Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 227 Dandy
Nearly three years later, Chen Yuan saw the thousand-year-old ice silk gloves again.

After he explained his purpose, he met the old man in hemp clothes under the guidance of Nie Ruyue and received the thousand-year-old ice silk gloves that had been upgraded to a top-grade spiritual weapon.

Three years later, the pair of gloves had completely changed in appearance. They were a little thicker and light blue in color. Chen Yuan stroked them gently and found the surface of the gloves to be delicate and smooth, with a slight coolness.

He injected a trace of true energy, and the light blue gloves lit up, but after a moment, they calmed down again.

The gloves still retained the imprint of Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness. In just a short breath, he refined the gloves again. After nurturing them for a few days, he would be able to use them as easily as his own arms in a fight.

According to the old man in hemp clothes, this pair of gloves are made of top-grade spiritual materials and are among the two best spiritual weapons he has ever refined.

The other was a flying sword he made for a sword practitioner. It was made from two top-grade spiritual materials and was extremely sharp, able to even cut through magical weapons.

The main material of this pair of gloves is thousand-year-old ice silk, which is extremely rare even among the top-grade spiritual materials. It is on par with the flying sword. It is extremely tough and can withstand attacks from magic weapons. It also contains a trace of ice essence that can freeze everything.

After the ritual, Chen Yuan put on the gloves, and the light blue color gradually disappeared, and the aura of the top-grade spiritual weapon also disappeared, as if it had disappeared out of thin air, but he clearly felt that the gloves were still on his hands.

This is the effect of adding the Phantom Yin Stone. It can completely hide the trace of the gloves, and only a Jindan cultivator can detect it.

The gloves have the potential to be promoted to a magic weapon in the future. As long as Chen Yuan finds enough thousand-year-old ice silk and two other top-grade spiritual materials, and asks a master weapon refiner to re-refine them, there is a great possibility that they will be promoted to a magic weapon.

This is not because the old man in hemp clothes is so skilled in refining equipment, but because the thousand-year-old ice silk is too precious and is more than enough to be the main material of the magic weapon.

Nie Ruyue sat opposite Chen Yuan, quietly watching him check the gloves. After he put them on, she asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, are you satisfied with this spiritual weapon?"

Chen Yuan clenched his fists without any sense of sluggishness, and nodded, "Yes, this pair of gloves is very much to my liking. Master Nie is indeed a master."

When Nie Ruyue took him to find the old man in hemp clothes, the latter was refining a spiritual weapon. After handing the gloves to Chen Yuan, he briefly explained the characteristics of the gloves and sent the two away.

Nie Ruyue smiled and said, "I have received so many spirit stones from you, so I naturally cannot let you suffer any loss. If you still need to refine spirit tools in the future, I will be waiting for you."

Chen Yuan put down his hands and smiled, "Chen doesn't need to refine a spiritual weapon for the time being, but I have something else and would like to ask Brother Nie for help."

Seeing that there was business coming, Nie Ruyue's beautiful eyes lit up slightly and her smile deepened a little: "Fellow Daoist, please speak."

"Does your company have any formations for sale?" Chen Yuan looked up at Nie Ruyue and asked.

Nie Ruyue smiled and said, "Of course, what kind of formation do you need? Our pavilion has invisibility formations, defensive formations, killing formations, and two kinds of strange formations that can speed up the ripening of spiritual herbs."

"Chen needs a set of killing formations."

"There are three types of killing formations in our pavilion. Two of them are magic formations, which should be difficult for you to appreciate. There is also a mid-level spiritual formation, the Poison Cloud Formation. After it is deployed, it can easily surround and kill cultivators in the late stage of foundation building..." Nie Ruyue spoke slowly and gave a detailed introduction to the Poison Cloud Formation.

Chen Yuan listened to her quietly before saying, "This poison cloud formation is truly extraordinary, but I need a high-level spiritual formation, and this formation is a little lacking."

Nie Ruyue asked in surprise: "High-level spiritual formation?"

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, if the treasure formation is better, does Brother Nie have any ideas?"

When Nie Ruyue heard this, her beautiful eyes widened, her eyelashes trembled, and she was so shocked that she was speechless.

Above the spirit formation is the treasure formation, which gets its name because it has the power of a magic weapon.

Some powerful magic formations can even kill Nascent Soul cultivators. The Lingyun Sect's ten thousand meter cloud wall is a manifestation of a magic formation.

Nie Ruyue smiled bitterly and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen thinks too highly of me. Formations are precious to begin with. This pavilion doesn't even have a mid-level spiritual formation, so how can there be a high-level spiritual formation?"

"Not only this pavilion, there is no other equipment refining shop in Lingyun Market that sells high-level spirit arrays."

"As for the treasure formation, only the six major sects and the Yizhou Sun family, a thousand-year-old formation-building family, own it. It is not for sale to the public. Even if you offer more spirit stones, you can't buy it."

Chen Yuan was surprised: "I don't know how to use formations, but how can a high-level spiritual formation be so rare?"

