Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

The glacier fissure was hundreds of feet deep, and it was pitch black at the deepest part. But to Chen Yuan, who had amazing eyesight, it was as bright as day.

He found the entrance to the Lion Cave at a glance. The emerald green moss glowed slightly and was very conspicuous in the darkness.

Chen Yuan descended from the light of escape and walked into the cave along the rough stone steps.

The further down you go, the flatter and wider the road becomes, and the glowing moss becomes denser and denser, until two huge stone doors block the way.

Chen Yuan pushed open the stone door and walked into a large cave. Two wide chairs made of ice were placed in the middle. Thick, pale animal bones were scattered on the ground. The surrounding stone walls were rough and uneven, and there were no other furnishings.

A monster is a monster after all. Even if it is a transformed monster king, the interior of its cave is extremely simple.

Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual sense, but found nothing. He pushed open a stone door, walked into another cave, and continued to investigate.

He walked through seven or eight cave chambers and finally made a discovery.

The original appearance of the underground cave is completely preserved here. In front is a narrow cave entrance, covered by a layer of light purple curtain, blocking Chen Yuan's consciousness outside.

This was the only place in the Lion Cave where a formation was set up. Chen Yuan summoned the Sea-Covering Spear and slashed it with one slash. The light purple formation curtain silently split open, turned into specks of light, and dissipated into the air.

The coverage area of ​​this formation is not large, and its defensive ability is weaker than the formation outside the cave, so there is no need to use Chongxuan Peak to break the formation.

After the formation disappeared, the sound of gurgling water appeared in Chen Yuan's ears. Chen Yuan's heart moved and he stepped out.

It is extremely cold in the Lion Cave, but there is flowing water in the underground cave, and there is also a formation guarding it, so there must be treasures there.

Chen Yuan walked into the cave entrance, and the view in front of him suddenly opened up. A vast underground cave came into view. It was several acres in size, with hanging stalactites of various shapes and sizes, and the cave walls were covered with glowing green moss.

There is a lake in the center of the cave. An underground river flows out from a low and narrow river channel in the distance and flows into the lake, emitting an astonishing chill.

In the center of the lake, two ice-blue lotus flowers float up and down, as if they were made of ice. A faint ice mist lingers around them. The light emitted by the moss shines on them, reflecting colorful light, which is magnificent.

Chen Yuan looked at the two spiritual herbs and his eyes lit up. He immediately focused his spiritual consciousness on the two lotus flowers, but then he frowned.

These two lotus flowers are called Ice Spring Lotus. They only grow in ice springs and are a kind of spiritual herb that can temper the body.

However, these two Ice Spring Lotuses are only about 800 years old and have little effect on Chen Yuan.

He shook his head, waved Fu Haige, picked the two spiritual flowers, put them in two wooden boxes respectively, and put them away.

If it was an Ice Spring Lotus that was more than a thousand years old, it must have been consumed by the Lion Barbarian to temper his demon body. It would be considered quite good to be able to obtain two Ice Spring Lotuses that were eight hundred years old.

There was nothing else in the cave, so Chen Yuan turned around and left. He did not destroy the roots. In another hundred years, two new Ice Spring Lotuses would grow here.

……

There is a medium-sized spiritual vein in the glacier crack. After the death of Shi Man, perhaps other transformed demon kings will come here to open up caves.

After walking out of the Lion Cave, Chen Yuan used the Fu Hai Ge to completely destroy the underground cave, then flew to the south with a flash of light.

Shi Man was finally killed. I don’t know what Haoran Sect’s attitude towards him is now. I must rush back to Renzhou as soon as possible.

Chen Yuan flew all the way through Hanzhou, Weizhou, and Yuezhou. It took him nearly a month to finally return to Chongde City.

He did not visit Mr. Qingliu directly, but put on a mask, concealed his identity, quietly entered Chongde City, and bought a wanted list of Haoran Sect.

The spiritual gate of Haoran Sect was destroyed, but he failed to bring back the corpse of the Cold Jade Lion within the three-year deadline, violating the order of the Sect Master. He is very likely to be charged with "fleeing from justice" and be included in the Haoran Sect's wanted list.

Chen Yuan was not worried. As long as he took out the body of the cold jade lion, the matter could be settled.

But because of Elder Gu's interference, he could not show up openly and had to visit Mr. Qingliu in secret.

Otherwise, Elder Gu might take the initiative and lead the Nascent Soul elders of Haoran Sect to surround and kill him, just like in the inner demon illusion.

But what surprised Chen Yuan was that his name was not on the wanted list.

