Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chen Yuan said gently: "You guys go down first."

Wu Zexian said grimly: "Remember, after you go back, don't disclose this matter to anyone, otherwise you will be handed over to the Law Enforcement Office for handling!"

The six Qi-refining disciples shuddered, responded solemnly, and turned to leave.

After they left, Chen Yuan looked at Wu Zexian and said calmly, "Arrange some personnel to secretly monitor these six disciples and ensure that nothing goes wrong. Report back before the Dongxu Mountain secret realm is opened."

"Yes." Wu Zexian clasped his fists, bowed, and turned to leave.

He turned and walked out of the cave. After a while, Sika Deer walked in lightly and said softly, "Master, Elder Wu and the six disciples have left."

Chen Yuan nodded: "If there are any visitors, please report them immediately."

"I will follow the master's orders and leave." The sika deer bowed its neck slightly and turned to leave.

Behind it, the stone door of the cave slowly closed.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, stood up, and slowly walked into the training room.

This sika deer was originally a level five spiritual beast raised in the Lingyun Sect. It was not good at fighting, but was very human.

When Chen Yuan saw the magical crane under Master He's seat, he was quite attracted by it and subdued it, so he no longer had to use the sound transmission talisman to communicate with others.

When someone comes to visit, the sika deer can also report it in time, which saves a lot of trouble.

In the practice room, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged and meditated.

It was not until late at night that he opened his eyes, stood up and walked out of the cave.

He spread out his spiritual consciousness, and the sika deer lay in the forest, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Chen Yuan smiled, set up a layer of spiritual barrier, and took out the jade pendant from the space in his body.

The jade beads glowed with green light, and the stars in the sky flashed, condensing into a dazzling silver light column, piercing through the sky and earth, descending from the sky and enveloping him.

Countless silver light spots poured into Chen Yuan's body, accompanied by a faint feeling of warmth, as if he was soaking in a hot spring, and the silver light column quickly became thinner.

Fifty breaths later, the silver light column became extremely thin and turned into countless silver streams of light that dissipated into the air.

The light of the jade beads faded, Chen Yuan clenched his fists slightly, feeling his body strengthened, nodded, put away the jade beads, turned around and walked into the cave.

After returning to the mountain gate from Tianxuan Sect, he experienced a total of thirty-four times of starlight infusion. Four months ago, his physical body finally broke through the bottleneck and became comparable to a ninth-level demon king.

His strength then doubled, comparable to when he stimulated the blood of the true spirit before.

But as his physical body broke through, Chen Yuan discovered that the effect of stimulating Zhu Yan's true blood on his physical body was weaker than before.

Zhu Yan's true blood was only obtained from a level four white-haired giant ape, so it was not pure enough after all.

Although he later refined a trace of Zhu Yan's true blood from the water ape demon pill, it was still not as good as Kun Peng's true blood.

This is one of the few drawbacks of "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", and it can only be compensated for by refining the purer Zhu Yan's true blood.

"Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" points directly to the path of ascension, allowing Chen Yuan to not worry about bottlenecks and obstacles. He can master the power of the true spirit and his strength far exceeds that of cultivators of the same level.

But all this is based on the blood of the true spirit. Without the blood of the true spirit, Chen Yuan will not be able to break through, and his strength will increase slower than his cultivation.

According to his estimation, when his physical body breaks through the bottleneck again, the effect of Zhu Yan's true blood will continue to decline.

If his physical body could rival that of a demon cultivator who had reached the state of divine transformation, even after stimulating Zhu Yan's true blood, it wouldn't even have any effect.

In addition to finding new true spirit blood, Chen Yuan must also improve the purity of Zhu Yan's blood.

Back in the training room, Chen Yuan meditated and practiced to recover the 20% of his true energy that had been lost due to the infusion of starlight into his body.

His cultivation had improved a lot compared to three years ago. He used the ten thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and five eighth-level demon pills obtained from the Tianxuan Sect to refine a total of seven furnaces of pills.

When refining the fifth batch of pills, Chen Yuan's alchemy skills improved again, and the success rate increased to 50%, and a total of 27 pills were obtained.

He then practiced in seclusion, and spent more than two years refining all the twenty-seven pills, and his cultivation level steadily improved.

Unknowingly, he had refined one hundred and three Nascent Soul early stage pills, getting closer and closer to the goal of two hundred pills.

It has only been more than 20 years since he formed his infant soul. Although the spiritual energy he needs far exceeds that of the cultivators of the same level, the speed at which his cultivation improves is also far beyond that of the cultivators of the same level.

When Chen Yuan came out of seclusion, the Lingyun Sect's second sect competition was about to end.

He asked Wu Zexian to bring the top six Qi-refining disciples in the competition and implant level 2 demon pills in their bodies.

This idea came to Chen Yuan's mind after he learned that Qi Yuanshan had taken over Dai Qing's body.

The map of the Dongxu Mountain secret realm that he obtained was extremely detailed, recording all the spiritual medicine gardens and formation restrictions in the secret realm.

The protective formation of the secret realm was set up by the ancient Taixuan Sect. It is extremely mysterious and powerful, and even the great monks are helpless against it.

