Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Gu Zu's words made the Nascent Soul cultivators, who were originally eager to try, become hesitant.

What he said made a lot of sense. The Nascent Soul monster inexplicably gained intelligence and then suddenly disappeared. If someone said there was nothing strange afterwards, no one would believe it.

This demonic realm is already strange and mysterious. If you underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, and are surrounded by monsters again, no one will be able to lend a helping hand.

Just as Daoxuan said, most of the elites of Donghua Continent's immortal cultivation world gathered here, including seven great cultivators. Outside the Demon Realm, no one else had the prestige to gather dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Chen Yuan nodded secretly in his heart, he agreed with Gu Zu's words very much.

But he was not worried about the mystery behind the monster, but he didn't want to go deeper into the demon realm.

Sect Leader Wei has escaped from danger. He only wants to exchange it for the Nine-bend Yellow Sand to repair the ancient teleportation array. As for what will happen to this Demon Realm in the future, he doesn't care at all.

If now was not the right time, he would have asked Gu Zu to fulfill his promise.

Chen Yuan is now hoping that the other six great monks will agree to Gu Zu’s proposal to withdraw from the Demon Realm first and make long-term plans.

But he naturally wouldn't take the lead at a time like this. He just watched quietly by the side without saying a word.

The same was true for the other Nascent Soul cultivators. They all knew that although Gu Zu seemed to be discussing with all the cultivators present, he was actually only talking to six other great cultivators, and no one would want to be embarrassed.

But at this moment, a middle-aged cultivator stepped out from the crowd, clasped his fists and bowed, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Gu is right. The whereabouts of the Nascent Soul monster are mysterious, and there must be something strange behind it."

"However, the source of the demonic energy is growing stronger and stronger, and the demonic energy is becoming more and more dense day by day. If this continues, the two ancient formations will not be able to hold out for a few years before being broken by the demonic energy."

"As the saying goes, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. No matter what, we must eliminate the source of the evil energy as soon as possible so that Donghua Continent can be saved."

Chen Yuan turned around and saw that this person was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul. He asked Xuan Yuanzi beside him via voice transmission: "Master, who is this fellow Taoist?"

Xuan Yuanzi replied, "This is Elder Zhou of the Tianxuan Sect, the number one formation master of Donghua Continent. The two ancient formations were set up by him."

Chen Yuan suddenly realized. No wonder this person dared to refute Gu Zu at this time. Not only was he from the same sect as Gu Zu, his status was no less than that of a great monk.

Even when it comes to matters in the Demon Realm, he is more convincing than the great monk.

As soon as Elder Zhou finished speaking, Sect Master Hong of the Yinhai Sect said, "Hong agrees with Daoist Fellow Zhou's proposal. Previously, when we encountered monsters, we were just surrounded. We even managed to let Elder Gu and four Daoists escape successfully."

"Now that seven great monks have gathered together, and there are more than fifty fellow monks, we should make a concerted effort to crush the Demon Realm!"

Gu Zu frowned and said, "But the monster seems to have intelligence and disappeared inexplicably. We must be on guard..."

Long Pokong was a little impatient: "Brother Gu, are you afraid? Brother Zhou from your sect has made it very clear that the source of the evil spirit must be eliminated as soon as possible. Every night, the monster will be stronger than before. No matter what's wrong with the monster, there's no way to escape it!"

"If those monsters were really that powerful, they would have killed all of us trapped here long ago instead of letting us gather together. Isn't that asking for trouble?"

Gu Zu narrowed his eyes and kept silent, but a hint of displeasure flashed across his face.

Daoxuan said, "Elder Gu's words are also mature and prudent, but Fellow Daoists Long, Hong, and Zhou also have a point. The Demon Realm must be wiped out, otherwise Donghuazhou will become a wasteland, and the inheritance of each sect will be cut off."

"The source of the demonic energy is just a hundred miles away. No matter where those Nascent Soul monsters are now or what they are hiding, we must not fail at the first sign of trouble."

