Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

After Chen Yuan left, Zhang Zian took out a jade slip, probed into it with his spiritual sense, left a few words, and then put the jade slip away.

He and Wang Ran waited until the sun set, the sky was dark, and no more foundation-building cultivators came to hand in the task talisman.

Zhang Zian whispered a few words to Wang Ran, then left the Good Merit Hall and came to the door of a house where a Jindan Zhenren lived. He said loudly: "Zhang Zian, the head of the Good Merit Hall, pays homage to Elder Zhuge."

After a while, the two doors flashed with light and slowly opened. A faint voice came into Zhang Zian's ears: "Come to the main hall to see me."

Zhang Zian walked into the house and came to the main hall. Zhuge Qi sat on the armchair and looked at him indifferently.

Zhang Zian bowed deeply and said respectfully: "Reporting to Elder Zhuge, except for the seven monks who died in the battle, all the monks who participated in the battle have handed in the mission talisman. I have written down the details. Please take a look, Elder Zhuge."

As he said this, he touched the storage bag, took out the jade slip, and presented it with both hands.

Zhuge Qi raised his hand and took the jade slip in his hand. He probed into it with his spiritual consciousness and checked it. His expression was still indifferent.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly: "Chen Yuan... do you know his background?"

Zhang Zian said respectfully: "Junior Brother Chen is a disciple of Elder Jin Luoheng. Three years ago, he killed a late-stage foundation-building demon cultivator in a sect mission. As far as I know, he is also a master of alchemy, and his alchemy skills are extraordinary."

Zhuge Qi was surprised: "He is also proficient in alchemy?"

Zhang Zian said: "Chen Yuan is familiar with Wang Ran, the deacon of this hall. Wang Ran has asked him to make pills twice, and the success rate is as high as 70%."

Zhuge Qi nodded slightly, stroked the storage bag, took out a token, raised his hand and waved it gently, and sent it to Zhang Zian, saying lightly: "Give this token to Chen Yuan, and allow him to return to the sect to recuperate for three years, and then come to the Demon Desert to obey orders."

Zhang Zian took the jade token with both hands and said respectfully: "Yes."

He put the jade token into the storage bag, bowed deeply, and turned to leave.

Zhuge Qi sat on the armchair and murmured, "Chen Yuan, not bad, not bad..."

After leaving the Good Merit Hall, Chen Yuan did not return to the small building where he lived immediately, but went to visit Shen Danmei first.

Three days later, she had recovered as before, but perhaps due to the influence of the charm technique, her cheeks were still slightly flushed, and her eyes were much softer than before.

Seeing that Shen Danmei was fine, Chen Yuan did not stay for long. He just said a few words to her, then got up and said goodbye, returned to the small building, and meditated and practiced.

One day later, Chen Yuan's true energy was fully restored. He took out the mustard seed ring from his arms, and with a thought, the Soul-Nourishing Wood appeared in front of him out of thin air.

According to Zhang Zian, he had to wait a few days to leave the Demon-Slaying Desert. It was just right to use the Soul-Nourishing Wood to repair his damaged consciousness.

In the past three years, he has absorbed the spirituality contained in the Soul-Nourishing Wood every month, and his consciousness has expanded by more than eleven feet in total.

Under the continuous consumption of spiritual energy, the original half-foot-long soul-nourishing wood is now only three inches long. The thick gray luster on the surface has also become much thinner, and there are signs of dryness, giving people a feeling similar to the twilight of a 100-year-old man in the mortal world, which is extremely strange.

According to Chen Yuan's estimation, if he continues to use the soul-nourishing wood to strengthen his spiritual consciousness, after consuming all the spiritual energy, his spiritual consciousness should be able to expand to 25 feet.

But his spiritual consciousness is now damaged, and he needs to use the spiritual energy in the soul-nourishing wood to restore his spiritual consciousness, and the effect will inevitably be greatly reduced.

But if left alone, the speed of spiritual consciousness's self-recovery is extremely slow, and it will take at least several years to recover as before.

Moreover, the power of the Zhoutian stars is mainly used to temper the body. Although it can strengthen the spiritual consciousness, it is extremely slow to repair. One starlight infusion can only restore one inch of spiritual consciousness.

Before the spiritual consciousness is fully restored, Chen Yuan cannot improve his cultivation and can only use the soul-nourishing wood to warm the soul.

He looked at the soul-nourishing tree in front of him, feeling quite sorry. He slowly closed his eyes, spread his consciousness, and slowly extended it to the soul-nourishing tree.

Chen Yuan felt as if his body was immersed in a pool of hot springs, warm and comfortable.

Strands of gray silk threads emerged from the soul-nourishing tree, slowly extending into Chen Yuan's soul space, wrapping his soul inside.

