Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Chen Yuan said gently: "You go down first."

Wu Zexian said sternly: "You must remember, after you go back, you must not disclose this matter, otherwise it will be dealt with by the Law Enforcement Pavilion!"

The six Qi Refining disciples trembled all over, responded solemnly, and turned to leave.

After they left, Chen Yuan looked at Wu Zexian and said lightly: "Arrange people to secretly monitor these six disciples to ensure that there is no mistake. Report back before the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is opened."

"Yes." Wu Zexian bowed with his fists and turned to leave.

He turned and walked out of the cave. After a while, the sika deer walked in lightly and said softly: "Master, Elder Wu and the six disciples have left."

Chen Yuan nodded: "If there are any visitors, come and report quickly."

"I will follow the master's order. I'm going." The sika deer bowed its neck slightly and turned to leave.

Behind it, the stone door of the cave slowly closed.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, stood up, and walked slowly into the practice room.

This sika deer was originally a level 5 spirit beast raised by Lingyun Sect. It was not good at fighting, but it was very human.

Chen Yuan was quite moved when he saw the spirit crane under Master He's seat, so he subdued it and no longer had to use the sound transmission talisman to communicate with people.

When someone came to visit, the sika deer could also report in time, which was very worry-free.

In the practice room, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged and meditated.

It was not until late at night that he opened his eyes and got up and walked out of the cave.

He spread his consciousness, and the sika deer lay in the mountains and forests, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Chen Yuan smiled, laid a layer of consciousness barrier, and took out the jade from the space in his body.

The jade glowed green, and under the flash of stars in the sky, it condensed into a dazzling silver light column, penetrating the sky and earth, falling from the sky, and covering him.

Countless silver light spots poured into Chen Yuan's body, accompanied by a faint sense of warmth, as if soaking in a hot spring, the silver light column quickly became thinner.

After fifty breaths, the silver light column became extremely thin, turning into countless silver streams of light, dissipating in the air.

The jade pendant concealed the light, Chen Yuan clenched his fist slightly, feeling the enhanced body, nodded, put away the jade pendant, turned around and walked into the cave.

After returning to the mountain gate from Tianxuan Sect, he experienced a total of thirty-four starlight infusions. Four months ago, his body finally broke through the bottleneck and was comparable to the ninth-level demon king.

His strength then doubled, which was equivalent to the previous stimulation of a true spirit blood.

But as the body broke through, Chen Yuan found that the stimulation of Zhu Yan's true blood would strengthen the body a little weaker than before.

Zhu Yan's true blood was only obtained from a fourth-level white-haired giant ape, and it was not pure enough after all.

Although he later refined a trace of Zhuyan's true blood from the water ape demon pill, it was still not as good as Kunpeng's true blood.

This is one of the few drawbacks of "True Spirit Nine Transformations", and it must be compensated by refining more pure Zhuyan's true blood.

"True Spirit Nine Transformations" directly points to the avenue of ascension, so that Chen Yuan does not have to worry about bottlenecks and can master the power of the true spirit, and his strength far exceeds that of the cultivators of the same level.

But all this is based on the blood of the true spirit. Without the blood of the true spirit, Chen Yuan cannot break through the realm, and his strength will also increase slower than his cultivation.

According to his estimation, when his physical body breaks through the bottleneck again, the effect of Zhuyan's true blood will continue to decline.

If his physical body can be comparable to the demon cultivators of the transformation of the gods, it will not even have any effect after stimulating Zhuyan's true blood.

In addition to finding new true spirit blood, Chen Yuan must also improve the purity of Zhuyan's blood.

Back in the practice room, Chen Yuan meditated and practiced to recover the 20% of true essence lost due to the starlight infusion.

His cultivation has increased a lot compared to three years ago. He obtained ten thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and five eighth-level demon pills from Tianxuan Sect, and refined a total of seven furnaces of pills.

When refining the fifth furnace of pills, Chen Yuan's alchemy skills improved again, and the success rate of pills increased to 50%, and a total of 27 pills were obtained.

Then he practiced in seclusion, and it took more than two years to refine all the 27 pills, and his cultivation level steadily improved.

Unknowingly, he had refined 103 Yuanying early stage pills, and was getting closer and closer to the goal of 200 pills.

He had only been a baby for more than 20 years. Although the spiritual energy required was far more than that of the cultivators of the same level, the speed of his cultivation improvement was also far more than that of the cultivators of the same level.

When Chen Yuan came out of seclusion, the second sect competition of Lingyun Sect was about to end.

He asked Wu Zexian to bring the top six Qi-refining disciples in the competition and implant the second-level demon pills in their bodies.

After Chen Yuan learned that Qi Yuanshan had taken over Dai Qing's body, he had this idea.

The map of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm that he got was extremely detailed, recording all the spiritual medicine gardens and formations in the secret realm.

The protective formation of the secret realm was set up by the ancient Taixuan Sect. It was mysterious and powerful, and even the great cultivators were helpless.

