Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

In the afternoon, the sun penetrated the thin clouds and sprinkled on the Qingkang Mountains.

The trees are lush and green, the mountain breeze blows past, and the green waves rise and fall.

An eagle about ten feet in size spread its wings and flew high, overlooking the vast mountains and forests with its sharp eyes. Suddenly, it swooped down and grabbed a goat that was climbing a steep cliff. Amid the goat's wailing, it flew back into the sky.

But the eagle had just flown out a dozen feet when it was startled by a young man who suddenly appeared in front of it. It subconsciously let go of the goat and grabbed forward with its claws.

The young man raised his hand and grabbed one of the eagle's sharp claws, which was sharp enough to pierce through rocks. It grabbed his hand hard, but it was completely unharmed, with only a slightly harsh scraping sound.

A hint of fear flashed in the eagle's pupils. It was not an ordinary wild beast, but a lower-level monster.

The aura emanating from the young man made him despair. His ignorant intelligence told the eagle that it was no match for the uninvited guest.

But it did not give up. The desire to survive made it scream, and its other claw suddenly grew a little bigger, coated with a layer of iron gray, and was ready to fight to the death.

Unexpectedly, the young man released his claws, flapped his wings behind him, and his figure disappeared from the spot. He appeared in front of the goat that had fallen dozens of feet. He reached out and grabbed the goat, shook his wrist, and gently threw it up.

The young man didn't seem to use any strength, but he easily threw the goat into the air dozens of feet high. The eagle hooked tightly onto the goat's back, looked at the young man below, blinked in confusion, then flapped its wings vigorously and flew away.

The young man looked at the flying eagle, smiled slightly, and his wings fluttered behind him. His figure flashed continuously, but in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of a steep mountain a thousand feet away.

The young man was tall, dressed in a white shirt, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a handsome face and an extraordinary temperament. It was Chen Yuan.

But what was different from before was that a pair of pitch-black wings grew out from his back, which were about ten feet long, forming a sharp contrast with his snow-white clothes, adding a bit of fierceness.

Chen Yuan landed on the stone cliff in front of the cave, and the wings behind him slowly folded up without leaving any trace. There was no damage on the back of his robe at all, as if the pair of broad black wings had never existed.

The stone door of the cave slowly opened, and Chen Yuan stepped in with a smile on his face, obviously in a very good mood.

He came to the practice room, sat cross-legged, and looked inward.

In the Dantian, a golden elixir hangs like the sun, slightly dim.

Next to him was the shadow of a giant ape that was a hundred feet tall, with white head and bare feet. Its eyes were slightly closed, and it sat cross-legged in meditation like a human cultivator. Occasionally, it would open its eyes and look downward, revealing a hint of ferocity.

Below the golden elixir is a three thousand foot sea of ​​true energy with surging waves.

A strange black fish, a hundred feet in size, suddenly rushed out of the sea, flapped its wings, flew hundreds of feet away, and then fell down with a bang, stirring up waves all over the sky.

Five years have passed since Chen Yuan refined the true spirit essence and blood in Kun Feng's demon pill.

Seven days ago, the battle in Chen Yuan’s Dantian finally came to an end.

With the continuous support of true energy, the giant ape defeated the strange fish. The black strange fish was completely dyed blood red by the essence of true energy and was completely subdued by Chen Yuan.

A memory of inheritance emerged from the bottom of his heart, and Chen Yuan realized that what he had refined was the true blood of Kunpeng.

He had expected this. The Kun fish clan is proficient in the power of space and has the innate ability to devour everything. It is hard not to associate it with the Kunpeng spirit.

After refining Kunpeng's true blood, Chen Yuan was extremely happy.

There are also differences in the levels of true spirits. "Nine Transformations of True Spirits" records hundreds of true spirits. Kunpeng's true spirit and Zhuyan's true spirit are on par with each other, both of them are first-rate and powerful true spirits.

However, five years of refining true blood day and night had made Chen Yuan's mind tense and extremely tired. He suddenly relaxed and fell into a deep sleep. He only woke up five days later.

He immediately looked inward and saw two phantoms of true spirits in his dantian.

He was not surprised by this. According to the records of "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", when only one kind of true spirit blood is refined, this kind of true blood will remain hidden in the body.

However, when refining at least two kinds of true spirit blood, conflicts will arise when the power of the true spirit is still hidden in the body.

At this time, the power of the true spirit will enter the dantian and manifest itself in the form of a true spirit phantom. It will only return to the body when Chen Yuan activates the true spirit blood.

