Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 264 Escape
Lu Gui and Lu Qing calculated the timing of their attack very accurately. Just when Chen Yuan took a step out of the secret realm of space, the Fu Hai Ge and the black flying sword had already chopped down on his head with force like thunder. The sharp cones transformed from the endless drizzle also shot over like an overwhelming force, and there was a murderous atmosphere between heaven and earth.

But Chen Yuan already knew that the Lu family cultivators were waiting outside Qingyu, so how could he not be prepared?

At the same moment he left the secret realm of space, the Golden Dragon Sword soared into the sky and turned into a three-clawed golden dragon several meters long, circling around Chen Yuan, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, with its dragon roar shaking the sky.

He had no magic weapon for defense, so he could only use the Golden Dragon Sword. But the next moment, hundreds of light blades and endless rain cones hit the three-clawed golden dragon. The golden dragon howled miserably and was beaten back to its original form. The sword was dim.

Lu Gui was stunned, as if he had never expected that this golden dragon with such an extraordinary appearance could be so vulnerable. He then mobilized his true energy and swung the Fu Hai Ge violently. Hundreds of light blades rushed out and slashed towards Chen Yuan.

When Lu Qing saw that the golden dragon was broken, he was overjoyed. He frantically urged his true energy. After the black flying sword killed the golden dragon, its speed increased again and he went straight for Chen Yuan's head.

Chen Yuan's Qi was released at this moment, and his cultivation level was only at the initial stage of Jindan, which was the same as his. It was a good opportunity for him to avenge himself and cut this man into pieces!
Although the Golden Dragon Sword only held out for a moment under the attack of the two, it was this moment that allowed Chen Yuan to use his second magic weapon.

He pointed his finger and the Fengyun Bell trembled slightly. The sound of the bell was silent, but an invisible ripple spread out. Lu Gui and the other two all changed their expressions, retreated violently, and spit out blood.

This Zi Ling magic weapon actually specializes in attacking the soul. The three of them were caught off guard and were all seriously injured.

Lu Haiwei had not attacked Chen Yuan before, so he still had some strength left. He raised his hand and grabbed, and a white bead appeared out of thin air. He then pointed his finger, and the white bead emitted streams of cold air, condensing into an ice wall dozens of feet long, protecting the thirty-six monks behind him.

Click!

The invisible ripples hit the ice wall, and large cracks appeared instantly. The next moment, the ice wall collapsed. The faces of the thirty-six foundation-building monks turned pale and their hearts beat wildly.

If Lu Haiwei hadn't come to their rescue, they would have been seriously injured if not killed.

Fengyunling successfully forced back the monks from the Lu family, but was unable to stop the attacks from Lu Gui and Lu Qing. Light blade rain cones fell from the sky, and the black flying sword turned into a stream of light, slashing down swiftly.

But Chen Yuan did not dodge or evade. His body suddenly grew to about ten feet tall, his muscles bulged, his whole body turned bronze, and his black hair turned snow-white. A layer of white flame emerged out of thin air and wrapped around his palms.

At this time, the light blades and rain cones had already come close to Chen Yuan. He flashed and rushed forward, only raising his left hand to protect his head and face, allowing the light blades and rain cones to hit his body.

The next moment, there were loud hissing sounds, and the light blades and rain cones left hundreds of wounds on Chen Yuan's body. His left arm was almost intact, but the wound was only an inch deep and could not stop his forward momentum at all.

His physical body was originally comparable to that of a sixth-level monster. After stimulating Zhu Yan's true blood, his physical body was strengthened again, comparable to that of a seventh-level monster. Lu Gui's magic weapons and supernatural powers did not hurt him at all.

Lu Gui was greatly shocked. In the past, when he used his Fu Hai Ge and Thousand Edges Rain magical powers together, even a cultivator in the late Jindan stage had to be careful to resist. But Chen Yuan was able to withstand his attack and only suffered some minor injuries. His bravery was unheard of.

He shouted, "This man is a physical cultivator with a strong body. Use all your strength to kill this beast!"

Lu Haiwei had already prepared to attack, and immediately pointed at the formation plate and shouted: "Lu family cultivators, infuse your true essence with all your strength to activate the clan protection formation!"

But before he could finish his words, Chen Yuan raised his right hand like lightning and firmly grabbed the attacking black flying sword!
No matter how weak this flying sword was, it was still a genuine magic weapon. However, when it hit Chen Yuan's palm, it only made a crisp sound of metal clashing, and did not even leave a wound.

"Impossible!" Lu Qing's face changed drastically, and the magic spell in his hand changed, trying to recall the black flying sword.

