Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly, his eyes showing memories: "Everyone has his own opportunities. I am also a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator like you."

"I put in a lot of effort and relied on a bit of luck to pass the Ascension Conference and become a disciple."

"Later, I entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain and fought hard. Fortunately, I found a few spiritual herbs and exchanged them for a foundation-building pill. After successfully building my foundation, I became your master's disciple."

"I thought that the qualifications of a master, after successfully building the foundation, have exhausted their potential."

“But by chance, I was able to inherit the legacy of a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, and my cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, even not losing to those cultivators with earth spirit roots.”

"I am very nervous and worried, fearing that your master may covet me."

"In fact, that opportunity has already been used by my master. Even if you kill me, you can't get it back."

"But I was once a casual cultivator, and I have seen a lot of intrigues and deceptions. I know the cruelty of the immortal cultivation world. People can kill for a few spirit stones or pills."

"Many monks would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go. As long as there is a glimmer of opportunity, they will fight to the death."

"But your master did not covet the opportunity to be your disciple. Instead, he taught you attentively and turned a blind eye to your progress in cultivation."

"Later, I accepted you as my disciple, partly for the spiritual herbs, and partly because you, like me, are also a pseudo-spiritual cultivator who has a hard time practicing, so I wanted to help you."

"No matter what kind of opportunity you have obtained, since I have accepted you as my disciple, I will no longer covet your opportunity. This is the truth your master taught me, and I will teach it to you again today."

Chen Yuan said solemnly: "Master, please speak."

Jin Luoheng said slowly: "You have a high level of cultivation and extraordinary strength. Logically speaking, I shouldn't teach you."

"But after all, I have lived two hundred years longer than you, so I can see some things more deeply than you can."

"A cultivator should think of longevity and have a firm heart, but a real man has his own ways and his own ways."

"We seek immortality so that we can be free and unfettered."

"But if you do whatever it takes to improve your cultivation and become enslaved by Changsheng, then you are no different from a walking corpse. Do you understand?"

Chen Yuan responded solemnly: "Disciple will remember this."

He is not a man without principles. Although he will not deliberately do good deeds, he will not do evil for no reason. His experiences in his previous life have made him more compassionate towards mortals.

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly: "Master will go to Ziyang Mountain Range for retreat tomorrow, and the sect will be handed over to you."

"I will go with Master. If Master encounters any setbacks in his tribulation, I will be able to help him in time. Chen..."

Jin Luoheng shook his head and said, "To cultivate immortality and seek the truth, one must have a heart that is ready to die. If there is a way out, one will lose less of his fighting spirit."

"You can just stay at the mountain gate. I have three kinds of spiritual objects to help you form a Nascent Soul. If you still cannot form a Nascent Soul, it is your fate."

Chen Yuan remained silent, but stopped trying to persuade him. He just stood up, bowed deeply to Jin Luoheng, turned around and walked out of the cave.

It was already late at night, the moon was at its zenith, and white frost covered the ground.

Chen Yuan stood silently for a while, then a beam of light appeared and he slowly flew towards Baiyun Peak.

The next day, Chen Yuan ordered people to go to Yuyang Mountain to recall Chu Guangkai and deal with the affairs of the sect.

Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian left the sect together. When Jin Luoheng was in seclusion practicing, Wu Zexian was in charge of the Ziyang Mountains.

Although he was only in the middle stage of the Jindan realm, Chen Yuan's reputation had spread throughout the Qi Kingdom's cultivation world, and no one dared to invade the Ziyang Mountains.

Zhuge Qi and Feng Ziyu went to Wanshou Mountain together. Wanshou Mountain was guarded by monks from Lingyun Sect and Guiyuan Sect. Feng Ziyu just looked after Zhuge Qi to prevent him from being disturbed during his retreat.

Bai Yanji and Wan Shihun have ordered people to send two eighth-level demon pills. Chen Yuan came to a stone chamber in the deepest part of the Earth Fire Palace.

Starting from participating in the Tianxuan Auction, going deep into the Demon Realm, and destroying Ziyang, Chen Yuan obtained many demon pills and spiritual herbs.

He counted them and found a total of four level nine demon pills, twelve level eight demon pills, twenty thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, one three thousand-year-old spiritual herb, three two thousand-year-old diamond apricots, and three thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs.

There is no cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage in Donghua Continent who has so many thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and eighth-level demon pills.

