Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

The tall monk took a breath of cold air, and another disciple from Wanshou Mountain also forgot the fear in his heart and raised his head.

His eyes were long and narrow, his eyebrows were thick, his appearance looked a little strange, and his face was full of shock.

In the past, there were many monks stranded in the secret realm, but most of them died in the spiritual energy storm. Even those who were lucky enough to survive would have their cultivation completely destroyed and become useless.

This is the first time they have seen someone who has been in the secret realm for ten years. Not only is he unscathed, but he has also broken through to the foundation building stage!

Chen Yuan met their gazes and frowned slightly: "Answer my question."

The tall monk was excited and quickly replied: "Senior, the world of Qi's immortal cultivators has been generally peaceful in the past ten years. There is only one major incident, which is the outbreak of demonic troubles. The six major sects have organized their disciples to encircle and suppress the demonic cultivators."

Chen Yuan looked surprised: "Demon cultivator? Please tell me in detail."

"Yes, this matter started eight years ago..."

Later, the tall monk came and told Chen Yuan about the surge in demon cultivators.

It turns out that since eight years ago, around the northern border of Qi State, demon cultivators began to slaughter mortal villages and towns, collect flesh and blood to regenerate souls, improve demonic skills, and refine demonic weapons.

In the past, there were demonic cultivators in Qi's immortal world, but they were not popular, and they did not dare to openly massacre mortals.

The six major sects also needed some demonic materials, so they turned a blind eye and ignored them.

But this time, the demonic cultivators were extremely arrogant and slaughtered mortals. There were even two small immortal cultivating families who were attacked by the demonic cultivators and the whole family was wiped out.

The Lingyun Sect immediately sent out its disciples to destroy the demonic cultivators, and issued a reward, calling on the casual cultivators in Lingyunfang City to kill the demonic cultivators together.

At the beginning, the Lingyun Sect achieved great results, wiping out dozens of demon cultivators in one fell swoop. It seemed that the demonic atmosphere had been calmed down, and calm was restored to the northern border of Qi State.

But not long after, demon cultivators began to appear in the southern part of the Chimang Mountains, attacking and killing casual cultivators, looting small cultivator families, and massacring mortal towns.

There was only one large sect, the Tiangang Sword Sect, in the southern part of the Chimang Mountains, and the number of its members was very small. Although they immediately sent out their disciples to eliminate the demon cultivators, they were unable to do so and could only ask for help from the other five major sects.

These demonic cultivators only have foundation-building cultivation at most, and most of them are Qi-refining cultivators. The Tiangang Sword Sect cannot let Elder Jiedan go around killing demons.

The six major sects of Qi State all claimed to be righteous sects, and it was their duty to exterminate the demonic cultivators. The other sects immediately sent their disciples to help.

But what is surprising is that this time the five major sects did not just respond to the story, but sent out their elite disciples.

But even if the six major sects took action together, they could not eliminate this evil problem.

In the following years, demonic cultivators appeared throughout the Qi Kingdom's world of immortality.

The six major sects spared no effort and sent their disciples to eliminate it, but they could only contain its power but could not clear away the demonic atmosphere.

To this day, the loose cultivators have already been in trouble, and monks have begun to be stationed in every state and county in the world to prevent the demonic cultivators from attacking.

In order to prevent demonic cultivators from sneaking into the sects, the five major sects also suspended the Immortal Ascension Conference two years ago and stopped recruiting casual cultivators.

The disciples from each sect who entered the secret realm this time are all elite disciples who have been practicing in the sect since they were young, or who failed to collect enough spiritual herbs in exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill the last time they entered the secret realm.

When the tall monk talked about this, Chen Yuan thought of the Heart-Questing Pill he took when he started.

In the past, the Lingyun Sect's Questioning Heart test was conducted in the Questioning Heart Formation, but twelve years ago, it was suddenly changed to Questioning the Heart Pill.

Could this matter be related to demon cultivators?

It was also after the Immortal Ascension Conference that the Lingyun Sect began to have two Danjie monks escort their disciples to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.

In the past, the trip to the secret realm was always led by an alchemy monk. Why was there suddenly an additional one ten years ago?

Moreover, during the last trip to the secret realm, each sect suddenly sent their elite disciples to participate, and also gave generous rewards to recruit disciples to enter the secret realm and collect spiritual herbs.

In the past, the six major sects also attached great importance to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, but they only regarded it as a huge spiritual medicine garden that was opened every ten years. They recruited a small number of casual disciples to enter the secret realm to collect spiritual herbs and the water flowed slowly.

But now, the six major sects are trying their best to collect as many spiritual herbs as possible, and they do not hesitate to let the most talented qi refining disciples in the sect take risks.

In the past ten years, demonic troubles have appeared all over the world of immortal cultivation in Qi, and even with the combined efforts of the six major sects, they cannot completely eradicate them.

Each of these incidents was like a cloud hanging over Chen Yuan's mind.

The world of immortality is likely to undergo major changes, and it is necessary to improve one's cultivation as soon as possible to cope with this calamity.

Chen Yuan felt a sense of urgency in his heart and looked at the two Wanshou Mountain disciples: "Bring over your storage bags."

"Yes, junior, let's... eh?"

The tall monk opened his eyes wide with a look of astonishment, then took off the three storage bags from his waist, handed them to Chen Yuan, and stared at his feet anxiously.

Another disciple from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain was much more agile and handed his two storage bags to Chen Yuan before the tall monk could.

He wanted to hand over the spirit beast bag, but was stopped by Chen Yuan, and he just put his hand down.