Even after tens of thousands of years, loopholes appeared in the formation and were exploited by the six sects of Qi State, and only Qi Refining disciples could enter, and even Foundation Establishment cultivators could not step in.

If not for this, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain would have been taken away by the four major Xuan sects long ago, and would not have been left to the six medium-sized sects at all.

The most valuable thing in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is the spiritual herbs that can be used to refine foundation-building pills. Spiritual herbs that are more than 500 years old are quite rare.

The four major Xuan Sects possess large spiritual veins and have little demand for spiritual herbs that are less than five hundred years old. They have also tried to break the formation of the Dongxu Mountain secret realm, but gave up after returning empty-handed.

Chen Yuan did not have the same ambition as the four great Xuan Sects. He had never thought of breaking the protective formation of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm. He just wanted to sneak into it quietly.

But this is also extremely difficult. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be killed immediately if he stepped into it, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator.

As long as Chen Yuan steps into the secret realm, he will immediately provoke a counterattack from the guardian formation and die without a burial place.

But he was not without opportunities. He had a map of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. After tens of thousands of years, many loopholes had appeared in the protective formation, which could be exploited.

The most important thing is that Chen Yuan has refined Kunpeng’s true blood, and his mastery of the power of space even surpasses that of great cultivators. Others may not be able to enter the secret realm, but he may be able to.

But before that, he needed to find out how many restrictions in the formation were damaged, and further destroy the restrictions and expand the loopholes before he would be confident enough.

Ordinary Qi Refining disciples cannot do this, but after the demon pill is implanted, it is no problem for Qi Refining disciples to exert strength close to that of a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

After returning from Tianxuan Sect, Chen Yuan quietly rushed to the vicinity of Ziyang Mountains and asked Qi Yuanshan for the secret technique of implanting the demon pill. He also improved it based on the "Demon God Sutra" and his rich experience in physical cultivation while practicing.

After the demon pills were implanted in the bodies of the six Qi-refining disciples, there would be no hidden dangers and they would be able to exert even greater strength.

But the disadvantage is that it requires a five-hundred-year-old spiritual herb as the main ingredient, supplemented by four three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, to refine a pill to protect the meridians of the six disciples.

In order to avoid exposing the fact that the demon pill had been implanted, Chen Yuan chose relatively rare second-level demon pills.

These six disciples do not have to engage in close combat with others, and even if they use the innate magical powers in their demon pills, they will not be recognized.

In addition, the demonic power stored in these demon pills is limited and can only be used five or six times before they will disintegrate on their own.

The strength of these six Qi Refining disciples will also fall back to the peak of Qi Refining.

Paying such a huge price can only allow a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining to briefly possess strength close to that of a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. Only the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is worth such effort.

……

A month later, Chen Yuan, who was in meditation, was awakened by the gentle voice of the sika deer: "Master, Elder Wu is here to visit, waiting outside the door."

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes and said calmly, "Please ask him to come in."

"Yes." The sika deer responded, and the sound of its hooves gradually faded away.

Chen Yuan stood up and walked out of the practice room and came to the main hall. Just as he sat down, Wu Zexian walked in.

He came to Chen Yuan and bowed, "Grand Elder, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will be opened in three days."

Chen Yuan said calmly, "Are there any abnormalities among the six Qi Refining disciples?"

Wu Zexian replied: "After those six disciples go back, I will send six law enforcement disciples, all of whom are in the late foundation building stage, to monitor day and night."

"They live in seclusion and stay in their caves to practice. Even if they occasionally meet up with their friends to celebrate their victory in the competition, they never mention the matter of the demon pill. There should be no problem."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Three days later, you and Master will lead the disciples to Dongxu Mountain, and I will follow in secret."

Wu Zexian's eyes flashed with joy: "Yes."

With Chen Yuan accompanying me, there will be no problems on this trip.

After Wu Zexian left, Chen Yuan pondered for a while, his lips moving silently a few times.

After a while, the sika deer walked into the cave and asked softly, "What do you want, Master?"

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Go and invite Elder Zhuge."

"Yes." The sika deer responded and turned to walk out of the cave.

About two quarters of an hour later, Zhuge Qi walked in and bowed, "Greetings to the Grand Elder."

Chen Yuan asked, "Is there any news from Dai Qing?"

Zhuge Qi said: "He has sent the list of disciples from Ziyang Sect who will enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain this time. There are a total of 109 people, and he will also go to Dongxu Mountain this time."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "There are quite a few people. Give this list to Elder Wu. He will know what to do."

"Zhuge understands." Zhuge Qi responded respectfully, but sighed in his heart.

Over the past three years, Wu Zexian has been highly valued by the Grand Elder and is fully responsible for the affairs of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

In addition, he also served as the deputy leader of the Law Enforcement Pavilion, assisting Jin Luoheng in taking charge of the Law Enforcement Pavilion.

The Law Enforcement Pavilion is not under the jurisdiction of Zhuge Qi. It supervises all palaces and pavilions, spiritual mines and markets. Its power is expanding day by day. It gathers elite disciples and is already superior to other palaces and pavilions.

