Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Nanzhou, where Shengyuan was buried.

Endless mountains stretched to this point, and were suddenly split apart by an axe. A ravine about a thousand miles long stretched across the earth, with no bottom in sight.

Within a thousand miles of the Holy Burial Abyss, there was not even a low-level monster, and no grass or trees grew. There were only pale white rocks spread out in a disorderly manner.

Above the abyss, there is a faint black mist lingering all day long, and looking down, everything is hazy.

On this day, a beam of light came from the horizon, arrived above the Holy Burial Abyss, and suddenly stopped.

A middle-aged Confucian scholar appeared, and it was Ye Guihong, the leader of the Jiuli Sect.

He had just stopped when the black mist above the Holy Burial Abyss suddenly dissipated, revealing a deep passage.

Ye Guihong flew into the passage without hesitation.

Behind him, the black mist slowly closed in, completely swallowing him.

Ye Guihong followed this passage and came to a huge palace deep in the Holy Burial Abyss.

This palace covers a huge area and is built entirely of giant stone slabs. It exudes a rough and wild atmosphere, like a sleeping prehistoric beast lying at the bottom of the Holy Burial Abyss.

The palace gate slowly opened, and it was bottomless, as if it led to the underworld.

Ye Guihong clasped his fists and bowed: "Junior Ye Guihong greets Senior Sun."

After a while, Sun Yuan's voice came out from the palace: "Friend Ye, you came here in person, but did you find any trace of Chen Yuan?"

When Ye Guihong heard the word "Chen Yuan", a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Two months ago, Chen Yuan briefly appeared in Chongde City, Renzhou, and met with the elder of Haoran Sect, Qingliu."

“But when I got the news, he had already left Chongde City and has not appeared in the world of immortal cultivation since then.”

Sun Yuan's voice suddenly dropped: "Why are you telling me this now?"

Ye Guihong said coldly: "Chen Yuan has ruined our sect's long-term plan and killed our elders. I wish I could tear him into pieces."

"But our sect suffered heavy losses in the Yuling Sect's secret realm. The Zhuyan Baigu Sect and Zhengqing Sect are looking for trouble at the border of Lizhou, so we have to be on high alert."

"We can only send Jindan disciples to secretly investigate Chen Yuan's whereabouts."

"By the time the news reached the younger generation, Chen Yuan had already disappeared."

Sun Yuan said: "Chen Yuan is valued by Qin Wuya and Taoist Cangsong. He is either hiding in Shaoxuanmen or in Zhaoming Lake. You can send people to check these two places."

Ye Guihong sighed: "I have already used the hidden agents buried in these two sects, but their cultivation is too low and they need to hide their identities, so they have not found out any information about Chen Yuan."

"This person suddenly appeared, and his origins are unknown. I only know that he has a past with Qingliu Lay Buddhist, and that he once went to Wanling Pavilion to refine magic weapons. It seems that he has some friendship with Ye Wendi."

"I have sent monks to Chongde City, Yanjun Mountains, and Wanling Market, but except for Chongde City, I have not found Chen Yuan in the other two places."

Sun Yuan was silent for a while, then said, "Since you have no news about Chen Yuan, why are you here to bury Sheng Yuan?"

"The Jiuli Sect is now under attack from two sides. My friend, you left the sect without permission. Aren't you afraid that something might happen to the sect?"

Ye Guihong said: "With Junior Brother Su in charge, our sect will have no worries."

"I came here today to remind you, senior, that according to reports from our spies in the Zhuyan Baigu Sect and the Zhengqing Sect, these two sects seem to be making unusual moves and may attack the Nanzhou demon tribe."

Sun Yuan said calmly, "My friend, you worry too much. As long as I am alive, the human race will not dare to invade Nanzhou, let alone these two sects that are the lowest among the top ten sects."

Ye Guihong said: "Senior, please don't forget that Qin Wuya and Taoist Cangsong tried their best to protect Chen Yuan and have already torn their faces with you."

"And the senior is determined to obtain Chen Yuan's cultivation method and the demon pill of the White Ape Demon King."

"They might strike first for Chen Yuan."

"It is not impossible to gather monks from various sects for this purpose."

Sun Yuan said calmly: "A mere Nascent Soul junior is not worthy of Qin Wuya, Taoist Cangsong and me to take action."