If all of them were refined into pills, they would be enough to allow anyone to cultivate to the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.

But for Chen Yuan, he is still in doubt.

He slowly closed his eyes, meditated and regulated his breathing, while silently thinking about the recipe for the elixir based on these demon elixirs that were unique to Donghua Continent.

Three days later, Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, took out the alchemy furnace, put in an eighth-level demon pill, and the earth fire rose and the heat filled the air.

……

A year passed in the blink of an eye. One day, when Chen Yuan was refining a furnace of pills, a sound transmission note flew in through the stone gate.

Chen Yuan ignored him and sat upright on the cushion with his eyes slightly closed. He focused all his consciousness on the alchemy furnace and concentrated on controlling the earth fire.

Seven days later, Chen Yuan finally opened his eyes, raised his hand and lifted the lid of the furnace. Five pills flew out, filled with spiritual energy, and fell into a jade bottle.

He withdrew his spiritual consciousness, and the earth fire fell into the hole. He adjusted his breath for a moment, then raised his hand, took the sound transmission note in his hand, and listened attentively.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan showed a look of joy. He put away the jade bottle and without bothering to recover his true energy, he immediately stood up and walked out of the cave, quickly leaving the Earth Fire Palace.

Chu Guangkai was waiting outside the hall. When he saw Chen Yuan coming out, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "Greetings to the Grand Elder..."

"Master has formed a Nascent Soul?"

"That's right. I received news from Junior Brother Wu that Junior Brother Jin successfully formed a fetus three days ago. I dare not delay and report it to the Grand Elder immediately..."

Chen Yuan nodded: "How is Elder Zhuge now?"

Chu Guangkai said solemnly, "Junior Brother Zhuge is still honing his true essence, trying to be safe and sound, and has not yet started to form a baby."

Chen Yuan frowned, "It takes a lot of vigor to form an infant. Elder Zhuge has been honing his true essence for many years, and it is pure and strong, but he still closed himself off for a year. It's not appropriate to delay the time." Chu Guangkai sighed, "I think so too. Master once said that on the road to cultivating immortals, you must fight for the first line and never hesitate to move forward in the face of difficulties."

"But the formation of a baby is a matter of life and death. Junior Brother Zhuge has not made up his mind, and it is useless for others to persuade him. On the contrary, it is likely to backfire."

"I am extremely anxious, and I dare not write to persuade you, so as not to disturb Junior Brother Zhuge's Taoism..."

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, took out a wooden box from the mustard seed ring, and handed it to Chu Guangkai: "This is a piece of thunder gold, which can absorb the power of heavenly thunder and weaken the power of thunder tribulation. You should personally give it to Elder Zhuge."

Chu Guangkai was stunned for a moment, then quickly took it and bowed deeply: "Grand Elder, I would like to thank you on behalf of Junior Brother Zhuge."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "No need to be polite, just go quickly. If Elder Zhuge still doesn't dare to attack the Nascent Soul stage even though he has Thunder Gold in his hands, his path will end here."

Chu Guangkai's whole body shook, his expression became more solemn, he bowed again, and with a flash of light, he flew away.

Chen Yuan watched Chu Guangkai enter the ten thousand zhang cloud wall before turning around and returning to the Earth Fire Palace.

That piece of Thunder Gold was found in the Zi Yang Sect's treasury. Chen Yuan originally wanted to leave it for Li Qingshan to form a baby, but Zhuge Qi was afraid that once cracks appeared in his Dao Heart, there would be no hope of forming a baby in his lifetime, so he took it out.

Li Qingshan's cultivation is still at a low level, and it is not too late to look for spiritual objects to form a baby in the future.

……

Half a year later, Chen Yuan refined another furnace of pills, walked slowly out of the Earth Fire Palace, flew to Baiyun Peak, took out the jade beads, and drew starlight into his body.

The silver light fell, as rich as mercury and as clear as water.

After fifty breaths, the silver light dissipated, and 20% of the true energy in Dantian was consumed.

Chen Yuan slowly clenched his fist, feeling his strength increase, and flew towards the Alchemy Pavilion with a flash of light.

As soon as he landed, Chu Guangkai flew over from a distance at an extremely fast speed.

He landed in front of Chen Yuan, clasped his fists and bowed, his face full of joy: "Grand Elder, Elder Feng sent a disciple to report that Junior Brother Zhuge has successfully conceived a fetus."

