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Master He nodded and said, "If we allow the evil energy to spread, the entire Donghua Continent will not be spared, but it will take at least hundreds or thousands of years."

"But the nine major sects will not sit still and wait for death. They have already arranged a second formation, which is also an improvement on the ancient formation. It will suppress the spread of demonic energy and then find an opportunity to go deep into the demonic realm, wipe out the source of the demonic energy, and eliminate this disaster."

Chen Yuan frowned: "According to what Daoist friend said, the Demon Realm has existed for tens of thousands of years. Even the ancient cultivators with great magical powers can only set up a large formation to seal it off."

"Now the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is declining, and we are far inferior to the ancient cultivators. How can we erase it?"

Master He shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know the inside story, but this matter is led by the Tianxuan Sect."

"Among the nine major sects, this one has the longest heritage and the most profound foundation. It knows a lot of ancient secrets. Since it dares to make such a boast, it should be quite confident."

"In my opinion, although the ancient cultivators were unable to destroy the Demon Realm, tens of thousands of years have passed and even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has weakened to this point. I think it is impossible that the Demon Realm has not suffered any loss."

"With the combined strength of the nine major sects and the help of many Yuanying Daoists, we may be able to completely wipe it out."

Chen Yuan felt relieved a little. His cultivation level was low before and he had only heard of the names of the Four Great Profound Sects. But after returning to Donghua Continent this time, he had a conversation with Master Tong and got a deeper understanding of the Four Great Profound Sects.

It is rumored that the founder of the Tianxuan Sect came from an ancient great sect, an orthodox Xuanmen sect, and his inherited skills are extremely profound. For tens of thousands of years, he has always been the leader of the righteous path, and is better than the Baihe Sect, Zhiyuan Sect, and Jiangxian Mountain, which are also the four major Xuan sects.

Chen Yuan bowed and said sincerely, "Thank you for telling me the truth. I didn't know about this incident and was not caught off guard."

He Zhenren stroked his beard and smiled: "Daoyou is the Grand Elder of Lingyun Sect. I have been entrusted by Daoyou Xuanyuan, so how can I hide anything?"

"If Junior Brother Zhuge had not yet formed his infant, I would have told him the truth long ago."

"But there is an order in the sect not to disclose this matter to low-level cultivators. I can only give a brief reminder. After you go back, I hope you don't spread it around."

Chen Yuan agreed, "This is a mature and prudent move. The Demon Realm is expanding and the spiritual energy is drying up. If this gets out, the people in the Immortal Cultivation Realm will panic and it will be difficult to maintain stability."

"However, I have some friendship with Tong Zhenren of Jinwu Sect. He is also a Yuanying cultivator, but he knows nothing about the Demon Realm. Why is that?"

Master He was surprised and said, "You and Daoist Tong are old friends? This is a coincidence. I have also met Daoist Tong several times before."

Chen Yuan was quite surprised, but considering that Master He was already old and was an elder of the White Crane Sect with a wide range of friends, it was understandable.

The two talked about Master Tong, exchanged pleasantries, and became closer.

Master He explained: "The Demon Realm must be wiped out, but the Immortal Cultivation World must not be in chaos."

"The four great Xuan Sects each sent out several elders to control the formations and kill the monsters. The five great Demon Sects put all their efforts into this and had no time to spare."

“Right now, low-level cultivators are already finding it difficult to cultivate because of the depletion of spiritual energy. If the matter of the Demon Realm is revealed at this time, someone might take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, causing unrest in the world of immortal cultivation.

"The only correct thing to do is to take it step by step, first curb the development of the Demon Realm, then gradually disclose this matter to others, invite other Nascent Soul cultivators, and eliminate this disaster in one fell swoop."

Chen Yuan understood in his heart: "I understand. I will keep my mouth shut when I return."

