Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chen Yuan slowly straightened up and stared at the three golden, wrinkled apricots in the bronze mirror, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

As soon as Elder Zhang finished speaking, a hoarse voice sounded: "I am willing to give you two Miraculous Thought Pills, which can protect your soul from the invasion of the inner demon when you are going through the inner demon calamity."

Elder Zhang nodded slightly: "The Qi Nian Dan does meet the seller's requirements, but are there any Taoist friends who would like to make an offer?"

At this time, another dry voice was heard: "I have a bottle of Heavenly Fire Liquid in my hand, which can neutralize the Yin Fire Tribulation."

"There is also a piece of Wind and Thunder Crystal, which can weaken the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation. They are both rare spiritual objects that can help to form an infant. I am willing to exchange them for these three Vajra Apricots."

Elder Zhang pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "The seller once said that treasures that can resist heavenly thunder tribulations should be selected first. The Wind and Thunder Crystal can only weaken the heavenly thunder tribulations a little bit, and the effect can only be said to be better than nothing."

"As for the Skyfire Liquid, it is not what the seller needs. I am afraid these two things are not enough."

The dry voice was silent for a moment, then it sounded again: "I will exchange the Sky Fire Liquid for a Wind and Thunder Crystal, a total of two Wind and Thunder Crystals, in exchange for these three King Kong Apricots."

Elder Zhang's eyes lit up: "Two pieces of wind and lightning crystals can weaken the heavenly thunder tribulation by two points, which barely meets the seller's requirements."

The dry voice fell silent again. Elder Zhang looked around and said loudly, "Are there any other Taoist friends who want to bid? The thousand-year-old spiritual herbs for tempering the body are rare, and the golden apricot is one of the most effective spiritual herbs for tempering the body. It is also two thousand years old, which is not much different from the three thousand year-old spiritual herbs."

"The seller only wants two spiritual objects for forming a baby. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that should not be missed..."

He described these three diamond apricots as rare as heaven and earth, but still no third person made a bid.

The thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs are indeed precious. If it were in ancient times when physical cultivation was popular, it would be impossible to exchange these three Vajra Apricots without ten three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

But in today's world of immortal cultivation, physical cultivation is declining, and the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs for tempering the body, although precious, have become useless.

There is no need for a practitioner of Dharma to strengthen his physical body. Even if he wants to temper his physical body, he cannot withstand the overbearing medicinal power of Vajra Apricot.

The eight hundred year old body-tempering spiritual herbs are more sought after than the thousand year old body-tempering spiritual herbs, because Jindan cultivators must strengthen their bodies in order to survive the Yin Fire Tribulation.

The only ones who need thousand-year-old spiritual herbs to temper the body are those who have a Nascent Soul body.

And in the entire Donghua Continent, there are only two Nascent Soul cultivators. No, now there are three.

Elder Zhang's gaze paused for a moment on thatched hut No. 27 before moving away. This thatched hut was where Chen Yuan was.

Others don’t know which Nascent Soul cultivator is sitting in these thatched huts, but for the Tianxuan Sect, which controls the secret space and the large formation, it is not a difficult task.

Seeing that no third person made an offer, Chen Yuan finally spoke up: "I have a pill in my hand, which can be considered a spiritual item for forming an infant, but its effect is somewhat special. I wonder if it can meet the seller's requirements."

After being transformed by the bronze mirror formation, his voice became extremely sharp, like the sharp claws of a monster scratching an iron sword, which was very unpleasant to hear.

Elder Zhang smiled and said, "What kind of elixir do you have? I can make a judgment."

"Thunder Pill." Chen Yuan spoke slowly.

Elder Zhang's expression changed slightly: "Is the Tribulation Thunder Pill you are talking about made from the thousand-year-old thunder?"

Chen Yuan was a little surprised: "Yes, it is this pill."