Although Chen Yuan rarely shows up, with his support behind the scenes, Jin Luoheng's influence in the sect becomes stronger day by day.

Zhuge Qi had long thought that this day would come.

He was not a person who sought power, and he had great respect for Chen Yuan.

But when he saw that the sect left by his master was gradually controlled by Chen Yuan, he couldn't help feeling mixed emotions.

However, Chen Yuan did not monopolize power and still let him be in charge of the affairs of the sect. He was also the only one who knew about Dai Qing's affairs, which showed that he trusted him, so he did not have many complaints.

……

Three days later, Chen Yuan walked out of the cave, rode on a light, and arrived above Lingyun Peak.

He did not descend, but instead stopped thousands of feet above the clouds, overlooking the towering peaks below.

One hundred Qi-refining disciples gathered on the White Jade Square, with Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian standing in front of the crowd.

Jin Luoheng looked indifferent. Wu Zexian took a step forward, raised his sleeves and flicked them, scattering hundreds of talismans that flew in front of everyone.

Except for Hong Yi and his six companions, the other disciples were a little at a loss and looked at the talisman in front of them.

Wu Zexian called out the names of Hong Yi and the other six people. They stepped out of the crowd, clasped their fists and saluted to Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian with respectful expressions.

The disciples' eyes fell on these six people, and Wu Zexian said calmly: "These six disciples are the top six in the sect competition. They are extraordinary in strength and have a calm mind."

"Others must not act on their own after entering the secret realm. Immediately activate the magic talisman in your hand, join them, and follow orders. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

The disciples were even more shocked. In the past, when they entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, they all went their own way and collected spiritual herbs.

They also specially found the disciples who had entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain ten years ago to ask them for advice. Why was it completely different this time?

Jin Luoheng's eyes swept over everyone and he said calmly, "This trip to the secret realm is of great importance. You must obey orders. After leaving the secret realm, each of you will be rewarded with a foundation-building pill."

When the disciples heard this, their eyes lit up and all the doubts in their hearts disappeared.

You don’t have to work hard to collect spiritual herbs to get the Foundation Establishment Pill, so what’s the harm in just following orders?

Some smart people immediately thought that as long as they found a place to hide and said that they did not find their fellow disciples, wouldn’t they be able to easily get the Foundation Establishment Pill?

But Wu Zexian's words dispelled their thoughts: "If there are people who hide themselves and do not contribute, not only will they not be able to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the Law Enforcement Pavilion will also severely punish them."

All the disciples shuddered and remained silent.

Although Wu Zexian is only the deputy leader of the Law Enforcement Pavilion, Jin Luoheng spends most of his time in seclusion practicing, so the Law Enforcement Pavilion is actually run by him.

He looks elegant, but in fact he is an iron-fisted man. He is very strict with his subordinates and punishes disciples who violate the sect rules severely. His reputation has long spread in the sect, making people afraid of him.

Jin Luoheng's eyes swept over everyone, he nodded slightly, and took out a three-inch flying boat.

He raised his hand and threw it. The three-inch flying boat fell to the ground and turned into a huge boat of a hundred feet, hanging in the air three feet above the ground.

There is a three-story tower on the boat, with hexagonal corners, red-lacquered pillars, a cave door and round windows, which is exquisite and elegant.

"Get on the boat quickly!" Wu Zexian ordered.

The disciples did not dare to delay and ordered their soldiers to use the light body technique to fly onto the flying boat.

Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian finally boarded the giant boat. Jin Luoheng raised his hand and made a gesture, and the giant boat slowly rose into the air and flew into the thousand-foot-high wall of clouds.

After leaving the sect protection formation, the speed of the giant boat increased dramatically, breaking through the strong wind and clouds and flying forward, shocking all the disciples.

Wu Zexian ordered everyone to go into the tower to rest for a while, and then they left the deck.

Chen Yuan followed the giant boat for dozens of miles and arrived at Dongxu Mountain.

There were no clouds in the sky here. He came to a height of ten thousand feet, bathing in the fierce gale that felt like a spring breeze on his face, and overlooking the monks of various sects below.

Before the Lingyun Sect arrived, the Tiangang Sword Sect and the Mingyin Valley had already arrived.

The Tiangang Sword Sect was led by the heroic Taoist priest, who greeted Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian, with a hint of a smile on his stern face.

Two elders from the Mingyin Valley, one in the late Jindan stage and the other in the early Jindan stage, came up to them with smiles on their faces, even revealing a hint of respect.

Everyone knows that Jin Luoheng is Chen Yuan's master, and he himself is a cultivator in the False Infant stage. He might form an Infant at any time, so he must not be offended.

Moreover, Mingyin Valley is now closely tied to Lingyun Sect. In order to deal with Ziyang Sect, it has almost become a half-vassal of Lingyun Sect. In front of Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian, it is slightly inferior.

Several elders were chatting and laughing. After waiting for about half an hour, monks from Zi Yang Sect, Gui Yuan Sect, and Wan Shou Mountain finally arrived.

