Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

The thirteen Qi Refining disciples were at a loss, and several of them hesitated and said, "Disciple, I don't know."

"After entering the secret realm, I have been walking alone and have not seen other fellow disciples..."

Seeing that they knew nothing about anything, Xie Chaohong's face became even uglier, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. However, he couldn't get angry in front of the Jindan elders of various sects.

At this moment, a Qi-refining disciple from the Myriad Beasts Mountain hesitated for a moment, stepped out from the crowd, and bowed to the cultivator surnamed Wei: "Elder Wei, disciple...disciple knows why fellow Daoist from the Ziyang Sect was unable to come out."

Xie Chaohong turned his head suddenly: "Speak!"

The pressure of the late Jindan stage permeated, and the disciple trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.

The cultivator surnamed Wei frowned, raised his sleeves and flicked them, removing the pressure from Xie Chaohong, and said calmly: "Thank you, fellow Daoist, please calm down and let me explain my opinion before we make any plans."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. Xie Chaohong also realized that he had lost his composure. He took a deep breath and bowed: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Wei."

He turned to look at the Qi-refining disciple from the Myriad Beasts Mountain, suppressed his anger, and asked, "Please explain why only thirteen of our disciples left the secret realm?"

The cultivator surnamed Wei said calmly, "Tell Brother Xie everything you know."

"Yes." The disciple shrank back and looked at the Lingyun sect disciple standing behind Jin Luoheng on the other side, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

He said, "I was lucky enough to get a Jade Queen Bee before, and I bred sixteen first-level lower-level Jade Bees. They are very good at hiding their auras, and they are connected to the Queen Bee's spiritual consciousness, so they can be used to investigate the surrounding situation, which is very convenient."

"In the secret realm, I used a jade bee to explore the way and saw seven Lingyun Sect disciples besieging nine Ziyang Sect Taoists. I killed them all, but I was unharmed."

"A day later, I saw nine Lingyun Sect disciples and two Tiangang Sword Sect disciples besieging four Ziyang Sect Daoists and three Guiyuan Sect Daoists. They also... killed them all."

Xie Chaohong's pupils shrank: "Impossible! Nine disciples of our sect were besieged, how could we let the opponent be unscathed?"

The Qi-refining disciple said, "Everything I said is true. The leader of the Lingyun Sect can release a three-inch thick blue sky thunder with astonishing power. It is definitely not something a Qi-refining cultivator can defeat."

“I have seen foundation-building cultivators display their magical powers before. This blue sky thunder is no less powerful than theirs.”

"The Taoist friend from Ziyang Sect originally had the upper hand, but this person raised his hand and released a blue sky lightning, which could kill one person."

"He killed three people in succession, and the others fled in all directions. They were caught up by the disciples of Lingyun Sect, and no one escaped..."

"Do you remember what this person looks like?" Xie Chaohong asked word by word.

The Qi Refining disciple hesitated for a moment and looked at the cultivator named Wei.

The cultivator surnamed Wei said calmly, "Thank you for asking me this question, just answer it truthfully."

The Qi Refining disciple then raised his hand and pointed at the disciple behind Jin Luoheng: "That person is the one who can release blue lightning!"

Xie Chaohong slowly turned his head and looked in the direction the man pointed. His eyes fell on a young cultivator and he slowly said, "You are the one who led people to surround and kill my Ziyang Sect disciples?"

The person who was pointed out was Hong Yi, but facing Xie Chaohong's questioning, he was not in a hurry and bowed: "Yes, I fought with your disciples for the spiritual herbs..."

"How dare you!" Xie Chaohong shouted angrily, and the pressure of the late Jindan stage surged out, "You are just a Qi Refining cultivator, how can you display the magical power comparable to the early foundation building stage?"

Jin Luoheng lifted his sleeves and brushed away Xie Chaohong's pressure. He said calmly, "What do you mean, Brother Xie? When people fight for spiritual herbs, there will naturally be winners and losers. It has been like this for tens of thousands of years. After leaving the secret realm, all grudges are gone. Do you still want to settle scores?"

Xie Chaohong said angrily: "When the youngsters fight, life and death are determined by fate. If our disciples are not as skilled as others, then they will die. Xie will naturally not pursue the matter."

"But the lightning magic this person displayed is obviously not a Qi-refining spell."

"Xie suspects that your sect has left some tricks on him that have given him such strength. I must check it out!"

Jin Luoheng frowned and his voice turned cold: "Before the disciples of each sect entered the secret realm, they were carefully checked."

