Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

"Ten...ten years?!"

Yun Fang and Duan Changyu were both shocked when they heard this.

This answer was completely beyond their expectations.

There was actually a cultivator who stayed in the secret realm for ten years and successfully built a foundation?

Facing the incredulous eyes of the two, Chen Yuan said: "This is a long story, you just need to know it. After leaving the secret realm, I will explain it to the elders...I wonder who is the elder leading the team this time?"

Yun Fang suppressed his shock and replied: "Uncle Master, the leaders this time are Elder Jin Luoheng and Elder Ji Bin."

Chen Yuan's heart moved: "Elder Jin? He led the team to the secret realm ten years ago, why is it him again this time?"

Duan Changyu said: "In recent years, it has been Elder Jin's turn to take charge of the sect's secular affairs, so he escorted the disciples to the secret realm."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

Jin Luoheng is an elder from the lineage of casual cultivators, and is known for his ability to help the younger generation. Once he leaves the secret realm, it will be easier for him to pass the test.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan collected the storage bags containing spiritual herbs and the storage bags of the disciples of Wanshou Mountain, Mingyin Valley, and Tiangang Sword Sect. He handed the storage bags of the Lingyun Sect disciples to Yun Fang and Duan Changyu, saying, "Please keep these relics of the nephews in good care, and give them to Elder Jin after leaving the secret realm."

Yun Fang and Duan Changyu quickly put away the storage bags, probed into them with their spiritual sense, and found that there was not a single spiritual herb in them.

The two looked at each other, knowing what was going on, and did not mention the matter.

Chen Yuan was a foundation-building cultivator, so even if he took away everything, they would not dare to say anything.

Besides, they still had something to ask of Chen Yuan, so they did not dare to make any comments.

Yun Fang bowed deeply to Chen Yuan and said, "Uncle Chen, we have an unwelcome request. I don't know how many demon pill cultivators the Ziyang Sect has sent into the secret realm. The inner ring has become extremely dangerous. Can we follow Uncle Chen and explore the secret realm together?"

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment and nodded, "Yes, with your help, I can also hunt a few more second-level demon beasts. I will share the spiritual herbs with you 50-50."

Yun Fang quickly refused, "How dare we share the spiritual herbs with Uncle Chen? We only want to save our lives. We are willing to give all the spiritual herbs to Uncle."

Chen Yuan waved his robe sleeves and said unhappily, "How can I take advantage of my two nephews? This matter is settled."

Seeing that Chen Yuan did not seem to be pretending, the two were convinced and said, "Uncle Chen is righteous!"

Afterwards, Chen Yuan took Yun Fang and Duan Changyu to a dangerous place they had never been to.

He agreed to go with Yun Fang and Duan Changyu, not only because they were both elite disciples of Lingyun Sect, and they were quite powerful, and they could help Chen Yuan when hunting monsters.

He also needed them to be witnesses of his "doing justice for the heavens".

With Chen Yuan leading them, the three of them did not have to move forward cautiously, and in less than three quarters of an hour, they arrived at a dangerous place.

But the monsters here had already been hunted, and the scene was in a mess.

Yun Fang's face changed: "This must have been done by the demon pill cultivator of Ziyang Sect!"

Chen Yuan showed anger on his face, and said righteously: "My two nephews, follow me, and we must not let Ziyang Sect be so arrogant!"

"Yes!"

The two had just witnessed the power of Chen Yuan killing the monk with untied hair, and knew that the demon pill cultivator of Ziyang Sect was no match for Chen Yuan. They were quite excited to hear that Chen Yuan was going to cause trouble for Ziyang Sect.

Ziyang Sect used strange secret techniques and spent a lot of money to send the demon pill cultivator into the secret realm. They must have collected a lot of spiritual herbs, and they might be able to get a share of it.

The two followed Chen Yuan and continued to move forward, passing through forests and mountains, crossing lakes and swamps. They walked for an hour, passed two dangerous places on the way, and finally ran into Ziyang Sect disciples.

There were five Ziyang Sect disciples in this group, and they joined forces with three Guiyuan Sect disciples. They were fighting with three Wanshou Mountain disciples and two Mingyin Valley disciples. They had the upper hand. There were already three corpses in the field, and they were about to kill the other side.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan and his two companions immediately joined the battle group and joined forces with Wanshou Mountain and Mingyin Valley disciples to fight against Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect disciples.

When both sides sensed the foundation-building spiritual pressure on Chen Yuan, they were shocked.

Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect knew that the situation was not good, and their arrogance just now disappeared without a trace.

Wanshou Mountain and Mingyin Valley were in a desperate situation, and they were grateful for such strong support. Regardless of Chen Yuan’s identity as a Lingyun Sect cultivator, they moved closer to him.

The leading cultivator of Ziyang Sect also had a demon pill implanted in his body. He could control the grass and trees within ten feet around him to attack the enemy. He was like a fish in water in the secret realm with flourishing trees.

Chen Yuan did not use the power of physical cultivation, but he felt quite pressured when facing this person.

