Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

After the flying boat flew out of the protective formation, it reached an altitude of several thousand feet. A transparent light shield slowly appeared on the edge, blocking out the cold air and strong wind.

The old man turned around and said calmly:

"It will take at least two hours to reach the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. You can enter the tower and rest in a room on the first or second floor."

After that, he and the young Taoist took up the escape light and flew to the third floor of the tower.

After the two figures disappeared, the disciples entered the tower.

The tower occupied half of Feizhou's area, and there were more than thirty rooms on the first floor. Chen Yuan and Mo Jingchun randomly chose a room and closed the doors and windows.

There were no tables and chairs in the room, only a few futons. The two of them sat opposite each other. Chen Yuan asked:

"Senior Brother Mo, you said there are two elders accompanying you this time, but there was only one elder in the past?"

Mo Jingchun frowned slightly and nodded:

"That's right, Elder Fang escorted us to the secret realm last time, but this time Elder Xu and Elder Jin went together, which is a bit unusual."

When Chen Yuan heard this, his heart trembled, and many speculations emerged in his mind.

The Lingyun Sect suddenly allowed top disciples to enter the secret realm, gave generous rewards, recruited tenth-level disciples, and had two elders escort them, which showed that they attached great importance to this trip to the secret realm.

If the Lingyun Sect is like this, what measures will the other six major sects take?

Mo Jingchun was obviously aware of this, and said solemnly:

"This trip to the secret realm must be extremely careful. After entering the secret realm, you should not fight with others. Rush to Xingluo Cliff first. I will go there as soon as possible. After we meet up, we will look for the spiritual grass."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly:

"It should be so, but the situation in the secret realm is changing rapidly, and the plan is not as good as changing. No matter who arrives at Xingluo Cliff first, my senior brother and I will only wait for one hour. After one hour, if we haven't arrived yet, we don't have to wait any longer."

Mo Jingchun praised:

"This statement makes sense. Searching for spiritual herbs is fundamental, and you cannot put the cart before the horse."

Chen Yuan smiled, touched the storage bag, took out two jade bottles, and handed them to Mo Jingchun:

"Senior brother, please accept these two spirit-restoring pills."

Mo Jingchun looked surprised:

"Junior brother, what do you mean?"

Chen Yuan smiled and said:

"I have no shortage of pills in my hand. Senior brother's flying sword is sharp, but it consumes a lot of mana. These two soul-restoring pills can help senior brother."

Mo Jingchun took a deep look at Chen Yuan and took the Restoring Pill:

"Junior brother, I will be disrespectful if you wish."

When Chen Yuan saw him taking the jade bottle, his expression relaxed slightly and he changed the topic:

"This is the first time I have met these two elders today. Senior brother, can you introduce them to them?"

Mo Jingchun looked around and lowered his voice:

"That old man is Elder Xu Chang'an. He has the early stage of pill formation and his nature is like fire. He is currently in charge of the sect. You must not contradict him. The other young Taoist is Elder Jin Luo Hengjin... "

Speaking of this, Mo Jingchun's eyes showed a look of reverence, and his voice raised slightly:

"Elder Jin, like you and me, was born as a casual cultivator. He entered the sect through the Immortal Ascension Conference. His qualifications are not very good, but he has practiced all the way to the middle stage of pill formation. He is the person with the highest cultivation level among the disciples who were born as casual cultivators in the sect. , who has secretly taken care of us and other disciples who were born as casual cultivators. If it weren’t for him, my lineage of casual cultivators would only be in decline.”

Chen Yuan showed respect:

"As Elder Jin, as the Elder of the Core Formation, he is willing to support disciples like us who are members of the casual cultivator lineage. He is really noble and honorable."

