Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 200 Desert Oasis
Mo Jingchun glanced at the elegant middle-aged scholar and replied in a low voice: "The real person dressed as a mortal scholar is Elder Wu Zexian, who also comes from a lineage of casual cultivators."

"Before entering the sect, Elder Wu was the top scholar in the Qi State. He wrote books when he was in his twenties and was revered as a great scholar by the Qi State court."

"Later, by chance, he embarked on the path to immortality. After that, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds. Within a hundred years, he formed a golden elixir. He became famous in the entire Qi Kingdom's immortal cultivation world."

"As for the other two elders, I don't know."

Chen Yuan looked at Elder Wu Zexian with a look of surprise on his face.

It took only a hundred years of cultivation to form a golden elixir. What kind of genius is this?
Wu Zexian seemed to notice Chen Yuan's gaze, turned around and looked over with a smile on his face.

Chen Yuan met Wu Zexian's gaze, and his head buzzed. He felt a huge and righteous aura enveloping him. He was about to fall to the ground and submit to this mighty majesty.

But at this moment, the jade disk in Chen Yuan's soul space emitted a faint light. Chen Yuan's body trembled, and his eyes became clear again. He hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look again, and bowed deeply to Wu Zexian.

A hint of surprise flashed across Elder Wu's eyes. He looked at Chen Yuan deeply and then looked away.

The female cultivator with a scarf on her face noticed his movements, turned her head to look at the disciples in the middle and back of the giant boat, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, did you find anything unusual? He actually released a trace of righteous energy."

Elder Wu smiled and said, "Nothing, just a rather interesting junior."

The other three looked over here and didn't ask any more questions after hearing this.

After Chen Yuan avoided Elder Wu's gaze, cold sweat broke out on his back. He hurriedly looked inward, scanning his body inch by inch with his spiritual sense to check for any abnormalities.

He was surprised to find that his soul had become more condensed. Although the range of his spiritual awareness did not expand, his perception ability became more delicate. Apart from that, there was no other abnormality.

Chen Yuan felt relieved, then became alert.

He had just come out of retreat, and was surrounded by his fellow disciples, including a Jindan Zhenren. He let his guard down and even dared to stare at Jindan Zhenren, which was very disrespectful.

Fortunately, Elder Wu only gave him a slight punishment, and there was a jade disk guarding his soul space, so not only was he not knocked to the ground, he also gained some benefits and his soul became more solid.

If it were an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, he would definitely make a fool of himself in front of his fellow disciples.

In front of high-level monks, low-level monks are like ants and must not be careless at all.

Chen Yuan secretly warned himself and retracted his gaze, not daring to look at the five elders standing at the bow of the boat.

Shen Danmei and Mo Jingchun were confused when they saw Chen Yuan suddenly bow to the five Jindan Zhenren. Shen Danmei asked, "Junior Brother Chen, what are you doing?"

Chen Yuan said solemnly: "I heard what Senior Brother Mo said. I admire Elder Wu very much. My heart is moved and I want to express my respect."

Shen Danmei smiled and said, "Elder Wu's Confucian skills are indeed superb. But if we talk about legends, it has to be Elder Zhuge who just announced the sect's decree."

Mo Jingchun was surprised and asked, "The one who announced the decree just now was actually Elder Zhuge?"

Shen Danmei nodded and said, "That's right!"

This time, Chen Yuan didn't dare to stare at the Jindan Zhenren anymore, and asked, "Is this Elder Zhuge famous?"

Mo Jingchun looked excited: "Of course, Elder Zhuge is the last disciple of the head master. He cultivated to the late stage of Jindan several decades ago. His methods are unfathomable."

"It is said that he once killed a late Jindan demon cultivator. He is one of the elders in the sect who is expected to reach the Yuanying stage. He has a great reputation, but he has rarely appeared in the past twenty years. I have only heard of him but never seen him in person." "This time, Elder Zhuge is leading the team. We should not suffer any loss."

Chen Yuan felt relieved when he saw that Mo Jingchun highly praised Elder Zhuge.

The five Jindan elders who led the team to the Demon-Slaying Desert this time are all extraordinary people, and the other five sects should not be much worse.

Even if we don't win this war, we won't suffer a crushing defeat.

Although Chen Yuan's physical strength was comparable to that of a fifth-level monster after he performed the secret technique of the giant spirit body, and was enough to look down on foundation-building cultivators, he seemed extremely small in the battle of thousands of foundation-building cultivators. In addition, there were also dozens of Jindan cultivators participating in the battle, so he did not dare to be arrogant at all.

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The giant boat flew westward for five hours, and finally at midnight, it crossed a long mountain range and arrived at a Gobi desert, and its speed gradually slowed down.

This was originally an unknown desert, but after being designated as a battlefield between good and evil, it was named the Demon-Exterminating Desert by the Six Sects of Qi State, with the intention of wiping out the evil cultivators.

Although it was late at night, a full moon hung high in the sky, casting a clear silver light and illuminating the Gobi Desert. With the eyesight of a cultivator, one could still see the scene a hundred feet away.

Chen Yuan's five senses are much sharper than those of ordinary foundation-building cultivators, and he can see three hundred feet away in the dark.

As the giant boat slowed down and gradually descended, Chen Yuan clearly saw that an oasis with a radius of more than ten miles appeared in the Gobi Desert, which was supposed to be a barren land.

The oasis is filled with dense forests, lakes, pavilions, towers and more than a dozen hills. The scenery is elegant and beautiful, standing abruptly in the desolate and empty Gobi Desert, like a mirage.

As the giant boat descended in height, Chen Yuan gradually could not see the entire oasis. Other cultivators also saw the oasis one after another and kept exclaiming in amazement.

A foundation-building cultivator even asked in confusion: "I've been here before. This desert has always been extremely desolate. When did this oasis appear?"

At this moment, a voice came: "Fellow Daoist, who is here? Please tell us your name!"

A ray of light suddenly rose from the oasis and flew towards the giant boat.

The young monk standing at the bow of the boat said calmly, "I am Zhuge Qi, an elder of Lingyun Sect, and I am leading 207 disciples of Lingyun Sect to help us."

He raised his hand and waved it. A jade token flew out and turned into a stream of light, which was extremely conspicuous in the night.

As soon as the young cultivator finished speaking, the light of escape stopped in front of the giant boat, and a figure appeared. He had an extremely respectful expression and showed signs of intelligence. He was a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building.

After he received the jade token, he only glanced at it twice and returned it respectfully: "Please wait a moment, senior. I will report this to Master Jing of our sect."

After saying this, he lowered his escape light, and the giant boat stopped and hung above the oasis.

After a while, the night sky above the oasis suddenly rippled like the surface of water. A ray of light rose from the oasis and arrived in front of the giant boat in the blink of an eye. A white-haired old man in a Taoist robe appeared.

He bowed to the five Jindan Zhenren standing at the bow of the boat and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for waiting for me, fellow Taoists from Lingyun Sect. The formation has been activated. Please lower the flying boat."

The five Jindan True Immortals returned the greetings one after another, and the young cultivator said calmly, "Thank you for your help."

He waved his sleeves, and the huge boat slowly descended and landed on an open space in the oasis.

(End of this chapter)