But at this moment, the white flame wrapped around Chen Yuan's right hand suddenly increased, and poured into the flying sword with unstoppable force, burning the imprint of Lu Qing's consciousness left by him asunder, and then extended towards Lu Qing's soul along the invisible and intangible spiritual thread in the dark!

Lu Qing only felt that his connection with the black flying sword suddenly disappeared, and a burning sensation suddenly surged up. His soul seemed to fall into a sea of ​​fire and was burned by endless flames. With a scream, he actually fell directly from the air.

Chen Yuan's body flashed, and he rushed towards Lu Qing under the second wave of light blades and endless rain cones, completely ignoring the many wounds on his body.

Lu Gui was shocked and angry: "How dare you, you thief!"

The spell in his hand changed, and he frantically urged the true energy in his body. The Sea-Covering Spear flashed and appeared above Chen Yuan's head. It grew to a length of ten feet and fell with the sound of huge waves, with the power to overturn the four seas.

At the same time, the formation plate in front of Lu Haiwei began to hum loudly, and a beam of light shot up into the sky from the formation plate. The thirty-six foundation-building monks behind him immediately poured their true essence into the spiritual light formation flag with all their strength.

Winds and clouds surged around Qingling Mountain, and colorful golden, red, yellow, blue and green lights filled the air, condensing into a five-colored spiritual light hand that was a hundred feet in size. The texture was clearly visible, covering the sky and the sun, and it fell from the sky and grabbed Chen Yuan.

This is the Lu family's protective formation, the Five Elements Spiritual Light Array. Just by hastily activating it, it is equivalent to an attack from a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. When fully activated, it can block a Yuanying cultivator.

Although the Lu family's attack was fierce, Chen Yuan rushed forward even faster. He was covered in wounds and blood, with almost no part of his body intact. He endured this cruel torture and finally came in front of Lu Qing.

Lu Qing had not yet recovered from the pain of his soul being burned, and had no power to resist. Chen Yuan stretched out his right hand, grabbed his neck and lifted him up, shouting: "Stop, do you want to kill your own people?!"

At this time, Fu Hai Ge had already fallen on Chen Yuan's head, and a huge hand with five-colored spiritual light followed closely behind, only a few inches away from Chen Yuan, and was about to suppress him.

But Chen Yuan's loud shout made Lu Gui's face change. He hurriedly urged his true energy. The Fu Hai Ge trembled slightly, and its direction barely deviated. It fell past Lu Qing and left a deep gully on Qingling Mountain. The whole mountain was shaking violently, and countless boulders rolled down.

Lu Haiwei hurriedly withdrew his true energy, and the formation plate in front of him dimmed.

The giant hand with five-colored spiritual light became illusory, and completely dissipated before it was about to hit Lu Qing. Only a gust of wind blew by. Chen Yuan did not dodge, his white hair flew, and his clothes fluttered.

At the last moment, Lu Gui turned Fu Hai Ge's direction, causing the true energy in his body to become disordered. His face turned pale and a stream of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

He stared at Chen Yuan: "You are looking for death!"

However, Lu Haiwei suffered the backlash of the clan protection formation and was more seriously injured than Lu Gui. He spit out a large mouthful of blood and his body was shaking.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly and pinched Lu Gui's neck with his right hand. Blood flowed out from the wound on his arm, sliding down Lu Gui's body and staining his white robe red.

His flying white hair slowly fell down and turned back to black. The white flames wrapped around his hands went out. Lu Qing finally recovered from the severe pain of his soul being burned, but his dantian was blocked by Chen Yuan's true energy, and he dared not move.

"Friend Lu, I have no grudges against the Lu family. What is there that cannot be discussed? Why must we fight to the death?" Chen Yuan smiled slightly, but the scar on his left cheek was moved, making it look particularly hideous.

Lu Gui sneered, "Wang Lin, you sneaked into the Dustless Mountains and tried to steal the space magic weapon. How dare you say that you have no grudges against my Lu family?"

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, what you said is wrong. Treasures can only be obtained by those who are destined to have them. The Lu family lives in a treasure mountain, but they don't know the treasure. They are just not destined to have this treasure. Why can't I take it away?"

"Besides, this space magic weapon existed long before the Lu family was established. At that time, Wuchen Island was still Qianlang Island. How did it become the property of your Lu family?"

Lu Gui actually mistook him for Wang Lin, but upon closer thought, after he performed the secret technique of the giant body, he became ten feet tall and looked like a bronze giant, which did have some similarities with Wang Lin.

