Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Master Tong was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "I almost forgot that Daoist Chen has only just formed his infant form, so he doesn't know about this yet."

He paused and looked at Cao Xianji who was standing beside him: "Elder Cao, you go down first."

Cao Xianji clasped his fists and bowed to the two men, then walked out.

Master Tong then turned his gaze back and said, "At that time, the Demon Sect had successively conquered five countries and was at its peak. For some reason, they suddenly stopped the war and voluntarily gave up the territories of several countries they had occupied, allowing the relocated sects to return to their original places."

Chen Yuan frowned: "Fellow Daoist Tong doesn't know the inside story?"

Master Tong shook his head slightly: "The Wei Kingdom did not fight with the Demon Sect at that time, so the old man and the other two Taoist friends stayed out of it."

"There is another thing that is very strange. After the Demon Sect retreated, all the Nascent Soul cultivators from the sects that moved back to their homeland announced that they would go into seclusion one after another. They have not appeared in public for the past twenty years."

Chen Yuan was surprised and asked, "Can Daoist Tong be sure?"

Tong Zhenren said solemnly, "I have always been friends with Fellow Daoist Qi Yanzong, the leader of the Qichu Sect of Liang State. Three years ago, I went to visit Fellow Daoist Qi."

"An elder from the Qichu faction came out to greet me, claiming that Fellow Daoist Qi was in seclusion for cultivation. I waited for three months but never had the chance to see him, so I had no choice but to turn back."

“And considering the friendship between Fellow Daoist Qi and this old man, even if he were to practice in seclusion, he would definitely not let this old man wait for three months.”

Chen Yuan's heart trembled. The Demon Sect retreated, and all the Nascent Soul cultivators of all the sects that moved back to their homeland disappeared. There must be something fishy about this matter.

Chen Yuan asked another question that had troubled him for many years: "Fellow Daoist Tong, when the Demon Sect monks marched south in large numbers, why did the four great Xuan Sects stand by and watch?"

"We must know that as one grows, the other shrinks. The stronger the evil path becomes, the weaker our righteous path becomes. This is such a simple truth. The four great Xuan Sects will understand it, right?"

Tong Zhenren sighed, "Fellow Daoist Chen is right. Even Qi-refining cultivators know the principle of one thing rising while the other falls. That's why the four great Xuan sects stood aside and watched."

"Before the Demon Sect went south, they made a deal with the Four Great Xuan Sects and gave them several rare treasures in the world. This was more than what they gained from conquering countries and exterminating sects, so they ignored it."

Chen Yuan was stunned. He had thought of many possibilities, but he had never thought that the Four Great Xuan Sects had taken the treasures of the Demon Sect and sold out several countries including Qi.

He frowned and said, "The Four Great Mysterious Sects are acting this way. Aren't they afraid that the righteous will become disloyal?"

Master Tong said, "When I first learned about this, I also found it hard to believe. The leaders of the Four Great Mysterious Sects are righteous and have a great reputation. Every time the Demonic Sect invaded the south, it was the Four Great Mysterious Sects that led us righteous sects to resist, without exception."

“But this time, it is said that the Demon Sect took out several treasures that made the great monks very excited, which made the four major Xuan Sects willing to give up their reputation and acquiesce to the Demon Sect’s invasion of the righteous country. It is really chilling.”

Chen Yuan nodded slowly: "So that's how it is. If the Demon Sect really took out such a treasure, it would be reasonable for the Four Great Xuan Sects to do this."

"Fortunately, the Demon Sect finally retreated, otherwise our sect would not be able to return to Qi State."

“It was only because the Demon Sect took out its treasure that the four great Xuan Sects stood aside and watched. After conquering five countries, they suddenly retreated. Wasn’t it a waste of effort?”

He paused for a moment and looked at Master Tong: "Fellow Daoist Tong is highly respected and has extensive social connections. Could it be that you didn't get any news at all?"

Master Tong shook his head and said, "I have inquired about this matter and even visited an elder of the Zhiyuan Sect who I am on good terms with, but he was also vague about it."

