Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Since the demonic cultivators invaded Qi State, the Lingyun Sect's mountain gate has become much deserted.

At least 70% of the core disciples went to the Demon Desert to participate in the battle, and the remaining 30% were mostly scattered in Lingyunfang City and several spirit stone veins. Only a few monks stayed in the mountain gate.

The number of core disciples has been greatly reduced, and the deacon disciples only need to deal with matters related to the Qi Refining disciples, so they are naturally much freer.

Wang Ran, who returned to Shanmen from the Dangmo Desert two months ago, seized this precious free time to practice diligently and improve his cultivation bit by bit.

He stayed in the Dangmo Desert for two full years. He had to assist Zhang Zian, the leader of the Shanggong Hall, issue tasks to a group of core disciples, verify tasks, and communicate with the other five monks. He was extremely busy and had almost no time to practice.

This is the price for deacon disciples not having to fight in battle. They have to deal with almost endless chores and face the dissatisfaction of many core disciples, which is quite embarrassing.

In the past, in the mountain gate, Wang Ran, as the deacon of the Shanggong Hall, could intercept tasks privately and distribute them to people close to him, so that he could make friends with his fellow disciples and be high-spirited.

But in the Dangmo Desert, the Lingyun Sect has nearly ten Danjie elders sitting in charge, and Zhuge Qi, who is fair and clear in rewards and punishments, is in charge of all affairs. The deacon disciples can only follow orders and have no room to exercise power in private.

In the past two years, Wang Ran worked diligently and did not dare to slack off at all. Finally, he got Zhuge Qi's permission to return to the clan for a year to repair.

But after Wang Ran returned to the clan, he still couldn't practice with peace of mind.

Another deacon of the Shan Gong Hall who stayed at the mountain gate was transferred to the Danmo Desert. He was temporarily in charge of the Shan Gong Hall. Fortunately, there were not many foundation-building monks in the gate. The tasks of the Qi Refining disciples were handled by the disciples on duty, so they were very free.

On this day, Wang Ran was meditating and practicing when he suddenly heard the call of the disciple on duty. He slowly stopped his practice, got up and walked out of the quiet room, went down to the first floor, and opened the door.

A disciple on duty stood outside the door with a respectful expression. He turned slightly to let a young monk behind him look at Wang Ran with a smile.

When Wang Ran saw the person coming, he was startled, then with a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "Junior Brother Chen!"

The young monk was none other than Chen Yuan, who had killed seven demon cultivators. Wang Ran did not dare to show any signs of neglect, and quickly dismissed the disciples on duty and welcomed Chen Yuan into the small building.

He is the only deacon left in the mountain gate of the Shanggong Hall. He stays on duty at the Shanggong Hall when necessary. Since returning to the sect, he has never entered the cave.

The two came to the second floor and sat down separately. Wang Ran personally served the spirit tea and exchanged a few words. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

Chen Yuan took a few sips of the spiritual tea, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Chen received a sect mission before and finally completed it recently. I came here to deliver the order."

At this time, eight months had passed since he entered Mingcang Lake to search for the descendants of the true spirit.

During this period, he encountered more than a dozen aquatic monsters, landed on several large islands in the lake, and fought several level five monsters.

He even encountered a level six black turtle. Fortunately, the monster had a gentle personality and was not hostile, allowing him to escape.

But he traveled all over Mingcang Lake, but there was still no response from Yujue, except that there were a few more demon pills and some demon beast materials in the storage bag.

Chen Yuan touched the storage bag, and a mission talisman and a wooden box appeared out of thin air on the table.

Wang Ran raised his hand to pick up the mission talisman, looked inside with his spiritual consciousness, then opened the wooden box, his expression changed slightly: "Is this... Blood Spirit Sect Demon Cultivator Yue Zishan?"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Senior Brother Wang has a good eye."

Wang Ran looked carefully at the ferocious head in the box, nodded and said: "In the late stage of foundation building, it is indeed Yuezi Mountain."

He closed the wooden box and said with a smile: "Wang remembers all the characters on the reward list of the six sects clearly. Yue Zishan is ranked twelfth and is rewarded with 10,000 good deeds. Including this sect mission, a total of It’s nineteen thousand good deeds, does Junior Brother have any objection?”

Chen Yuan frowned slightly: "I remember that Yue Zishan should be ranked eighth, right?"

Wang Ran explained: "Recently, several demon cultivators have become famous, but Yue Zishan has disappeared, and his ranking on the six sects' bounty list has slipped a few places. If the junior brother had come up with this beast's head earlier, he would have gotten more. Rewards for good deeds.”

Chen Yuan's expression softened slightly, he touched his storage bag, took out his identity jade tag, and handed it to Wang Ran.

Wang Ran transferred nineteen thousand good deeds to Chen Yuan's identity jade tablet, then took out another jade slip and handed it to Chen Yuan: "This is the latest six-sect bounty list. If junior brother wants to be a knife hunter, , you can refer to one or two.”

