Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Haoran Sect monk?

Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Yan Tongchun.

They are either the sect leaders and elders of small sects, or they are casual cultivators without any sect. Not to mention the ten major sects, even a medium-sized sect is a giant to them.

All the alchemy cultivators who had looked coldly at Yan Tongchun just now either looked away or put on smiling faces and turned a blind eye to his contemptuous eyes.

But when Chen Yuan heard the words "Yan Tongchun" from the people of Shipingshan, his eyes flashed and he looked at Yan Tongchun once before lowering his eyes slightly and looking away.

His face remained calm, but his thoughts kept turning.

At Fan Yang's auction seven years ago, he and Yan Tongchun had some fun, and today they actually met at the Shipingshan people's wedding banquet, which was a bit troublesome.

Yan Tongchun casually bowed his hands to everyone, and then bowed deeply to the people of Shiping Mountain: "Senior Shiping's birth banquet, my master should have come to congratulate me in person, but unfortunately something happened, my master was practicing hard in seclusion. When it’s critical, there’s no time to be alone.”

"This junior came to the banquet on the orders of my master. I specially offer three pills of the Nascent Soul Stage Pill 'Chengyang Pill' to congratulate Senior Shiping on the successful birth of the baby!"

After saying that, a jade bottle appeared out of thin air in his palm, and he presented it to the Shipingshan people with both hands.

The Shipingshan native took the jade vase and said pleasantly: "Haha, Elder Gu is interested. Xiaoyou Yan, please come to the table."

Yan Tongchun clasped his fists and bowed again. After observing all the etiquette, he walked to the tables in the middle of the first row and sat cross-legged.

Everyone watching this scene was awestruck, especially the few monks in the first row who were in the late stage of forming pills.

Among these five people, two are casual cultivators, but the other two, like Li Gongliang, are the heads of the sect and have a small sect family behind them, bordering the sphere of influence of White Deer Academy.

The people of Shipingshan successfully conceive a baby, and White Deer Academy has become a medium-sized sect. If they want to expand their strength, they are the first to bear the brunt.

Yan Tongchun seemed to be very respectful to the people of Shipingshan, but in fact he was demonstrating the close relationship between Elder Gu of the Haoran Sect and the people of Shipingshan, and was trying to establish his authority in disguise.

All three of them lamented in their hearts, it seemed that they had to cut their flesh this time.

White Deer Academy has Nascent Soul cultivators and the Haoran Sect as backers, so they can only give in.

A lot of the spiritual material ore veins in hand have to be handed over, part of the profits from the market must be divided, and even a certain amount of cultivation resources must be dedicated.

The rest of the casual cultivators, as well as the alchemy monks who came from further away to attend the banquet, were not as sad as these three people, but their eyes fell more on the jade bottle, sighing at the generosity of Elder Gu.

Yan Tongchun's congratulatory gift is not enough to make up a bottle of elixir, which sounds very shabby, but this is a Nascent Soul elixir that needs to be refined with thousands of years of spiritual grass. Three elixirs will consume a furnace of spiritual grass, at least three or four plants. Thousand-year-old spiritual grass, if the alchemy skills are inferior, even more.

This gift is not unimportant. The relationship between the people of Shipingshan and Elder Gu is far closer than outsiders imagine.

The Shipingshan man put away the Queen of Chengyang pills and floated up to the stone. He sat behind several tables and faced the group of pill-forming monks.

After Yan Tongchun, other alchemy monks also took out their own congratulatory gifts.

Li Gongliang said loudly: "Li Gongliang, the junior leader of the Mingling Sect, specially presents a piece of Feifeng Stone, a top-grade spiritual material, to wish Senior Shiping a successful pregnancy!"

After that, he took out a strange yellow stone shaped like a mountain peak from the mustard seed ring and held it up with both hands.

The Shipingshan man smiled and nodded, but he did not come to pick it up in person as before. Instead, Feng Tiande, who was standing aside, raised his hand and took the yellow stone into his hand.

The other four late-stage pill-forming monks in the first row also presented their own congratulatory gifts, which were almost the same as the Feifeng Stone that Li Gongliang took out.

It's either an ordinary high-grade spiritual material or two or three eight-hundred-year-old spiritual grass. To a pill-forming monk, the value is not too low, but it can't be called that precious.

One of the purposes of the Shiping Mountain people in hosting this Nascent Soul celebration banquet was to intimidate the surrounding small sects. The three of them did not dare to offend the Nascent Soul cultivators and had to come, but they would not send such rare gifts.

