuan mentioned "Foundation Building Pill", Ren Man and Cao Xianji's faces changed.

Cao Xianji glanced at the jade bottle, and clenched his hands into fists hidden in his sleeves, but he quickly looked away, his expression barely able to remain calm.

Ren Man stared at the jade bottle slowly flying towards her, her eyes constantly changing, her red lips tightly pursed, her right hand in front of her pinching her left hand, her knuckles turning white and trembling slightly.

Suddenly, she sighed, raised her hands, took the jade bottle, bowed to Chen Yuan, and said softly: "Before Fellow Daoist Chen left Huanyue Market, he took good care of my wife and me. Four years ago, he also gave me a pill. What I am doing today is just to repay your kindness. I should not accept this foundation-building pill."

"But unfortunately, I have a son, Xianji, who is determined to seek the truth, and I am just an independent cultivator with low strength. I am unable to pave the way for him. I am worried day and night, and I am extremely anxious. I can only accept this pill with a thick face."

She clutched the jade bottle tightly, turned to Cao Xianji and said, "Xianji, why don't you thank your Uncle Chen!"

Cao Xianji bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, uncle!"

Chen Yuan said solemnly, "Not to mention that I have known Daoyou for many years. Daoyou and my nephew have lived in Huanyue Market for many years, but because of Chen's matter, they left this place. The many years of connections and friendships were scattered in one day, and they also forged hatred with Guiyuan Sect. A foundation-building pill is really nothing. Once the favor is mentioned, don't mention it again."

Ren Man opened her mouth, but seeing his firm attitude, she said nothing in the end, but hid her gratitude deep in her heart.

Chen Yuan asked, "It's not suitable to stay here for long. Do you and my nephew have anywhere to go?"

Ren Man smiled and said, "The demonic cultivators in Qi are becoming more and more rampant, and many scattered cultivators are fleeing to other countries to avoid disaster. I also have this intention, so I will take this opportunity to leave Qi."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Qi has become a place of trouble. It is indeed not suitable to stay here for long. Daoist friend and nephew should leave now."

Ren Man bowed and said, "Take care, fellow Taoist."

Cao Xianji followed suit and bowed: "Take care, uncle."

Ren Man touched her storage bag, took out a flying boat, and fled away with Cao Xianji.

This flying boat was just a top-grade magical weapon and its speed was not fast. Chen Yuan watched the two people leave and only withdrew his gaze after a long time.

He took out Li Ju's storage bag, probed his spiritual sense into it, searched for a while, took out a silver sound transmission talisman, put it to his lips, imitated Li Ju's voice, and whispered a few words.

Then he raised his hand and threw it, and the sound transmission note turned into a silver stream of light, flying into the sky at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary sound transmission notes, and disappeared a moment later. After releasing the sound transmission note, Chen Yuan waited for a moment, then touched Li Ju's storage bag, took out a pot of spiritual tea and a teacup, poured a cup of tea, and drank it all.

Then he put away the teacup and teapot, boarded the Duyun boat, and flew south.

This time, Chen Yuan asked Ren Man for help to lure Li Ju to death, not only to avenge the robbery and murder, but also to join forces with him to rob and kill the cultivators and the evil cultivator for money and life.

He had made this plan before he left the sect. As long as he could lure out the evil cultivator behind Li Ju, he could easily complete the sect's mission.

If Ren Man is unable to lure Li Ju out of Guiyuan Pavilion, he will give Ren Man a large amount of low-grade spirit stones and ask her to go to Li Ju to exchange them for medium-grade spirit stones to lure the demon cultivator to take action.

However, in this way, Chen Yuan would not be able to kill Li Ju. Moreover, Ren Man was just a casual cultivator with low strength. Suddenly obtaining a large amount of spirit stones would easily arouse his suspicion.

Fortunately, Li Ju was greedy by nature and would not even let go of the scattered spirit stones in the hands of casual cultivators. He was easily lured out and died at the hands of Chen Yuan.

After searching his soul, Chen Yuan learned that after the middle-aged scholar and the consumptive ghost got into trouble, Li Ju found two more demon cultivators and teamed up with them to rob and kill the cultivators who came to him to exchange spirit stones. In the past few years, he has reaped great rewards.

He also learned his lesson. The two demon cultivators he had joined forces with now were both cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building. They were quite powerful and had never failed, which just met Chen Yuan's requirements.

He deliberately slowed down his speed and flew slowly to the south without any precautions, but secretly spread out his spiritual sense, taking any movement within six hundred feet around him into control.

A quarter of an hour later, two beams of light flew over silently and were seen by Chen Yuan's spiritual sense.

But he seemed not to notice and continued to fly forward in the Duyun Boat.

It was not until the two beams of light entered within three hundred feet around Chen Yuan that he stopped, put away the Duyun Boat, and waited quietly.

A moment later, two beams of light stopped in front of Chen Yuan, revealing the figures of two cultivators.

Chen Yuan looked up and saw that the faces of these two people were exactly the same as the demon cultivators he saw in Li Ju's memory. They were exactly the people he was looking for.

