Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Under the blockade of the formation curtain in the distance, the demonic energy rolled endlessly, and the screams of the demons came from afar, which made people feel a little irritable.

Under the dim sky, a blood-colored light passed by and came to a three-thousand-foot-high peak. It slowly fell down, revealing the figure of Liu Fan.

On his handsome face, he frowned slightly, his figure still disappeared, but his expression was a little uncertain, and his bright eyes were faintly uneasy.

He took a deep breath and walked quickly to a cave on the top of the mountain. His clothes fluttered in the wind.

This is the Blood Spirit Peak, where the master's cave is located.

Unlike other elders of the Blood Spirit Sect, Yan Zhang did not set up a formation on the Blood Spirit Peak. The three-thousand-foot peak was covered with thick ice, a piece of snow-white, and the strong wind blew endlessly from the top of the mountain.

If a Qi-refining cultivator were here, he would be frozen into an ice block in a short time, or be cut to death by the knife-like strong wind.

Even a foundation-building cultivator could not hold on for long.

But for a Jindan cultivator, especially a Jindan late-stage cultivator like Liu Fan, the strong wind and coldness did not hinder him at all, and the smooth ice like a mirror was as easy to walk on as flat ground.

But he was still a little uneasy, he didn't know why the head master suddenly summoned him.

Yesterday, Liu Fan inspected the formation curtain according to the instructions of the Yuanying elders who stayed in the sect, and just returned to the sect today.

He learned from other Jindan cultivators that the Yuanying cultivators who entered the Demon Realm had returned to the mountain gate.

He was overjoyed and immediately went to pay respects to his master Xiao Lingzi, but there was no one in the cave.

Liu Fan was very surprised, and went to visit the two Yuanying elders who were on good terms with Xiao Lingzi, but the result was the same.

Liu Fan's face changed immediately. Did his master and the other two elders all encounter an accident?

He wanted to continue to inquire about the news, but he received an order from the master to summon him.

Liu Fan did not dare to neglect it, and immediately rushed to Xueling Peak to meet the master.

Outside the master's cave, there was a burly man sitting cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, and thin clothes, but under the cold wind, his face was still ruddy and his body was motionless.

Liu Fan came to the burly man, clasped his fists and bowed, his tone was very respectful: "Junior Liu Fan, I am here on the order of the master, please let Senior Xue know."

The burly man opened his eyes slightly, and two red lights flashed in his eyes, and then disappeared.

He stood up from the ground and showed a kind smile: "Fellow Daoist Liu, please wait a moment. I will be back soon."

The burly man looked gentle and spoke casually, but Liu Fan did not dare to be disrespectful. He bowed again: "Thank you, Senior Xue."

The burly man turned around and raised his hand, pressing it against the stone door of the cave. The stone door opened, and he stepped in and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

Liu Fan breathed a sigh of relief and stood up. Cold sweat had already appeared on his back.

The burly man seemed kind, but Liu Fan knew very well that this was a killing god.

He looked like an ordinary person, but in fact he was a blood puppet, killing countless people.

The blood puppet was made from the corpse of a Yuanying cultivator, and then sealed with a blood soul refined from the souls of monsters and cultivators. It was buried in an extremely Yin blood evil place and cultivated for a hundred years. It has the cultivation of an early Yuanying, but can compete with a Yuanying middle-stage cultivator.

The cultivation of blood puppets is extremely difficult. The Blood Spirit Sect has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and has only cultivated three blood puppets. Among them, only this Yuanying blood puppet is controlled by the sect masters of all generations.

This blood puppet has the lives of at least seven or eight Yuanying cultivators, including two Yuanying mid-stage cultivators.

Liu Fan had heard from Xiao Lingzi that all the previous sect masters kept the blood puppets in the corpse refining bag, but the sect leader let it guard the cave, and all the cultivators who came and went were terrified.

This time, when the cultivators of various sects entered the Demon Realm, the sect leader also left the blood puppet to guard the treasure pavilion of the sect. If anyone approached, he would be killed without mercy, even the elders of the Blood Spirit Sect were no exception.

The sect leader returned to the sect, and the blood puppet returned to the Blood Spirit Peak.

Liu Fan waited for a while, and the blood puppet walked out of the cave, sat cross-legged again, and let Liu Fan in.

Liu Fan didn't care that the blood puppet had closed its eyes, clasped his fists and bowed, and walked into the cave.

Passing through a slightly dim passage, Liu Fan came to a stone hall, feeling the increasingly rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him, and had an urge to meditate and practice.

This is the cave of the headmaster, the place with the richest spiritual energy in the Blood Spirit Sect.

Liu Fan had a hunch that if he could practice here, the speed of polishing his true essence would be at least twice as fast, and he would be able to practice to the false infant realm in less than a year.

But he could only think about it. Looking at the headmaster sitting in the main seat, Liu Fan quickly gathered his thoughts and bowed deeply: "Disciple Liu Fan, I pay my respects to the headmaster."

