Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

With his true energy exhausted and having narrowly escaped death, he finally survived the disaster. Chen Yuan laughed heartily for a full quarter of an hour before he stopped.

He looked inward at his body. In his Dantian, his Nascent Soul was sitting cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed. Clear air was surrounding him. Zhu Yan and Kunpeng's bodies were as solid as if they were real, and their aura was several times stronger than before.

The Fu Hai Ge surrounded the Nascent Soul, absorbing every bit of the Nascent Soul's pure energy, and its spiritual light flickered.

Below was a vast expanse of true essence sea. The water was crystal clear, much purer and more condensed than before the Infant was formed, and it glowed faintly with silver light.

Chen Yuan estimated that if he could stimulate his true blood now, it would last for a day and a night and his true energy would not be exhausted.

Chen Yuan withdrew his spiritual sense, clenched his fists slightly, felt the tremendous power contained in his body, and couldn't help laughing out loud again.

After being tempered by the Yin Fire and then blessed by the rain from heaven, his body became several times stronger than before, and his strength also increased several times.

If he were to fight Kun Feng again now, just one punch would kill Kun Feng immediately, with no chance of survival.

Chen Yuanzhi put down his hands proudly, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

He raised his five hearts to the sky, closed his eyes slightly, and practiced his skills to stabilize his Nascent Soul stage.

He had just formed his infant form, and although his injuries and true essence had recovered, he could fall back to a lower realm at any time, and it would take at least a year for him to stabilize.

But Chen Yuan just closed his eyes and slowly opened them again, his brows slightly frowned, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

He seemed to have forgotten something, and a sense of uneasiness rose in his heart.

Every time he made a breakthrough in the past, he seemed to check one thing, which was the most important thing to him.

What was that thing?

Chen Yuan thought hard, but still couldn't remember what this thing was. His eyes were full of confusion.

Suddenly, he shook his head and laughed, closed his eyes and continued to meditate.

It must be because the tribulation was too difficult for me to overcome, and my thoughts were in a mess.

If this thing is really so important, how could he forget it?

But just as he closed his eyes and had not yet entered into meditation, a roar came from outside the cave: "Chen Yuan, get out!"

Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a nameless anger rose in his heart, and without caring about stabilizing his state of mind, he stood up suddenly, strode out of the training room, opened the stone door of the cave, and stepped out.

Although his realm is not yet stable, as long as he does not fight with others, he will not fall back.

He wanted to see who dared to be so arrogant in the gate of Haoran Sect!

Chen Yuan looked up and saw six cultivators standing in the air, looking down coldly at him. They had tremendous momentum and they were all at the Nascent Soul stage.

Yang Liqian and Qingliu Jushi were among them. The leader was a middle-aged Confucian scholar, dressed in a Confucian robe and a Jinxian cap on his head. He had a gaunt face and a short beard under his chin. His expression was calm, but with a hint of majesty.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and recognized the identity of the middle-aged Confucian scholar. It was Elder Gu who had repeatedly made things difficult for him.

Zhang Wushan had shown him a portrait of Elder Gu, who looked exactly like this man.

Elder Gu sneered and said, "Chen Yuan, you used the name of transcending the tribulation to destroy our sect's spiritual veins, and then triggered the thunder to destroy our sect's mountain gate. You are so cruel, why don't you surrender!"

Chen Yuan snorted coldly: "Chen borrowed the spirit vein of Haoran Sect to form a baby, and obtained the permission of the elders of Haoran Sect. I am afraid it is not the turn of Elder Gu to judge the crime!"

The middle-aged scholar said, "Gu is here on the orders of the sect leader to capture you!"

Yang Liqian next to him shouted, "Chen Yuan, take a good look. The spiritual source of Wanzhu Peak has been destroyed by you!"

"When you shattered your elixir and transformed into an infant, you actually condensed a spiritual mist with a radius of three thousand feet. Even the true disciples of my Haoran Sect do not have such a foundation."

"You must have used some treasure to absorb spiritual energy and deliberately destroyed the spiritual veins!"

Chen Yuan's face was full of doubt. He spread out his spiritual sense and investigated carefully.

The rocks are hard and spiritual consciousness can only reach a hundred feet underground.

But in his spiritual sense, the originally rich spiritual energy in Wanzhu Peak became extremely thin at this time, and could only be compared with a small spiritual vein.

The branch vein in Wanzhu Peak, which was once comparable to a large spiritual vein, is now like a candle in the wind, dying. This is a manifestation of the spiritual energy being sucked away too much, causing the origin of the spiritual vein to be severely damaged.

