Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 246 Silent Sea

Chen Yuan was awakened by the feeling of raindrops hitting his face. He slowly opened his eyes and struggled to sit up from the ground.

The weakness and fatigue that penetrated deep into his bones wrapped him tightly like a tightening net.

His vision was a little dark, and there seemed to be a layer of black edges around his field of vision. Everything in front of him seemed to be covered with a veil, appearing a little unreal.

This is a valley about an acre in size, surrounded by dark mountain walls that are about dozens of feet high. There is drizzling rain in the sky, and the air is filled with a cool and fresh smell unique to rain.

Chen Yuan sat on the ground, his whole body soaked by the rain, and blinked his eyes gently.

His head was foggy and he felt slightly dizzy.

He looked down and saw that the ground in the valley was also pitch black. He was sitting on a round platform one foot above the ground. Black lines, about an inch thick, twisted and turned, forming extremely complex patterns that covered the entire round platform and formed a formation.

There are eight grooves around the formation. The black movement mark lying at Chen Yuan's feet, its originally bright luster, now looks very dim.

The drizzle fell onto the circular platform, flowed around along the black lines, and finally flowed down the platform, like four continuous curtains of water.

There seems to be an invisible barrier above the eight grooves, preventing rain from falling in.

In one corner of the formation, a few black lines broke through it, making the complex and harmonious formation look very disharmonious.

When Chen Yuan saw these broken black lines, he breathed a sigh of relief, supported himself on the round table with his hands, stood up with difficulty, and picked up the Great Teleport Order at his feet.

It was indeed an ancient teleportation array. Even with the protection of the teleportation order, the force of space still created tremendous pressure on his body.

Moreover, Chen Yuan had almost consumed all of his blood and energy in his attempt to avoid Liu Fan's pursuit. His body was severely damaged, making it even more difficult for him to resist the squeeze of the force of space. After the teleportation was completed, his body almost collapsed.

The ancient teleportation array was not meant to be used by Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even a Core Formation cultivator holding a teleportation order would have to endure tremendous pressure.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan practiced both magic and body, and had a solid foundation, so he managed to barely save his life, but he soon fell into a coma.

However, before losing consciousness, Chen Yuan endured the pain of his body being torn apart and released a stream of true energy, destroying a corner of the ancient teleportation array to prevent Liu Fan from chasing him.

However, his consciousness was hazy at the time and he acted almost instinctively. He was not sure whether he had really destroyed the teleportation array. Only after he was sure of it did he feel completely relieved.

Chen Yuan slowly walked down the platform, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.

After he managed to steady himself, he stroked his storage bag, took out a branch about seven feet long, and leaned it on the ground.

This is a mid-grade spiritual material. I don’t know which cultivator it was obtained from. It is full of spiritual energy and is perfect for making a walking stick.

There is only one exit in the valley, which is only wide enough for one person to pass through. The road is winding, about several meters long, and the space is extremely narrow.

Chen Yuan moved out of the valley step by step, and the view in front of him suddenly became clear.

A boundless sea stretches to the horizon, and endless drizzle falls into the sea, stirring up tiny splashes of water.

Chen Yuan leaned on a branch, slowly walked to the beach, and stopped.

Looking down from the sky, Chen Yuan was on a small island of several acres in size. The entire island was made up of dark stones without any other colors. In the middle was a low mountain about tens of feet high, which occupied 90% of the island's area.

The exit of the valley is very close to the seaside, only a dozen steps away, and there is a flat rocky beach on the shore.

Chen Yuan looked down and saw that the sea water was a turbid light gray color, with no waves or ripples, as if it was dead.

Only the raindrops falling into the sea stirred up countless splashes, proving that this was an ocean, not land.

Chen Yuan's figure reflected in the turbid sea water appeared a little blurry. He was skinny at this moment, with his skin tightly attached to his skeleton, like a skeleton covered with human skin, extremely terrifying.

This was a sign of blood and essence being exhausted, but Chen Yuan didn't care. He slowly bent down and scooped up a handful of sea water.

The turbid sea water flowed down his fingertips, fell on the ground, and gathered in one place, like a small black snake, slowly swimming back to the sea.

"It is indeed the Sea of ​​Silence..."

Chen Yuan looked solemn. He turned around and slowly moved back to the valley.

Chen Yuan had obtained all of Master Qingyou's memories and was prepared for the situation on this side of the teleportation array, but he couldn't help but have some doubts before seeing it with his own eyes.

The Silent Sea is a very famous dangerous place in Jiuxianzhou, and few cultivators set foot here.

The water in the Silent Sea is frozen, everything is dead, there is no living creature, only some islands formed by dark strange rocks.

