Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

People were coming and going in Huanyuefang Market. Chen Yuan restrained his aura and walked slowly among the crowd.

He came to the thousand-foot peak at the end of the valley, walked past the jade archway with "Huanyue Cave Heaven" written on it, and walked up along the mountain path.

The bamboo forests in the mountains were shaded, waterfalls and springs flowed, and elegant and beautiful courtyards were scattered among them.

Chen Yuan came to a courtyard and stopped.

The four characters "Ding Erqijiu" were engraved on the gate of this courtyard. It was the cave where Ren Man and Cao Xianji lived.

Chen Yuan said loudly: "Is Daoyou Ren in the mansion? Chen Yuan is here to visit."

After he finished speaking, he waited for a while, but there was no response from the courtyard.

Chen Yuan frowned and performed a secret technique obtained from the memory of Master Qingyou, spreading his consciousness and exploring the courtyard.

The formation and prohibition of the Ding-shaped cave were extremely simple, but if the consciousness was forcibly probed, it would leave traces.

This secret technique is useless, but it can probe into the spiritual consciousness without destroying the formation. It just requires the spiritual consciousness of the person who casts the technique to be much stronger than the formation level, which is just right for this purpose.

Chen Yuan probed into the formation with his spiritual consciousness. He did not spy on the rooms, but only entered the main hall. He saw half a pot of spiritual tea on the table, and the teacups were placed in a rather messy manner.

He withdrew his spiritual consciousness, stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the market at the foot of the mountain, and waited quietly.

There are still people living in this house, but it is not known whether the tenant has changed. Only by waiting for the owner to return can we know.

This wait lasted for three days and three nights. Chen Yuan did not show any signs of fatigue. He stood outside the gate with a calm face.

Finally, at dusk on this day, a figure appeared at the end of the mountain road. After seeing Chen Yuan, he showed a happy expression and walked up to him quickly: "Daoyou Chen!"

The person who came was Ren Man, whom Chen Yuan had been waiting for for three days. She was dressed in light green clothes, and her figure was much plumper than four years ago. The wrinkles on her face seemed to be lighter, and she looked radiant and brilliant.

She came in front of Chen Yuan and bowed: "Daoyou Chen, when did you come? I happened to be in the mountains hunting monsters these days, and I was not in the market. I kept Daoyou waiting for a long time."

Chen Yuan spread his spiritual sense and faintly sensed the aura that Ren Man tried her best to restrain. A smile appeared on his face, and he returned the greeting: "It doesn't matter, Chen has only been waiting for three days. Congratulations to Daoyou Ren for successfully building the foundation and making great progress in cultivation!"

His spiritual sense was too strong, and even if Ren Man restrained her aura, she could not hide her cultivation in front of him.

Ren Man was surprised: "Fellow Daoist Chen can actually see my cultivation?"

She restrained her aura, and her cultivation was not obvious. She looked no different from an ordinary person, but she was surprised when Chen Yuan saw through her.

Chen Yuan would not reveal his true colors, and said lightly: "I have learned a secret technique that can detect other people's cultivation."

Ren Man's surprise faded away, and she bowed again: "Thanks to the foundation-building pill given by fellow Daoist, I have achieved my current cultivation."

Chen Yuan said: "Fellow Daoist Ren, there is no need to be polite. A foundation-building pill is nothing. Only when you have a solid foundation can you succeed in building a foundation."

All casual cultivators are pseudo-spiritual root cultivators with poor aptitude. To successfully build a foundation with a foundation-building pill, they must have a solid foundation, a strong character, and a bit of luck, so that they have a 30% chance of success in building a foundation.

If you want to increase the success rate of building a foundation, you must take more foundation-building pills.

But it was a great fortune for a casual cultivator to get a foundation-building pill. How could he dare to have such a delusion? He could only practice diligently, build a solid foundation, and fight for that chance.

Ren Man was also very lucky to succeed in building a foundation, but she knew in her heart that if she didn't have the foundation-building pill given by Chen Yuan, she would never succeed in building a foundation.

But she didn't thank him for his kindness. She just smiled, remembered this kindness deeply in her heart, and invited Chen Yuan into the courtyard.

The two came to the main hall and sat down. Ren Man brewed a pot of spiritual tea again and poured tea for him.

Chen Yuan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Nephew Cao didn't go with Fellow Daoist Ren?"

Ren Man frowned, "In order not to drag me down, Xian Ji went to the Fantasy Moon Mountains with two friends to hunt monsters. He should be back in a few days."

Chen Yuan put down the teacup in his hand and praised, "Nephew Cao is independent and strong, and has the legacy of Fellow Daoist Cao. He will definitely make a difference in the future."

Ren Man sighed lightly, with a bit of regret on her face, "After I was lucky enough to build my foundation, the gains from hunting monsters in the mountains were enough to support Xian Ji's cultivation."

"But Xian Ji is too ambitious and doesn't want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor. He just wants to go into the mountains to hunt monsters and temper his character."

"Now that the demon cultivators are rampant, There have been traces of foundation-building demon cultivators in the Huanyue Mountains, but he insisted on doing it his own way. I am really afraid that he will encounter an accident one day..."