The considerations of the Four Great Xuan Sects were very thorough. Most of the immortal cultivators were selfish people. Even though they knew that Donghua Continent would be depleted of spiritual energy and become a dead place, many people would ignore the overall situation and take the opportunity to create chaos.

I would rather die than let my friend die. If the sky falls, there will always be someone taller to hold it up.

The spiritual energy will not be exhausted immediately. There are still a few hundred years left. We should take advantage of the fact that the nine major sects have no time to spare and plunder resources to improve our cultivation.

And the nine great Xuanzongs' efforts to curb the expansion of the Demon Realm are not noble.

They stand at the top of the immortal cultivation world in Donghuazhou, control the most cultivation resources, and overwhelm all other sects.

The spiritual energy of Donghua Continent has been depleted, and they have suffered the most. They cannot tolerate the collapse of order in the world of immortal cultivation.

Faced with this doomsday-like news, he naturally tried his best to keep it secret and not let other Nascent Soul cultivators know about it, so as to avoid a fire in the backyard.

After the spread of the evil spirit is contained, this matter will be revealed. When other Nascent Soul cultivators see that the nine major sects are still in control of the situation, they will not dare to harbor any disloyal thoughts.

The reason why Master He did not hide the truth in front of Chen Yuan was because Xuan Yuanzi was in the Demon Realm and had been tied to the chariot of the nine major sects.

For the sake of Xuan Yuanzi's safety, he could not leak the matter and allow other sects that stayed out of the matter to benefit.

He did not mention anything about the Demon Realm, and instead talked to Master He about anecdotes and interesting stories in the world of immortal cultivation, and exchanged their experiences in cultivation.

Master He is a cultivator who has been in the early Nascent Soul stage for many years. The skills he practices are extremely profound and he has many unique insights on the path of cultivation.

Chen Yuan had many exchanges with the Nascent Soul cultivators of Jiuxianzhou, which was quite inspiring to Master He.

The two sat and talked, and before they knew it, a day and a night had passed. They finally stopped, feeling unsatisfied.

Chen Yuan stood up and said goodbye. As he was leaving, he seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "I have just formed my Nascent Soul and need to refine my life treasure again. I am still short of several spiritual materials. I would like to exchange what I need with my Nascent Soul peers."

"Fellow Daoist is an elder of a large sect with a wide range of friends. I wonder if there is any way for you to get in touch with me?"

Master He smiled and said, "This is a simple matter. I still have some face in the sect, so I can help you build a bridge to the front line." Chen Yuan clasped his fists and bowed, "Thank you for your help, I owe you a favor."

Master He smiled even more: "Daoyou, please list the spiritual materials you need and give them to me. If there is any result, I will inform you as soon as possible."

Chen Yuan understood and said with a smile: "I need fire fluorite and six-color crystal..."

He listed eleven kinds of spiritual materials in a row. Master He was stunned for a moment and frowned: "The spiritual materials you need are of many kinds and quite rare."

"Half of our sect's elders have gone to the Demon Realm. Most of the elders who stayed behind in the sect are in the early stages of the Nascent Soul. Even if they can come up with such spiritual materials, the spiritual stones required will not be small. I hope fellow Taoists will be prepared."

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, he saw what Master He was thinking, he must want to take advantage of the opportunity to make some spirit stones.

This was understandable. As long as his eating habits were not too excessive, Chen Yuan didn't mind taking out a few more spirit stones.

He smiled and said, "These eleven spiritual materials will not only help me refine my life-saving magic weapon, but also be used to strengthen the sect protection formation. They are indeed a bit too much."

"But before I left the sect, I took out all the top-grade spirit stones from the sect's treasury. We can also exchange them for other things. I will never let your elders suffer any loss."

When he mentioned the "top-grade spirit stone", he emphasized the words a little.

Elder He's smile deepened: "In seven days at the latest, I will give you a result."

"Then I'll leave it to you, fellow Taoist." Chen Yuan clasped his fists and bowed.