In the world of immortal cultivation, physical cultivators are rare, the Qingliu Sea is very close to the Mo Sea, and Wang Lin has become famous in recent decades. It is not surprising that Lu Gui mistook him for Wang Lin.

Facing Chen Yuan's rebuttal, Lu Gui said righteously, "Nonsense! This treasure was left by our Lu family's ancestor, the True Man Wuchen. It was just that our descendants were careless and lost the inheritance. It actually fell into the hands of a demon like you. God is really blind."

Upon hearing this, all the foundation-building cultivators of the Lu family looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never heard that there was a space magic weapon in their family.

Moreover, the space magic weapon is so precious. Lu Yan’s ancestor never formed an infant in his entire life, so how could he leave behind such a treasure?
Seeing that Lv Gui was beginning to act like a rogue and was clearly trying to take the space magic weapon for himself, Chen Yuan was not angry, but just smiled and said, "No matter what Daoist Fellow Lv says, as a token of sincerity, I will give this space magic weapon to the Lv family. I also ask Daoist Fellow to be kind enough to open the formation and let me out."

Lü Gui said coldly: "Please hand over the things you got from the space magic weapon, and I will let you leave."

Chen Yuan was only at the initial stage of Jindan and was simply unable to take away the space magic weapon. His words were just an offering of favors, so how could Lu Gui be tempted?

Chen Yuan shook his head: "I'm sorry, Wang, I can't obey your order."

Lu Gui's eyes were filled with murderous intent. "It seems that you are not willing to accept my offer. I will say it again. If you hand over the treasure obtained from the space magic weapon, I may spare your life. Otherwise, you will not be able to escape today!"

Chen Yuan raised Lv Qing in his hand and said, "Are you going to ignore Lv Qing's life and forcefully attack me?"

Lu Gui glanced at Lu Qing, his eyes changed several times, and finally became indifferent: "The Lu family never accepts threats!"

He seemed to have made up his mind, and pointed a point. The Fu Hai Spear flashed and flew over Chen Yuan's head. The blue light was dazzling, and the sound of surging sea tides could be heard faintly in the void, as if it was about to fall in the next moment.

Chen Yuan grabbed Lu Qing and retreated violently, shouting, "Lu Gui, you disregarded the lives of your fellow clansmen for your own selfish interests. How can you be the head of the Lu family?"

"Open your eyes and take a closer look, my fellow Taoists. This is your beloved patriarch. If he dares to attack Lu Qing for the treasure, he will attack you in order to protect the secret of the space magic weapon!"

"What nonsense!" Lu Gui was furious, and the Fu Hai Spear fell down and slashed towards Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan looked solemn, and was about to activate Zhu Yan's true blood again and fight to the death, but at this moment, Lu Hai shouted: "Quickly infuse the true essence and activate the formation!"

He raised his hand and pointed at the formation plate in front of him. The thirty-six foundation-building monks behind him obeyed his orders instinctively and poured their true essence into the spiritual light formation flags.

In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, wind and clouds surged, and colorful rays of light spread out, condensing into a five-colored giant hand that rose from the ground and grabbed Fu Haige!

Lu Gui suddenly turned around, stared at Lu Haiwei, and said word by word: "Sixth brother, what do you mean?"

Lu Haiwei said solemnly: "Brother, calm down. Lu Qing is still in Wang Lin's hands. You and I are old. He is the future pillar of our Lu family. We must act with caution."

Lu Gui said: "I have my own plan, you quickly close the formation!"

Lu Hai frowned slightly and said, "Brother, are you really going to kill this man regardless of Lu Qing's life?"

A woman's kindness! Lu Gui was furious in his heart, but his face remained calm. He moved his lips slightly and sent a message to Lu Hai: "This Wang Lin deliberately sneaked into the Wuchen Mountains. There must be a treasure hidden in the space magic weapon. As long as I keep him here, I may be able to form a Nascent Soul with this treasure."

"Then I will find you a life-extending spiritual object to help you break through the bottleneck in the middle stage. Then my Lu family will have no worries about prosperity."

Lu Hai showed hesitation on his face. Chen Yuan had been observing the expressions of the two. He knew that they could not wait any longer, so he injected a ray of true energy into Lu Qing's body, which rushed through his meridians. Lu Qing cried out in pain, attracting everyone's attention.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said in a trembling voice: "Uncle...Uncle, Sixth Uncle, save my nephew's life!"

Chen Yuan then said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, why do you have to kill Lu Qing? Is a mere treasure more important than the lives of your fellow tribesmen?"

"To be honest, what I got from the space magic weapon is the alchemy technique inherited by old man Dan Jue. Even if you get it, it will be of no use at all. You might as well take this space magic weapon and ask for a reward from Zhenhai Sect."