Only the ten major sects in Jiuxianzhou can refine the Tribulation Thunder Pill. Ordinary cultivators have never heard of it. He didn't expect that Elder Zhang also knew about this pill, so he didn't need to bother explaining it.

Elder Zhang frowned slightly when he heard this, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, as if he was in a dilemma: "The Millennium Thunder Pill has been extinct for tens of thousands of years, and the Tribulation Thunder Pill has also long been extinct."

"As far as I know, the last Tribulation Thunder Pill appeared in the Secret Realm of Jilei Mountain 8,400 years ago. It is extremely old. Could you please take out the pill and let me check it?"

This request was reasonable. Chen Yuan's mind moved, and he took out a jade bottle from the space in his body, put it in a storage bag prepared in advance, and threw it towards the bronze mirror.

The storage bag fell on the mirror, and a slight spatial fluctuation was transmitted. The mirror rippled like water waves, and the storage bag slowly merged into it, appeared outside the thatched hut, and fell onto the stone platform.

Elder Zhang took the storage bag, took out the jade bottle, tilted it slightly, and poured out a blue pill surrounded by several lightning patterns.

Elder Zhang pondered for a moment, then cast a spell on the pill.

Crack!

Suddenly, tiny silver electric lights appeared on the blue pill. Elder Zhang's eyes lit up, and he cast several spells in succession. The blue pill's light flowed and changed continuously.

After a long time, Elder Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, put the blue pill back into the jade bottle, and put it into the storage bag.

But he did not return the storage bag to Chen Yuan. Instead, he clasped his fists and bowed to the person in front of him, saying, "This pill meets the seller's requirements, but it has a lot of drawbacks. I need to inform the seller and ask him to make a decision. Please wait for a moment, fellow Taoist."

As he spoke, he took out a sound transmission talisman, put it to his lips, said a few words silently, raised his hand and threw it. The sound transmission talisman turned into a stream of light, flew into the sky, and disappeared in the bronze mirror on the desk.

After a while, another sound transmission note flew back. Elder Zhang listened attentively and nodded slightly: "The seller has made a decision. These three diamond apricots belong to fellow Taoist No. 27!"

After saying that, he raised his sleeve and flicked the wooden box containing the King Kong Apricots, closed it again, put it into the storage bag, threw it into the air, and flew towards thatched hut No. 27.

At this moment, that hoarse voice sounded, with a hint of displeasure: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, may I ask what the effect of this Tribulation Thunder Pill is, and why it is better than my Miraculous Thought Pill?"

Elder Zhang frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you not believe in my eyesight?"

The hoarse voice said calmly: "I dare not, but since I have participated in the bidding, I must lose with a sincere heart."

That dry voice also sounded: "I also want to know what kind of treasure this Tribulation Thunder Pill is. Judging from its name, it should be related to the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation."

"The Wind and Thunder Crystal is already a first-class spiritual object for resisting the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation. Could it be that this pill can weaken the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation even more than the Wind and Thunder Crystal?"

Elder Zhang said calmly: "This one Tribulation Thunder Pill can weaken the power of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation by 30%!"

"Impossible!" a hoarse voice blurted out.

"Weaken the power of the heavenly thunder by 30%? Are you serious?" The dry voice was also very surprised.

There was also a Nascent Soul cultivator who did not participate in the bidding and questioned: "If this pill really has such an effect, why would it be used to exchange for a mere three Vajra Apricots?"

"Daoyou once said that this Tribulation Thunder Pill has a lot of drawbacks. I wonder what those drawbacks are?"

"It can weaken the power of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation by 30%, so what's the harm in having some drawbacks?"

Seeing that everyone was beginning to argue, Elder Zhang explained, "The laws of nature are constant. After a person takes the Tribulation Thunder Pill and forms a Nascent Soul, his strength will be lower than that of a cultivator of the same level, and he will remain at the early stage of the Nascent Soul for the rest of his life, and it will be difficult for him to make any further progress in his cultivation."

After hearing this, everyone quieted down.