Not only that, there is not a trace of spiritual energy from heaven and earth in the Silent Sea, making it a rare spiritual forbidden place.

The monks consume spiritual energy in the Sea of ​​Silence and cannot get any replenishment, so they can only rely on the elixirs and spirit stones they carry with them.

There was once a monk who became interested in the Silent Sea and wanted to explore its secrets. He made full preparations and went deep into the Silent Sea.

There were even some Nascent Soul cultivators among these monks, but they traveled throughout the entire Silent Sea and found nothing.

The Silent Sea did not produce any spiritual objects, and even had no spiritual energy from heaven and earth, so the cultivators gradually lost interest in this place.

Master Qingyou accidentally escaped from his enemies' pursuit and entered the Silent Sea, where he found this ancient teleportation array. He used it as a trump card and kept it secret from anyone. When the Wentian Sect was destroyed, he used the teleportation array to escape to Donghua Continent and avoided the disaster.

This island is thousands of miles deep in the silent sea. It is in a remote location and no one else will come here.

Although Chen Yuan was seriously injured when he was teleported here, he didn't have to worry about encountering other cultivators.

But there is no spiritual energy from heaven and earth here, and it will cost a lot to recover from injuries.

He returned to the valley, sat cross-legged, looked inward, and soon his brows furrowed.

His condition was very bad, his meridians were torn, his essence lake dried up, his blood was depleted, and his soul was badly damaged.

If he were to be teleported at his prime, he wouldn't suffer any damage due to his strong body.

But his condition before the teleportation was too bad, and coupled with the squeeze from the force of space, he almost died.

Chen Yuan sighed lightly, stroked his storage bag, took out two medium-grade spirit stones, held them in his hands, slowly absorbed the spiritual energy from them, endured the pain of his meridians being torn, and slowly practiced his skills to transform the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth into true essence.

His meridians were damaged and the speed of his Qi circulation was extremely slow. It took him a whole day to recover only 20% of his internal energy.

The drizzle had stopped long ago, but the dark clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed, and the sky and the earth were dark.

Chen Yuan stopped the circulation of his true energy, took out a life-extending pill from his storage bag, swallowed it, and repaired the injuries to his meridians.

The speed at which he was exercising his Qi was too slow now. It would be a waste of time to continue practicing at this speed.

The medicinal power of the Longevity Pill was extremely extraordinary. After three days, 20% of Chen Yuan's true essence was consumed, but his meridians were restored to their original state. His body was extraordinary, and his meridians were much tougher than those of ordinary cultivators. Although he was seriously injured, he recovered quickly.

However, the Longevity Pill has no effect on damage to essence and blood. This requires special healing pills, which are extremely valuable and rare even for Jindan cultivators, let alone foundation-building cultivators.

After his meridian injuries healed, Chen Yuan's speed in circulating Qi became much faster.

Three days later, Chen Yuan's true energy was fully restored.

Without spiritual energy from heaven and earth, he could only absorb spiritual energy from mid-grade spirit stones. The speed of converting it into true essence became much slower. It took him a total of four mid-grade spirit stones to restore the true essence in his body.

He slowly opened his eyes. It was the middle of the night. The sky was full of stars and a full moon was hanging high in the sky, casting its moonlight like water, illuminating the dead silent sea.

Chen Yuan still looked like a skeleton of an evil ghost, but his eyes were extremely bright, and the damage to his soul had repaired itself a lot in the past few days.

The force of space mainly acts on his physical body, and his soul is less seriously injured, so he can recover on his own without special means.

This was due to Chen Yuan's spiritual awareness, which was far superior to that of other cultivators of the same level. A drop of ink could contaminate the clean water in a brush washer, but it could not contaminate a basin of clean water. An injury that was extremely serious for other cultivators was only a minor injury for him.

All the spiritual consciousness and true energy have been restored, and the next step is to restore the essence and blood.

Chen Yuan stood up, took out the brocade bag from his arms, and poured out the jade pendant.

The jade beads emitted a faint green light, and the stars in the sky shone together, converging into a silver beam of light, which fell from the sky and enveloped him.

A cool and numbing feeling surged into his heart. Chen Yuan closed his eyes slightly, enjoying a moment of comfort. After thirty breaths, the starlight dissipated and the green light on the jade pendant faded.

Chen Yuan opened his eyes, and the lake of true energy in his dantian that he had worked so hard to restore became dry again.

But the price was worth it. Chen Yuan's almost exhausted blood and essence recovered a little.

His body regained a bit of vitality, his strength increased a lot, and finally he no longer looked like a skeleton.

"My blood and essence have been depleted too severely, and the recovery ability of the starlight has also weakened a lot. But as long as I can accumulate 10% of my blood and essence, the recovery speed should not be so slow."

