Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

The smile on Song Qingru's face faded and she said softly: "When Xue Lin and I left the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, we encountered Ziyang Sect Qi Hong blocking the way. Fortunately, we were saved by Senior Brother Mo Jingchun."

"After leaving the secret realm, I wanted to thank Senior Brother Chen after he came out, but he got trapped in the secret realm. I had no choice but to give up."

"After returning to the sect, I exchanged two foundation-building pills from the sect. The foundation-building pill was successful. From then on, I practiced with peace of mind and traveled around for the sect's mission."

"It wasn't until ten years later that I learned from Senior Brother Mo that Senior Brother Chen actually walked out of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain alive and successfully built a foundation, defeating the Ziyang Sect's conspiracy, so I wanted to pay him a visit."

"It's a pity that my senior brother is in seclusion and I never get to see him. Today I have the opportunity to express my gratitude to my senior brother."

"If Senior Brother Chen hadn't led us into the secret environment, I wouldn't have been able to harvest enough spiritual herbs in exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills..."

Song Qingru stared at Chen Yuan with a gentle voice and recounted his experiences in the past ten years.

A strange feeling arose in Chen Yuan's heart. He had exchanged a few words with Song Qingru out of politeness, but he didn't expect that this woman would tell her past experiences in detail, as if she were confiding her true feelings between good friends. Somewhat caught off guard.

But now that the matter has come to this, he can only continue: "Junior Sister Song, don't be polite. Without the help of my three Taoist friends, Junior Sister Song, Junior Brother Xue, Junior Brother He and Tiangang Sword Sect, I would not have been able to enter the interior by myself. Looking for spiritual herbs around the world is a mutually beneficial move."

"I just didn't expect that Junior Sister would actually meet Senior Brother Mo. He and I have been friends for many years. Junior Sister only needs to ask Senior Brother Mo to pass a word, and Chen will come to visit him after he comes out of isolation."

Song Qingru smiled: "We will meet naturally if we are destined, why force it?"

When she spoke, she kept looking at Chen Yuan, her eyes were very gentle, and she always had a faint smile on her face.

Chen Yuan felt even weirder in his heart. Song Qingru's eyes gave him a feeling of familiarity and strangeness. Familiar because he had seen it before, strange because he had only seen it in his previous life.

Chen Yuan had many women in his previous life. They were both flirting with each other, but they also loved each other sincerely. This kind of look clearly implies affection.

It's just that now he is focused on seeking the truth and doesn't care about men and women at all. There are not many female cultivators around him, and he has never seen such a look again.

He was very puzzled in his heart. How could Song Qingru have feelings for him since he had only a limited relationship with her?

The smile on Chen Yuan's face was a little stiff. He didn't know what to say. He could only say: "This battle is extremely dangerous. Junior Sister Song must be more careful."

Song Qingru nodded slightly, but her eyes never left Chen Yuan's side: "Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. Please save me, and senior brother should be careful."

Chen Yuan nodded and fell silent.

Song Qingru also fell silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. After a while, she suddenly said: "Xue Lin died two years ago due to being obsessed with evil. Like me, after leaving the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, he exchanged two building stones from the door. Ji Dan, who succeeded in building the foundation and received support from his family, reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building five years ago."

"But he has been stuck before the mid-term bottleneck. His mood is unstable. He went crazy while in retreat, and his soul was swallowed by external demons."

Chen Yuan didn't know why she suddenly mentioned this matter, so he could only continue to follow her words: "Xue Lin actually went crazy? What a pity..."

Song Qingru sighed softly: "This is also my fault. Xue Lin and I were almost about to enter into a marriage contract at that time, but I asked him to break through the mid-term bottleneck before we could become a Taoist couple."

"He was anxious and forced his way through the barrier. After failing, he attracted the external demon."

"If I didn't make this request, maybe he wouldn't forcefully break through and go crazy."

"After this incident, the Xue family in Tuozhou was extremely dissatisfied with me. They only took care of the elders of my clan and my identity as a disciple of Lingyun Sect, so they did not cause trouble for me. But behind the scenes, they spread rumors and made me bear a Kev’s reputation.”

Chen Yuan frowned and said: "The road to immortality is to go against the will of heaven. Even if this matter hadn't happened, Junior Brother Xue would have hit the bottleneck in the mid-term. How can we blame Junior Sister?"

Song Qingru shook his head and said softly: "My marriage contract with Xue Lin was a marriage between the Song family in Yunzhou and the Xue family in Tuozhou. I just made a request to Xue Lin, and he went crazy in seclusion. It was inevitable that the Xue family would Blame it on me.”

Chen Yuan's heart moved. Could it be that he had misunderstood and Song Qingru just wanted to ask him for help?