Mo Jingchun smiled and said:

"Elder Jin is not only highly respected, but also has several casual cultivator disciples. His eldest disciple, Senior Brother Lin Haolin, is expected to form an elixir and is traveling abroad. If he can successfully form an elixir, the situation of my non-commercial cultivator lineage will definitely be improved. few……"

Later, Mo Jingchun explained the dispute between the Sanxiu lineage and the Zhengtong lineage in detail to Chen Yuan.

As Chen Yuan expected, the conflict of interests between the two monks was extremely serious, but it was only among the low-level disciples.

The higher your cultivation level, the less you care about it.

As the two talked, time passed slowly.

Suddenly, the height of the flying boat began to drop, passing through the thick clouds and falling to the ground.

Mo Jingchun stood up and came to the window, overlooking the land below, turned back and said to Chen Yuan:

"Dongxu Mountain has arrived, junior brother, follow me."

Chen Yuan stood up and walked out of the tower with Mo Jingchun, as did the other Qi Refining disciples.

Xu Changan and Jin Luoheng stood with their hands behind their backs, their backs to the crowd, and looked forward.

The disciples did not dare to make any noise and stood behind the two men in silence.

Soon, the flying boat landed on the top of a barren mountain that was no more than a hundred feet high. The transparent light mask slowly dissipated, and Xu Changan said calmly:

"The secret realm of Dongxu Mountain has arrived, all the disciples are waiting in the boat."

Everyone immediately used the magic of lightening, swept out of the flying boat, and came to the barren mountain.

The two elders finally left the flying boat. Xu Changan raised his hand to put the flying boat away and stood at the front of the crowd with his hands behind his back.

At this time, only the disciples of the Lingyun Sect were present. At their feet were the bare barren mountains. Looking up, they saw the boundless Gobi Desert everywhere, with howling wind and yellow sand filling the sky.

The entrance to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain is so desolate.

Chen Yuan was not surprised by this. According to ancient records, this place was originally an unknown wasteland. Thousands of years ago, the head of Yuanying of the Ziyang Sect passed through this place and happened to catch up with the decline of the ban on the Dongxu Mountain secret realm and accidentally discovered the entrance to the secret realm. .

He wanted to enter it, but he was unable to do so until the forbidden power was restored.

He returned to Ziyang Sect and summoned all the formation masters in the sect to seal off the place. After decades of hard work and at great cost, he finally found a way to enter the secret realm.

The next time the secret realm was opened, Ziyang Sect sent dozens of Qi-refining disciples to enter it and searched for a large number of rare spiritual herbs, especially the three main medicines for refining foundation-building pills.

After refining these spiritual herbs into pills, the number of foundation-building cultivators and Jindan cultivators in Ziyang Sect increased greatly, and it jumped from an ordinary large sect to the largest sect in Qi.

Qi did not have a large spiritual vein, and the major sects could only wait for the three main medicines of the foundation-building pill to grow on their own. Not to mention Jindan cultivators, even foundation-building cultivators were rare in number and had low strength among the surrounding countries.

The sudden rise of Ziyang Sect attracted the prying of major sects, and soon discovered the existence of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

The Yuanying cultivators of various sects immediately came to the door and asked Ziyang Sect to share the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

At that time, although the Ziyang Sect had greatly increased its strength, it was still no match for the combined forces of the various sects in Qi State and had to compromise.

From then on, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was shared by all the sects.

However, the Ziyang Sect took the lead and was most familiar with the secret realm. In the following hundred years, its strength grew steadily. For thousands of years, it has been the largest sect in Qi State and has remained standing.

The other five major sects were all established within five thousand years, and their foundation is far less profound than that of the Ziyang Sect.

In Qi State, only the Ziyang Sect has two Yuanying cultivators, and the number of Jindan cultivators and foundation cultivators is comparable to that of two large sects.

Its disciples are rampant and tyrannical in the territory of Qi State, and no one can control them.

…

The disciples of Lingyun Sect waited for two quarters of an hour, and suddenly a crisp sword sound came from the horizon, resounding through the world.

Clang!

