Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

In the west of Qi State, Yuyang Mountains.

This place is shrouded in thick white fog all year round and winds for more than a hundred miles. There are several state capitals around the mountains, but no one dares to step into the mountains.

Occasionally, people stray into the Yuyang Mountains and lose their way in the white mist. They wander around in circles for several days before they can get out of the mist, dying of hunger.

The legend of the ghosts and ghosts in Yuyang Mountain soon spread to several state capitals, and everyone stayed away from it.

Only the bold poor people would chop some firewood on the edge of the mountains, but they would not dare to enter the white mist.

Looking down from the sky, the strange white mist is like a thin strip, only a hundred feet wide, surrounding the entire Yuyang Mountains.

Deep in the mountains, there are pavilions and pavilions scattered around.

There are escaping lights coming and going all the time in the sky, two people in groups, and there are teams of Qi Refining monks on the ground, wearing uniform robes, using light body techniques, running in the mountains and forests, constantly patrolling the surroundings.

There are dozens of mines, large and small, scattered on several peaks hundreds of feet high.

A dense white curtain shrouded these mines, flashing with sharp cold light, and no one dared to approach.

This is the only large-scale spiritual stone mine in Qi State. The monks of the six sects are stationed here and are heavily guarded.

After twenty years of storage and the birth and nourishment of the Spiritual Pregnancy Formation, the Yuyang Mountain mine has been restored to its original state.

Only after the six sects have formed an alliance, it will be reopened and a steady stream of spiritual stones will be produced to supply the cultivators of the six sects.

On this day, several rays of light flew from the sky and landed deep in Yuyang Mountain.

When the two foundation-building monks saw this, they immediately rushed forward. One of them asked loudly: "Who is coming?"

Several rays of light stopped, and the leader was a young monk, dressed in yellow coarse linen clothes, with an average appearance and a slightly dark complexion.

Beside him, Jin Luoheng, who was wearing a black and white Taoist robe, had a smile on his face, a calm expression, and a free and easy temperament.

On the other side, there is an old man in brocade clothes, with gray hair and a majestic appearance.

Behind the three people were two more people, namely an elegant-looking scribe and a middle-aged monk with a thick beard and a square face.

The young monk glanced at the word "Yuan" on the sleeves of the foundation-building monk, and said calmly: "Zhuge Qi from Lingyun Sect, led by four elders of the sect, specially came to participate in the Six Sects Alliance."

When the two Foundation Establishment monks heard this, they immediately clasped their fists and bowed down. The person who asked the question respectfully said: "Senior, please follow me."

Zhuge Qi and the others followed the two foundation-building monks and flew towards a mountain peak more than 300 feet tall.

Just as a few people flew over the mountain peak, a ray of light flew out from the top of the mountain and came towards them.

The light stopped in front of everyone, and a young scribe appeared. After seeing Zhuge Qi, he was obviously stunned.

He immediately glanced at the several elders, his eyes fell on the elegant-looking middle-aged scribe, and bowed with his fists in his hands: "Disciple pays homage to the master and elders."

The middle-aged scribe smiled slightly and explained to the other four elders: "This is Wu's sixth disciple, Liu Qing'an."

He looked at the young monk again: "Qing'an, my master and four elders have come to participate in the Six Sects Alliance. Where is Senior Brother Duan now?"

The young monk said respectfully: "Elder Duan is on the mountain."

Zhuge Qi said calmly: "Lead the way."

"Yes." The young monk responded, turned around and bowed to the two foundation-building monks from Guiyuan Sect, "I would like to thank you, my two fellow Taoists, for welcoming the elders of our sect."

The two of them quickly returned the salute, saying they didn't dare, and bowed to the five Lingyun Sect elders before turning around and leaving.

Under the guidance of the young monk, the five people landed in front of a three-story attic on the top of the mountain.

The young monk entered the attic to report. After everyone waited for a while, an old man walked out of the attic and smiled apologetically: "I am meditating and practicing. I didn't know that Senior Brother Chu and several junior brothers are coming. Please come in quickly."

