Chapter 500 Change of Mind

In a starry night, Chen Yuan quietly returned to the gate of Lingyun Sect.

It had been exactly one month since the last time he was infused with starlight.

He landed on Baiyun Peak, took out the jade pendant, and a silver beam of light descended. The power of the Zhoutian stars tempered his whole body, and it disappeared after fifty breaths.

Chen Yuan put the jade pendant, which had lost its light, back into his body, and felt his body and strength strengthened a little bit. He entered the cave, meditated and practiced, and restored his true essence.

Every time the starlight was infused into his body, he couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

He had broken through the bottleneck of level nine, but the strengthening of the body by the Zhoutian star power also increased, as if there would never be a limit.

The starlight infusion of fifty breaths was far less than the strengthening of the body by a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, but it was continuous and far better than any spiritual medicine.

The next day, Chen Yuan's true essence had not yet recovered, but he took the initiative to stop practicing, and asked the sika deer to call Zhuge Qi, asking him to go to Yuanming Hall to check Xuan Yuanzi's natal Yuan lamp.

Zhuge Qi was shocked when he heard this, thinking that something had happened to Xuan Yuanzi.

He immediately rushed to Yuanming Hall, but was relieved to find that Xuan Yuanzi's life-definition lamp was intact.

But he was still worried, so he immediately returned to Baiyun Peak to inquire about the whole story.

Chen Yuan would naturally not tell the news that Xuan Yuanzi had fallen into the Demon Realm, otherwise it would cause panic in Lingyun Sect.

Xuan Yuanzi had protected Lingyun Sect for more than 500 years, and his prestige was far greater than Chen Yuan's.

His excuse of putting the sect first could be used to evade He Zhenren and Lu Hong, but it would definitely not convince the Jindan elders of Lingyun Sect.

If Xuan Yuanzi had not kept his life-definition lamp before leaving the sect, and only Zhuge Qi could check it, he would not even have revealed the matter and would have checked it himself long ago.

"Don't worry, Elder Zhuge. The headmaster is safe and sound. It's just that he entered a secret space, and his natal lamp may be affected..."

Facing Zhuge Qi, who was full of worry, Chen Yuan gave a reason he had already thought of and perfunctorily passed it over.

Zhuge Qi wanted to continue to ask about the secret space, but under Chen Yuan's slightly indifferent eyes, he swallowed his words back.

Chen Yuan changed the subject: "Stop suppressing Ziyang Sect first, and order the monks in the sect to act cautiously and not cause trouble, otherwise they will be severely punished."

Zhuge Qi was stunned for a moment. Since Chen Yuan returned to the sect, Lingyun Sect has had the upper hand over Ziyang Sect. The situation is very good, and it is time to pursue the victory.

But Chen Yuan gave an order, and he dared not disobey, so he could only respond respectfully.

The doubt in Zhuge Qi's eyes did not escape Chen Yuan's eyes.

But he did not make too many explanations, and reminded Zhuge Qi to be on guard and guard the mountain gate, the market, the spiritual mine and many other important places.

He rejected the invitation of He Zhenren and Lu Hong, and Lingyun Sect lost the protection of Baihe Sect.

And Ziyang Sect has the support of Jiangxian Mountain, so there may be trouble.

Of course, three great monks and more than 20 Yuanying monks were trapped in the Demon Realm, and the four major Xuan Sects should have no time to intervene in the dispute between Ziyang Sect and Lingyun Sect.

But we must be on guard against others. Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, we cannot be careless.

After Zhuge Qi left, Chen Yuan also walked out of the cave, drove the escape light, came to the alchemy pavilion, and started to make pills.

Only by strengthening strength and improving cultivation can we respond to changes with the same.

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"Friend Lu is saying that as long as I am willing to go to the Demon Realm and rescue Master Wei, Elder Gu is willing to give me a chance to exchange for Jiuqu Yellow Sand?"

