Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

The Wuchen Mountains are about ten miles long. They are insignificant on the Jiuxian Continent, but they are considered medium-sized mountains on the Yuqing Sea.

In the middle of the mountains, there is a mountain peak of more than three hundred feet, which is extremely steep. The mountain is covered with green pines and ancient cypresses. A waterfall falls like a white silk, pouring into the deep pool, stirring up bursts of water mist.

A beam of light flew from a distance, landed on the top of the mountain, and a figure appeared.

This person was dressed in silk clothes, looked only in his twenties, was extremely handsome, and had spiritual energy surging on his body. He had the cultivation of the late foundation building period.

His name is Lv Yuan, the eldest son of the Lv family and the grandson of the head of the family, Lv Gui. He has a graceful temperament, but now he is respectful and restrained. He quickly came to a mountain wall and said respectfully: "Uncle Wu, I am here to see you."

There are two stone doors on the mountain wall. Outside the door is a blue stone that looks like a lying cow with a smooth back. On it is a chessboard and two chess pots. The chess pieces are scattered on the chessboard, as if they were casually brushed away by someone, but the strict and tight formation can be vaguely seen.

After the young monk finished speaking, the stone door slowly opened, and a figure walked out of the cave, sat at one end of the lying cow stone, and said with a smile: "Come, play a game with Uncle Wu."

This is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, dressed in white, wearing a pair of hemp shoes, simple and unusual, elegant in appearance, without any spiritual energy, like a mortal.

But the young cultivator did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the middle-aged man. He sat at the other end of the Lying Cow Stone, with a straight body and a solemn expression.

The middle-aged man was named Lu Qing, one of the three Jindan Zhenren of the Lu family. Because the head of the family, Lu Gui, had a profound cultivation and was in seclusion all year round, and the other elder was old and did not ask about external affairs, he was in charge of the secular affairs of the Lu family and had great power.

Lu Qing raised his hand and flicked it, and the scattered flags on the chessboard flew into the chess pot by themselves.

Lu Yuan knew the rules of playing chess with the middle-aged man, and he was not restrained. He picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard. The next moment, Lu Qing picked up a black piece and followed closely.

The cultivators were quick-witted, and both sides placed their pieces very quickly. After dozens of breaths, half of the chessboard was filled with chess pieces, and the speed of placing pieces slowed down.

Lu Qing put down another black piece and suddenly asked, "Have you been to Lingdan Hall?"

"My nephew went to Lingdan Hall half a month ago and got the elixir today. Uncle Wu, please take a look." Lu Yuan put down a white piece, then flicked his storage bag, took out a jade bottle, and handed it over with both hands.

Lu Qing thought for a moment, put down a black piece, then raised his hand and took the jade bottle into his hand, opened the bottle stopper, and four pills flew out by themselves.

The pill was the size of a longan, bright yellow, with a trace of mist on the surface, as if covered by a layer of gauze, exuding a rich spiritual energy.

Lu Qing lowered his head and stared at the elixir. The young cultivator gently put down a white piece and looked at the middle-aged man, not daring to speak.

After a while, Lu Qing smiled slightly: "Yes, these four Muyun Pills are rich in spiritual energy and of excellent quality."

"The Taoist Ziyang has only the cultivation level of the middle stage of foundation building, but he can use a furnace of spiritual herbs to refine four Muyun Pills. Even among the master of refining equipment, it is quite rare."

"If he can break through the bottleneck of the late stage, his alchemy skills should be improved a lot, and the success rate of pills may reach 60%."

He raised his hand and waved, and the four Muyun Pills returned to the jade bottle, covered the bottle stopper, and slowly fell to the side of the chessboard.

A trace of joy flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes: "Fifth Uncle, this Taoist Ziyang has such superb alchemy skills. My Lu family just needs an alchemist. Why not recruit him as a guest official?"

Lu Qing picked up a black piece, thought for a moment, put it on the chessboard, and said slowly: "This matter is not urgent, let's finish this game of chess first."

"Yes." Lu Yuan did not dare to mention the guest official again, picked up a white piece, and put all his mind on the game in front of him.

The game was quickly finished, and Lu Qing won a big victory. He raised his hand and casually flicked the chess pieces, and said, "Tomorrow I will go to Lingdan Hall in person to meet the Taoist Ziyang, and then make a plan."

Lv Yuan showed a happy face: "Thank you for the trip, Uncle Wu."

Lv Qing nodded slightly, stood up and left the Woniu Stone, walked into the cave, and the stone door slowly closed behind him.

Lv Yuan smiled, drove the escape light, and flew to his own cave.

A year ago, a Lingdan Hall suddenly appeared in the Wuchen Island market, but it did not sell elixirs. Instead, a young Taoist named "Ziyang" sat in the hall and specialized in making elixirs for people.