Even after tens of thousands of years, the formation had loopholes and was used by the six sects of Qi State. They could only send Qi-refining disciples to enter, and even foundation-building cultivators could not step into it.

If not, the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm would have been taken away by the four major Xuan Sects long ago, and would not have been left to the six medium-sized sects.

The most valuable thing in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is the spiritual herbs that can be used to refine foundation-building pills. Spiritual herbs over 500 years old are quite rare.

The four major Xuan Sects have large spiritual veins and do not have much demand for spiritual herbs under 500 years old. They have also tried to crack the formation of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, but after returning empty-handed, they gave up.

Chen Yuan does not have the ambition of the four major Xuan Sects. He has never thought of breaking the protective formation of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, but only wants to sneak into it quietly.

But this is also extremely difficult. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be killed immediately if he stepped into it, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator.

As long as Chen Yuan steps into the secret realm, he will immediately provoke a counterattack from the guardian formation, and he will die without a burial place.

But he is not without opportunities. He has a map of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain in his hand. After tens of thousands of years, the guardian formation has also had many loopholes that can be exploited.

The most important thing is that Chen Yuan has refined Kunpeng's true blood, and his control of the power of space is even better than that of the great cultivators. Others cannot enter the secret realm, but he may not be able to.

But before that, he needs to find out how many restrictions in the formation have been damaged, and further destroy the restrictions and expand the loopholes before he can have enough confidence.

Ordinary Qi Refining disciples cannot do this, but after implanting the demon pill, Qi Refining disciples can exert strength close to that of the cultivators in the early stage of foundation building, which is not a problem.

After returning from Tianxuan Sect, Chen Yuan quietly rushed to the vicinity of Ziyang Mountain Range and asked Qi Yuanshan for the secret technique of implanting the demon pill. According to the "Demon God Art" and rich experience in physical cultivation, he improved it while practicing.

After the demon pills were implanted in the bodies of the six Qi Refining disciples, there would be no hidden dangers, and they could exert stronger strength.

But the disadvantage is that it needs to use a five-hundred-year-old spiritual herb as the main medicine, supplemented by four three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, to refine a pill to protect the meridians of these six disciples.

In addition, in order not to expose the implantation of the demon pill, Chen Yuan chose the second-level demon pills, which are relatively rare.

These six disciples do not have to fight with others in close combat, and even if they use the innate magical powers in the demon pills, they will not be recognized.

In addition, the demon power stored in these demon pills is limited and can only be used five or six times, and then they will collapse on their own.

The strength of these six Qi Refining disciples will also fall back to the peak of Qi Refining.

Such a high price can only allow a Qi Refining peak cultivator to have the strength close to the initial foundation cultivator for a short period of time. Only the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is worth such a cost.

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A month later, Chen Yuan, who was in meditation, was awakened by the gentle voice of the sika deer: "Master, Elder Wu is here to visit, waiting outside the door."

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes and said lightly: "Please ask him to come in."

"Yes." The sika deer responded, and the sound of its hooves gradually faded away.

Chen Yuan stood up and walked out of the practice room and came to the main hall. Just as he sat down, Wu Zexian walked in.

He came to Chen Yuan and bowed: "Grand Elder, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will be opened in three days."

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Are there any abnormalities in the six Qi-refining disciples?"

Wu Zexian replied: "After the six disciples go back, I will send six law enforcement disciples, all of whom are in the late stage of foundation building, to monitor them day and night."

"They stay in the cave to practice. Even if they occasionally come to visit friends and celebrate the victory of the competition, they will never mention the matter of the demon pill. There should be no problem."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "Three days later, you and Master will lead the disciples of the sect to Dongxu Mountain, and I will follow secretly."

Wu Zexian's eyes flashed with a hint of joy: "Yes."

With Chen Yuan accompanying him, there will be no problems on this trip.

After Wu Zexian left, Chen Yuan pondered for a while, and his lips moved silently a few times.

After a while, the sika deer walked into the cave and said softly, "What do you want, sir?"

Chen Yuan said calmly, "Go and invite Elder Zhuge."

"Yes." The sika deer responded and turned to walk out of the cave.

About two quarters of an hour later, Zhuge Qi walked in and bowed with his fists: "Greetings to the Supreme Elder."

Chen Yuan asked, "Has there been any news from Dai Qing?"

Zhuge Qi said, "He has sent the list of disciples from Ziyang Sect who will enter the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm this time. There are a total of 109 people, and he will also go to Dongxu Mountain this time."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "There are quite a few people. Give this list to Elder Wu, he knows what to do."

"Zhuge understands." Zhuge Qi responded respectfully, but sighed in his heart.

In the past three years, Wu Zexian has been highly valued by the Supreme Elder and is fully responsible for the affairs of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

In addition, he also served as the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Pavilion, assisted Jin Luoheng, and presided over the Law Enforcement Pavilion.

The Law Enforcement Pavilion was no longer under Zhuge Qi's jurisdiction. It supervised all the halls and pavilions, the spiritual mines and the market. Its power was expanding day by day. It had gathered elite disciples and was already above other halls and pavilions.

