Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

In the memory of Jiao Whale Demon Soul, the three major demon beast royal families actually issued an order to hunt down Chen Yuan!

All the demon beasts above level 5 in Wan Yaohai knew Chen Yuan's appearance. No wonder these three demon beasts were so crazy. They all wanted to catch Chen Yuan in exchange for a big reward.

Chen Yuan was extremely furious. He just fought with Kun Feng and escaped from the hands of a charming woman. Why did he attract the pursuit of the three major demon beast royal families?

There were many Yuqing Sea monks who hunted demon beasts. He didn't have the lives of the three major royal families in his hands. Some conflicts were not surprising at all. He had no grudges with the Jiaolong clan, but he was hunted down by the three major royal families. It was really an unprovoked disaster!

Chen Yuan's face was extremely gloomy, and his mind turned rapidly, but he couldn't figure out the reason.

The wanted order of the three major royal families was very vague. There was only his appearance and name. As for why they wanted to hunt him down and his cultivation strength, they did not mention it.

If not, the crab monster and Yaksha would not be so bold as to attack him.

After a long while, Chen Yuan let out a long breath, barely suppressed his anger, released a wisp of true energy, crushed the demon soul of Jiao Whale, and collected the demon pill.

After being burned by Zhu Yan's true fire and destroyed by the soul-searching technique, the demon soul of Jiao Whale has become extremely thin and unusable.

Then Chen Yuan dived into the sea again and came to the slowly falling corpse of Jiao Whale. He used the Fu Hai Ge to cut off the dorsal fin, horn, long whiskers, and whale skin of Jiao Whale, and took out hundreds of kilograms of unrefined whale oil and put it into the mustard ring.

Jiao Whale belongs to Jiaolong clan. After receiving the order from the three royal families, this Jiao Whale was very tempted by the promised reward and came here from the depths of Wan Yao Sea to search for Chen Yuan's trace.

In his spare time, he relied on his strong strength to hunt down human cultivators and eat their flesh and blood.

The wanted order was issued half a month ago. During this period, Jiao Jing had eaten three Jindan cultivators, one in the middle stage of Jindan and two in the early stage of Jindan, before it ran into Chen Yuan's hands.

Unfortunately, the monster beast that has not transformed cannot use the mustard ring, and Jiao Jing did not care much about it. The mustard rings of the three Jindan cultivators were lost in the sea.

After Chen Yuan dealt with the corpse of Jiao Jing, he let the remaining flesh and blood fall into the depths of the sea.

The fall of a seventh-level Jiao Jing attracted countless low-level monster beasts and sea beasts that had not yet opened their spiritual intelligence.

They had no time to fight, and all of them devoured the flesh and blood of Jiao Jing crazily.

A gluttonous feast quietly took place in the dark and silent deep sea.

Chen Yuan flew out of the sea, turned back, and flew back along the original route.

The three major demon beast royal families have issued a wanted order. He can't stay in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea. He has only entered the Ten Thousand Demon Sea for a thousand miles and encountered three demon beasts. If he goes deeper, he doesn't know how many demon beasts will want to kill him.

Although the Zhenhai Sect is looking for him, the Tianji Sect and the Zhengqi League have not made any moves. The old ancestor Yuntian should have taken the death of Ji Laogui on himself, and the Taoist Yunhe didn't take him, a Jindan cultivator, seriously.

The sea area under the jurisdiction of the Zhenhai Sect cannot be visited. Although the Tianji Sect has not issued a wanted order for him now, as long as the truth of Ji Laogui's death is exposed, the Tianji Sect will definitely not let him go.

Now it seems that he can only go to the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Zhengqi League, retreat and practice in seclusion, and avoid the limelight for a while.

The Zhengqi League likes to absorb casual cultivators. There are all kinds of people under its jurisdiction, and it is easiest to hide their tracks.

Originally, the Ten Thousand Demon Sea was the most suitable place to hide. No one cultivates, and the demon beasts are mostly active in the sea. All he needs to do is find a remote island to retreat.

But he had become a thorn in the eyes of the demons, so he could only settle for the next best thing.

Chen Yuan suppressed his anger, put on his hat again, covered his face, and flew away from the Wan Yao Sea.

But this was the sphere of influence of the Zhenhai Sect, so he didn't dare to stay. He turned and flew to the sea area under the rule of the Righteous Alliance.

This time he was more careful than before. According to the map of Yuqing Sea, he avoided the islands and waterways along the way. He didn't see any people along the way, and there were no shadows of islands.

On the sea, islands are extremely important. They are necessary supply points for fleets to trade. The waterways in Yuqing Sea are all opened up along the islands.

Only a few deserted islands are small, barren, and far away from the waterways, so they are uninhabited.

