Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Yunrui County, Qingshan Village.

In the early morning, before the sun rises completely, the sky is dim, a thin mist lingers, and smoke rises. The farmers have already begun their busy day.

On a gentle hillside a hundred feet away from the village, Li Qingshan ended a night of meditation and practice, walked out of the room, rode on the light of escape, flew into the mountain, and came to the outside of his master's cave.

Seven days have passed since the master left.

Every day, Li Qingshan would check the area around the cave to prevent any monsters from breaking in.

Although there is a formation guarding the master's cave, this place is after all on the outskirts of the Qingkang Mountains, and there is a possibility of monsters appearing. Li Qingshan would rather cause some trouble than let the monsters disturb the master's cave.

This time, he still carefully inspected the cave and was about to turn around and leave.

But at this moment, the two heavy stone doors of the cave slowly opened, and the master's gentle voice came out: "Qingshan, come in."

Li Qingshan was delighted and walked quickly into the cave. When he came to the main hall, he saw his master sitting at the stone table, looking at him with a smile.
He clasped his fists and bowed, saying respectfully: "Disciple greets Master!"

Chen Yuan said gently: "Master will only be away for a few days, and the cave is protected by formations, so you don't have to be so careful."

Li Qingshan shook his head and said seriously, "Master, if you have something to worry about, I will do my best to help you. However, Master has a high level of cultivation and I am a low level cultivator. I am unable to share Master's worries. Instead, I need Master to take care of everything for me."

"I can only look after the cave for Master to show my filial piety. How can I neglect it?"

Chen Yuan nodded. It was worth his effort to examine Li Qingshan's character. It was rare to find someone so loyal and filial.

After he left Jinshan Market, he went to Fanyang Market, spent six days and more than four hundred high-quality spirit stones, and finally gathered the spiritual herbs he needed.

The types of spiritual herbs he needed were not many, but the quantities were not small, and they were all relatively rare.

Chen Yuan visited several shops selling spiritual herbs, but still lacked something. As a last resort, he went to the Treasure Pavilion again.

Earlier, when Chen Yuan was chatting with Pei Song, he asked about Cheng Xianmo and learned that he had been transferred to Chongde Market as deputy manager.

However, the new manager of Baibao Pavilion in Fanyang Market also had a good relationship with Pei Song. Chen Yuan went to visit him with his token, and the two had a very pleasant conversation.

When Chen Yuan mentioned the spiritual herbs, the new shopkeeper immediately said that a trade fair would be held in the near future and there would definitely be cultivators who would bring out spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan waited for two more days and attended the trade fair, and indeed he collected all the spiritual herbs.

Afterwards, he exchanged some thoughts on cultivation with the new shopkeeper before leaving Fanyang Market and returning to Qingshan Village.

After gathering all the spiritual herbs, you can then refine the elixir, and then practice in seclusion, improve your cultivation, strengthen your body, until you reach the false infant realm, and there is no more room for improvement. Then you can refine the true spirit blood in Kunfeng's demon pill, and finally you can consider forming a baby.
Chen Yuan was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Qingshan, your master will be in seclusion to make elixirs soon. Please accept this Vajra Talisman. It can save your life in times of danger."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, and a golden talisman appeared in his palm and slowly flew towards Li Qingshan.

"Thank you, Master, for the talisman!" Li Qingshan was delighted. He took two steps forward, bowed slightly, stretched out his hands, and caught the talisman.

The Vajra Talisman is well-known in the world of immortal cultivation. It is the most top-grade spiritual talisman. After being activated, it can transform into a Vajra armor to protect the body. It is difficult for a cultivator in the late foundation building stage to be harmed, and it can even hold out for a while in the hands of a cultivator in the Jindan stage.

This time when Chen Yuan went to Fanyang Market, he considered that he would be in seclusion for cultivation for a long time and would have no time to be distracted, so he bought this talisman and gave it to Li Qingshan to save his life.

Li Qingshan put the Vajra Talisman into his storage bag, and took out a green cardboard book, presented it with both hands, and said respectfully: "Disciple has one more thing to report to Master. Two days after Master left, Feng Yongyan came again to visit Master, and his attitude was very respectful."

"It was only when he saw that the master was not here that he handed this visiting card to the disciple, saying that he was ordered by his father Feng Tiande to invite the master to attend the baby-birth celebration banquet held by the headmaster of Bailu Academy, Shiping Shanren."

"Oh? Is this true?" Chen Yuan was a little surprised. He raised his hand and took the visiting card.

When he opened it, he saw that the visiting card was divided into two pages. Beautiful small regular script was written from right to left. The handwriting was neat and the writing was brilliant. It invited Chen Yuan to attend the baby-birth celebration banquet in nine days and to apologize to him in person. The signature was "Feng Tiande".

Chen Yuan read the visiting card carefully and nodded slightly. Pei Song was right. Feng Tiande was indeed a very versatile person and could handle things flawlessly. It was really puzzling that such a man would have a playboy like Feng Yongyan.

The words between the lines of the visiting card revealed that Feng Tiande wanted to settle the matter peacefully, and his words were sincere.

But Feng Tiande still misjudged Chen Yuan. He certainly would not let Feng Yongyan go, but he would not do it himself, leaving it to Li Qingshan to take revenge. Feng Tiande was worried that he would do it to Feng Yongyan, but he loved his son too much and was too concerned.

But since Feng Tiande was so sincere and brought up the Shipingshan people's baby-birth celebration banquet, Chen Yuan couldn't take it lightly.

