Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 202 Participating in the War
Nine days later, a calm but powerful voice spread throughout the Lingyun Sect's headquarters: "All Lingyun Sect disciples, listen up and come to the Good Merit Hall to discuss matters!"

Chen Yuan woke up from his meditation and immediately recognized that it was Zhuge Qi's voice.

He did not dare to delay, and immediately stopped practicing, stood up, walked out of the small building, and flew towards the center of Lingyun Sect's base.

Outside the small building is a bamboo forest. There is a small building every ten meters. It is hidden in the bamboo forest, quiet and elegant.

As soon as Chen Yuan flew into the air, he saw dozens of rays of light rising up and flying towards the center of the base.

The small building where Mo Jingchun and Shen Danmei lived was right next to Chen Yuan. At this time, they also rode on a beam of light and came to Chen Yuan's side.

The three of them gathered together and fled at a moderate speed, blending in among dozens of rays of light. A moment later, they arrived in front of the Hall of Good Deeds in the center of the base.

In addition to the residences for the Jindan Zhenren and the foundation-building cultivators, the Lingyun Sect’s headquarters also has several large halls, namely the Good Deeds Hall, the Equipment Refining Pavilion, the Alchemy Pavilion, and the Talisman-Making Pavilion.

The monks of Lingyun Sect can exchange elixirs, spiritual tools and talismans just like they do in other sects. Only the Hall of Good Deeds is idle and there are no sect missions to be taken.

In the past seven days, Chen Yuan did not leave the house, but Mo Jingchun had found out all the situations of Lingyun Sect's base, and even visited the bases of the other five major sects. Then he used a sound transmission talisman to inform Chen Yuan, so that he had a general understanding of the situation of the entire oasis.

The Hall of Good Deeds here is much smaller than the one at the mountain gate of Lingyun Sect. More than two hundred foundation-building monks entered the hall together, making it quite crowded.

There is a large vermilion lacquered pillar in the center of the hall, but it is empty and has no mission talisman hanging on it.

Zhuge Qi stood in front of the huge vermilion pillar, looking at everyone expressionlessly.

Chen Yuan learned from his previous lesson on the giant boat. After entering the Hall of Good Deeds, he quickly lowered his head, looked away, stood with his hands hanging down, and waited quietly for Zhuge Qi to pass down the sect's order.

He did not deliberately release his pressure, and his eyes were very calm, but for some reason, just one glance at him made my heart tremble.

Soon, all the foundation-building monks entered the Hall of Good Deeds, including deacons, disciples, alchemists, weapon refiners, and others, a total of 257 people.

Among them, the deacon disciples, alchemists, weapon refiners, and talisman makers do not need to participate in this battle and all of them will stay in the base.

The deacon disciples have low cultivation levels, most of them are only in the early stages of foundation building, and are specifically responsible for handling miscellaneous tasks.

As for those alchemists and weapon refiners, they have special skills and only need to refine pills and repair spiritual weapons for the foundation-building monks who participate in the battle.

Although Chen Yuan is a master of alchemy, he is not from the orthodox lineage and can only join the battle with other core disciples.

The number of hundred-year-old and three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs in the Lingyun Sect is limited. The original alchemy masters in the Alchemy Pavilion are enough to refine them all into pills with some left over. Chen Yuan has alchemy skills but no place to use them.

It is different for weapon refiners. Spiritual weapons are fragile and there are many monks participating in the battle. If there is any damage, it will take a lot of time to repair it.

In addition to the refiners in the Refining Pavilion, some foundation-building cultivators who are not from the Refining Pavilion but are also proficient in refining techniques do not need to participate in the war, but need to obey the arrangements of the Refining Pavilion and repair spiritual weapons for others.

After everyone had arrived, Zhuge Qi said, "Three days later, the six sects of Qi will have a head-on confrontation with the demon cultivators. Each side will have 500 foundation-building cultivators participating in the battle. Lingyun Sect will send 100 people to participate."

"This is the first battle between the six sects of our Qi Kingdom and the demon cultivators. You can sign up voluntarily, and it is not mandatory."

"For every demon cultivator of the same level killed and his head brought back, 20,000 merits will be awarded." "For killing three demon cultivators of the same level, an additional 30,000 merits will be awarded."

"Kill five demon cultivators of the same level and gain an additional 50,000 merits."

"Kill ten demon cultivators of the same level and you will be rewarded with an additional 100,000 merits, a top-grade spiritual weapon, and a bottle of cultivation medicine."

"In addition, as long as you kill five demon cultivators of the same level or above, you can return to the sect to recuperate, and you don't have to participate in the war for three years!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the already solemn atmosphere in the hall immediately became restless.

No one dared to make a noise in front of Zhuge Qi, but the huge reward for good deeds he mentioned, and the condition that they would not have to participate in the war within three years, made many core disciples extremely excited.

But there were also some people who frowned and seemed to be doubtful after hearing what Zhuge Qi said.

After Chen Yuan's expression changed several times, he immediately made a decision that he must sign up for the war!
He was not greedy for the reward for good deeds, but was moved by the condition of returning to the sect to recuperate for three years. He wanted to take this opportunity to break through the late stage of foundation building and retrieve the Silver Gang Sword.

Now it seems that being forced to come out of seclusion before he reached the late stage of foundation building turned out to be a good thing.

Every cultivator who has cultivated to the late stage of foundation building is either gifted or has great luck, and their numbers are rare. It is extremely difficult to kill five cultivators in the late stage of foundation building in a row.
The number of cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building is much larger. As long as Chen Yuan uses the secret technique of giant spirit body, he can kill five demon cultivators of the same level and return to the sect to recuperate.

But this was a battle involving thousands of people. Killing five cultivators of the same level with one person would definitely be extremely conspicuous, so a foolproof plan had to be devised...

As Chen Yuan's thoughts turned, Zhuge Qi's figure flashed, and the next moment he walked through the crowd, came to the door of the Good Deeds Hall, and walked out.

Everyone in the hall quickly turned around, bowed and saw him off, and only stood up after he walked out of the Hall of Good Deeds.

At this time, Zhang Zian, the head of the Good Deeds Hall, stepped out from the crowd and touched his storage bag. A hundred task talismans flew out and stuck on the vermilion pillars, flashing a faint light.

He turned around and said loudly: "If you fellow disciples are interested in joining the battle, you can receive the mission talisman now!"

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and he extended his spiritual sense to check these task talismans.

The contents of all the task talismans are exactly the same as what Zhuge Qi said, but more detailed.

After a participating monk kills five demon cultivators of the same level, he can return to the sect to recuperate for three years. However, he cannot sit back and relax. He must accept a sect mission every year to eliminate the demon cultivators within the territory of Qi.

Chen Yuan had expected this. It was impossible for the Lingyun sect to let its outstanding disciples stay out of the war, but as long as they could stay away from the front battlefield, it would be as he wished.

Other core disciples were also using their spiritual sense to check these task talismans, but none of them had been taken off yet.

There are no fools who can successfully build a foundation. Zhuge Qi offers such a generous reward, and this battle must be extremely dangerous. Even if they are very tempted by the reward, they will not act rashly.

Naturally, Chen Yuan would not be the first to draw everyone's attention to himself. He just waited quietly for others to take off the talisman first.

At this moment, Shen Danmei, who was standing beside him, said, "Junior Brother Chen, do you want to sign up for the battle?"

(End of this chapter)