Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

There was a strong wind and surging waves on the sea outside Wuchen Island. The dark gray clouds in the sky seemed to solidify and pressed down deeply. The sky and the earth were dark and oppressive, and the storm was coming.

Wu Qi rode a lone boat and came through the waves. He stood in the boat with his hands behind his back. His green shirt rustled in the wind, and the three short beards under his chin also flew up in the wind and fluttered to the side.

Crash!

The huge waves came down, and a layer of light blue light suddenly appeared outside the boat, resisting the huge waves. Instead, it took advantage of the surging waves to increase its speed.

Wu Qi was a cultivator. His cultivation of the tenth level of Qi Refining allowed him to look down on all the waves and winds in Yuqing Sea. He kept urging his magic power, and the boat shot out like an arrow from a string. In less than a quarter of an hour, it arrived at the shore of Wuchen Island.

At this time, a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly flashed in the gray sky. After a while, a rumbling thunder came from the depths of the clouds, followed by heavy rain, and the sky and the earth were full of rain curtains.

The ship that had just entered the port hurriedly dropped the anchor, and the boatman pulled the rope desperately, shouting non-stop, trying to fix the big ship that was shaking violently in the wind and waves.

Wu Qi frowned, walked to the shore, put away the boat, stepped on it, and floated away.

He didn't like the noise of mortals, but he hadn't built his foundation yet, so he couldn't fly for a long time. He could only travel by boat, and it was inevitable that he would come into contact with these mortals.

This time, I must buy ten, no, twelve Broken Mountain Talismans, kill a few more monsters, and save enough spiritual stones for a foundation-building pill...

Wu Qi's mind turned, and he walked quickly to the market on Wuchen Island, not forgetting to perform the water-avoiding technique, condensing an invisible air shield around him, and the rain slid to both sides, and his green shirt was not stained with any water.

He is a casual cultivator, with neither good nor bad aptitude. He has four spiritual roots and has the hope of building a foundation, but he needs at least a foundation-building pill to have a chance to impact the foundation.

He has been working hard to accumulate spiritual stones for the foundation-building pill. It took him nearly ten years to save most of the spiritual stones. As long as he goes to the Ink Sea to hunt five or six more monsters, he will have enough spiritual stones to buy a foundation-building pill.

But monsters are not so easy to hunt. There are many level 2 monsters in the Ink Sea, and level 3 and 4 monsters can be seen everywhere, and even level 5 monsters often appear. He can only join hands with others to hunt level 2 monsters on the edge of the Ink Sea, and he has to take great risks.

They didn't want to hunt level 2 monsters, but level 1 monsters in the sea mostly live in groups, with dozens or even hundreds of them in a group, which is more difficult to deal with than level 2 monsters.

Wu Qi is just a casual cultivator, and his cultivation method is mediocre. He only has one top-grade magic weapon in his hand, which is very shabby.

The companions who join hands with him to hunt monsters are much stronger than him. Every time he enters the edge of the Mohai to hunt monsters, his contribution is almost the lowest, and he gets the least monster pills and monster materials.

He uses this hard way to accumulate spirit stones bit by bit, getting closer and closer to the goal of a foundation pill.

But now, he can no longer patiently accumulate spirit stones in this way. He is sixty-six years old this year, and he will be seventy in four years.

If a cultivator cannot build a foundation before the age of seventy, the difficulty of building a foundation will increase greatly.

Wu Qi can feel that his body is slowly decaying, and the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is also a little slower than before. He can't wait any longer.

He must buy a foundation-building pill and attack the foundation-building stage before his physical body decays.

If he succeeds in building the foundation, he can continue to cultivate immortality. If he fails, he will find a female cultivator to be his Taoist partner, give birth to a child, and continue the Wu family's incense.

This is not difficult for Wu Qi. There are many female cultivators who cannot even break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining. After all, he has the cultivation of the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining. His appearance is also elegant. He looks only forty years old. It is not difficult to find a Taoist partner.

But he has seen the scenery of the world of immortal cultivation, and has seen foundation-building cultivators who can fly and hide, and Jindan Zhenren who have the power to turn rivers and seas upside down. He is unwilling to turn into a handful of yellow earth after a hundred years, and he wants to break through the bottleneck of foundation-building and live another hundred years.

In order to build the foundation, he needs foundation-building pills and more spirit stones.

He hesitated for a long time and finally decided to spend half of his wealth to buy twelve Broken Mountain Talismans and enter the Ink Sea to hunt monsters again!

The Broken Mountain Talisman is a high-level earth-attribute talisman with extraordinary power and extremely restraining water-attribute monsters. If used properly, several Broken Mountain Talismans can even kill a second-level monster.

With good luck, twelve Broken Mountain Talismans can kill three or four second-level monsters. The monster pills and monster materials obtained can be exchanged for spirit stones, plus the original spirit stones, enough to buy a foundation-building pill.