Speaking of this, she paused, her eyes dim: "But I also know that we casual cultivators have poor aptitude. If we sit in the market and meditate and practice, without experiencing the test of life and death, our foundation is not solid, and our mind is fragile, how can we succeed in building the foundation?"

"It's a pity that I am just a casual cultivator and can't get a few more foundation-building pills for Xianji, otherwise he wouldn't have to take such a big risk and go into the mountains to hunt monsters."

This is the sadness of casual cultivators. Without sufficient cultivation resources, they can only constantly polish their foundations, temper their minds, and seek a chance to become a Taoist.

This is not a useless move. Cultivation is not about piling up resources. Even if you are a cultivator with heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, if your mind is impetuous and your foundation is shallow, you can't expect to cultivate to a high level.

When Chen Yuan entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, except for the Tiangang Sword Sect which had been sending all its disciples, the other five major sects all sent out their elite disciples with excellent qualifications. Not only did they want to collect more spiritual herbs before the invasion of the demon cultivators, but they also wanted to temper the disciples' character so that they could go further on the road of cultivation.

However, as a mother, Ren Man did not want Cao Xianji to take risks, but the situation forced her to bury this pain in her heart, and she only poured it out when she saw Chen Yuan today.

However, she has a strong character and did not take advantage of the situation to plead with Chen Yuan for help. Instead, she changed the subject and asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen is a high disciple of Lingyun Sect. He should have been to Danmo Desert. I wonder how the war is going now?"

Chen Yuan briefly explained what he knew, and then took the initiative to exchange his cultivation experience with Ren Man.

Not long after Ren Man established the foundation, he encountered a difficult problem at the pass, but no one gave him any advice. He accumulated many questions and asked them all at once.

Chen Yuan's cultivation level is much higher than that of Ren Man, and he has gained the cultivation experience of Master Qingyou. He has a high position and can solve her doubts in just a few words.

After half an hour, all Ren Man's doubts were solved, he gained great insights, and he also respected Chen Yuan more and more.

She couldn't see through Chen Yuan's cultivation level, but she had met a mid-stage foundation-building monk from Guiyuan Sect. This person's knowledge in cultivation was far inferior to Chen Yuan's.

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Yuan finally got to the point: "Fellow Taoist Ren, Chen came here this time because he has something to ask for help from."

Ren Man put away his smile and said seriously: "Fellow Taoist, please tell me, as long as I can help, I will never refuse."

She accepted Chen Yuan's Foundation Building Pill and had long wanted to repay her kindness, but she couldn't find the chance. Now that Chen Yuan spoke, she was naturally obliged to do so.

Chen Yuan asked: "Does Fellow Taoist Ren know Li Ju of Guiyuan Pavilion?"

Ren Man nodded and said, "Of course, this person is responsible for exchanging spiritual stones. I have exchanged several medium-grade spiritual stones with him. Most of the casual cultivators in Huanyuefang City have had contact with him."

Chen Yuan said slowly: "Chen has some grudges against this person and wants to take his life. But he is hiding in the market and can't do anything. I have met him before, so I want to ask fellow Taoist Ren to come forward and lure him away." "Debo City."

Ren Man said in surprise: "Li Ju has reached the middle stage of foundation building more than ten years ago. Fellow Daoist Chen wants to attack him?"

Chen Yuan nodded and let Man do what he said: "But Li Ju rarely leaves Fangshi, and I don't have a close relationship with him. If I try to lure him away from Fangshi, I'm afraid there will be flaws."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Then just lure him to the cave."

Ren Man looked hesitant, his eyes struggled, and he didn't answer for a long time.

She wanted to repay Chen Yuan's favor, but Li Ju was a monk of the Guiyuan Sect. Regardless of whether Chen Yuan succeeded or not, she and Cao Xianji would not be able to stay in Huanyuefang City any longer.

But Ren Man hesitated for a long time, and finally could not forget Chen Yuan's gift of the pill, so he agreed: "I will leave this matter to you."

Chen Yuan saw Ren Man's expression and guessed what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Chen will not let fellow Taoist efforts go in vain. After the deeds are accomplished, there will be rewards."

Ren Man shook his head and said: "I was able to successfully build the foundation because of the elixir given by my Taoist friend. Now I finally have a chance to repay you. I am not coveting the reward from my Taoist friend."

Seeing that she was determined to refuse, Chen Yuan stopped talking and asked, "Have you ever thought about the reason that Ren Daoyou would use to lure Li Ju here?"

Ren Man said: "Fellow Daoist Chen should know that according to the exchange ratio of Guiyuan Pavilion, if you can only take out a few hundred pieces of low-grade spiritual stones, it is 130 to 1, and if you can only take out a few hundred pieces of low-grade spiritual stones, it is 120 to 1. There are For thousands of yuan, it is one hundred to ten to one, and for tens of thousands of yuan, it is one hundred to one..."

