Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 417 Inquiry
After Chen Yuan separated from the enthusiastic young man, he turned into an alley.

He spread out his spiritual sense, made sure there was no one around, changed into a robe, put on a silver mask that covered the upper half of his face, and walked back into the street.

This time he entered Shuofeng City to inquire about the news of the Cold Jade Lion and did not want others to know about it.

Even though he had just come into contact with a Qi-refining cultivator, he was extremely careful to change his appearance so as not to reveal any flaws.

Following the introduction given by the enthusiastic young man just now, Chen Yuan came to the center of the market and walked into a four-story wooden building.

This is the store opened by the Bingling Sect in Shuofeng City, named "Bingling Pavilion". It sells everything and also purchases large quantities of demon pills and demon beast materials.

The Bingling Pavilion was crowded with many cultivators coming in and out, most of whom were foundation-building cultivators, but there were also many Qi-refining cultivators.

Whether it is selling demon pills, demon beast materials, or purchasing magic elixirs, talismans and formations, Bingling Pavilion is the first choice in Shuofeng City. Even the shops opened by Guanlan Sect are much inferior to it.

Not only in Shuofeng City, but also in the fortified cities built by the other six medium-sized sects, there are branches of Bingling Pavilion, which make a fortune every day, even surpassing the shops opened by the local sects in the market.
These medium-sized sects certainly don't want to see this situation, but Bingling Pavilion has a profound foundation, and the magic weapons and elixirs it refines are of better quality and reasonably priced. It also has strong financial resources, and the prices it pays for demon elixirs and demon beast materials are higher, so it is naturally more favored by cultivators.

They also did not dare to suppress Bingling Pavilion. Bingling Sect was the only large sect in Hanzhou and had the only great cultivator in Hanzhou. There were several Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect, which dominated Hanzhou and no one dared to disobey.

The most important thing is that Hanzhou is different from other states. Humans and demons coexist, and the demons are even more powerful.

On the ice field and in the Arctic Ocean further north, there live countless ice-attributed monsters that are stronger than humans.

If the monster tribes were not subordinate to each other, and only nominally respected the Ice Field's only tenth-level monster king, the Ice Dragon King, as their leader, in fact the internal fighting was extremely fierce, it would even be difficult for the human race to gain a foothold in Hanzhou.

But even so, every hundreds of years, the demons would lead a tide of beasts and head south to plunder the human race.

Hanzhou is barren, but it is extremely suitable for the reproduction and cultivation of ice-attributed monsters. Over a few decades, a large number of first-level monsters will be produced, which will be difficult to feed.

At such times, the demon tribe would raise a tide of beasts, both to expand their living space and to consume the excess low-level demon beasts.

The human race is already weak, so in order to resist the beast tide, they must work together, relying on the city's formations, and even mortals have to fight on the battlefield.

In this situation, the Bingling Sect, the only large sect in Hanzhou, is the greatest reliance of the human race.

Every time a beast tide breaks out, the cultivators of the Ice Spirit Sect are the backbone of resisting the beast tide, rushing to provide assistance everywhere. All the sects and families in Hanzhou have more or less owed favors to the Ice Spirit Sect, so how could they suppress the Ice Spirit Pavilion?

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After Chen Yuan walked into Bingling Pavilion, due to the large number of guests, he waited for a while before a female Qi-refining cultivator came up to greet him.

He took the initiative to exude the pressure of the late Jindan period and said calmly: "Take me to see the head of your pavilion."

The Qi-refining female cultivator immediately agreed and led the way, taking Chen Yuan straight up to the third floor and into a quiet room.

An old man was sitting behind a desk. Chen Yuan could tell at a glance that this man was a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

He saw two people coming in and frowned: "What's the matter?"

The Qi-refining girl bowed and said respectfully, "Deacon Zhao, this Jindan Zhenren wants to see Chief Wei. Please let him know."

Chen Yuan cooperated very well and released his Qi. The old man was surprised and stood up to salute him immediately: "Please wait a moment, Senior. I will go and report it. However, Chief Wei is meeting a distinguished guest, so he may have to wait for a moment."

