Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Chen Yuan suddenly remembered something and asked: "I wonder where Daoyou Zhang is now? When I was in Chongde City, I asked Jiang Yu, but he didn't know the whereabouts of Daoyou Zhang. He only said that Daoyou Zhang left the sect more than ten years ago and has not been here since. Not returned..."

Qingliu layman's face darkened: "Wu Shan went on a trip and hasn't returned yet. I'm afraid he must have met with misfortune."

Chen Yuan was startled: "What does Fellow Daoist mean by this? Is Fellow Daoist Zhang already dead?"

Qingliu layman shook his head slightly: "I can't be sure. Wushan left the sect more than ten years ago and went to Nanzhou to look for the infant-forming spiritual object."

"Five years later, his natal lantern suddenly appeared abnormal. The disciple guarding the Yuandeng Palace came to report it. I went to check and found that Wushan's natal lantern had become extremely dim and was almost extinguished..."

Chen Yuan said in surprise: "The natal lamp contains a breath of soul. If its owner is fine, the lamp will not be extinguished. If the owner dies and the soul is broken, it will be extinguished. How can it become extremely dim and not extinguished?"

Qingliu Jushi said: "I am also extremely confused and immediately set off to Nanzhou to look for traces of Wushan."

"But Nanzhou is vast, deserted, and monsters are rampant. I'm looking around for news about Wushan."

"There were disciples from Hidden Sword Palace, Taiming Sect, and Shaoxuan Sect who had seen Wu Shan and walked with him. I walked through all the places I passed, but there was no trace of Wu Shan."

"I have been looking for him in Nanzhou for three years, but found nothing. I also fought against the demon king several times, which attracted the attention of the ninth-level demon king. I had no choice but to leave Nanzhou and return to the sect."

Chen Yuan said thoughtfully: "Zhang Daoyou's natal lantern is still about to be extinguished. It is very dim, but it is not extinguished?"

Qingliu layman nodded slightly: "Exactly, until now, Wushan's natal lantern is still in this state, which is very strange."

"I have used many secret techniques to investigate, but all have failed. I even asked the real person in charge of the sect to use the secret treasures in the sect to investigate, but it has no effect."

"As far as I know, there are many monsters in Nanzhou with extremely strange talents. For example, the strange-sounding rat monster. Although its body is weak, its sound is designed to hurt the soul, and it is very fierce."

"Wu Shan may have encountered this kind of monster, and the connection between the soul and the natal lamp was severed, which is why such strange things happened..."

Chen Yuan frowned. He originally thought that Zhang Wushan just traveled abroad and did not return. Unexpectedly, something like this happened. No one was seen alive, and no body was found dead.

Thinking of Zhang Wushan's heroic gesture, Chen Yuan sighed secretly in his heart and said: "Ji people have their own destiny. The zodiac sign of Zhang Wushan is not extinguished, so it may not be as what you think..."

layman Qingliu smiled bitterly: "Fellow Taoist, there is no need to comfort me. If Wu Shan had nothing to do, he would have returned to the sect long ago. If he has not returned for more than ten years, he should have encountered something unexpected."

Suddenly, he raised his sleeve and flicked it, and a bronze oil lamp appeared out of thin air on the table. There was no lamp oil, but there was a little light like a bean. It burned quietly, with a misty breath, and seemed to be extinguished at any time.

"After the accident in Wushan, I have always kept this natal lantern with me, but I only have a glimmer of hope and a thought..."

Chen Yuan looked at this natal lantern and could no longer say any words of comfort.

Qingliu Jushi suddenly smiled, raised his sleeves, and put away Zhang Wushan's natal lantern again, with a very free and easy expression: "If I can come out of Jueling Island and break through the mid-term bottleneck, I will go to Nanzhou again and spend six years. , looking for traces of Wushan.”

"Nine is the ultimate number. If he cannot be found after nine years, I will build a tomb for him to enshrine this natal lantern and some of the things he used during his lifetime in the cave."

Chen Yuan said seriously: "If my fellow Taoist needs help, just ask."

layman Qingliu shook his head: "I also know that this trip will probably be fruitless, but I still don't give up. I will give it a last try, so that I won't waste time and effort on my fellow Taoists."

Chen Yuan was silent, and after a while, he finally spoke: "My technique is special and requires the assistance of demon pills to practice. I will eventually go to Nanzhou in the future, and I will keep an eye out for Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Layman Qingliu was stunned for a moment, then he clasped his fists and bowed: "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist."

Chen Yuan nodded silently, and layman Qingliu also fell silent. The two of them lowered their heads to drink tea, and the atmosphere became a little heavy for a while.

After a while, the pot of spiritual tea bottomed out, and Chen Yuan left five medium-grade spiritual stones on the table. The two got up and left, arriving at a deserted island hundreds of miles away, where they fell to escape light.

This sea area is a place carefully chosen by layman Qingliu. Although it is barren and remote in the Yuqing Sea, if you add the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea, it is right in the heart of the center.

No matter where Jueling Island appears, it doesn't take long to get there.

Every ten days, layman Qingliu will go to the small market on the island to find out whether Jueling Island is alive, and go to Shuiyuexuan to wait for Chen Yuan.

There is no spiritual vein on the deserted island, so Qingliu layman only opened a cave. Chen Yuan opened a simple cave at the other end of the deserted island and lived there.

In the following days, every seven days, Chen Yuan and layman Qingliu would take turns going to Daofang City, hundreds of miles away, to inquire about Jueling Island.

In their spare time, the two of them meditated and practiced on the deserted island. However, there was no spiritual vein on the island, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Jade Clear Sea was thinner than that on the Nine Immortals Continent. It could only be said to be better than nothing.

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Qingliu layman is a little better. He has reached the peak of the early stage of Nascent Soul and has no further progress. He only needs to polish his true energy to make it more pure. It doesn't matter if his spiritual energy is thinner.

But Chen Yuan still needs to accumulate real energy, and after a few months, it has only increased slightly.

However, the starlight never stopped pouring into his body. He specially built a stone chamber with a skylight in the cave.

Every month, he would come to the stone chamber, take out the jade pendant, and draw the power of the stars in the sky to temper his body.

Qingliu could not see the starlight descending, but if Chen Yuan left the cave in the middle of the night every month, it would definitely attract his attention.

Seven months passed quickly, and on this day, it was Qingliu's turn to go to the market to inquire about the news.

Chen Yuan meditated in the practice room to restore the 20% of his true essence that was lost two days ago due to the starlight infusion.

The spiritual energy on the deserted island was too thin, and the speed of true essence recovery was much slower. It took a full seven days to fully recover and continue practicing.

Suddenly, Qingliu's voice came into the cave, awakening Chen Yuan from his meditation: "Daoyou Chen?"

"Daoyou, wait a moment." Chen Yuan slowly put away his skills, got up and walked out of the practice room, opened the stone door of the cave, and welcomed Qingliu in.

After the two of them sat down, Chen Yuan asked, "Did Daoist friend get any news?"

Qingliu Lay Buddhist nodded slightly, his expression solemn: "In a sea area in the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea, colorful spiritual light spread for thousands of miles, and the shadow of an island loomed in the sky. It seems that the Absolute Spirit Island has appeared in the world!" (End of this chapter)