The severely injured consciousness slowly recovered under spiritual nourishment.

Only such top-notch spiritual objects of heaven and earth can have such an effect.

Chen Yuan estimated that it would only take three days for his consciousness to recover.

It was a pity that this was only half a piece of soul-nourishing wood, incomplete, otherwise it would only take an hour for his injured consciousness to be completely restored.

Just as Chen Yuan was completely immersed in the spiritual nourishment of the soul-nourishing tree and his mind was completely relaxed, a yellow stream of light suddenly flew out of the soul-nourishing tree, along a gray silk thread, silently entered Chen Yuan's soul space, and pounced on his soul.

Chen Yuan was unaware of this and was still immersed in the warm and comfortable feeling.

When the yellow light was about to touch Chen Yuan's soul, the jade disk in the soul space suddenly shone with golden light, and Chen Yuan's soul was covered with a layer of golden light armor, blocking the yellow light.

"Huh?"

A faint sound of "Huh?" sounded, and Chen Yuan's heart was shocked. He immediately withdrew his consciousness from the soul-nourishing tree and looked inside himself.

In his soul space, his soul suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the yellow light in front of him with doubt.

The yellow light slowly turned into a soul shadow, and said lightly: "Haha, I didn't expect that there is such a treasure in your soul space..."

This soul shadow was dark yellow in color and much more solid than Chen Yuan's soul. He looked only in his twenties and handsome. He turned his head with interest and looked at the figure standing in Chen Yuan's soul space. Jade.

After Chen Yuan saw the soul shadow's appearance, his expression changed drastically: "You are... Qingyou Zhenren!"

The face of this soul shadow is exactly the same as that of the immortal Qingyou in Wentian Palace!

The yellow soul turned around and said, "Yes, I am Qingyou. Can you ask me, little friend, what is this wordless jade jade?"

Master Qingyou couldn't see the "Nine Transformations of True Spirit" technique recorded on the jade biscuit. Chen Yuan felt relieved, but then he took a few steps back: "Why can you enter my soul space?"

No wonder the soul-nurturing wood is so ineffective in strengthening spiritual consciousness. It turns out that the soul of Qingyou is entrusted in the soul-nurturing wood and secretly absorbs the spirituality of the soul-nurturing wood.

Master Qingyou smiled slightly: "My little friend absorbs the spirituality in the soul-nurturing tree. I followed the spiritual thread and entered my soul space."

Chen Yuan took a few steps back and stared at Qingyou: "You want to seize me?"

Master Qingyou smiled and said: "Yes, I want to seize the little friend."

Hearing these words, Chen Yuan's heart was filled with rage and he wanted to tear the soul of Master Qingyou into pieces as he took a step forward.

But looking at the solid soul of Master Qingyou, Chen Yuan felt fearful and stopped.

He didn't even notice that Master Qingyou had entered his soul space, and he could only escape due to the protection of the jade jade.

But the jade biscuit can only protect the soul and will not attack Qingyou. He also has no means of using his soul to fight the enemy. There is nothing he can do against Qingyou's soul.

Looking at Chen Yuan's uncertain expression, Master Qingyou seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said calmly: "Little friend, please calm down. After I woke up from my deep sleep, I saw that little friend was absorbing the spirit of the soul-nurturing wood. To destroy the spiritual object that my soul rests on, it’s natural to strike first.”

"And since the Soul-nurturing Wood is in your hands, you should have entered the Secret Realm of Asking Heaven Cauldron and taken away my treasure. Then, isn't it natural for me to take away your body?"

Chen Yuan said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, only those who can get treasures can get them. I can enter the secret realm of Asking Heaven Cauldron. That is my ability."

"If you can, take my body away from me, and I will never complain, otherwise I will definitely destroy your soul!"

Master Qingyou laughed and said, "Yes, my friend, what you said makes sense. Treasures can only be obtained by those who are able. Since you can enter the Secret Realm of Asking Heaven Cauldron and obtain the treasures I left behind, that is your ability."

"But don't think that with this wordless jade guarding your soul, I can't take it away."

Chen Yuan said coldly: "You can give it a try!"

With that said, he took a few steps forward and came to Qingyou Zhenren, with no fear on his face.

The jade jade flew out from the jade jue, recording the "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" and other supreme skills. How could a mere pill-forming monk break it?

And if Master Qingyou was really sure of breaking the jade guard, why would he keep talking nonsense with him? He would definitely have taken action long ago.

Chen Yuan had an aggressive and threatening attitude, but Master Qingyou remained calm: "My little friend and I have no grudges, why do we have to go to such an extent?"

As soon as he said this, Chen Yuan became more certain that Qingyou, the real person, could not break the jade guard, and he was just making false threats before.

He sneered, took two more steps forward, came to Qingyou Zhenren, almost pressed against him, and said, "You can do it now!"