But he had no friendship with the Xue family, so he couldn't help Song Qingru, and the decisive battle with the demon cultivator was about to begin, so he had no time to distract himself and waste energy on such things.

Chen Yuan was thinking about how he should decline politely. Song Qingru suddenly smiled: "Brother, let me laugh. These things have nothing to do with senior brother. It's just the decisive battle between the six major sects and the two major demon sects today. My cultivation level is low. I don't know if I can survive in this battle." When I came down, I was worried that I would never have the chance to see my senior brother again, so I vented my anger. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me."

She gave Chen Yuan a blessing, turned her head, looked at the blue sky in the distance, and said softly: "Actually, I fell in love with senior brother in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain..."

Chen Yuan looked surprised and looked at Song Qingru. Her cheeks were slightly red, her hands were tangled together and placed in front of her. She kept looking at the distance and continued: "I have poor qualifications. I only have pseudo-spiritual roots. Senior Brother Chen is a casual cultivator, so he should know how precious cultivation resources are. A pseudo-spiritual monk like me needs at least two foundation-building pills to have a chance to succeed in foundation-building, and the chance of failure is not small, even as a direct descendant of the Song family. It is impossible for a disciple of the Pulse to obtain the Foundation Building Pill."

"Only through the Immortal Ascension Conference can I enter the Lingyun Sect and have the opportunity to build a foundation. I have been practicing hard since I was a child. I have never entered the world of immortal cultivation, or even walked in the mortal world. I only occasionally compete with elders to accumulate fighting skills. experience."

"Fortunately, my grandfather gave me a fake talisman, and I successfully passed the Immortal Ascension Conference. However, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain is more dangerous than the Immortal Ascension Conference, and I dare not neglect it in the slightest."

"I am not willing to just be a Qi-refining monk and die at the end of my life after a hundred years."

"But I'm not greedy either. I don't have the qualifications. Forming a pill is as difficult as reaching the sky. As long as I can successfully build the foundation and double my lifespan, I'll be satisfied."

"Xue Lin had a lot of affection for me at the time, but I was focused on practicing and didn't take it to heart. I just walked with him after entering the secret realm and searched for spiritual herbs together."

"But spiritual grass is scarce in the outer ring. If you want to get enough spiritual grass, you can only enter the inner ring."

"When I received the call from Senior Brother Chen and learned that the disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect had joined forces to block the inner ring passage, I was so panicked that I didn't know what to do. I just forced myself to calm down and agreed to Senior Brother's intention to join forces."

"After seeing those dozen disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect, I never thought that only seven people could break into the inner ring."

"But Senior Brother Chen showed great power, fighting one against eight, not losing the slightest, and even killed one person, frightening the two disciples, and took the initiative to give in..."

Speaking of this, Song Qingru paused, the blush on her cheeks became a little thicker, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "From then on, I fell in love with senior brother."

Chen Yuan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Song Qingru: "Senior brother, can you allow me to finish?"

Chen Yuan closed his mouth, but Song Qingru still looked into the distance and said softly: "I know, this kind of affection seems a bit inexplicable."

"But since I was a child, I have loved reading novels and legends written by ordinary people. I have dreamed of marrying a powerful, handsome and unrestrained monk."

"Xue Lin is nice to me, but what he likes is not me, but the legitimate daughter of the Song family in Yunzhou. I have never had the slightest affection for him."

"And my senior brother has extraordinary bearing and strength, and he steps forward at critical moments. How can I not be tempted?"

"It's just that I was in a secret realm at that time, surrounded by dangers. I planned to wait until I left the secret realm before pouring out my feelings to my senior brother, but I didn't expect that my senior brother would be trapped in the secret realm and could not come out..."

Song Qingru blinked, and memories appeared in his eyes: "After returning to the sect, I exchanged the spiritual grass for two foundation-building pills, and the foundation-building pill was successful. In the next ten years, I concentrated on practicing, and I only occasionally thought of it. "Brother."

"During this period, Xue Lin proposed several times that he wanted to become a Taoist couple with me, but I never agreed. However, he persuaded the elders of my clan, and my father also put pressure on me, hoping that I could marry Xue Lin. Family marriage."

"My grandfather has always doted on me, but he also thinks that Xue Lin is a good match, so I can only agree."

Song Qingru smiled bitterly: "I have enjoyed the cultivation resources of the clan before I can join the sect. After I have succeeded in cultivation, I naturally need to repay the clan. It is difficult to refuse the marriage proposal."

"If senior brother is still here, I will definitely express my feelings to him and swear to the death."

"But at that time, I thought that my senior brother had died in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, so I had no choice but to agree."

