Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Tang Daozhou returned to the cave, took out a sound transmission talisman from the mustard seed ring, put it to his lips, said a few words silently, then raised his hand and threw it. The sound transmission talisman turned into a stream of light and flew out.

About half an hour later, Han Chengzong walked into Tang Daozhou's cave, clasped his fists and bowed: "Master, I have finished all the chores. I wonder what you want to see me for?"

Tang Daozhou said: "You have done well. I called you here because I have something to ask you."

"Then when did Chen Yuan come to Shuofeng City, and how did you know that he was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage?"

Han Chengzong frowned, "But Chen Yuan doesn't want to join the battle? I am not familiar with him. When the beast tide came, I went to the market to recruit monks to join the battle and invited Xiao Chengmo and Wei Hai from Bingling Sect to help."

"Chen Yuan was standing next to the two of them. It was only after Wei Hai introduced him that I learned that he was a cultivator in the late Jindan period. He came from Renzhou and was going to the ice field to hunt monsters."

"Ice Spirit Sect?" Tang Daozhou's expression changed slightly. "Go to the market quickly and find Xiao Chengmo and Wei Hai to find out what the relationship between Chen Yuan and the Ice Spirit Sect is. Go quickly and come back soon!"

Han Chengzong was puzzled as to why Tang Daozhou cared so much about a cultivator in the late Jindan stage.

But he had to obey the master's order, so he immediately agreed, turned around and walked out of the cave quickly.

After Han Chengzong left, Tang Daozhou stood up, stroked his beard, and paced back and forth.

He frowned, looking very embarrassed, and muttered: "If this person is on good terms with the Bingling Sect, then it will be difficult..."

About two quarters of an hour later, Han Chengzong walked into the cave and Tang Daozhou sat down again.

After a while, Han Chengzong walked through the passage and came to the main hall. He clasped his fists and bowed, "Master, I have already inquired about it. Chen Yuan only came to Shuofeng City to hunt monsters. He wanted to buy information about the transformed monster king from Bingling Pavilion. He only met Xiao Chengmo and Wei Hai for the first time, and he has nothing to do with Bingling Sect."

Tang Daozhou's expression eased. "Okay! Chengzong, when the next beast tide comes, you must be ready to activate the Canglan formation. When the master gives the order, you will activate the formation."

Han Chengzong was stunned: "Master, the beast tide is a bit fierce, but it's not the end of the road yet."

"Although some of the monks in the city are uneasy, they also know the principle of one's teeth are cold when one is gone, and they will not cause any trouble."

"Isn't it too early to use the Canglan formation now?"

The Canglan Formation is a killing formation and the core of the Guanlan Sect's protective formation. Looking at the entire Hanzhou, it is a first-class formation.

The Guanlan Sect is not a sect native to Hanzhou, but a large sect that offended Weizhou more than 3,000 years ago. The sect migrated here and established Shuofeng City, where it has been passed down to this day.

At the original site of the Guanlan Sect’s mountain gate, there is a Canglan River flowing through, and the name of Guanlan Sect comes from this.

This Canglan formation was created by a former leader of the Guanlan Sect, who was also a great formation master to protect the sect. It was extremely powerful and enough to severely damage a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, the cost of activating this formation is also extremely high. In addition to consuming twenty-four top-grade spirit stones, it also consumes one piece of top-grade water-attribute spiritual material.

The Guanlan Sect is just a medium-sized sect. It has only produced two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators in the history of the sect. Hanzhou is also poor. Over the past three thousand years, the accumulated top-grade spirit stones and water-attributed top-grade spirit materials are not many, and some have been consumed in the past. The sect is only enough to launch the Canglan Formation twice.

The successive sect leaders have left instructions that the Canglan formation must never be activated unless it is a critical moment of life and death.

Tang Daozhou stroked his beard and smiled: "Don't worry, we don't have to activate the Canglan formation this time, we are just in case."

"Do you know that Chen Yuan is also a Nascent Soul cultivator like my master?"