"Fellow Daoist Xie has investigated our disciples more than once and found no problems. But now you are saying that our sect used some tricks. Do you think that our Lingyun Sect is easy to bully?"

Xie Chaohong was speechless for a moment, but Dai Qing stepped forward and shouted, "How can we explain that the disciples of Lingyun Sect and Tiangang Sword Sect joined forces to besiege our disciples?"

Xie Chaohong's face changed. Just as he was about to speak, Wu Zexian stepped forward and said righteously, "A hundred years ago, when our sect's Grand Elder entered the secret realm, your sect and Guiyuan Sect joined forces and sent their disciples to block the inner ring passage. The Grand Elder fought eight people alone and rushed into the inner ring."

"The next time the secret realm was opened, it was again Elder Qi Yuanshan of your sect who implanted demon pills into the bodies of Qi-refining disciples and slaughtered disciples from all sects. Fortunately, the Grand Elder succeeded in building his foundation and united disciples from all sects to thwart your sect's conspiracy."

"It has always been your sect that has been deliberately plotting against the disciples of other sects, and our disciples have only fought back. Could it be that your sect is only allowed to do it on the first day of the month, but our disciples are not allowed to do it on the fifteenth day?"

The handsome Taoist said coldly: "The Ziyang Sect is so powerful. When you and the disciples of the Guiyuan Sect joined forces to block the inner ring passage, Zhang was also in the secret realm. It was only with Senior Chen that he was able to enter the inner ring."

"When the secret realm was reopened, a disciple of the Lingyun Sect complained about this, but Fellow Daoist Xie said that the secret realm was not bound by the rules of the immortal cultivation world, and it was fine for the younger generation to join forces to collect spiritual herbs."

"Zhang said the same thing today. In the secret realm, we are not bound by the rules of the immortal cultivation world. If the younger generation is willing to join hands to collect spiritual herbs, what's wrong with that?"

Dai Qing was stunned, and sent a message to Xie Chaohong: "Elder Xie, Master actually did such a thing?"

Xie Chaohong's face was extremely gloomy, but Dai Qing was helping him, so he couldn't blame him. He could only reply: "Leave this matter to Xie."

He secretly sent a message to an elder of the Guiyuan Sect who was in the early stage of Jindan: "Fellow Daoist Xia, the Lingyun faction has also attacked your disciples. How can Qi-refining disciples perform foundation-building magical powers? There must be something fishy about it. We must ask."

The elder of Guiyuan Sect sighed inwardly and said with gritted teeth: "Fellow Daoist Jin, let's check it again. It is really unbelievable that a disciple at the peak of Qi Refining could be killed by a bolt of lightning."

Jin Luoheng looked at Hong Yi and said calmly, "How did you release the thunder?"

Hong Yi clasped his fists and bowed, saying respectfully: "Elder, I once got a rare treasure that can emit blue lightning with extraordinary power."

Jin Luoheng nodded: "Take out this rare treasure and let Fellow Daoist Xie and Fellow Daoist Xia take a look."

Hong Yi smiled bitterly and said, "This treasure is a little damaged. After I used it several times in the secret realm, it broke by itself, turned into ashes, and disappeared."

Jin Luoheng looked at Xie Chaohong and said, "Fellow Daoist Xie has also heard that our disciples rely on a rare treasure to release blue lightning. It is not that our sect used any tricks."

Xie Chaohong sneered: "Just when I was about to check, the treasure was destroyed in the secret realm. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? I have to check it again!"

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Whether you believe it or not, fellow Daoist Xie, you have already checked our disciples before entering the secret realm, and there are no objections. If you want to check again now, it is absolutely impossible."

Xie Chaohong narrowed his eyes: "What if Xie insists on checking?"

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Then we can only see the truth with our own hands. Our sect's reputation cannot be slandered."

A murderous look flashed in Xie Chaohong's eyes: "Please teach me, Brother Jin!"

He didn't want to fight with Jin Luoheng, but among the hundred disciples of Ziyang Sect who entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, only thirteen came out alive. He couldn't explain to the sect and couldn't retreat.

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Jin also wants to learn from Brother Xie's methods, but this is related to the reputation of our sect, and no one can question it casually."

"Please thank you for signing a life and death agreement. This time, the battle will depend on your ability, and life and death will not matter!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a bolt from the blue. The faces of the elders from all factions changed drastically.

