Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

When Chen Yuan arrived at Jinshan Market, it was exactly noon.

After purchasing the pass token, he entered the market town and went straight to the Treasure Pavilion.

In fact, only Qi-refining cultivators need to purchase a pass token. Chen Yuan only needs to show his Jindan cultivation level to have unimpeded passage.

But he did not want to be too conspicuous, so like the other monks, he waited patiently in line for a quarter of an hour to buy a pass token.

It was noon, and the Treasure Pavilion was bustling with people. The hall on the first floor was filled with Qi-refining monks who came to buy magical tools.

Facing the female Qi-refining cultivator who was approaching, Chen Yuan released his Qi and said calmly, "Is Shopkeeper Pei of your pavilion here?"

The female Qi-refining cultivator immediately became respectful and led Chen Yuan to the third floor of the Treasure Pavilion, where they met Pei Song.

After Chen Yuan left Yuqing Sea, he took off the golden mask and revealed his true face.

When Pei Song saw him, he immediately stood up to greet him and bowed: "It's been a long time since we last met. Brother Chen is still as elegant as ever. Please sit down and talk."

He was quite surprised by Chen Yuan's arrival, but not unexpected.

When the two were chatting before, Chen Yuan had said that although he was a cultivator from Hengzhou, he had no sect or school. He came to Renzhou after offending a medium-sized sect, and would practice in Renzhou from then on.

Chen Yuan clasped his fists in return, and the two of them sat down as host and guest. Pei Song waved away the female Qi-refining cultivator and personally poured spiritual tea for Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan raised his cup and took a sip. The two exchanged pleasantries and discussed their cultivation experiences. Half an hour passed in a hurry.

Pei Song just smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you are here not just to reminisce with me, right?"

Chen Yuan said seriously, "Brother Daoist Pei has a keen eye. I came here with two things that I would like Brother Daoist Pei to take a look at."

After saying that, he took out two shrunken ancient beast puppets from the mustard seed ring, one was intact and the other was badly damaged, and handed them to Pei Song.

Ever since Chen Yuan obtained these two animal puppets, they have been kept in the mustard ring and have not been used.

When he ambushed and killed Kun Feng before, he didn't have time to take out the wolf-shaped beast puppet, and it would be useless even if he did.

The beast puppet can only exert the strength of a cultivator at the peak of the Jindan stage and is no match for Kun Feng at all.

This wolf-shaped beast puppet is useless in Chen Yuan's hands. He doesn't need to use the beast puppet for opponents he can defeat, and it is useless to use the beast puppet for cultivators whom he cannot even deal with.

Therefore, as he was short of spirit stones, he took out the two animal puppets and intended to sell them to Baibao Pavilion.

"Is this... an ancient beast puppet?" Pei Song's eyes lit up, he took the beast puppet and examined it carefully.

The giant ape puppet was badly damaged, so Pei Song just gave it a cursory inspection, his eyes always on the wolf-shaped puppet.

"It is indeed an ancient beast puppet. The materials used have long been extinct, and the core is difficult to see." After a while, Pei Song withdrew his spiritual sense, raised his head, and was amazed.

Chen Yuan asked, "Friend Pei, are you interested in the two animal puppets?"

Pei Song said without hesitation: "Of course! Such treasures are hard to come by. Since I have come across them, I naturally cannot miss them. Are you interested in selling them?"

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Yes, this wolf-shaped beast puppet is intact. As long as a piece of top-grade spirit stone is put into it, it can exert the strength equivalent to that of a peak Jindan cultivator."

"The other beast puppet was more seriously damaged, but many of its parts are still intact and of considerable value. I would like to exchange it for some high-quality spirit stones. Fellow Daoist Pei, please name a price."

"How many spirit stones does Fellow Daoist Chen want?" Pei Song pondered for a moment and asked back.

"Two thousand top-grade spirit stones." Chen Yuan said lightly.

Pei Song frowned and said, "This ancient beast puppet is indeed rare, but its flaws are also extremely obvious. It requires top-grade spirit stones to drive, which is extremely costly."

"But his strength is only at the peak of Jindan. Yuanying cultivators can produce top-grade spirit stones, but they can't use this beast puppet. Jindan cultivators can use the beast puppet, but it is difficult for them to produce top-grade spirit stones. The price of two thousand top-grade spirit stones is a bit high."

"Then how many spirit stones are you willing to give, Brother Pei?" Chen Yuan asked.

"One thousand three hundred high-grade spirit stones." Pei Song said, "Fellow Daoist Chen and I are old friends, and I won't take advantage of you. This price is already very fair. Other shops are not as financially strong as ours, and they can't even offer a price of one thousand three hundred high-grade spirit stones."

