Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 1139 Noble Families

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yuan said, "I have another request. Does your noble family possess the true blood of the Kunpeng? I also have other treasures that will surely satisfy your needs."

Liu Ang said, "Our clan has indeed been collecting information about the blood of the true spirit, but the blood of the Kunpeng is rare and of no use to our clan, so we have not kept any."

"However, this happened before I entered Turtle Island. More than two thousand years have passed, and my clan may have made other discoveries. Once I return to the Spirit Realm, I will ask for clarification for you."

A hint of disappointment rose in Chen Yuan's heart, but he was prepared for Liu Ang's answer and quickly suppressed it.

Kunpeng is a first-class true spirit, and its true spirit blood is extremely rare, so it's normal that the Liu family can't produce it.

However, Chen Yuan's reason for befriending Liu Ang was for the blood of the true spirit, and he would not give it up easily.

"May I ask if your noble family possesses any other true spirit blood?" Chen Yuan asked again.

Liu Ang was taken aback, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes: "This matter also needs to be asked of the patriarch. However, fellow Daoist possesses the true blood of Kunpeng, and other true blood is useless to you. Fellow Daoist should not waste the treasure in vain."

Chen Yuan said, "Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist. However, I have other uses for it. If you have any news about the True Spirit Blood, please let me know, and I will reward you handsomely."

"No problem, no problem..." Liu Ang nodded in agreement, but the doubt in his eyes did not disappear.

Chen Yuan met Liu Ang's gaze with composure.

He was well aware that making such a request would arouse Liu Ang's suspicion, but the blood of the true spirit was related to his path, so he naturally had to seize every opportunity.

The only True Spirit Blood Chen Yuan knows of are the Ferocious Tiger Demon Core in Zhumingzi's hand, Liu Ang in front of him, and the Cold Shadow Demon Saint.

Needless to say, Liu Ang had no grudge against Chen Yuan, and they were both human. Moreover, Liu Ang's strength was even greater than Chen Yuan's, so Chen Yuan would not and could not do anything to him.

Even if Liu Ang only had the cultivation level of Refining Void, Chen Yuan would not take his life for no reason, just for the Qilin True Blood in his body.

Although Chen Yuan was not a virtuous gentleman, he was not a vicious villain either. He would not commit any evil deeds or disregard human life in order to improve his cultivation level. Otherwise, how would he be different from a beast?

He was not, at heart, a cultivator who regarded human life as worthless. Although his previous life was much shorter than this one, its influence on his character far exceeded those of these hundreds of years of cultivation.

The people Chen Yuan killed and the sects he destroyed in the past were either people he had a prior grudge against or people he was fighting for treasures; he never killed innocent people indiscriminately.

Chen Yuan only acted without any reservations when facing demons or other races.

The two races fight to the death, and since they belong to two different realms, they are natural enemies.

The Cold Shadow Demon Saint is undoubtedly an excellent target, but with Chen Yuan's current strength, he is not up to the task.

With the assistance of two demon saints, Tianzhu and Xuechi, by her side, no one could harm her before Chen Yuan advanced to the Fusion stage.

Since Zhumingzi left the Spirit Realm to travel and has not returned, Chen Yuan had to find another way, and befriending Liu Ang was one such method.

In the past, Chen Yuan would never have taken the initiative to reveal his true nature and let Liu Ang know that he possessed the blood of the True Spirit.

But now that he has joined the Tai Xuan Sect, as an elder of the Mahayana sect, and is favored by Master Fu, he has a powerful backer, and his own cultivation and strength have greatly increased. He no longer needs to hide as he did in the past.

Liu Ang would not risk offending a cultivator with immense potential and the Mahayana sect behind him just because of a Kunpeng True Blood that is useless to him.

Most importantly, the True Spirit Blood is Chen Yuan's most relied-upon method. It will inevitably be revealed whenever he fights with someone, so there is no point in hiding it.

Just as an awl placed in a bag will naturally reveal its tip, from the moment Chen Yuan began cultivating the "Nine Revolutions of True Spirit," his brilliance was destined to be undeniable.