But even if this kind of deserted island has some value, there will be a sect family that sends low-level monks to transform it, migrate mortals to the island, and reproduce.

In the sea, land is scarce, natural disasters are frequent, and it is not easy for mortals to survive.

In this case, mortals have become an extremely important resource. The more mortals there are, the more people with spiritual roots there are, and they can be trained to become monks.

All major sects will consciously protect mortals. Every once in a while, they will test the spiritual roots of mortals and select disciples from them to continue the inheritance of the sect.

In addition, there are no monsters in Yuqing Sea, but there are many ferocious sea beasts. Because they live in the sea, they are often very large. Even if they don’t have demonic energy, their strength is comparable to that of low-level monks below the sixth level of Qi Refining.

These sea beasts have no intelligence, but they are the overlords of the sea. They have no natural enemies, are fierce in nature, live with ocean currents, eat fish and shrimps, and like to attack passing fleets.

These sea beasts are vulnerable in front of monks, but the sea is vast and boundless, and sea beasts are endless. As long as the fleet is slightly larger, it needs monks to escort and fight against sea beasts.

Foundation-building monks naturally will not do things for mortals, and the task of escort can only be undertaken by Qi Refining monks.

Therefore, the major sects in Yuqing Sea have a great demand for low-level cultivators. They do not need them to successfully build a foundation. As long as they can cultivate to the middle stage of Qi Refining and be able to defeat ordinary sea beasts, it will be enough.

Even people with five spiritual roots can embark on the path of cultivation in Yuqing Sea, cultivate basic magic formulas, obtain a low-level magic weapon, sail with the fleet, or station on a deserted island to fight against sea beasts that invade the fleet and island.

Over tens of thousands of years, there are fewer and fewer uninhabited islands in Yuqing Sea, and most of the islands are inhabited. It is extremely difficult for Chen Yuan to find a deserted island to live in seclusion.

Chen Yuan also had plans for this. Ten days later, he finally left the sea area under the jurisdiction of Zhenhai Sect and entered the sphere of influence of Zhengqi League.

He went thousands of miles deeper and came to an ordinary sea area.

This sea area is called Huangling Sea Area. There are only three small sects in a radius of more than 2,000 miles. The strongest person on the surface is the leader of one of the sects, who has only the cultivation level of the middle stage of Jindan.

There are three market towns in Huangling Sea Area, which are opened by three small sects. Chen Yuan came to the largest market town and sent down the escape light.

The Huangling Sea is not rich. There is only one small spiritual stone vein on the seabed, which is equally divided by three sects. In addition, there are several low-grade spiritual material mines, but they are all quite poor.

Therefore, there are few foreign cultivators in the market of the Huangling Sea. Among the bustling crowd, most of them are Qi-refining cultivators. Even foundation-building cultivators are few and far between, let alone Jindan cultivators.

Chen Yuan walked slowly on the street, spreading his spiritual sense, covering the entire market.

There was no Jindan cultivator in the market, and he quickly found his target, walked over a little faster.

This is a shop selling jade slips and ancient books, with the three words "Mo Yu Zhai" written on the plaque.

Chen Yuan pulled his hat down even lower, and the wide brim of the hat hid most of his face in the shadow, and walked into the store.

There were bookshelves around the store, on which were jade slips and yellowed ancient books.

The shop owner is an old man at the tenth level of Qi Refining, dressed in a green shirt, with a bright and energetic look in his eyes. He must have tried to build a foundation more than once, but all failed. However, his magic power is much purer than that of the cultivators of the same level.

At this time, there happened to be a young cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining in the shop, holding a jade slip, with a hesitant look on his face.

The young cultivator was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slightly dark complexion and an ordinary appearance. When he saw someone entering the shop, he looked back and looked a little embarrassed.

Chen Yuan swept his consciousness and found that the young cultivator had the four spiritual roots of gold, wood, earth and fire, and his aptitude was extremely poor.

The old man in green smiled at Chen Yuan, then turned to look at the young monk, and said helplessly: "Xiao Hu, you have come here three times, and you also know that this book "The Beginning of Talisman Making" was written by Master Sheng Runhua of Huangyu Sect in his early years."

"It records the refining methods of nine kinds of magic talismans, as well as Master Sheng's experience in making talismans. Only thirty low-grade spirit stones are already a preferential price given by me because of your perseverance."

"As long as you master the art of making talismans and become a talisman maker, you will no longer have to worry about spirit stones and elixirs. What else is there to hesitate about? Are you willing to escort mortal fleets for the rest of your life?"

After hearing this, the young monk clenched the jade slip in his left hand, but subconsciously wiped the old storage bag on his waist with his right hand, and begged: "Senior, can you make it cheaper? Some?"

"My cultivation is too low, and those big ship owners look down on me. I can only escort small fleets, and I can't save much spirit stones."

