Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Winter comes and summer goes, spring and autumn change, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

On this day, in the underground fire room, Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes and took back his true energy.

The alchemy formation dimmed, and the surging earth fire quietly fell back into the deep well in the middle of the formation. The heat waves in the stone chamber slowly weakened.

The alchemy furnace trembled slightly and fell to the ground.

Chen Yuan pointed his fingers together, the lid of the furnace was lifted, and seven golden pills the size of longan flew out, filled with spiritual energy.

The pills spun in the air, formed a line, and fell into a jade bottle on the ground.

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he murmured: "Three years of hard work, today I finally accomplished it..."

He raised his sleeve and put the alchemy furnace and jade bottle into the mustard seed ring, then slowly stood up.

Chen Yuan obtained two level-10 demon pills, five level-9 demon pills, and nine level-8 demon pills from the Golden-winged Eagle clan's treasure house, plus the five demon pills from Jin Feng, the blond old man, Jin Luo and others, for a total of twenty-one.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators gave him a total of ten eighth-level demon pills. Excluding the three tenth-level demon pills, there were a total of twenty-eight pills, all of which had been refined into demon Yuan Pills by Chen Yuan.

He originally only needed to refine an eighth-level demon essence pill, but the Tianji Sect's earth fire vein was gentle and pure, which could save a lot of true essence, so Chen Yuan simply refined a ninth-level demon essence pill as well.

Each batch of pills takes one month to refine, and all of them can be completed in less than three years.

But every time Chen Yuan finished refining a batch of pills, he had to leave Tianji Island thousands of miles away, find a deserted island to draw starlight into his body, and then restore the true energy in his body, which took a lot of time.

With the introduction of Zhenren Ningbi, he also met with Zhenren Peng, the grand master of alchemy of Tianji Sect.

Master Peng is one of the two Nascent Soul cultivators of the Tianji Sect who stayed behind on Tianji Island. The other one is a great master of weapon refining.

Although these two are Nascent Soul cultivators, they are immersed in all kinds of cultivation arts and their strength is mediocre. Their status is only comparable to that of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. They usually stay in the sect to refine weapons and elixirs and never take any risks.

Master Peng's alchemy skills are not as good as Chen Yuan's, but he was able to become a grand master of alchemy, so he must have his own unique qualities.

A stone from another mountain can be used to polish a jade. The two discussed the art of alchemy, and Chen Yuan gained a lot.

In addition, Chen Yuan needed a large amount of three hundred and five hundred year old spiritual herbs to refine twenty-eight furnaces of demon Yuan Dan. Chen Yuan went to the market several times to buy spiritual herbs, which also consumed a lot of time.

He could have asked the Tianji Sect to provide these spiritual herbs, but since it was related to the recipe of the Yaoyuan Pill, Chen Yuan decided to collect them himself for the sake of caution.

Anyway, they are just some low-level spiritual herbs and won’t require many spirit stones.

The hard work of these three years has not been in vain. Chen Yuan's alchemy skills, which were already approaching a bottleneck, finally reached a higher level when he refined the eighteenth batch of pills. The success rate of refining pills for the early Nascent Soul stage reached 80%.

As usual, Chen Yuan started with the easy ones and then moved on to the difficult ones, first refining the eighth-level Yaoyuan Pill and then refining the ninth-level Yaoyuan Pill.

With the improvement of alchemy skills, the success rate of the last eight furnaces of ninth-level Yaoyuan Pills reached 70%. After all of them were refined, a total of 56 pills were obtained.

Chen Yuan kept the last three level-ten demon pills.

With his current alchemy skills, the success rate of refining the tenth-level Yaoyuan Pill is only 60%.

Every level ten demon pill is extremely precious and cannot be wasted in the slightest.

Chen Yuan had to wait until his cultivation broke through the bottleneck of the late stage and his alchemy skills were improved again before he could start refining the tenth-level Yaoyuan Pill.

However, the eight hundred year old spiritual herbs needed for these three furnaces of demon essence pills can be collected first...

As his mind turned, Chen Yuan raised his sleeve and flicked it, putting away the formation he had set up. Then he took out the token, injected his true energy into it, and shook it slightly.

A flash of light appeared on the two heavy stone doors of the underground fire room, and they slowly opened with a dull sound.

The rolling heat waves swept out and met the cold air, making a hissing sound and stirring up a cloud of mist.

Chen Yuan stepped out, his clothes dry, and the stone door slowly closed behind him.

The underground passage was not long, and Chen Yuan soon reached the end, where there was another tightly closed stone door.

The young cultivator who was only at the initial stage of foundation building was on duty here, sitting cross-legged on a cushion, meditating and practicing.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly and coughed twice, which sounded like a bolt from the blue to the young monk.

He quickly opened his eyes, stood up, and bowed deeply: "Please wait for a moment, senior, I will open the door..."

As he spoke, he stroked the storage bag at his waist, took out a token, and opened the stone door behind him.

In the past three years, Chen Yuan would leave every month and return the next day. The young monk had become accustomed to it.

Chen Yuan returned the Earth Fire Room token to him and said gently, "I have used up all the spiritual herbs in my hand. Please invite Taoist Ningbi to come."