Chen Yuan thought about it and immediately understood that it must be Mr. Qingliu who came to help.

In the entire Haoran Sect, only Mr. Qingliu would speak for Chen Yuan.

Moreover, the reason why Elder Gu targeted him was because of Mr. Qingliu.

Chen Yuan felt relieved and came to the outside of Sifang Pavilion.

Although he was not on the Haoran Sect's wanted list, he did not make a big fuss about it. He still wore the mask and stood with his hands behind his back in a bamboo forest several hundred feet away from the Sifang Pavilion, spreading his spiritual sense and waiting quietly.

Chen Yuan waited for half a day, until the sun set in the west. A young Confucian scholar walked out of the Sifang Pavilion. He then walked out of the bamboo forest and followed him quietly.

To the north of Chongde City is the Sifang Pavilion courtyard and the residence of the Haoran Sect monks. Courtyards are scattered among the hills and forests.

The young Confucian scholar was only at the initial stage of foundation building, which was nothing in Chongde City. He walked into an inconspicuous courtyard, which should be his residence.

Chen Yuan followed and pushed the door open.

The formation covering the courtyard was extremely simple and had no effect at all in front of a Nascent Soul cultivator like him.

Chen Yuan did not hide his tracks. The young Confucian scholar had just walked into the main hall when he heard the sound of the door opening behind him. He turned around and saw a masked monk walking in. His pupils shrank and he was shocked.

But he knew that the formation covering the courtyard was connected to the Chongde City defense formation, which was enough to withstand an attack from a Jindan cultivator, and could even block the consciousness of a Jindan late stage cultivator.

The fact that the masked monk could walk in quietly showed how high his skills were. He was no match for him at all.

He suppressed the panic in his heart, forced a smile, and bowed: "This... Senior, I wonder what advice do you have for me?"

Chen Yuan took off his mask and said with a smile: "Young friend Jiang, do you still remember Chen?" The young scholar was stunned for a moment, then his face showed joy and he bowed deeply: "So it's Senior Chen, congratulations on your success in forming a baby, and may you live a thousand years!"

This person was none other than the young Confucian scholar named Jiang Yu who reported the news to Zhang Wushan when Chen Yuan first came to Chongde City.

Chen Yuan gave Jiang Yu two top-grade spirit stones at that time, and Jiang Yu was extremely grateful to him.

Before Chen Yuan went into seclusion to form his infant, he lived in Chongde City for several months. Jiang Yu was extremely respectful and helped him with several things.

Chen Yuan was surprised: "Young friend Jiang also knows about my baby formation?"

Jiang Yu said respectfully: "The senior's formation of the infant was so grand, and everyone in our sect knows about it. I have also seen the spiritual mist that the senior condensed."

"Later, it was spread among our sect's disciples that a casual cultivator borrowed our sect's spiritual veins to form a fetus, and that Elder Qingliu acted as a guarantor."

"I remembered that you had a close personal relationship with Uncle Zhang and that you had reached the late Jindan stage, so I made a bold guess that you had successfully formed a fetus. However, I never made it public, and no one else in the Sifang Pavilion knew about it."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "You are quite sharp-minded. I have something I want to ask you to do. Are you willing?"

Jiang Yu clasped his fists and bowed again, his voice full of suppressed joy: "Senior, just give me your orders. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "This matter is very simple for you. Please take this jade token, return to the mountain gate, go to Mingliu Lake, and report to Qingliu Lay Buddhist. Then tell him that Chen Yuan is here to visit you and invite him to Moyun Mountain, 700 miles east of Chongde City, for a while."

As he spoke, he took out a jade token and ten high-grade spirit stones from the mustard seed ring, and handed them to Jiang Yu, admonishing him, "These ten high-grade spirit stones are for you, my friend. Please do not make it public and do not let others know about this."

Jiang Yu stretched out his hands, took the jade token and the spirit stone, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, senior, I will leave right away and will not leak a single thing."

After saying this, he put the jade token and spirit stone into his storage bag, clasped his fists, bowed, and turned to leave.

Chen Yuan waited for a while before putting on the mask again, walked out of the courtyard, left Chongde City, flew more than 700 miles to the west, and landed on the top of a 300-foot mountain. This was Moyun Mountain.

He spread out his spiritual sense, covering an area of ​​two hundred miles in radius, and concentrated on being on high alert.

An hour later, a beam of light flew from the east, and a smile appeared on Chen Yuan's lips.

The light of light flew past quickly and landed on the top of Moyun Mountain, revealing the figure of Master Qingliu.

