Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Chen Yuan returned to his home, opened this unknown technique, and studied it carefully.

Different from "Red Flame Jue", this is not a basic skill. It only has cultivation techniques. There is no introduction to spiritual roots and realms, and there are no records of low-level spells. No wonder Luo Zhenwu can only understand the most basic parts.

Martial arts and immortality have some similarities. Luo Zhenwu is a warrior at the peak of Huajin. There is not much difficulty in understanding the cultivation techniques before the fourth level of Qi refining.

But further up, he couldn't understand.

The same is true for Chen Yuan. Before converting the true energy in his body into magic power, he can only understand the cultivation techniques below the fourth level of Qi refining.

After breaking through to the fourth level of Qi refining, he had a certain understanding of the later stages of Qi refining in the "Red Flame Jue".

The Qi refining part of the Wuming technique is similar to the "Red Flame Jue", and Chen Yuan can easily understand it.

But going further up, this technique also records the cultivation techniques in the foundation building stage. Until the later stage of foundation building, it is beyond Chen Yuan's understanding.

Moreover, this is a water movement technique, and the recorded spells are at least mid-level water movement spells. Chen Yuan practices fire movement magic and cannot practice it.

After reading through the entire book, Chen Yuan sighed and turned to the beginning again.

If it weren't for the fact that switching to a new technique requires starting from scratch, which is extremely time-consuming, he would have wanted to change to this unknown technique.

"Red Flame Art" can only be practiced to the tenth level of Qi refining, but this technique can be practiced until the later stage of foundation building, saving Chen Yuan the trouble of searching for foundation building techniques.

But no matter what, a technique that goes straight to the late stage of foundation building is extremely precious.

Even though Chen Yuan had a photographic memory, he read it from beginning to end again, making sure he memorized every word before putting it aside.

Then, he took out two brocade bags and black flags from his arms, pondered for a moment, and put the black flags and black brocade bags aside.

He picked up the gray bag used by Master Duanfang and poured mana into it.

There was no response from the gray kit.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment, and while infusing his magic power, he controlled a trace of consciousness and carefully touched the gray bag.

The gray bag immediately gave off a faint light, and Chen Yuan felt his spiritual consciousness enter a gray square space, three feet long, three feet wide and three feet high, with many items placed there.

With a thought from Chen Yuan, these things immediately disappeared into the gray space and appeared on the table out of thin air.

Chen Yuan withdrew his consciousness and began to count.

On the table were four jade bottles, a pile of strange and colorful stones, three books, two jade slips, a dozen talismans, an exquisite jade tablet, a three-inch iron shield, and a foot-sized iron shield. Alchemy furnace and dozens of spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan first picked up the four jade bottles, opened the corks, and found that two of them were empty. He could only pour out a few pills from the other two jade bottles.

Wen Huazhong, like him, also had pseudo-spiritual roots, but it only took him one year to reach the first level of Qi refining, all thanks to the power of elixirs.

This is something Chen Yuan urgently needs to speed up his cultivation.

The elixir is light green in color, the size of a longan, exudes an elegant aroma, and contains rich spiritual energy. A gentle sniff will make you feel relaxed and happy.

He was in a good mood and carefully put the elixir back into the jade bottle.

This jade bottle is not a mortal thing. It contains a touch of spiritual energy. If the elixir is placed in it, even if it takes several years, the potency of the medicine will not be lost by half.

There are ten pills in each jade bottle, and two jade bottles equal to twenty pills.

Then Chen Yuan picked up the three books and flipped through them.

The first two books were basic cultivation techniques, namely "Changchun Jue" by Mu Xing and "Houstu Jue" by Tu Xing. They were not of much value. He just looked through them twice and put them aside.

The last one is a bit strange. It says "Yunyou Travels" on the cover. After opening it, the first sentence of the opening chapter reads:

"Taoist Yu Yunyou practiced hard for decades and finally reached the peak of Qi refining. However, due to his limited talent, it was difficult to break through the bottleneck. Therefore, he traveled around the country, sharpening his will, training his mind, and looking for opportunities. Wherever he traveled, Keep this in mind and share it with fellow Taoists..."

Chen Yuan continued to read, sometimes surprised, sometimes nodding, sometimes smiling, sometimes sighing. After an hour, he put it down.

This book "Yunyou Travels" records what Taoist Yunyou saw and heard during his ten years of traveling around Qi. It revealed a lot of common sense in the world of immortality, which was of great help to Chen Yuan.

The gray bag, originally called a "storage bag", is a must-have item for cultivators of immortality. It can store items and access them at a glance, which is extremely convenient.

The pile of colorful and strange stones, each about the size of a thumb, is called "Spiritual Stone".

Chen Yuan picked up a piece of red spirit stone and looked at it carefully. There was a hint of light red aura inside, which was pure fire spirit energy.

He sat down cross-legged, activated his cultivation method, and absorbed this trace of fire spirit into his body. The red spirit stone immediately turned pale, shattered into powder, and spread to the ground.

