Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 223: The Jade Talisman is Strange
Suzhou, Huanyue Mountains.

The tall trees blocked out the sun. These ancient trees had survived for who knows how many years. The shortest one was more than ten feet tall, with its branches and leaves stretched out as far as they could. There was no sunlight at all under the trees, and it was dark and silent.

Chen Yuan gathered all the energy in his body, performed the art of lightening his body, and ran through the mountains and forests, spreading his spiritual awareness and paying attention to the movements around him.

He gently grasped the jade beads in his left hand, hid them in his sleeve, and searched for any possible descendants of the true spirit within a thousand feet radius.

Suddenly, a tiger demon that was quietly moving through the woods broke into Chen Yuan's range of consciousness and ran towards Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan frowned, changed direction slightly, and walked to the front left.

This tiger demon was only a second-level demon beast. It walked briskly and gently swung its thick tail. It looked lazy and probably was just patrolling its territory, and hadn't noticed his presence.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan did not want to waste time on it, nor did he look down on its demon pill and demon beast materials. The tiger demon escaped death without realizing it.

The two sides were more than two hundred feet apart, which was quite a distance. After Chen Yuan changed his route, he quickly got rid of the tiger monster.

Like Mingcang Lake, the Huanyue Mountains saw a decrease in the number of independent cultivators going into the mountains to hunt monsters after the demon cultivators invaded Qi State, and the monsters were no longer as secretive as before.

Level 2 monsters like the tiger monster used to only live deep in the Fantasy Moon Mountains, but now they have appeared on the edge of the mountains.

I'm afraid the map I got from Ren Man is of no use.

When Chen Yuan asked Ren Man to help lure and kill Li Ju, he waited for a few days and only took action after Cao Xianji returned to Huanyue Market.

During this period, in order to facilitate the search for the descendants of the True Spirit, he asked Ren Man for a map of the Fantasy Moon Mountains.

When Chen Yuan left the Fantasy Moon Mountains to attend the Ascension Conference, Cao You and Ren Man gave him a map of the Fantasy Moon Mountains, but their cultivation was not high at that time, and the map was rather rough.

This map was the result of Cao You and Ren Man's years of experience in hunting monsters after they left the Fantasy Moon Mountains. It covered most of the areas outside the Fantasy Moon Mountains, as well as the distribution of monsters, and was extremely detailed.

A month ago, after meeting Jin Luoheng, Chen Yuan left Lingyun Sect and entered the Huanyue Mountains with the help of this map to look for the traces of the descendants of the True Spirit.

The Huanyue Mountains are only half the size of Mingcang Lake, and the water is not hundreds of feet deep. It only took Chen Yuan one month to travel around the outskirts of the Huanyue Mountains, but Yu Jue did not react at all.

In addition to this second-level tiger monster, he also encountered several second-level monsters and even two third-level monsters.

Among them was a third-level rat demon, which, after sensing Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness, became extremely ferocious and took the initiative to attack Chen Yuan, but was easily killed by him.

But this also reminded him that the monsters had extremely keen senses, and if he dispersed his spiritual awareness completely, it would very likely disturb higher-level monsters.

He was of course not afraid of these monsters, but he had less than a year left to find the descendants of the true spirit and had no time to waste on the monsters.

So Chen Yuan took the initiative to shrink his spiritual sense to more than two hundred feet. Within this range, his spiritual sense was very condensed, and it was difficult for monsters below level five to sense it.

After that, Chen Yuan encountered another level three leopard monster, but the leopard monster did not sense his spiritual sense, so he was able to avoid it in advance, saving a lot of trouble.

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After avoiding the tiger monster, Chen Yuan entered the depths of the Fantasy Moon Mountains.

The mountains here have become even taller, all over a thousand feet high, towering and extremely steep.

Within the thousand-foot high peaks, there are several giant peaks over two thousand feet high. The higher you go, the smaller the trees become until they turn into meadows. At the highest point, the snow never melts all year round.

In the very center is a three thousand foot tall towering peak, the top of which is hidden in thick clouds all year round.

It is said that several Jindan monks once climbed this towering peak, but returned seriously injured. Since then, no one has ever set foot on the top of the mountain again.

Yu Jue can sense the true spirit blood within a thousand feet radius. It seems that the range is very large, but each of these mountains covers a very large area. It took Chen Yuan two days to walk around a thousand-foot giant peak, but Yu Jue still did not respond.

He was not discouraged and continued to climb the second thousand-foot peak.

Perhaps because this place is close to the outer edge of the Fantasy Moon Mountains, there are not many monsters on the first peak, and there is not a single level four monster, only two level three monsters.

Relying on his powerful spiritual sense, Chen Yuan easily avoided these monsters without wasting any time.

The second mountain is higher, the spiritual energy is much richer, and the monsters are much stronger.

Chen Yuan had just reached halfway up the mountain when he encountered two level three monsters.

As he approached the top of the mountain, the concentration of spiritual energy here was comparable to a miniature spiritual vein.

Chen Yuan immediately slowed down and looked around more carefully.