"Please continue to keep an eye on Chen Yuan's whereabouts. If you find anything, please let me know immediately. I will avenge the Jiuli Sect."

Ye Guihong frowned, clasped his fists and bowed: "I have brought the news to you. It is up to you whether you believe it or not. I will take my leave now."

After saying this, a flash of light surrounded him and he flew out of the Holy Burial Abyss.

The black mist slowly dissipated, leaving a passage.

Ye Guihong flew at an extremely fast speed and soon flew into the fog, his figure disappearing.

The black fog gathered again, and the only ray of light from the sky disappeared. The already thick darkness became even deeper, and the palace fell into sleep again.

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Tanzhou, Zhaoming Lake.

In the northwest corner of Fuyu Island, the majestic Earth Fire Palace stands quietly in a valley.

Because there is a large fire vein underground, spiritual energy overflows and the valley is filled with flame spiritual energy all year round, without a single trace of green.

The ground was covered with red rocks and red soil, it was a barren land, extremely hot, and the air was filled with heat waves.

Apart from the alchemists of Taiming Sect and the monks on duty at the Earth Fire Palace, no one would come here to suffer.

In the Earth Fire Hall, a young monk leaned against a huge vermilion pillar. He raised his right hand boredly with his five fingers spread out, and a red mouse was running back and forth on his fingertips.

With a smile on his lips, his five fingers moved flexibly, leaving several afterimages in the air, setting up obstacles for the red mouse and preventing it from climbing out of the Five Finger Mountain.

A beam of light suddenly descended from the sky and landed at the entrance of the Earth Fire Palace.

The young monk's expression tensed and he immediately stopped what he was doing. He gently pinched the red mouse and flicked it towards the spirit beast bag on his waist.

The red rat disappeared, and the young monk walked quickly towards the entrance of the hall, but before he took a few steps, his feet suddenly stopped.

The light faded away, revealing a cultivator who was younger than him. He was dressed in white, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He was handsome and free and unrestrained. The young cultivator hesitated for a moment, then walked forward and looked at the young cultivator: "This... Senior Brother, are you here to make pills in the Earth Fire Palace?"

The monk in white took a look at him, then took out a jade token and showed it to him: "Where is Deacon Yu?"

The jade plaque is warm and delicate, with a bright moon engraved on one side and the word "Taiming" engraved on the other side, emitting a slight chill.

The young monk's expression changed, and he bowed deeply: "Disciple Chen Keming, I pay my respects to the elder."

"Deacon Yu left the Earth Fire Palace six years ago. Deacon Wen Yang is on duty now. I will go and invite Master Wen to come over right away."

The white-robed monk nodded slightly, and the young monk immediately walked quickly to the depths of the hall and came to a quiet room, where he woke up Deacon Wen who was meditating.

Deacon Wen was at a critical point in his cultivation when he was disturbed by the young cultivator. He looked displeased and said, "What's the important matter, Brother Chen? Why can't you let me complete this cycle?"

The young monk said respectfully, "Master Wen, an elder just came to the Earth Fire Hall and wanted to see you."

Deacon Wen's face changed, and he no longer cared about practicing. He put aside all the anger in his heart, stood up and walked out of the quiet room, and came to the door of the Earth Fire Hall.

After seeing Chen Yuan, Deacon Wen's eyes fixed and he quickened his pace.

He came to Chen Yuan, clasped his fists and bowed, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Disciple Wen Yang, hello to Master, Master seems a little unfamiliar..."

The white-robed monk took out the jade token and waved it, saying calmly, "Chen is not an elder of the Taiming Sect. I just came to the Earth Fire Hall to refine pills. Is the Tianzi A Earth Fire Room still empty?"

When Deacon Wen saw the jade token, all his doubts disappeared and he said with a smile, "So it's Senior Chen. Grandmaster once instructed that if a senior comes to the Earth Fire Hall with this token, I will obey your instructions."

"The Tianzijia Earth Fire Chamber just happened to be vacated two days ago. Senior, please follow me."

The white-robed monk nodded, took out three spirit stones, and threw them to the young monk beside him, saying calmly: "Practice the art of controlling fire well and lay a solid foundation. You may have a chance to form a pill in the future."