Wu Qi performed the light body technique and came to the market. There was a formation to protect the place, and there was no rainwater accumulation. People came and went on the street, and it was still prosperous.

Wuchen Island is the central island of the nearby thousand-mile sea area. All the nearby casual cultivators gathered here, and there was never a lack of popularity.

As far as Wu Qi could see, most of them were cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining. There were very few cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining. There were also many cultivators who were introverted and unfathomable, and at least had foundation-building cultivation.

With his humble status, he naturally did not dare to go to those expensive talisman shops. He carefully avoided those suspected foundation-building cultivators and turned a few streets with a clear goal, heading to the northeast corner of the market.

Nine years ago, Wu Qi accidentally discovered a simple shop called Yuan Fu Tang, where the talismans sold were not expensive, but of good quality.

He bought a few talismans, which came in handy when hunting monsters. Since then, he has bought a few talismans from Yuan Fu Tang every one or two years.

The last time he came to Wuchen Island Market was two years ago. He had been hunting monsters on the edge of the Ink Sea for the past two years. He came back a month ago and recovered from his injuries before he had time to come to Wuchen Island.

Wu Qi walked for a while and finally came to a remote corner in the northeast corner of the market. This was the location of Yuanfu Hall.

But when he saw Yuanfu Hall, he was stunned.

The plaque with the three characters "Yuanfu Hall" had been replaced by "Lingdan Hall". The door was open and there were couplets on both sides.

Danxin skillful hands refine spiritual medicine, one furnace of ten thousand changes to see the supernatural power.

Wu Qi frowned and walked into this Lingdan Hall, puzzled.

He just didn't come to Wuchen Island for two years. Did Yuanfu Hall change its owner?

After entering Lingdan Hall, Wu Qi was even more puzzled.

The main hall was empty, with flawless white walls on all sides. There was no other furnishings. There was only a cultivator sitting on a cushion in the center of the main hall, his eyes slightly closed, his face calm, as if he was meditating and practicing.

This person was dressed in a Taoist robe and looked only in his twenties. Just sitting there, he gave people a sense of ease and calmness, but a hideous scar from the left eyebrow to the corner of the mouth greatly destroyed this extraordinary temperament.

The young Taoist slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wu Qi, smiled slightly, and the scar on his face was more hideous. He said calmly: "Does this Taoist want to refine pills?"

Wu Qi's consciousness swept over this strange cultivator, but the next moment his face changed and he bowed deeply: "I am not here to refine pills. I accidentally broke into this place and disturbed the senior's practice. Please forgive me."

The young Taoist had a strong spiritual pressure, and he did not hide it at all. He was actually a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building!

The young Taoist said gently: "It's okay. I opened the Lingdan Hall to welcome guests from all directions. What's wrong with you? But since you didn't come here to make pills, what's your purpose?"

Wu Qi was relieved to see that the young Taoist seemed easy to talk to, but he was still respectful on his face and explained: "I haven't been to Wuchen Island for two years. I didn't know that the Yuanfu Hall here has changed its owner. I'm leaving now."

The young Taoist nodded slightly: "Daoyou, please do as you please. If you need to make pills, you can come to me. No matter what kind of pills, I will only take one pill as a reward."

After saying that, he closed his eyes again and said no more.

Wu Qi bowed and left the Lingdan Hall, looked at the couplets on both sides of the gate, shook his head, and turned to leave.

It's a pity that he can no longer buy cheap and affordable magic talismans from Yuanfu Hall.

He came to another shop selling magic talismans and bought ten Broken Mountain Talismans.

The talismans of Yuan Fu Tang are the cheapest in the Wuchen Island market, but the production is not high and the reputation is not big. The other shops selling talismans are famous and the prices are higher.

Wu Qi originally wanted to buy twelve Broken Mountain Talismans, but now he only bought ten with the same number of spirit stones. He was very depressed and walked quickly to Fengyun Building.

In addition to buying talismans, he came to Wuchen Island this time to meet with a good friend who was hunting monsters together to discuss the next monster hunting.

His friend's name is Lu Huafang, a member of the side branch of the Lu family. His cultivation is also at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining. Like Wu Qi, they are all four spiritual root cultivators. Although they are called members of the Lu family, they are actually only slightly stronger than casual cultivators and need to raise their own cultivation resources. For more than ten years, the two have been hunting monsters together and have a deep friendship.

Wu Qi went up to the second floor, looked around, and sat down at a square table by the window on the second floor.

A middle-aged monk was sitting at the table sipping tea. When he saw Wu Qi, he smiled and said, "Brother Wu, you are a little late today."

Wu Qi took a porcelain cup, filled it with spiritual tea, picked it up and drank it all, and said depressedly, "Brother Lu, you don't know that the Yuanfu Hall I often go to has changed owners. I had to go to Fuhai Pavilion to buy ten Broken Mountain Talismans, and lost a lot of spiritual stones."