The gifts presented by everyone were also divided according to their cultivation level, from high to low. After the five alchemy monks, it was finally Chen Yuan's turn.

Chen Yuan cupped his fists and bowed, and said loudly: "Junior Chen Yuan, a casual cultivator, would like to present fifty yuan of high-grade spiritual stones. I wish Senior Shiping a successful pregnancy!"

After saying that, he raised his sleeve and flicked it, and a small pile of spiritual stones appeared out of thin air on the table.

The spiritual herbs and materials on his body were extremely precious, so he was naturally reluctant to use them as gifts, so he simply took out fifty pieces of high-grade spiritual stones. Although it was a bit tacky, with such a number, others could not say anything.

Chen Yuan made a profit by using these spirit stones to listen to a Nascent Soul monk's experience in conceiving a baby.

Seeing Chen Yuan's bold move, Feng Tiande couldn't help but smile.

He invited Chen Yuan to the banquet in order to resolve the grudges, and he couldn't force Chen Yuan to give such an expensive gift.

But Chen Yuan was invited by him after all. If the gift was too light, it would also be a disgrace to Feng Tiande.

Fifty high-grade spiritual stones are enough to buy a high-grade spiritual material. Compared with the other five people, this gift is not too light.

He was about to raise his hand to take the fifty spiritual stones into his hand, when Yan Tongchun suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

Feng Tiande was stunned, put down his hand, and turned his head to look over. Everyone, like him, looked at Yan Tongchun. Even the people from Shiping Mountain on the stone platform were slightly startled.

Yan Tongchun turned around, looking past the two people and staring at Chen Yuan: "This fellow Daoist Chen's name is exactly the same as an old friend of Yan, and his voice sounds very familiar. Did fellow Daoist Chen attend the Fanyang auction seven years ago? Did he sit in box 59?"

Everyone looked at Chen Yuan with astonishment.

They had never heard of Chen Yuan's name. This person was actually an old friend of Yan Tongchun. He was related to the cultivators of Haoran Sect. He was really a hidden talent.

But people with quick minds have already reacted. If Chen Yuan was an old friend of Yan Tongchun, how could the two of them not recognize each other in person? There must be something strange.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, I did attend the Fanyang auction seven years ago and sat in box 59."

Yan Tongchun's eyes flashed with cold light, and he sneered, "Fellow Daoist Chen spent 1,200 high-grade spirit stones to snatch the Zhenkong Stone from me. His wealth left a deep impression on me."

"Today, Fellow Daoist Chen came to attend Senior Shi Ping's infant-forming banquet, but he only took out a mere 50 high-grade spirit stones as a gift. Isn't that underestimating Senior Shi Ping?"

At the Fanyang auction, he was humiliated by Chen Yuan. After the auction, he found the cultivators of the three sects in Fanyang to inquire about Chen Yuan's origins.

However, although Yan Tongchun was a true disciple of Haoran Sect, a Jindan cultivator was not qualified enough for the three sects in Fanyang to make an exception.

He could only act privately and use spirit stones to open the way. He learned Chen Yuan's name, but did not get his portrait, and there was no way to find out his origins.

Helplessly, Yan Tongchun could only put the matter aside, but he remembered the name and Chen Yuan's voice deeply.

When Chen Yuan introduced himself today, he immediately heard it and questioned him. Chen Yuan admitted it so readily, which made him furious.

He had extraordinary talent and became a disciple of Haoran Sect. His master was a Yuanying cultivator. In less than three hundred years, he cultivated to the late Jindan stage and became a true disciple of Haoran Sect. He was arrogant and looked down on cultivators outside the ten major sects.

Chen Yuan rejected his face in public, and dared to appear in front of him. He really didn't know how to live or die!

Without waiting for Chen Yuan to answer, Yan Tongchun bowed to the Stone Ping Mountain Man on the stone platform and asked, "Senior Stone Ping, this fellow Daoist Chen is a casual cultivator, but he can come to attend your Nascent Soul Conquest Banquet. Is he related to you?"

Stone Ping Mountain Man frowned and said in a deep voice, "Dean Feng, explain this to Little Friend Yan."

The Nascent Soul Conquest Banquet invites fellow Daoists. Newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators from large sects naturally have no shortage of guests, and even many Nascent Soul cultivators will attend the banquet.