The young cultivator was stunned for a moment, then took the token with both hands, with a look of reluctance on his face: "I will report this to Grandmaster Ningbi..."

Hongfeng Cliff is located in a remote area, and few people come here except Elder Peng.

The young monk is on duty here, and his life is quite hard.

When Chen Yuan went out, he would be rewarded with a few medium-grade spirit stones every now and then, which brought him a lot of benefits.

Now that Chen Yuan has finished refining the elixir, he feels very reluctant, but he also knows that he cannot influence the Nascent Soul cultivator's thoughts, so he can only bury his regrets deep in his heart.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "God rewards hard work. No matter how talented you are, if you work harder, your cultivation will improve."

"My friend, you should practice diligently and not slack off. If an opportunity comes in the future, you will be able to seize it."

The young monk looked solemn and bowed with his fists clasped together: "I will definitely keep in mind the teachings of my predecessors."

The two walked out of the stone gate and came to the three-story building.

The young monk apologized, walked out of the door, rode on a beam of light, and flew away.

Chen Yuan looked at his back, recalling his own experience of practicing alchemy in the Huanyue Market. He was quite emotional, sighed inwardly, and shook his head.

He saw his own shadow in this disciple of Tianji Sect. Although he also had poor aptitude, his determination to practice Taoism was extremely firm and he practiced diligently.

However, the young cultivator did not have such a heaven-defying opportunity as Yu Jue, so he could only practice hard at Red Maple Cliff, improving his cultivation bit by bit.

Chen Yuan was inspired and bestowed a few medium-grade spirit stones from time to time. Although it was just a drop in the bucket for him, it was of great help to the young cultivator's cultivation.

He waited in the small building for a quarter of an hour, and the young monk flew back, followed by Master Ningbi.

The two of them fell into the light of escape, and True Man Ningbi stepped forward and bowed: "I respectfully welcome you out of retreat."

Chen Yuan clasped his fists in return and said with a smile, "Thank you for taking this trip, Taoist friend. I wonder where Taoist friend Tianji is now?"

True Man Ningbi said, "The head brother is practicing in the cave, fellow Taoist, please follow me."

She raised her hand and waved, and the two of them rode on the light and disappeared into the horizon under the reluctant gaze of the young monk.

In the Tianji Mountains, the two men's escape speed was not very fast. After about a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived outside Tianjizi's cave and left their escape light behind.

When the blue-haired lion saw the two men coming, he immediately went into the mansion to report. After a moment, he came out again, knelt on the ground, and invited the two men in.

Chen Yuan and Zhenren Ningbi walked into the cave, passed through the narrow passage, and came to the stone hall.

Tianjizi stood up from behind the red sandalwood jade table to greet him. The two exchanged a few pleasantries and sat down again. Chen Yuan raised his sleeves and flicked six jade bottles on the table. He smiled and said, "In each bottle, there are seven Yuanying early stage pills. Daoist friend, please take a look."

Tianjizi's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he also raised his sleeves and flicked them. The spiritual wooden corks on the six jade bottles were all opened, and six rows of pills flew out. The spiritual energy was dense and filled the stone hall.

Tianjizi glanced at it, nodded slightly, and waved his sleeve again. The pill fell back into the jade bottle and the stopper was closed again.

He smiled slightly: "The spiritual energy is pure, it is indeed a top-notch cultivation elixir, and the number is also correct. Daoist friend, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "It is not difficult to refine the elixir, but the spiritual herbs are hard to come by, so it took quite a while."

"The six bottles of elixirs that Chen promised are all here. I still need to deliver the elixirs to fellow Taoists Qingliu and Ningbing, so I'll take my leave now."

After saying this, he clasped his fists, bowed, and was about to stand up and leave.

Tianjizi raised his hand slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist, please stay. I have something else to discuss with you."

Chen Yuan paused and looked at Tianjizi: "Fellow Daoist, please speak."

Tianjizi said: "I would like to thank you for keeping your achievements and fame to yourself and putting all the blame on our sect for the destruction of the Golden Feathered Eagle Clan."

"In the past three years, our sect's reputation has greatly increased. It has even surpassed the Zhenhai Sect and is poised to become the largest sect in Yuqinghai."

"The treasures obtained from Jinling Island have also greatly increased the foundation of our sect."

"As a true disciple of our sect, my nephew has extraordinary talent and practices diligently."

"I want to help him to have a baby, and then we can become Taoist companions. It will also be a good story. What do you think?"

Chen Yuan's heart moved, and he smiled and said, "That's what I really want, but I dare not ask for it."

"After Shu Han gives birth to her baby, Chen will prepare a betrothal gift, marry her, and share the great Dao together."

Tianjizi smiled slightly: "It is a very important thing for Yuanying cultivators to become Taoist companions. We should not act rashly."

"I would like to do my best to hold a dual cultivation ceremony for you and your nephew. I will spread the word and invite fellow Taoists from Yuqinghai to celebrate the good fortune of our marriage."

Chen Yuan frowned slightly. Tianjizi wanted to use his power to boost the reputation of Tianji Sect.

