Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 272 Body Tempering Elixir
Chen Yuan returned the greeting with a bow and said with a smile: "I am Chen Yuan. I wonder what important matter fellow Daoist Wei has brought you here for?"

Wei Changhong looked at Chen Yuan inconspicuously and asked hesitantly, "Did Fellow Daoist Chen make any breakthrough in his cultivation?"

Although Chen Yuan did not show any aura, he looked energetic and full of vitality, as if he had made a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Chen Yuan said: "Daoyou Wei has a sharp vision. Chen has been in seclusion for a long time and has fortunately broken through the bottleneck."

Wei Changhong smiled and bowed to Chen Yuan again: "Congratulations to you on your great progress. I am not here for any big event. Three years ago, a cultivator from this pavilion came to visit you and sent you a sound transmission talisman. Do you still remember it?"

Since Chen Yuan admitted that he had made a breakthrough in his cultivation, he was at least a mid-stage Jindan cultivator. Wei Changhong naturally had to treat him with courtesy. Things like the overdue cave rent could not be mentioned to his face, otherwise it would be an embarrassment to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan showed a look of sudden realization: "Friend Wei, wait a moment. I have just stabilized my state of mind and have forgotten about this matter."

He raised his hand and a sound transmission note flew out of the cave and fell into his hand.

Chen Yuan probed the sound transmission talisman with his consciousness. After a moment, he raised his head and said with a smile, "So it's about renting the cave. I was in retreat at the time and had no time to be distracted. I neglected this matter. Give me a few days and I will definitely make up the overdue rent."

Wei Changhong smiled and said, "There is no rush for this matter. It's just nine high-grade spirit stones. Fellow Daoist Chen only needs to replenish them within a month."

"This is not Wei's intention to force you, but it is the sect's rule. I hope you can forgive me."

He was a smooth person. Even though he was a cultivator from the largest sect in Yuqing Sea, no matter what he thought in his heart, he would never look superior on the surface, and his words made people feel very comfortable.

Seeing Wei Changhong being so reasonable, Chen Yuan also returned the favor: "How could Chen blame Brother Wei wrongly? How about this, at least three days, at most seven days, I will pay the rent in full."

Wei Changhong nodded, then changed the subject and said with a smile: "It is a happy event that fellow Taoist has come out of retreat today, so we must celebrate it."

"I have a pot of Jinghai tea in my house. Drinking it has the effect of clearing the mind, improving eyesight, and nourishing the meridians."

"I would like to invite Daoist friend Chen to drink tea and discuss Taoism to congratulate Daoist friend on breaking through the bottleneck. What do you think?"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "My fellow Taoist has invited me, so I dare not refuse."

Wei Changhong laughed: "Daoyou, please follow me."

Chen Yuan immediately took off his flying light and followed Wei Changhong to the Blood Island Market.

The caves rented to Jindan cultivators on Blood Island are not located in the market town, but in a small mountain range nearly ten miles long next to the market town. There are hundreds of them.

Chen Yuan's cave is located in a remote valley. The scenery is plain and the spiritual energy is thin. There is no other cave within a radius of several hundred feet.

Sihai Pavilion was right beside the mountain range, on the edge of the Xuedao Market. It didn't take the two of them too long to arrive at a small courtyard behind Sihai Pavilion.

This is a two-entry courtyard, quite exquisite, but as a cave dwelling for a Jindan cultivator, it is quite shabby.

Wei Changhong seemed to have seen what Chen Yuan was thinking, and said with a smile: "I was ordered by the sect to be in charge of Sihai Pavilion for ten years. It has been nine years so far. I will leave Mohai in another year. I was a little casual when choosing the cave, so I am sorry to make you laugh."

Chen Yuan said: "For cultivators like me, cultivation is our foundation. The world is so big that there is no place we cannot live. Eating wind and drinking dew is also a common thing. Everything else is just passing clouds and mist, not worth mentioning."

Wei Changhong's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Chen's words are very much in line with my opinion. Outside of the Great Dao, everything is false. Fellow Daoist, please come in."

He waved his hand, the gate opened, and the two men walked into the courtyard and sat down in the main hall as host and guest.

Wei Changhong raised his hand and a celadon teapot appeared out of thin air in his hand. He clenched his left hand and a teacup appeared. He tilted his right hand slightly and a stream of blue water flowed out of the teapot and poured into the teacup.

He put down the teapot and presented the teacup himself: "This is the unique Pure Sea Tea of ​​our Zhenhai Sect. It is made from the tender buds of 500-year-old tea trees, mixed with dozens of spiritual ingredients such as ambergris and sea jade flowers. Please taste it for yourself, fellow Taoist."

Chen Yuan picked up the teacup. The tea in the cup was blue and clear, like a pool of sea water.

The sound of rushing waves could be heard faintly in my ears, and a fresh scent unique to the sea spread out, refreshing my heart, but without the salty smell of sea water.

After drinking it, a stream of spiritual energy traveled around the meridians, brightening the ears and eyes, and finally entered the dantian, and the level of cultivation actually increased slightly.