Everyone followed the old man and went straight to the third floor. There were windows on all sides and the scenery was wide. Several sealed mines could be seen in the distance.

Zhuge Qi sat on the main seat without hesitation, the old man in brocade clothes sat at the bottom on the left, and Jin Luoheng sat opposite the old man in brocade clothes.

These three are all monks in the late stage of pill formation, and they came together to participate in the Six Sects Alliance, which shows that they attach great importance to the Yuyang Mountain mineral vein.

The old man in gilded clothes is named Chu Guangkai. He is over 400 years old and is Zhuge Qi's senior brother. He broke through the bottleneck in the later period forty years ago and assisted Zhuge Qi in taking charge of the Lingyun Sect after Xuan Yuanzi left the sect.

The remaining three elders lined up one after another. The elegant scholar was named Wu Zexian. He was an extremely rare Confucian and Taoist monk who had reached the middle stage of alchemy formation.

Another middle-aged monk named Ji Bin, who is also over 400 years old, has been stagnant for more than 200 years in the early stage of pill formation, and his strength is also mediocre.

But sixteen years ago, he suddenly broke through the mid-term bottleneck, and his status in the Lingyun Sect rose sharply.

The old man who welcomed everyone into the attic was named Duan Quan. He was a monk in the early stage of forming alchemy. His cultivation level was not high, but his qualifications were very high. He was second only to Chu Guangkai in the sect and was responsible for guarding the Yuyang Mountain mine veins.

According to the agreement of the six sects, the Yuyang Mountain mineral vein is shared by the six sects, and each of them dispatches one pill-forming monk, ten foundation-building monks, and one hundred Qi-refining monks to guard the mineral vein.

Since the Yuyang Mountain veins have been sealed for twenty years, there is no need to extract spiritual stones, and there is no need to control the Qi refining and cultivation of spiritual stones.

Each sect sends out fewer Qi-refining monks, but a lot of Dan-forming monks and Foundation-building monks are sent out to prevent people with evil intentions from destroying the spirit-pregnant formation.

After sitting down, Zhuge Qi asked: "How is the situation of the Yuyang Mountain mine?"

Duan Quan said: "Everything is as usual. After Junior Brother Yang's investigation, the effect of the Spirit Pregnancy Formation is excellent, the source of the mineral veins has been restored intact, and the output of spirit stones can return to the previous level."

Zhuge Qi nodded, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past twenty years, without the high-grade spiritual stones produced from the Yuyang Mountain mines, the cultivation speed of the alchemy monks of various sects has slowed down.

Junior Brother Yang in Duan Quan's mouth is the only formation master in the Lingyun Sect. Although he only has the cultivation level of the early stage of Formation, his attainments in formations are extremely extraordinary. His status in the Lingyun Sect is extremely high, comparable to that of the Formation Master. A monk in the late Dan period.

He said that the effect of the Pregnant Spirit Formation was extremely good, so there was nothing wrong with that.

Zhuge Qi asked again: "In five days, it will be the day when the six sects will meet for alliance. What are the trends of each sect?"

Duan Quan replied: "I have ordered the disciples in the sect to keep an eye on each sect's station. The elders of the Mingyin Valley arrived three days ago. Two Taoist friends from the Tiangang Sword Sect arrived yesterday, but there has been no movement at the other three sects' stations."

Chu Guangkai gently stroked his long beard and said in a deep voice: "The Ziyang Sect suddenly launched an attack this time, and the Guiyuan Sect and Wanshou Mountain are following its lead. Most of these three sects will not arrive until before the alliance. Let's set up their posture first."

Duan Quan sneered: "Old Ghost Sun of the Ziyang Sect is getting more and more arrogant. Six days ago, he actually brought the alchemy monks from Wanshou Mountain and Guiyuan Sect to enter the mine first to check the output of the mineral veins."

"I teamed up with Fellow Daoist Ren from the Tiangang Sword Sect to push him back."