Chen Yuan shook his head: "One thousand five hundred high-grade spirit stones. This wolf-shaped beast puppet is fearless and is the best bodyguard. I think there are many Nascent Soul cultivators who are willing to buy such a beast puppet for me."

"And these are two beast puppets. Although the other one is damaged, it is not completely worthless."

Pei Song hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed: "Well, it's just 1,500 high-grade spirit stones. Since Pei and fellow Taoist are old friends, I will bear a little loss."

As he spoke, he raised his sleeve and a pile of colorful spiritual stones appeared on the table out of thin air, forming a small hill, and rich spiritual energy filled the air.

Chen Yuan scanned with his spiritual sense and found the number correct. He smiled slightly, raised his sleeve and put all the spirit stones into the mustard seed ring.

Pei Song would definitely not suffer a loss at the price of 1,500 high-quality spirit stones.

But as he said, it is not easy to find a suitable buyer for the beast puppet. Chen Yuan has no connections, so he might as well do a favor and sell it to Pei Song.

Pei Song put the animal puppet into the mustard seed ring. His face seemed calm, but there was a smile at the corner of his mouth, and he was obviously in a very good mood.

Chen Yuan added: "To be honest, I have something else that I need your help with."

Pei Song said seriously: "Fellow Daoist, please speak."

Chen Yuan briefly recounted the conflict between Li Qingshan and Feng Yongyan, and finally said, "I have been traveling for several years and just returned a while ago. I learned from Feng Yongyan that the headmaster of Bailu Academy has actually formed a Nascent Soul."

"This time, I have a rift with the White Deer Academy. I feel a little uneasy, so I came to ask you. I wonder if you know Feng Tiande's background, and what the White Deer Academy's headmaster's personality is like. Is he a person who protects his faults?"

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Chen for accepting a good disciple. He has just entered the foundation-building stage, but he can hold out for more than a hundred breaths against two cultivators in the middle stage of the foundation-building stage. His potential is truly extraordinary." Pei Song did not answer immediately, but first congratulated Chen Yuan on accepting a disciple.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "My disciple's cultivation is low, and I am a casual cultivator. I often travel far away, so it is difficult for me to take good care of him. I have to ask Brother Pei to take care of him." "That's right, Brother Chen. Given our friendship, if your disciple has any problems, just come to Jinshan Market to find me." Pei Song agreed immediately.

Previously, Chen Yuan had been recommended by him to go to the Treasure Pavilion in Fanyang Market to repair magic weapons, and today he sold him two ancient beast puppets. They had a deep friendship, so such a small matter was naturally no problem for him.

Pei Song changed the subject: "As for the White Deer Academy, Fellow Daoist Chen has asked the right person. I have done several transactions with the White Deer Academy, and I have also met Feng Tiande, the father of Feng Yongyan."

"Oh?" Chen Yuan was excited. "What is this person's personality like?"

Pei Song's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, and he said slowly: "Fellow Daoist Chen also knows that Jinshan Market is the most prosperous market within a radius of thousands of miles."

"Among the many weapon refining shops in Jinshan Market, if our shop is second to none, no one dares to claim to be first."

"There are several small sects and families around here, and their inheritance of weapon refining is common. They often buy spiritual weapons and magical tools from our pavilion. The White Deer Academy is also a frequent visitor to our pavilion."

"Feng Tiande is the dean of Bailu Academy. He has reached the middle stage of Jindan cultivation. He is worldly-wise, tactful, and has clever tactics."

"If Fellow Daoist Chen hadn't come to visit me today, I wouldn't have known that he would have such a dandy son."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "But I have never seen the headmaster of the White Deer Academy, Mr. Shi Pingshan, and I don't know what his personality is like."

"I just heard from others that this Shipingshan man was invited to give lectures at the Chongde Academy founded by Haoran Sect for three years more than 60 years ago, and it seems that he was quite appreciated by a Yuanying cultivator of Haoran Sect."

"But you don't have to worry. You didn't punish Feng Yongyan severely. You just gave him a slight warning and left his storage bag. With Feng Tiande's smooth-talking personality, he shouldn't dare to cause trouble for you again."

Chen Yuan felt relieved: "If that's the case, then I'm relieved."

He was naturally not afraid of Feng Tiande, but he was worried that Feng Tiande would persuade the people of Shiping Mountain to cause trouble for him.

Otherwise, he would not have just left behind Feng Yongyan and Cheng Zaiming's storage bags.