Chen Yuan clasped his fists and bowed, smiling, "Fellow Daoist Qingliu, how are you?"

Lay Buddhist Qingliu returned the greeting, his eyes filled with satisfaction: "Daoyou Chen has been gone for five years, and there has been no news from him. When my disciples reported this to me, I was a little skeptical, but I didn't expect that he was really a Daoist."

"I'm sorry to have worried you, fellow Taoist." Chen Yuan said with a smile
Lay Buddhist Qingliu shook his head: "It is my fault, otherwise Junior Brother Gu would not have targeted you so much... You should leave Renzhou as soon as possible and do not stay in Chongde City for too long."

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. I have already killed the Lion Barbarian. I came back this time to hand over the monster's corpse to your sect." Chen Yuan raised his sleeves and a huge cold jade lion appeared out of thin air beside him.

When the monk Qingliu saw the corpse of the cold jade lion, he showed a happy expression and said, "I haven't heard from you for five years. I thought you had seen that things were hopeless and had fled far away."

"Since you have killed the Lion Barbarian and completed the task entrusted by our sect, Junior Brother Gu can no longer trouble you."

"It seems that Elder Gu has taken great care of me in the past five years." Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Lay Buddhist Qing Liu sighed, "As soon as the three-year deadline was over, Junior Brother Gu convened a meeting of the elders of our sect and wanted to put you on the wanted list. I argued with him and forced him to give up."

"But two months ago, Junior Brother Gu convened a meeting of elders and brought up the matter again."

"I refuted you again, but you didn't come back. The elders were also quite dissatisfied. Finally, they set a deadline of one year. If you still don't come back next year, you will be put on the wanted list..."

"By the way, since you killed the Lion Barbarian, why did you ask me to come here to meet you?"

"You are not on the wanted list yet. As long as you reveal your identity and hand over the body of the Frost Jade Lion, the elders of the sect will naturally not trouble you anymore, and the matter of you damaging the Lingmai Mountain Gate can be forgotten."

Chen Yuan explained: "I just don't want to alert the enemy..."

He recounted how he entered the ice field, monitored the Lion Barbarian Cave, and discovered that Kun Tong and the Lion Barbarian had joined forces, but omitted the details of the fight.

Lay Buddhist Qingliu's expression changed: "Brother Gu actually colluded with the transformed demon king to murder fellow Taoist?"

Chen Yuan nodded: "Yes, I have captured Kun Tong's soul. As long as I use the soul-searching technique, the truth will be revealed immediately."

Qingliu Lay Buddhist frowned and said, "Would you allow me to take a look at Kuntong's spirit?"

Chen Yuan immediately took out a jade bottle from the mustard seed ring, opened the stopper, and took out Kun Tong's soul.

Kun Tong's soul was nurtured by the spiritual jade and recovered a little, but he was still dying and on the verge of collapse. Chen Yuan also placed restrictions on him, so he could not self-destruct his soul, but he was also unable to perform the soul-searching technique.

Qing Liu Lay Buddhist spread out his spiritual sense and scanned Kun Tong's soul carefully, muttering, "It is indeed the soul of the Kunyu Demon King... Junior Brother Gu actually colluded with the demon race and murdered the human race's Yuanying. He is so unscrupulous that he is unworthy of being a Confucianist and Taoist cultivator!"

Chen Yuan was not surprised by Mr. Qingliu's reaction. Back then, in front of the Tongtian Palace, he had wanted to kill Kun Feng, the hybrid of man and demon. Naturally, he could not tolerate the secret connection between a Nascent Soul cultivator and the Demon King.

Lay Buddhist Qingliu said solemnly: "Fellow Daoist Chen, Kuntong is the transformed demon king of the Kunyu clan. He must have planted a restriction in his soul to prevent soul searching. You and I are powerless."

“Please follow me back to the sect and hand Kuntong’s soul over to the sect master. Ask him to use the soul-searching technique to severely punish Junior Brother Gu!”

Chen Yuan said solemnly: "Don't worry, Daoist Fellow Qingliu. We still need to think about this matter carefully."

"It is still unknown what the head of your sect is thinking. If we directly hand over Kuntong's soul to him, it might alert the enemy."

“Why not convene a meeting of the elders first to settle the matter of the Frost Jade Lion, then take out the Kuntong Spirit in public and ask Fellow Daoist Chengli or Fellow Daoist Xinzhai to report to the head of your sect. This way, Elder Gu will be caught off guard.”

Qingliu Lay Buddhist nodded heavily: "I will follow your advice!" (End of this chapter)