"After Fellow Daoist Chen returns to the sect, he can ask Fellow Daoist Xuan Yuanzi about this matter. He should know the inside story."

Chen Yuan was even more confused, but he didn't show it on his face and just nodded.

He stopped asking about the battle between good and evil and instead said, "Chen has just formed his infant and needs spiritual materials to upgrade his life treasure. I wonder if Brother Daoist Tong has an eighth-level demon pill?"

Tong Zhenren laughed and stroked his short beard: "I am several hundred years older than you, and I have accumulated some treasures. I have an eighth-level demon pill in my hand, but I don't know if it suits your taste."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Chen only needs an eighth-level demon pill, regardless of its attributes."

Tong Zhenren's eyes lit up: "This demon pill in my hand was obtained from an eighth-level desolate swamp crab. Fellow Daoist, please take a look."

After saying that, he took out a wooden box with a spirit-sealing talisman on it from the mustard seed ring, peeled off the talisman, and opened the lid of the box.

A fist-sized ochre-colored demon pill came into view. Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual sense and investigated. It was indeed an eighth-level earth-attributed demon pill with thick demonic power.

He nodded slightly and retracted his gaze: "Fellow Daoist Tong, please name your price."

Master Tong pondered for a moment and said, "The transformed demon king is not easy to deal with. I spent a lot of effort to get this demon pill. As long as you take out eight top-grade spirit stones, this demon pill will belong to you."

Chen Yuan frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Tong's price is a bit high. How about four top-grade spirit stones?"

Master Tong shook his head: "This is an eighth-level demon pill. Four top-grade spirit stones are not enough for the price I paid back then. At least nine top-grade spirit stones are needed."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Tong, you are joking. It is just a swamp crab. You are very powerful, so it will be easy for you to catch it."

"Five top-grade spirit stones. Chen has just completed his infant formation and has a meager fortune. I hope you will understand."

Tong Zhenren said: "How about this, six pieces of top-grade spirit stones, I will not take advantage of you."

"But the eighth-level demon pill is so rare. This old man has only got this one in hundreds of years. If it weren't for the incompatibility of the five elements, I would definitely not sell it to you."

Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Since Daoist Fellow Tong has said so, I can't bargain any more." "But I don't have enough spirit stones. I am willing to exchange the best spirit materials for this demon pill. What do you think, Daoist Fellow?"

Tong Zhenren's eyes flashed: "It depends on what kind of spiritual materials Fellow Daoist Chen can come up with."

Chen Yuan smiled and flicked his sleeves. A yellow withered vine and a piece of brown tree root appeared out of thin air on the table.

Tong Zhenren's eyes fell on the two spiritual materials. He frowned and examined them for a while, then suddenly widened his eyes: "Is this... the eroding Yin vine? The thousand-year-old ironwood root?"

"You have good eyesight, fellow Taoist." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

Tong Zhenren's eyes lit up. He picked up the dead vines and tree roots on the table and examined them carefully.

After a long time, he put down the two spiritual materials and said, "As expected, the Corrosion Yin Vine and the Thousand-Year Ironwood Root, I have exchanged them."

As he said this, he closed the wooden box again and pushed it towards Chen Yuan.

"Wait a minute." Chen Yuan raised his hand to hold the wooden box, "I didn't say that I wanted to exchange these two spiritual materials for the demon pill of the wild swamp crab."

Master Tong frowned and asked, "What do you mean, fellow Daoist?"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Tong also knows that the Corrosion Yin Vine and the Thousand-Year Ironwood Root are the top-grade wood-attributed spiritual materials. Any one of them can be sold for four or five top-grade spiritual stones."

"This eighth-level demon pill is only worth six top-grade spirit stones. If you want these two top-grade spirit materials, you need to take out four top-grade spirit stones."

Master Tong frowned, his eyes roaming back and forth between the withered vines and tree roots, and finally he sighed softly, "Three top-grade spirit stones, this is my limit."

"If you agree, I will make this deal with you. Otherwise, I would rather give up these two spiritual materials."