The great master who created this technique probably never imagined that those who cultivate the "Nine Revolutions of True Spirit" would need to conceal the true spirit blood within their bodies.

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Chen Yuan intended to befriend Liu Ang, and Liu Ang was also quite curious about this mysterious Elder Chen. The two had a very pleasant conversation.

Chen Yuan was extremely interested in the True Spirit Families and asked Liu Ang about the specifics of these eight families. Liu Ang answered all his questions, except for some secrets.

Ultimately, the True Spirit Clan is not some extraordinary secret. Even low-level cultivators know of their existence, and high-level cultivators have an even deeper understanding of them.

Given Chen Yuan's current cultivation level and status, he could find out about the True Spirit Family sooner or later, given enough time.

However, he had only been in the Spirit Realm for a short time and had focused his attention on the Ferocious Tiger Demon Core and the great battle, leaving him no time to spare. It was only after meeting Liu Ang that he had the opportunity to inquire about this matter.

These eight families of true spirits inherited the spirits of Qilin, Qingluan, Bifang, Yingzhao, Dangkang, Chenghuang, Gudiao, and Bingfeng, respectively. Most of them are not the legendary top-tier true spirits.

Although Liu Ang did not say it explicitly, he vaguely revealed that the Liu family, which inherited the true blood of the Qilin, the Lin family, which inherited the true blood of the Azure Phoenix, and the Wang family, which inherited the true blood of the Ice Phoenix, were stronger than the other five True Spirit families.

This is to be expected, as there are different levels of true spirit blood. The Qilin, Qingluan, and Bingfeng are top-tier true spirits on par with the Kunpeng, so the strength of cultivators from these three families is naturally much greater.

Chen Yuan then asked why the True Spirit Family was so low-key in the Spirit Realm, with so little information circulating about them. This time, Liu Ang was vague, as if he had some unspeakable secret, just like when Chen Yuan asked him earlier about how the True Spirit Family passed on its bloodline.

Chen Yuan did not press the matter further. Seeing that Liu Ang was unwilling to answer, he took the initiative to change the subject.

Chen Yuan also wanted to establish connections with other True Spirit families through Liu Ang in order to find out information about the True Spirit Blood, so he naturally couldn't afford to make Liu Ang unhappy.

The two exchanged cultivation experiences in body refinement. Perhaps because Chen Yuan revealed his knowledge of alchemy, Liu Ang took out five formulas for 30,000-year-old body tempering pills and offered them to Chen Yuan.

Similar to the human realm, pill formulas in the spirit realm are not very valuable, especially for higher-grade formulas.

The higher the grade of the pill formula, the longer the required age of the spiritual herbs. It is easy to find yourself holding the pill formula but unable to find the spiritual herbs you need.

Body-tempering herbs are even rarer than ordinary herbs. Even Mahayana sects rarely cultivate 30,000-year-old body-tempering herbs. Liu Ang simply did Chen Yuan a favor and gave them to him.

These five prescriptions were insignificant to Liu Ang, but they were quite useful to Chen Yuan.

After Chen Yuan became an elder, he was free to look at the pill formulas in the Tai Xuan Sect. There were many 50,000-year pill formulas, and even three 80,000-year pill formulas, but none of them were Body Tempering Pills.

These five pill formulas allowed Chen Yuan to be more targeted, giving him more options when collecting body-tempering herbs in the future.

Liu Ang's experience and insights in cultivation also greatly benefited Chen Yuan. Although the "Nine Revolutions of True Spirit" was profound, it was too simplistic.

Liu Ang also possessed the blood of a true spirit and had cultivated diligently for over ten thousand years. His cultivation level far surpassed Chen Yuan's, and his experience was incredibly rich. Chen Yuan humbly sought his guidance and gained a great deal.

Unbeknownst to Chen Yuan, Liu Ang was also secretly alarmed.

Although Chen Yuan was clearly young and had a low level of cultivation, his understanding of the path of body cultivation was extremely profound. He could often get to the heart of the matter and solve some problems that had troubled Liu Ang for a long time.