Even if there is a giant spiritual vein as support, it will take at least a hundred years for this branch to recover.

Chen Yuan's heart sank, thinking to himself that this was not good. He had refined two kinds of true blood, and his true essence was pure and strong, far surpassing that of ordinary cultivators. He had absorbed too much spiritual energy, and this branch meridian could not bear it and was badly damaged.

Not only that, the mountains within a dozen miles around were all in a mess.

The caves collapsed, the trees were broken, the palaces collapsed, and there were even fires on two peaks, leaving the entire mountain bare.

Chen Yuan recalled that when he was going through the heavenly thunder tribulation, in addition to the thunder of the tribulation, there were also endless heavenly thunders falling down, destroying all the surrounding mountains.

He looked apologetic and bowed, "I did not expect that the momentum of the infant formation would be so great that it would damage the gate of your sect's spiritual vein. This was not my intention. I beg the elders to forgive me. I am willing to make full compensation."

Elder Gu sneered, "Compensation? You have committed such a heinous crime that the head master is furious. He has ordered you to be captured and dealt with!"

Chen Yuan was shocked and ignored Elder Gu. He clasped his fists and bowed to Qing Liu, "Senior Qing Liu, I only want to form a baby. I am grateful to your sect for lending me the spiritual vein. How could I do such a thing and seek my own death? I hope you will understand!"

Qingliu Layman sighed, his face full of disappointment: "My dear Chen, you really did a bad job on this matter. The headmaster is furious, and it is useless for me to speak up for you."

"But don't worry, I will vouch for you and ask the sect to lend you a spiritual vein to form a fetus. I will definitely fight for you to the end."

“But you must not resist now, otherwise not only will your realm fall, but you will also be punished more severely. Even I can’t save you!”

Chen Yuan slowly put down his hand, his face changing from gloomy to bright.

Elder Gu said coldly: "Why, do you still want to fight with us? I am only giving you a chance for the sake of Senior Brother Qingliu, otherwise I would have used thundering means to capture you!"

As he spoke, a pill appeared out of thin air in his hand, and he flicked his finger, sending it flying towards Chen Yuan.

“Take this pill, seal your cultivation, and follow me to see the master!”

Chen Yuan reached out to take the pill, and when he looked down, he saw that the pill was the size of a longan, pure white in color, and filled with spiritual energy, forming a thin layer of spiritual mist that lingered around the pill.

He was stunned for a moment. This pill seemed familiar. Just as he was about to examine it carefully, Yang Liqian shouted, "Chen Yuan, are you really going to disobey the order of the headmaster?"

Lay Buddhist Qingliu also advised, "My dear Chen, the headmaster is just angry for a moment and will not do anything to you."

"You should listen to Elder Gu, take the pill first, and then go to the headmaster and explain everything carefully. With me as your guarantor, nothing will happen to you."

Chen Yuan's thought was interrupted. He hesitated for a moment, raised his hand, brought the pill to his mouth, and was about to swallow it.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.

Chen Yuan was stunned, then closed his mouth, put down the pill in his hand, reached into his arms with his left hand, and took out a brocade bag.

Elder Gu was furious when he saw this: "Chen Yuan, are you really going to disobey my orders?"

Yang Liqian grinned and said, "Brother Gu, I've said it before, this guy has other plans and is up to no good. Killing him immediately is the right thing to do!"

Elder Gu shouted, "Okay, all the elders, follow me and kill this beast!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the five Yuanying elders took out their magic weapons, spread out and surrounded Wanzhu Peak.

Five great and righteous energies penetrate the heaven and earth, the wind and clouds change color, and the momentum is overwhelming.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to collapse and press down on Chen Yuan.

Qingliu Lay Buddhist said anxiously: "Chen Yuan, why are you doing this? Take the pill quickly and don't disobey, otherwise your life will be in danger and everything will be over!"

Chen Yuan ignored him, lowered his head, opened the brocade bag, and took out a jade pendant.

This is a white ring-shaped jade bead with a gap. The shape is natural and smooth, sharp and strong, the jade is delicate, and it is emitting a faint green light and is extremely hot.

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, he raised his head, and slowly glanced at the five Nascent Soul elders with ferocious faces, and the Qingliu monk with an anxious look on his face.

He said calmly, "Is this the inner demon tribulation? I just survived the heavenly thunder tribulation, and you took advantage of the opportunity to sneak in. If it weren't for Yu Jue's reminder, I'm afraid I would have taken this pill and my soul would have been scattered, right?"