Chen Yuan put down the teacup and praised, "The reputation of the Pure Sea Tea is indeed well-deserved. It actually has an effect on Jindan cultivators like us. It is really a rare and top-grade spiritual treasure."

Wei Changhong laughed loudly, raised his hand and waved, the teapot flew up automatically, and filled Chen Yuan with spiritual tea: "Daoyou Chen and I hit it off right away. I don't have anything else good, so I can only use this Pure Sea Tea to entertain Daoyou. Come, Daoyou Chen, please."

Seeing Wei Changhong so enthusiastic, Chen Yuan accepted the offer and raised his teacup to sip it gently.

While drinking tea, the two of them couldn't help but talk about their past experiences, their experiences in cultivating immortals, and exchanged their thoughts on cultivation.

Chen Yuan obtained the knowledge and memories of Master Qingyou, so he naturally had extraordinary insights and made many brilliant remarks.

Wei Changhong was secretly surprised. Chen Yuan had broad knowledge and unique insights into the way of cultivation, which were not inferior to him, an elder of the Zhenhai Sect.

He tried to test Chen Yuan's identity in his words. Chen Yuan did not hide it at all. He stated his identity as a guest elder of the Righteous Alliance and told him about the future monster hunting in the Mohai.

There had been frequent frictions between the Righteous Alliance and the Zhenhai Sect, but he was only a guest elder, so Wei Changhong did not harbor any hostility towards him.

Moreover, Wei Changhong also went into the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons to hunt monsters all year round. The two talked about this and had a great time. They did not leave until it was late in the evening and the moon was high in the sky.

Chen Yuan left the Blood Island Market, rode on his flying light and returned to his cave. He frowned slightly, thinking about what had happened today.

Wei Changhong was too enthusiastic towards him, which made him a little wary.

However, everyone has different preferences. Some monks like to make friends and expand their network, while some monks just bury their heads in hard practice and do not like to interact with others.

After talking with Wei Changhong, Chen Yuan realized that Wei Changhong was a very shrewd, smooth-talking person who was very good at making friends.

Perhaps Wei Changhong was so enthusiastic just because he saw him break through the bottleneck and they had the same cultivation level. If it was a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan, he might have changed his attitude.

Chen Yuan's mind was turning, and he couldn't figure out what Wei Changhong was thinking, so he simply let the matter go.

If Wei Changhong really has other intentions, it will surely be revealed.

If he just liked making friends, Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't mind getting to know the elders of Zhenhai Sect and expanding his network.

He flew all the way back to the cave. It was already midnight. The surroundings were quiet and silent, and the sky was full of stars.

Chen Yuan sent down a beam of light outside the cave, took out the jade pendant, and drew the starlight into his body.

This place is extremely remote and there is no one to bother you around.

After thirty breaths, the starlight faded, and the true energy in Chen Yuan's dantian dissipated.

He clenched his fists, and his strength increased a little, which was stronger than the previous effect of drawing starlight into his body.

Chen Yuan smiled, raised his sleeve, opened the cave door, and walked in.

This was the first time he had the starlight infused into his body after coming out of retreat. Three months ago, he successfully broke through the bottleneck of the middle stage of Jindan, and spent another three months consolidating his realm.

His cultivation level improved greatly, his true essence increased dramatically, and the effect of the starlight infusion was also greatly enhanced.

Since entering the Ink Sea, he has never relaxed the half-monthly infusion of starlight. Over the past twenty years, his body has continued to strengthen and is now comparable to a peak level six monster.

However, it is extremely difficult for the physical body to break through the bottleneck every time. If Chen Yuan wants to break through again, he needs to undergo at least another 20 years of starlight infusion into his body, or refine the second kind of true spirit essence and blood, or strengthen his body with body-tempering elixirs.

True spirit essence and blood are hard to find, and it is extremely difficult to refine true spirit essence and blood with the physical strength of a sixth-level monster. It cannot be too pure, otherwise it will easily fail.

Body-tempering elixirs are also extremely rare. He, Li Luo, and Yuan Lang were already very lucky to have found the Water Ape Fruit. However, the Water Ape Fruit is no longer useful to Chen Yuan, otherwise he would not have given it to Li Luo.

It is extremely difficult to find a body-tempering elixir that is useful to him.

There are body-tempering elixirs in the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters, but more than 90% of them are in the hands of the monster royal family and are guarded by transformed monsters, so Chen Yuan has no way of getting his hands on them.

Other body-tempering elixirs are either in the hands of transformed monsters and kept secret, or are scattered throughout the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters. Finding them is just a matter of luck, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Starlight infusion is the most reliable method and the only method.

Unfortunately, each time the starlight infuses the body, the power of the stars is still a little thin, and can only be accumulated slowly.

Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly, but he didn't know how greedy his idea was.

The Jade Jue can draw the power of the stars in the sky to temper the body, and it is risk-free. It is the treasure that all physical cultivators dream of, and are willing to exchange their entire fortune for it.

