Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

The formation destroyed by the Bi-Eyed Eagle just now was the last high-level spiritual formation in his hand. If he continued to hunt monsters, there would be no formation to stop the enemy.

But if he doesn't do this, it will be difficult for him to escape from the blue eyes and the iron beak.

The blue-eyed eagle has a strong bloodline, and has a trace of the blood of the golden-winged roc of the bird demon royal family. This green-eyed eagle is a seventh-level monster, which is even more difficult to deal with.

However, Chen Yuan only had the early stage of pill formation. After stimulating Zhu Yan's true blood, he could only maintain it for a hundred breaths. At most, he would be on par with the Bi-eyed Eagle. When the true energy was exhausted, he would be nothing more than fish on the knife board.

This is not the first time this has happened. Since he entered the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons to hunt monsters five years ago, he has encountered seven-level monsters with strong bloodlines several times and had to abandon his formation and escape.

Fortunately, he has a cautious personality and has not gone deep into the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters. He has been hunting monsters at the edge of the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters close to the human sea, and has never encountered a transformed monster.

The demon clan is different from the human clan. Although the human clan is constantly fighting among themselves, they understand right and wrong and have order and laws.

The three major sects have been fighting openly and secretly for thousands of years, but they are able to join forces to fight against the monster clan and open up the Bleeding Island as a bridgehead for the Yuqinghai human monks to hunt monsters.

The demon clan is purely a predator of the jungle, and is divided into races and categories. Different types of demon beasts fight and devour each other. Many transformed demon beasts do not even regard lower-level demon beasts as the same race.

Only when the demon clan sets off a tide of beasts, or when human monks invade the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons in large numbers, will the transformed demon beasts, led by several major demon beast royal families, join forces to fight against the enemy.

In this case, the demon race is naturally unable to compete with the human race.

The transformed monsters dare not approach the human sea area to avoid being besieged by the human Yuanying monks. Their territories are all deep in the sea of ​​ten thousand monsters.

Chen Yuan was extremely careful in his actions, never staying in one place for too long and never falling into danger.

In the past five years, he has hunted and killed hundreds of demonic beasts. Most of them were level 5 demonic beasts, but there were also more than 20 or lower level 6 demonic beasts. He had harvested hundreds of demonic pills, all of which could be used for refining. Demon Control Yuan Dan.

It happened that the high-level spiritual formation in his hand was completely destroyed, and it was easy for the monster beasts to escape by hunting monsters by himself. Chen Yuan decided to leave the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters first, refine the demon pills in his hands into elixirs, and improve his cultivation.

In addition, the mustard ring and storage bag in his hand were filled with various monster materials, and there were even some monster materials of little value. Because there was no space to put them, he had to throw them away.

This time I returned to Blood Island, just in time to sell all the monster materials in my hand.

Chen Yuan had made up his mind, and he galloped all the way. After more than a month, he finally returned to Blood Island.

The city of Xuedaofang is becoming more and more prosperous, and more and more human monks are entering the Black Sea to hunt monsters.

On the way back, Chen Yuan also met several foundation-building monks who joined forces to hunt monsters, and he was very nervous in front of him.

But he didn't have the habit of attacking low-level monks for no reason. He just passed by a few people. He even casually used the Golden Dragon Sword to kill several level 4 bird monsters because they were blocking the way, leaving a few people to run away. The foundation-building monks were dumbfounded and thanked him repeatedly, showing great respect.

After Chen Yuan entered Fangshi, he first came to Zhengqi Pavilion to sell monster materials.

Since the amount of monster materials he sold was quite large, the deacon on duty at the Zhengqi Pavilion had no right to make the decision. It was the elders of the Zhengqi Alliance who came forward to make the deal with Chen Yuan.

This elder is a monk in the middle stage of alchemy, named Liu Sitong. He is about thirty years old. He seems to be a frail scholar with a gentle smile.

After the two exchanged names, the host and guest took their seats. After a few words of greeting, Chen Yuan took out the materials for the seven fifth-level monsters.

Liu Sitong was quite surprised to see that Chen Yuan only had the cultivation level of the early stage of pill formation, but he produced the materials of seven fifth-level monsters: "Chen Dao's friendly approach, this tiger-headed dragon is not easy to deal with, or I encountered it. Even if it comes, it will take a lot of effort, and it may not be possible to keep it.”

Chen Yuan smiled: "Chen went out to sea alone, but teamed up with another friend to hunt monsters. By luck, he encountered an injured tiger-headed dragon and killed it."

Liu Sitong smiled and said: "Injured monsters are more prone to madness. Fellow Daoist Chen is being humble."

He carefully inspected the monster materials very skillfully and nodded: "Yes, these monster materials are well preserved. This tiger-headed dragon has all its tendons, scales, and skin. It can be made into several top-quality spiritual weapons." , there is even a 10% chance of making it into a magic weapon. I will give you fifty pieces of high-grade spiritual stones. What do you think, fellow Taoist?"

The price was very fair, and Chen Yuan agreed immediately.