Elder Gu's face darkened. "Nonsense! For the sake of Lay Buddhist Qing Liu, I will give you one more chance. Take the pill quickly and follow us to see the Sect Master!"

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, took the pill in front of him, and examined it carefully: "This pill is clearly the Baiying Pill I got from Old Ghost Ji. It is a top-notch cultivation pill. How can it have the effect of sealing cultivation?"

"It seems that the inner demon cannot create things out of thin air, it can only conjure up things that I have seen..."

Yang Liqian shouted, "Brother Gu, this thief is stubborn and has no hope of recovery. We should not hold back!"

"Okay, let's attack together, kill this man, and report to the master!" Elder Gu pointed, and the magic weapon in front of him shot out and attacked Chen Yuan.

Yang Liqian followed closely behind, and the other three Nascent Soul elders also took action immediately. In an instant, several magical powers and magic weapons appeared at the same time, and they were about to drown Chen Yuan.

Elder Qingliu's eyes widened, and he said anxiously, "Little friend Chen, I will stop them for you. You should take the pill quickly. This is inside the mountain gate of our sect, and you have just made a breakthrough. If you take action, you will only die. Don't make mistakes!"

After saying that, he took out a tortoise-shell purple-hair brush and a bluestone inkstone with a carved fish pattern. He dipped the brush in thick ink and wrote the word "sword". It turned into an ink-colored flying sword and shot towards Elder Gu.

But Chen Yuan remained indifferent. He just stood there, looking at everyone with a calm expression.

The magical power and treasure that came to him suddenly disappeared, just like a spring breeze blowing on his face, blowing up the hair on Chen Yuan's temples.

The next moment, the sky and the earth shattered.

……

In a wilderness, two blood-red lights, nearly a thousand feet apart, passed by one another at an extremely astonishing speed and escaped towards the distant horizon.

In the blood-red light ahead, Chen Yuan stood on the Duyun Boat with a somewhat confused look in his eyes.

Suddenly, a subtle voice came into his ears: "Chen Yuan, hand over the magic weapon and mustard seed ring obtained from the Questioning Heaven Secret Realm, and I will leave you an intact body!"

Chen Yuan blinked and finally remembered that he was running for his life!

He set up a formation, killed the white ape, then went to the ancient teleportation formation and escaped to the Yuqing Sea of ​​Jiuxianzhou, avoiding the battle between good and evil.

But just after he left the Fantasy Moon Mountains, he encountered three demon cultivators from the Blood Spirit Sect. Although he killed them all, one of them sent a sound transmission note to Liu Fan who was nearby, and Liu Fan soon caught up with them.

He had no choice but to follow the secret technique he got from Master Qingyou's memory, combining the blood escape technique with the flying magic weapon, and flee for his life.

However, this secret technique had a flaw, causing him to become a little dazed, from which he only recovered now.

Chen Yuan let out a long breath, not daring to think about anything else, and flew forward at full speed. He took out two high-quality spirit stones from his storage bag, holding one in each hand, and absorbing the spiritual energy from them.

However, the spiritual energy contained in the top-grade spirit stones is too rich, and they are used by Jindan cultivators for daily practice.

Chen Yuan directly absorbed the spiritual energy from it. His meridians were almost burst by the spiritual energy and he looked extremely painful.

But at this critical moment of life and death, he didn't care about the damage to his meridians.

According to the practice route of "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", the spiritual energy is quickly transformed into true essence, and the true essence lake in the dantian that has quickly dried up becomes full again.

Liu Fan didn't expect Chen Yuan to resort to such a desperate measure. He said angrily, "I wonder how long you can hold out. If I catch you, I will extract your soul and refine your spirit, making your life worse than death!"

Chen Yuan trembled all over, as if he really experienced the feeling of extracting souls and refining spirits. He was filled with fear and his escape speed actually increased.

When the spiritual energy in the spirit stone was exhausted, he took out a new spirit stone and ignored the severe pain of his meridians being torn, only thinking about escaping.

His blood essence was exhausted and he could no longer maintain the Blood Escape Technique, so he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood essence and continued to perform the Blood Escape Technique.

After two consecutive times, his face turned extremely pale, his black hair became dry and rough, and his flesh and blood withered away, like a skeleton covered with human skin.

Liu Fan cursed non-stop: "Chen Yuan, don't let me catch you, I will seal your cultivation, lock you up with a pig demon, and make you its male lover!"