Chen Yuan raised his hand and took the two people's storage bags over. He penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness and ignored the elixirs, spiritual stones, jade slips, monster materials and other items. He just took out the spiritual herbs. Put it in your own storage bag.

Then, he returned the storage bags of the two of them and said: "Although I have stayed in the secret realm for ten years, I still have to collect spiritual herbs according to the requirements of the sect. I will accept these spiritual herbs. But you I will not take the lives of these two juniors."

The tall monk took the storage bag, not only was he not angry, but he was ecstatic.

As long as you can save your life, what does it matter if the spiritual grass is taken away?

Moreover, Chen Yuan only took the spiritual grass and left the other items untouched. This made him feel grateful to Chen Yuan before he immediately bowed deeply: "Thank you, senior, for not killing!"

Another disciple from Wanshou Mountain also showed ecstasy on his face, and he saluted and thanked Chen Yuan repeatedly.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, picked up the storage bags and magic weapons of the two disciples of Nether Yin Valley, took up the Escape Light, and flew to the east.

When the two of them saw the escaping light on Chen Yuan, the last trace of doubt in their hearts disappeared completely, and their faces were filled with joy of surviving the disaster.

The tall monk breathed a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the senior I met this time is not a murderer, otherwise you and I would definitely die without a burial place!"

The monk with thick eyebrows nodded repeatedly: "This senior not only spared our lives, but also only took away the spiritual grass. He was really generous and kind. If he had taken away the spirit beast bag and storage bag, we would have been spared one life." , don’t even think about getting out of the inner ring safely.”

The tall monk said solemnly: "We should quickly inform our fellow disciples about this senior and ask them to act with caution. If they encounter a senior, do not resist, otherwise they will die on the spot like the two disciples of Netherworld Valley! "

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When the two Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples spoke, they were still within the coverage of Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness.

Hearing the tall monk's words, he showed a smile, and the escape light sped up a little.

The reason why Chen Yuan did not kill the two people was firstly because he did not want to enmity with Wanshou Mountain, and secondly because he wanted to reduce the difficulty of robbing the spiritual grass.

He was sure to kill every qi refining disciple he met and snatch the spiritual grass.

But after he left the secret realm, he was unable to hide his cultivation in front of the alchemy monks from various sects.

If the survival rate of the disciples of each sect was too low, he would take out a large amount of spiritual herbs. As long as these pill-forming monks were not fools, they would know that he killed the disciples of each sect and stole the spiritual herbs.

Even if Chen Yuan didn't do this, he would still be blamed.

Who gave him the foundation-building skills to give him an overwhelming advantage when facing Qi-refining disciples.

Therefore, from the beginning, he did not plan to kill the disciples of each sect on a large scale to avoid forming a life-or-death feud with each sect.

Otherwise, even if the Lingyun Sect wants to keep him, they will face great resistance, and may even hand him over under the pressure of the alchemy monks of each sect, leaving him to the disposal of the other five sects.

But Chen Yuan had to snatch the spiritual grass, otherwise he would definitely attract prying eyes from various factions even though he stayed in the secret realm for ten years and was safe and sound, and even broke through the foundation building.

The secret realm of Dongxu Mountain is the largest treasure land in the world of immortal cultivation in Qi State. The six major sects covet the rare spiritual herbs and large spiritual veins in the secret realm, and will not miss any opportunity to discover the secrets of the secret realm.

Only by grabbing enough spiritual grass to give Lingyun Sect a reason to keep him can they protect themselves.

Not only that, Chen Yuan also needs to exchange this for a large amount of cultivation resources, so just searching for spiritual herbs by himself is not enough.

The secret realm was only open for seven days. It would take time for him to find a dangerous place and then fight against the second-level monsters. How could he rob the disciples of the four sects easily and quickly?

Chen Yuan originally planned to snatch the spiritual grass from the disciples of the five sects, but since the Tiangang Sword Sect has formed an alliance with the Lingyun Sect, he will naturally not attack the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect again.

But the disciples of the other four sects had no chance of escaping this disaster.

It's just that the secret realm has just been opened for a day, and the disciples of the four sects are rushing forward with all their strength, but they have just entered the inner ring and have not gained much.

He only snatched thirty hundred-year-old grass and eight three-hundred-year-old grass from the two disciples of Wanshou Mountain.

The disciples of the Netherworld Valley walked with them, and they probably didn't get many spiritual herbs.

If you try to grab it now, it will be a waste of effort.

The best time to take action is after they have collected spiritual herbs in the inner ring for two days.

In these two days, Chen Yuan plans to continue hunting the second-level monsters, collect five hundred years of spiritual grass, and also obtain some monster materials.

The second-level monsters in the outside world are extremely cunning and difficult to find.

The second-level monsters in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain had never encountered a foundation-building monk before, so they were not very defensive. They were lured into madness by the power of the stars in the sky within Chen Yuan's body, and were easily hunted. .

Moreover, these monsters often have strong bloodlines, and some are extremely rare species in the outside world. Their monster pills and monster materials are of high value and can be exchanged for a large number of spiritual stones.

How could Chen Yuan miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He walked all the way east, passing through "dangerous areas" marked on the map everywhere along the way, hunting down second-level monsters and collecting spiritual herbs.

One day later, he walked across the center of the inner ring. In his storage bag, there were twenty-eight second-level demonic beasts' demon elixirs and demonic beast materials, as well as more than eighty five-hundred-year-old magic grasses and more than three hundred three-hundred-year-old magic grasses. .

Then, he turned back to the west, changed his route, and continued to hunt the second-level monsters.