"We poor casual cultivators can usually only afford hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones. Li Ju secretly exchanged them for us at a ratio of one hundred and twenty to one, and then used his status as a Guiyuan Pavilion monk to exchange it for us at a ratio of one hundred and twenty to one. According to the ratio, these low-grade spiritual stones can be exchanged for medium-grade spiritual stones. If you add up, you can make a lot of money. "

"I only need to use this as a basis to lure him here by saying that there is a casual cultivator who wants to exchange spiritual stones with him but does not want to enter Guiyuan Pavilion for trading. There have been such precedents in the past."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly and asked, "When will fellow Taoist Ren plan to go find Li Ju?"

Ren Man said: "After Li Ju's death, the Guiyuan Sect will definitely notice it. After Xianji comes back, I will find Li Ju again, lure him here, hand him over to fellow Taoists, and then leave Huanyuan with Xianji." Yuefang City.”

The two agreed on the matter, and Chen Yuan stood up to say goodbye, renting a D-shaped house, meditating, and patiently waiting for Cao Xianji's return.

At noon that day, he received the transmission note from Ren Man and came to the "Ding 279" house and met Cao Xianji.

Cao Xianji's attitude was extremely respectful and he bowed deeply to Chen Yuan: "Nephew Cao Xianji, meet your uncle!"

Chen Yuan tried his best to say a few words, and Cao Xianji stepped aside and stood with his hands down.

Four years later, his cultivation has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. He has advanced very quickly, but his aura is quite strong and his foundation is solid.

Chen Yuan nodded secretly. As expected, this boy is really firm in his Taoism and has never slacked off at all. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve such an achievement.

Ren Man must have told Cao Xianji the whole story, and he did not shy away from it. He said in front of him: "Fellow Daoist Chen, I will go and invite Li Ju right now."

Chen Yuan nodded and turned to look at Cao Xianji: "Chen has rented Cave No. 347 in Ding. My nephew can go there for a while."

As he spoke, he touched the storage bag, took out a wooden sign, raised his hand and waved it, and sent it to Cao Xian's body.

Cao Xianji bowed and caught the token with both hands, accepted it respectfully, turned around and walked out.

Chen Yuan turned to look at Ren Man and warned: "Fellow Taoist, be careful. If something cannot be done, don't force it."

Ren Man nodded, then stood up and left.

After she left, Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, stood up and walked out of the house, touched his storage bag, took out a few formation flags, raised his hand and threw them, and placed them around the house.

Then he took out a formation plate about the size of a foot, put a medium-grade spiritual stone into each of the five grooves, held the formation plate with his left hand, made secrets with his right hand, and muttered something in his mouth.

This is a low-level spiritual formation that Chen Yuan obtained from a demon cultivator. It has no other use. It can only cover the movement of sounds and shield spiritual consciousness, but the effect is extraordinary.

Even the monks in the late stage of foundation construction can't even think about spying on the movement, and the sound in the formation will not be heard at all.

After setting up the formation, Chen Yuan returned to the courtyard, spread his consciousness, covered the mountain road in front of the courtyard, and waited silently.

The sky in Huanyue Cave is full of fish and dragons. There may be monks in the late stage of foundation building renting the cave, and there are also monks from the Guiyuan Sect who are building pills. Their cave is on the top of the mountain. Chen Yuan does not dare to let go of all his consciousness to avoid attracting the attention of others.

About half an hour later, two figures appeared at the end of the mountain road and walked towards the house.

Ren Man was walking in front, followed by an ordinary-looking middle-aged monk. He was wearing a green gown with the word "Yuan" embroidered on the cuffs. He showed a gentle smile and was talking to Ren Man in a low voice. It was Chen Yuan. Li Ju whom I have met before.

He narrowed his eyes, touched his storage bag, took out Luo Yansha, and put it on his body.

The next moment, Chen Yuan's figure disappeared and disappeared into the air.

After a while, Ren Man and Li Ju came to the house. Ren Man took out the wooden sign, opened the door, and walked in first.

Li Ju followed Ren Man and walked in without doubting his presence.

He has done countless transactions with these casual cultivators and has never made any mistakes.

Moreover, Huanyuefang City was guarded by Danjie monks and guarded by a large array of guards. No one dared to cause trouble in the place, so he had no defense at all.

But he raised his eyes and saw that there was no one in the main hall. He couldn't help but frown: "Fellow Taoist Ren..."

Before Li Ju finished speaking, Chen Yuan put away Luo Yansha, and a figure appeared in front of him out of thin air. He swelled to eight feet tall, his muscles clapped, his body glowed with bronze color, and he punched out!

Li Ju's face changed wildly, and he hurriedly pulled back, but Chen Yuan was too close to him, and he was unprepared and did not mobilize his true energy in advance. He was unable to dodge and was punched in the chest by Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan used all his strength in this punch. Under the huge force of 300,000 kilograms, Li Ju's cassock could not withstand even a breath. His body was smashed to pieces, and he died instantly on the spot.

Chen Yuan immediately dispersed the secret technique of the giant spirit body, raised his hand, took Li Ju's soul into his hand, and used the soul search technique to search for Li Ju's memory.