Liu Ang secretly guessed that Chen Yuan's cultivation method must be extremely extraordinary, and coupled with his possession of Kunpeng True Blood, he might have a chance to break through to the late stage of the Integration Realm. However, he was not interested in Chen Yuan's cultivation method. The Liu family had its own inheritance, which was most suitable for the Qilin True Blood, so there was no need to seek it from outside.

Liu Ang was quite interested in Chen Yuan's background, and Chen Yuan did not hide anything. Since Chen Yuan ascended from the lower realm, he also revealed that he and Master Fu came from the same realm and the same sect. Liu Ang was secretly shocked and became even more polite to Chen Yuan.

The biggest weakness of the True Spirit Clan is the lack of Mahayana cultivators. No matter how long the Liu family's heritage is or how many Integration cultivators they have, they can only be subordinate to the Tai Xuan Sect, which has been established for over ten thousand years.

Mahayana cultivators stand at the pinnacle of all realms, and given the deep connection between Chen Yuan and True Man Fu, Liu Ang naturally wanted to cultivate a good relationship with them.

The two talked for a day and a night before Chen Yuan finally took his leave.

The next day, Wu Luoying sent her disciple to invite everyone to a small trade fair.

Once one's cultivation reaches the Integration Realm, the treasures and spiritual materials that are suitable for use are extremely precious and are rarely seen in the market.

Whenever a few Nascent Soul cultivators gather in one place, they often hold a trade fair to exchange goods and services.

Chen Yuan and the other two readily agreed. Starting with Wu Luoying, the five of them took turns offering their unused treasures and spiritual materials in exchange for the items they desired, but most of them returned empty-handed.

Wu Luoying needs a type of metal-elemental spiritual material, but the other four cannot provide it.

Elder Yuan offered a water-elemental immortal material in exchange for a rare demonic material from the Wind-elemental Demon Saint, and the other four were also unable to help.

But everyone was used to this, their expressions remained unchanged, and they continued to take out one treasure after another, but the quality of each item kept getting lower and lower.

The treasures offered by cultivators at the Integration Realm and the treasures they wish to exchange for are both extremely unique, making it rare for each party to get what they need. Furthermore, they do not accept Immortal Spirit Stones, making it difficult to reach a deal.

But it is precisely for this reason that cultivators at the Integration Stage are keen to participate in various small trade fairs, hoping to strike it rich at one of them and obtain the treasures and spiritual materials they need.

If you can't get the item, that's okay. Nascent Soul cultivators often have disciples under their command who need their care. If you can't get a Nascent Soul level treasure, you can exchange it for some cultivation resources or immortal spirit stones, which will save you a lot of trouble.

Wu Luoying took out several spiritual items that could be used to prepare the mixed poison spiritual liquid improved by Chen Yuan, and he bought them with a few immortal spirit stones.

The mixed poison elixir is no longer useful to Chen Yuan, but it will come in handy in Lingyun Peak's future training of body cultivators.

Chen Yuan also took out a large number of demon materials and demon cores of the demon general and demon commander rank, and exchanged them for several mid-grade immortal spirit stones from Wu Luoying, Wei Wushang and Liu Ang.

In the last battle, he left behind 30,000 demons and received 20% of the spoils, a huge amount enough for Lingyun Peak to use for a thousand years. Since keeping them was useless, he simply took them out and exchanged them for some spirit stones.

In the end, Chen Yuan also bought several five-thousand-year-old body-tempering spiritual herbs from Liu Ang, which happened to be recorded in the pill formula that Liu Ang gave to Chen Yuan. They were several relatively rare auxiliary medicines.

This was clearly prepared specifically for him by Liu Ang, as the other three were not body cultivators and had no need for body-tempering herbs.

The only item of the Fusion grade that was sold at the trade fair was a fragment of a bamboo slip that Liu Ang had taken out. It contained a partial secret technique, which Wei Wushang found quite interesting after reading it. He then took out a piece of metal-attribute immortal spiritual material and bought it.