"In addition to buying "The Beginning of Talisman Making", I have to leave some spirit stones to buy talisman pens, talisman paper and spirit liquid. I really can't afford thirty spirit stones."

The green-shirted old man shook his head slightly: "Thirty spirit stones are already the lowest price. If you can't get enough spirit stones, take a few more escort missions. When you have enough spirit stones, come to my shop again."

The young cultivator showed disappointment on his face. He looked at the jade slip reluctantly, handed it back to the green-shirted old man, and said sullenly: "Thank you, senior, I will come again next time."

Chen Yuan watched the young cultivator bargaining with the green-shirted old man, and inexplicably remembered the days when he first came to Huanyue Market and set up a stall to sell elixirs.

As the young monk walked past Chen Yuan, he said, "Young friend, please stay."

As he spoke, a pressure from a foundation-building monk spread out, filling the small shop.

The young monk quickly stopped and saluted Chen Yuan, his voice a little flustered: "Senior...Senior, are you calling me?"

The green-shirted old man's smile faded, and he clasped his fists and bowed respectfully, saying, "Senior, your presence has brought honor to our humble shop."

Chen Yuan raised his left hand, and a medium-grade fire-attributed spirit stone appeared out of thin air in his palm, flying towards the green-shirted old man, saying lightly, "This copy of "The First Explanation of Making Talismans" will be paid for by me, and you don't need to give me the change for the remaining spirit stones."

"Yes." The green-shirted old man took the light red spirit stone and responded respectfully.

He took two steps forward, stuffed the jade slip into the hands of the young cultivator, and whispered: "Why don't you thank this senior quickly!"

The young cultivator stood there blankly. Hearing this, he subconsciously clenched the jade slip in his hand and bowed to Chen Yuan. His voice could not hide his excitement: "Junior Zhang Hu, thank you for your great kindness!"

Chen Yuan said lightly: "Although your aptitude is poor, if you have a firm heart and practice diligently, you may not be unable to achieve something. Study the art of making talismans well."

Zhang Hu raised his head, his expression very serious: "Yes, I remember it. I must be down-to-earth and use the saved spirit stones to buy more talisman papers and practice the art of making talismans diligently!"

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, and the old man in green whispered to Zhang Hu: "You go back first, remember the great kindness of this senior!"

Zhang Hu nodded heavily, with gratitude on his face, and bowed to Chen Yuan again. He gave Chen Yuan a deep look, as if he wanted to carve his figure into his heart, turned around and walked out of Mo Yuzhai.

Chen Yuan suppressed his thoughts. He saw that although Zhang Hu had poor qualifications and low cultivation, he was unwilling to be mediocre and took the initiative to learn the art of making talismans. He was very determined, so he felt compassion and helped.

This middle-grade spiritual stone was nothing to him, but to Zhang Hu, it might change his life's destiny.

The old man in green shirt looked at Zhang Hu's back disappearing into the crowd, withdrew his gaze and said respectfully: "Senior, what are your orders?"

Chen Yuan said: "Do you have a map of Huangyu Sea Area in your hand? The more detailed it is, the better."

"Senior, wait a moment, junior, get the map right now." The old man in green shirt responded, turned around, walked to a bookshelf, and started rummaging through it.

After a while, he came to Chen Yuan with a jade slip and handed it to Chen Yuan with both hands: "This is the most detailed yellow jade sea map in our store. It was just revised thirteen years ago. Senior, please take a look."

Chen Yuan took the jade slip and explored it with his spiritual consciousness. It marked the islands in the yellow jade sea, as well as waterways, ocean currents, reefs, etc., in great detail.

Every time Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness lands on an island, there will also appear next to it which sect the island is under, the monks who guard it, the number of mortals, the island's specialties, etc.

In addition, there are some extremely remote, desolate and barren desert islands, all of which are marked.

These desert islands have no use value, and the gains outweigh the losses if they are renovated, so they remain abandoned to this day.

Chen Yuan remembered the more than twenty marked desert islands in his mind and nodded with satisfaction: "How much does this map cost?"

"Three pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones. Senior has just given 70 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones. I only need to give another 230 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones." The old man in green shirt replied respectfully.

Chen Yuan took out three middle-grade spiritual stones and handed them over.

The old man in green shirt took the spirit stone, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. Seventy low-grade spirit stones were white, which was not a small sum for him.

Chen Yuan put away the jade slips, turned around and walked out of Mo Yuzhai, took up the escape light and flew to a remote desert island recorded on the map.

He only had a map of Yuqing Sea in his hand, which was too broad and simple. The Huangling Sea area was unremarkable and had no special features in Yuqing Sea. It was very suitable for seclusion and retreat.

So he had already planned to come to Huangyufang City, buy a map, find a desert island, and practice in seclusion. (End of chapter)