"Moreover, we, the seven great monks, have gathered together. It is difficult to gather so many multi-infant monks in the entire Donghua Continent. Let's eliminate this disaster today."

Long Pokong laughed loudly: "Great! It's rare for an old Taoist to have a heroic day."

Sect Master Hong bowed and said, "Hong is willing to join hands with fellow Taoists to clear away the evil spirit!"

Yan Zhang smiled slightly: "Yan has no objection either."

Chu Xiao and Sect Master Wei also echoed the words one after another, and everyone's eyes fell on Gu Zu.

Gu Zu said calmly: "I am just reminding you fellow Taoists to be careful of monsters. Since the master has made a decision, I will obey it without hesitation."

The seven great monks were unanimous in their opinion, so naturally the other Nascent Soul monks would have no objections.

The leaders of Zhiyuan Sect, Guhun Sect, and Hehuan Sect spoke in agreement one after another. They were only in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, but they were the leaders of the three major sects after all, and their status was only second to the seven great cultivators.

The elders from the nine major sects followed closely behind, and the leaders and elders from other sects as well as a group of independent cultivators also had no objections.

Chen Yuan was a little disappointed, but with seven great monks present, they obviously would not be frightened by the monster's strange behavior. This result was also within his expectations.

He had no choice but to hide his abilities as much as possible. Anyway, there was a great monk in front of him, so he just needed to continue doing the hard labor and eliminate the low-level monsters.

After everyone agreed, they did not head to the source of the evil spirit immediately, but stayed on the mountain to rest for a night, meditating and practicing to restore their true energy.

The spiritual energy was thin in the depths of the Demon Realm, but the seven great monks brought a lot of top-grade spiritual stones, and they distributed them all without any stinginess. After one night, everyone's true energy was restored.

Chen Yuan got three top-grade spirit stones, but his true essence was pure and strong, and he didn't consume much, so he didn't use any of the spirit stones and kept them all.

Because the mountain was infected by demonic energy and was extremely hard, people had no time to open caves, so they simply meditated on the top of the mountain, only a few feet apart.

More than fifty Nascent Soul cultivators, like the Qi Refining cultivators, gathered together to meditate and practice. It looked quite funny, but no one smiled.

Everyone knew that the source of the demonic energy was not so easy to wipe out, otherwise the Demon Realm would not have become a major concern for the Donghua Continent's immortal cultivation world. Those inexplicably disappeared Nascent Soul monsters might be waiting for them in the deepest part of the Demon Realm, and a fierce battle was likely to follow.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Yuan, Xuan Yuanzi, Master Shen, and Master Tang Jiu agreed to advance and retreat together and take care of each other.

The next day, the sky was still extremely dark, and a gray-black fog shrouded the Demon Realm.

Elder Zhou, Mu Zhaoming and two other formation grandmasters put away the formation plates and flags. They followed the seven great monks and headed towards the source of the demonic energy.

After the low-level monsters that were trapped outside the formation yesterday were dispersed, they once again surged up from all directions.

Chen Yuan, Xiao Mingyuan and Mo Daoyu were at the forefront, and other early Nascent Soul cultivators also took action one after another. The seven great cultivators and middle Nascent Soul cultivators were gathering their strength, waiting to deal with the Nascent Soul monsters.

Low-level monsters are hard to kill, but not difficult to deal with. However, Chen Yuan is still extremely vigilant, guarding against sudden attacks from Nascent Soul monsters.

He learned from Master Shen that their group had also reached the depths of the Demon Realm while killing low-level monsters.

Suddenly, many Nascent Soul monsters attacked, and in a hurry, three Nascent Soul cultivators died on the spot.

If the four great monks had not reacted quickly and acted in time, the formation would have been broken up.

Young Master Tang Jiu, Master Shen and Xuan Yuanzi were not far behind Chen Yuan, ready to lend a helping hand at any time.

Xuan Yuanzi met Chen Yuan the latest, but he was most concerned about his safety and kept glancing at him from time to time.

But along the way, the group did not encounter any Nascent Soul monsters. No matter how many low-level monsters there were, they could not stop the pace of these Nascent Soul monks.