Chen Yuan looked at Lu Hong in front of him, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Three days ago, he entered the deepest stone chamber of the Earth Fire Palace. Just as he purified the three auxiliary medicines into spiritual liquid and prepared to purify the thousand-year-old dragon scale fruit, Lu Hong came to visit.

He had to come out to greet him, and the three bottles of pure spiritual liquid were wasted.

Fortunately, the thousand-year-old dragon scale fruit had not been put into the alchemy furnace, and the three auxiliary medicines were only eight hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, so they were wasted.

Otherwise, even if Gu Zu came to visit in person, he would not leave the stone chamber.

Lu Hong smiled and said, "Yes, after hearing about you, Senior Brother Gu praised you."

"He must know that you need Nine-bend Yellow Sand, and Sect Master Wei happens to have a gourd in his hand, and is willing to help you."

"In addition, the Cicada Liquid and Level 8 Demon Pill that Lu mentioned before still count."

"As long as you are willing to enter the Demon Realm, these two treasures will be offered to you immediately."

"But the Nine-bend Yellow Sand is too precious, and it is in the hands of Sect Master Wei, so you need to discuss it with Sect Master Wei yourself."

Chen Yuan frowned, feeling very embarrassed.

The condition offered by Lu Hong made him waver.

Although the Nine-color Mud is rare, it is only a high-grade spiritual material after all. As long as you are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to find.

If he can exchange the Nine-bend Yellow Sand from Sect Master Wei, and the Tianxuan Sect takes out a bottle of Cicada Liquid, he can gather all the spiritual materials to repair the ancient teleportation array.

But the reason why he wanted to repair the ancient teleportation array and return to Jiuxianzhou was that he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Demon Realm.

It happened that Sect Master Wei was trapped in the Demon Realm, and he needed to enter the Demon Realm first to rescue him, and it was not certain that he could exchange for the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand.

What if Sect Master Wei died in the Demon Realm, or if the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand was of great use to him and he was unwilling to exchange it for Chen Yuan, then his efforts would be in vain.

He was a great cultivator, who knew what his attitude would be when facing a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul?

Seeing the embarrassment on Chen Yuan's face, Lu Hong continued to persuade: "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Chen, Senior Brother Gu and Sect Master Wei have been friends for hundreds of years. Although the Nine-bend Yellow Sand is precious, Sect Master Wei does not practice earth walking skills. As long as Gu If senior brother asks, he won’t refuse.”

Chen Yuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then finally raised his head and bowed with clasped fists: "Thanks to the favor of fellow Taoist Gu, I dare not do anything. I am willing to follow your sect into the demonic realm, kill monsters, and rescue fellow Taoists from all sects!"

Lu Hong's face showed joy: "With the help of Fellow Daoist Chen, this trip to the Demon Realm can be a little more confident."

Chen Yuan's heart moved, and he smiled and said: "I have just given birth to a baby, and I only have some brute strength. Why does Fellow Daoist Gu value me so much?"

Lu Hong explained: "Fellow Taoists should know that although the monsters are not weak in strength, they have no intelligence after all and have a single method. It is not difficult to deal with them."

"But the Demon Realm rejects the aura of heaven and earth and is filled with the aura of true demons. When we, the righteous monks, enter it, we need to resist the erosion of the demonic aura, and it is difficult to replenish the true energy."

"That's all. It's nothing more than preparing some more top-quality spiritual stones. After all, the Demon Realm is only tens of thousands of miles in size. For Nascent Soul monks like us, we can cross it in a few days, and the consumption of real energy is minimal."

"But the last time our fellow sects went deep into the Demon Realm, the number of monsters they encountered was beyond imagination, especially the low-level monsters, which were almost endless. They were not afraid of death and were more difficult to deal with than spirit-devouring ants."

"The nine major sects have learned their lesson. This time when we enter the Demon Realm again, Fellow Daoist Xiao from Jiangxian Mountain and Fellow Daoist Mo from Demon Yuan Palace will accompany us."

"Fellow Taoist is also a physical practitioner. His physical body is strong and durable. He is the nemesis of these low-level monsters."