Chen Yuan put the jade slips and identity tags into his storage bag, and smiled slightly: "Senior brother, I'm interested, but I just met this beast by chance, and I will go to the Demon Desert in another year, so I have no intention of becoming a knife catcher. "

When Wang Ran heard the words "Dang Mo Desert", a flash of fear flashed in his eyes, and he sighed: "Junior brother, before returning to the demon desert, it is best to prepare more healing elixirs and medium-grade spiritual stones."

Chen Yuan asked: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"

Wang Ran lowered his voice slightly, as if he was worried about others hearing, and said: "Junior brother has stayed in the mountain gate for the past two years, and I don't know what is going on in the Demonic Desert."

"In recent months, the demon sect's offensive has become more and more fierce. It has become more and more difficult for the six sects to resist. Casualties are increasing day by day, and it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain good deeds."

"Moreover, no matter how much merit they have made, the monks of various sects are not allowed to leave the Demon Desert, which means that the deacon disciples can still take turns. Junior brother, prepare more healing elixirs and save a lot of good deeds."

Chen Yuan was shocked. When Mo Jingchun returned to his sect, he had told him about the situation on the front line. At that time, the six sects of Qi State were still on par with the demon cultivators. Unexpectedly, in less than two years, they would fall into Downwind.

He asked, "Brother, can you tell me more details?"

Wang Ran whispered, "In the past, the six sects of Qi State were on par with the demon cultivators, and sometimes even had the upper hand. But in the past year, the number of demon cultivators has suddenly increased, and their strength has become stronger and stronger, and the situation has gradually become unfavorable to us."

"Before I returned to the sect, the two sides had a big battle every ten days, a small battle every three days, and fighting every day. We lost more than we won, and the casualties increased. The number of people who gained something also decreased..."

Wang Ran told the details of what he knew, and Chen Yuan bowed his hands and saluted: "Thank you, brother, for telling me the truth. Otherwise, I would not know the inside story and would be unprepared, and I would definitely suffer a great loss."

Wang Ran smiled and said, "Brother, you are too polite. This is not a secret. You will know it sooner or later. Moreover, brother is very powerful. As long as you are careful, the demon cultivators can't do anything to you."

Chen Yuan smiled, stood up and said goodbye. Wang Ran sent him out of the small building, exchanged a few words, and then parted.

Chen Yuan drove the escape light and flew to Yunyin Peak. His expression gradually became solemn.

The demon cultivators had the upper hand, and the six sects of Qi were losing more and more, and the situation was getting worse.

Fortunately, he had prepared a backup plan. Even if the six sects were defeated, they could flee to Jiuxianzhou.

However, from what Wang Ran said, although the six sects of Qi were at a disadvantage, they were still not in a state of defeat and could hold on for a long time, so there was no need to leave in a hurry.

Jiuxianzhou was far more spiritual than Donghuazhou, and the strength of the cultivators was far greater than that of Donghuazhou, so it was not advisable to go there rashly.

Most importantly, the demon beasts in Jiuxianzhou were far more powerful than those in Donghuazhou, and there was also a demon beast royal family ruling and strictly controlling them. It was very risky to find the descendants of the true spirits in them.

He planned to search as much as possible in the territory of Qi first, and it would not be too late to leave when the situation was really irreversible.

Chen Yuan made up his mind and returned to the cave to meditate and practice, and recuperate.

He needed to spread his spiritual consciousness and stay alert at all times in Mingcang Lake. He was exhausted after maintaining such a long time, so he took this opportunity to have a good rest.

But not long after Chen Yuan entered into meditation, a sound transmission note flew into the cave, awakening him from his meditation.

He frowned, raised his hand, took the sound transmission note into his hand, and dispersed his consciousness to check it.

Suddenly, his face changed slightly, and he stood up and left the house, flying towards Jiangzhen Peak.

This sound transmission note was actually sent by Jin Luoheng, who had been away from the sect for several years and had just returned to the mountain gate a few days ago, asking Chen Yuan to meet him.

Chen Yuan certainly did not dare to neglect it, and accelerated his escape speed, and soon arrived at the top of Jiangzhen Peak.

The door of Jin Luoheng's cave was open, and Chen Yuan stepped in, passed through the winding passage, and came to the stone hall.

Jin Luoheng sat upright on the jade bed, wearing a Tai Chi Taoist robe, with his hair loose, a smile on his lips, and his aura became more and more ethereal and unpredictable.

Chen Yuan bowed deeply and said respectfully: "Disciple Chen Yuan, I pay my respects to the Master!"

Jin Luoheng looked at Chen Yuan carefully and suddenly said: "Have you broken through the bottleneck of the late stage?"

Chen Yuan was shocked. He didn't expect Jin Luoheng to see his cultivation at a glance.

But he also knew that this matter would definitely not be hidden from Jin Luoheng. After the breakthrough, he thought of an excuse and explained immediately: "A few years ago, my disciple accidentally entered the cave of a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan and got a few pills..."

Jin Luoheng said lightly: "You don't need to explain. The road to immortal cultivation is against the will of heaven. Any achievement requires opportunity. Your opportunity has nothing to do with me as a teacher."

"But you need to remember that the first thing for immortal cultivators is the heart of Taoism. You can't rely on opportunities alone, otherwise you will not go far."