Lu Gui frowned: "Alchemy inheritance?"

"That's right." Chen Yuan nodded and showed a jade slip. "This is the map left by old man Dan Jue. It can open the space magic weapon. You can go in and take a look. You will know that what I said is true. Old man Dan Jue only left behind the inheritance of alchemy in the space magic weapon, nothing else."

After saying that, he snapped his fingers and the jade slip flew out.

Lu Gui raised his hand to stop the jade slip, and used his spiritual sense to check it out to make sure there was no problem. Then he took the jade slip in his hand, and after checking it, he frowned.

Lu Haiwei asked, "Brother, can you let me take a look?"

Lu Gui raised his hand and waved it, and the jade slip flew to Lu Haiwei. After checking it, he pondered for a moment, turned around and handed the jade slip to Lu Yuan: "Go and open the space magic weapon and check the details inside."

Lu Yuan looked embarrassed and glanced at Lu Gui.

Lu Gui said: "Just do as you are told."

Naturally, he wanted to enter the secret space to check it out himself, but he was worried that Chen Yuan would take the opportunity to break out, so he could only leave this matter to Lu Yuan.

"Yes." Lu Yuan then took the jade slip and flew towards Qingyu.

Chen Yuan reminded: "Just stick the jade slip on the green jade."

Lu Yuan did as he was told, and a narrow green door appeared on the green jade, swallowing his body inside.

After Lu Yuan entered the secret realm of space, the atmosphere suddenly eased.

Lu Gui and Lu Haiwei are waiting for Lu Yuan's report, so they will naturally not make things difficult for Chen Yuan.

Lu Qing was relieved that he had saved his life temporarily, but then he began to worry again. What should he do if Taoist Zi Yang, no, what Wang Lin said was true?
A quarter of an hour passed, but it seemed like an hour had passed. Just when Lu Qing was becoming increasingly anxious, a narrow door with green light finally appeared on the jade, and Lu Yuan stepped out.

Lu Gui came to Lu Yuan and asked, "What are the details? Tell me quickly!"

"Grandfather, this secret space is full of low-level spiritual herbs..."

Lu Yuan recounted in detail everything he saw in the Qingyu Secret Realm, including the words he heard when he entered the courtyard.

"Yaoyuan Pill..." Lu Gui muttered to himself, and then threw the pill he had never heard of out of his mind, frowning.

Lu Yuan is his grandson, so he can naturally trust him. It seems that this secret space is indeed the inheritance of the alchemy skills of old man Dan Jue.

As the head of the Lu family, Lu Gui had naturally heard of the name of old man Dan Jue. He knew that he was an expert in alchemy and had once stirred up tremendous waves in the Yuqing Sea.

But the Lu family only has a mediocre alchemy master like Lu Dongji. Even if he inherits the alchemy skills from old man Dan Jue, it will be of no use.

He had indeed coveted the treasures on Chen Yuan's body and wanted to keep him, even disregarding Lu Qing's life or death for this purpose.

But he was the patriarch of the Lu family after all. At most, he only "accidentally injured" Lu Qing. It was impossible for him to kill these thirty-six foundation-building cultivators at the same time just to keep the secret of the space magic weapon.

In addition to considering family ties, if there were no such cultivators, who would collect the cultivation resources for him to practice?
Therefore, the matter of the space magic weapon cannot be kept secret. Outsiders will know about it sooner or later, and the Zhenhai Sect will definitely come to ask for it.

If the treasure Chen Yuan obtained was a high-level magic weapon that could suppress the luck of a clan, or a spiritual elixir that could help him form a fetus, or a large amount of high-level spiritual herbs, Lu Gui would kill Chen Yuan at all costs.

However, there are only some low-level spiritual herbs and the alchemy inheritance of old man Dan Jue in the space magic weapon, so it is not worth doing so, otherwise it will only be making wedding dresses for Zhenhai Sect.

Thinking of this, Lu Gui's murderous intent towards Chen Yuan faded a lot, but he also didn't want to give up the inheritance of old man Dan Jue.

He turned to look at Chen Yuan and said calmly: "Friend Wang, as long as you hand over the inheritance of Elder Dan Jue, I will let you go."

Chen Yuan said sternly: "I'm sorry, I can't obey your order. I spent a lot of effort to obtain the inheritance. If I hand it over easily, all my hard work will be in vain."

"This inheritance was not originally from the Lu family. Fellow Daoist Lu got a space magic weapon for nothing, and it also saved Fellow Daoist Lu Qing's life. Are you still not satisfied?"