"Chen Yuan, as long as you fall into my hands, I will extract your soul and give it to a dog, so that you can no longer be a human being, and you can no longer cultivate to become an immortal..."

Those hellish scenes emerged in Chen Yuan's mind. He became more and more frightened and ran for his life.

Finally, he came to a small mountain range that was more than ten miles long and saw an inconspicuous cave on the hillside of one of the barren mountains.

He was overjoyed, he finally arrived here, the ancient teleportation array was in the cave, he could escape!
He lowered his escape light and rushed towards the dark cave.

Just as he flew to the entrance of the cave, he felt a burning sensation in his chest.

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed and he suddenly stopped.

Liu Fan's arrogant voice came into his ears: "Chen Yuan, why don't you run away? I will make you suffer the most cruel torture!"

Chen Yuan turned his head, his skull-like face showing a calm and indifferent expression.

Along the way, he was only concerned with escaping and never looked back.

When he looked back at this moment, he saw that Liu Fan was actually a thousand feet away, and his escape speed was much slower than he had imagined.

Chen Yuan reached into his arms and took out a jade pendant.

Until this moment, Liu Fan came up to him and laughed sarcastically: "Very good, you are seeking your own death. What is in this cave? Can it save your life?"

Chen Yuan held the jade pendant and said calmly, "In this cave, there is an ancient teleportation array leading to Jiuxianzhou."

Liu Fan was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed: "Ancient teleportation array? Where is the Nine Immortal Continent? Tell me quickly, or I will kill you!"

Chen Yuan looked back at the dark and seemingly bottomless cave and smiled slightly: "You want me to enter this cave on my own initiative?"

"Go ahead. The real Liu Fan won't waste words with me. When I stop, he will kill me."

"Besides, he doesn't know that I am Chen Yuan yet. The illusion you created is too crude."

Liu Fan's face suddenly turned gloomy, and the sky and the earth shattered.

……

Chen Yuan opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself sitting on a donkey cart.

“Oh—”

The driver waved his whip, and the gray donkey let out a long neigh, clattered with the sound of hooves, and walked away into the distance.

On Chen Yuan’s left sat a thin man in his thirties with a shrewd look on his face.

His face was familiar, yet strange.

Chen Yuan blinked and finally remembered that he was going to be an apprentice at Baibingtang in Leping County. This was Chen Erhua, also known as Chen Laoer, who was taking him to the county.

"Brother, don't go, brother..."

Chen Yuan's heart trembled and he turned around, only to see his little sister breaking free from her brother Chen Daniu's hand, crying and chasing after him.

Behind the younger sister, Chen Li reached out to grab her arm and said urgently, "Hey, kid, don't fall!"

The younger sister dodged his hand and got closer to the donkey cart, crying, "Second brother, are you going to abandon me?"

Chen Yuan stared at his younger sister in a daze, his eyes were very complicated.

Chen Erhua watched this scene from the side, sighed, and patted the driver on the shoulder: "Old Yu, slow down."

"Okay! Whoosh--" The driver stretched out the tone and pulled the reins. The gray donkey slowed down but did not stop.

The younger sister finally caught up with the donkey cart and stretched out her hand to Chen Yuan: "Brother, don't abandon me, I will go to the county town with you!"

Chen Erhua shook his head, his face full of sighs: "This world is really evil, forcing people to leave their hometowns in order to support themselves."

"Erniu, my little sister has a deep relationship with you, so bring her along as well."

"Uncle Erhua, please give up your reputation and find a rich family for me to be a servant girl. I can have enough food and clothes, and I can live close to you. You two can still see each other and talk on weekdays."

"When I grow up, I'll find a good family in the city to marry into. If I'm lucky, I might be favored by the young master of the main family and become a lady to enjoy happiness!"

Chen Li, who followed behind her younger sister and held out her hands to protect her, burst into tears: "Erniu, your uncle Erhua is right. Our family is so poor, and my younger sister will suffer if she stays at home. It's better for her to follow you to the city."

"Mom and dad are both incompetent, and Daniu can only work but doesn't know anything. You have been the smartest and most capable person in our family since you were young."

"Mom, please, take my little sister with you. I really can't bear to see her not even have a new piece of clothing to wear during the New Year..."

On Chen Li's weather-beaten face, tears flowed along the grooves formed by wrinkles, like a river flowing through a dry Gobi Desert.

Chen Yuan showed hesitation in his eyes. He looked at the little sister following behind the donkey cart and slowly raised his hand.