Nie Ruyue explained: "When a high-level spiritual formation is fully activated, it can resist the attacks of cultivators in the early stage of Jindan, and can even kill them. The protective formation of a medium-sized immortal cultivation family is no more than this."

"The array plates and flags need to be mixed with a high-grade spiritual material to be refined. Large-scale high-level spiritual arrays require more than a dozen medium-grade spiritual materials, which are more precious than magic weapons."

"The forbidden patterns engraved on the formation flags are even rarer. They have only been passed down in the six major sects and the Sun family of Yizhou. Outsiders cannot refine them."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan frowned and felt troubled.

He was no match for the white ape with his own strength, so he wanted to set up a formation to ambush and kill the white ape.

No matter how powerful the white ape is, it is only a fourth-level demon beast, and its strength is at most equivalent to that of a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan. As long as a high-level spiritual formation or even a treasure formation is set up, it can be exhausted to death.

Chen Yuan had no shortage of spirit stones, and this time he came to Baoguang Pavilion, in addition to taking away the thousand-year-old ice silk gloves, he also wanted to buy a high-level formation.

In the memory of Master Qingyou, high-level spiritual formations were very common in Jiuxianzhou and could be easily purchased in the market.

The treasure array is a little more difficult, but it is often seen at auctions.

I didn't expect that high-level spiritual formations were so expensive and unavailable in the Qi Kingdom's cultivation world.

Nie Ruyue saw that Chen Yuan looked a little unhappy, and said, "If you are in urgent need of a high-level spiritual formation, there are ways to solve it."

"The clan protection formations of those immortal cultivation families were purchased from the six major sects or from the Sun family of Yizhou."

"To be honest, my Nie clan's protective formation was given by your sect. I am already a senior disciple of Lingyun Sect, so why would you go so far away?"

"However, high-level spirit formations are extremely precious and expensive, and not something that ordinary cultivators can afford. When the formation is in operation, it consumes a lot of spirit stones. Daoist friend, please consider this carefully."

Chen Yuan's expression eased slightly, and he nodded slightly: "Thank you for your reminder, I will consider it again."

Since he couldn't buy the formation, he didn't waste any more time and immediately got up and said goodbye.

Nie Ruyue personally escorted Chen Yuan out of Baoguang Pavilion. He quickly walked out of the market town, rode on a beam of light, and flew towards the gate of Lingyun Sect.

If you want to kill the white ape, you must have the assistance of a formation.

The treasure array is too precious to be bought, but there is some hope for the high-level spiritual array. Since Lingyun Sect can sell the high-level spiritual array to Nie, it should be able to sell it to him as well.

If it really doesn't work, go to the Sun family in Yizhou to buy the formation.

Chen Yuan's mind was spinning. He was not flying very fast. Just after he flew a few miles, a beam of light suddenly rushed down from behind a white cloud in front of him and blocked the Duyun Boat. A sinister voice rang out, "Daoyou, please!"

The Duyun boat slowly stopped. Chen Yuan looked intently and saw a black flying boat parked in the air. On it stood a young cultivator who looked only about twenty years old. He was dressed in brocade and had a pale face, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. He was looking Chen Yuan up and down unscrupulously, his eyes full of lust.

He did not conceal his aura, and he had the cultivation base of the middle stage of foundation building. After looking at Chen Yuan twice, he stared at his face and murmured, "What a beautiful woman with extraordinary temperament, much better than those mediocre women who are only good for show..."

Suddenly, he laughed and pretended to bow: "My dear Qin Fang, may I ask the name of the beauty?"

Chen Yuan saw that this person was behaving strangely and talking nonsense, so he asked, "Who are you?"

As he spoke, his face remained expressionless, but his eyes were full of vigilance, and his spiritual sense swept around him within a range of two hundred feet inch by inch.

His flying speed just now was not fast, and his aura was restrained, so he did not reveal his cultivation level of the late stage of foundation building.

But he was cautious by nature, and always spread out his spiritual sense to check the surrounding situation, but he did not notice this person. Surprised, he took the initiative to compress his spiritual sense and scanned all places within two hundred feet around him inch by inch, especially the white clouds floating in the sky, but found nothing.

The monk in brocade clothes laughed lewdly and said, "Did the beauty not hear clearly? I, Qin Fang, admire your beauty and sincerely invite you to travel to Qi State with me. Please do not refuse..."

Chen Yuan checked the surrounding area within two hundred feet and did not find anyone else.

His gaze towards the brocade monk gradually turned colder: "What did you say?"

"I would like to invite a beautiful lady to travel with me to the State of Qi..." the monk in brocade clothes said with a lewd smile, and the smile suddenly froze on his face.

Chen Yuan's aura was flamboyant, and his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building was clearly revealed. The monk in brocade clothes changed his expression and said, "Fellow Daoist, please wait. I just made a mistake in my words. Please forgive me..."

The action of the brocade-robed monk made Chen Yuan completely relieved, and he immediately urged the Duyun Boat to rush forward.