The disciples looked up and saw a thirty-foot-long black giant sword shooting from the horizon, arriving carelessly and stopping in front of the barren mountain.

A dozen people stood on the sword. After the black giant sword stopped, they flew down and stood in front of the Lingyun Party.

The leader, wearing a white robe, was over 30 years old, handsome and tall, with a cold look in his eyes, emitting a strong spiritual pressure. He was a Jindan cultivator.

He pinched the magic formula with his hands, and the black giant sword shrank to a length of one foot. Then he raised his hand and took it into his body.

Xu Changan greeted him with a bow and said seriously:

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, it's been a long time since we last met. Your giant sword technique has become more and more exquisite."

Jin Luoheng followed with a bow and said with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Zhang."

The handsome cultivator was serious and returned the greeting to the two:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Jin."

After that, he stood aside and remained silent.

The dozen or so Qi-refining disciples behind him were all wearing white robes. Most of them were male cultivators, with only two or three female cultivators. They looked cold and silent, and exuded a sharp sword intent.

Chen Yuan looked at him and knew that this was a disciple of Tiangang Sword Sect.

All disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect were sword cultivators with strong strength. With only a flying sword, they could travel freely.

Among the six major sects of this sect, it was the only one that did not hold an Ascension Conference.

Sword cultivators did not value aptitude, but only whether the cultivator had a sharp and unmatched sword heart that would rather break than bend.

Therefore, Tiangang Sword Sect opened its gates every year to allow cultivators to participate in the trial. After passing, they could join the sect.

Countless casual cultivators wanted to join Tiangang Sword Sect, but the entrance trial was extremely difficult and required the talent of sword cultivation. Only one in a hundred could pass it.

When Chen Yuan was in Huanyue Market, he had also thought about joining Tiangang Sword Sect.

But sword cultivators needed to communicate with the flying sword from the beginning of their cultivation and cultivate a clear sword heart.

If the cultivator only cultivated to the third level of Qi Refining, there were still remedial measures.

If one crosses a bottleneck, this sword heart will never be perfect.

Therefore, the Tiangang Sword Sect does not accept cultivators above the fourth level of Qi Refining, so Chen Yuan can only give up.

The conditions for becoming a sword cultivator are so harsh, so the Tiangang Sword Sect has always had few disciples, with less than 300 cultivators, only one-seventh of the other five major sects.

But just these two hundred sword cultivators have made the Tiangang Sword Sect's strength firmly in the forefront of the six major sects, second only to the Ziyang Sect with a deep foundation, and on par with the Lingyun Sect.

Every time they go to the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, the Tiangang Sword Sect will send all the tenth-level Qi Refining disciples in the sect to search for spiritual herbs, including both earth spiritual root geniuses and four spiritual root disciples.

This is a test for the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect. Regardless of their qualifications, only disciples who have found enough spiritual herbs can exchange for foundation-building pills, otherwise they can only wait for the next trip to the secret realm.

…

Two quarters of an hour after the Tiangang Sword Sect disciples arrived at Huangshan, a loud roar came from afar.

"Awoo!"

The Qi-refining disciples of the two sects were horrified when they heard it, their hands and feet trembled, and they almost fell to the ground.

The handsome monk raised his sword eyebrows, raised his hand to summon the black flying sword, and flicked his finger.

Zheng!

The sound of the sword reached the ears of the disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect, and they calmed down.

Elder Xu frowned and said coldly:

"Don't let this real person get a chance, sooner or later I will kill this beast, skin it and pull out its tendons!"

He raised his hand and waved, and a red spiritual light spread in a ring shape, brushing over the disciples.

Mo Jingchun stabilized his body, sweat beads deep in his temples, his face was full of shock, he looked up at the horizon, and cursed in a low voice:

"It's that evil dragon from Wanshou Mountain again!"

Originally, Chen Yuan only felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this roar, but when he heard Mo Jingchun's words, his face changed, and he quietly stepped back two steps.

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