Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Suzhou, Dongxu Mountain.

Above the Gobi, with the wind howling and dust flying, a sand lizard crawled among the gravel at the top of the barren mountain, spitting out a long tongue covered in mucus, wrapping the beetle hidden under the stones and swallowing it.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, and dark clouds covered the sky, blocking the light sunlight. The sand lizard stirred, shook its head and tail, got into the cave, and disappeared.

A moment later, a huge and huge boat fell from the sky and landed on the top of the barren mountain, three feet above the ground and hanging in the air.

Dozens of Qi Refining disciples wearing black robes swept off the giant boat and stood quietly with solemn expressions. No one dared to make any noise.

After a while, two monks flew out of the tower of the giant boat and floated down.

One of the young Taoists, wearing a black and white Taoist robe, with his hair hanging down, a handsome face and a free and easy demeanor, was none other than Jin Luoheng.

Last year it was his turn to take charge of the secular affairs of the Lingyun Sect. When the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was opened, he was also in charge.

Jin Luoheng raised his sleeve and flicked it, and the giant boat shrank to three inches in size, turned into a stream of light, and was thrown into his hands.

Standing next to Jin Luoheng was a middle-aged monk with a thick beard under his chin, a square face, and a majestic expression.

His name is Ji Bin, and he is also an elder of the Lingyun Sect. This time, together with Jin Luoheng, he escorted the disciples to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.

The two of them stood in front of a group of Lingyun Sect disciples, standing with their hands behind their hands, waiting quietly.

About two-quarters of an hour later, a black giant sword came through the sky from the south and landed on the top of the barren mountain.

More than forty disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect obtained the giant sword, and the leader was the Taoist Yingting who came with his disciples when the secret realm was opened last time.

He pinched the spell with his hand and shortened the black giant sword to one foot in length. Then he raised his hand and put it into his body, then turned around and came to the two of them.

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly and nodded: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are polite."

Ji Bin followed and saluted: "Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Taoist Yingting responded with a salute: "Fellow Daoist Jin, Friend Daoist Ji, Zhang is here this time with all the disciples of the tenth level of Qi Refining in the sect. There are twenty-five of them. Please take a look."

Jin Luoheng glanced at the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect and nodded slightly: "Zhang Daoyou is interested. The disciples of your sect are all sword cultivators and are very powerful. Although there are only twenty-five of them, they are no less than the fifty members of other sects."

As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed at the disciples of the Lingyun Sect: "As agreed, Jin came with sixty-five disciples. Although they are not as good as the disciples of your sect, they are all elites in the sect."

Taoist Yingting turned his eyes and scanned the disciples of Lingyun Sect carefully. Those who looked at him felt a sharp energy piercing their souls and quickly lowered their heads to avoid them.

After seeing it, Taoist Yingting nodded and said: "According to the previous agreement, your sect needs to produce at least sixty elite disciples. Now that your sect has done it, the spiritual herbs that the two sects jointly obtained during this trip to the secret realm, my Tiangang Jian Zong gets 40%, Guizong gets 60%.”

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Jin Luoheng's face: "In that case, I will high-five Brother Daoist Zhang."

Then, the two of them raised their palms and struck three times in succession to make this oath.

During the last trip to the secret realm, Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect joined forces to block the inner ring passage, seize the opportunity, and collect spiritual herbs. The harvest was extremely rich, far exceeding the other four sects.

Therefore, during this trip to the secret realm, the four sects also joined forces in pairs to collect spiritual herbs in the secret realm.

The Tiangang Sword Sect's mountain gate is in the south of the Chimang Mountains, the farthest away from the Lingyun Sect. There are not many conflicts of interest, and the relationship has always been good. Therefore, during this trip to the secret realm, they joined hands to collect spiritual herbs.

Ten Thousand Beast Mountain has joined forces with Netherworld Valley to deal with the other four major sects joining forces.

After Jin Luoheng and Taoist Yingting agreed to join forces, he touched his storage bag and took out a jade plate containing twenty-five jade talismans and handed it over.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang can give these jade talismans. After entering the secret realm, the disciples of your sect can activate the jade talismans, and all the disciples of the sect within a radius of one mile will react with them and merge with them."

Taoist Yingting nodded slightly, took the jade plate, then waved his hand, and sixty-five three-inch iron swords appeared out of thin air in front of him, saying: "These sixty-five communication swords can summon the disciples of our sect. Please accept them, fellow Taoist." ”

Afterwards, the two gave each of them the jade talisman and the iron sword.

Ji Bin told the disciples of the Lingyun Sect: "After you enter the secret realm, first find fellow disciples and Tiangang Sword Sect disciples, and work together to search for spiritual herbs. Don't act recklessly."

"yes!"

All the disciples responded in unison, their expressions extremely serious.

Different from the last trip to the secret realm, the people from the Lingyun Sect who entered the secret realm this time were all elite disciples who had been practicing in the sect since childhood. They knew that the disciples of various sects were joining forces and did not dare to be careless at all.

At this moment, a high-pitched chirping sound echoed from the sky. The three of them looked up and saw a giant roc flying from a distance.