After the two completed the delivery, Liu Sitong ordered people to put the demon beast materials into the warehouse, and suddenly asked casually: "Since Mr. Daoyou Chen has sold so many demon beast materials, why not sell the demon pills as well?"

Chen Yuan's heart trembled, but his face remained calm: "Chen's friend is much stronger than me. I made an agreement with him that the demon elixir belongs to him and the materials belong to me, but I can't produce the demon elixir to sell." ”

Liu Sitong said regretfully: "This is a pity. If that friend of Fellow Daoist Chen wants to sell the demon pill, Fellow Daoist can introduce him to me. The price is negotiable and will never let Fellow Daoist Chen's friend suffer a loss."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Liu Dao's kindness, Chen has taken note of it and will definitely inform my friend about it."

He stood up to say goodbye, and Liu Sitong ordered someone to send him out of Zhengqi Pavilion.

After Chen Yuan walked out of Zhengqi Pavilion, the smile on his face slowly faded.

He and Liu Sitong had just met for the first time, and this person had no ill intentions towards him, but he still caught Liu Sitong's attention when he took out the materials for the seven-headed monster beasts, but did not take out a single demon pill.

For monks, demon pills are the same as other demon beast materials. They are mostly used to refine weapons and make talismans. Only a few Qimen elixirs require the use of demon pills.

He only sold monster materials, but not monster pills, which naturally aroused Liu Sitong's curiosity.

He could still get away with it this time, but he still had a large amount of monster materials in his hands. If he sold them all to the Righteous Alliance, but kept all the monster pills, and then used the excuse of being a friend to get away with it, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Righteous Alliance.

Chen Yuan didn't think that the Righteous Alliance would treat a guest elder as one of their own. They would definitely want to know how a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan hunted so many monsters and why he kept all the monster pills.

The remaining monster materials must not be sold to the Righteous Alliance. They must be sold in batches, and their identities must be hidden so as not to arouse suspicion from others.

Fortunately, the most abundant thing in the Blood Island Market is monster materials. As long as they are careful, there should be no problems...

As Chen Yuan's thoughts flowed, he came to the Sihai Pavilion in the market, which rented out caves, and rented a cave.

The land in Blood Island is very expensive. There are few caves for rent, and the price is very expensive. It costs three high-grade spirit stones a year, which can be rented for three years in Hanxing City. Moreover, the spiritual energy is very thin, far less than the cave Chen Yuan rented in Hanxing City.

But this kind of cave has one biggest advantage, which is that it is extremely safe and will never be disturbed by anyone. This is not available in the residence provided by the Righteous Alliance.

As for the lower-level caves, the price is very cheap, but it can only guarantee safety and requires living with other people. Chen Yuan naturally would not consider it.

Moreover, the rent, which seems very high for other Jindan cultivators, is nothing to Chen Yuan.

He chose a slightly remote cave and rented it directly for fifteen years, spending most of the spirit stones in his hand.

Then he bought a large number of low-level spirit herbs in batches in the market according to the types and quantities of demon pills in his hand, enough to refine all the demon pills in his hand into pills.

Because he did not want to expose his identity, he spent two days to collect all the spirit herbs and return to the cave.

Chen Yuan did not sell any more monster materials. All the monster materials in his hands came from level 5 and level 6 monsters. Many of them had strong bloodlines and the monster materials on them were quite precious. Even if they were sold in batches, it would not be done overnight, which was a waste of time.

The most urgent thing was to refine the elixir and practice in seclusion. It would not be too late to deal with the monster materials after coming out of seclusion.

Chen Yuan made all the preparations, closed the cave, took out the alchemy furnace, put a demon pill into the furnace, closed his eyes slightly, and the practice room fell into silence.

Spring came and autumn went, and the years passed. Seven years passed in a hurry.

Chen Yuan refined all the level 5 demon pills in his hands into demon yuan pills, leaving only 23 level 6 demon pills.

After refining dozens of furnaces of level 5 demon yuan pills, his alchemy skills also improved significantly, and the success rate of refining the early stage of pill formation reached 50%, exceeding the 90% alchemy master of Yuqinghai.

Most alchemy masters do not have as much experience in alchemy as Chen Yuan. Due to the limitation of spiritual herbs, they can only refine a few furnaces of pills a year.

Moreover, refining the demon essence pill requires first purifying and transforming the violent demon power in the demon pill, which is more difficult than refining pills with spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan estimated that if he switched to refining the early stage of the pill formation with spiritual herbs, the success rate should be increased by 10%, reaching 60%.

After refining all the level 5 demon pills, Chen Yuan refined a furnace of the more difficult level 6 demon essence pills, and the success rate dropped to 30%, and he stopped immediately.

The higher the grade of the pill, the more spiritual energy it contains, and the difficulty of refining increases greatly.

The difference between the pills in the Qi Refining Stage is very small, the difference between the pills in the Foundation Establishment Stage is larger, the difference between the pills in the Pill Formation Stage is even greater, and the difference between the pills in the Nascent Soul Stage is even greater.

An alchemist who can refine the third level of Qi Refining Pills can also easily refine the tenth level of Qi Refining Pills.