"But not long after, I heard from others that senior brother came out alive from the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, and successfully built the foundation, thwarting the plans of Ziyang and Guiyuan sects."

"I immediately found Senior Brother Mo and asked about the matter. I was very happy to learn that Senior Brother was indeed safe and sound. I wanted to see Senior Brother. Unfortunately, Senior Brother has gone into seclusion and there is no chance to see him."

She smiled bitterly and shook her head. Chen Yuan sighed secretly and said, "Junior sister, why don't you leave me a transmission note?"

Song Qingru stared blankly into the distance, his eyes darkening: "I also had this idea, but at that time Xue Lin was advancing very fast and had already reached the mid-term bottleneck. The clan has been putting pressure on me, wanting me to form a relationship with Xue Lin. companion."

"Senior brother is a casual cultivator, but behind Xue Lin is the Tuozhou Xue family. I thought about it again and again, not wanting to cause any trouble to senior brother. In the end, I didn't send out the transmission note, so I didn't come to disturb senior brother. I only occasionally asked senior brother Mo about his identity. situation, I am satisfied.”

"Just because of the appearance of senior brother, I didn't want to marry Xue Lin anymore, so I made a request to let him break through the mid-term bottleneck first, and then we become Tao partners with him. I didn't expect that he would go crazy because of this."

At this point, her voice became a little low: "Although Xue Lin's heart is not pure, he is very good to me. I just wanted to delay it for a while, but I didn't expect that he would forcefully break through. After all, it's me." It hurt him."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Since the invasion of demonic cultivators, the monks in Qi have all been eager to improve their cultivation. In my opinion, Junior Brother Xue's move is not all for the sake of the engagement. Junior Sister does not need to blame herself."

Song Qingru nodded, suddenly smiled, turned to look at Chen Yuan, her beautiful eyes full of tenderness: "Later I came to the Dangmo Desert and learned that my senior brother had killed him in one fell swoop in the first battle with the Demon Sect. The seven demon cultivators are very happy, but it’s a pity that the senior brother has returned to the sect to repair, and it’s still a pity.”

"It wasn't until today that I finally met my senior brother. More than twenty years later, my senior brother is exactly the same as before, with extraordinary bearing and handsomeness."

Chen Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, avoiding Song Qingru's gaze, and whispered: "Junior Sister Song, I..."

"I know that senior brother has no feelings for me." Song Qingru said with a smile, "Senior brother and I only have two-way relationship. Senior brother is shining brightly, and I am just an ordinary junior sister next to senior brother. Naturally, senior brother will not notice. Me, I’m just wishful thinking.”

Chen Yuan fell silent, and Song Qingru turned her head, looked at the white clouds floating in the sky in the distance, and said softly: "I have never expected to be a Taoist couple with my senior brother."

"Senior brother can tell at a glance that he is the kind of ascetic monk with a firm heart. He has a promising path, so how can he care about the love between his children?"

"I just want to tell my feelings before the battle so as not to leave any regrets."

She turned her head and smiled slightly: "Senior Brother Chen, thank you for listening to what I have to say."

After saying that, she made a blessed salute and turned to leave.

Chen Yuan did not say anything to persuade her to stay, but silently looked at Song Qingru's graceful back.

It turns out that there is a cold woman who has liked him for more than 20 years and has been paying attention to him silently.

Song Qingru was very beautiful, more beautiful than all the women he had seen in his previous life.

He was very moved and hesitated whether to agree to Song Qingru's wishes.

He has never been a person with a pure heart and few desires, otherwise he would not have been dissolute and wandering among flowers in his previous life.

But as soon as this thought arose, it was suppressed.

The road to immortality is long, and he is just a small foundation-building monk. His lifespan is only two hundred years, and his immortality is far away. He does not dare to be distracted by the love between his children.

He could only keep this affection in his heart.

"Junior brother Chen, this junior sister has a close relationship with you, right?" Shen Danmei walked over and said with a smile.

She, Lin Hao, and Sun Congyao were standing aside, but when Song Qingru was talking to Chen Yuan, they took the initiative to avoid it. After she left, Shen Danmei came over.

Chen Yuan smiled and said: "I have met her several times. We once explored the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain together. We have not seen her for more than 20 years. I finally saw her today and said a few words."

Shen Danmei nodded, but there was still some doubt in his eyes.

She saw all the changes in Song Qingru's expression just now, and she always felt that something was wrong.

But since Chen Yuan said so, she naturally would not ask further.

At this time, Lin Hao and Sun Congyao also came over, talking about the upcoming decisive battle with solemn expressions.

While the four people were talking in low voices, the seven giant boats flew in the air for half an hour, arrived at the center of the Demon Desert, and slowly stopped.