Although Chen Yuan rarely showed up, with his support behind him, Jin Luoheng's influence in the sect was getting stronger day by day.

Zhuge Qi had long thought that there would be such a day.

He was not a person who wanted to seize power, and he was extremely respectful to Chen Yuan.

But seeing that the sect left by his master was gradually controlled by Chen Yuan, he couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.

However, Chen Yuan did not monopolize power, and still let him manage the affairs of the sect. Only he knew about Dai Qing's affairs, which showed that he trusted him, so he didn't have many complaints.

...

Three days later, Chen Yuan walked out of the cave, drove the escape light, and came to the sky above Lingyun Peak.

He did not drop the escape light, but stopped above the clouds thousands of feet high, overlooking the top of Lingyun Peak below.

One hundred Qi Refining disciples gathered on the White Jade Square, and Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian stood in front of them.

Jin Luoheng looked calm, Wu Zexian took a step forward, raised his sleeves, and scattered hundreds of magic talismans in front of everyone.

Except for the six people from Hongyi, the other disciples were a little at a loss, looking at the magic talismans in front of them.

Wu Zexian called the names of the six people from Hongyi, and they stood out from the crowd, saluted Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian with fists, and looked respectful.

The eyes of the disciples fell on these six people, and Wu Zexian said calmly: "These six disciples are the top six in the sect competition. They are extraordinary and calm."

"Others must not act on their own after entering the secret realm. Immediately activate the talisman in your hand, join them, and follow orders. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy!"

The disciples were even more shocked. In the past, when they entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, they all went their own way and collected spiritual herbs.

They even found the disciples who had entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain ten years ago and asked them for their experience. Why did it change completely this time?

Jin Luoheng's eyes swept over everyone and said lightly: "This trip to the secret realm is of great importance. You must follow orders. After leaving the secret realm, each person will be rewarded with a foundation-building pill."

The disciples' eyes lit up when they heard this, and all their doubts were gone.

You can get the foundation-building pill without the hard work of collecting spiritual herbs. What's wrong with following orders?

Some smart people immediately thought that as long as they find a place to hide and say that they didn't find their fellow disciples, wouldn't they be able to easily get the foundation-building pill?

But Wu Zexian's words dispelled their thoughts: "If there are people who hide and do not contribute, not only will they not be able to get the foundation-building pill, but the Law Enforcement Pavilion will also punish them severely."

The disciples trembled and were silent.

Although Wu Zexian was only the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Pavilion, Jin Luoheng spent most of his time in seclusion practicing, and the Law Enforcement Pavilion was actually in charge of him.

He seemed elegant, but in fact he was an iron-fisted man, very strict with his subordinates, and severely punished disciples who violated the sect rules. His reputation had long been spread in the sect, making people afraid.

Jin Luoheng's eyes swept over everyone, nodded slightly, and took out a three-inch flying boat.

He raised his hand and threw it, and the three-inch flying boat fell to the ground, turning into a huge boat of a hundred feet, three feet above the ground, suspended in the air.

There was a three-story tower on the boat, with six corners, vermilion lacquered pillars, cave doors and round windows, exquisite and elegant.

"Hurry up and get on the boat!" Wu Zexian ordered.

The disciples did not dare to neglect it and ordered them to perform the light body technique and board the flying boat.

Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian boarded the giant boat last. Jin Luoheng raised his hand and made a gesture. The giant boat slowly rose into the air and flew into the ten thousand feet cloud wall.

After leaving the protective formation, the giant boat's speed increased sharply, breaking through the strong wind and fog and flying forward, which shocked the disciples.

Wu Zexian ordered everyone to enter the tower to rest, and they left the deck.

Chen Yuan followed the giant boat dozens of miles away and came to Dongxu Mountain.

There were no clouds here. He came to the sky ten thousand feet high, bathed in the fierce strong wind, like a spring breeze, and overlooked the monks of various sects below.

Before the arrival of Lingyun Sect, Tiangang Sword Sect and Mingyin Valley had already arrived.

Tiangang Sword Sect was led by Yingting Taoist, who greeted Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian, and a smile appeared on his cold face.

Two elders from Mingyin Valley, one in the late Jindan stage and the other in the early Jindan stage, came up with a smile on their faces, even showing a hint of respect.

Everyone knows that Jin Luoheng is Chen Yuan's master, and he himself is a cultivator in the false infant stage. He may form an infant at any time, and he must not be offended.

Moreover, Mingyin Valley is now closely tied to Lingyun Sect. In dealing with Ziyang Sect, it has almost become a half-vassal of Lingyun Sect. In front of Jin Luoheng and Wu Zexian, it is slightly inferior.

Several elders chatted and laughed, and waited for about half an hour. The cultivators from Ziyang Sect, Guiyuan Sect, and Wanshou Mountain finally arrived.

Ziyang Sect's magic weapon giant boat broke through the air, and the purple air filled the sky, with a majestic momentum.