He closed the visiting card and looked up at Li Qingshan: "You have done a good job in this matter. Feng Yongyan is here to apologize to me. Feng Tiande is worried that I will take action against Feng Yongyan, so he specially invites me to a banquet and apologizes to me in person."

Li Qingshan snorted coldly, "Like father, like son. Feng Yongyan is greedy and cunning. Feng Tiande is also judging others by his own standards. How could Master attack a foundation-building cultivator? Feng Yongyan will naturally be dealt with by his disciple!"

Chen Yuan said calmly, "Let's put Feng Yongyan's matter aside for now. Let's talk about it after I come back from the banquet. If Feng Tiande is really sincere and wants to settle the matter peacefully, then that's fine."

"After all, Feng Yongyan's storage bag fell into your hands, and you have already suffered a great loss."

"But if Feng Tiande is not sincere, you will have to take Feng Yongyan's life yourself in the future."

Hearing this, Li Qingshan suddenly remembered something. He stroked his storage bag, took out a jade bottle, presented it with both hands, and said respectfully, "Master, I was sorting out the things in Feng Yongyan's storage bag and found a pill. The spiritual energy is very rich, but I have never seen this kind of pill before. I don't know what effect it has. I beg Master to help me solve this puzzle."

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, raised his hand, took the jade bottle into his hand, opened the stopper, tilted it slightly, and poured out a pill.

This pill is pure white in color, full of spiritual energy, and the fragrance fills the room. Just by smelling it, you will have a sense of emptiness in your mind, as if you have realized something. But when you think about it carefully, you have no clue at all, and you can't help feeling a little disappointed.

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he carefully examined the pill, and said slowly: "Qingshan, you are really lucky. If I am not mistaken, this pill should be the Huanzhen Pill."

"Is this the Zhendan? The legendary holy object that can form a dan?" Li Qingshan's pupils shrank, his face full of disbelief.

"The Return to Huan Dan can indeed be called a sacred object for refining the Dan, but it is not a legendary object. It's just that the main ingredient in refining the Return to Huan Dan, the Suzhen Flower, is a little rare. If you are willing, you can still find it." Chen Yuan explained, put the pill back into the jade bottle, covered the bottle with a stopper, raised his hand and sent it, and the jade bottle slowly flew towards Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan raised his hand to catch the jade bottle, held it tightly in his hand, looked down at it, his eyes full of surprise.

Although he has the talent of earth spiritual roots, forming a pill is still a difficult and dangerous hurdle. With the help of Huanzhen Dan, the probability of forming a pill is increased by at least 30%, and the chances of success are greatly increased!
He put away the jade bottle and said seriously, "Master, Feng Yongyan sent me a Zhenzhen Pill. The loss was heavy, but it was enough to offset the hatred between us. I will not bother him again in the future."

"But Feng Yongyan is acting so recklessly, so Feng Tiande might be a treacherous person. He might have some evil intentions in inviting Master to the banquet."

"Why don't I go to the White Deer Academy and tell Feng Tiande that Master has no intention of targeting Feng Yongyan."

"In this way, he will be afraid of Master being away, and no matter what he thinks, he will not attack his disciple, and Master will not have to take risks himself."

Chen Yuan said gently, "You don't have to worry. The White Deer Academy is not a dangerous place. Moreover, I heard from a fellow Taoist that Feng Tiande is a smooth and tactful person. He is not a vicious person. He should have no ill intentions in inviting me to the banquet."

“Besides, the banquet for the formation of the infant by the Shiping Mountain man was not a secret. The date was set a month ago, and all the Jindan cultivators within a thousand miles were invited. Even if Feng Tiande wanted to plot against my master, he would not dare to disrupt the banquet, otherwise the Shiping Mountain man would be the first to not forgive him.”

"This time Feng Tiande sent his own son to deliver a visiting card with sincere words, wanting to apologize in person. This has given me enough face. If I don't go to the banquet, I will make an enemy of him. Therefore, I must go to the banquet to celebrate the birth of my baby in person."

When he was chatting with Pei Song, he heard Pei Song say that after Shipingshan returned to Bailu Academy, he would hold a banquet to celebrate the birth of his baby and invite all the fellow travelers.

This is a common practice in the world of immortal cultivation. Newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators want to demonstrate their presence and expand the sect's sphere of influence. It is a good opportunity to use the Nascent Soul celebration banquet to intimidate other sects and families so that follow-up discussions can be carried out.

In addition, in order to thank the fellow cultivators who attended the banquet, the newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators will preach for three days, sharing the Nascent Soul experience that is extremely valuable to the Jindan cultivators.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Chen Yuan, and he did not take it to heart at the time, but since Feng Tiande invited him to the banquet, he had to go just for the experience of forming a baby.

Li Qingshan blushed and said, "My disciple was shallow-minded and almost made Master gain an enemy. Please punish me, Master."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "It's okay. You are also worried about the safety of the master. How can the master blame you?"

"Now that you have the storage bags of Feng Yongyan and Cheng Zaiming, you have no shortage of spirit stones and elixirs. You also don't need their magic tools, so you can sell them in the market and exchange them for elixirs. Then, practice diligently and comprehend the art of splitting light and transforming it into shadows."

"Only by improving my cultivation can I kill people like Feng Yongyan with one sword when I meet him again."

Li Qingshan bowed deeply and said solemnly: "Yes!"

He turned and walked out of the cave, and Chen Yuan also stood up and walked into the practice room, meditating and practicing, waiting for the baby-making celebration banquet in nine days. (End of this chapter)