Lü Haiwei also sent a voice message to persuade him: "Brother, the space magic weapon is so precious. As long as you offer this piece of jade to Zhenhai Sect, it will not be difficult to ask for some elixirs and spiritual objects that can help to form a baby."

"That alchemy inheritance is useless to my Lu family. Even if we take it away by force, it will only benefit the Zhenhai Sect for nothing."

“And Lu Qing has just formed his elixir not long ago. He has a good chance of advancing to the middle or even late stage in the future. We can’t let his life be ruined for the sake of the inheritance of the elixir technique!”

Lu Gui finally nodded and said to Chen Yuan: "Well, let Lu Qing go, I will open the formation and let you leave."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Please ask Fellow Daoist Lu to open the formation first. When I leave Wuchen Island, I will naturally let Fellow Daoist Lu Qing come back."

Lu Gui's face turned cold, and he said slowly: "Do you really think that I dare not kill anyone?"

Chen Yuan's expression also turned cold, his black hair slowly turned snow-white, and the right hand he grabbed was covered with a layer of white flames. Lu Qing let out a scream, the sound was extremely shrill and frightening to hear.

The next moment, the white flame on Chen Yuan's right hand dissipated, and his white hair returned to its original state. He said calmly, "If Fellow Daoist Lu is determined to fight me to the death, then I can only accompany him to the end. I just don't know how many people in the Lu family will be left alive after today?"

Lu Gui sneered, "You are just an early Jindan cultivator, do you still want to cause trouble in the Lu family?"

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "You can give it a try. I will show you what physical cultivation is and why I can make such a great name in the ink sea!"

Lv Gui's expression changed slightly, and Lv Haiwei's expression also became solemn. He sent a message to Lv Gui again: "Brother, it is rumored that Wang Lin is a disciple of Kuixing Patriarch. He is extremely fierce and has torn a level 6 monster alive. His white flame is also very strange. It obviously did not burn Lv Qing, but it made him suffer unbearably. It is difficult to deal with him. It is better not to force him too much."

Lu Gui barely suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and said coldly: "How can I believe that you will not kill Lu Qing?"

Chen Yuan said solemnly, "I have no grudges against the Lu family. I came here only to take away the alchemy inheritance of old man Dan Jue. When I was a guest of the Lu family, I made elixirs for the Lu family cultivators and did my best. Now I am giving a space magic weapon to you. How could I kill fellow Daoist Lu Qing for no reason and make enemies with the Lu family again?"

"As long as you open the formation, I will release you after I am safe. I will never break my promise. If you don't believe me, I am willing to swear an oath to the demon."

Lu Gui immediately said: "Then please ask Brother Wang to swear an oath."

Chen Yuan did not hesitate and immediately swore an oath to the outer demon that as long as the Lu family let him go, he would definitely not harm Lu Qing's life.

Lu Gui was still unwilling to let Chen Yuan go, but given the situation, he could only let Lu Haiwei open the formation and let Chen Yuan leave.

Chen Yuan grabbed Lu Qing and flew out slowly, ready to activate Zhu Yan's true blood at any time.

But the cultivator from the Lu family never took action. He successfully left the Wuchen Mountains and fled far away.

Lu Gui did not pursue. His top priority was to protect the space magic weapon. Without the Five Elements Spiritual Light Array, even if Chen Yuan killed Lu Qing, he could not stop it. He simply left it to fate.

But a quarter of an hour later, Lu Qing staggered back to the Wuchen Mountains. Lu Gui and Lu Haiwei were both waiting in the sky above Qingling Mountain.

Lu Haiwei came forward and asked with concern, "Did Wang Lin give you any trouble?"

"My nephew is only injured in the spirit and soul, other than that he is fine...nothing serious." Lu Qing's forehead was covered with cold sweat, there was a bloody handprint on his neck, his white clothes were dyed blood red, and he looked in a dishevel.

Lu Gui frowned, turned his right hand, and a jade bottle appeared out of thin air in his palm. He then extended his hand and handed the jade bottle to Lu Qing: "The injury to the soul is not a trivial matter. Take this soul-soothing pill, rest well, and recover from your injury as soon as possible."

Lu Qing took the jade bottle, looked at Lu Gui with complicated eyes, and then lowered his head: "My nephew thanks you, uncle."

Lu Gui raised his sleeves and turned to fly towards Qingyu, saying lightly: "Don't blame uncle, uncle is also for the prosperity of the Lu family."

Lu Qing held the jade bottle, stood there in a daze, and said nothing.

Lu Hai sighed, turned around and flew towards his own cave.

(End of this chapter)