The handsome Taoist snorted coldly: "Zi Yang Sect is so arrogant!"

Jin Luoheng smiled slightly: "We only waited for half an hour this time, and Zi Yang Sect has restrained itself a lot."

The elder of Mingyin Valley sneered: "Do they still think they are the largest sect in Qi? Taoist Du Kun suffered so much at the hands of Senior Chen, the title of the largest sect in Qi should belong to your sect!"

Jin Luoheng smiled but said nothing, just looking at the horizon.

On both sides of the giant boat of Zi Yang Sect, there was a black flying boat and a ferocious blue evil dragon.

The blue dragon was covered with scales, with a single horn on its head and four claws under its feet. Its body was about thirty feet long, and more than sixty people stood on it.

When Chen Yuan saw the blue dragon in the sky, he frowned.

When he entered the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, the disciples of Wanshou Mountain came on this blue dragon.

At that time, he had not yet established his foundation and had not practiced the Nine Transformations of the True Spirit. He could not control the aura of the Zhoutian star power in his body, which caused the blue dragon to riot.

It was Xu Changan who took action to stop it.

On the head of the blue dragon stood a middle-aged cultivator with wide sleeves and a large robe, looking like an immortal.

He had concealed his aura, but in Chen Yuan's eyes, he was naturally exposed and had the cultivation level of the middle stage of the Jindan.

If Chen Yuan remembered correctly, this person should be surnamed Wei. After more than a hundred years, his cultivation level has not increased much.

Two giant boats and the blue dragon landed on the top of Dongxu Mountain, and the disciples of the three sects flew down.

Six Jindan elders put away the blue dragon giant boat and came to Jin Luoheng and others. They greeted each other in turn, but it was a bit cold.

In the past few years, Lingyun Sect, Tiangang Sword Sect, and Mingyin Valley have been suppressing the three sects headed by Ziyang Sect, fighting endlessly, and Jindan cultivators often fought each other, and they were a little angry with each other.

The two elders of Ziyang Sect were Xie Chaohong and Dai Qing. In addition to the cultivator surnamed Wei, Wanshou Mountain also had an elder in the middle stage of Jindan.

Guiyuan Sect was mainly responsible for setting up the formation, and only two elders in the early stage of Jindan and more than 30 formation masters came.

The elders of the other five sects handed over the formation materials to Guiyuan Sect, and more than 30 formation masters began to get busy.

The elders of each sect began to check the Qi-refining disciples of other sects. Since Ziyang Sect implanted demon pills into the bodies of its disciples, each sect has been on high alert to prevent other sects from using any means on their disciples.

Chen Yuan was not worried at all when he saw this scene. Only Yuanying cultivators could see the clues of his improved demon pill secret technique.

After the elders of each sect checked, as usual, they did not find any abnormalities. Their expressions were slightly relaxed, waiting for the secret realm to open.

Five hours later, until late at night, the formation master of Guiyuan Sect finally set up the formation.

The Jindan cultivator of Guiyuan Sect took out six one-foot-sized formation plates, kept one, and gave the other five formation plates to Jin Luoheng, Yingting Taoist, Xie Chaohong, the cultivator surnamed Wei, and the elder of Mingyin Valley.

The six people injected mana into the formation plates together, activated the formation, and six beams of light shot up into the sky, piercing the clouds.

Buzz!

The six people raised their hands and made hand gestures, pointing at the array plate at the same time. Waves appeared in the void, and a door made of colorful spiritual light slowly emerged.

The six Jindan cultivators continued to inject mana, and the spiritual light door slowly opened, and colorful spiritual talismans flew out.

These talismans were also all condensed from spiritual light, and they flew towards the six sects on the top of the mountain.

The elders of each sect reminded them one after another, and each disciple took a colorful spiritual talisman.

Xie Chaohong said: "Lingyun sect disciples, quickly enter the secret realm!"

Upon hearing this, more than a hundred disciples of Ziyang Sect immediately injected mana into the spiritual talisman.

But at this moment, Jin Luoheng said indifferently: "Wait! What virtue and ability does Ziyang Sect have to enter the secret realm first?"

The elder of Mingyin Valley immediately echoed: "I think the disciples of Lingyun Sect should be the first!"

The handsome Taoist also said coldly: "Yes, Taoist Xie is a little impatient."

He raised his hand and waved it, and hundreds of sword qi burst out, blocking the disciples of Ziyang Sect.

The face of the disciples of Ziyang Sect changed, and they dared not step forward.

Xie Chaohong's face sank. The order of entering the secret realm was arranged according to the strength of the six major sects. In the past, Ziyang Sect had always been ranked first.

Jin Luoheng's sudden attack made him lose face, and he was furious in his heart, but he dared not to attack.

He saw with his own eyes that Chen Yuan forced Taoist Du Kun into a desperate situation, and Jin Luoheng was Chen Yuan's master. As long as Chen Yuan was still in Qi, he would not dare to disrespect Jin Luoheng.

But as an elder of Ziyang Sect, he could not just swallow his anger and retorted: "For the past tens of thousands of years, our disciples have always been the first to enter the secret realm. This is a convention."