As long as he practiced hard in seclusion in his mansion and drew starlight into his body every half a month, he would be able to strengthen his body. It's just that it would take a little longer to break through the bottleneck, but it's completely tolerable.

But after Chen Yuan practiced "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", he had already become accustomed to the rapid improvement of his cultivation. As long as he had elixirs in his hands, he could improve his cultivation and there was no need to worry about bottlenecks at all.

This was the first time that he was limited by the strength of his physical body. Before his physical body broke through, his cultivation could only remain at the middle stage of the Jindan stage, and at most could reach the peak of the middle stage.

Chen Yuan still has twenty-two level six demon pills in his hand. If all of them can be refined into demon essence pills, his cultivation level can be greatly improved.

But after he refined Zhu Yan's true blood, he completed the first transformation of his true spirit, and his true essence became pure and rich. He needed at least sixty level six demon pills to cultivate to the peak of the middle stage.

This time of seclusion, he swallowed all the demon essence pills made from seventy-six level five demon pills, and only then did he cultivate to the middle stage of the pill formation.

If he had not taken a lot of pills before, the demon essence pill made from seventy-six demon pills would not even be enough.

After all, the Yaoyuan Pill is made with the Yaodan as the main ingredient, and it is necessary to transform the violent demonic power into pure spiritual energy, so some loss is inevitable.

Compared with the same-level pills made from spiritual herbs, the medicinal power of the Yaoyuan Pill is slightly inferior, and because of the different properties of the demon pill, some of it will be consumed during the refining process.

"Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" is not among the five elements, but Chen Yuan refined Zhu Yan's true blood, and his true essence was transformed into fire true essence.

Only when taking the Demon Yuan Pill made from the Fire Demon Pill can all the medicinal power be absorbed. The effects of other pills will be slightly worse.

More than 90% of the monsters in the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters are water monsters, so Chen Yuan will lose a lot of medicinal power when refining the Monster Yuan Pill.

However, he also has advantages, that is, his physical body is strong, and he has refined Zhu Yan's true blood. When refining the Yaoyuan Pill, which transforms demonic power into spiritual energy, the speed is extremely fast. He can refine one pill in ten days, which is two-thirds shorter than the time it takes to refine the same level of spiritual herb pills. Overall, his cultivation speed is greatly improved.

This is also the reason why he took eleven years to refine more than 300 Yaoyuan Pills.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, it would take a month to refine one pill, and it would take at least thirty years to cultivate to the middle stage of Jindan.

Of course, the true essence of other Jindan cultivators is far less pure and thick than Chen Yuan's, so they do not need to refine so many pills to break through the mid-term bottleneck.

For Chen Yuan, cultivating oneself is not a difficult task; the difficult part is strengthening one's body.

And this can only be done by attracting starlight into the body and accumulating it over time. There is no other way.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly. Does he really have to wait for twenty years before he can cultivate to the late stage of Jindan?

On the road to becoming an immortal, you must strive to be the first at every step.

Although he had not been in the Dan stage for long and still had more than 300 years to reach the Nascent Soul stage, it was difficult to find descendants of the True Spirit, and he had no confidence that he could find one within 300 years.

Being able to have an extra year to search for the descendants of the True Spirit is also extremely valuable.

When he was hunting monsters in the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea, he traveled over a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, but Yu Jue never felt anything.

The Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters is vast and there are many transformed monsters. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack for Chen Yuan to find the descendants of the true spirits among the endless monster clans.

Is it... necessary to enter Jueling Island?

Chen Yuan came to the practice room, sat on the cushion, and looked solemn.

Apart from the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons, only the Absolute Spirit Island has body-tempering elixirs.

Master Qingyou had once been to Jueling Island, and his experiences there left a deep impression on Chen Yuan.

This island is indeed the most dangerous place in Yuqing Sea. Master Qingyou survived a life-and-death experience on Jueling Island and escaped after going through extremely dangerous situations.

But it was also because of his journey on Jueling Island that he was able to cultivate all the way to the peak of Jindan.

If the Wentian Sect had not been destroyed, it would have been very likely that the baby would have been formed successfully.

Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment, but finally suppressed the thought.

Every time the Jueling Island opens, there are at least a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators entering in search of opportunities, and the Jindan cultivators are like ants.

As a casual cultivator with no one to rely on, it was too risky for him to go to the island to look for body-hardening elixirs.

But he has the Jade Jue in his hand, and if he endures time, he can cultivate to the late stage of Jindan, so it is better not to take risks.

The next thing to do is to sell the monster materials in hand, upgrade the thousand-year-old ice silk gloves that are no longer useful into a magic weapon, and then refine all the sixth-level monster pills in hand into monster Yuan pills to increase cultivation.

After that, he went to the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons to hunt monsters and obtain elixirs. At the same time, he strengthened his body with starlight and searched for the descendants of the true spirit.

Chen Yuan calmed down, slowly closed his eyes, and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Three days later, Chen Yuan's true energy was restored. He put on a hat that covered half of his face, walked out of the cave, and came to the market.

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