The Tribulation Thunder Pill can only weaken the power of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation by 30%, but its drawbacks are so serious that if there is even a glimmer of hope of forming a fetus through one's own strength, I'm afraid one would not take this pill.

But no matter how weak a Nascent Soul cultivator is, he is still a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Immediately, a hoarse voice sounded: "I happen to have a thousand-year-old spiritual herb for tempering the body. Can you give me a Tribulation Thunder Pill in exchange?"

"If you feel that one thousand-year-old spiritual herb is not enough, I can also take out top-grade spiritual stones and thousand-year-old spiritual herbs."

Then another stiff voice came out: "May I ask if the person in thatched hut No. 27 is Fellow Daoist Xiao from Jiangxian Mountain, Fellow Daoist Mo from Demon Yuan Palace, or Fellow Daoist Chen from Lingyun Sect?"

"I also want to exchange for a Tribulation Thunder Pill. Please feel free to set the conditions. I will definitely satisfy you!"

Elder Zhang frowned and said, "My two Taoist friends, please wait. Private transactions are strictly prohibited at the auction, and you are not allowed to inquire about the identities of your fellow Taoists. If you two continue, don't blame me for asking you to leave the secret realm!"

After these words were spoken, the secret realm finally became quiet.

But everyone is guessing who is in hut number 27.

The world of immortal cultivation in Donghua Continent is large, but also small. There are not many secrets among Nascent Soul cultivators.

In the entire Donghua Continent, there are only three physical cultivators. Xiao Mingyuan and Mo Tianming have been famous for a long time. Lingyun Sect's new supreme elder Chen Yuan, who cut off Taoist Du Kun's arm, has also become famous.

Logically speaking, a long-lost elixir like the Tribulation Thunder Pill should only be available from Xiao Mingyuan or Mo Tianming. However, Chen Yuan seems to be collecting spiritual materials everywhere and seems to be extremely wealthy, so it is not impossible.

But no matter who this person is, they can only guess in their hearts and wait until the auction is over to verify it.

On the stone platform, Elder Zhang took out the next item for auction: "The fiftieth treasure, two 1,300-year-old Cang Yuan fruits..."

In thatched hut No. 27, a storage bag flew out from the bronze mirror and landed on the jade table.

Chen Yuan probed into it with his spiritual sense, took out the wooden box, opened it, and examined it carefully. Three wrinkled diamond apricots, but inside they were a huge and pure spiritual energy, exuding a hint of violent energy.

Jing Shuhan once gave Chen Yuan an eight-hundred-year-old King Kong Apricot, which was similar to these three, except that the gold color on the surface was much deeper and fuller, and the spiritual energy it contained was much thinner.

The older the King Kong Apricot is, the lighter the golden color becomes and the drier the surface becomes.

The legendary King Kong Apricot, which has been growing for ten thousand years, is just a dried apricot. It is inconspicuous and there is nothing special about it. Only the monks who have reached the state of spiritual transformation can see the pure spiritual energy contained in it.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, closed the wooden box again, affixed the spirit-sealing talisman on it, and put it into the space inside his body.

These three diamond apricots are his primary goal in participating in the Tianxuan auction this time.

Thousand-year-old spiritual herbs are hard to find, and thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs are even rarer. No sect will cultivate them specifically.

After getting the list of treasures for the auction from Master He, Chen Yuan took a fancy to the King Kong Apricot.

He didn't have any spiritual object that could form a baby, but he had a thousand-year-old thunder plant, which he refined into a thunder pill. Its effect on weakening the heavenly thunder tribulation was unmatched by any other spiritual object that could form a baby - but it also had disadvantages.

However, Chen Yuan planned to leave this thousand-year-old thunder plant to Jin Luoheng. If he couldn't form a baby on his own, he would use the Thunder Pill as a trick.