However, the strengthening effect of the true spirit blood on Chen Yuan's body still exists. Before refining Kunpeng's true blood, Chen Yuan took two bottles of body-tempering elixirs, which greatly strengthened his body, comparable to the strength of his body after he activated his nameless magical power before.

Now after refining Kunpeng's true blood, even without using any magical powers and without stimulating the two kinds of true blood, Chen Yuan's physical body is comparable to the strength of when he simultaneously used the nameless magical power and stimulated Zhu Yan's true blood, surpassing any level seven monster, and even Kun Feng is much inferior to it.

The Kunpeng True Spirit, like the Zhuyan True Spirit, is also known for its strong physical body.

Now when he meets Kun Feng again, Chen Yuan only needs to stimulate any kind of true spirit blood to easily defeat him, without having to use treasures such as the Suppressing Sky Stone, the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, and the Red Flame Pearl.

However, the strengthening of the physical body by Kunpeng's true blood is secondary. The most important thing is the true spiritual power contained in it.

Chen Yuan is now activating Kunpeng's true blood, and a pair of pitch-black wings about ten feet long will grow behind him. With just a slight flap of the wings, he can teleport a hundred feet in an instant, and his escape speed has doubled than before.

This feeling was extremely intoxicating. Chen Yuan could clearly feel the existence of the void and could even easily blend into it, like a fish swimming in the sea.

The improvement of teleportation and escape speed is just a manifestation of Chen Yuan's control over the power of space. After stimulating Kunpeng's true blood, he can also consume his true essence to cover his hands with a layer of black light, which is exactly the same as a space crack and extremely sharp.

In addition, Chen Yuan also mastered the devouring magic power that Kun Feng had used, and opened up a void space in his body, where he could devour any magical power, whether it was magic or the power of magic weapons.

However, there is an upper limit to the amount of magical powers that can be devoured. The Land of Nothingness can only accommodate a certain level of magical powers and power of magic weapons. If it exceeds this level, he will suffer backlash, and all the magical powers and power of magic weapons that have been devoured will suddenly explode.

After reaching the upper limit, it will take seven days for the power of the magical powers and magic weapons in the land of nothingness to dissipate before the devouring magical power can continue to be used.

The Land of Nothingness is based on the physical body. The stronger the physical body, the larger the Land of Nothingness.

Chen Yuan doesn’t know the limit of his devouring ability yet, but it is definitely stronger than Kun Feng’s.

Kun Feng can absorb half of the power of the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, and Chen Yuan estimates that he can absorb at least two-thirds of it, which can play a huge role in the fight.

However, the Devouring Divine Power has an upper limit and should not be used lightly, as it will waste the capacity of the Land of Nothingness.

Chen Yuan intends to use it as a trump card to turn the tide at the critical moment.

Finally, a space about a foot in size appeared inside Chen Yuan's body, which could accommodate external objects.

This space is not big, but the things stored in it cannot be taken out by anyone except Chen Yuan. It is a hundred times safer than the mustard ring.

Chen Yuan tried it and found that the jade beads could be stored in it, which made him feel more at ease.

He also put important items such as top-grade spirit stones, thousand-year-old spirit herbs, and cultivation elixirs into it, leaving only some commonly used items such as spirit materials and spirit stones in the mustard seed ring.

Before this, Chen Yuan had taken away Kun Feng’s mustard seed ring, but there were only some spirit stones and a few very ordinary treasures in it, not even a magic weapon.

Now that I think about it, the real treasure should have been placed by Kun Feng in the space opened up in his body.

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After a series of experiments, Chen Yuan exhausted all the true energy in his body and was extremely satisfied with Kunpeng's true blood.

He mastered the art of teleportation, and he was no longer afraid of his opponents escaping like Yan Tongchun did by relying on their speed.

The devouring ability gave him the power to defend himself, so he no longer had to rely solely on his physical body.

The dark light that was no different from a space crack meant that he didn't have to rely entirely on Zhu Yan's True Fire to fight the enemy as he did before.

His true essence became even more refined, and his true essence sea expanded by a thousand feet, three times that of a cultivator of the same level, and could accommodate more true essence.

The second kind of true spirit blood brought about a complete transformation for Chen Yuan.

The only drawback is that his cultivation level has dropped from the false infant stage to the initial entry into the late stage of Jindan, and he needs to practice again.

Moreover, he underestimated the purity of the true essence after refining the second kind of true blood. The elixir he had prepared was not enough for him to cultivate to the false infant realm again.

Chen Yuan sat in the training room, gradually calming his mind, meditating and breathing. The next day, when his true energy was fully restored, he left the cave and flew to Fanyang Market.

There were not enough pills, and he needed to continue refining pills, but he did not have any spiritual herbs or demon pills, so he needed to go to the market to buy some.

