Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

In the memory of the Jiao whale demon soul, the three demon beast royal families actually issued an order at the same time to hunt down Chen Yuan!
All the monsters above level five in the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters know what Chen Yuan looks like. No wonder these three monsters are so crazy. They all want to capture Chen Yuan in exchange for a huge reward.

Chen Yuan was extremely furious. He just had a fight with Kun Feng and escaped from the hands of a charming woman. Why did he attract the pursuit of the three demon beast kings?

There are countless Yuqinghai monks who hunt monsters, and he does not have the lives of the three royal families in his hands, so some conflicts are not surprising at all. He has no grudge against the Jiaolong clan, but he is being hunted down by the three royal families. It is really an unexpected disaster!

Chen Yuan's face was extremely gloomy, his mind raced, but he couldn't figure out what was going on.

The wanted order from the three royal families was extremely vague. It only contained his appearance and name. As for why they were hunting him and his cultivation strength, it did not mention anything.

If not for this, the crab demon and Yaksha wouldn't be so bold as to attack him.

After a while, Chen Yuan let out a long breath, barely suppressing the anger in his heart, released a wisp of true energy, crushed the demon soul of the whale, and put away the demon pill.

After being burned by Zhu Yan's true fire and ravaged by the soul-searching technique, the Jiao whale's spirit had become extremely thin and was no longer usable.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan dived into the sea again and came to the slowly falling corpse of the Jiao whale. He used a sea-covering spear to cut off the Jiao whale's dorsal fin, horn, baleen, and whale skin. He also took out hundreds of kilograms of unrefined whale oil and put it into a mustard ring.

The Jiao whale belongs to the Jiaolong clan. After receiving the order from the three royal clans, this Jiao whale was extremely tempted by the promised huge reward and came here from the depths of the Ten Thousand Demons Sea to search for Chen Yuan's trace.

In its spare time, it relies on its powerful strength to hunt down human monks and devour their flesh, blood, and golden elixirs.

The wanted order was issued half a month ago. During this period of time, Jiao Jing had eaten three Jindan cultivators, one in the middle Jindan stage, and two in the early Jindan stage, before they fell into Chen Yuan's hands.

Unfortunately, the monsters that had not yet transformed could not use the mustard seed rings, and the Jiao whale did not care much about it. The mustard seed rings of the three Jindan cultivators were all lost in the sea.

After Chen Yuan dealt with the whale's body, he let the remaining flesh and blood fall into the depths of the sea.

The death of a level seven dragon whale attracted countless low-level monsters and sea beasts that had not yet awakened their intelligence.

They had no time to fight and were all frantically devouring the flesh and blood of the dragon whale.

A gluttonous feast is quietly taking place in the dark and silent deep sea.

Chen Yuan flew out of the sea, turned around, and flew back along the original route.

The three major demon beast royal families all issued a wanted order. He could not stay in the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons any longer. He had only entered the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons a thousand miles and he had encountered three demon beasts. If he went deeper, he didn't know how many demon beasts would want to kill him.

Although the Zhenhai Sect was looking for him, the Tianji Sect and the Zhengqi League did not make any move. Patriarch Yuntian must have taken the responsibility for the death of Old Ghost Ji, and Taoist Yunhe did not even take him, a Jindan cultivator, seriously.

He cannot go to the sea area under the jurisdiction of Zhenhai Sect. Although Tianji Sect has not issued a wanted order for him now, as long as the truth about Ji Laogui's death is revealed, Tianji Sect will definitely not let him go.

Now it seems that I can only go to the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Righteous Alliance, practice in seclusion, and avoid the limelight for a while.

The Righteous Alliance likes to recruit independent cultivators, and its people are a mixed bunch, making it the easiest place to hide their tracks.

Originally, the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons was the most suitable place to hide. No one was cultivating there, and most of the monsters were active in the sea, so all one had to do was find a remote island to retreat to.

But he had become a thorn in the eyes of the demon clan and could only settle for the next best thing.

Chen Yuan suppressed his anger, put on his hat again to cover his face, and flew away from the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters.

But this was the Zhenhai Sect's sphere of influence, so he didn't dare to stay. He turned around and flew towards the sea area under the rule of the Zhengqi League.

This time he was more careful than before. Following the map of Yuqing Sea, he avoided the islands and waterways along the way. He did not see any people or islands along the way.

On the ocean, islands are extremely important. They are necessary supply points for fleets when traveling for business. The waterways in the Yuqing Sea are all opened up along the islands.

Only a very small number of deserted islands, which are extremely small, barren and desolate, and far away from shipping routes, are uninhabited.

But even such a deserted island, as long as it has some value, there will be sects and families that will send low-level monks to transform it and migrate mortals to the island to reproduce and thrive.