Although after taking the Tribulation Thunder Pill, one can no longer break through the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, but as long as one can form a Nascent Soul, the life span can be increased by 500 years. Moreover, even the weakest Nascent Soul cultivator is far superior to a Core Formation cultivator.

But these three 2,000-year-old diamond apricots are truly hard to come by.

After some hesitation, Chen Yuan went to Jiangzhen Peak to ask Jin Luoheng what he thought.

He got the answer. Jin Luoheng wanted to live forever, but since he couldn't, he would rather die.

Chen Yuan saw Jin Luoheng's firm determination to pursue the Tao and realized that the Tribulation Thunder Pill was no longer useful to him.

Chen Yuan felt relieved and entered the Alchemy Pavilion, where he refined the Tribulation Thunder Pill.

The Tribulation Thunder Pill is very special. One furnace of spiritual herbs can only produce one pill. There is no high or low success rate, only success or failure.

It may be that the effect of this pill is too extraordinary and cannot be tolerated by the laws of nature.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan's alchemy skills were very advanced, and his success rate in refining Nascent Soul early stage pills was 50%. He successfully refined the Tribulation Thunder Pill.

Among the spiritual medicines needed for the Tribulation Thunder Pill, except for the thousand-year-old thunder herb which is extremely rare, the other three auxiliary medicines are eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, which are relatively common. Chen Yuan had already collected them.

After all, this is just a kind of elixir between the Jindan stage and the Yuanying stage, and the difficulty of refining is not too high.

Chen Yuan was also worried that the seller of King Kong Apricot would refuse the Thunder Pill, but now it seems that not everyone's Taoism is as firm as Jin Luoheng's.

As long as he can form a baby, that person doesn't mind the disadvantages of the Thunder Pill.

There are obviously quite a few people like this. The two monks who asked him to buy the Thunder Pill should have the same idea.

There are too many cultivators in this world who are unable to form a Nascent Soul by their own strength, but a Nascent Soul cultivator can decide the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of a sect.

The Pingdu Sect of the Si Kingdom was where the lineage of Nascent Soul cultivators was cut off and it was destroyed in one day.

Apart from the nine major sects in Donghua Continent, there are very few sects that have been passed down for more than two thousand years, and there are even fewer that can be passed down for five thousand years or even ten thousand years.

Most of the destroyed sects were due to the lack of successors and the lack of protection from Nascent Soul cultivators.

A pill of Tribulation Thunder Pill can change your destiny.

……

Starting with the King Kong Apricot, the treasures that Elder Zhang took out were much more precious than before. They were either thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, or top-grade spiritual materials, and there were also whole bottles of Nascent Soul stage elixirs that were auctioned off, which attracted a group of Nascent Soul cultivators to compete in bidding, completely igniting the atmosphere of the Tianxuan Auction.

Chen Yuan just watched quietly and did not participate.

As Elder Zhang took out the sixty-fifth treasure, he finally perked up.

"The sixty-fifth treasure is the wood-attributed top-grade spiritual material Tianluo Wood. It is one foot and three inches long and extremely tough. It can be used as the main material for refining high-level magic weapons. The seller wants to exchange it for the gold-attributed top-grade spiritual material Five Elements Iron, or the earth-attributed top-grade spiritual material Nine-bend Yellow Sand!"

The Tianluo wood that he sent to the auction finally appeared in front of a group of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Soon someone made an offer: "I have a piece of five-element iron weighing 74.6 jin, and I'm willing to exchange it for this piece of Tianluo wood!"

Elder Zhang was not surprised. Tianluo Wood had been included in the list of auction treasures four years ago and was known to the Nascent Soul cultivators of various sects.

If anyone really wants to exchange for this spiritual wood, he will definitely prepare the Five Elements Iron or Nine-Bend Yellow Sand.

He looked around and said loudly, "Daoist from thatched cottage No. 8, take out a piece of Five Elements Iron. Are there any other Daoists who would like to bid?"

He said it three times in a row, but no one responded. Finally, he said, "Deal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a storage bag fell from the sky.