Ji Bin frowned: "It's actually Qu Laoguai who came to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain this time?"

Jin Luoheng and Taoist Yingting both frowned when they saw the giant roc.

This old monster Qu is a late-stage alchemy-forming elder from Wanshou Mountain. He is very famous in the world of immortal cultivation in Qi State, but he has not been seen for a long time. It is said that he is practicing hard in seclusion in the sect, concentrating on reaching the Nascent Soul realm. He did not expect to escort his disciples. Come to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.

This person has an eccentric personality, harsh words, and extremely unpleasant words, but he is very powerful and has a very high status, and there is nothing others can do against him.

The three of them all had a headache when they thought of dealing with this person.

The giant roc flew extremely fast, and after a while, it reached the top of Huangshan Mountain. With its wings flapping, the strong wind roared and kicked up gravel all over the sky.

Ji Bin frowned, raised his sleeves, and a breeze blew by. Wherever it passed, the wind disappeared and the rocks fell, and everything became calm.

More than thirty disciples of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain followed an old man in gray robes and fell from the back of the giant roc.

The old man in gray robe waved his hand, and the giant roc emitted a spiritual light, turned into the size of an ordinary hawk, landed on the shoulder of the old man in gray robe, stretched out its sharp beak, and preened its feathers.

The old man in gray robe came to Jin Luoheng and the others. This man was short and thin, with an unattractive appearance. His face was covered with wrinkles, and he did not exude any spiritual pressure. He looked like an old farmer in the world.

Jin Luoheng and the others took the initiative to salute and shouted "Friend Qu Dao".

Mr. Qu nodded slightly, without returning the greeting. He glanced at the disciples of the two sects and said, "Have the three fellow Taoists brought all the outstanding disciples here? Aren't you afraid that some accident will happen and they will all die in the secret realm?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere immediately cooled down.

Taoist Yingting snorted heavily, turned around and walked back to the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect.

He is no match for Qu Laoguai, and he is not good at words, so he can only take the initiative to avoid him, out of sight and out of mind.

Ji Bin's face showed anger, but he did not dare to refute.

Jin Luoheng remained calm and smiled slightly: "The situation in the Wu Kingdom is unstable. I don't know if the secret realm will be opened on time next time. Our sect can only send a few more disciples into the secret realm to collect as many spiritual herbs as possible."

Qu Laoguai nodded slightly: "I have also heard about what happened in the Wu Kingdom. They are all a bunch of trash, and they are defeated one after another. I am afraid that it won't be long before our Qi Kingdom's immortal world will be involved in it. Fellow Taoist Jin, please be careful and don't lose it. life."

This was an extremely harsh remark, and Ji Bin felt angry when he heard it.

But Jin Luoheng still had a smile on his face: "Thanks to the concern of Taoist monk Lao Qu, Jin has not lived enough, and he will definitely try his best to save his life."

Qu Laoguai laughed loudly: "It's still the same temper that fellow Taoist Jin has towards me! I got this Zhenyue Iron by chance and gave it to fellow Taoist."

As he spoke, a dusty piece of iron the size of a fist appeared out of thin air in front of him. He raised his hand and flew towards Jin Luoheng.

Jin Luoheng's complexion changed slightly, he caught the iron block, injected a trace of mana into it, and examined it carefully.

This Zhenyue Iron is a top-grade spiritual material. It is buried deep under the abyss of the earth. It is an extremely precious earth element spiritual material. If it is refined into his Tai Chi diagram, the power of the two hexagrams Gen and Kun will be at least It can be increased by 30%.

Such a rare treasure, Qu Laoguai gave it away without any disagreement, which was really unexpected.

But since he dared to give it away, Jin Luoheng naturally would not refuse. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist Qu, for the gift. Jin owes you a favor. If you need it in the future, just ask. As long as Jin can do it, he will not refuse." ”

Qu Laoguai smiled and said: "I happen to have something that I want to discuss with fellow Taoist Jin. This matter will also be of great benefit to fellow Taoist."

Jin Luoheng was relieved, it turned out that Qu Laoguai had something to ask for.

He put Zhenyue Tie into his storage bag and said, "After the secret realm is closed, Jin will have a detailed discussion with Qu Daoyou, how about it?"

Qu Laoguai smiled and said: "No hurry, no hurry."

He turned around and walked back to the disciples of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. Jin Luoheng and Ji Bin also turned around.

Ji Bin said:

"Junior Brother Jin, this old monster Qu is moody and has a weird temperament. You must be more careful when dealing with him."

Jin Luoheng smiled and said: "Thank you, Senior Brother Ji, for reminding me. I will definitely not be careless."

Ji Bin nodded slightly and said nothing.

He didn't have a close relationship with Jin Luoheng. He was just from the same family. Just a reminder, he wouldn't meddle in other people's business.

Later, disciples from Mingyin Valley, Guiyuan Sect, and Ziyang Sect arrived one after another. Jin Luoheng and Ji Bin met with the three sects of alchemy monks one by one.