Jin Luoheng said lightly: "Times have changed, and this convention should also change. Lingyun Sect disciples, quickly enter the secret realm."

"Yes!" Hundreds of Lingyun Sect disciples responded in unison, activated the five-color spiritual talismans, and walked towards the Lingguang Gate.

Xie Chaohong's face was very ugly, but he dared not say anything else, and could only watch the Lingyun Sect disciples enter the secret realm one after another.

He took a deep breath and said coldly: "Ziyang Sect disciples, enter the secret realm!"

The handsome Taoist smiled slightly and retracted his sword energy. The Ziyang Sect disciples activated the five-color spiritual talismans and entered the secret realm, but their morale was much lower than before.

Then the Tiangang Sword Sect, Mingyin Valley, Wanshou Mountain, and Guiyuan Sect disciples entered the secret realm one after another. The six Jindan cultivators retracted their true essence, and the Lingguang Gate slowly dissipated.

Xie Chaohong looked gloomy. He walked to the side, took out a cushion, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Dai Qing looked normal. He came to him and said in a voice transmission: "Elder Xie, please don't be angry. Wait for the master to return and settle accounts with Lingyun Sect later."

Xie Chaohong nodded slightly, and his anger subsided a little.

Seeing this, the monks from Wanshou Mountain and Guiyuan Sect also came to the two of them and sat cross-legged in meditation.

However, Jin Luoheng, Wu Zexian and others gathered together, set up a spiritual barrier, sat and talked, and took out magic weapons and spiritual materials for trading, chatting and laughing.

At the same time, a pair of wide black wings spread out behind Chen Yuan, and the silver-white light of the escape robe on his body flowed. He closed his eyes slightly and felt the spatial fluctuations coming from the void.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, looking thoughtfully at Dongxu Mountain below, with a smile on his lips: "So that's it..."

...

Hong Yi stepped into the Lingguang Gate, and saw a colorful scene in front of him. Then, he fell rapidly as if he had stepped out of a cliff.

He had expected this situation, so he was not panicked. He gathered his mind, closed his eyes slightly, and let his body fall.

It seemed that only a moment had passed, and it seemed that a thousand years had passed. Suddenly, a feeling of dizziness came over him.

Hong Yi was confused and dizzy. When he opened his eyes again, the colorful scene in front of him disappeared, and he had come to a mountain forest.

The forest was full of towering trees and ancient trees. It was quiet and peaceful, without a single sound.

Hong Yi looked down and found that he was sitting on the ground with his back against a big tree.

He immediately stood up, stroked his storage bag, took out a light green flying sword and an iron shield, hung them in front of him, and held a golden armor talisman in his hand, looking around vigilantly.

There was no one in sight, so he spread his consciousness and explored outward little by little. He found that there was no human trace within fifty feet around him, only a few small animals foraging in the forest.

He felt relieved, stepped on the ground, and came to the top of a big tree.

Looking up, this forest covers an area of ​​about ten miles, with plains on the west and north.

To the east stands a solitary mountain with steep peaks.

To the south is a lake, which is extremely vast and has no visible edge. The lake water is clear and calm.

Hong Yi observed carefully for a while, compared it with the map given by the Supreme Elder, and knew what was going on. He flew down from the top of the tree.

Although the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is named after the mountain, its interior is actually very vast, with all kinds of landforms. It is divided into two rings, the inner and outer rings, and is surrounded and blocked by a mountain range.

The inner ring has much more spiritual energy than the outer ring, and many rare spiritual herbs grow there.

But after the six sect disciples entered the secret realm, they all landed in this area in the outer ring, and needed to rush to the inner ring to find spiritual herbs.

According to the map issued by the Supreme Elder, the solitary mountain in the east, named Luoxing Mountain, was carefully searched by the disciples of each sect after it was opened last time. In just ten years, there would definitely be no spiritual herbs to be found.

Moreover, he did not enter the secret realm this time to find spiritual herbs, and he could not waste time in the outer ring.

Hong Yi took out the talisman issued by Elder Wu from his storage bag and injected his true essence.

The talisman flashed, but then there was no other reaction.

Hong Yi was a little disappointed that there were no Lingyun sect disciples near him.

He put away the magic talisman and walked north, holding two golden armor talismans in his hands, ready to take out magic weapons to meet the enemy at any time.

The forest was quiet and silent, and it looked peaceful, but the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was full of dangers. Hong Yi did not dare to be careless.

Although he had a second-level demon pill implanted in his body, he could use demon power to fight the enemy, but to break those restrictions, he needed the strength of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, and the demon power could not be wasted at will.

Hong Yi walked for a while, suddenly stopped, and turned under a tree.

A light blue spiritual grass stood upright, about one foot high, with three leaves, and the flower looked like a peony.

Hong Yi was surprised. After the sect competition, the top 100 disciples were all issued with spiritual grass illustrations and demon beast illustrations.