Zhuge Qi frowned and said, "The people from the Ziyang Sect are not evil this time. The top priority is to discuss this matter with fellow Taoists from the Tiangang Sword Sect before making any arguments."

"Senior Brother Duan, you have been guarding here for many years and are familiar with the situation of each sect's station. Could you please go and invite two fellow Taoists from the Tiangang Sword Sect?"

"Junior brothers, wait a moment. I'll come as soon as I can." Duan Quan bowed his hands and stood up to leave.

Wu Zexian called his apprentice Liu Qing'an who was waiting nearby and ordered him to put a futon on the table. Jin Luoheng and Chu Guangkai also gave up their seats on the left and right for the guests.

Everyone only waited for two quarters of an hour before Duan Quan led three monks up.

Several people stood up to greet them. The leader of the Tiangang Sword Sect was a middle-aged monk with three strands of long beard under his chin and a pale face.

His name is Qin Gang, a monk in the late stage of Dan formation. After the departure of Head Shen, he took charge of the sect.

The monk next to him was wearing a white robe. He was more than thirty years old. He was handsome and upright, with cold eyes, and exuded an aura that told strangers not to enter.

The last person was a young monk, who looked to be only about twenty years old. He followed the two of them, half a body behind. He was also wearing a white gown, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a handsome appearance.

Everyone greeted each other and the scene was a bit chaotic for a while.

In order to fight against the Ziyang Sect, the two factions have always been on good terms, and they even fought side by side when resisting the invasion of the Demon Sect.

After moving away from Qi State, the six sects stayed together for warmth, and the two sects also cooperated a lot. There was a lot of friendship between the alchemy monks.

Only the young monk, who was not very familiar with the crowd, just cupped his fists and saluted without saying a word.

Jin Luoheng bowed his hands to Taoist Yingting and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Zhang, you are well."

Taoist Yingting returned the gift and looked at Jin Luoheng: "Fellow Taoist Jin's cultivation has become more and more profound. He should not be far from the realm of false babies, right?"

"Thanks to the help of fellow Taoists, I was able to save my life from the old devil of the Hehuan Sect."

"I owe fellow Taoist a favor. If fellow Taoist needs anything, just ask, Zhang will not hesitate to die."

He meant something, Jin Luoheng smiled and did not reply.

He knew Taoist Yingting's character, and even if he asked for the baby spirit object, Taoist Yingting would immediately go looking for it without saying anything.

After everyone sat down, Elder Chu gently stroked his long beard and looked at the young monk: "This fellow Taoist is a bit unfamiliar. Is he a young leader from your sect?"

The young monk bowed his hands and said, "Xia Renyou, I just formed an elixir fifteen years ago, and I have met all the fellow Taoists of the Lingyun Sect."

Elder Chu suddenly understood: "It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Ren. I have heard of Fellow Daoist Ren for a long time. He is a famous genius swordsman of the Tiangang Sword Sect, and he is also a direct disciple of Fellow Daoist Zhang. It is true that a famous teacher gives birth to a great disciple."

Taoist Yingting said calmly: "Fellow Taoist Chu, you are so complimentary. This guy has just formed the elixir and still needs to polish it before it can be used as a weapon."

Duan Quan joked: "Fellow Daoist Ren came to Yuyang Mine four years ago to garrison. He acted decisively. He once had a spar with Old Ghost Sun of the Ziyang Sect and gained the upper hand. His swordsmanship is exquisite."

"Such strength is not enough. Could it be that the only way to satisfy Fellow Daoist Zhang is to form a Nascent Soul?"

Everyone laughed, and a smile appeared on Taoist Yingting's stern face.

Everyone exchanged some more pleasantries before Qin Gang got to the point: "Fellow Daoist Zhuge, this time the six sects gathered together, the Ziyang sect joined forces with the Guiyuan sect and Wanshou Mountain to re-divide the shares. They must be aiming at the two sects. "What do you think?" (End of this chapter)