But for an alchemy master who can only refine the first stage of foundation building pills, the success rate will drop by 20% when refining the late stage of foundation building pills.

Chen Yuan's success rate in refining the fifth-level demon Yuan Dan is as high as 50%, and when refining the sixth-level demon Yuan Dan, the success rate will drop by 20%. If he wants to refine the seventh-level demon Yuan Dan, the success rate is even only 10%.

Yuanying stage pills are even more difficult. If a great alchemy master has a success rate of only 30% in refining the early stage of Yuanying pills, he can't even refine the middle stage of Yuanying pills!

The reason why the old man Dan Jue is called Dan Jue is because he obviously only has the cultivation of the middle stage of Yuanying, but he can refine the late stage of Yuanying pills, and the success rate is as high as 30%. His alchemy skills can be called the best in Yuqinghai from ancient times to the present.

Because of this, the great monk also respects him. Although he only has the cultivation of the middle stage of Yuanying, he has an influence no less than that of the great monk, and has set off several wars to conquer the demon clan.

Chen Yuan's cultivation was not enough, and it was useless to refine the sixth-level demon Yuan Dan. He stopped wasting time and turned to meditation to improve his cultivation.

One year, two years, three years...

The formation curtain outside Chen Yuan's cave house never dissipated, flowers bloomed and withered, leaves grew and fell, and over time, it seemed to be forgotten by the world.

Eight years later, a cultivator of the tenth level of Qi Refining came to the outside of Chen Yuan's cave house, hesitated for a moment, released a sound transmission talisman, and entered the cave house.

He waited for several hours, but there was no movement in the cave house. He had no choice but to return to Sihai Pavilion and report the matter to a foundation-building deacon: "The senior who formed a Dan seemed to be in seclusion. After I sent the sound transmission talisman, there was no response."

Sihai Pavilion was managed by Zhenhai Sect, the largest sect in Yuqing Sea, and was responsible for renting cave houses to other cultivators. All the cultivators in the pavilion were from Zhenhai Sect.

The deacon's cultivation was only in the early stage of foundation building, but he had an extraordinary demeanor. He just frowned and dismissed the Qi Refining cultivator.

He pondered for a moment, came to a small courtyard behind the Four Seas Pavilion, and knocked on the door: "Is Elder Wei here? I have something to report."

A slightly dissatisfied voice sounded in the courtyard: "I am entertaining guests. If there is no urgent matter, please do not disturb me!"

"Yes." The deacon was startled and dared not say anything else, waiting aside.

He waited for three hours before the courtyard door opened silently, and a middle-aged cultivator and a gray-haired old man walked out together.

The middle-aged cultivator did not even look at the deacon, but bowed to the old man, his face full of apology: "Brother Lu, don't worry, I will tell Brother Lu about this matter. If there is a reply, I will inform Brother Lu as soon as possible."

The old man looked a little ugly, but he still forced a smile: "Thank you very much, Brother Wei. After the matter is done, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

He bowed in return, turned his head to look at the foundation-building deacon, nodded slightly, and then turned and left.

The foundation-building deacon was flattered and bowed deeply to the old man with a very respectful expression.

The middle-aged cultivator was a mid-stage Jindan cultivator. The old man could be called brother by him, so he must not be an ordinary Jindan cultivator. The foundation-building deacon did not dare to neglect him in the slightest.

The middle-aged cultivator glanced at the foundation-building deacon, then looked at the old man's back as he left, and sneered: "Haha, I don't know how much benefit you have gained from the space magic weapon, but you just want to get something for nothing, how can it be so easy..."

His voice was very light, and the foundation-building deacon did not hear it clearly, but said respectfully: "Elder Wei, I have something to report."

"Come in and talk." The middle-aged cultivator turned and walked into the courtyard.

The foundation-building deacon followed in and told him about the expiration of Chen Yuan's cave residence lease.

There have been many precedents for this kind of thing, but the foundation-building deacon had no right to deal with it, so he reported it to the middle-aged cultivator in charge of the Four Seas Pavilion as soon as possible.

The middle-aged cultivator said calmly: "Put down a spirit-triggering talisman outside this person's cave. After the cave is opened, I will go to ask for the overdue spirit stones."

"Yes!" The foundation-building deacon felt relieved and agreed immediately.

After he left the courtyard, he took out a high-level spirit talisman from the storeroom of the Four Seas Pavilion, came to Chen Yuan's cave, and pasted the spirit talisman in the formation.

Spring and autumn changed, cold and heat changed, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the door of the cave slowly opened, triggering the spirit talisman.

Chen Yuan walked out, his face seemed to have a layer of jade light, his eyes were bright, and his spirit was radiant.

At this time, a beam of light flew from a distance and landed in front of Chen Yuan. It was the middle-aged cultivator in charge of the Four Seas Pavilion.

He looked at Chen Yuan with a look of doubt and uncertainty, and said with a bow: "My fellow Taoist is polite. I am Wei Changhong from Zhenhai Sect, and I am honored to be the head of Sihai Pavilion."

There is a typo in the above text, which has been corrected. It will take another 23 years for Jueling Island to be opened.