If he was not mistaken, this was a hundred-year-old three-leaf flower, which was quite rare. He did not expect that in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, it would grow casually on the roadside like weeds.

Hong Yi used his magic power to uproot the three-leaf flower, put it into a special storage bag, and continued to walk north.

His heart was burning at the moment. Among the five restrictions he was responsible for, two were restrictions in the spiritual medicine garden. How rare would the spiritual herbs inside be?

Hong Yi used the light body technique to walk north. Every time he walked a mile, he took out the magic talisman given by Elder Wu, injected his true essence, and looked for fellow disciples.

But what made him depressed was that the magic talisman did not respond for several consecutive times.

He was very unlucky. There was not a single fellow disciple within three miles around.

Hong Yi could only put away the magic talisman and rush to the first restriction by himself.

According to the map, this restriction was in a remote place in the outer ring and should not have been broken yet.

If it was broken, it would be even better. He could go directly to the next restriction.

After spending half a day, Hong Yi finally arrived at the restriction.

Along the way, he encountered several first-level upper-level monsters and a disciple from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts, who were easily killed by him.

He was able to rank in the top four in the sect competition, which showed his extraordinary strength. He also had two top-grade magic weapons rewarded by the sect, and he easily killed his opponents without using his demonic power.

It was a pity that he did not enter the top three in the competition, otherwise the sect would have rewarded him with a talisman treasure and an extra trump card.

This was a barren hill, only a few feet high, surrounded by red gravel, a desolate place, with only a few clusters of low shrubs with thorny leaves growing tenaciously.

Hong Yi looked at the top of the barren hill with a solemn expression, and operated his magic power according to the method taught by the Supreme Elder.

He felt his heart jump suddenly, and a surge of demonic power surged from the demon pill in his heart and entered his meridians.

He pointed at the top of the barren hill and shouted: "Fall!"

Boom!

A blue lightning bolt about an inch thick fell from the sky and landed on the top of the barren hill.

The air at the place hit by the blue lightning rippled like water waves, and a yellow array curtain of several feet in radius emerged, covering a formation flag.

Hong Yi continued to urge his demonic power, continuously emitting blue lightning, which fell on the yellow array curtain.

The demon pill in his body was a very rare second-level thunder attribute demon pill, which was invaluable, and the power of his innate magical power was also very impressive.

It only took half a quarter of an hour for the yellow array curtain to break apart.

Hong Yi looked inside himself and saw that the demon pill in his body had only shrunk a little, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He performed the light body technique, flew to the top of the barren hill, pulled down the array flag, and put it into the storage bag.

Then he took out the map given by the Supreme Elder, carefully checked it, identified the direction, and rushed to the next restriction.

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In a mountain forest, a middle-aged cultivator stood in front of a big tree, raised his hand and pinched the formula, and a series of golden blades flew out, slashing on the big tree, making a sound of metal clashing.

He was the Lingyun Sect disciple who had the demon pill implanted in his body after Hong Yi.

The tree in front of him was extremely hard, with purple-black light flowing, but it became thinner and thinner under the wear of the golden blade.

Beside him, there were two Lingyun Sect disciples who controlled magic weapons and continuously attacked the tree.

A quarter of an hour later, the purple-black light finally disappeared, and the tree broke with a sound.

The air fluctuated, and several large trees around disappeared, turning into a bare flat land with a green flag about a foot long in the center.

The middle-aged cultivator looked inward at himself, looked at the demon pill that had obviously shrunk, and shook his head.

He walked forward, pulled up the flag, put it in the storage bag, and turned to walk towards the inner ring.

The two Lingyun Sect disciples put away their magic weapons and hurriedly followed.

...

Outside the entrance of an inner ring passage, more than a dozen cultivators were divided into two parties and fought together.

One side had only six people, and was clearly at a disadvantage.

Opposite them, eleven monks joined forces to fight the enemy, three of them used flying swords, four of them had a small banner with a sinister aura hanging in front of them, and the other four had different methods, but their cooperation was extremely close.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the six monks were killed and wounded, and all of them were beheaded. The spoils were also divided up according to the contribution of each person.

One of the cultivators who used flying swords put away his flying sword, bowed to the other two cultivators, and said politely: "We are going to enter the inner ring to collect spiritual herbs. If you are interested, you may as well go with us."

The cultivator who used the black flag showed an interested look, and the leader smiled and said: "The three sects are of the same origin. We are willing to go with the Taoists of Tiangang Sword Sect. I wonder what the Taoists of Lingyun Sect think?"

The last four cultivators looked at each other and shook their heads. One of them apologized and said: "We have other tasks to do. We will say goodbye now."

The disciples of Tiangang Sword Sect and Mingyin Valley were very surprised, but it was not easy to persuade them, so they had to say goodbye and leave.

The four Lingyun disciples were about to enter the inner ring, but suddenly stopped and took out a magic talisman.

The magic talisman glowed, revealing a burning feeling.

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes were excited.

Within a radius of three miles, there are the top six Qi Refining disciples in the sect competition!

The four immediately turned and ran according to the instructions of the magic talisman.