The giant magic boat of Zi Yang Sect broke through the air, with purple air filling the sky, and it was majestic.

The handsome Taoist snorted coldly: "The Ziyang Sect is so arrogant!"

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly: "We only waited for half an hour this time, and the Ziyang Sect has already restrained itself a lot."

The elder of Mingyin Valley sneered: "Do they still think they are the most powerful sect in Qi? Taoist Dukun suffered so much at the hands of Senior Chen, the title of the most powerful sect in Qi should belong to your sect!"

Jin Luoheng smiled without saying anything, just looking into the distance at the horizon.

On both sides of the Zi Yang Sect's giant boat were a black flying boat and a ferocious blue evil dragon.

The blue dragon was covered in scales, had a single horn on its head, four claws under its feet, and a winding body about thirty feet long, with more than sixty people standing on it.

Chen Yuan, who was high in the sky, saw the blue dragon and couldn't help but frown.

When he first entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, the disciples of Wanshou Mountain came riding on this blue dragon.

At that time, he had not yet established his foundation and had not practiced "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit". He was unable to control the aura of the stars in his body, which caused the blue dragon to riot.

It was Xu Changan who took action to stop it.

On the head of the blue dragon stood a middle-aged monk in a wide-sleeved robe, looking like an immortal.

He concealed his aura, but in Chen Yuan's eyes, he was clearly visible and had reached the middle stage of the Jindan realm.

If Chen Yuan remembered correctly, this person's surname should be Wei. Over a hundred years have passed, but his cultivation has not improved much.

Two giant boats and the blue dragon landed on the top of Dongxu Mountain, and disciples from the three sects flew down.

The six Jindan elders put away the giant blue dragon boat and came to Jin Luoheng and others, greeting them one by one, but it was a bit awkward.

Over the past few years, the Lingyun Sect, the Tiangang Sword Sect, and the Mingyin Valley have been suppressing the three sects headed by the Ziyang Sect. The fighting has been endless, and the Jindan cultivators have often fought each other, and they are all a little angry with each other.

The two elders of Zi Yang Sect are Xie Chaohong and Dai Qing. In addition to the cultivator named Wei, there is also an elder in the middle stage of Jindan in Wanshou Mountain.

Guiyuan Sect was mainly responsible for setting up the formation, and only two elders in the early Jindan stage and more than thirty formation masters came.

The elders from the other five sects handed over the formation materials to Guiyuan Sect, and more than 30 formation masters began to get busy.

The elders of each sect began to check the Qi-refining disciples of other sects. Ever since Zi Yang Sect implanted demon pills into the bodies of its disciples, each sect has been on high alert to prevent other sects from using any means on their disciples.

When Chen Yuan saw this scene, he was not worried at all. Only Nascent Soul cultivators could see the clues of his improved demon pill secret technique.

After checking, the elders from various factions found nothing unusual, as usual. They relaxed a little and waited for the secret realm to be opened.

Five hours later, until late at night, the formation master of Guiyuan Sect finally set up the formation.

The Jindan cultivator of Guiyuan Sect took out six one-foot-long formation plates, kept one, and gave the other five to Jin Luoheng, Taoist Ying Ting, Xie Chaohong, the cultivator surnamed Wei, and the elder of Mingyin Valley respectively.

The six people injected magic power into the formation together, activating the formation. Six beams of light shot up into the sky and pierced through the clouds.

hum!
The six people raised their hands, made hand gestures, and pointed at the formation plate at the same time. Ripples appeared in the void, and a door formed by colorful spiritual light slowly emerged.

The six Jindan monks continued to inject magic power, the gate of spiritual light slowly opened, and colorful talismans flew out.

These talismans were all condensed from spiritual light and looked substantial as they flew towards the disciples of the six sects on the top of the mountain.

The elders from various sects gave reminders one after another, and each disciple took a five-colored talisman.

Xie Chaohong said, "Lingyun Sect disciples, quickly enter the secret realm!"

Upon hearing this, more than a hundred disciples of Zi Yang Sect immediately injected their magic power into the guiding talisman.

But at this moment, Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Wait a minute! How could the Ziyang Sect be the first to enter the secret realm?"

The elder of Mingyin Valley immediately echoed: "I think the disciples of Lingyun Sect should be the leader!"

The Taoist Master Yingting also said coldly: "Yes, Brother Xie is a little impatient."

He raised his hand and waved it, hundreds of sword energies burst out, blocking the disciples of Zi Yang Sect.

The Zi Yang Sect disciples' faces changed and they did not dare to take a step forward.

Xie Chaohong's face darkened. The order of entering the secret realm was arranged according to the strength of the six major sects. In the past, Zi Yang Sect had always been ranked first.

Jin Luoheng's sudden attack made him lose face. He was furious, but he didn't dare to lose his temper.

He saw with his own eyes that Chen Yuan forced Taoist Du Kun into a desperate situation. Jin Luoheng was Chen Yuan's master. As long as Chen Yuan was still in Qi, he would not dare to disrespect Jin Luoheng.

