Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Kong Lie's expression changed slightly, and he shook his head: "It involves the Great Sage, so I dare not speak rashly."

"For this spiked club, I can only offer these spiritual herbs."

"If you are willing, please leave this treasure behind; otherwise, please seek it elsewhere."

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Add another two hundred top-grade spirit stones."

Blazing Blood Hall is the wealthiest shop in the dark market. Other shops may be able to offer more five-thousand-year-old spirit herbs or top-grade spirit stones to buy this third-grade spiritual treasure, but they cannot offer those two five-thousand-year-old body-tempering spirit herbs.

Kong Lie smiled and said, "Deal! Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist, I will go and fetch the spiritual herbs right away."

He got up, pushed open the door, and left. About half an hour later, he returned to the quiet room, took out five wooden boxes made of thousand-year-old spirit wood, and removed the spirit-sealing talismans.

Kong Lie opened the wooden box, revealing five spiritual herbs and flowers of different shapes. Pure spiritual energy emanated from them, filling the small, quiet room.

Chen Yuan carefully examined the five spiritual herbs. They were all recorded in the spiritual herb catalog that Qin Wuyai had given him. They were well-preserved and their age ranged from over five thousand years to two or three hundred years older.

He nodded slightly: "The herb is indeed genuine."

Chen Yuan closed the wooden box, reattached five spirit-sealing talismans, and stored them in his internal space.

Kong Lie then put away the spiked club and smiled, "Does fellow Daoist have any other treasures he wishes to sell?"

Chen Yuan shook his head, stood up, and bowed slightly, saying, "Farewell."

He still possessed many treasures, but he could not reveal them all to Deacon Kong Lie.

Deacon Kong Lie stood up, took out his token, dispelled the formation, and escorted Chen Yuan out of the meditation room.

After leaving the Blazing Blood Hall, Chen Yuan visited several shops, spending all the two hundred top-grade spirit stones he had just acquired. He then took out thirteen kinds of superior-grade spiritual materials and bought fourteen three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, as well as six extremely precious thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

These spiritual herbs are essential auxiliary ingredients for refining pills, in conjunction with the five five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. Chen Yuan didn't have enough top-grade spirit stones, so he had to use spiritual materials instead.

After several uses, he had ten kinds of top-grade spiritual materials from the Yuling Sect's secret realm left. However, he had not used many high-grade spiritual materials, so he still had thirty-two kinds left. He used thirteen kinds this time, leaving nineteen kinds.

These top-grade spiritual materials are ancient artifacts from the human realm and are extremely precious in the lower realms.

In the Demon Burning Realm, although it cannot be said to be extremely rare, it is still very valuable, enough to exchange for thousand-year-old or even three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, helping Chen Yuan to collect five batches of pills.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan did not linger in the dark market, but instead used a teleportation array to arrive at an inconspicuous shop.

After leaving the shop, he removed his mask in a secluded and deserted place, changed his clothes, and returned to his cave.

Over the next three months, Chen Yuan waited for the stinger bone powder from the Blood Bone Lotus and the Three-Tailed Crimson Crystal Scorpion, while also taking out demon cores to refine pills.

When he was in the Myriad Demon Continent, his success rate in refining early-stage Nascent Soul pills was already as high as 70%.

However, refining pills for the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm is now much more difficult, and the success rate has suddenly dropped by 20%.

In three months, Chen Yuan consumed the demon cores of three mid-level demon generals and refined fifteen demon essence pills.

As for using five-thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs to refine pills, the difficulty is comparable to refining pills for the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and the success rate will be reduced by another 20%, resulting in too much loss.

Before his alchemy skills are further improved, Chen Yuan will not rush to refine body-tempering elixirs.

Wanrenlou and Yingfuge also had excellent reputations, delivering the Three-Tailed Crimson Crystal Scorpion Tail Needle Bone Powder and the Five-Thousand-Year Blood Bone Mushroom on time, with the exact weight and age being perfect.