"Deal." Chen Yuan pushed the two spiritual materials in front of Master Tong.

Master Tong took out three top-grade spirit stones from the mustard seed ring, looked at them reluctantly, and handed them to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan put away the demon pill and the top-grade spirit stone together, a smile appearing on his face.

After buying this demon pill, you can refine a furnace of demon essence pills and improve your cultivation level.

When Chen Yuan went to Wanling Pavilion to refine treasures before, he had thought about buying demon pills from Wanling Pavilion, refining them into elixirs, and improving his cultivation.

When refining the Void Escape Robe, Chen Yuan mentioned this to Qin Lian, but Qin Lian asked for ten top-grade spirit stones for an eighth-level demon pill, which directly shattered Chen Yuan's idea.

After the monster transforms, its strength increases greatly. It becomes much more difficult to hunt it and obtain its elixir. Naturally, the price of level 8 monster elixir also rises.

But in Donghua Continent, spiritual stones and spiritual materials are more precious than demon pills, and the price of eighth-level demon pills is also lower than in Jiuxian Continent.

He also had four kinds of wood-attributed spiritual materials obtained from Tian You. These were spiritual materials carefully prepared by the elders of the ten major sects in order to refine magic weapons. They were extremely rare in Donghua Continent and could even be compared to eighth-level demon pills.

Chen Yuan talked with Cao Xianji by candlelight yesterday, all night long, and asked a lot of questions about transactions in the market.

Cao Xianji was somewhat confused as to why Chen Yuan was asking about these common sense questions.

But he did not hide anything in front of Chen Yuan and answered every question, allowing Chen Yuan to have a full understanding of the market prices of eighth-level demon pills and high-quality spiritual materials.

Before he left Donghua Continent, he was just a foundation-building cultivator. His cultivation was too low, and he had never come into contact with top-grade spiritual materials and high-level demon pills.

Master Tong once killed a level eight swamp crab, and he learned about it from Cao Xianji, which is why he offered to buy the level eight demon pill.

The core inheritance of the Jinwu Sect is the Wood Element Kung Fu. All the sect leaders in history were Wood Element practitioners, and Master Tong was no exception. The spiritual materials that Chen Yuan obtained from Tian You just came in handy.

After the transaction was completed, Chen Yuan was in a good mood, and Master Tong was even more smiling.

To him, the Erosion Vine and the Millennium Ironwood Root are much more important than an eighth-level earth-attributed demon pill.

The two had a pleasant conversation and shared interesting stories, which helped Chen Yuan gain a deeper understanding of the immortal world of Donghua Continent.

Afterwards, the two exchanged their experiences in cultivation. Master Tong was a Nascent Soul cultivator for many years. Although he could never break through the bottleneck of the middle stage, he had extremely rich experience.

Chen Yuan once exchanged cultivation experiences with Qingliu Jushi, Tang Daozhou, and Qin Lian, but they were all cultivators from Jiuxianzhou, and their techniques were quite different from those of Donghuazhou.

After communicating with Master Tong, Chen Yuan broadened his horizons and benefited greatly. He felt that he would be able to absorb spiritual energy and refine pills faster in the future.

Master Tong was also secretly shocked. Although Chen Yuan had just formed his infant form, his "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" directly pointed to the Great Dao, and he had also refined two kinds of true blood. His insights into the Great Dao of heaven and earth were quite profound, which made him dare not underestimate him.

The two sat and talked for three days and three nights before they stopped, still unsatisfied.

They cannot reveal the essence of their skills and supernatural powers, but just some of their superficial experiences are already very valuable.

Chen Yuan said goodbye and left. Master Tong smiled and said, "Daoyou Chen, when you have time in the future, don't forget to come to Jinwu Sect as a guest. I will prepare a bed for you."

Cao Xianji escorted Chen Yuan a hundred miles away and bowed deeply: "Uncle, if you have any problems, please send someone to Jinwu Sect to tell me. I will never refuse even if I die!" (End of this chapter)