Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

After leaving the second spiritual medicine garden, Chen Yuan flew westward and headed straight for the center of the inner ring.

During his last trip to the secret realm, he killed Du Yu, Dai Qing, and a disciple of Guiyuan Sect, and obtained the secret realm map from them. Together with the map sent by Xu Changan and the map of Dongxu Mountain Blessed Land tens of thousands of years ago, no one knows the terrain of the secret realm better than him.

The area in the center of the inner ring is more than 200 miles in radius. It is rich in spiritual energy and grows a large number of rare spiritual herbs, but it also gathers most of the second-level monsters in the secret realm.

These second-level monsters are strong and weak. Among them, such as the fire-tailed lion, it is difficult for Qi-refining cultivators to match it. Even if more than a dozen people come together, they are not its opponents.

However, there are also many second-level monsters with mediocre bloodlines. They are not strong. Several Qi-refining cultivators can kill them together.

Monsters value bloodlines the most. Those with strong bloodlines are born with demonic power and can use innate magical powers. It is difficult to find an opponent at the same level.

Those with mediocre blood are like ordinary beasts. They need to start from the beginning to cultivate, accumulate demonic power, and temper their blood.

But even if they become a second-level demon beast, they have no innate magical powers and can only rely on their physical bodies to fight against enemies. They are also powerless against several Qi-refining cultivators.

In the past, disciples of various sects did not dare to provoke demon beasts with strong blood, so they could only join forces to deal with these ordinary demon beasts and collect spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan did not have such concerns. He came to the center of the inner ring and followed the map, walking through dangerous places one by one. When he encountered a second-level demon beast, he would release the cover of the power of the Zhoutian stars, attract the demon beast to attack, kill it, and pick the spiritual herbs.

It only took him half a day to kill fifteen second-level demon beasts and harvest hundreds of rare spiritual herbs and demon beast materials.

These spiritual herbs can be favored by second-level demon beasts, at least three hundred years old, and there are more than a dozen five hundred years old. If they are presented to the sect after leaving the secret realm, the elders of the Jindan stage will also be shocked.

But this is only a drop in the bucket of spiritual herbs in the center of the inner ring. After tens of thousands of years of accumulation, spiritual herbs are everywhere here. However, the Qi-refining disciples of various sects cannot compete with those powerful second-level monsters. They can only pick second-rate spiritual herbs and leave behind a large number of rare spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan practiced both magic and body, and his physical body was comparable to that of a fourth-level monster. His great strength was just right to restrain these monsters. He also had human-shaped monster-luring grass, which could make the monsters go crazy, making hunting twice as effective with half the effort.

One day later, he crossed the center of the inner ring and came to the land near the west of the inner ring. He hunted more than a dozen second-level monsters, and there were more than a hundred rare spiritual herbs in his storage bag, including more than twenty five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.

In addition to what he had obtained from Du Yu and Dai Qing before, as well as the output from the Tiantai Peak Spiritual Medicine Garden, Chen Yuan had more than fifty five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, more than three hundred three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and more than two hundred one-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.

I'm afraid that only when Ziyang Sect monopolized the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain ten thousand years ago, the disciples of the sect could have such a harvest.

The most precious among them are four eight hundred year old spiritual herbs, which can be used to refine the late stage of Jindan.

The map jade slip distributed by Xu Changan said that if a disciple can find eight hundred year old spiritual herbs, one can be exchanged for a foundation building pill.

These spiritual herbs used up several storage bags of Chen Yuan, plus the materials of thirty second-level monsters. He had more than ten storage bags hanging around his waist, which looked quite funny.

Chen Yuan looked down at the bulging storage bags around his waist, shook his head, and rushed to the next dangerous place.

His storage bags were all used by Qi Refining cultivators. The two largest ones were obtained from Dai Qing and Du Yu, which were only ten feet in size, and the other spaces were only a few feet in size.

It is said that the storage bags used by foundation building cultivators have a large space inside, and one is several feet in size.

After leaving the secret realm, he had to buy a few to avoid this kind of embarrassment again.

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At the foot of a mountain, Chen Yuan broke the neck of a two-zhang-tall elk monster, took off its antlers, demon pills, and fur, and put them into a storage bag.

This second-level deer monster is called "Zhongyue Deer". It is a kind of earth-walking monster. When it steps on its four hooves, it can shake the mountains and the earth within a radius of twenty zhang. Its pair of antlers are as heavy as boulders, and it is extremely difficult to resist.

Chen Yuan used his silver sword, fixed light mirror, seven-star blade, and purple bee needle at the same time, and used all his strength to fight it in close combat. Finally, he found an opportunity to kill it.

After collecting the monster materials, he picked three unfamiliar five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs on the ground, put them in a wooden box, and put them away.

"Zhang Family Alchemy Summary" is just a low-level alchemy inheritance. Most of the spiritual herbs recorded in it are three hundred years old or less, and there are few records of five hundred and eight hundred years old spiritual herbs.

This inheritance could no longer keep up with Chen Yuan's pace. After leaving the secret realm, he planned to go to the Alchemy Pavilion and exchange his good deeds for a jade slip of spiritual herbs and the recipes of several foundation-building elixirs.

Chen Yuan condensed a fireball and burned the corpse of Chongyue Lu to ashes. He drove the light of escape and continued to fly westward.