Lv Huafang frowned and said, "I told you a long time ago that you just need to give me the spiritual stones and I will help you buy magic talismans from the clan. It is much cheaper than buying it in the market, why do you waste spiritual stones to buy talismans yourself? "

Wu Qi said: "Brother Lu also has a limit on the amount of talismans he can buy in the clan, how can I make it difficult for Brother Lu?"

Lu Huafang shook his head and wanted to say something else, but Wu Qi took the initiative to change the subject before he could speak: "Brother Lu, do you know that after the Yuanfu Hall changed its owner, it turned out to be a Lingdan Hall."

"Lingdan Hall?" Lu Huafang showed curiosity, "Does this store sell elixirs?"

Wu Qi said: "This There were no pills for sale in the Spiritual Pill Hall, but a young Taoist in the middle stage of foundation building asked me if I wanted to make pills. He was very gentle and said that no matter what kind of pill it was, he would only take one pill as a reward. "

Lv Hua's face was slightly serious: "Middle stage of foundation building? Could this person be a master of alchemy?"

Wu Qi shook his head and said: "I don't think so. Does a master of alchemy need to open a shop? However, there was a couplet posted on the door of the Spiritual Pill Hall, which read "A heart of alchemy and a skillful hand make spiritual medicine, and a furnace of ten thousand changes show supernatural powers". The tone is quite high."

Lv Huafang's expression became solemn, he lowered his head to think for a moment, and bowed to Wu Qi: "This matter is a bit strange, I need to report this matter to the clan, I'll take my leave first, please forgive me for my negligence, brother Wu."

Wu Qi was stunned, then smiled and said: "Brother Lu, what are you talking about, you go and do your work, I will stay in the market tonight, and discuss the monster hunting with brother Lu tomorrow."

Lv Huafang immediately stood up and said goodbye, left Fengyun Tower, walked out of the market, and walked towards the Lu family's land, walking hurriedly.

Although he was a member of the Lu family's side branch, he also knew that the family lacked alchemists and had to use spiritual herbs to exchange for elixirs to supply the family members for cultivation. There were also many foundation-building cultivators who had spiritual herbs but could not refine elixirs.

If this Lingdan Hall was really as Wu Qi said, with a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building sitting in charge, claiming that he could refine elixirs for people, he was very likely a master of alchemy. As long as this matter was reported to the family, it would be a great achievement.

The Lu family was located in the north of Wuchen Island, covering a large area. There were gardens and mansions scattered in an orderly manner, pavilions and towers, and tens of thousands of Lu family members lived there, most of whom were mortals, and there were only more than 200 cultivators.

In the center of the Lu family's land, there was a stretch of Wuchen Mountain Range that stretched for more than ten miles. This was also the location of the small spiritual veins on Wuchen Island. Only foundation-building cultivators were qualified to open caves here.

Lu Huafang was just a Qi-refining cultivator. He owned a three-story mansion at the foot of Wuchen Mountain Range, but he could not easily enter Wuchen Mountain Range.

There is a large formation guarding the Lu family here, and anyone who trespasses will be killed without mercy.

Lu Huafang came to a stone staircase leading into the mountain and showed his token to the two tenth-level Qi Refining cultivators on duty. After verifying his identity, he was allowed to pass.

The scenery in the Wuchen Mountains is quiet and peaceful, and there are also spiritual birds and beasts raised by the Lu family, surrounded by clouds and mist, and it is like a fairyland.

But Lu Huafang had no intention of watching the scenery in the mountains. He quickly came to the cave of a familiar uncle and told him everything about the Lingdan Hall.

His uncle was named Lu Bin, a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. He once complained to Lu Huafang about the lack of alchemists in the clan.

When Lu Bin learned about this, he was very surprised and immediately rewarded Lu Huafang with a bottle of cultivation pills and asked him to lead the way to the Lingdan Hall.

Lu Huafang had already learned about Yuanfu Hall from Wu Qi and knew where Yuanfu Hall was, so he immediately led Lu Bin here.

Lu Bin carefully examined the couplet outside the Lingdan Hall, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

He had accumulated two furnaces of spiritual herbs in the past few years and wanted to refine them into elixirs, but the only master alchemist in the clan, Lu Dongji, gave priority to refining elixirs for the late and middle stages of foundation building. He could only wait in line and was already impatient.

If the Taoist in the Lingdan Hall was really a master alchemist, he would naturally be willing to give him the spiritual herbs to refine elixirs, but he was worried that this person was just a boaster and wasted the spiritual herbs he had raised with great difficulty.

However, Lu Bin hesitated for only a moment, gritted his teeth, asked Lu Huafang to wait outside the door, and walked into the hall.

In the past few years, he could only slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into true essence bit by bit. The speed of cultivation was extremely slow, and he no longer had the patience to continue practicing so hard.

I was outside all day today, so I updated a little late, sorry.