Along the way, he had never seen a place with such rich spiritual energy. There must be powerful monsters lurking on this mountain.

Chen Yuan moved slowly, and when he was only two hundred feet away from the top of the mountain, his spiritual sense saw a giant eagle.

This giant eagle had light grey feathers and a pair of pitch-black wings. It was lying in a huge wooden nest with its eyes closed to rest. Its body was filled with a strong demonic aura, and it was actually a level four demon beast.

This was the first time Chen Yuan encountered a level four monster after entering the Fantasy Moon Mountains.

This giant eagle is extremely majestic and one can tell at a glance that it has an extraordinary bloodline.

However, it had already entered within 500 feet of Yu Jue, but Yu Jue did not react at all. This giant eagle was not a descendant of the true spirit.

Chen Yuan did not want to alarm the giant eagle, so he stopped and turned to the left.

At this moment, the giant eagle suddenly opened its eyes, and looked at Chen Yuan through a huge rock and dense forest, more than two hundred feet away, with a cold and sharp gaze, as if it wanted to pierce Chen Yuan's body.

While it was sleeping, it suddenly felt a cold feeling passing through its body. It woke up suddenly, and then found that a monk had entered its territory, and it was extremely angry.

The giant eagle let out a sharp cry, stood up, spread a pair of black iron wings that were three meters long, flapped its wings suddenly, flew out of the wooden nest, and swooped down on Chen Yuan!
Chen Yuan had never expected that the giant eagle's perception was so sharp that it could sense his spiritual consciousness.

But he avoided the giant eagle before just because he didn't want to waste time, not because he was afraid of this fourth-level monster.

He snorted coldly, took out the Silver Sword, pointed at something, and shouted, "Kill!"

The Silver Sword made a clear sound and transformed into a stream of silver light, shooting out at a speed that was no less than that of a giant eagle.

Chen Yuan and the giant eagle were only two hundred feet apart. The giant eagle swooped over again, shortening the distance between the two.

In the blink of an eye, the Silver Gang Sword arrived in front of the giant eagle. After Chen Yuan sacrificed the Silver Gang Sword, he revealed his late foundation building cultivation. The giant eagle's originally cold eyes became much more solemn.

Seeing the silver light coming in front of it, it let out a sharp cry, flapped its wings suddenly, and four black iron feathers about a foot long flew out and shot onto the silver light.

A series of crisp sounds of metal clashing were heard, and the Silver Sword cut off three pitch-black iron feathers in succession, but it was also unable to continue and was stopped.

These iron feathers had been cultivated by the giant eagle spirit for many years and were extremely hard, no less than ordinary mid-grade spiritual materials. They barely blocked the Silver Sword.

When the giant eagle saw that three of its iron feathers that it had carefully cultivated for many years were destroyed, it screamed angrily, bypassed the Silver Sword, and grabbed Chen Yuan with its pair of sharp claws flashing with a faint black light.

These iron feathers are extremely difficult to cultivate. There are only six on the giant eagle. They are usually used to fight against enemies and are always effective. But today, half of them were destroyed. Unless Chen Yuan is killed, the hatred in the heart will not be relieved.

Chen Yuan did not confront the giant eagle head-on. He stroked his storage bag, summoned the Xuanshui Flag, and set up the Xuanming Water Curtain to protect himself. Then he mobilized his true energy, and the Silver Gang Sword circled around and continued to slash at the giant eagle.

The thousand-year-old ice silk gloves have not been re-refined yet. Even if he uses the secret technique of the giant spirit body, the strength of his body is not as good as the giant eagle's claws that have absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and been nurtured for hundreds of years.

The giant eagle swooped down in front of Chen Yuan, grabbed at the Xuanming water curtain, and tore off streams of water, almost tearing the water curtain apart.

However, the defensive ability of the Xuanshui Flag was comparable to that of a top-grade spiritual weapon. It resisted the giant eagle's attack to the limit. The Xuanwu beast shadow continuously spewed out streams of Xuanming Water to replenish the Xuanming Water Curtain, causing the giant eagle to return empty-handed.

Chen Yuan felt the vital energy in his body being rapidly consumed and shook his head slightly.

The Xuanming Water Curtain is, after all, only a top-grade spiritual weapon. Although it has extraordinary defensive capabilities and an endless effect, as his cultivation level increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for him to fight against it.

The giant eagle almost broke through the Xuanming Water Curtain with one claw just now, forcing him to use the secret technique of the giant spirit body and risk getting injured in hand-to-hand combat with the giant eagle.

He now has enough spirit stones in his hands, so it's time to change to a protective spiritual weapon.

The giant eagle was blocked by the Xuanming Water Curtain and became furious. It was about to attack Chen Yuan again, but the Silver Gang Sword had already flown back and slashed at the giant eagle, so it could only flap its wings to avoid it.

The giant eagle only had six life iron wings, three of which had been cut off by the Silver Gang Sword. It did not dare to fight against the Silver Gang Sword and destroy the remaining three iron wings.