The news spread quickly, and three Lu family cultivators who were worried about elixirs came to ask this Taoist Ziyang to make elixirs.

The cultivation of these three people is in the early stage of foundation building, and they are also new foundation building cultivators after the Lu family destroyed the Haiyan Sect.

Taoist Ziyang successively refined five bottles of early foundation-building pills for three people, and the success rate of each pill was as high as 60%, which soon caused a sensation in the Lu family.

Lu Dongji, the only alchemy master of the Lu family, had a success rate of only 40% in refining early foundation-building pills, while Taoist Ziyang was 20% higher than him, and the difference was obvious.

There were only two alchemy masters in the entire Qingliu Sea Area who had such attainments in alchemy.

Moreover, the reward for this Taoist Ziyang to refine a furnace of pills was only one pill, unlike the other two alchemy masters who asked for a large amount of spiritual stones, which immediately attracted more Lu family cultivators to come and ask Taoist Ziyang to refine pills, including two mid-stage foundation-building cultivators.

Lu Dongji gave priority to refining pills for late-stage foundation-building cultivators, and it would take a lot of time to recover his consciousness, so he could refine fewer pills. Many mid-stage foundation-building cultivators had a lot of spiritual herbs in their hands, but they could not refine pills. The appearance of Taoist Ziyang just solved their urgent needs.

Taoist Ziyang also refused anyone who came, and refined all the spiritual herbs of several people into elixirs, with a success rate of 60%, which made these people smile.

Lu Yuan, as the legitimate son of Lu's eldest family member, holds the power of the eldest family member, so he naturally heard about Taoist Ziyang's affairs.

He is not short of elixirs. No one will neglect Lu Dongji. He has already refined all the spiritual herbs in his hands into elixirs. His cultivation ability has improved by leaps and bounds in the past ten years, approaching the level of foundation building. peak.

But he has long been dissatisfied with Lu Dongji's alchemy skills. The yield rate of refining the early and mid-stage foundation-building elixirs is only 40%, and the yield rate of refining the late-stage foundation-building elixirs is only 30%. A large number of spiritual herbs have been It's wasteful, and the efficiency of alchemy is still very low.

Previously, there was only one alchemy master in the Lu family, and they could only endure his poor alchemy skills. However, the appearance of Taoist Ziyang gave the Lu family monks a better choice and they were more willing to ask Taoist Ziyang to make alchemy. Even Lu Yuan was moved.

If Taoist Ziyang is invited to serve as a guest, wouldn't the alchemy problem that has troubled the Lu family for a long time be solved?

In fact, after the Lu family destroyed the Haiyan Sect, they had the idea of ​​inviting alchemy masters to serve as guests. However, most of the alchemy masters in Qingliu Sea Area were like Lu Dongji and were trained by other sect families.

There are only two alchemy masters who are casual cultivators, but they are impatient of restraint and have no shortage of spiritual stones, so they are unwilling to serve as guests of the Lu family.

Therefore, even though Lu Yuan had this intention, he did not take action rashly, but reported the matter to Lu Qing, who was in charge of the Lu family's secular affairs.

As an alchemy cultivator, Lu Qing is nominally in charge of the Lu family's secular affairs, but he mainly practices in seclusion. Most of the Lu family's secular affairs are handled by the foundation-building cultivators below.

After he learned about Taoist Ziyang, he ordered Lu Yuan to take a furnace of Muyun Dan spiritual herbs and ask Taoist Ziyang to refine the elixir.

Muyun Pill is a late-stage foundation-building elixir that is not easy to refine.

The monks from the Lu family who had previously asked Taoist Ziyang to refine elixirs were only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. The most they asked him to refine were mid-stage Foundation Establishment elixirs, and Muyun Pill was the first late-stage Foundation Establishment elixir.

Lu Yuan knew that Lu Qing wanted to further investigate Taoist Ziyang's alchemy skills.

Taoist Ziyang did not disappoint. The 50% elixir formation rate was fully 20% higher than Lu Dongji, which was considered the top level in the entire Qingliu Sea Area.

Tomorrow Lu Qing will personally take action. As long as Taoist Ziyang is hired as a guest, the Lu family's shortage of elixirs will be greatly alleviated, and Lu Yuan, who proposed this proposal, can also win a good share of the eldest house.

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The next day, Wuchendaofang City, Lingdan Hall.

The elixir is refined by Danxin's wonderful hands, and magical powers can be seen in all forms.

Lu Qing looked at the couplet, nodded slightly, and walked into the hall.

The walls of the Lingdan Hall were smooth and clean, without any furnishings. There was only a futon on which a young Taoist sat, his eyes slightly closed and his expression indifferent.

After Lu Qing walked in, the young Taoist opened his eyes and smiled gently: "Does this fellow Taoist want to make elixirs?"