Yan Zhang looked at Liu Fan in front of him, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, and said lightly: "Junior Brother Liu, there is no need to be polite."

Liu Fan then stood up and asked carefully: "Is the headmaster summoning the disciple related to the master?"

Yan Zhang sighed lightly: "Yes, it seems that you have guessed that Junior Brother Xiao Lingzi unfortunately died in the Demon Realm, and even his body could not be preserved. He was eaten clean by the monsters."

Liu Fan was stunned. Although he had expected it, he still felt a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow in his heart when he heard the news.

He should feel sad after losing the care of his master in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

But Xiao Lingzi was not sincere to him, and there was a little joy in his heart. From then on, the sea was wide for fish to jump and the sky was high for birds to fly.

Yan Zhang looked at Liu Fan's complicated expression and his voice turned cold: "This matter is related to Chen Yuan. Junior Brother Xiao Lingzi was killed by him."

Liu Fan's face changed. He didn't care about other things and said in astonishment: "He is just an early Nascent Soul cultivator. Can he still attack Master?"

Yan Zhang briefly told the story of Chen Yuan deliberately helping Xiao Lingzi, luring the Demon Lord, and devouring Xiao Lingzi's Nascent Soul. He did not hide the fighting between the Nascent Soul cultivators and the Demon Lord and the monsters.

The more Liu Fan listened, the more frightened he became. Like everyone else, he thought that seven great cultivators entered the Demon Realm together, and there were dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators accompanying them. This trip to the Demon Realm would be foolproof. He didn't expect such a change to happen.

He had met Mu Zhaoming, the formation master of the Demon Yuan Palace, and Gu Zuo, the great cultivator of the Tianxuan Sect.

When the two came to visit Xiao Lingzi, he even accompanied them and received a few words of encouragement from Senior Mu.

But Senior Gu was serious and unsmiling, and his cultivation was profound. Even Xiao Lingzi dared not neglect him, and Liu Fan was even more respectful.

But such a highly respected great cultivator actually surrendered to the Demon Lord and attacked the head of Tianxuan Sect Daoxuan, almost causing six great cultivators and dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators to be buried in the depths of the Demon Realm.

And the one who turned the tide and saved all this was the foundation-building cultivator who was chased by him and had nowhere to go, exhausted his essence and blood, and relied on the ancient teleportation array to escape!

Liu Fan felt a little dizzy. What Yan Zhang said was so incredible, and he dared not disbelieve it.

The Demon Lord who killed Nascent Soul cultivators like killing chickens and swallowed Nascent Souls alive like taking elixirs, Chen Yuan could actually compete with him?

Xiao Lingzi died because of Chen Yuan, so what about himself who once chased Chen Yuan?

After Yan Zhang finished speaking, Liu Fan remained silent for a long time, his expression was dazed, his eyes were blurred, and he even forgot that he was in the headmaster's cave.

Yan Zhang also knew that it was difficult for him to accept it for a while, so he fell silent and just looked at Liu Fan silently.

After a long time, Liu Fan suddenly woke up and bowed deeply: "My disciple is unbecoming, please punish me, Master..."

Yan Zhang shook his head slightly: "You are sad about the death of Junior Brother Xiao Lingzi, which is also human nature."

"Then Chen Yuan plotted to murder Junior Brother Xiao Lingzi, this revenge must be avenged, but he is extraordinary and cannot act rashly."

"Among the cultivators of this sect, you are the only one who has fought with this person. Tell me in detail about your fight with him."

"Yes!" Liu Fan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied, "My disciple was ordered by the master to sneak into Qi State..."

He told how he sneaked into Qi State, how he discovered the secrets of the Yu family, how he hunted down Yu Qing, how he fell into Chen Yuan's trap, how he entered the Secret Realm of Asking the Sky, and then met Chen Yuan again in the Demon Desert, chased him in the Huanyue Mountains, forced Chen Yuan into a desperate situation, and Chen Yuan escaped through the ancient teleportation array. He told everything in detail.

Yan Zhang frowned: "There is an ancient teleportation array in the territory of Qi?"

Liu Fan answered carefully: "My disciple failed to kill Chen Yuan, so he reported this to Master..."

Yan Zhang nodded slightly, and his brows slowly relaxed.

He knew in his heart that it was because Xiao Lingzi was greedy and wanted to monopolize this ancient teleportation array that he did not report it to the sect.

But Xiao Lingzi obviously miscalculated. In the past hundred years, Chen Yuan has never used the teleportation array again, and finally had to destroy it.

Yan Zhang said thoughtfully: "I wonder where this ancient teleportation array leads to..."

Liu Fan said cautiously: "I think he must have entered a certain ancient secret realm through this ancient teleportation array, obtained a large amount of cultivation resources, and even a lot of rare treasures, so that he could form a Nascent Soul in such a short time."

Yan Zhang shook his head slightly: "It is also possible that he was teleported to other continents and had another adventure."