"As long as I recover 30% of my blood and essence, my strength will be restored to a large extent. I can follow the path in Master Qingyou's memory, leave the Sea of ​​Silence, and recuperate from my injuries. This is the right way..."

Chen Yuan's thoughts raced through his mind. He sat down again, took out two mid-grade spirit stones, and continued to restore the true energy in his body.

……

A year passed quickly, and Chen Yuan's blood and energy finally recovered to 30%.

He was still very thin, looked sickly, and had a pale face, but it was much better than his previous skeleton-like appearance.

He still couldn't use the secret technique of the giant body, but his strength had recovered to 100,000 pounds, comparable to that of a fourth-level monster.

After nearly half a year of nurturing, the Silver Sword, the Blue Flying Sword and the small spiritual weapon obtained from the white ape can be used at will in combat.

Ordinary cultivators in the late foundation building stage are no match for Chen Yuan.

He did not waste any more time, took out a top-grade spirit boat, left the island, and flew westward along the path remembered by Master Qing You.

Chen Yuan obtained this spiritual boat from other cultivators. After the Duyun Boat disintegrated, he needed a flying spiritual device to travel, so he sacrificed and refined this boat, and nurtured it for several months. Now he can use it as easily as his own arm.

Infusing the body with starlight and nurturing spiritual tools both consume true essence, and there is no spiritual energy from heaven and earth in the Sea of ​​Silence. Over the course of a year, even though Chen Yuan did not practice, he had consumed hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones.

When flying in the Silent Sea, the rate at which one's true energy is consumed is much faster than in the outside world, and it can only be replenished with spirit stones.

As far as Master Qingyou can remember, no cultivator has ever encountered other living beings in the Sea of ​​Silence.

But Chen Yuan was cautious by nature, and while flying, he held two medium-grade spirit stones in his hands, constantly absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into true essence to keep the true essence lake in his dantian full.

He flew all the way, day and night, and turned each piece of mid-grade spirit stone into powder.

The Silent Sea was still dead silent, the water seemed frozen, and there was no life on the few islands.

Chen Yuan flew for half a month and traveled more than 5,000 miles without encountering any cultivator or monster.

In order to reduce the consumption of true energy, his flying speed was not very fast, even slower than that of ordinary cultivators in the early stage of foundation building.

Moreover, only 30% of his blood and essence had recovered. He needed true energy to nourish his body and maintain his vitality, and he could not waste his true energy at will.

In addition, Chen Yuan does not have many mid-grade spirit stones left, so he must use them sparingly.

He had consumed more than a hundred mid-grade spirit stones on the island, and only had more than seventy left.

The spiritual energy of low-grade spirit stones is thin, while high-grade spirit stones are too precious. These seventy-odd medium-grade spirit stones must be carefully calculated to support him in leaving the Silent Sea.

Half a month later, Chen Yuan only had more than forty medium-grade spirit stones left.

He flew for more than half a month and traveled more than 5,000 miles. There were less than ten middle-grade spirit stones left in his hand, and the Silent Sea also slowly changed.

The silent sea water along the way was turbid light gray and deathly silent.

But the sea water here has become much clearer, no longer dead silent, and has begun to flow slowly.

Chen Yuan flew over three thousand miles again, and only two medium-grade spirit stones were left, but he could no longer use them.

The sea water here turned light blue, and a thin spiritual energy appeared in the sky and earth. He finally came to the edge of the Silent Sea.

After Chen Yuan flew thousands of miles away, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became much richer. The sea water turned a deep blue, surging with waves splashing. Fish swam under the sea. Several islands appeared around, covered with green trees and flowers, and seabirds soared in the sky, full of vitality.

But there are no mortals living on the island, let alone cultivators, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is only slightly richer than that in the Silent Sea, and is not even as strong as that of Qi State.

Chen Yuan continued to fly forward. After more than a thousand miles, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became extremely rich, even comparable to a miniature spiritual vein, far exceeding that of Qi State.

Chen Yuan was delighted, this was the concentration of spiritual energy that Jiuxianzhou should have.

On this vast continent, the concentration of spiritual energy from heaven and earth is comparable to that of micro spiritual veins. Small spiritual veins are also quite common. Only medium and large spiritual veins are relatively rare.

Due to such unique conditions, the number of cultivators in Jiuxianzhou far exceeds that in Donghuazhou, the difficulty of cultivation is greatly reduced, and countless talented cultivators have emerged.

Chen Yuan slowed down his speed, flew slowly for dozens of miles, and stopped on a deserted island.

His injuries have not yet recovered, so it is not appropriate for him to interact with other cultivators. It will not be too late to go to the market after his blood and energy are fully restored.

(End of this chapter)