But he had other ideas and declined politely: "I appreciate your kindness, fellow Taoist."

"It's just that I am a solitary person and don't like noise, so there is no need to hold a dual cultivation ceremony. Everything can be kept simple."

Tianjizi's eyes flashed, he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and looked at Zhenren Ningbi standing beside him.

Zhenren Ningbi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you may not know that Shu Han has outstanding looks and extraordinary potential, and is well-known in the world of immortal cultivation."

"There are already more than one disciple from the same sect who has proposed to me to marry Shu Han."

"Let's hold a dual cultivation ceremony to announce to the world that Shu Han will no longer be disturbed, and I can have peace and quiet."

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Shu Han was injured by Ao Li. One day, I will avenge her."

"Now that the Golden-Winged Eagle Clan was annihilated by your sect, it is widely known that the Flood Dragon Clan has already taken precautions."

"If Chen and Shu Han hold a dual cultivation ceremony again, Ao Li will definitely be alert, and it will be extremely difficult to kill him again."

"There is no need to rush this matter, and we can discuss it later."

Tianjizi's eyes narrowed slightly: "Daoyou, are you still going to attack the Jiaolong clan?"

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "The Jiaolong clan is only slightly stronger than the Golden-winged Eagle clan. The Golden-winged Eagle clan has been destroyed, so what is there for the Jiaolong clan to fear?"

Tianjizi showed a surprised look on his face: "We were able to annihilate the Golden Feathered Eagle Clan thanks to Jinluo's help from the inside. Did you also subdue a dragon demon king?"

Chen Yuan's voice was calm but a bit murderous: "The Dragon King is so arrogant, but I don't have that kind of ability."

"But one of the three major royal families in the Ten Thousand Monster Sea has been killed, and their vitality has been severely damaged. The remaining two families are no longer a threat. Even if there is no internal support, why not attack by force?"

Tianjizi stared at Chen Yuan for a long time, then nodded and praised: "You are very courageous, fellow Daoist. If you really want to do this, I am willing to bring the elders of our sect to help you."

The annihilation of the Golden-Winged Eagle clan has brought great benefits to the Tianji Sect.

If the other two royal families were to be wiped out, the Tianji Sect would surely soar to the sky and completely suppress the Zhenhai Sect, making it impossible for it to rise again.

Chen Yuan said seriously: "This matter is not urgent. Kunyang and Ao Mei are still stronger than Jin Feng. The foundation of Jiaolong and Kunyu tribes is also better than that of Jinyu Eagle tribe. We need to take a long-term view."

Tianjizi smiled and said, "I have always known that you are cautious in your actions. You will definitely come up with a foolproof plan. I am here on Tianji Island, waiting for your good news."

Chen Yuan stood up, clasped his fists and bowed: "Chen takes his leave."

Tianjizi stood up, sent him out of the cave, and turned back.

Master Ningbi had been following Chen Yuan all along. He asked, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, is Shu Han at Yueying Peak?"

Master Ningbi nodded and said, "Shu Han has been honing his true essence in the mansion, building a solid foundation, and preparing for the formation of a baby."

The two of them rode on their light and arrived at the Moon Shadow Peak. They woke Jing Shuhan from his meditation and left the Tianji Mountains together.

Chen Yuan only met Jing Shuhan once when he returned from the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons. After that, when he went out to draw the starlight into her body, he did not disturb her practice. They have not seen each other for several years.

After leaving the mountain gate, Zhenren Ningbi returned under the pretext of something.

Chen Yuan and Jing Shuhan flew hundreds of miles and arrived at a deserted island off the coast of Tianji Island. They set up a formation and sat on the top of the mountain, overlooking the vast sea and the blue waves.

The sound of the tide spread over the reefs, breaking into millions of pieces of silver bell-like whispers.

The two of them snuggled together quietly. Chen Yuan raised his hand gently, stroked Jing Shuhan's hair, and stopped on a wooden hairpin.

This wooden hairpin is shaped like a phoenix tail, is plain white and has an extremely elegant shape.

Jing Shuhan smiled faintly: "Does it look good?"

Chen Yuan nodded, then shook his head: "Back then, my cultivation was still shallow, and I could only afford low-level magic weapons. This hairpin is naturally very beautiful."

"But now it seems a little ordinary. Do you want to change it?"

Jing Shuhan frowned slightly and slapped Chen Yuan's hand away: "This hairpin needs to be exchanged, then the jade pendant I gave you is just a spiritual tool, do you also need to exchange it?"

Chen Yuan smiled, took out the jade pendant, held it in his hand, and rubbed it gently: "No change."

Jing Shuhan took off her hairpin, letting her hair fall down like a waterfall. She smiled and said, "Then I won't change it either."

The hair brushed past Chen Yuan's nose, bringing with it a faint fragrance.

His heart was moved and he hugged Jing Shuhan in his arms.

There was no conversation all night, but there were bursts of spring thunder, heavy rain, and rough waves.

The next morning, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. Chen Yuan left behind a piece of top-grade water-attributed spiritual material suitable for Jing Shuhan, and the two said goodbye reluctantly. (End of this chapter)