But the Silver Sword was so flexible that it changed direction and continued to slash at the giant eagle, forcing it to use its sharp claws to block.

clang!
The giant eagle's sharp claws were cut by the Silver Sword, but there was not a single scratch left. However, the layer of faint black light covering it became a little dimmer.

The Silver Sword was hit by a huge recoil force and flew back, drawing a semicircle, and slashed up again.

Under Chen Yuan's command, the Silver Sword moved back and forth, leaving behind silver afterimages in the air, which turned into a flickering silver light net that surrounded the giant eagle in the middle.

The giant eagle was huge in size, and its pair of sharp claws could not withstand the attack of the Silver Sword. It was cut with wounds all over its body, and blood spilled into the sky.

It was filled with fear and let out a sharp cry. It suddenly flapped its wings and three iron feathers of its life shot towards Chen Yuan. It then flapped its wings and flew high into the distance.

These three fundamental iron feathers condensed most of the giant eagle's demonic power and were extremely fast. Chen Yuan had no time to dodge, and the Xuanming water curtain was directly shot through, and the Xuanwu beast shadow let out a wail.

Chen Yuan immediately used the secret technique of the giant body. His body suddenly grew to about eight feet in height. His muscles bulged and took on a bronze color. He raised his arms, crossed them together, and blocked in front of him.

Puff puff!
The black iron feathers shot onto Chen Yuan's arms, leaving three deep wounds. The feathers almost penetrated halfway through his arms.

Chen Yuan felt the severe pain in his arm, his eyes turned cold, and the speed of the Silver Sword increased, slashing towards the giant eagle.

The giant eagle used up most of its demonic power and all of its remaining iron feathers, but still failed to kill Chen Yuan and fell into a desperate situation.

It had very little demonic power left, and only a thin layer of black light remained on its claws. After blocking two swords, it completely disappeared and was cut off by the third sword.

Even the strongest claws couldn't stop the Silver Sword, let alone other places.

Two strikes of the Silver Sword severely injured the giant eagle's wings. The giant eagle let out a wail and fell heavily to the ground. But before it hit the ground, the Silver Sword followed and pierced into the giant eagle's vitals, ending the monster's life.

Chen Yuan dispersed the Xuanming Water Curtain, and the light of the Xuanshui Flag dimmed a lot, and three holes appeared on the flag.

With a thought, he put the Xuanshui Flag into the storage bag, then dispersed the secret technique of the giant spirit body and pulled out the three black iron feathers on his arms. Blood flowed out from the wounds, soon dyeing Chen Yuan's blue shirt red.

The giant eagle's desperate attack caused him serious injuries.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly, stroked his storage bag, took out a jade bottle, poured out a healing pill, swallowed it, and the bleeding slowly stopped. Then he took out a new set of green clothes and put them on, restoring his image as a handsome young man.

He used the power of the stars in the sky to cleanse his bones and marrow, and tempered his body, making him comparable to a peak level four monster. After performing the secret technique of the giant spirit body, he could even rival a level five monster. However, due to the natural defects of human cultivators, he was still not as good as a monster.

Only by refining the essence and blood of the true spirit and mastering the first level of "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" can one make up for the defects of the human body and make the body comparable to that of royal monsters. After stimulating the blood of the true spirit, one can kill the giant eagle with a wave of the hand, and even have the supernatural powers of the true spirit.

Unfortunately, the descendants of the true spirit are hard to find. Chen Yuan searched the entire Mingcang Lake but found nothing.

The Fantasy Moon Mountains are smaller than Mingcang Lake, and the possibility of finding the descendants of the True Spirit is also smaller.

Chen Yuan sighed lightly, dug out the demon pill from the giant eagle's body, put the giant eagle's body into the mustard seed ring, crossed the top of the mountain, went down the mountain, sensing the true spirit blood that might exist within a thousand feet radius.

One day later, he walked all over the thousand-foot mountain. Yu Jue sensed all places on the mountain, but there was still no response.

Getting nothing is the norm. Chen Yuan has become accustomed to setbacks. Without any waves in his heart, he heads towards the third mountain.

Between the two peaks is a low hill, only a few dozen feet high, with dense vegetation and many first-level monsters living there.

Chen Yuan climbed over a hill and suddenly stopped. He touched his storage bag, took out something and examined it carefully.

This is a white jade talisman with a lifelike mandarin duck painted on it, about three inches in size.

This jade talisman was given by Ren Man as a return gift for the Foundation Establishment Pill. It can withstand an attack from a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. It has never been used, but it suddenly shone brightly just now.

Suddenly, a phantom of a mandarin duck flew out from the jade talisman, making a pleasant cry and flying to the east.

Chen Yuan then remembered that there were two mandarin duck jade talismans, one for Ren Man and one for Cao You. They could sense each other within a three-mile radius.

Cao You took another black jade talisman into the mountains and disappeared. Ren Man also took the talisman into the mountains to look for it, but found nothing.

The jade talisman is behaving strangely now. Could it be that it has sensed the other jade talisman in Cao You's hand?
Chen Yuan's face was slightly solemn, and he followed the shadow of the mandarin duck and headed eastward.

(End of this chapter)