Elder Zhang took the storage bag and took out a walnut-sized, colorful iron block from it. His hand sank slightly.

The density of the Five Elements Iron is extremely high. A walnut the size of one weighs seventy-four kilograms.

Elder Zhang did the same thing as he did with all the treasures before, chanting some spells and examining them carefully before he put away the piece of Five Elements Iron, put the Tianluo Wood into his storage bag, raised his hand and threw it into the sky.

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Repairing the ancient teleportation array required two kinds of top-grade spiritual materials, and the Five Elements Iron had already been found.

Unfortunately, what this person took out was not the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand. Compared with the Five Elements Iron, the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand is even more precious and rarer. The last time it appeared in the world was two thousand four hundred years ago.

The sixty-sixth treasure was a high-level magical weapon that could be exchanged for thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and Nascent Soul stage elixirs, which attracted the scramble of more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators.

But in Chen Yuan's opinion, this high-level magic weapon is quite mediocre. Not to mention compared with the Void Escape Robe, it is much inferior to the Chongxuan Peak.

In the end, this high-level magic weapon was bought at the astonishing price of a bottle of Nascent Soul stage elixir and ten thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan was astonished. He guessed that the buyer might have already cultivated to the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, but had been unable to break through the bottleneck of the middle stage. The elixirs were no longer useful to him, so he took out so many elixirs and spiritual herbs in exchange for a high-level magic weapon.

The sixty-seventh treasure, Elder Zhang took out the Flowing Light Fire: "...The Flowing Light Fire, a top-grade spiritual material with fire attributes, can burn everything. It can be used as the main material for refining high-level magic weapons. The seller wants to exchange it for the top-grade spiritual material with earth attributes, Nine-bend Yellow Sand!"

On the stone platform, inside the transparent jade, a ball of orange flame burned quietly, but no one made a bid.

Chen Yuan's heart sank. Elder Zhang said, "The Flowing Light Fire has not appeared in the world for thousands of years. It is full of spirituality. The magic weapon refined from it has the potential to be promoted to a top-level magic weapon. This opportunity cannot be missed. Are there any Taoist friends who would like to make an offer?"

He waited for a while, but still no one made a bid.

Chen Yuan sighed softly. The Nine-bend Yellow Sand and the Flowing Light Fire were both full of spirituality. The magic weapon refined from it had the potential to be promoted to a top-level magic weapon. It had not appeared in the world for thousands of years.

In Jiuxianzhou, this kind of top-grade spiritual material is relatively common, but in Donghuazhou it is extremely precious.

The spiritual energy in Donghua Continent is thin, and most of the top-quality spiritual materials produced are not spiritual enough, similar to the Flame Li Wood. It can be used to refine high-level magic weapons, but it is powerless to go any further.

The Flowing Fire has become extinct in Donghua Continent. This ball of Flowing Fire was brought by Chen Yuan from Jiuxian Continent.

Perhaps the Nine-Curve Yellow Sand, like the Flowing Fire, had become extinct in Donghua Continent, and he would never be able to gather the materials to repair the ancient teleportation array.

Suddenly, a deep voice sounded: "I would like to exchange this ball of flowing fire. Does the seller have any other conditions?"

Elder Zhang shook his head: "The seller only has one condition, which is the Nine Bends of Yellow Sand."

A deep voice sighed heavily: "What a pity..."

In the thatched hut No. 27, Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, took out a sound transmission talisman, put it to his lips, said a few words silently, and then threw it into the bronze mirror.

The mirror surface rippled, and the sound transmission note flew out of the thatched hut and landed in Elder Zhang's hands.

A hint of surprise flashed across Elder Zhang's eyes. He took the sound transmission note and listened attentively.

His face was even more surprised, he looked up and said, "The seller agreed to bid for it with top-grade spiritual materials. Fellow Daoists who are interested in this ball of flowing fire can make an offer." (End of this chapter)