But as an elder of Ziyang Sect, he could not just swallow his anger and retorted, "For the past tens of thousands of years, our sect's disciples have always been the first to enter the secret realm. This is a custom."

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Times have changed, and this practice should also be changed. Lingyun Sect disciples, quickly enter the secret realm."

"Yes!" Hundreds of disciples from Lingyun Sect responded in unison, activated the five-colored talismans, and walked towards the Lingguang Gate.

Xie Chaohong's face looked very ugly, but he dared not say anything more. He could only watch the disciples of Lingyun Sect enter the secret realm one after another.

He took a deep breath and said coldly: "Disciples of Ziyang Sect, enter the secret realm!"

The handsome Taoist smiled slightly and retracted his sword energy. The disciples of Ziyang Sect activated the five-colored spiritual talisman and entered the secret realm, but their morale was much lower than before. Then the disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect, Mingyin Valley, Wanshou Mountain, and Guiyuan Sect entered the secret realm one after another. The six Jindan cultivators retracted their true essence, and the spiritual light gate slowly dissipated.

Xie Chaohong's expression was as gloomy as water. He walked to the side, took out a cushion, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Dai Qing looked calm as usual. He came to his side and said in a voice transmission, "Elder Xie, please do not be angry. Wait for the master to return and then settle the score with Lingyun Sect."

Xie Chaohong nodded slightly, and his anger subsided a little.

Seeing this, the monks from Wanshou Mountain and Guiyuan Sect also came to the two of them and sat cross-legged in meditation.

However, Jin Luoheng, Wu Zexian and others gathered together, set up a spiritual barrier, sat and discussed, took out magic weapons and spiritual materials to trade, and chatted and laughed.

At the same time, thousands of feet in the sky, a pair of broad black wings spread out behind Chen Yuan, and the robes on his body glowed with silver-white light. He closed his eyes slightly, feeling the spatial fluctuations coming from the void.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Dongxu Mountain below thoughtfully, with a smile on his face: "So that's it..."

……

Hong Yi stepped into the gate of spiritual light and saw a colorful scene before his eyes. Then he fell rapidly as if he had stepped out of a cliff thousands of feet deep.

He had expected this situation, so he did not panic. He calmed his mind, closed his eyes slightly, and let his body fall.

It seemed like only a moment had passed, yet it also seemed like a thousand years had passed, and suddenly a dizzying feeling came over me.

Hong Yi was confused and dizzy. When he opened his eyes again, the colorful scene in front of him disappeared and he found himself in a forest.

The forest is full of towering and ancient trees, and it is quiet and peaceful, without a single sound.

Hong Yi looked down and found himself sitting on the ground with his back against a big tree.

He immediately stood up, touched his storage bag, took out a light green flying sword and an iron shield, and hung them in front of him. Holding a golden armor talisman in his hand, he looked around vigilantly.

There was no one in sight, so he spread out his spiritual sense and explored out little by little. He found that there was no human trace within fifty feet around him, only a few small animals foraging in the forest.

He felt relieved and stepped forward, reaching the top of a big tree.

Looking up, this forest covers an area of ​​about ten miles, with plains on the west and north sides.

To the east stands a solitary mountain with steep and precipitous peaks.

To the south is a lake, extremely vast, with no visible end, and the water is clear and calm.

Hong Yi observed carefully for a while, compared it with the map given by the Supreme Elder, and had a clear idea in mind, then he swooped down from the top of the tree.

Although the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is named after the mountain, its interior is actually extremely vast, with all kinds of landforms. It is divided into two rings, inner and outer, and is surrounded and blocked by a mountain range.

The spiritual energy in the inner ring is much thicker than that in the outer ring, and many rare spiritual herbs grow there.

However, after the six sects’ disciples entered the secret realm, they all landed in the area within the outer ring and needed to rush to the inner ring to look for spiritual herbs.

According to the map handed down by the Grand Elder, the solitary mountain in the east is called Luoxing Mountain. After it was last opened, it has been carefully searched by disciples from various sects. In just ten years, it is certain that no spiritual herbs will be found.

Moreover, he entered the secret realm this time not to look for spiritual herbs, and he couldn't waste time in the outer ring.

Hong Yi took out the talisman given by Elder Wu from his storage bag and injected his true energy into it.

The talisman flashed, but then there was no other reaction.

Hong Yi was a little disappointed that there were no disciples of Lingyun Sect near him.

He put away the talisman and walked towards the north, holding two golden armor talismans in his hands, ready to take out his magic weapon to meet the enemy at any time.

The forest was quiet and silent, and seemed peaceful, but the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was full of dangers, and Hong Yi did not dare to be careless.
Although he had a second-level demon pill implanted in his body, which allowed him to use demonic power to fight the enemy, to break those restrictions, he needed the strength of a cultivator in the early stages of foundation building, and the demonic power could not be wasted at will.

Hong Yi walked for a while, then suddenly stopped and turned under a tree.

A light blue magical herb stood upright, about one foot tall, with three leaves and peony-like flowers.

Hong Yi showed a look of surprise. After the sect competition, the top 100 disciples were given illustrations of spiritual herbs and monsters.