Master He personally escorted him out of the cave and told Linghe: "Send Daoist Chen to Linghe Hall, and have Junior Brother Xie arrange a cave for Daoist Chen and entertain him well."

"I understand." Linghe responded softly, and lowered his long neck slightly.

Chen Yuan followed behind the spiritual crane and flew out of the mountain gate of the White Crane Sect. When he passed through the protective formation of the sect, the white crane opened its mouth and spit out a token, which shot out a clear light and a passage appeared on the formation curtain.

A man and a crane came to the Dongling market. When the monks saw the crane flying through the sky, they all showed a bit of awe.

Dongling Market, like other large and medium-sized markets, also prohibits flying.

Chen Yuan and the spiritual crane were flying back and forth in the sky. They must be the spiritual cranes raised by the Nascent Soul cultivators and the elders of the White Crane Sect.

A foundation-building cultivator from the White Crane Sect came up to ask questions. Linghe showed his token. The foundation-building cultivator was very respectful and personally led the way, landing his escape light in front of the Linghe Hall.

The middle-aged monk was waiting in the hall on the first floor. When he saw Chen Yuan, he immediately went out to greet him.

When Ling He told the middle-aged cultivator Master He's instructions, the middle-aged cultivator immediately agreed. After Ling He left, he personally led Chen Yuan to a peak on the edge of the Dongling Mountains.

There are only three caves on this mountain, which are specially for Nascent Soul cultivators to live in. They do not require any spirit stones, but the spiritual energy is a bit thin, only equivalent to a small spirit vein.

The two men came to a cave on the mountainside. The middle-aged monk handed the token that controlled the formation to Chen Yuan and said goodbye.

Chen Yuan came to the practice room and sat cross-legged, but he was unable to enter a state of meditation. His brows were furrowed and his thoughts were racing.

Donghua Continent is in danger of running out of spiritual energy. If this matter were to leak out, it would surely cause chaos in the world of immortal cultivation.

Although the nine major sects have set up a large formation to curb the expansion of the Demonic Realm, it is still unclear whether the source of the demonic energy can be wiped out. We must plan ahead and make preparations early.

Fortunately, he still has a way out. As long as he repairs the ancient teleportation array, he can avoid this disaster.

Originally, he had some concerns. Perhaps the Four Great Xuan Sects also knew how to repair the ancient teleportation array and wanted to secretly collect spiritual materials.

But after learning about this, he did not bother to hide it and directly asked Master He to buy the spiritual materials.

The immortal cultivation world in Jiuxianzhou is far more prosperous than that in Donghuazhou, and only Wanling Pavilion has inherited the method of repair. The probability of the Four Great Profound Sects having this inheritance is very small.

Moreover, among the eleven spiritual materials listed by Chen Yuan, all can be used to refine magic weapons. The most critical ones are missing, and it is difficult for others to notice that this is in preparation for repairing the ancient teleportation array.

But the remaining spiritual materials are all very precious and must be collected as quickly as possible to repair the ancient teleportation array.

It would be great if the nine major sects could destroy the Demon Realm and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth would no longer be exhausted.

If the nine major sects fail and the evil spirit continues to spread, they will be able to return to Jiuxianzhou through the ancient teleportation formation.

Chen Yuan had made up his mind, his mood calmed down, he focused his mind and calmed down, and entered into meditation.

The next day, Chen Yuan entered the market town and spent two days visiting all the shops selling spiritual materials and magical weapons, but found nothing.

On the fourth day, a foundation-building cultivator came to Chen Yuan’s cave residence and said that Master He wanted to see him.

Chen Yuan followed the foundation-building cultivator, entered the Baihe Sect's mountain gate, and came to Master He's cave.

The two of them sat down as host and guest, and Master He stroked his beard and smiled: "In the past few days, I have been running around and visiting several elders of our sect. Finally, I have lived up to their expectations and found the five spiritual materials that you need." (End of this chapter)