Jin Luoheng is the master of the Lingyun Sect's supreme elder. Xie Chaohong is in charge of the power of the Ziyang Sect, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

If these two people sign a life and death agreement, no matter who lives and who dies, it will shake the entire Qi State's immortal cultivation world!
Xie Chaohong was also shocked. There had been many battles between the elders of Zi Yang Sect and Ling Yun Sect, but no one had ever died, and no one had ever signed a life and death agreement.

He had never thought that Jin Luoheng would actually make such a suggestion. He was speechless for a moment.

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Why, Elder Xie doesn't dare?"

Xie Chaohong kept a tense face and said nothing.

Even if he could win the fight with Jin Luoheng, he would have severely offended Chen Yuan, and Taoist Du Kun would not be able to protect him.

Although Zi Yang Sect has Jiang Xian Mountain as a guarantee, if a Jin Dan cultivator dies, they will immediately intervene in Qi State's immortal cultivation world.

But if Chen Yuan used the banner of revenge for his master, no one would be able to say anything.

What's more, Jin Luoheng is unfathomable and has never been defeated. He has no confidence of winning. If he loses, he will die.

Dai Qing sent a voice message: "Thank you, Elder, please be patient for a while. We will make plans after the master returns."

He then sent a message to the monk named Wei: "Daoyou Wei, please persuade Elder Xie not to be impulsive."

The cultivator surnamed Wei frowned. After the six sects returned to Qi State, Wanshou Mountain and Ziyang Sect became very close. In the past few years, they have been implicated and suppressed by Lingyun Sect. The Ziyang Sect is very unhappy about this.

But Wanshou Mountain is not Lingyun Sect, and without a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, it dares not turn against Ziyang Sect.

Facing Dai Qing's request, he couldn't refuse, and said calmly: "It is common for young people to suffer casualties in fights."

"You two fellow Taoists are the backbone of the sect. If you fight to the death over such a trivial matter and spread the news, wouldn't it cause the monks of other countries to laugh at you?"

Xie Chaohong finally stopped being silent and said coldly, "I have no intention of slandering your sect's reputation. It's just that our disciples suffered heavy casualties, and your disciples' methods were too shocking, so I have doubts."

"Since your disciples used rare treasures to display their lightning powers, Xie naturally has no objection, and there is no need to mention the fight."

Jin Luoheng did not push him too hard, and said calmly: "If you still want to spar with me, I am always here to serve you."

The handsome Taoist priest and the elder of Mingyin Valley were not so well-mannered. They both had sarcastic expressions on their faces and looked at Xie Chaohong with eyes full of mockery.

Xie Chaohong's face darkened. He flipped his hand and took out the purple flying boat. It swayed in the wind and expanded to a size of a hundred feet.

He flashed and boarded the huge boat. Dai Qing ordered, "Hurry up and get on board."

Thirteen disciples of Zi Yang Sect hurriedly boarded the giant boat. Dai Qing had a sullen face, clasped his fists and bowed to everyone, then turned around and boarded the giant boat.

The huge purple boat slowly rose up, quickly went away, and soon disappeared into the horizon.

The Zi Yang Sect left in disgrace, and the Wan Shou Mountain and Gui Yuan Sect did not stay long either. After a quick salute, they left with their disciples.

The disciples of the three sects who stayed in Dongxu Mountain were all smiling.

They joined forces in the secret realm to surround and kill the disciples of Zi Yang Sect. The disciples of Ling Yun Sect harvested spiritual herbs, and the disciples of the other two sects harvested magical instruments and spiritual stones. Everyone got what they needed and reaped a lot of rewards.

The elder of Mingyin Valley and the Taoist Master Yingting also smiled and said goodbye, speaking very politely. They all knew that the story of the strange treasure was just an excuse, and Lingyun Sect must have used some means to allow its disciples to display magical powers that were no less than those of the initial stage of foundation building.

But this method cannot be detected, and it has not been used against the disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect and Mingyin Valley, so they naturally will not say much.

The Zi Yang Sect had already been severely suppressed by the Ling Yun Sect, and now it suffered this great loss. Xie Chaohong lost face in public, and the sect's reputation was greatly damaged. The future situation will probably be even more difficult.

After bidding farewell to the two sect elders, Jin Luoheng took out a giant boat, carried the disciples of Lingyun Sect, and left the top of Dongxu Mountain.

On the deck of the giant boat, Jin Luoheng took out a bead containing a trace of Yi wood essence and asked everyone to take out the spiritual herbs.