"He... he is a Nascent Soul cultivator?" Han Chengzong widened his eyes, his face full of surprise.

Tang Daozhou nodded slightly: "Yes, and the master has persuaded him to take action against Xiong Lie."

Han Chengzong showed a look of joy: "Chen Dao... Senior Chen is willing to join forces with Master, then Xiong Lie will definitely not be his opponent, and Shuofeng's danger will be resolved!"

He suddenly remembered that when he invited Chen Yuan to fight against the beast tide together, Chen Yuan once said that he was temporarily unable to take action.

He also thought that Chen Yuan was cowardly and afraid of fighting, or was short-sighted and did not know the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold".

Now he realized that he was too narrow-minded. As a Nascent Soul cultivator, he naturally could not attack low-level monsters.

But Han Chengzong changed his mind and asked in confusion: "Master, since Senior Chen and Master are teaming up to deal with Xiong Lie, it shouldn't be a problem to fight two against one, why do we still need to prepare the Canglan formation?"

Tang Daozhou stroked his beard and shook his head: "Master will not take action. Chen Yuan will take action alone to deal with Xiong Lie."

"Why is this?" Han Chengzong was very puzzled.

Tang Daozhou narrowed his eyes and told me about asking Chen Yuan to help. He said at the end, "Chen Yuan hid his skills until I came to him. He finally revealed his identity and asked me for seven thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and three eighth-level demon pills before he would deal with Xiong Lie."

"Master wanted to join forces with him, but he refused in every possible way. He obviously saw that Master was unwilling to give up the Frost Chi Grass and wanted to keep Shuofeng City, so he dared to ask for such a high price."

Han Chengzong frowned, "When I invited Senior Chen to resist the beast tide, he said, 'It is not convenient to take action for the time being.'"

"Now it seems that it was because the beast tide had just begun and the situation was not critical enough. He did not want to ask for too many thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, so he did not take any action."

Tang Daozhou sneered, "That must be the case! It's a pity that my teacher's injuries have not healed yet, and I haven't made preparations in advance to invite my old friends to help. Otherwise, how could I be afraid of Xiong Lie?"

"Now is the most critical moment for Shuofeng City. Chen Yuan has seized the opportunity and asked for an exorbitant price. I have no choice but to agree to his request, but I will not really give him the spiritual herbs and demon pills."

Han Chengzong was surprised and asked, "Master is going to use the Canglan formation to deal with Senior Chen?"

Tang Daozhou stroked his beard lightly: "If Chen Yuan loses to Xiong Lie, everything will be fine. Then I will join forces with him to defeat Xiong Lie, and the beast tide will naturally retreat."

"But if Chen Yuan wins, I will entangle them, and you will immediately activate the Canglan formation to kill him and Xiong Lie on the spot!"

Han Chengzong was shocked: "Master, please think twice. This senior Chen's origins are unknown. He calls himself a casual cultivator, but he may be the elder of a sect, perhaps a member of one of the ten major sects."

"If we kill him rashly, what will happen if we offend some big sect?"

Tang Daozhou stopped what he was doing and said coldly, "It is precisely because this person's origins are unknown that we must use thundering means to leave no one alive!"

"Seven thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and three eighth-level demon pills are not only my lifelong accumulation, but also the foundation accumulated by the sect for more than 3,000 years. How can I give them away so easily?"

"Chen Yuan is a cultivator from another state. He lives alone in Hanzhou and has no worries. If he really defeats Xiong Lie, he will definitely be stronger than my master."

"If we let him go, he will block the city and our sect's monks will not be able to leave the city. Shuofeng Market will also be depressed and unable to recover."

"Only by killing this man can we solve the problem once and for all without leaving any future troubles."

Han Chengzong hesitated and said, "But if he is not a casual cultivator..."

Tang Daozhou smiled and said, "He is the elder of the ten major sects and also a cultivator from another state."