Even if Chen Yuan did not activate Kunpeng's true blood, his escape speed was half as fast as before. It only took him five hours to fly nearly seven thousand miles and arrive at Fanyang Market.

He walked around the market, and found that there were only a few 800-year-old spiritual herbs for sale in the shops that sold them. Even if there were shops selling them, the prices were extremely expensive. When Chen Yuan refined Kunpeng's true blood, he used more than 250 high-quality spiritual stones to replenish his true essence, and there were more than 740 left. Even if he took out all of them, he couldn't make up a few furnaces of pills.

The price of a seventh-level demon pill is much cheaper than an eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herb. Except for Chen Yuan, no one knows the recipe of the demon pill. The demon pill cannot improve one's cultivation level. It is just a spiritual material and its value is not too high.

But the demon pills that Chen Yuan needed were mostly from sea monsters, which were quite rare in Jiuxianzhou.

He stayed in Fanyang Market for three months, during which time he participated in several trade fairs, and only then did he buy eleven seventh-level demon pills. As a result, he used up 90% of the more than 700 high-quality spirit stones, leaving less than 100.

There was no shortage of century-old spiritual herbs as auxiliary medicines. He had previously bought hundreds of them at the ghost market on Tianji Island, and there were still quite a few left.

After buying the demon pills, Chen Yuan left Fanyang market and returned to his cave residence. He spent a year refining all eleven demon pills into seventh-level demon Yuan pills.

When refining the ninth batch of pills, the success rate reached 80%. Chen Yuan caught up with old man Dan Jue and his alchemy skills reached perfection.

But he knew that his talent in alchemy was not as good as that of old man Dan Jue because he had refined too many seventh-level Yaoyuan Pills and had too much experience. Only by hard work could he make up for his shortcomings and had an 80% success rate in alchemy.

Elder Dan Jue is an alchemist after all, and his strength is only average among the cultivators in the late Jindan period. His success rate in hunting seventh-level monsters is very low, and he rarely gets the more precious eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.

There are quite a few cultivators who ask old man Dan Jue to help them refine pills, but it is impossible for them to be like Chen Yuan, who uses his essence and blood to lure and kill level seven monsters, refine pills one after another, and directly refine dozens of pills for the late stage of Jindan.

Throughout the history of the immortal cultivation world, there have been few alchemy masters with more experience than Chen Yuan.

Thirteen demon pills were used to refine eight bottles of seventh-level demon essence pills. Together with the remaining eight bottles of pills, there were a total of sixteen bottles of late-stage pills, which were enough for Chen Yuan to cultivate back to the false infant realm.

He rested for three days to recover, then took a pill, and a huge amount of spiritual energy flowed into his meridians.

According to the method recorded in "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", Chen Yuan introduced the spiritual energy into specific meridians and circulated it slowly. He was surprised to find that the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual energy was twice as fast as before.

It only took him half a month to completely refine the medicinal power of the pill, which increased his cultivation level a bit and saved him three years of hard training.

It takes at least one month for an ordinary cultivator to refine a late Jindan pill, but Chen Yuan shortened the time by half.

This should be because of the refining of Kunpeng's true blood. Kunpeng's true spirit can devour everything, so absorbing spiritual energy is naturally no problem.

However, other cultivators could save at least five or six years of hard training by refining one pill, but the true essence in Chen Yuan's body was too pure and rich, so one pill could only replace three years of training.

All in all, his cultivation speed did not improve.

But he can refine a pill in half a month, allowing him to perform the starlight infusion one more time.

At midnight, Chen Yuan got up and went to the stone chamber with a skylight. He took out the jade pendant, drew down the bright starlight, and felt his body strengthened a little, and he couldn't help but smile.

He returned to the training room, restored his true energy, then took another pill and patiently refined the medicinal power.

Years go by and time flies.

Seven years passed quickly, and Chen Yuan had refined all the pills. His cultivation level was raised to the false infant realm again, and his body was also improved a lot under the tempering of the power of the stars in the sky.

Over the past thirty years, in addition to practicing alchemy, he has been unremittingly drawing starlight into his body, which is no less than taking a bottle of Vajra Pill.

At this time, Chen Yuan's true essence was pure and profound, and his cultivation had no room for improvement, far surpassing the cultivators of the same level.

He also refined two kinds of true spirit blood, and continued to temper his body with the power of the stars in the sky. He took several bottles of body-tempering elixirs, and his body surpassed that of all Jindan body cultivators and seventh-level monsters, reaching an unprecedented level.