In less than an hour, everyone escaped a hundred miles away, and the evil energy surrounding them had turned pitch black.

Chen Yuan casually crushed the throat of a seventh-level monster with wings and horns on a leopard head, took out the magic core from its body, put it into a mustard seed ring, and turned to deal with another ape-like seventh-level monster.

As the group continued to go deeper, the monsters became stronger and stronger, and there were more and more level seven monsters. Chen Yuan no longer dealt with monsters below level six, and concentrated on collecting level seven magic cores.

The magic cores in these monsters' bodies are condensed from pure true demonic energy and are of better quality than the magic cores of the monsters in the magic source of Jueling Island.

Chen Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to collect more magic cores, and then sell them to magic cultivators after returning to Jiuxianzhou. The value of these cores would be almost the same as that of top-grade spirit stones.

As for the materials on the monster, Chen Yuan didn't care. Instead, other cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage were quite interested in it.

Monster materials can also be used to refine magic weapons, but they must first be refined using weapon-refining techniques to remove the evil spirit, so they are slightly inferior to monster materials.

But the advantage is that there are a large number of monsters, but high-level monster materials are not so easy to obtain.

Especially the seventh-level monsters, most of them have joined the transformed demon king. Even for a Nascent Soul cultivator, it will take a lot of effort to kill one or two of them.

Gradually, the atmosphere became relaxed, and many Nascent Soul cultivators smiled, especially the demon cultivators.

Along the way, they didn't encounter any danger at all. They just collected magic core materials on a large scale, and everyone gained a lot.

Even though they knew there were dozens of Nascent Soul monsters hiding somewhere, they were not too worried.

With so many Nascent Soul cultivators working together, even if there are hundreds of Nascent Soul monsters, they can be easily wiped out.

Besides, monsters are just monsters after all, and they are no match for cultivators.

But Chen Yuan was still as cautious as ever, keeping his spiritual awareness spread out at all times, paying attention to the movements in front, and getting closer to Xuan Yuanzi and others. If anything unexpected happened, he could immediately retreat back into the crowd.

Mo Daoyu was very arrogant. He went deep into the monsters alone, hundreds of feet away from everyone else. He used his magic arms and bloody claws to tear the monsters apart alive, with great pleasure, and obtained the most magic cores.

If it were placed in the outside world, a distance of hundreds of feet could be reached in an instant for a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But this is in the Demon Realm, blocked by demonic energy, spiritual consciousness is suppressed, and the flying speed is greatly reduced. It takes at least three breaths to escape a hundred feet, and demon cultivators are no exception.

Previously, the four great monks had a bloody battle with monsters, and the teleportation distance was compressed at least half.

What Mo Daoyu did was actually quite reckless.

But he was also paving the way for everyone, so naturally no one objected. Only Long Pokong scolded him and told him to be careful.

Mo Daoyu did not dare to disobey Long Pokong's order and took the initiative to retreat dozens of feet. However, he was still reluctant to give up the magic core he had obtained, so he killed a large number of low-level monsters.

After escaping for several miles, Mo Daoyu turned to look at Mu Zhaoming: "Brother Mu, what does the source of the evil energy look like? Why haven't we arrived yet after walking for such a long time? Could it be that you and Brother Zhou miscalculated the direction?"

Mu Zhaoming said calmly: "Don't worry, Junior Brother. When you see the source of the evil spirit, you will know it naturally."

Mo Daoyu wanted to ask more, but Long Pokong glared at him. He turned back angrily and continued to kill the monsters, tearing three level seven magic wolves in half in a row.

After running for several miles, Mo Daoyu suddenly stopped, and everyone else slowed down their speed as well.

Looking past the monster, at a distance, at the top of a mountain, dark clouds were pressing down and slowly spinning, forming a vortex. Wisps of dark demonic energy were flying out of it, spreading between heaven and earth.

Without Elder Zhou and Mu Zhaoming, the two great formation masters, speaking, everyone understood that this was the source of the demonic energy. (End of this chapter)