“Among the major sects in Hanzhou, it seems that the Bingling Sect is the leader, but in fact, the Xueyan Sect is the most respected.”

"Every year, we have to hand over Hanzhou's special spiritual materials, spiritual herbs, and demon pill materials to the Blood Flame Sect. Even the Ice Spirit Sect does the same."

"Even if Chen Yuan really has some background, I can still say that I activated the Canglan formation to kill the demon king, and Chen Yuan was just unlucky to be implicated."

"All the cultivators in the city have seen it with their own eyes. What reason do the sect behind Chen Yuan have to cause trouble for our sect?"

“The Blood Flame Sect will not care about the beast tide attacking the city, but if the sects from other states dare to come to Hanzhou to cause trouble, the Blood Flame Sect will not ignore it.”

"Then I will pay more tributes to the Blood Flame Sect and the Ice Spirit Sect, lower my attitude, apologize to the sect behind Chen Yuan, and the matter will be over." Han Chengzong was full of admiration and bowed deeply: "Master, you have thought it through. I understand. I will prepare the spiritual stones and materials now. As long as Master gives the order, the Canglan formation can be activated!"

Tang Daozhou stroked his beard and smiled: "You can go ahead. I have already replanted the cold chi grass. It will be mature in more than 20 years."

"As long as we survive this disaster, I will have a chance to break through the bottleneck, and Shuofeng City will be more prosperous than it is today."

……

The mortals in Shuofeng City could only sleep peacefully for one night, because the beast tide came back again the next day after it receded.

The melodious sound of the bell spread throughout the city. Monks and mortal soldiers walked out of the caves and military camps and headed straight for the four city walls.

Tang Daozhou, who had been recuperating from his injuries in the previous two beast tides, flew out of the mountain gate this time and came to the outside of Chen Yuan's cave.

He bowed and said in a deep voice: "A beast tide is coming. Fellow Daoist Chen, please move over and take a look."

The two red lacquered doors slowly opened, and Chen Yuan stepped out. He returned the greeting and said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Tang, everything should continue as usual. When it is time for me to take action, I will do it."

Tang Daozhou hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Fellow Daoist Chen, please do as you please. I will leave you later."

"My young disciple Han Chengzong already knows your identity. If you have any questions, just look for him directly."

He flew into the sky, and Chen Yuan also rode on a beam of light and flew north.

The northern city wall has always been the main attack direction of the beast tide. At this time, thousands of cultivators and a steady stream of mortal soldiers have gathered there and climbed up to the city wall.

Chen Yuan exuded the aura of a late Jindan cultivator. With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he found the whereabouts of Han Chengzong, Xiao Chengmo, Wei Zhushi and other Jindan cultivators. He then bent his body and flew over.

As soon as he landed, everyone looked over.

Han Chengzong's face changed, and he was about to speak when Chen Yuan transmitted his voice: "Please don't reveal my identity, just address me as a fellow Taoist."

Han Chengzong was startled, then he clasped his fists and bowed: "Fellow Daoist Chen, are you here today to help us resist the beast tide?"

Chen Yuan clasped his fists in return: "That's right."

All the Jindan cultivators showed joy on their faces. In the last beast tide, Elder Liu of Guanlan Sect died in the battle, leaving only six Jindan late stage cultivators, who had to resist nine level seven monsters.

It is extremely risky for two people to fight one against two.

Although they can rely on the power of the city defense formation, Shuofeng City is a hundred miles in radius, and the area covered by the city defense formation is also extremely large.

The large formation has to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of monsters, which puts enormous pressure on it. In the battle between a cultivator in the late Jindan stage and a seventh-level monster, it is actually not of much use.

Now that Chen Yuan has joined the battle and there is one more cultivator in the late Jindan stage, the situation has improved a lot.

Xiao Chengmo bowed and said calmly, "Since Fellow Daoist Chen is willing to help us, we are much more confident in resisting the beast tide."