This was already a very severe punishment for the two of them, but in the eyes of the Jindan cultivators behind them, it was nothing.

If what Pei Song said was true, and Feng Tiande was a smooth and versatile person, the matter should have ended here.

Pei Song smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen has a high level of cultivation. Even if Feng Tiande doesn't want to let it go, Shipingshan will not deliberately embarrass you for such a small matter."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Fellow Daoist Pei is right. How can a Nascent Soul cultivator take the disputes among Foundation Establishment juniors seriously? I just asked this question for the sake of safety."

"It's just that I have only been traveling for a few years, and this Shiping Mountain man has already formed a Nascent Soul. This is a bit unexpected, otherwise I wouldn't have to make this trip today."

Pei Song felt the hint of murderous intent in Chen Yuan's voice, and was shocked.

From what Chen Yuan said, if Shipingshan had not formed his Nascent Soul, he would not be afraid of Bailu Academy at all.

Pei Song reminded, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you don't know that this Shiping Mountain man was originally approaching the end of his life. He offered a large amount of cultivation resources and relied on the spiritual veins of the Haoran Sect to successfully form a fetus. From then on, he was also tied to the Haoran Sect. Fellow Daoist, you should be careful and try not to provoke this person."

Chen Yuan suddenly understood and bowed: "Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist Pei. If Feng Yongyan hadn't bullied me, I wouldn't have punished him."

When a Nascent Soul cultivator breaks his elixir and transforms into a Nascent Soul, he needs to absorb a huge amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and he needs at least one medium-sized spiritual vein to support it.

However, if a large amount of spiritual energy is sucked away in an instant, the origin of the medium-sized spiritual vein will be greatly damaged. For at least the next hundred years, the concentration of spiritual energy will be equivalent to that of a small spiritual vein.

If a fetus is formed with the help of a large spiritual vein, the damage to the origin will be smaller, but it will still fall to the level of a medium-sized spiritual vein in thirty years.

Only a giant spiritual vein can easily support a cultivator to form a fetus without suffering any damage.

Bailu Academy is just a small sect that occupies a small spiritual vein. If the people of Shiping Mountain want to form a baby, they can only rely on the spiritual veins of other sects and families.

However, no sect or family would help outsiders to form a fetus and cause damage to their own spiritual veins.

Only the ten major sects would allow external cultivators to be sent to form a fetus with the help of spiritual veins.

In this way, the ten major sects can establish good relationships with these Nascent Soul cultivators. Some Nascent Soul cultivators who come from small sect families will even directly join the ten major sects, such as Shipingshanren.

The influence of the ten major sects continued to expand, and they controlled a state from generation to generation.

Of course, the ten major sects would not do business at a loss. Before a cultivator forms an infant, they would offer a large amount of spirit stones or rare treasures. No matter whether they were successful or not, they would not lose money.

However, compared with the spiritual energy consumed in forming a baby, these cultivation resources or treasures are nothing.

In other words, after the giant spiritual vein consumes the spiritual energy, it will recover quickly, otherwise the ten major sects will demand even more resources and treasures.

Therefore, there are many monks who want to use giant spiritual veins to form a fetus, but not everyone can succeed.

If one wants to use the spiritual veins of the ten major sects to form a fetus, in addition to offering spiritual stones and treasures, one also needs a Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect to act as a guarantor, and one must complete a task to prove one's strength.

The spiritual energy of the giant spiritual vein is also limited. It needs to be supplied to the monks in the sect for cultivation, and it cannot damage the origin. A monk who uses the spiritual vein to form a baby will have to wait for several years before the next monk can form a baby.

The ten major sects naturally did not want to lend their spiritual veins to those who were not strong enough, so as to avoid wasting an opportunity and losing a Nascent Soul cultivator who was close to them. That was why they set up three thresholds.

After Pei Song's explanation, Chen Yuan's doubts were gone, and the two chatted for a while until someone came to visit Pei Song, and then he got up to say goodbye.

After leaving the Treasure Pavilion, Chen Yuan strolled around the market town and went into several shops selling spiritual herbs, but was quite disappointed.

He was still lacking five kinds of eight hundred year old spiritual herbs and thirteen kinds of five hundred year old spiritual herbs. He only found one kind of eight hundred year old spiritual herbs and six kinds of five hundred year old spiritual herbs in Jinshan Market, so he was still lacking a lot.

In desperation, Chen Yuan could only leave Jinshan Market and fly northwest.

Fanyang Market is several times more prosperous than Jinshan Market, and it will definitely be able to gather all the spiritual herbs he needs. (End of this chapter)