After flying for a while, he suddenly let out a light exclamation, turned to the south, and landed at the edge of a dense forest.

Chen Yuan was cautious by nature. Even if he broke through the foundation and was invincible, he always spread his spiritual sense to guard against it during the flight, and took control of the surrounding area of ​​more than 150 feet.

Just now, four figures suddenly appeared in the coverage of his spiritual sense, and immediately changed direction and flew over.

Among the four people, two wore the standard robes of Wanshou Mountain, and the other two were disciples of Mingyin Valley. They walked together, as if they were searching for spiritual herbs together.

Chen Yuan stood at the edge of the dense forest, standing with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.

About half a minute later, the four people walked out of the forest. When they saw Chen Yuan waiting here, their faces changed and they stopped.

As they walked, they kept spreading their spiritual senses to check the surrounding environment, but they didn't see Chen Yuan. Now he suddenly appeared in front of them, and they were all surprised.

But then they saw the Lingyun Sect’s standard robes on Chen Yuan, and they felt relieved, and then a sense of shame and anger surged in their hearts.

They were all elite disciples in the sect, but they were frightened by this person blocking their way. If it was spread out, wouldn’t it cause ridicule?

Chen Yuan said: "Why did you four join forces?"

This tone was flat, with a sense of carelessness, which made the four people even more dissatisfied.

One of the Wanshou Mountain disciples frowned and said: "Who are you? Why did you stop us?"

A Mingyin Valley disciple said: "Whether we join forces or not, what does it have to do with you?"

Another Wanshou Mountain disciple said coldly: "Don't waste time talking to this person. I know several famous disciples of Lingyun Sect. This person is not among them. He is just a mediocre person. Kill him and take the spiritual herbs!"

The other three showed an interested look and looked at the Wanshou Mountain disciple who spoke first.

The disciple was tall, dark-skinned, and handsome. He was quite moved by the words, but he felt something was wrong, as if he had overlooked something. He felt uneasy and hesitated to make a decision.

Chen Yuan didn't have time to talk nonsense with them. He looked at him and said, "It seems that you are the one in charge."

After that, he stroked his storage bag, sacrificed the Dingguang mirror, the Seven Star Blade, and the Silver Gang Sword, and attacked together!

The other three saw him take out many magic weapons at once, knowing that he was quite powerful, but there were four of them, and they were not weak either. They were not afraid at all and also sacrificed magic weapons to attack.

But at this moment, the disciple of Wanshou Mountain thought of what was wrong, his face changed drastically, and he shouted:

"Stop!"

But he was a step late. The two magic weapons hit each other, and the Dingguang mirror released a white beam of light, firmly fixing a wolf-shaped spirit beast.

The silver sword cut off a sinister banner, and three short blades shone with black light, constantly slashing at a white bone flying sword, forcing it to retreat again and again.

At the same time, the other two short blades slashed at two disciples of the Dark Yin Valley, resisting their defensive magic weapons, and the purple bee needle flashed by and pierced the throat of one of them.

After the silver sword cut off the banner, it shot at the remaining disciple of the Dark Yin Valley, breaking his defensive magic weapon. The black light short blade took the opportunity to force it up and pierced into the heart of this person, killing another person.

After only a moment of fighting, Chen Yuan killed two disciples of the Dark Yin Valley in succession!

The strong spiritual pressure emanating from him shocked the remaining two disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

The pressure on this person was actually the same as that of a foundation-building cultivator!

The man who threatened to kill Chen Yuan and seize the spiritual herbs was terrified and wanted to take back the wolf-shaped spiritual beast, but he was fixed by the fixed light mirror and could not move at all.

The tall monk took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Chen Yuan: "We are blind and have offended the senior. Please forgive us."

He finally remembered something was wrong, that is, Chen Yuan's spiritual light was dim and he could not detect his depth. He suspected that he was a foundation-building monk, so he wanted to stop the people who were traveling with him and attack Chen Yuan.

Now he finally confirmed that Chen Yuan was a foundation-building monk, but the two sides had already fought, and everything was too late.

But only Qi-refining monks can enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. If this person is a foundation-building monk, how could he enter the secret realm?

The tall monk was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask a single question. He just hoped that Chen Yuan could save his life.

Chen Yuan smiled, raised his hand and waved, put away all the magic tools, and said: "Why did you four join forces?"

The disciple of Wanshou Mountain took back the wolf-shaped spirit beast, bowed deeply to Chen Yuan, lowered his head, didn't dare to look at Chen Yuan, and his body trembled.

Although he was an elite disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, he had never fought with a foundation-building cultivator. He was so frightened that he wanted to escape immediately.

The tall cultivator was much calmer. Although he didn't know why Chen Yuan asked this well-known question, he still looked calm and answered: "Senior, the last time we went to the secret realm, the disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect joined forces and returned with a full load. This time, the two sects still joined forces, and the disciples of Lingyun Sect and Tiangang Sword Sect also joined forces to explore the secret realm. In order not to fall behind, our two sects can only join hands."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly and asked again: "Has there been any change in the Qi Kingdom's cultivation world in the past ten years?"

Hearing this, the tall cultivator was shocked and looked incredible. He stared at Chen Yuan and stammered: "Senior, senior, is it possible..."

Chen Yuan said lightly: "You guessed right, I have been in the secret realm for ten years."