Although he spoke politely, he was quite disdainful of Chen Yuan in his heart, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

Han Chengzong had looked for him yesterday and asked about Chen Yuan's background. He told him the truth, and today Chen Yuan came to the city wall.

In his opinion, Chen Yuan's help this time was due to Han Chengzong's strong invitation, and also because he saw the fierce beast tide and Shuofeng City was in danger, and he was worried about his own life after the city was broken.

If Chen Yuan had taken action earlier, the human race would have had an additional late Jindan cultivator.

Perhaps Elder Zou and Elder Liu would not have died, and the situation would be much easier than it is now.

Chen Yuan delayed until the fifth beast tide, but still had to join the war. This was really short-sighted.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yuan didn't care. He smiled slightly and turned to greet everyone.

The attitudes of other Jindan cultivators were much more sincere, and they did not dare to put on airs in front of a late Jindan cultivator like Xiao Chengmo did.

By the time Chen Yuan returned the gifts one by one, the beast tide was only a few miles away from the northern city wall.

Han Chengzong said solemnly: "My fellow Taoists, the beast tide is about to attack. Just like before, I will take on the violent bear."

"I'd like to trouble Fellow Daoist Xiao to stop the Nether Tiger, and Elder Yu to stop the Iceberg Eagle. As for the Blood-Eyed Python, I'd like to ask Fellow Daoist Gongsun to take action..."

He hesitated for a moment and looked at Chen Yuan: "How about asking Brother Chen to block a level 7 frost-tailed crocodile?"

Chen Yuan nodded, but the other late Jindan cultivators looked at him with a hint of suspicion.

The strength of the frost-tailed crocodile is second only to the four level seven monsters, including the Nether Tiger. Chen Yuan is not well-known, so it is doubtful whether he can stop this monster.

However, this was Han Chengzong's arrangement, so they couldn't raise any objections.

But everyone was determined to keep an eye on the fight between Chen Yuan and the Frost-tailed Crocodile.

If he shows signs of weakness, rescue him immediately.

They were not concerned about Chen Yuan's life or death, but the beast tide was too fierce.

Shuofeng City had just experienced a beast tide more than 30 years ago. It was caught off guard and was not prepared to fight back.

The power of every cultivator in the late Jindan stage is indispensable.

Xiao Chengmo even sent a message directly to Chen Yuan: "Fellow Daoist Chen, when we fight later, don't be too far away from me. If you are unable to do so, you can send a message to me directly and I will help you immediately."

Xiao Chengmo was very disdainful of short-sighted people like Chen Yuan, but he also knew that since he was trying to find out the news about the transformed demon king, he should have some strength.

He didn't want to see Chen Yuan die easily in the beast tide, otherwise the situation in Shuofeng City would be even more critical when the next beast tide came.

Chen Yuan smiled and replied, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, I appreciate your kindness."

Xiao Chengmo frowned. What Chen Yuan said meant that he didn't need to help.

He snorted coldly, and flew up into the sky with a flash of light, feeling even more dissatisfied with Chen Yuan.

At this time, the beast tide had come within a hundred feet of Shuofeng City and stopped together, as if blocked by an invisible high wall.

A beam of light flew over from the horizon and stopped hundreds of feet above Shuofeng City, revealing the figure of Xiong Lie.

The monks on the northern city wall all looked up at the Demon King, feeling the mountain-like pressure from the transformed Demon King with solemn expressions.

Chen Yuan looked at Xiong Lie with a deep gaze.

Xiong Lie looked at Tang Daozhou who was in the formation, raised his snow-white eyebrows, and sneered: "Old Tang, you are finally willing to show up? I will give you one last chance today. As long as you hand over the Hanchi grass, I will retreat immediately..."

Before he finished speaking, a pair of black wings suddenly appeared behind Chen Yuan. With a flap, the figure disappeared on the spot.

The next moment, he appeared behind Xiong Lie, the Nascent Soul cultivator's aura burst out, a layer of dark light appeared on his arm, and he punched out! (End of this chapter)