After the two men stopped, without saying a word, they immediately summoned their spiritual weapons and attacked.

They have been cooperating with Li Ju for several years without any mistakes. Anyone who drinks the spiritual tea is considered by Li Ju to be of low strength and can be robbed and killed.

The two were in no mood to talk to a dying man; they just wanted the spirit stones on Chen Yuan's body.

These two spiritual weapons are filled with sinister aura. One is a judge's pen made of bones and dipped in blood-ink. The other is a black wooden sword that is surrounded by ghosts and resentful spirits, making sounds like ghosts crying and wolves howling. Both are top-grade spiritual weapons.

Chen Yuan did not dodge or evade. He took out the Silver Sword, pointed at one spot, and shouted, "Kill!"

The Silver Sword shot out, turning into a stream of silver light and slashed towards the White Bone Judge's Pen.

At the same time, he summoned the azure flying sword he got from Xu Feiqing and slashed at the black wooden sword that was surrounded by ghosts.

Over the past year and a half, he has been nurturing this flying sword and has now become able to wield it as easily as his own arm.

The faces of the two men changed drastically. When Chen Yuan took action, his inspiration was revealed. He turned out to be a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage. The two flying swords he sacrificed were shining with brilliant light, far surpassing the top-grade spiritual weapons. They were all top-grade spiritual weapons!
One of the green-faced monks shouted, "Retreat!"

The magic formula in his hand changed, and the White Bone Judge's Pen splashed out bits of blood and ink, splashing towards the Silver Sword.

These blood inks are all made from the essence and blood of mortals. They have foul power and are extremely difficult to deal with.

But wherever the Silver Gang Sword passed, the blood and ink were easily shattered, and the filthy power was not exerted at all. Even the White Bone Judge's Pen was cut into two pieces by the Silver Gang Sword.

The green-faced monk spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with horror, and immediately turned around and fled.

His White Bone Judge's Pen was made from the bones of hundreds of babies born on yin months and days, and was carefully nurtured by him for dozens of years. It was extremely hard, but it was cut into two pieces by a sword. Could this man be a sword cultivator?
He was shocked by Chen Yuan's strength and panicked, forgetting that sword cultivators only cultivate one flying sword, while Chen Yuan summoned two flying swords.

At the same time, the black wooden sword was cut by the azure flying sword, and together with the ghost lingering on it, it was covered with a layer of frost, which continued to spread and was finally frozen in a piece of ice.

The other skinny monk was anxious and urged his true energy to move, but the black wooden sword did not move at all.

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Chen Yuan's eyes. Both of them came from a small sect affiliated with the Blood Spirit Sect. The spiritual weapons they used were mediocre. How could they withstand these two top-grade flying swords?
After destroying the two people's spiritual weapons, the Silver Sword and the Azure Flying Sword continued to slash at the two without stopping.

The green-faced monk's escape speed was not slow, but it could not compare with the speed of the Silver Gang Sword. After escaping for dozens of feet, he was caught up by the Silver Gang Sword and cut into two pieces by one sword, and even his soul was chopped off.

The skinny monk's choice was different from that of the green-faced monk. He used his defensive spiritual weapon, but he was soon in danger under the siege of the azure flying swords.

The skinny monk was horrified and shouted, "Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. This is a misunderstanding. I... We are chasing a monk who looks similar to you. We have mistaken him. I am willing to compensate you thirty, no, fifty mid-grade spirit stones. Please spare my life!"

Chen Yuan smiled, and the blue flying sword continued to attack, saying: "You two attacked me without knowing right or wrong. How can a misunderstanding be cleared up? As for the spirit stones, I can take them myself, so I won't bother you, fellow Taoist."

The skinny monk said anxiously, "Fellow Daoist, don't you want to know why the two of us attacked you? This was all done by Li Ju. Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. I am willing to help you lure Li Ju out!"

This person was just like the consumptive patient. At the critical moment of life and death, he immediately threw Li Ju away and distanced himself from the matter.

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, Li Ju is dead, and you two are my target."

The skinny monk was stunned for a moment, then said, "Could it be that you are a law enforcement monk of Guiyuan Sect? I have a top secret to tell you, which will surely allow you to accomplish a great deed. Please show some mercy!"

Chen Yuan said coldly: "After you die, I will search your soul."

At this moment, the skinny monk's defensive spiritual weapon was about to be broken, and he said anxiously: "Daoyou, please don't have such thoughts. I am proficient in the secret arts of the soul. Before Daoyou kill me, I will explode my soul!"

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and he finally slowed down his attack a bit, giving the skinny monk a chance to catch his breath.

He was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist, this top-secret will definitely satisfy you..."

But at this moment, a silver line flashed by, cutting through the skinny monk's defensive spiritual weapon and beheading him with a sword!
Chen Yuan moved and flew to the skinny monk, took his soul into his hands, and performed the soul-searching technique.

After a moment, he released a trace of true energy, which crushed the skinny monk's soul. With a thoughtful look on his face, he raised his hand and collected the two bodies and the storage bag, then summoned the Duyun Boat and fled to the south.

Thanks to the Taoist Master Mo Hun for the reward!

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