The Yi wood essence can sense the spiritual energy of plants and trees. No disciple dared to hide it. They took out one hundred-year-old spiritual herb or three hundred-year-old spiritual herb after another. Wu Zexian took out the jade slips and recorded them one by one.

When it was the turn of the top six disciples, including Hong Yi, they took out more than three hundred main ingredients for refining foundation-building pills, more than two hundred five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and more than seventy eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs. Everyone was stunned.

Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian were also surprised. They knew that these six people had been ordered by Chen Yuan to break several restrictions in the secret realm, some of which were restrictions in the spiritual medicine garden.

But neither of them had expected that in these spiritual medicine gardens, there would be so many five hundred and eight hundred year old spiritual herbs, and they were all extremely rare species and extremely precious.

Jin Luoheng collected all the spiritual herbs, and the rewards for the Qi-refining disciples would be distributed separately after they returned to the mountain gate.

This has always been the case in the past, and no one was dissatisfied. After paying the spiritual herbs, they walked into the tower with smiles on their faces.

During this trip to the secret realm, only seven out of the one hundred disciples died, and the other five were extremely unlucky and did not meet their fellow disciples. However, they also collected a lot of spiritual herbs, enough to exchange for a foundation-building pill.

The others surrounded Hong Yi and the others, breaking the restrictions and besieging and killing the disciples of Zi Yang Sect. Each of them obtained dozens of spiritual herbs, and in addition to a foundation-building pill, they could also obtain a large number of rewards.

Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian came to the top floor of the tower, but were stunned to see a monk sitting on a chair.

He stood up and walked in front of Jin Luoheng, clasped his fists and bowed: "Disciple greets Master."

This person was none other than Chen Yuan. He had a smile on his face and a respectful look, without a trace of the airs of a Nascent Soul cultivator. It was as if he was still the Foundation Establishment disciple with low cultivation level.

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly: "No need to be polite."

Wu Zexian bowed quickly: "Greetings to the Grand Elder."

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "I have called the six disciples here. Master, please take a seat."

Chen Yuan sat back in the main seat. Jin Luoheng lifted his lapel and sat down at the lower left. Elder Wu stood beside him.

There is no place for Jindan cultivators in front of Yuanying cultivators.

Even though Jin Luoheng was Chen Yuan's master, he could not sit in the main seat when other elders were present.

After a while, Hong Yi and six others came to the third floor, stood in front of Chen Yuan, clasped their fists and saluted with a very respectful look.

"How many of the restrictions marked on the map have you broken?" Chen Yuan asked.

The middle-aged cultivator who ranked first in the competition replied: "Disciple has cracked all five restrictions."

"The disciple has broken four restrictions, and one restriction has already been destroyed..."

The six people answered in turn, without missing any restrictions.

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Well done, after returning to the sect, Elder Wu will give you a generous reward."

The six people were overjoyed and thanked Chen Yuan one after another.

Chen Yuan encouraged them gently for a few more times before letting them leave.

When the giant boat entered the thousand-foot cloud wall, Chen Yuan quietly left and returned to the cave residence on Baiyun Peak.

He entered the training room, meditated and practiced to restore the true energy in his body.

When the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was opened, he activated Kunpeng's true blood and the Void Escape Robe, actively sensing the spatial fluctuations in the void, consuming a lot of his true energy and spiritual consciousness.

But after this sensation, combined with the records on the map, he had a clear understanding of the loopholes in the protective formation of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

Hong Yi and his six companions broke all the restrictions he had marked, and the loopholes in the protective formation became much bigger.

Ten years later, when the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was reopened, Chen Yuan had at least a 30% chance of sneaking in.

It's a pity that he can't send foundation-building monks into the secret realm to break more restrictions, otherwise he would have a greater chance of success.

The protective formation of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is too powerful. Chen Yuan only dared to sneak in because of Kunpeng's true blood and the Void Escape Robe. If it were any other cultivator, they would be wiped out by the formation.

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Three days later, Chen Yuan's true energy was fully restored. He ordered the deer to call Zhuge Qi and asked for all the seven top-grade spirit stones that had been mined from the Yuyang Mountain mine in the past four years.

He returned the four remaining ordinary high-grade spiritual materials and more than a thousand high-grade spiritual stones to Zhuge Qi and asked him to put them back into the treasury.

Zhuge Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the spiritual materials and stones.

Every time Chen Yuan returned to the clan, he would take every penny he could get, which made him terrified.