If he was not mistaken, this was a hundred-year-old three-leaf flower, which was quite rare. He did not expect that in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, it would grow casually on the roadside like weeds.

Hong Yi mobilized his magical power, uprooted the three-leaf flower, put it into a special storage bag, and continued to move north.

His heart was burning with excitement at the moment. Among the five restrictions he was responsible for, two were restrictions in the spiritual medicine garden. How rare would the spiritual herbs in it be?

Hong Yi used the art of lightening his body and headed north. Every time he walked a mile, he would take out the talisman bestowed by Elder Wu, inject his true energy into it, and look for his fellow disciples.

But what made him depressed was that after several attempts, the talisman did not respond at all.

He had very bad luck. There was not a single fellow disciple within three miles around him.

Hong Yi could only put away the talisman and rush to the first restriction on his own.

According to the map, this restriction is located in a remote place in the outer ring and should not have been broken yet.

It would be even better if it could be broken, and he could go directly to the next restriction.

After spending half a day, Hong Yi finally arrived at the restricted area.

Along the way, he encountered several first-level upper-class monsters and a disciple from the Myriad Beasts Mountain, all of whom he killed with ease.

He was able to rank among the top four in the sect competition, which showed that he was already very powerful. He also had two top-grade magical weapons as rewards from the sect. He easily killed his opponents without using any demonic power.

It's a pity that he didn't make it into the top three in the competition, otherwise he would have been rewarded with a talisman and had an extra trump card.

This is a barren hill, only a few feet high, surrounded by red gravel, a desolate land with only a few clusters of low shrubs with thorny leaves growing tenaciously.

Hong Yi looked at the top of the barren hill with a serious expression, and circulated his magic power according to the method taught by the Supreme Elder.

He only felt his heart beat violently, and a surge of demonic power surged out from the demon pill in his heart and entered his meridians.

He pointed at the top of the barren hill and shouted, "Fall!"

Boom!

A blue lightning bolt about an inch thick fell from the sky and landed on the barren hill.

At the place struck by the blue lightning, the air rippled like water waves, and a yellow formation curtain several feet in radius emerged, covering a formation flag.

Hong Yi continued to mobilize his demonic power, continuously emitting blue lightning that landed on the yellow formation curtain.

The demon pill in his body is a very rare second-level thunder-attribute demon pill, which is priceless, and the power of his innate magical powers is also very impressive.

It only took half a quarter of an hour for the yellow curtain to break apart.

Hong Yi looked inside himself and saw that the demon pill in his body had only shrunk slightly. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He used the art of lightness to fly to the top of the barren hill, pulled down the formation flag, and put it into his storage bag.

Then he took out the map given by the Supreme Elder, looked at it carefully, identified the direction, and rushed to the next restriction.

……

In a forest, a middle-aged monk stood in front of a big tree. He raised his hand and made a gesture. A series of golden blades flew out and chopped on the tree, making a sound of metal clashing.

He was the disciple of Lingyun Sect who had the demon pill implanted in his body after Hong Yi.

The big tree in front of him was extremely hard, with purple-black light flowing, but it became thinner and thinner under the wear and tear of the golden blade.

Beside him, there were two disciples of Lingyun Sect, controlling their magical weapons and continuously attacking the tree.

A quarter of an hour later, the purple-black light finally disappeared, and the big tree broke with a sound.

The air fluctuated, and several large trees around disappeared, leaving a bare flat ground with a green flag about a foot long inserted in the center.

The middle-aged cultivator looked inward at himself, saw the demon pill which had obviously shrunk, and shook his head.

He walked forward, pulled up the formation flag, put it into his storage bag, and turned around to walk inside.

The two Lingyun sect disciples put away their magic weapons and hurriedly followed.

……

Outside the entrance of an inner ring passage, a dozen monks divided into two groups and fought each other.

One of the parties had only six people and was clearly at a disadvantage.

Opposite them, eleven monks joined forces to fight the enemy. Three of them controlled flying swords, four of them had a small banner with a sinister aura hanging in front of them, and the other four had different methods, but their cooperation was extremely close.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the six monks were all killed, and the spoils were divided up according to each monk's contribution.

One of the cultivators who was controlling the flying sword put away the flying sword, bowed to the other two cultivators, and said politely: "We are going to enter the inner ring to collect spiritual herbs. If you are interested, you may come with us."

The cultivators who controlled the black banner showed signs of interest, and the leader smiled and said, "The three sects are of the same origin. We would like to travel with the Taoist friends from the Tiangang Sword Sect. I wonder what the Taoist friends from the Lingyun Sect think?"

The last four monks looked at each other and shook their heads. One of them apologized and said, "We have another mission to accomplish. We will say goodbye now."

The disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect and Mingyin Valley were all very surprised, but it was not easy to persuade them anymore, so they had to say goodbye and leave.

The four Lingyun sect disciples were about to enter the inner circle when they suddenly stopped and took out a talisman.

The talisman glowed, exuding a burning sensation.

Everyone looked at each other, excitement in their eyes.