"Of course, although the heart of Taoism is important, without opportunity, you can't cultivate it. The Great Dao, the two complement each other and are indispensable. "

Chen Yuan said solemnly: "Disciple will follow the master's teachings."

Jin Luoheng said again: "Before the master returned to the sect, he went to the Demon Desert. You killed seven cultivators of the same level in one battle, right or wrong?"

Chen Yuan felt relieved and replied: "Yes, the disciple got a secret technique from the cave of the Jindan cultivator. When he performed it, it was extremely powerful and killed seven demon cultivators in the middle stage of the foundation building. "

Jin Luoheng didn't know that he killed Xu Feiqing. It seemed that Shen Danmei really kept her mouth shut and didn't tell Jin Luoheng that he was a body cultivator.

Otherwise, as a body cultivator, he needed to strengthen his physical body to improve his cultivation, which was ten times more difficult than ordinary cultivators, but his cultivation progress was so fast. In just over ten years, he cultivated from the early stage of foundation building to the late stage of foundation building. There is no way to explain it.

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "You have earned a lot of face for your master. In the past few years, there are few disciples like you who can kill cultivators of the same level as easily as cutting melons and vegetables. Senior Brother Zhuge is quite impressed by you."

Chen Yuan said, "I was just lucky enough to get some opportunities. When I took action, I also picked those demon cultivators with weak strength. There is nothing to boast about."

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "You don't have to be modest. These seven people are all cultivators from the Blood Spirit Sect and the Joyous Sect. No matter how weak they are, how weak can they be?"

"However, the strength of the foundation-building cultivators of the two major demon sects has increased a lot recently. After you go to the Demon Desert, , be sure to act carefully and don't be targeted by the demon cultivators. "

"Disciple will remember the master's teachings." Chen Yuan responded respectfully, paused, and said, "But there is one thing I don't understand. The six sects have been holding off the demon cultivators for nearly a year, and they have not lost the upper hand at all. Why have they been getting worse recently?"

Jin Luoheng said in a deep voice: "The Blood Spirit Sect and the Joyous Sect are great sects of the demon path that have lasted for tens of thousands of years. Each of them has a large spiritual vein and a deep foundation. There are thousands of foundation-building disciples in each sect, and the number of Jindan cultivators is even more than that of the six sects. There are also countless small sects and scattered cultivators who can be driven. With all their strength, they naturally have the upper hand. "

Chen Yuan wondered, "Since the two sects are so powerful, then the six sects will definitely lose. Why do they have to fight with the two demon sects in the Demon Desert?"

Jin Luoheng said, "Although the demon sects are strong, they also fight a lot with each other and are wary of each other. If not, the six sect leaders would not agree to fight with the two demon sects in the Demon Desert."

"But the two demon sects sent all their cultivators this time, and even more than half of the Yuanying cultivators came to the Demon Desert. They almost came out in full force, so the six sects are naturally at a disadvantage."

Chen Yuan's heart trembled, "Then the six sects are..."

Jin Luoheng said lightly, "The demon cultivators are all cruel. The two demon sects are out in full force. There must be changes in the rear. As long as the six sects persist, there is a chance of victory."

"And even if we lose, our sect has a way out. You don't have to worry."

Chen Yuan's expression eased, but he was even more pessimistic about the situation.

The two demon sects have been passed down for tens of thousands of years. How could they not leave a way out?

Since they dared to go all out, they must have made full preparations. Even if the Six Sects of Qi had a chance to win, it was very slim.

But since Jin Luoheng had said this, Chen Yuan could not ask any more questions, and turned to Jin Luoheng to ask about the difficulties in cultivation.

He had obtained all the memories of Master Qingyou, and there were very few difficult problems in cultivation, and they were all related to physical cultivation, so he could only understand them by himself.

But he had been in seclusion for several years. If he did not encounter any difficulties, it would definitely arouse Jin Luoheng's suspicion. He could only ask some questions that cultivators in the late stage of foundation building would encounter. After an hour, he stopped.

Jin Luoheng saw that the questions raised by Chen Yuan were quite difficult, and he must have been very diligent and serious in his usual cultivation. He praised him and let him leave.

Chen Yuan was also quite shocked. Jin Luoheng's answer was very exquisite. Although it was slightly inferior to the cultivation experience he got from Master Qingyou's memories, it was not far behind.

True Man Qingyou is a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, only one step away from Yuanying, and the Jiuxianzhou cultivation world is much stronger than Donghuazhou.

But Jin Luoheng's knowledge is not much different from True Man Qingyou. Could he also be a cultivator in the late Jindan stage?

Chen Yuan never knew Jin Luoheng's cultivation level. He once asked Sun Congyao and Shen Danmei, but they didn't know either.

He always thought that Jin Luoheng was a cultivator in the early Jindan stage, at most in the middle Jindan stage.

After all, Jin Luoheng was born as a casual cultivator, with poor aptitude, and relied on himself all the way to cultivate, without much support from Lingyun Sect.

But if he was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, then Chen Yuan would have to think carefully about whether he still wanted to flee to Jiuxianzhou.