Lu Qing's eyes paused on the hideous scar on the left side of the young Taoist's face, and he smiled and said, "Lu is not here to refine elixirs."

As he spoke, he let go of his Qi machine, and the coercion of the alchemy monks radiated out, filling the spiritual elixir hall, and the air seemed to become heavy.

The young Taoist looked surprised, stood up from the futon, raised his hands and saluted: "Zi Yang has met the senior, dare I ask him his surname?"

"I am Lu Qing." Lu Qing's consciousness spread out, and the young Taoist's restrained energy did not hide from him. His cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building was the same as what Lu Yuan said, so he couldn't help but secretly nodded.

The young Taoist said respectfully: "It turns out to be Zhenren Lu Qing. The younger generation has admired his name for a long time, and the senior has come here. What are your orders?"

Lu Qing didn't say anything. He looked at the simple furnishings in the hall. The young Taoist said apologetically: "The shop is a bit shabby and the reception was not good. Please forgive me, senior."

He flicked the storage bag at his waist, took out a futon and placed it on the ground.

Lu Qing didn't care and sat directly on the futon, and the young Taoist also sat down.

The two of them sat opposite each other, and Lu Qing said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Ziyang refined elixirs for several monks from our Lu family, and only took one elixir as reward. Our Lu family has taken advantage of many of our fellow Taoists, so naturally we have to show something." , This is why Lv came here today.”

After saying that, the mustard seed ring on his left wrist flashed slightly, and two high-grade spiritual stones appeared in front of him out of thin air, flying towards the young Taoist.

The monks from the Lu family brought their own spiritual grass when they asked Taoist Ziyang to make elixirs. Two high-grade spiritual stones were enough as a reward for him to make elixirs.

The young Taoist caught the spirit stone and said, "Thank you, senior, for your kindness. I would be disrespectful to you, junior."

Lu Qing was startled. He didn't expect the young Taoist to accept the spirit stone so readily. He couldn't say the words he had prepared. After a moment, he said: "Fellow Taoist is not a monk from Qingliu Haiyu, right?"

The young Taoist put two pieces of high-grade spirit stones into his storage bag and replied, "Yes, I am here from Hanxing City."

Lu Qing frowned and looked at the young Taoist, with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes: "My fellow Taoist is so skilled in alchemy. He should be at home in Hanxing City. Why do you come to Wuchen Island to open a spiritual elixir hall and make elixirs for others?"

The young Taoist smiled bitterly: "This junior offended an elder of the Righteous Alliance and could not gain a foothold in Hanxing City. He had no choice but to leave Wentian Island and fled all the way here. He was short of spiritual stones and had no spiritual herbs in his hands."

"By chance, I learned at Fengyun Tower that the Lu family lacked alchemists. The monks in the family had only spiritual herbs but could not make elixirs, so they opened the Lingdan Hall to make elixirs for people."

"However, I have no reputation in the Qingliu Sea Territory, and I am afraid that there will be no business, so I dare not ask for more remuneration. I just want to raise some spiritual stone pills and leave."

Lü Qing nodded slightly, and his eyes towards the young Taoist became much gentler.

He had some doubts about Taoist Ziyang. After all, alchemy masters would never lack spiritual stones anywhere, but he opened a spiritual alchemy hall on a small island and asked for such a low reward. But if he offended the elders of the Righteous Alliance, it would make sense.

Wuchen Island is a certain distance away from the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Righteous Alliance, and the Lu family on the island is a subsidiary family of the Zhenhai Sect, so the Righteous Alliance cannot reach out.

And since Taoist Ziyang has offended the elders of the Righteous Alliance, he certainly dare not make pills for people on a large scale, so as not to spread his reputation and attract the attention of the elders of the Righteous Alliance. It is reasonable for him to live in seclusion on the small island of Wuchen Island.

Lu Qing said: "So, 'Zi Yang' is not your Taoist name?"

The young Taoist looked embarrassed: "Please forgive me, I have changed my appearance and cannot tell you my previous name."

Lu Qing looked at the hideous scar on his left face and smiled: "It's okay, I am sorry for being rude."

"To be honest, I came here to invite you to be a guest of my Lu family. What do you think?"

The young Taoist seemed to have expected this and did not change his expression, but After a slight hesitation, he said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have offended the elders of the Righteous Alliance..."

Lü Qing smiled and said, "Has Taoist Ziyang ever offended the elders of the Righteous Alliance?"

The young Taoist's eyes lit up and he shook his head, "That's not the case."

Lü Qing smiled and said, "In that case, what should my Lu family be afraid of?"

The young Taoist smiled and bowed, saying, "You are right, I will obey your orders."

It was already very late when I finished writing, so I decided to publish it in the morning.