When Zhuge Qi left, Chen Yuan took out a jade slip and instructed: "Ask an elder to take this slip and go to the White Crane Sect to visit Fellow Daoist He and bring back the things that Fellow Daoist He returned."

"Yes." Zhuge Qi responded, took the jade slip and put it away carefully.

There is a seal of spiritual consciousness left by Chen Yuan on the jade slip, which is extremely strong and can only be opened by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

After Zhuge Qi left, Chen Yuan meditated and practiced until half a month later, when Zhuge Qi came to visit again.

He clasped his fists and bowed, then handed a jade slip to Chen Yuan: "This is the letter that Senior He ordered Elder Zhu to bring back. Please have a look, Grand Elder."

Chen Yuan took the jade slip in his hand, spread out his spiritual sense, easily broke through the seal, probed into it, and began to read it carefully.

After a long while, he withdrew his consciousness and frowned slightly.

Inside the jade slip was a list of the treasures that would appear at the Tianxuan Auction in three months.

Zhuge Qi was very tactful. Seeing Chen Yuan fall into deep thought, he immediately said goodbye and left.

After he left, Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, then stood up and walked out of the cave. With a flash of light, he arrived at the top of Jiangzhen Peak and said loudly, "Master, are you in the house? Disciple is here to visit you."

The stone door of the cave slowly opened, Chen Yuan stepped in, walked through the passage, and came to the narrow stone hall.

Jin Luoheng sat upright on the jade bed. Chen Yuan clasped his fists and bowed: "Disciple greets Master."

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "What do you want to see me for?"

Chen Yuan said: "Disciple wants to ask Master a question, why do you practice?"

"Of course it's to achieve immortality." Jin Luoheng said without hesitation.

"What if we can't achieve immortality?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Then die on the road to seeking the truth." Jin Luoheng said with a smile.

Chen Yuan nodded: "Disciple understands."

He clasped his fists, bowed, and turned to leave.

Jin Luoheng didn't ask any more questions, but smiled as he watched Chen Yuan walk out of the cave.

Chen Yuan left Jiangzhen Peak and did not return to the cave. Instead, he came to the Alchemy Pavilion and entered a stone chamber in the deepest part of the Earth Fire Palace.

Two months later, Chen Yuan left the Alchemy Pavilion and returned to the cave.

He ordered Meihualu to invite Zhuge Qi and told him, "I will be away from the sect for a while. You will be in charge of the sect's affairs. If you are undecided, you can put it aside for the time being. I will be back in three months at the latest."

Zhuge Qi responded and bowed, "I just happen to have something to report to the Grand Elder."

"Dai Qing sent two wooden boxes to me through a spy and asked me to pass them on to the Grand Elder."

He took out two wooden boxes from the mustard seed ring and presented them with both hands.

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, took the wooden boxes in his hands, opened one of them, and inside was a golden fruit that was dark gold and covered with scales.

"Millennial dragon scale fruit? That's rare." Chen Yuan was a little surprised.

Dragon scale fruit is a relatively common body-tempering elixir. It can mature in three hundred years and can continue to grow for up to a thousand years. It is very rare.

He closed the lid of the box, put the wooden box into the mustard seed ring, and opened another wooden box, each of which contained a spiritual flower.

"Purple Jade Flower..." Chen Yuan smiled and put the wooden box away.

This is an 800-year-old body-tempering elixir. Qi Yuanshan wanted him to refine the purple jade flower into a pill.

It seems that I can’t leave the mountain gate today. Fortunately, the Tianxuan Auction will not start until a month later, so there is plenty of time.

Chen Yuan returned to the Alchemy Pavilion and spent half a month refining the purple jade flower into elixir.

Body-tempering elixirs are hard to find, but auxiliary medicines are easy to obtain. Purple Jade Flowers can be refined into Purple Jade Pills. The difficulty of refining is slightly higher than that of pills in the late stage of Core Formation, but in Chen Yuan's hands, the success rate of refining a pill is also 90%.

Thousand-year-old dragon scale fruit can be refined into dragon scale pills, which is more difficult than refining Nascent Soul early stage pills.

Chen Yuan's physical body had just broken through the ninth level bottleneck, so he was not in a hurry to refine the Dragon Scale Pill. He planned to wait until his alchemy skills improved and the success rate of the pill increased before refining it.

He gave the Purple Jade Pill to Zhuge Qi and ordered him to give it to Qi Yuanshan, then quietly left the sect and headed for Tianxuan Sect. (End of this chapter)