They were all disciples who ranked dozens of times in the sect competition. After entering the secret realm, they were close to each other. After gathering together, they rushed to the inner ring passage while looking for the top six disciples.

Only by joining the top six disciples and completing the tasks issued by the sect can they get the reward of foundation-building pills.

They ran for a while and saw a figure running from a distance. Everyone slowed down their steps, sacrificed magic weapons, and secretly guarded in their hearts.

But after getting closer, everyone saw his face clearly, and they were relieved, quickened their pace, and caught up.

"Brother Hong!"

"Brother Hong, it's you!"

The person who came was Hong Yi. He defeated the strong enemy in the sect competition and made it to the top six, ranking fourth. I don't know how many people have seen his competition and remembered his appearance.

Hong Yi glanced and recognized two familiar disciples. He smiled and said, "Brother Yue, Sister Nie..."

After greeting each other, the few people immediately returned to the inner ring passage.

The secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will only be open for seven days, so there is no time to waste.

…

Two days later, on a mountain peak in the inner ring, Hong Yi released blue lightning, which continuously struck the mountain wall in front of him, making a crackling sound.

Beside him were six Lingyun Sect disciples, who were either controlling magic tools or casting spells, bombarding the mountain wall.

Gray light was flowing on the mountain wall, and it could be vaguely seen that there was a spiritual medicine garden inside.

The seven people went all out, and it took a quarter of an hour for the mountain wall to finally break.

Hong Yi breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the spiritual medicine garden, followed by others.

Looking at the more than 20 five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs on the ground, Hong Yi's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered everyone to pick the spiritual herbs.

The other six Lingyun Sect disciples were all smiling, and they took out wooden boxes and carefully picked the spiritual herbs.

These spiritual herbs are all merits, and if they are handed over to the sect, there will definitely be a big reward.

…

In a valley, twelve Lingyun Sect disciples were fighting with a third-level monster.

This is a leopard tiger, about three feet long, with a sturdy body, roaring in the mountains and forests, shocking people.

The leading disciple of Lingyun Sect is a beautiful female cultivator. She raised her hand and made a gesture, releasing a three-foot-long red fire phoenix, which was condensed by the fire spirit. Wherever it passed, the air was distorted and the grass and trees were scorched.

The leopard tiger was entangled by the fire phoenix, and was tied up. The other eleven Lingyun Sect disciples took the opportunity to attack fiercely.

Although the magic weapon and magic talisman did not cause much damage to the leopard tiger, the accumulation of a little made a big difference, and the leopard tiger was still seriously injured.

Finally, as the red fire phoenix scratched the throat of the leopard tiger with one claw, leaving a deep burnt mark, the mighty and extraordinary tiger monster fell to the ground.

The beautiful female cultivator breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly took back the red fire phoenix, and raised her hand to wipe the dense beads of sweat on her forehead.

She ranked sixth in the sect competition and had a second-level fire phoenix demon pill implanted in her body.

After entering the secret realm, she was lucky and soon found several fellow disciples. She entered the inner ring and broke two restrictions according to the map given by the Supreme Elder.

But the third restriction was guarded by a third-level monster. Fortunately, she had eleven disciples around her, so she didn't consume much monster power and killed the tiger monster.

The other disciples looked at the beautiful female cultivator with awe in their eyes.

Those who can stand out in the sect competition are all extraordinary people. They have won repeatedly in the competition. They have long known the name of the beautiful female cultivator.

But this red fire phoenix is ​​obviously not a magical power that can be mastered by Qi Refining disciples. Even the cultivators in the early stage of foundation building will find it difficult to face it.

This should be the magical power she mastered after receiving the guidance of the Supreme Elder.

Everyone rested for a while, took out the tiger monster's demon pill, took away the tiger skin and tiger bones, and once again sacrificed the magic weapon to attack a white formation curtain deep in the valley.

The beautiful female cultivator raised her hand and made hand gestures, and a fire phoenix slowly condensed into shape, uttered a sharp cry, and flapped its wings to fly out.

…

Two days later, in a mountain forest, Hong Yi led nine Lingyun sect disciples and surrounded thirteen Ziyang sect disciples. He said coldly: "Do it!"

He pointed his finger, and a blue lightning bolt fell from the sky, landing on a Ziyang sect disciple, killing him directly.

The morale of the other nine people was greatly boosted when they saw this, and they all took out their magic weapons and attacked.

The Ziyang Sect disciples fought desperately, but as long as the two sides were in a stalemate, Hong Yi would send down a blue lightning bolt, killing one person, and the Ziyang Sect's defense line would immediately collapse.

In less than two quarters of an hour, all fourteen Ziyang Sect disciples were killed or injured, while only one Lingyun Sect disciple was killed and two were injured.

Hong Yi sighed and collected the body of the dead disciple.

He ordered everyone to collect the storage bags of the Ziyang Sect disciples, find the spiritual herbs, store them separately, and then look for the next wave of Ziyang Sect disciples.