Within a radius of three miles, there are the top six Qi-refining disciples who ranked in the sect competition!

The four of them immediately turned around and ran away according to the instructions of the talisman.

They were all disciples who ranked in the dozens in the sect competition. After entering the secret realm, they were close to each other, so they gathered together and rushed to the inner ring passage while looking for the top six disciples.

Only by joining the top six disciples and completing the tasks issued by the sect can you be rewarded with the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After running for a while, they saw a figure running towards them from a distance. They slowed down their pace, took out their magic weapons, and were secretly on guard.

But when they got closer, everyone saw his face clearly and felt relieved. They quickened their pace and caught up with him.

"Senior Brother Hong!"

"Junior Brother Hong, it's you!"

The person who came was Hong Yi. He defeated powerful enemies in the sect competition and made it into the top six, ranking fourth. I don't know how many people have seen his competition and remembered his appearance.

Hong Yi took a quick look and recognized two familiar disciples. He smiled and said, "Senior Brother Yue, Senior Sister Nie..."

After greeting each other, they immediately returned to the inner ring passage.

The secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will only be open for seven days, so there is no time to waste.

……

Two days later, on a mountain peak in the inner ring, Hong Yi released blue lightning, which continuously struck the mountain wall in front of him, making crackling sounds.

Beside him were six disciples of the Lingyun Sect, who were either controlling magical instruments or casting spells to bombard the mountain wall.

Gray light was flowing on the mountain wall, and one could vaguely see that there was a spiritual medicine garden inside.

The seven people tried their best and after a quarter of an hour, the mountain wall was finally broken.

Hong Yi breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the spiritual medicine garden, followed by the others.

Looking at the more than twenty five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs on the ground, Hong Yi's eyes lit up and he immediately ordered everyone to pick them.

The other six Lingyun sect disciples smiled widely, took out wooden boxes, and carefully picked the spiritual herbs.

These spiritual herbs are all merits. If you hand them over to the sect, you will definitely be rewarded handsomely.

……

In a valley, twelve disciples of Lingyun Sect were fighting with a level three monster.

This is a gorgeous tiger, about three meters long, with a strong body. Its roar in the mountains is breathtaking.

The leading disciple of Lingyun Sect is a beautiful female cultivator. She raised her hand and made a gesture, releasing a three-foot-long red fire phoenix, which was condensed from fire spiritual energy. Wherever it passed, the air was distorted and the grass and trees were burnt.

The leopard tiger was entangled by the fire phoenix, and was tied up. The other eleven Lingyun sect disciples took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

Although the magic weapons and talismans did not cause much damage to the tiger, the accumulation of damage still caused the tiger to be seriously injured.

Finally, as the scarlet fire phoenix scratched the tiger's throat with its claws, leaving a deep charred mark, the ferocious tiger demon fell to the ground with a bang.

The beautiful female cultivator breathed a sigh of relief, quickly retracted the red fire phoenix, and raised her hand to wipe away the dense beads of sweat on her forehead.

She ranked sixth in the sect competition and had a second-level Fire Luan demon pill implanted in her body.

After entering the secret realm, she was lucky and quickly found several fellow disciples. She entered the inner ring and broke the two restrictions according to the map given by the Supreme Elder.

But this third restriction was guarded by a third-level monster. Fortunately, she had eleven disciples around her, so she killed the tiger monster without consuming much monster power.

The other disciples looked at the beautiful female cultivator with awe in their eyes.

Those who can stand out in the sect competition are all people with extraordinary strength and have won repeatedly in the competition. They have long known the title of beautiful female cultivators.

But this scarlet fire phoenix obviously does not have the magical power that a Qi-refining disciple can master. Even a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building would probably find it difficult to deal with it.

This should be the magical power she mastered after receiving guidance from the supreme elder.

After a rest, everyone took out the tiger demon's magic pill, collected the tiger skin and bones, and once again used their magic weapons to attack a white formation curtain deep in the valley.

The beautiful female cultivator raised her hand and made a hand gesture, and a fire phoenix slowly condensed into shape, let out a sharp cry, and flapped its wings to fly out.

……

Two days later, in a forest, Hong Yi led nine Lingyun Sect disciples to surround thirteen Ziyang Sect disciples and said coldly, "Do it!"

He pointed and a bolt of blue lightning fell from the sky, striking a disciple of Zi Yang Sect and killing him instantly.

Seeing this, the morale of the other nine people was boosted, and they all took out their magical weapons and attacked.

The disciples of Zi Yang Sect fought desperately, but as soon as a stalemate occurred between the two sides, Hong Yi would send down a blue lightning bolt, killing one person, and the Zi Yang Sect's defense line would immediately collapse.

In less than two quarters of an hour, all fourteen disciples of Ziyang Sect were killed or injured, while only one disciple of Lingyun Sect was killed and two were injured.

Hong Yi sighed and collected the body of his dead disciple.

He ordered everyone to collect the storage bags of Zi Yang Sect disciples, find the spiritual herbs, store them separately, and then go look for the next wave of Zi Yang Sect disciples.