Master Qingyou took two steps back, and the last trace of fear left in Chen Yuan's heart disappeared.

But at this moment, Master Qingyou suddenly laughed: "My little friend is very strong-minded. I really can't break through the golden light of this wordless jade, but what can I do against me?"

"Since my little friend has entered the secret realm of the Heavenly Cauldron, you should know that I cultivated my soul during my lifetime. Even if I cannot seize my little friend's body, with my cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building, would I dare to devour my soul?"

Chen Yuan's expression changed slightly, Master Qingyou's words hit his weakness.

Although he is protected by a jade and is not afraid of Master Qingyou taking over his body, Master Qingyou has such advanced cultivation that even if there is only a trace of his soul left, it is far inferior to Chen Yuan.

But he would never compromise with Master Qingyou, and said coldly: "Then just keep using it like this. Without the spiritual nourishment of the soul-nurturing wood, sooner or later you will run out of soul power, and then I will naturally destroy you. !”

Master Qingyou smiled, raised his hand, and a white stream of light floating in the soul space flew into his hand, transformed into a yellow stream of light, and was absorbed into his body. His soul body solidified slightly.

Chen Yuan was shocked. These white streams of light floating in the soul space were the power of his soul. They could be captured by Master Qingyou to replenish his soul power.

Master Qingyou said with a smile: "To be honest, little friend, when I first absorbed the spirit of the soul-nurturing tree three years ago, I woke up from my deep sleep, but I was extremely weak and could not take action to seize the body."

"When my little friend absorbed the spiritual spirit in the soul-nurturing tree, I secretly retained most of it to warm and nourish the soul. It was only today that I returned to its heyday and took action to seize the body."

"I just didn't expect that there would be such a treasure in my little friend's soul space, so I fell short."

"But fortunately, I always like to leave a back-up when doing things. In the past three years, every time my little friend absorbs the spirituality in the soul-nurturing tree, I will secretly use a secret method to send a trace of soul essence, but I will not attack the little friend's soul. Stay in my little friend’s soul space.”

"Three years later, my soul space has been contaminated by my soul aura. Although it is impossible for me to occupy the magpie's nest with a little soul essence, it is not difficult to steal some of my soul power to replenish myself."

"As long as my little friend doesn't die, you can't wait until the day when I run out of soul power."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and took a ray of divine soul power into his hand and into his body.

Chen Yuan's expression changed, and he controlled the power of his soul to stay away from Zhenren Qingyou, but he raised his hand and took another ray of white light into his body.

There are countless white streams of light floating in Chen Yuan's soul space. Every time Master Qingyou takes one ray, it is just a drop in the bucket.

But as long as he can steal Chen Yuan's soul power, it is not sourceless water, and there is no way he can exhaust his soul power.

Master Qingyou stopped his movements and said with a smile: "Don't waste your efforts, little friend. In the past three years, I have performed more than thirty secret techniques and sent more than thirty strands of soul essence into my body, spreading all over my body. The soul space.”

"Unless my little friend has cultivated to the late stage of pill formation and his spiritual consciousness is equal to mine, it will be impossible to find traces of these soul essences, and I can always steal the power of my little friend's soul."

Chen Yuan's face turned ugly and he said coldly: "Senior, do you want to stay in my soul space forever?"

Unknowingly, he changed his name to Master Qingyou.

Master Qingyou said seriously: "I have now entered my little friend's soul space, and it is impossible for me to perform this secret technique in front of you again."

"If you do this, it will just be another way to survive. If my little friend one day really reaches the late stage of pill formation, it will be the day of my death."

"I just want to tell you, little friend, although I can't take your body away, you can't do anything to me either, so why bother to make it a life-and-death situation?"

Chen Yuan's heart moved, and his tone softened a lot: "What the senior said is true. As long as the senior exits the soul space of the junior and returns to the soul-nurturing tree, the junior will never be in conflict with the senior from now on. How about that?"

Master Qingyou smiled and said: "My friend is joking, I am just a remnant soul now. If I return to the soul-nurturing tree, I can only let my little friend slaughter me. Only by staying here can I be at peace with my little friend."

Chen Yuan's eyes turned cold: "Then I can only ask the master of the sect to take action and destroy the senior's soul. I cannot allow the senior's soul to stay in my soul space!"

Master Qingyou sighed softly: "If you do this, I can only close my eyes and wait for death, but before I die, I will tell everything about your entry into the secret realm of the Heavenly Cauldron."

"I wonder if the teacher of my little friend's sect would be interested in a space magic weapon?"

Chen Yuan sneered and said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint my seniors. The Asking Heaven Cauldron has collapsed on its own, and the space fluctuations have spread to thousands of miles around. Everyone in the Qi Kingdom knows this!"