…

On the edge of a lake, three Mingyin Valley disciples gathered together and were besieged by three Ziyang Sect disciples and two Guiyuan Sect disciples. They were in danger and were about to die under the opponent's magic weapons.

At this moment, several figures ran from a distance and approached quickly.

Everyone's face changed. The disciples of Mingyin Valley stared for a moment and said happily: "It's the fellow Taoist from Lingyun Sect who held them back!"

The five people were horrified and turned to retreat.

But the three people from Mingyin Valley turned from defense to offense, not sparing their magic power, and used all their means to hold them back.

The disciples of Lingyun Sect caught up with them, led by a middle-aged cultivator. At his command, everyone immediately took action and killed all five people.

The disciples of Mingyin Valley could see clearly that there were nine people in Lingyun Sect. They clasped their fists and bowed, saying gratefully: "Thank you for your help, fellow Taoists. We are very grateful!"

The middle-aged cultivator smiled slightly: "Fellow Taoist, you are too polite. Our sect and your sect are helping each other. How can we stand by and watch someone die without helping?"

"You can keep three of the storage bags of these five people. We still have to continue to kill the disciples of Ziyang Sect, so we won't stay for long."

The disciples of Mingyin Valley immediately said: "We are also willing to help, and we will help you to deal with the monks of Ziyang Sect!"

The middle-aged cultivator pondered for a moment , said: "Since the three Taoist friends are interested, I can't refuse, but the spiritual herbs obtained from the disciples of Ziyang Sect must belong to our sect."

The disciples of Mingyin Valley were delighted and said: "It should be so. We only want to deal with Ziyang Sect and dare not compete with your sect for spiritual herbs!"

The middle-aged cultivator smiled, turned around and told everyone: "Recruit for a while, then go kill people!"

...

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. On the top of Dongxu Mountain, the Jindan cultivators of the six sects who were meditating stood up, came to the formation, took out the formation plate, and activated the formation.

Six beams of light shot up into the sky and penetrated the clouds.

The six people raised their hands and pinched their fingers, and pointed at the formation plate at the same time. Waves appeared in the void, and a door condensed by colorful spiritual light slowly emerged.

Above ten thousand feet in the sky, Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with brilliance, activating Kunpeng's true blood, and a pair of black wings stretched out behind him. The silver-white light of the escape robe on his body flowed. He closed his eyes slightly and carefully felt the spatial fluctuations coming from the void.

At the top of Dongxu Mountain, Jindan cultivators from various sects stared at the Lingguang Gate, waiting for the return of their disciples.

After a while, three colorful streams of light flew out, and after landing, they turned into three figures, staggering two steps.

The three of them bowed to the Jindan cultivators and walked behind the cultivator surnamed Wei.

The cultivator surnamed Wei smiled slightly, and then disciples from various sects flew out of the Lingguang Gate one after another and walked behind the Jindan elders of various sects.

Gradually, after an hour, everyone found something wrong.

The Lingguang Gate will only last for two hours, and according to past experience, 80% of the disciples will leave the secret realm within an hour.

No one dared to delay time. If they missed the time and stayed in the secret realm, they would be in danger of death.

Even if they were lucky enough to come out alive, they would become a useless person under the spiritual storm.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, only one Qi-refining disciple has stayed in the secret realm for ten years. Not only was he safe and sound, but he also successfully built his foundation, exposing the Ziyang Sect's conspiracy to massacre disciples from various sects, causing a sensation in the six sects.

But compared with what this Qi-refining disciple did later, this seems to be nothing.

He left the sect for a hundred years, and when he returned, he was already a Yuanying cultivator, cutting off one arm of Taoist Du Kun, and shocking the Qi Kingdom.

Only such a legendary figure would dare to build a foundation in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, and ordinary disciples would never dare to take the risk.

But after more than half an hour, the number of disciples who walked out of the Lingguang Gate was much less than everyone expected.

Mingyin Valley and Tiangang Sword Sect were still normal, with about 70% of the disciples who entered the secret realm coming out.

Lingyun Sect had much fewer, only 50%, and often seven or eight people walked out at once, or even more than a dozen.

The disciples of Wanshou Mountain and Guiyuan Sect were only 40%, and Ziyang Sect was particularly rare, with less than 10%, only seven disciples.

Xie Chaohong's face was extremely gloomy, staring at the Lingguang Gate.

Jin Luoheng, however, looked calm, as if he was not worried about the remaining 50% of Lingyun Sect disciples.

After more than half an hour, more and more disciples from various sects walked out of the Lingguang Gate.

Lingyun Sect disciples came in groups, and three groups of disciples, each with twelve or thirteen people, walked out of the secret realm and came behind Wu Zexian.

Finally, two hours passed, the formation could not hold on, the formation flags and formation plates cracked, and the six Jindan elders ordered to take back their true essence, and the Lingguang Gate slowly dissipated.

Xie Chaohong looked at the thirteen Qi Refining disciples behind him and said word by word: "Where are the others? Why didn't they come out?!" (End of this chapter)