The monk in brocade clothes turned around and fled in a hurry. He was dozens of feet away from Chen Yuan, and the black flying boat under his feet was also a top-grade spiritual weapon with a fast speed. Chen Yuan could not catch up with it for a while.

But after all, Chen Yuan's cultivation was higher, and his Duyunzhou was faster, so the distance between them was gradually narrowing.

The monk in brocade clothes quickly took out a strange dagger and attacked Chen Yuan, trying to stop him.

This is also a top-grade spiritual weapon. When it flies, it is surrounded by wisps of black air and makes an extraordinary sound.

But Chen Yuan did not dodge or evade. He swung his right fist and hit the dagger.

The young man in brocade clothes was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed. The black air swirling around the dagger condensed into a black dagger that was much larger and stabbed at Chen Yuan fiercely.

puff!
The strange-shaped short knife stabbed Chen Yuan's right fist, and it flew back with a dull sound as if it hit a piece of leather, without leaving any trace.

The young man in brocade clothes was horrified and wielded his dagger to attack Chen Yuan, but he failed every time and the distance between them was closing rapidly.

The young man in brocade clothes was completely frightened. This person could actually block a top-grade spiritual weapon with his bare hands. Could he be a transformed monster?
"Please spare my life, Senior. I deserve to die. I am willing to give you all the treasures I have. Please spare my life, Senior!"

The young man in brocade clothes begged for mercy loudly, completely forgetting that if the person in front of him was a transformed monster, he would have caught up with him long ago and would not have allowed him to live until now.

Chen Yuan ignored him and finally caught up with the young man in brocade clothes. He stepped forward, stepped onto the black flying boat, and stretched out his hand to grab the young man by the neck.

He was so fast that the young man in brocade clothes could not dodge in time, but the brocade clothes on his body shone brightly and condensed into a thin transparent light shield that wrapped him up.

Chen Yuan changed his palm into a fist and punched out with 50% of his strength, but failed to break the light shield. Instead, the young man in brocade clothes used the force to fly out of the black flying boat.

Chen Yuan let out a light exclamation, and with a flash of his body, he chased after him and threw another punch.

This time he used all his strength, and the light shield broke apart. The young man in brocade clothes' face changed drastically, and he quickly retreated.

But he didn't have a black flying boat, and his escape speed was extremely slow. Chen Yuan immediately chased after him, stretched out his hand to grab the neck of the young man in brocade clothes, crushed his cervical vertebrae, then raised his hand to capture his soul, performed the soul-searching technique, and checked his memory.

After a moment, Chen Yuan shook his head with a helpless look, released a trace of true energy, crushed the soul of the young man in brocade clothes, and returned to the Duyun Boat.

This person is actually the only son of the patriarch of a medium-sized immortal cultivation family in Yun Country, where the Hehuan Sect is located.

He had an extraordinary aptitude for cultivation, possessing both earth and wood spiritual roots, and was loved by his father. He had ample resources for cultivation and cultivated all the way to the middle stage of foundation building. He had been smooth sailing and had never even left his family. He had been arrogant and lawless since he was a child.

This time when the Hehuan Sect invaded the State of Qi, his father, a Jindan cultivator affiliated with the Hehuan Sect, was summoned to come.

The monk in brocade clothes lost control and became more reckless. He encountered a bottleneck in the later stage and became annoyed with staying in the family, so he secretly ran away and came to the State of Qi.

He had a preference for both men and women, and along the way, relying on his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building and the many treasures bestowed by his father, he would rob handsome male cultivators, have sex with them, and kill them when he got tired of them, and then go on to rob new male cultivators.

However, although he was arrogant, he was not a fool. He only attacked cultivators with lower cultivation levels than himself and never failed until he met Chen Yuan, who had hidden his cultivation levels.

Chen Yuan shook his head, took off the brocade clothes from the young man, and put his body and the black flying boat into the storage bag.

The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. Even the playboys from wealthy families in the mortal world can be found in the world of immortals.

Foundation-building cultivators usually practice for dozens of years, have seen a lot of fighting and conflicts, and have deep personalities.

But the young man in brocade clothes was doted on by his father. He only had the cultivation level of the middle stage of foundation building, but had never experienced any experience in the world of immortal cultivation, so he acted recklessly.

He was also extremely lucky. Along the way, he did not encounter anyone who was pretending to be a pig but was actually a tiger.

This is also thanks to the brocade clothes he is wearing. This is a top-grade spiritual weapon given by his father. After being activated, it can conceal the aura and cannot be detected by cultivators below the Jindan stage. It also has defensive capabilities and can resist attacks from high-grade spiritual weapons.

With the help of this brocade robe, he was able to avoid the cultivators in the late foundation building stage and save his life twice when he robbed handsome male cultivators outside the market.

Chen Yuan immediately put on the brocade robe, turning it into a green robe. He roughly refined it, then injected his true essence into it and slowly nurtured it.

He did not need the defensive ability of the brocade clothes, but when dealing with the white ape, the effect of concealing the aura was extremely useful.

(End of this chapter)