In the ocean, land is scarce, natural disasters are frequent, and it is difficult for mortals to survive.

In this situation, mortals become an extremely important resource. The more mortals there are, the more people with spiritual roots there are, and they can be trained to become monks.

All major sects will consciously protect mortals. Every once in a while, they will test the spiritual roots of mortals and select disciples from them to continue the sect's heritage.

In addition, there are no monsters in the Yuqing Sea, but there are many ferocious sea beasts. Because they live in the sea, they are often extremely large in size. Even if they do not have demonic aura, their strength is comparable to that of low-level cultivators below the sixth level of Qi Refining.

These sea beasts have no intelligence, yet are the overlords of the ocean. They have no natural enemies, are ferocious in nature, and follow ocean currents. While they devour fish and shrimp, they also like to attack passing fleets.

These sea beasts are vulnerable in front of the monks, but the sea is vast and boundless, and the sea beasts are endless. Any fleet of a slightly larger scale needs monks to escort and fight against the sea beasts.

Foundation-building cultivators naturally would not work for mortals, so the mission of escort could only be undertaken by Qi-refining cultivators.

Therefore, the major sects in Yuqing Sea have a great demand for low-level cultivators. They do not need them to successfully build a foundation. As long as they can cultivate to the middle stage of Qi Refining and be able to defeat ordinary sea beasts, it will be enough.

Even people with the five spiritual roots can embark on the path of cultivation in Yuqing Sea, practice basic techniques, obtain a low-level magic weapon, sail with the fleet, or garrison on a deserted island and fight against sea beasts that invade the fleet and the island.

After tens of thousands of years, there are fewer and fewer uninhabited islands in the Yuqing Sea, and most of the islands are inhabited. It is extremely difficult for Chen Yuan to find a deserted island to live in seclusion.

Chen Yuan had already made plans for this. Ten days later, he finally left the waters under the jurisdiction of the Zhenhai Sect and entered the sphere of influence of the Zhengqi League.

He went deeper for thousands of miles and came to an ordinary sea area.

This sea area is called Huangling Sea, with a radius of more than 2,000 miles. There are only three small sects. The strongest person in the open is the leader of one of the sects, who has the cultivation level of only the middle stage of Jindan.

There are three markets in the Huangling Sea, opened by three small sects respectively. Chen Yuan came to the largest market and sent down his escape light.

The Huangling Sea is not very rich. There is only a small spirit stone vein located on the seabed, which is equally divided by the three sects. In addition, there are several low-quality spirit material mines, but they are all quite poor.

Therefore, there are few foreign cultivators in the market town of Huangling Sea. Among the bustling crowd, most of them are Qi-refining cultivators. Even Foundation-building cultivators are rare, let alone Core-forming cultivators.

Chen Yuan walked slowly on the street, spreading his consciousness to cover the entire market. There was no Jindan cultivator in the market, so he quickly found his target, quickened his pace, and walked over.

This is a shop selling jade slips and ancient books. The three words "Mo Yu Zhai" are written on the plaque.

Chen Yuan pulled his hat even lower, with the wide brim hiding most of his face in shadow, and walked into the store.

There are bookshelves all around the store, on which are jade slips and yellowed ancient books.

The shop owner is an old man who has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. He is dressed in a green shirt, with bright eyes and a radiant look. He must have tried to build a foundation more than once but failed each time. However, his magic power is much purer than that of the cultivators of the same level.

At this time, there happened to be a young cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining in the shop. He was holding a jade slip with a hesitant look on his face.

The young monk was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a dark complexion and ordinary looks. When he saw someone entering the shop, he looked back with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Chen Yuan swept his spiritual sense and found that this young cultivator possessed the four spiritual roots of gold, wood, earth and fire, and his aptitude was extremely poor.

The old man in green smiled at Chen Yuan, then turned to look at the young cultivator and said helplessly, "Xiao Hu, you have come here three times, and you know that this book, "The Beginning of Talisman Making", was written by Master Sheng Runhuasheng of the Huangyu Sect in his early years."

"It records the methods of refining nine kinds of talismans, as well as Master Sheng's experience in making talismans. It only costs thirty low-grade spirit stones, which is a preferential price I'm giving you because of your perseverance."

"As long as you master the art of making talismans and become a talisman maker, you won't have to worry about spiritual stones and elixirs anymore. What are you hesitating about? Are you willing to escort mortal fleets for the rest of your life?"

After hearing this, the young monk clenched the jade slip in his left hand, but subconsciously wiped the old storage bag on his waist with his right hand, and begged: "Senior, can you make it cheaper?"

"My cultivation is too low, and those big ship owners don't look down on me. I can only escort small fleets, and I can't save many spirit stones at all."