After replenishing the remaining spirit stones, Chen Yuan only had forty-seven top-grade spirit stones left in his hand.

If other treasures are not considered, it is not even worth as much as a low-level demon general, and it is not even comparable to some high-level demon generals with rich fortunes. He went into the dark market again and bought two kinds of demon general blood. This was a hundred times cheaper than the demon general essence blood condensed in the demon core, but it still cost Chen Yuan four kinds of rare high-grade spiritual materials.

The blood of a demon general can only be obtained from a demon general, and no demon general would give his blood to someone else for no reason; it is not easy to obtain.

Moreover, Chen Yuan needs a lot, asking for dozens or even hundreds of kilograms at a time, which would significantly increase the price.

After doing this, he went to the valley where the Silver Tide City teleportation array was located and spent twenty top-grade spirit stones to buy a teleportation talisman.

Chen Yuan entered the main hall, only to encounter Xu Yunhai waiting beside the teleportation array once again.

Upon seeing Chen Yuan, he immediately stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said, "This junior greets Senior Kun."

Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised. After pondering for a moment, he took out a jade bottle and handed it to him.

Xu Yunhai was taken aback, then accepted the jade bottle with both hands. Without saying a word or even looking at what kind of pills were inside, he bowed again and said, "Thank you for your generous gift, senior!"

Chen Yuan said calmly, "There is a Heavenly Demon Blood Purification Pill in this bottle, which can purify your bloodline. After you refine it, you may be able to overcome the Transformation Tribulation."

Xu Yunhai's eyes widened, he gripped the jade bottle tightly in his hand, his two bull ears trembling slightly. He bowed to Chen Yuan for the third time and said in a trembling voice, "Senior's great kindness will never be forgotten. May I ask your esteemed name?"

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "I am the Northern Underworld Demon General under the command of the Thunder Mountain Demon King."

"We are destined to meet again today, so I will give you a pill."

"If you achieve success in your cultivation in the future, just remember to take care of any mixed-race people with low cultivation levels you encounter."

Xu Yunhai solemnly replied, "This junior will remember."

Chen Yuan stepped into the teleportation array. The array in his hand spontaneously combusted without any flame, and with a flash of white light, his figure disappeared.

Xu Yunhai put away the jade bottle, his lips pressed tightly together. He glanced warily to both sides, but no one was looking in his direction. Still, he dared not linger and quickly turned and walked out of the main hall.

……

A slight squeezing force came, and Chen Yuan's vision blurred. When he came to his senses, he was already back in Qi Leng Valley.

A thick array enveloped him, and a demon general guarding the teleportation array immediately came up and asked, "Who goes there?"

Chen Yuan revealed a token engraved with the words "Bei Ming," with wisps of lightning crackling around it. The demon general's expression immediately became respectful, and he clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Lord Bei Ming, please wait a moment. I will go and invite Lord Yan right away."

The demon general turned and flew towards the small building. Chen Yuan put away the token. After a while, Yan Qi walked out of the small building and came to the teleportation array.

He clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to Chen Yuan, and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Beiming, your journey to Silver Tide City will take quite a while. I, Yan, will now activate the formation."

As he spoke, he flipped his hand and took out an array plate, pointing at it.

A beam of spiritual light shot out from the array plate and landed on the array screen that enveloped the teleportation array. It rippled a few times like water and slowly revealed a passage.

Chen Yuan stepped forward, clasped his hands in return, and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Yan."

Yan Qi put away the array plate, took out a jade slip, and said apologetically, "Please leave your divine sense imprint, fellow Daoist. The teleportation array is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly. Every trip must leave a trace, and the procedures are complicated. Please do not take offense."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "It's alright."

He took the jade slip and left his divine imprint on it.

After inspecting the area, Yan Qi nodded in satisfaction. He then activated the array that enveloped Qi Leng Valley, and Chen Yuan vanished into the air in a flash of light. (End of Chapter)