The donkey cart was not moving very fast, the gray donkey was just moving step by step, but the little sister was too young, and even at such a slow speed, she tried her best to keep up, panting, her little face flushed, and full of tear marks.

Seeing Chen Yuan raise his hand, the younger sister finally burst into laughter: "I... I knew it, second brother... huh... second brother is the best to me!"

She stretched out her hand and was about to touch Chen Yuan's hand, but Chen Yuan sighed and took his hand back.

The younger sister missed and fell to the ground on the dirt road. She stared blankly at the donkey cart going away and cried, "Wuwuwu, my second brother doesn't want me anymore..."

Chen Erhua glared at Chen Yuan: "Chen Erniu! How can you be so heartless that you can even abandon my little sister? Are you still a human being?"

Chen Li looked at Chen Yuan with disbelief on her face: "Erniu, I am closest to you, what are you doing?"

"Come back soon and take my little sister with you. Can you bear to see her suffer at home? She can't even get enough food to eat or wear new clothes!"

Chen Yuan glanced at Chen Erhua, then at Chen Lishi, and said calmly: "Things never happen more than three times. After experiencing two illusions, this kind of trick is no longer useful to me."

He reached into his arms with his left hand and took out a white jade bead that emitted a faint green light.

He looked down at his little sister lying on the ground, his eyes full of tenderness: "I have been away from Leping County for nearly two hundred years, and my little sister has long since turned into a pile of yellow earth."

"Thank you for letting me see my little sister again, but my journey is not over yet, so I can't go with my little sister."

"Immortals and mortals have different paths. In this life, Chen has devoted himself to seeking the truth, without any complaints or regrets!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sky and the earth shattered.

……

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself sitting in the training room.

He immediately looked inward and found that the sea of ​​true energy in his dantian had dried up, and the bodies of Kunpeng and Zhu Yan became illusory like smoke.

And in the space opened up inside the body, Yu Jue lay quietly in the corner.

With a sudden thought, he took out the jade bead and rubbed it gently. It felt cool, warm and delicate.

Chen Yuan let out a long breath and spread out his spiritual sense. He saw that the dark clouds above Wanzhu Peak slowly dissipated, and a blue river formed entirely of spiritual energy descended from the sky, passed through the stone wall, and wrapped around Chen Yuan.

The third disaster, the disaster of inner demons, was successfully overcome.

After successfully overcoming the tribulation, a blessing will fall from the sky.

Rich spiritual energy poured into Chen Yuan, and the vitality of his blood and essence that had been burned by the Yin Fire quickly recovered, and his physical strength greatly increased.

The Nascent Soul sat cross-legged with its eyes slightly closed, surrounded by clear air. Zhu Yan and Kunpeng's bodies condensed as if solid, growing to two hundred feet in size, and their aura became several times stronger than before.

The Fu Hai Ge surrounded the Nascent Soul, absorbing every bit of the Nascent Soul's pure energy, and its spiritual light flickered.

The thirty thousand zhang sea of ​​true energy quickly became full.

The sea water was crystal clear, much purer and more condensed than before the infant was formed, and it was faintly glowing with silver light.

All of this was exactly the same as what he had experienced in the illusion. He had just survived the heavenly thunder tribulation when the inner demon tribulation quietly arrived, leading him into the illusion.

The inner demon could not actively harm him, but as long as he took the elixir on his own initiative, or entered the cave and picked up his little sister, he would fall into an endless illusion, become possessed and die.

Chen Yuan was still in shock at this time. The illusion created by the inner demon actually had many flaws, but all his memories were sealed and he could not see through the illusion at all.

If Yu Jue had not reminded him in time, he would probably have become a hollow shell by now.

According to the records in the Yuan family jade slips, the memories of the six Nascent Soul cultivators were not sealed when they were overcoming their inner demon tribulation, and the illusion was also extremely simple, which only allowed them to face up to all the regrets of the past.

As long as you stick to your original intention, it will not be difficult to get through it. On the contrary, it is not as dangerous as the Yin Fire Tribulation or the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

Is the calamity he is going through the inner demon calamity, or the legendary heavenly demon calamity?

Chen Yuan shook his head, put the jade pendant into the space inside his body, cleared his mind, slowly closed his eyes, and practiced his skills.

No matter how difficult the three disasters were, they were all overcome. He finally formed his Nascent Soul and condensed his Dao Fetus. The most urgent task was to consolidate his realm. (End of this chapter)