Chen Yuan suddenly realized that he had already learned about the situation in the Demon Realm from He Zhen's mouth. He knew that the Demon Realm was filled with pure real demon energy, but it was not without the aura of heaven and earth, it was just a little thinner.

But he only learned today that the number of monsters in the Demon Realm actually made it difficult for Yuanying monks to deal with them.

This reassured him a lot. The nine major sects only asked him to be a coolie. He didn't need to deal with those high-level monsters, so the risk was much smaller.

Since Chen Yuan agreed to go to the Demon Realm, Lu Hong did not hesitate to hand over a bottle of Cicada Shocking Liquid and an eighth-level demon pill to him in advance.

Other monks who entered the Demon Realm were rewarded afterwards.

But the Jiuqu Huangsha that Chen Yuan wants most is still in the hands of Sect Leader Wei, so there is no harm in giving these two things to him in advance.

Before Lu Hong left, he also told Chen Yuan good news. Taoist Dukun would also enter the Demon Realm. He did not have to worry about the Ziyang Sect's counterattack after leaving Qi.

Chen Yuan felt more relieved and personally sent Lu Hong out of the sect and back to the cave to meditate and adjust his breathing.

Chen Yuan will go directly to the mountain gate of the Blood Spirit Sect tomorrow, which is the closest to the center of the Demon Realm. It is guarded by the master of the Blood Spirit Sect, the great monk Yan Zhang, and it is impregnable.

The monks from all sects will meet there and then enter the Demon Realm.

And just when Chen Yuan was leaving, Zhuge Qi brought him another good news. Chu Guangkai got the news about Jiuseni.

Chen Yuan was overjoyed and asked what happened.

Nine-color mud is a common spiritual material for forming formations in ancient times, but it is extremely rare now.

He had previously asked the monks from the Lingyun Sect to collect spiritual materials, but they only missed an idle piece. He did not expect to actually gain something.

But Zhuge Qi looked troubled and explained what happened in detail.

It turns out that this ball of nine-color mud is in the hands of Guiyuan Sect. A formation master of Guiyuan Sect stationed at the Yuyang Mountain Mine found a ball of nine-color mud in the market. When he got together with his friends a few days ago, he told this, To show off, it reached Chu Guangkai's ears.

Although the Guiyuan Sect's share of the Yuyang Mountain mine was taken away, the Ziyang Sect still had a 10% share, and its sect lacked a formation master, so the Guiyuan Sect's monks were asked to guard the mine and control the formation.

Chen Yuan frowned. The Guiyuan Sect only obeyed the Ziyang Sect and would never make a deal with the Lingyun Sect.

Suddenly, something moved in his heart, and he ordered: "Contact Dai Qing and ask him to come forward and exchange this ball of nine-color mud from Guiyuan Sect."

Zhuge Qi also reacted and immediately agreed.

Most of the disciples in the sect knew that Chen Yuan asked the Lingyun sect monks to search for spiritual materials.

However, there are several extremely rare spiritual materials that only Elder Jiedan knows about. Dai Qing came forward to exchange for them, which will not arouse others' suspicion.

Chen Yuan took out two top-quality spiritual stones, handed them to Zhuge Qi, and ordered him to hand them over to Dai Qing.

Although nine-color clay is rare, its use is narrow and can only be used to refine array disks.

As for the formation disk made of nine-color clay, most of the methods for refining it have been lost.

Therefore, its price is not high, and two top-quality spiritual stones are enough to buy it.

After instructing Zhuge Qi to handle the matter as soon as possible, Chen Yuan quietly left the mountain gate of Lingyun Sect and flew to the north.

With the Cicada Shocking Liquid already in hand, Dai Qing bought the Nine-Colored Mud. He only needed the Jiuqu Yellow Sand spiritual material to repair the ancient teleportation array.

Although there are some risks in entering the Demon Realm this time, he only needs to deal with low-level monsters. The high-level monsters have their own great monks and four Xuanzong elders to deal with. As long as he is careful, nothing should happen.