"In addition to buying "The Beginning of Talisman Making", I have to save some spirit stones to buy talisman pens, talisman paper and spirit liquid. I really can't afford thirty spirit stones."

The old man in green shirt shook his head slightly: "Thirty spirit stones is already the lowest price. If you can't gather enough spirit stones, go and take on a few more escort missions. When you have enough spirit stones, come back to my shop."

The young monk showed disappointment on his face. He glanced at the jade slip reluctantly, handed it back to the old man in green, and said sullenly, "Thank you, senior. I will come again next time."

Chen Yuan was watching the young cultivator bargaining with the old man in green, and he inexplicably recalled the days when he first arrived at Huanyue Market and set up a stall to sell pills.

Just as the young monk walked past Chen Yuan, he said, "Young friend, please stay."

As he spoke, the pressure of a foundation-building cultivator spread out and filled the small shop.

The young monk quickly stopped and bowed to Chen Yuan, his voice a little flustered: "Senior...Senior, are you calling me?"

The old man in green shirt stopped smiling, clasped his fists and bowed, saying respectfully: "Senior, your presence brings honor to our humble shop."

Chen Yuan raised his left hand, and a medium-grade fire-attributed spirit stone appeared out of thin air in his palm. It flew towards the old man in green and said calmly, "I will pay for this copy of "The Beginning of Talisman Making". You don't need to change the remaining spirit stones."

"Yes." The old man in green took the light red spirit stone and responded respectfully.

He took two steps forward, stuffed the jade slip into the young monk's hand, and whispered, "Why don't you thank this senior quickly!"

The young monk stood there blankly. Hearing this, he subconsciously clenched the jade slip in his hand and bowed to Chen Yuan. His excitement could not be concealed in his voice: "Junior Zhang Hu, thank you for your kindness!"

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Although your aptitude is poor, if you have a firm heart and practice diligently, you may be able to achieve something. Study the art of making talismans well."

Zhang Hu raised his head, his expression very serious: "Yes, I will remember this. I will be down-to-earth and use the saved spiritual stones to buy more talisman papers and practice the talisman making technique diligently!"

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, and the old man in green robes whispered to Zhang Hu: "You go back first, and remember the great kindness of this senior!"

Zhang Hu nodded heavily, his face full of gratitude, and bowed to Chen Yuan again. He looked at Chen Yuan deeply, as if he wanted to engrave his figure into his heart, then turned around and walked out of Moyuzhai.

Chen Yuan suppressed his thoughts. He saw that although Zhang Hu had poor aptitude and low cultivation, he was unwilling to be mediocre and took the initiative to learn the art of talisman making. He was very determined, so he felt compassion and helped him.

This medium-grade spirit stone is nothing to him, but to Zhang Hu, it may change his life's destiny.

The old man in green looked at Zhang Hu's back as he disappeared into the crowd, then he withdrew his gaze and asked respectfully, "What do you want, senior?"

Chen Yuan said: "Do you have a map of the Topaz Sea? The more detailed the better."

"Please wait a moment, senior. I will get the map right away." The old man in green responded, turned around, walked to a bookshelf and started searching.

After a while, he came to Chen Yuan with a jade slip and handed it to him with both hands: "This is the most detailed map of the Yellow Jade Sea in our store. It was just revised once thirteen years ago. Senior, please take a look."

Chen Yuan took the jade slip and used his spiritual consciousness to explore it. It marked the islands in the Huangyu Sea, as well as the waterways, ocean currents, reefs, etc., in great detail.

Every time Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness landed on an island, information would appear next to it, such as which sect the island was governed by, the monks guarding it, the number of mortals, the island's specialties, etc.

In addition, there are some extremely remote, desolate and barren islands, all of which are marked.

These deserted islands are of no use at all and the cost and gain of transforming them outweighs the effort, so they have been abandoned ever since.

Chen Yuan memorized the twenty or so deserted islands marked on the map and nodded with satisfaction: "How much does this map cost?"

"Three middle-grade spirit stones. Senior has already given me seventy low-grade spirit stones just now. I only need to give you another two hundred and thirty low-grade spirit stones." The green-shirted old man answered respectfully.

Chen Yuan took out three medium-grade spirit stones and handed them over.

The old man in green took the spirit stones, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. Seventy low-grade spirit stones for free was not a small amount for him.

Chen Yuan put away the jade slip, turned around and walked out of Mo Yu Zhai, rode on the light of escape, and flew to a remote deserted island recorded on the map.

He only had a map of the Yuqing Sea in his hand, which was too broad and simple. The Huangling Sea was unremarkable and had no special features in the Yuqing Sea, making it extremely suitable for seclusion.

So he had already planned to come to this Topaz Market, buy a map, find a deserted island, and practice in seclusion. (End of this chapter)