……

At the edge of a lake, three disciples from the Mingyin Valley gathered together and were besieged by three disciples from the Ziyang Sect and two disciples from the Guiyuan Sect. They were in danger and were about to die at the hands of their opponents' magical weapons.

At this moment, several figures came running from a distance and approached quickly.

Everyone's faces changed. The disciples of Mingyin Valley stared for a moment and said happily: "The one who held them back was a fellow Taoist from Lingyun Sect!"

The five men were horrified and turned away.

But the three people from Mingyin Valley turned from defense to offense, not caring about their magic power, and used all means to hold them back.

The disciples of Lingyun Sect caught up with them, led by a middle-aged cultivator. At his command, everyone immediately took action and killed all five of them.

The disciples of Mingyin Valley could see clearly that there were nine people from Lingyun Sect. They clasped their fists and bowed, saying gratefully, "Thank you all for your help, fellow Taoists. We are very grateful!"

The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "You are too polite, my sect and your clan are helping each other. How can we stand by and watch someone die without helping him?"

"You can keep three of the five people's storage bags. We still have to continue killing the disciples of Ziyang Sect, so we won't stay for long."

The disciples of Mingyin Valley immediately said, "We are also willing to help, and help fellow Taoists deal with the Purple Sun Sect cultivators!"

The middle-aged cultivator pondered for a moment and said, "Since the three Taoist friends are interested, I can't refuse. However, the spiritual herbs obtained from the disciples of Ziyang Sect must belong to our sect."

The disciples of Mingyin Valley were overjoyed and said, "It's only right. We only want to deal with Ziyang Sect and we dare not compete with your sect for spiritual herbs!"

The middle-aged monk smiled, turned around and told everyone: "Rest for a while, then go kill people!"

……

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. On the top of Dongxu Mountain, the Jindan cultivators from the six sects who were meditating stood up, walked to the formation, took out the formation plate, and activated the formation.

Six beams of light shot up into the sky, piercing through the clouds.

The six people raised their hands, made hand gestures, and pointed at the formation plate at the same time. Ripples appeared in the void, and a door formed by colorful spiritual light slowly emerged.

Thousands of feet in the sky, Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he activated Kunpeng's true blood. A pair of black wings spread out behind him, and the robes on his body glowed with silver-white light. He closed his eyes slightly, carefully feeling the spatial fluctuations coming from the void.

On the top of Dongxu Mountain, Jindan cultivators from various sects stared at the Lingguang Gate, waiting for the return of their disciples.

After a while, three colorful streams of light flew out, and after landing, they turned into three human figures, staggering two steps.

The three of them clasped their fists and bowed to the group of Jindan cultivators, then walked behind the cultivator named Wei.

The cultivator surnamed Wei smiled slightly, and then disciples from various sects flew out from the Lingguang Gate one after another and walked behind the Jindan elders of each sect.

Gradually, after an hour, everyone discovered something was wrong.

The Lingguang Gate will only last for two hours, and according to past experience, 80% of the disciples will leave the secret realm within an hour.

No one dared to delay. If they missed the time and were stranded in the secret realm, they would be in danger of death.

Even if you manage to survive, you will become a cripple under the spiritual energy storm.

During tens of thousands of years, there was only one Qi-refining disciple who had stayed in the secret realm for ten years. Not only was he safe and sound, he also successfully established his foundation. He exposed the Zi Yang Sect's conspiracy to massacre disciples from all sects, causing a sensation among the six sects.

But compared with what this Qi Refining disciple did later, this seemed to be nothing.

He left the sect for a hundred years, and when he returned he was already a Nascent Soul cultivator. He cut off one arm of Taoist Du Kun and shocked the State of Qi.

Only such a legendary figure would dare to build a foundation in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. Ordinary disciples would never dare to take the risk.

But after more than half an hour, the number of disciples walking out of the Lingguang Gate was much less than everyone expected.

The Mingyin Valley and Tiangang Sword Sect were still relatively normal, with about 70% of the disciples who had entered the secret realm coming out.

The Lingyun Sect had much fewer people, only 50%, and often only seven or eight people walked out at once, or even more than a dozen.

Only 40% of the disciples from Wanshou Mountain and Guiyuan Sect are members, and the number of disciples from Ziyang Sect is particularly small, less than 10%, with only seven disciples.

Xie Chaohong's face was extremely gloomy and he stared at the Lingguang gate.

Jin Luoheng, however, had a calm expression, as if he was not worried at all about the remaining 50% of Lingyun Sect disciples.

After another half hour, more and more disciples from various sects walked out of the Lingguang Gate.

The disciples of Lingyun Sect came in groups. Three consecutive groups of disciples, each with twelve or thirteen people, walked out of the secret realm one after another and came behind Wu Zexian.

Finally, two hours were up and the formation could no longer hold. The flags and plates of the formation cracked, and the six Jindan elders ordered their true essence to be withdrawn. The Lingguang Gate slowly dissipated.

Xie Chaohong looked at the thirteen Qi-refining disciples behind him and said word by word: "Where are the others? Why didn't they come out?!" (End of this chapter)