Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 252 Guest
Chen Yuan returned the greeting with a bow and said with a smile: "I am Chen Yuan, Daoist Fellow Su Jin, please take a seat."

Su Jin had already revealed her identity in the sound transmission note, so Chen Yuan was not surprised.

She did not hide her cultivation level of the middle stage of the Jindan realm. Although she looked weak and charming, no one dared to underestimate her.

The two of them sat down as host and guest. Chen Yuan served the spiritual tea. Su Jin took it with a smile, but did not drink it. Instead, she put it on the table.

"Fellow Daoist Chen looks unfamiliar. You must have been in Hanxing City not long ago, right?" she asked with a smile.

Chen Yuan said casually: "I used to hunt monsters in the Rocky Sea, and just came to Frost Star City 20 years ago. With the help of your alliance's spiritual vein, I was lucky enough to form a golden elixir."

After he arrived at Yuqinghai, he carefully fabricated a story about his origins.

Su Jin showed a look of realization and nodded without any doubt.

The Troubled Times Sea is located in the southern part of the Yuqing Sea, close to the Wan Yao Sea, and is scattered with miniature islands. Many casual cultivators pass through here to enter the Wan Yao Sea to hunt monsters, and it is a mixed crowd of good and bad people.

Many cultivators died at the hands of monsters, but some stood out and earned a large amount of spirit stones by hunting monsters.

They often choose to come to Hanxing City to form their Dan because it is very tolerant of independent cultivators, much better than the other two major sects.

After learning that Chen Yuan came from the troubled sea, Su Jin took the initiative to lead the topic here, and Chen Yuan answered fluently.

True Man Qingyou had been to the Stone Sea before. In the past twenty years, he had also bought many jade slips in the market of Hanxing City. He was very familiar with the situation of the Jade Purity Sea in the past thousand years, without any omissions.

The two chatted and laughed, and before they knew it, an hour had passed.

Su Jin looked at Chen Yuan with a curious look in her beautiful eyes, and said, "To be honest, I came here today on the orders of the alliance to invite you to serve as a guest elder of the alliance. What do you think?"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant."

When he received Su Jin's sound transmission note, he knew her intention.

As a force formed by the union of several sects and families, the Righteous Alliance is very tolerant of independent cultivators and has the habit of recruiting independent cultivators who have reached the Jindan stage as guest elders.

Guest elders will receive an annual offering. They do not need to bear any specific responsibilities in the Righteousness League, nor can they order the disciples of the Righteousness League to do things at will. They only need to complete a task within their ability for the Righteousness League every ten years.

In addition, if the Righteous Alliance asks a guest elder to help with something, he needs to pay a reward, and he cannot be forced to accept it.

The relationship between the two sides is a mutually beneficial one. The Righteousness Alliance has gained one more Jindan cultivator. The Jindan cultivators who were originally helpless can borrow the power of the Righteousness Alliance. As long as they don't go too far, the Righteousness Alliance will turn a blind eye.

Some immortal cultivation families and small sects were founded by guest elders of the Righteousness League, and eventually became affiliated forces of the Righteousness League, which enabled the Righteousness League's sphere of influence in the Yuqing Sea to continue to expand, and the gap between it and the other two major sects continued to narrow.

This move was initiated by Han Xing Zhenren, the founder of the Righteousness League. At that time, the Righteousness League had just been established and was being excluded by the other two major sects. It was in a difficult situation and could only vigorously absorb guest officials to enhance its strength.

Later, the Righteous Alliance developed into a truly large force, and this tradition was preserved. However, there were also thresholds for becoming a guest elder of the Righteous Alliance, and only those independent cultivators with extraordinary strength would be invited by the Righteous Alliance.

When Chen Yuan was forming the elixir, an astonishing phenomenon occurred. Although he had just formed the elixir, it still attracted the attention of the Righteousness Alliance.

In the eyes of the Righteous Alliance, there is no distinction between righteousness and evil, and the background of the cultivators is never considered. As long as they are strong enough, a demon cultivator who escapes from the Jiuxian Continent to the Yuqing Sea can also become a guest elder of the Righteous Alliance. There have been precedents of this in the past.

So Su Jin was not surprised by Chen Yuan's answer. Almost no independent cultivator would refuse the invitation of the Righteous Alliance.

As soon as she thought about it, the mustard seed ring on her left wrist flashed, and a white token appeared in her hand.

"This is the identity token of a guest elder. Please accept it, Fellow Daoist Chen." She handed the token to Chen Yuan with a smile on her face. "With this token, Fellow Daoist can receive an offering of ten high-quality spirit stones from Hanxing City every ten years, receive guest missions from our alliance base, enjoy a 10% discount in stores under our alliance, and participate in the Hanxing City auction held every ten years for free."

Chen Yuan took the token. The material of the token was peculiar. It was neither jade, gold nor stone. One side was engraved with the word "guest" and the other side was engraved with the word "righteousness". It was written in a dragon-like and phoenix-like style with iron hooks and silver strokes. It was said to be written by Master Han Xing himself, and it was very impressive.

Chen Yuan injected a trace of true energy into the token, and refined the token in an instant. The token turned from white to black, and the faded white turned into a white light spot, which flew out of the token.

Su Jin was startled and immediately took out a jade plate. A white light flew into the jade plate like a young swallow flying into the forest.

She didn't expect Chen Yuan to refine the token so quickly. This white token was no ordinary thing. An ordinary cultivator in the early Jindan stage would need at least ten breaths of time to force out a white light spot. It seemed that the alliance's prediction was correct. This person was indeed extraordinary.

Su Jin's smile deepened. "The guest token issued by our alliance is unique. Fellow Daoist Chen, please keep it safe and don't lose it. Don't give it to others to use. It will be bad if it causes any misunderstanding."

Chen Yuan nodded, and with a thought, he put the guest token into the mustard seed ring.

Yuqing Sea is rich, and it is very common for Jindan cultivators to wear mustard seed rings. Chen Yuan finally doesn't have to hide the mustard seed ring carefully anymore.

Chen Yuan agreed to become a guest elder, and was considered half a member of the Righteous Alliance. Su Jin's attitude became much closer, and she exchanged some cultivation experiences with him. It was not until dark that she said goodbye and left.

Chen Yuan sent Su Jin out of the cave, returned to the training room, took out the token of the Righteous Alliance, checked it carefully, and then felt relieved.

The Righteous Alliance has a good reputation among the independent cultivators, but Chen Yuan doesn't trust anyone, he only trusts himself.

The reason why he accepted Su Jin's invitation was that he was attracted by the platform of the Righteous Alliance. It was convenient for him to get information, and he could also receive a donation. The restrictions were not strict, so he did not feel a sense of belonging to the Righteous Alliance.

Moreover, becoming a guest elder of the Righteous Alliance would be of great help to his future cultivation.

Unlike the other two major sects, the Righteous Alliance does not have a long heritage. Its internal structure is relatively loose, and it has absorbed many independent cultivators. The ethos of the alliance is profit-first, valuing profit over righteousness, daring to take risks, and not willing to patiently run the sect. It focuses more on trade and has cooperated with sects on the Jiuxian Continent.

Chen Yuan has now become a casual cultivator again. After he has used up all the spiritual herbs in his hands, he can only find other ways to raise more spiritual herbs.

He has been thinking about this problem for the past twenty years and has already come up with an idea, which is to hunt monsters.

(End of this chapter)