After the trade fair ended, the five of them returned to their respective cultivation rooms to recuperate.

Five days later, the ferry finally returned to the camp.

Chen Yuan and his two companions went to find Bai Zangzhou to report on the mission. Each of them received one merit point, and the rewards would still be distributed after the battle.

Although the three of them did not fight the Demon Saint after this incident, their departure date could be postponed for a while.

The three of them had just accomplished another great feat, but they weren't in a hurry. Wei Wushang took this opportunity to study the secret technique he had obtained from Liu Ang.

This secret technique seems to be related to Confucian cultivation methods. If Wei Wushang can comprehend some of the key points, the power of one of his supernatural abilities will greatly increase, making him more confident in dealing with the Demon Saint.

The three agreed to set off again in two months, and then each returned to their residences to meditate and recuperate.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Chen Yuan not only studied the pill formula given to him by Liu Ang, but also visited Liu Ang, and the two became increasingly close.

The agreed-upon deadline had arrived, and Chen Yuan, Elder Yuan, and Wei Wushang gathered together once again. Wei Wushang had a smile on his lips, seemingly in a good mood, clearly having gained something from comprehending the secret technique.

Elder Yuan stepped forward to accept the mission, choosing a secluded direction. The cultivators under the three of them were already prepared, boarded the airship, and flew away from the camp.

The direction the airship was heading happened to be where more than a dozen Wei family cultivators were on duty. Upon seeing Wei Wushang, they immediately bowed respectfully and activated the formation.

The cultivators guarding and patrolling around the camp were all from the Tai Xuan Sect and its affiliated sects, families, and alien races. They were the 20% that Bai Zangzhou had transferred away back then.

However, perhaps because the disciples of the Tai Xuan Sect have a higher status, only a small number of them patrol around the camp, while more than 80% are cultivators from affiliated forces.

Turtle Island remained desolate and tranquil, a ruined secret realm devoid of any living beings.

The Spirit Realm and the Demon Realm have been at war for years, and no living being can survive on the battlefield.

Only the ruins of the battlefield and the enormous skeletons of monsters silently testify to the brutality of the great battle.

The airship flew over one dark place after another. At each place, Wu Xuan would lead the array masters to set up a large array and carefully examine the fluctuations emanating from the spatial rifts, but each time they returned empty-handed.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Due to the extremely long time required to search for the spatial fragments, the spaceship has only flown over seven dark places and is still far from Luo Du Holy City. There has been no trace of the demon army yet.

On this day, the airship arrived at a dark place and stopped at the edge.

The group flew out of the airship and dispersed, remaining on high alert. Wu Xuan led the array masters to set up a large array.

Nascent Soul cultivators and Core Formation cultivators acted as scouts, venturing deep into the dark land to search for traces of the demon race. Chen Yuan and the other two remained in the Sky-Crossing Boat and did not show themselves.

Although Chen Yuan was not afraid of the Heavenly Pillar Demon Saint, he was worried that the Demon Saint would invite more Demon Saints. Therefore, he dared not act ostentatiously, lest he fail to lure the enemy and instead fall into danger.

The grand formation slowly unfolded. Wu Xuan took out the formation plate, focused his mind, and began to probe the fluctuations emanating from the spatial rifts.

Just then, a hazy streak of light appeared on the horizon, rapidly approaching along the direction from which the airship had come, quickly attracting the attention of a Void Refinement Guardian from Huayu Peak.

His expression turned serious, and he immediately transmitted his voice to two Void Refinement cultivators nearby. The three of them stepped forward together and shouted, "Who comes here? State your name!"

The light suddenly stopped, revealing the figure of a middle-aged cultivator whose aura was not concealed at all; he was also at the Refinement stage.

The guardian of Huayu Peak recognized the man and exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Brother Xu?"

The middle-aged cultivator looked anxious and hurriedly bowed to the three: "Elder Chen, Elder Yuan, and Senior Wei, where are you? I am here on Elder Bai's orders to have urgent business with you!" (End of Chapter)