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Qin State, Blood Python Mountains.

A ray of light came from the horizon, suddenly stopped, and Chen Yuan's figure appeared.

This is where the Blood Spirit Sect's mountain gate is. He looked at the formation in front of him that seemed to divide the world into two halves with a solemn expression.

Behind the formation, the dark demonic energy rolled and surged through the sky, forming a sea of ​​demonic energy that continuously impacted the formation.

A strange bird with the body of a hawk and the head of a bear suddenly sprang out of the demonic energy, its aura was like that of a level six monster.

The strange bird had bloodshot eyes and was covered with messy black feathers. It opened its bloody mouth, let out a sharp whistle, and slammed into the array curtain.

The array curtain remained motionless, with only a faint light flashing.

The strange bird roared shrilly and flew backwards, with a layer of faint green light covering its body.

The black feathers melted silently, like rice paper falling into a raging fire, and soon turned into a ball of ashes and was swallowed by the devil's energy.

The next moment, a group of strange birds with eagle bodies and bear heads rushed out of the devil's energy and slammed into the array curtain fiercely. Their bloodshot eyes revealed a ferocious and bloodthirsty intention, and they didn't care about their own life and death at all.

This is a monster, without any intelligence, only knowing how to kill.

Chen Yuan took a deep look at the group of strange birds and slowly let go of the escape light.

A ray of escape light flew from a distance and stopped in front of Chen Yuan, revealing the figure of a middle-aged monk.

He looked at Chen Yuan, but found that he could not see through Chen Yuan's cultivation. He was secretly shocked and bowed his hands and said, "What is the purpose of this Taoist friend coming to the mountain gate of my Blood Spirit Sect?"

Chen Yuan returned the greeting: "I am Chen Yuan, the supreme elder of the Lingyun Sect of Qi State. At the invitation of Taoist friend Lu Honglu of the Tianxuan Sect, I came to rescue the trapped Taoist friends of various sects."

He noticed the presence of the middle-aged cultivator from a hundred miles away. A cultivator in the early stage of Yuanying was hanging in the sky. He should be monitoring foreign cultivators.

But Chen Yuan's spiritual sense was stronger than his. He did not find Chen Yuan's existence until Chen Yuan took the initiative to show his figure.

The middle-aged cultivator looked a little unnatural when he heard this: "It turned out to be Taoist friend Chen. I am You Tongguang of the Blood Spirit Sect. Taoist friend, please follow me."

The Blood Spirit Sect had occupied the territory of Qi State for a hundred years and only evacuated more than 20 years ago. He was inevitably embarrassed to learn that Chen Yuan was a cultivator of Qi State.

Chen Yuan did not care about this. He followed the middle-aged cultivator and fell into the light of escape.

The mountain gate of the Blood Spirit Sect was not guarded by formations. There were more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators gathered here, and there were also great cultivators sitting in charge, so there was no need for formations to guard at all.

Only Nascent Soul cultivators patrolled outside the mountain gate day and night, not only to prevent monsters from rushing out of the formation, but also to prevent Nascent Soul cultivators who were unaware of the situation from approaching.

Thousands of miles away, there were also Jindan cultivators and foundation-building cultivators patrolling to prevent low-level cultivators from approaching the Demon Realm and spreading the matter.

Chen Yuan and the middle-aged cultivator landed in the Blood Python Mountains, which had become a huge formation with endless spiritual energy.

On each mountain peak, there were formation flags about ten feet high, condensed into various colored light pillars, about several feet thick, straight into the sky, and merged into the formation.

The two came to the top of a short mountain hundreds of feet high and walked into a loft.

A Jindan mid-stage cultivator came up to greet them, respectfully, and arranged a cave for Chen Yuan under the instructions of You Tongguang.

After the ban on the Demon Realm was lifted, all cultivators below the Jindan level of the five major demon sects had evacuated, leaving only the Jindan elders at the mountain gate to be deployed by the Yuanying cultivators. (End of this chapter)