But the White Deer Academy is just a small sect. When Stone Ping Mountain Man was consummating his Nascent Soul, not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, even late Jindan cultivators could not be invited, so even casual cultivators were invited to fill the occasion.

A few days ago, Feng Tiande reported to Stone Ping Mountain Man that he wanted to invite a casual cultivator from the late Jindan stage to the banquet. Naturally, he would not refuse, and he did not know Chen Yuan well.

Feng Tiande's mind raced, and he bowed to Yan Tongchun and said, "Fellow Daoist Yan, there was some misunderstanding between my son and Daoist Chen's disciple, so I invited Daoist Chen to attend the Shanzhang's baby celebration banquet."

"This move is not only in accordance with Shanzhang's order to invite fellow Daoists, but also to resolve misunderstandings. As for the matter between Daoist Chen and Daoist Yan, I am not clear."

Yan Tongchun asked, "What misunderstanding? Did Daoist Chen's disciple bully your son?"

Feng Tiande shook his head, "That's not the case. My son acted rashly and offended Daoist Chen's disciple. I have explained it to Daoist Chen."

Yan Tongchun stared at Feng Tiande and said slowly, "Feng Daoist, you should think about it again. Maybe your son is wrong?"

Feng Tiande said sincerely, "My son has a bad temper, and everyone knows it. I have already understood it clearly. It is indeed my son who made the mistake first."

How could he not see that Yan Tongchun wanted to take the opportunity to embarrass Chen Yuan.

But he was smooth and tactful. He didn't want to offend the true disciples of Haoran Sect, nor did he want to offend Chen Yuan, a late Jindan cultivator. He simply told the truth and didn't give Yan Tongchun an excuse.

Yan Tongchun frowned and looked very dissatisfied, but Feng Tiande didn't want to testify against Chen Yuan, so he had to give up.

Yan Tongchun turned to Shiping Mountain Man and bowed, saying solemnly: "Senior Shiping, in my opinion, this fellow Daoist Chen has an unknown origin and only took out fifty pieces of top-grade spirit stones as a gift. He humiliated you and was disrespectful. You should not let him go easily. I am willing to capture this beast and let him apologize to you!"

As soon as these words came out, the Jindan cultivators who were watching the show silently were all stunned.

Even the gift of fifty pieces of top-grade spirit stones was disrespectful, so the gifts taken out by the other people were also humiliating Shiping Mountain Man.

The remaining Jindan cultivators with lower cultivation levels had even less gifts in their hands.

Yan Tongchun's words were clearly specious. In order to cause trouble for Chen Yuan, he even ignored them and even disrupted the celebration banquet for the infant formation of Shiping Mountain!

Such arrogance made everyone indignant, and their eyes looking at Yan Tongchun were full of anger.

Yan Tongchun turned around and glanced coldly. No one dared to meet his gaze. They all lowered their heads and avoided it, holding up their tea cups to cover up their embarrassment.

Yan Tongchun sneered, turned around, and bowed his hands and said, "Please be clear, Senior Shiping!"

Some wandering cultivators like lonely ghosts, a few small sects like duckweed and floating catkins, who might die one day and their inheritances dissipate, are like ants in his eyes and are not taken seriously at all.

Shipingshan's face sank. Yan Tongchun was too arrogant. He actually wanted to make trouble at his Nascent Soul celebration banquet.

But Yan Tongchun was backed by Haoran Sect and Elder Gu, who was in the middle stage of Nascent Soul. He didn't want the celebration to be disrupted, but he didn't want to offend Elder Gu even more.

The Haoran Sect has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. No matter how many storms and disasters it has experienced, it has always stood firm. It is the sky of Renzhou. No one can challenge its majesty.

Moreover, he was able to form a Nascent Soul with the help of Elder Gu. He must not have a rift with Elder Gu after forming a Nascent Soul.

Shipingshan's dissatisfaction with Yan Tongchun turned into disgust for Chen Yuan. He said coldly: "Chen Yuan, do you have anything to explain?"

Chen Yuan had been indifferent and watched coldly.

At this time, when Shiping Shanren spoke, he looked at Yan Tongchun and said calmly: "Whether the gift of fifty high-grade spiritual stones is important or not is up to Senior Shiping to judge. What does it have to do with Fellow Daoist Yan?"

"Fellow Daoist Yan said something that I strongly disagree with. The Zhenkong Stone is not Fellow Daoist Yan's. As Brother Zhang said, at the auction, the highest bidder wins. Did Fellow Daoist Yan forget that?" (End of this chapter)