However, this person relied on external force to take advantage of the situation and could not break Chen Yuan's defense.

Chen Yuan did not care about his face. He protected himself firmly and consumed the power of the demon pill in this person's body. It took more than half an hour to exhaust his demon power before he shot him to death.

The remaining seven people were entangled by Yun Fang and others. After Chen Yuan pulled his hand out, he shot them one by one.

Afterwards, Yun Fang dug out the fourth-level demon pill from the leading cultivator of Ziyang Sect under Chen Yuan's instruction, and took out the magic tools, identity jade cards, spirit beast bags, Yin flags and other identity proof items of the cultivators of various sects from the storage bags of Ziyang Sect disciples, which made the disciples of Wanshou Mountain and Mingyin Valley horrified.

It turned out that many of their fellow disciples had died at the hands of the Zi Yang Sect. They were lucky to have Chen Yuan lend a helping hand, otherwise they would have followed in their footsteps.

At this time, Chen Yuan took away all the spiritual herbs in the storage bags of Ziyang Sect disciples and distributed a small half of them to everyone. The disciples of the three sects were grateful to him and were more determined to follow Chen Yuan and explore the secret realm.

They were all foundation-building cultivators. Ziyang Sect robbed and killed disciples of various sects to rob spiritual herbs, while Chen Yuan acted on behalf of heaven and saved people from danger. The difference between the two sides was immediately determined.

Chen Yuan did not take the flattery of everyone to heart.

These three robberies and killings of Ziyang Sect disciples allowed him to harvest a large number of spiritual herbs, which was extremely astonishing, and he also gained the favor of disciples of various sects. After leaving the secret realm, he was confident of protecting himself.

In the next two days, Chen Yuan led nearly ten disciples from the three sects to search for the traces of Ziyang Sect disciples everywhere.

Before the secret realm was opened, the four major sects only worked together in pairs.

However, under the threat of Ziyang Sect, and with the leadership of Chen Yuan, a foundation-building cultivator, the disciples of the four sects achieved an unprecedented great unity. They followed Chen Yuan together, hunting monsters, collecting spiritual herbs, and looking for the traces of disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect. Once they were found, they worked together to kill them and divide their spiritual herbs equally.

Chen Yuan was also upright. He did not take any spiritual herbs from hunting level 2 monsters, except for the eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and gave them all to the disciples of the four sects.

After killing the disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect, he only took the five-hundred-year-old and eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and gave all the remaining spiritual herbs to everyone.

He already had enough spiritual herbs in his storage bag, and giving some away could stimulate the enthusiasm of the disciples of the four sects.

At the same time, this was also a favor to the disciples of the four sects. Although they could not repay it, the Jindan elders of the four sects could not ignore it after leaving the secret realm.

The four sects' disciples did not have to worry about dying at the hands of the Ziyang Sect's cultivators, and they could harvest the spiritual herbs without taking any risks. They also returned the favor, saying that they would definitely denounce the Ziyang Sect's actions after leaving the secret realm, and inform their own teachers of what Chen Yuan had done.

This was Chen Yuan's purpose. The disciples of various sects who entered the secret realm this time were all elites in the sect, with roots and foundations. Chen Yuan rescued them from the hands of the Ziyang Sect's cultivators and distributed spiritual herbs to them. The teacher behind them must accept this favor.

The number of disciples of the four sects around Chen Yuan had increased to fourteen. Wherever they went, no matter what kind of monster beast, they could not escape death.

Including the monk with untied hair, they encountered a total of seven Ziyang Sect cultivators with demon pills implanted in their bodies. They killed them and the disciples of the Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect who were accompanying them, and kept the demon pills, ready to take them out of the secret realm and hand them over to the teacher in the sect.

The spiritual herbs in his hands were also divided among the crowd.

Although Chen Yuan took away the five hundred year old and eight hundred year old spiritual herbs, he was a foundation-building cultivator, and it was very rare for him to share the remaining spiritual herbs with everyone.

Moreover, the three hundred year old and one hundred year old spiritual herbs were the most abundant in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, and the disciples of the four sects all reaped a lot of rewards, with a happy look on their faces.

With Chen Yuan leading the way, everyone was not worried about falling into danger on the road, nor was they in a hurry to leave the inner ring.

It was not until the day before the secret realm was closed that they left the inner ring and rushed to the receiving place.

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Outside the secret realm, the top of Dongxu Mountain.

The Lingguang Gate stood in the air, looming, and from time to time, it emitted colorful streams of light, illuminating the top of the mountain.

The six sects' Jindan elders stood with their hands behind their backs, standing in front of the Lingguang Gate, quietly waiting for their disciples to come out of the secret realm, with a serious look in their eyes.

For this trip to the secret realm, all the major sects sent their elite disciples, and they joined forces in pairs to fight for the spiritual herbs, which must have been extremely fierce.

They were all a little worried. If their disciples suffered losses, they would not only fail to collect enough spiritual herbs, but also have fewer seeds for foundation building in the future.