The young monk quickly caught the spirit stones and took a closer look. He found that they were three top-grade spirit stones. He was overjoyed and bowed deeply: "Thank you for the reward, senior!"

The white-robed monk smiled slightly, followed Deacon Wen without stopping, and walked into the depths of the Earth Fire Palace.

The young monk carefully looked at the spirit stone in his hand, his face full of smiles, unable to contain his joy.

He was only at the initial stage of foundation building, and three high-quality spirit stones were enough to allow him to not worry about cultivation for the next thirty years, greatly increasing his hopes of forming a pill.

The young monk was filled with gratitude at the generosity of Senior Chen.

After a while, Deacon Wen walked out of the Earth Fire Hall in a hurry.

The young monk quickly put the spirit stone into his storage bag, restrained his smile, and stood with his hands hanging down.

Deacon Wen ignored the young cultivator's impoliteness and whispered, "Quickly report to the ancestor elders and tell them that Senior Chen Yuan is here to make pills in the Earth Fire Palace."

"Disciple obeys." The young monk immediately responded, then raised his head and asked carefully, "Master Wen, which sect is this Senior Chen from? I am very grateful for his reward..."

Deacon Wen's face darkened: "Stop talking so much!"

The young monk's expression changed, he quickly shut up, turned around and walked out of the hall quickly.

Deacon Wen's expression relaxed a little. He looked back into the depths of the Earth Fire Palace and slowly walked out of the hall.

With a flash of light, Deacon Wen flew out of the valley and came to the southwest of Fu Yu Island, where he landed on a low mountain and cast a flash of light.

There is a cave on the top of the mountain. Deacon Wen came to the stone gate and said loudly: "Is Daoist Zhang in the cave? Wen is here to visit!"

After a while, the stone door slowly opened, and an old man walked out of the cave. He looked around, grabbed Deacon Wen's arm, and pulled him in.

The two of them came to the stone hall, and the old man finally let go of his hand. His face was very ugly, and he asked in a low voice: "How can you come directly into my cave?"

Deacon Wen said solemnly: "I saw Chen Yuan. He was refining pills in the Earth Fire Hall."

The old man's expression changed, and he pressed Deacon Wen to his seat: "Tell me in detail!"

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In the underground fire room, Chen Yuan took out the alchemy furnace, seven level ten demon pills and dozens of eight hundred year old spiritual herbs, ready to start refining the elixir.

After seeing off Elder Sun, he wanted to go directly to Wanling Pavilion and ask Qin Lian to refine a magic weapon.

But after thinking it over, he gave up the idea and went to the Earth Fire Palace to refine pills.

Wanling Pavilion and Jiuli Sect have always been trading demon pills and demon beast materials, and their relationship is very close.

He destroyed the Jiuli Sect's thousand-year plan, forged a deep feud with Ye Guihong, and once killed Tian You in Jingzhou, all of which had already been known to the Jiuli Sect.

Out of caution, Chen Yuan put the matter of refining treasures aside for the time being and focused on refining pills to improve his cultivation.

He was not afraid of the Jiuli Sect, but he did not want to get into trouble.

The most crucial thing is that before he entered the secret realm of Yuling Sect, Ye Guihong had joined forces with Sun Yuan.

Now that Sun Yuan has taken a fancy to the "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" technique and the Jiuli Sect has a deep hatred for him, it is possible that the two of them cannot join forces again.

Although it is unlikely that Sun Yuan would offend Qin Wuya and Taoist Cangsong at the same time for the sake of a cultivation technique.

But just in case, Chen Yuan decided not to leave Taiming Sect for the time being.

Qin Wuya and others will soon take action against Sun Yuan. After the four gods have killed this great demon and wiped out the demon clan in Nanzhou, it will not be too late for him to go to Wanling Pavilion to refine treasures.

Chen Yuan has made up his mind and will not change it.

He cleared his mind of all distractions, raised his hand and waved it, and the Kunyang Demon Pill flew into the alchemy furnace.

The magic spell in Chen Yuan's hand changed, and the earth fire rose up, wrapping around the alchemy furnace, and a strong demonic aura spread.

He slowly closed his eyes, and the underground fire room fell into silence, with only the sizzling sound of the underground fire licking the alchemy furnace. (End of this chapter)