Chen Yuan closed his eyes and meditated. After a quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes, with a flash of excitement in his eyes.

Refining this trace of fire spirit energy was actually worth five days of practicing day and night!

And not only the Fire Spirit Stone, but also the spiritual energy contained in the other Four Elements Spirit Stones can speed up cultivation, but the effect will be worse than that of the Fire Spirit Stone.

But he did not continue to practice. Spiritual stones are like gold and silver. They are the hard currency in the world of immortality. It would be too wasteful to use them directly for practice. One experience is enough.

He spread his consciousness and counted it carefully. There were 237 spiritual stones on the table, all of which were low-grade spiritual stones.

From low to high, spiritual stones are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and extremely high-grade. One hundred low-grade spiritual stones can be worth one medium-grade spiritual stone, and so on.

More than two hundred spiritual stones are a huge fortune for a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Taoist Yunyou once bought a bottle of elixir that could be used by a cultivator in the tenth level of Qi Refining, and it only cost him eighty-two spiritual stones.

Taoist Duan Fang was only a cultivator in the fifth level of Qi Refining, how did he get so many spiritual stones?

Chen Yuan was quite puzzled. He picked up two jade slips and infused a trace of divine consciousness, hoping to find the answer.

The first jade slip recorded the method of refining the Hundred Souls Banner.

The Hundred Souls Banner is an absolute magic weapon of the magic way. It is extremely cruel and evil and requires a living soul to be sacrificed.

The stronger the living soul used, the more powerful the Hundred Souls Banner will be. If the living souls of one hundred Qi Refining cultivators are used for sacrifice, and three main souls of foundation building strength are gathered, it can even be comparable to a magic weapon.

Master Duan Fang is not strong enough, so he can only use the living souls of ordinary people for sacrifice. The three main souls have not been gathered, but it can also be comparable to the top middle-grade magic weapons.

Seeing that the Hundred Souls Banner was a mid-grade magical weapon, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Magical weapons are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade from low to high, and are generally used by Qi-refining cultivators, but Taoist Yunyou has also seen shabby foundation-building cultivators using top-grade magic weapons.

Foundation-building cultivators generally use spiritual weapons, which are also divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade from low to high.

As for magic weapons, only Jindan cultivators can control them. Taoist Yunyou has only seen it once and doesn't know much about them.

The Hundred Souls Banner in Taoist Duan Fang's hand, the blood soul inside it is made of thousands of mortal souls, which can be compared with the top mid-grade magic weapons and is amazingly powerful.

If Chen Yuan could not make the blood soul explode inexplicably, he would never be the opponent of Master Duan Fang.

However, there are pros and cons. The Hundred Souls Banner is extremely powerful, but it consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and magic power.

When Master Duan Fang controlled the Hundred Soul Banner, he could no longer control other magic weapons or cast spells. His blood soul was ineffective, so he had no way to fight back.

In order to maximize the power of the Hundred Soul Banner, he specially used his blood essence to refine it and connected it with the mind of the Hundred Soul Banner.

The blood soul was destroyed, and Master Duan Fang was also severely injured. He had no power to fight back and was easily killed by Chen Yuan.

If any other medium-grade magic weapon of the Hundred Soul Banner was used, Chen Yuan would not be his opponent.

…

The second jade slip recorded a book "Zhang Family Alchemy".

Chen Yuan read it carefully and felt that his eyes were opened. He also knew the origin of the two bottles of pills on the table.

These two bottles of pills are called "Bai Ling Dan", which are suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and can greatly speed up the cultivation speed.

Including Bailing Pill, "Zhang Family Alchemy Summary" records a total of eight recipes, six of which are Qi Refining Stage pills and two are Foundation Establishment Stage pills.

In addition, the jade slip also records many alchemy essentials and hundreds of spiritual herbs, which is a very comprehensive alchemy inheritance.

Chen Yuan put down the jade slip and looked at the pile of spiritual herbs. He immediately identified that these spiritual herbs were the Biling Flower, Asparagus Grass, and Qingmu Root needed to refine Bailing Pill, with twenty plants each.

He picked up the alchemy furnace again and examined it carefully.

The alchemy furnace was about one foot in size and half a foot high. A faint alchemy fragrance emanated from the furnace, surrounded by a dense spiritual aura, and a "Xuan" character was engraved on the bottom of the furnace.

According to the records in "Zhang Family Alchemy Summary", this furnace has a thick color and a compelling spiritual aura, which can be called a top-grade alchemy furnace.

Could it be that this Master Duan Fang is also an alchemist?

Chen Yuan picked up the jade card again. There was a word "Zhang" written on it, and it was decorated with dragon and phoenix carvings. Holding it in his hand, he felt a sense of peace of mind.

But on the back of the jade card, there were a few dark red bloodstains.

Chen Yuan looked at the few bloodstains on the jade card, recalled Wen Huasheng's instructions before his death, and had a guess in his mind.

Thanks to the hero Peerless Mo Yu for the reward!