But among the six elders, the cultivator surnamed Xie was completely different. He smiled and looked far away at the horizon, as if he had already made up his mind for this trip to the secret realm.

The Yingting Taoist couldn't stand his face and said coldly: "It seems that Brother Xie has great confidence in his disciples."

Several Jindan cultivators looked at the cultivator surnamed Xie and showed doubts when they heard this.

Although Ziyang Sect had the most disciples entering the secret realm, Guiyuan Sect was the weakest among the six major sects.

The disciples of the other four sects, if they joined forces, might not necessarily lose to the disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect.

The cultivator surnamed Xie smiled but didn't say anything. He still looked at the horizon and ignored the Yingting Taoist.

Four years ago, Elder Qi developed a strange secret technique from the "Demon God Art" that can implant demon pills into the bodies of Qi-refining cultivators, making them have the strength comparable to that of a second-level demon beast in a short period of time.

Since then, Ziyang Sect has been searching for low-level disciples who can withstand the fourth-level demon pills in the sect. More than 20 Qi-refining tenth-level cultivators died before they got nine demon pill cultivators.

During this trip to the secret realm, Ziyang Sect sent all nine people into the secret realm. Under their leadership, naturally no one can stop them.

The order issued by the cultivator surnamed Xie was to let these nine demon pill cultivators lead the disciples of the two sects to kill all the disciples of the four sects they met and snatch all the spiritual herbs from their hands.

Only Ziyang Sect has such strength, and dares to take the world's disapproval and act without leaving any way out in the overall situation of the six sects working together to fight against the demon cultivators.

As time slowly passed, it was finally time to lead the disciples out of the secret realm.

The Tiangang Sword Sect's array master reported this to Taoist Ying Ting, who then told them that six Jindan cultivators came to the array plate suspended in the air and injected mana into it.

After a while, colorful streams of light began to fly out of the spiritual light gate, landing on the ground and revealing their figures.

In the next quarter of an hour, a total of seven or eight disciples left the secret realm in scattered groups, including disciples from various sects.

Suddenly, seven colorful streams of light flew out together, landed on the ground, and transformed into seven Ziyang Sect disciples.

The leader is none other than a Demonic Pill cultivator.

The monk surnamed Xie's eyes brightened slightly and he said through a message:

"How did things go?"

The Demonic Pill cultivator nodded lightly, not daring to say too much, and walked behind Elder Qi with several fellow disciples behind him.

The monk surnamed Xie was convinced, and the smile on his face became a little thicker.

After the demon pills were implanted in the bodies of these nine people, their strength completely crushed the Qi Refining monks. When they took action, they would definitely leave no one alive.

The various sects would not even know that it was the monks of the Ziyang Sect who killed all their disciples.

This trip to the secret realm will definitely severely damage the vitality of the other four major sects and make them unable to cope with the situation.

Once the demonic monks are defeated, the Ziyang Sect can truly unify the world of immortality in the country and turn the goal that the monks in the sect have been pursuing tirelessly for thousands of years into a reality.

The monk surnamed Xie's heart surged, and he sent a message to Elder Qi: "Senior Brother Qi, I have done the most great work for this trip to the secret realm. I will not only find disciples with physical training qualifications for my senior brother, but I will also spare no effort to find disciples for my senior brother." Come to the second half of "Demon God Art".

Elder Qi's eyes flashed, and he said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, junior brother. The "Demon God Art" is an ancient magical skill that is difficult to find. Junior brother, just try your best. Qi is already old, and he only wants to have a good disciple to master this sect. If the practice is carried forward, the hard work I have put into this practice will not be in vain.”

After that, he stopped talking and closed his eyes slightly.

Upon seeing this, the monk surnamed Xie stopped disturbing him by sending messages and waited quietly for his disciples to come out of the secret realm.

But in the next two hours, only six or seven Ziyang Sect disciples came out of the spiritual light gate sporadically, and the face of the monk surnamed Xie became more and more ugly.

According to his idea, after the secret realm was opened, Ziyang Sect disciples should file out under the leadership of nine Demonic Pill monks.

But in the past such a long time, only a few disciples left the secret realm, which inevitably made him feel uneasy.

However, what comforted the monk surnamed Xie was that not many disciples from the other four sects came out of the spiritual light gate, which was almost the same as the Ziyang sect.

This should be the work of the Demonic Pill cultivator. He killed all the disciples of the four sects. The purpose of this trip to the secret realm was still achieved.

Suddenly, more than a dozen colorful streams of light flew out from the aura gate, and the alchemy monks from various sects all focused their attention on it.

This is the first time that such a large number of monks have left the secret realm. I wonder which sect's disciples they are?

When the monk surnamed Xie saw this, he laughed, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Besides the Demonic Pill cultivators of the Ziyang Sect, who else could gather so many disciples?

I was infected with the flu, had a fever and sore throat, so I forced myself to write this. Today I only have this chapter, sorry for that.