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up: "Inform the monks of this matter. After Master and Elder Zhuge consolidate their realms and come out of retreat, we will hold the Nascent Soul Ceremony together."

“Yes.” Chu Guangkai responded, with a look of fear on his face, “According to nephew Wang, when Junior Brother Zhuge survived the heavenly thunder tribulation, the momentum was enormous. If it weren’t for the piece of thunder gold from the Supreme Elder, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have been able to survive it…”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "That piece of thunder gold is useless. It was only because Elder Zhuge was determined to succeed in overcoming the calamity."

Chu Guangkai stood there in a daze, and Chen Yuan turned around and walked slowly into the Earth Fire Hall.

Spring changes with autumn, winter comes and goes, and in the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

When Chen Yuan refined the last batch of Vajra Pills, he also received a sound transmission note from Chu Guangkai, and Zhuge Qi finally came out of seclusion.

Chen Yuan put the six pills into the jade bottle, along with the alchemy furnace with increasingly rich elixir energy, into the mustard seed ring, then stood up and walked out of the stone chamber.

In the past two and a half years, he has refined the three Vajra Apricots, three thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs, twelve eighth-level demon pills, and fourteen thousand-year-old spiritual herbs in his hand into pills.

Only one three thousand year old spiritual herb, four ninth level demon pills, five spiritual herbs that could be used as the main medicine for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and one ordinary thousand year old spiritual herb were left.

It takes Chen Yuan a month to refine a batch of Nascent Soul stage pills.

The medicinal properties of the three two-thousand-year-old Vajra Apricots were so strong that it would take two months to make a furnace of Vajra Pills.

He also needed to draw starlight into his body to restore his true energy and nourish his spiritual consciousness. Two and a half years was just enough.

After a lot of hard work, he refined seventy-nine Nascent Soul early stage pills and thirty-three body tempering pills.

When refining the twelfth furnace of pills, Chen Yuan's alchemy skills achieved a breakthrough, and the success rate of pills increased to 60%. Looking at the alchemy masters in the entire Donghua Continent, no one can match him. Even in Jiuxian Continent, he is one of the best.

After refining three batches of Nascent Soul early stage elixirs, Chen Yuan began to refine the Body Tempering Elixir.

The three thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs obtained from the four major mysterious sects were used to refine eighteen body-tempering spiritual pills.

The three two thousand year old Vajra Pills are the most difficult to refine, and are comparable to the pills of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Chen Yuan deliberately put it last to refine, but the success rate was still 10% lower, and he only got fifteen Vajra Pills.

However, the medicinal power of these fifteen Vajra Pills is fifty percent stronger than the other eighteen Body Tempering Pills.

In addition, Chen Yuan also has a bottle of Nascent Soul early stage elixir obtained from Zi Yang Sect. Refining all of these elixirs will be enough to improve his cultivation to the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, and his physical body will also be strengthened a lot.

Chen Yuan walked out of the Earth Fire Hall slowly. Chu Guangkai was waiting outside the hall. He clasped his fists and bowed, "Junior Brother Zhuge and Uncle Master Jin are waiting at Lingyun Peak. Please move over, Grand Elder."

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and with a flash of light, he followed Chu Guangkai to fly towards Lingyun Peak.

After Jin Luoheng formed his Nascent Soul, his status changed accordingly, and Chu Guangkai began to address him as his uncle.

He looked normal, but Chen Yuan sounded a little uncomfortable.

However, Zhuge Qi and Chu Guangkai were from the same school, so he still addressed him as his junior fellow apprentice.

The two of them arrived at Lingyun Peak, descended from the light of escape, and walked into the Lingyun Palace.

Nearly ten Jindan cultivators gathered here, surrounding Jin Luoheng and Zhuge Qi.

When they saw Chen Yuan come in, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted, being very respectful.

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, walked to Jin Luoheng, and bowed deeply: "Disciple greets Master, I wish Master to form a Nascent Soul, make great progress in cultivation, and live a thousand years."

Jin Luoheng smiled and said, "No need to be polite."

Chen Yuan stood up, Zhuge Qi stepped forward and bowed, "Brother Chen, thank you for the piece of Thunder Gold, which enabled me to successfully form a baby."

Chen Yuan was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Master is here, Senior Brother Zhuge, you can just call me Junior Brother." (End of this chapter)