Each of the three sects has two pill-forming monks to escort the disciples to the secret realm. Only Tiangang Sword Sect and Wanshou Mountain have only one pill-forming monk.

However, Taoist Yingting is a sword cultivator, and Qu Laoguai has a high level of cultivation. Both of them are not weak in strength. Although only one person comes, he is worthy of two alchemy cultivators.

As soon as the six sects arrived, they would set up a formation to break the ban.

The other five alchemy monks took out many spiritual herbs and gave them to the formation masters of the Tiangang Sword Sect to arrange formations and wait for the time to break the ban.

The person led by the Ziyang Sect this time was still the elegant-looking monk surnamed Xie.

But during his last trip to the secret realm, the purple-robed female cultivator who came with him disappeared and was replaced by an old man with white hair.

There are still more than a hundred disciples from the Ziyang Sect who have entered the secret realm this time, ranking first among the six sects.

When the Tiangang Sword Sect was setting up their formation, several sects of alchemy cultivators waved their hands to form a light shield, blocking the disciples' spiritual consciousness and exchanging their cultivation experiences with each other.

At this moment, the monk surnamed Xie suddenly said: "Fellow Taoists, the demonic path is powerful, the Wu Kingdom is in danger, and the Qi Kingdom will soon be involved in a war. This trip to the secret realm is of vital importance. The disciples of my six sects should Abandon the past grudges and just explore the secret realm, what do fellow Taoists think?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere immediately cooled down.

Qu Laoguai laughed loudly and said: "Your Ziyang Sect took advantage of everything last time. I heard that you even took away a lot of the spiritual grass from the Guiyuan Sect. But now you say such things, do you think we are fools?"

When the two Danjie monks from Guiyuan Sect heard this, their expressions changed slightly, but they said nothing.

Taoist Yingting said coldly: "In the secret realm, we are not bound by the rules of the world of immortality. If you are willing to join forces to collect spiritual herbs, why not?"

These were the original words of the monk named Xie after his last trip to the secret realm. They were said by Taoist Yingting at this time, which was extremely ironic.

The pill-forming monk in the Netherworld Valley sneered and said nothing, but clearly expressed his attitude. He obviously disagreed with what the monk surnamed Xie said.

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "Everyone in the secret realm depends on their abilities. This has been a rule for thousands of years. Why change it?"

Seeing that everyone opposed his proposal, the monk surnamed Xie was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said: "Since all fellow Taoists do not agree with Xie's words, let each of you rely on your own ability. I just hope that you will remember what I said today, no matter what the final result is. , don’t complain.”

Qu Laoguai sneered and said: "How come Daoist fellow Xie is so confident that he can harvest more spiritual herbs than my four sects?"

The monk surnamed Xie said calmly:

"Don't be anxious, Daoist Qu, everything will be clear in seven days."

Like Qu Laoguai, he is a monk in the late stage of alchemy. Although he is slightly inferior in meritorious deeds, he is backed by the Ziyang Sect and has many magic weapons in his hands, so he is not afraid of Qu Laoguai at all.

Qu Laoguai snorted coldly, but said nothing more.

He did not dare to provoke the Ziyang Sect too much, and he was extremely confident in the disciples who entered the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain this time. Even if the Ziyang Sect had a large number of people, he was sure to harvest more spiritual herbs.

But the pill-forming monks from other sects were shocked in their hearts, guessing what kind of methods the monk surnamed Xie had prepared.

The Ziyang Sect has a profound knowledge of Xuanmen for thousands of years, and it also knows the most about the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. If it is prepared, it will be difficult for other sects to match it.

His previously unrealistic proposal now seemed more like retreating in order to block everyone's mouth.

But the arrow is on the string and must be fired. The secret realm is about to open, and they can no longer respond.

He could only send a message to his disciples to be more careful when encountering Ziyang Sect disciples.

Finally, the formation was set up, and six alchemy monks stepped forward to inject mana into the formation.

Buzz!

Six beams of light rose into the sky and penetrated the sky.

The six people raised their hands to seal the secrets, and pointed at the formation plate together. Waves appeared in the void, and a door made of colorful spiritual light slowly emerged.

The six pill-forming monks continued to inject mana, and the aura gate slowly opened, and the guiding talismans with colorful auras flew out and flew towards the disciples of the six sects.

The disciples of the Ziyang Sect took the lead towards the Lingguang Gate. The monk surnamed Xie looked at them, his eyes focused, and he slowly clenched his hands behind his back.

After more than a hundred disciples all safely entered the Spiritual Light Gate, the monk surnamed Xie slowly released his hands and sent a message to the white-haired old man: "Senior Brother Qi, your secret method has indeed worked. This sect will definitely help you during this trip to the secret realm." A great victory, Senior Brother Qi should be credited with the first achievement.”

The white-haired old man looked calm and said: "Thank you, junior brother, the things I promised you have been completed. Don't forget to find a qualified disciple for me."

The monk surnamed Xie solemnly said: "Senior brother, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me, and there will never be any mistakes!"

There is only one chapter for today and tomorrow.