Chen Yuan suddenly had an idea and tried to stimulate Zhu Yan's true blood and Kunpeng's true blood at the same time, but failed.

According to the records of "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", only after the formation of the infant can the two kinds of true blood be stimulated at the same time.

The cultivation level of the Spiritual Transformation can condense the true spirit form.

With the combined cultivation, one can transform into a true spirit.

Chen Yuan originally thought that since his body was so strong, he might be able to stimulate two kinds of true blood at the same time, but now it seems that he still has to wait until he forms a baby.

This is also the top priority next. After refining the second kind of true spirit blood, there will be no obstacles in forming a Nascent Soul. All you need to do is find a medium-sized spirit vein to break through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul.

Chen Yuan had already made plans for this matter. He stood up and walked to the main hall, sent a sound transmission note to Li Qingshan, and waited for an hour, but Li Qingshan still did not arrive.

Chen Yuan was somewhat puzzled, and with a flick of his light, he arrived at the cave opened by Li Qingshan.

This is a low mountain about a hundred feet high. The formation is activated, the door of the cave is closed, and Li Qingshan is not in the cave.

Chen Yuan shook his head and laughed, and did not return to the cave. Instead, he strolled in the mountains, enjoying the scenery and taking a leisurely walk.

Seven days later, Chen Yuan returned to the cave and found Li Qingshan already waiting outside the door.

"Disciple greets Master, and respectfully welcomes Master out of retreat!" Li Qingshan bowed deeply.

Chen Yuan raised his sleeve and flicked the stone door, which slowly opened, and the two of them walked into the main hall.

Chen Yuan lifted his collar, sat down beside the stone table, and looked at Li Qingshan carefully.

He did not reveal his aura, but his cultivation level at the peak of the middle stage of foundation building was clearly visible in Chen Yuan's consciousness.

Chen Yuan pointed to the stone bench and said, "No need to be so polite. Sit down."

Li Qingshan sat down, and Chen Yuan asked again: "Where have you been these days?"

Li Qingshan explained, "Two disciples went to Jinshan Market and visited Senior Pei of Baibao Pavilion. We asked the weapon refining master in Baibao Pavilion to integrate the blood killing stone into the flying sword and upgrade it to a top-grade spiritual weapon. We just came back today and saw the master's sound transmission note, so we immediately came to pay our respects."

Chen Yuan nodded. He had previously given the Blood Killing Stone to Li Qingshan and told him about his relationship with Pei Song so that it could be of some help to him when he was traveling outside.

In order to upgrade the grade of a flying sword, a sword cultivator needs to constantly inject true energy into it. This took Li Qingshan two years because of the extraordinary quality of the Blood Killing Stone.

After twelve years, Li Qingshan had accumulated many questions about cultivation. Chen Yuan spent two days answering them one by one and also gave him some guidance on the next path of cultivation.

Finally, Li Qingshan clasped his fists and bowed: "Master, I have been stuck in the bottleneck of the late stage for several years. I want to travel outside and look for opportunities to break through. Please allow me."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Since you have such a wish, there is no reason for me to disapprove. Have you decided where you want to travel?"

Li Qingshan said without hesitation: "Disciple wants to go to Ningzhou."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Ningzhou has many sword cultivators, it is a good place to go. Your master will give you two more sword cultivation magical powers. Although you can only practice them after forming a pill, you might as well try to figure them out first."

After saying that, he took out two jade slips from the mustard seed ring and handed them over.

"Yes." Li Qingshan took the jade slip with both hands and put it away.

Chen Yuan reminded him again: "Master is going to visit a friend in Haoran Sect. If you have something to do, you can go to Haoran Sect to find Master and tell me the name of the true disciple Zhang Wushan."

"But I also have enemies in Haoran Sect. You cannot reveal my name before you meet Master Zhang."

"Disciple remembers it."

"Is the Vajra Talisman that your master gave you still there?"

"The disciple has not used it yet."

"Take these spirit stones. Your master is not a sword cultivator, so I don't have any sword skills to teach you. If you come across a skill that is useful to you, don't miss it." Chen Yuan took out thirty high-quality spirit stones from the mustard seed ring and handed them to Li Qingshan.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Master!"

"Go ahead. Remember, there are many hidden talents in the world of immortal cultivation. You must be careful and cautious. Sword cultivators need to move forward courageously, but they must not be reckless or rash."

"Disciple, please obey your master's orders!"

After Li Qingshan left, Chen Yuan also sealed the cave, and with a flicker of light, he flew to the southwest.

That is the center of the entire Renzhou, the location of the Haoran Sect's mountain gate, and the direction of the Chongde Mountains. (End of this chapter)