"It's okay." Chen Yuan said lightly.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief. The female Qi-refining cultivator only knew that Chen Yuan was a Jindan cultivator, but he could feel that Chen Yuan's cultivation was in the late Jindan stage.

In the world of immortal cultivation in Hanzhou, this is enough to support a small sect and be the lord of a strong city.

Even in the Bingling Sect, there are less than ten elders with such cultivation, and each of them is the backbone of the sect. The old man immediately asked Chen Yuan to take a seat, and then walked out of the quiet room quickly.

After a while, the old man returned to the quiet room and said with a smile: "Senior, please follow me. The person in charge is waiting upstairs."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, stood up and followed the old man, went up to the fourth floor, and came to a large reception room where two monks were sitting.

The old man clasped his fists and bowed, saying respectfully, "Master Wei, this master is the senior who wants to see you."

Chen Yuan did not restrain his energy, and his cultivation in the late Jindan stage was clearly revealed.

The middle-aged cultivator sitting in the main seat stood up to greet him and bowed: "I am Wei Sheng, the head of Bingling Pavilion. I wonder what you want to see me about?"

Chen Yuan glanced at the cultivator sitting in the first seat on the left and asked, "Who is this fellow Taoist..."

This man was extremely young, only about twenty years old, and had a restrained aura, but Chen Yuan knew at a glance that he was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage.

After Chen Yuan came in, he sat still, just smiled slightly and nodded. His expression seemed gentle, but his eyes revealed a scrutinizing look. He looked Chen Yuan up and down, and finally stopped at the mask on his face.

Wei introduced, "This is our sect elder Xiao Chengmo. He came to Shuofeng City this time on orders to review our accounts. If you want to do business with our pavilion, you don't have to avoid Elder Xiao."

Xiao Cheng bowed and said, "Please come in, fellow Taoist."

Chen Yuan clasped his fists in return and sat down opposite him.

Wei, the chief, also sat down again. Since Chen Yuan was wearing a mask, he did not ask any other questions and went straight to the point: "Excuse me, fellow Daoist, are you looking to sell the ingredients for the demon pill, or do you need anything else?"

Chen Yuan said in a deep voice: "I want to get some information about the shapeshifting demon king..."

"Old Ghost Tang, hand over the Hanchi grass, otherwise I will definitely break through Shuofeng City and destroy Guanlan Sect!"

Before Chen Yuan finished his words, a roar like muffled thunder came rolling in, shaking the roof tiles and covering up the rest of his words.

All three of them were shocked. Chen Yuan reacted the fastest and immediately spread out his spiritual sense, but was blocked by the formation. He frowned and had to retract it.

The formation covering the quiet room was quite impressive. Although he could break it open by force, it would inevitably alert Wei Zhushi and Xiao Chengmo in front of him.

And he also wanted to find out the news about the Cold Jade Lion, so naturally he couldn't destroy the formation in front of others.

Xiao Chengmo stood up and walked quickly outside the quiet room.

Wei, the chief official, looked confused and stood up. He bowed to Chen Yuan and said, "Something seems to have happened in the city. Please wait for a moment, I will be back soon."

Chen Yuan said: "It's okay, I am also quite curious, why not go and find out together."

After saying this, he stood up and followed him, and the three of them walked out of the quiet room together.

Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual sense, and everything within a radius of two hundred miles was taken into consideration, including the entire Shuofeng City.

After forming the infant, Chen Yuan's spiritual awareness expanded to two hundred miles, comparable to a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Just as he released his spiritual sense, he saw a beam of light coming from the north, like a falling meteor, directly smashing into Shuofeng City before stopping.

The escaping light faded away, and the figure of a white-haired old man appeared.

He stopped over Shuofeng City, his face as pale as paper, blood staining the corners of his mouth, and shouted: "The beast tide is coming, quickly activate the city defense formation!"

(End of this chapter)