Liu Fan was shocked: "Does this world really have other continents?"

Yan Zhang looked over, and Liu Fan hurriedly lowered his head: "Disciple is talking nonsense..."

Yan Zhang said lightly: "In ancient times, there were three continents in this world, except Donghua In the Three Continents, there are also the Nine Immortal Continents and the Huangliang Continent. The cultivators opened up space channels and set up teleportation arrays, and there was close communication. "

"But later, something happened. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly thin. The space channels opened up by the cultivators of the three continents collapsed one after another. The spiritual energy on the boundless sea was cut off, and it was extremely dangerous. The cultivators of the three continents also stopped communicating. "

"But there are so many teleportation arrays set up by the ancient cultivators. No one knows whether there are any ancient teleportation arrays left. Maybe this ancient teleportation array in Qi State leads to the Nine Immortal Continents and the Huangliang Continent. "

Liu Fan was secretly shocked. This was the first time he heard of such an ancient secret. There really were other continents.

He said quickly: "If this teleportation array really leads to other continents, it is of great value and must be controlled by our sect!"

Yan Zhang frowned: "This teleportation array has been destroyed. Unless it can be repaired, it will be worthless."

"And Chen Yuan returned to Donghuazhou without going through this teleportation array. If this array really leads to other continents, how did he come back?"

"He was lucky to find an ancient teleportation array. If he can find a second one, his luck is too good..."

He pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "That ancient teleportation array should only lead to that secret space realm. Now it has been destroyed, so there is no need to care about it anymore."

Liu Fan was a little disappointed. He was worried that Chen Yuan would seek revenge on him in the future. He hoped that Yan Zhang would find trouble with Chen Yuan because of the teleportation array.

But Yan Zhang had made up his mind. He didn't dare to persuade him anymore. He just bowed his head slightly and stood by with his hands hanging down.

Yan Zhang said: "Our sect suffered heavy losses in the Demon Realm, with a total of six Nascent Soul elders killed. We urgently need to recuperate."

"As a true disciple, you need to practice diligently, polish your true essence, and practice to the false infant realm as soon as possible. Then the sect will give you a spiritual object to help you form a baby."

Liu Fan was overjoyed and bowed deeply: "Disciple obeys!"

Yan Zhang said again: "Before you form a baby, you must not leave the mountain gate."

"Yes." Liu Fan responded respectfully.

Even if Yan Zhang didn't say it, he didn't dare to leave the sect.

It's not difficult for Chen Yuan to plot against Xiao Lingzi in front of Yan Zhang and secretly attack him.

Yan Zhang encouraged Liu Fan a few more words before letting Liu Fan leave.

After Liu Fan left, Yan Zhang sat in the main seat, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

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Qi State, Lingyun Mountains

At the gate of Lingyun Sect, a thousand-foot cloud wall connected the sky and the ground, and the clouds flowed slowly. On the mountain road, there were Qi-refining disciples running back and forth. Lights of escape passed by in the sky. They walked together, chatting and laughing, and there was a peaceful atmosphere.

But in a place that low-level disciples could not see, more than a dozen Jindan cultivators were suspended in the sky thousands of feet high, with solemn expressions, looking around, and the aura on their bodies surged, like a volcano that had been accumulating for a long time and could erupt at any time.

In the Lingyun Hall, four Jindan cultivators gathered together. In addition to Jin Luoheng and Zhuge Qi, there were Wu Zexian and a white-haired old man, all of whom were in the middle stage of Jindan cultivation.

All four of them looked solemn, and Zhuge Qi's eyes showed a bit of sadness.

In the middle of the four, there were two life-birth lamps, one of which was extinguished and the other was still burning.

Zhuge Qi stared at the extinguished oil lamp and spoke slowly, his voice full of deep sorrow: "The news of Master's death must not be spread."

This is Xuan Yuanzi's natal lamp. Since Xuan Yuanzi left the sect, Zhuge Qi has checked it every morning. In the past 28 years, he has never missed a day.

But when he checked it again today, he found that the natal lamp was extinguished.

Zhuge Qi was shocked and immediately found Jin Luoheng to tell him about it.

After the two discussed, they did not publicize the matter, but asked the elders of the sect to be on guard immediately, loose outside and tight inside to prevent accidents.

Xuan Yuanzi is highly respected in Lingyun Sect. If the news of his death is spread, the disciples of the sect will be unstable.

Only Zhuge Qi, Jin Luoheng and two mid-stage Jindan cultivators know about this.

Jin Luoheng sighed and looked at another natal lamp: "Fortunately, Chen Yuan is fine. For now, we can only be cautious and wait for him to return to the sect to find out the whole story."

Wu Zexian and the white-haired old man also looked at this natal lamp, with a hint of worry in their eyes.

Xuan Yuanzi was a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, but he died suddenly. Chen Yuan's cultivation was even lower. Can he really be safe and sound? (End of this chapter)