Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Two and a half years later.

In a valley deep in the Chimang Mountains.

"Aohou!"

A huge black bear nearly two feet long looked at the figure opposite and let out an angry roar.

It had lost one left eye, and there was a scab on its right front leg. The hair on its chest was much lighter than the surrounding color, and it was obviously just grown.

Ten feet away from the black bear, there stood a young man in a white gown. It was Chen Yuan, who had been practicing in seclusion in the Chimang Mountains for two and a half years.

He pinched the spell with his hand, and the Qingyun Sword circled around him, making bursts of cheerful sword sounds. The black iron shield floated in front of him, motionless like a mountain.

Chen Yuan had a stern expression and sharp eyes, and shouted softly:

"Fast!"

The Qingyun Sword shot out and went straight to the black bear!

"Aohou!"

The black bear raised a bear paw and slapped the Qingyun Sword.

Bang!

The Qingyun Sword collided with the bear paw and flew back ten feet.

The bear's paw was extremely hard, and there was only a shallow scratch on the thick pad.

Chen Yuan changed the spell in his hand, and with a push of his magic power, the Qingyun Sword circled around and slashed at the black bear again.

The black bear stood up, showed his other bear paw, and slapped the Qingyun Sword.

Bang!

The black bear reacted quickly, but the speed of the Qingyun Sword was not very fast, and it was slapped back again.

But the Qingyun Sword soon came back and fought with the black bear.

Chen Yuan changed the spell in his hand again, and a walnut-sized fireball condensed in his palm, and he waved his palm and shot it at the black bear.

At the same time, the Qingyun Sword attacked from the other side, blocking the black bear's retreat, and formed a pincer attack with the fireball.

The black bear used a strong palm to slap the green Qingyun Sword away, and then jumped aside to avoid the fireball.

But at this moment, Chen Yuan muttered something, and the ground under the black bear's feet suddenly turned into quicksand, trying to bind it in place.

Fortunately, there was only a thin layer of quicksand and it had not yet completely transformed. The black bear pulled out its paw and rushed towards Chen Yuan.

But its hind legs kicked on the quicksand, affecting its power and stumbling. The Qingyun Sword took the opportunity to fall from the sky and pierce its only remaining right eye!

The black bear had to stop and raise his palm to protect his eyes.

Chen Yuan changed the spell in his hand again. After three breaths, a fire snake about a foot long condensed in front of him, swimming rapidly along the ground towards the black bear.

At this time, the black bear had slapped the Qingyun Sword away again and rushed to three feet in front of Chen Yuan.

But when the black bear saw the swimming fire snake, a trace of fear appeared on his ferocious and ferocious face, and he jumped aside in a hurry.

Chen Yuan urged his magic power, and the fire snake changed direction and continued to swim towards the black bear.

At the same time, he touched the storage bag on his waist, and a talisman appeared out of thin air in his hand. He threw it in front of him and shouted:

"Fast!"

The talisman ignited with flames and turned into an ice cone as thick as an arm, shooting towards the black bear.

This alone was not enough. The Qingyun Sword circled in the air and slashed at the black bear, attacking with three prongs!

"Aohou!"

The black bear saw that the situation was not good, roared, jumped to the side, avoided the fire snake on the ground, but was shot by the ice cone.

Bang!

The ice cone exploded, freezing most of the black bear's body.

The black bear moved stiffly and fell to the ground. As the ice shattered, the Qingyun Sword suddenly came and pierced deeply into its right eye, leaving only the hilt!

"Aohou!"

The black bear let out a crazy roar and waved its two front paws randomly.

Puff!

The Qingyun Sword flew backwards, and a stream of blood spurted out of the black bear's right eye socket. The endless pain made it even crazier.

Swish!

Chen Yuan urged his magic power, and the Qingyun Sword passed around the black bear's neck, and a line of blood slowly emerged.

The black bear's huge body suddenly froze, and it fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Finally solved..."

Chen Yuan let out a long breath, took back the black iron shield, and put it back into the storage bag.

The battle with the black bear did not last long, but he activated two medium-grade magic tools at the same time, cast three spells, and used a medium-level magic talisman, which consumed most of his magic power. If he continued to fight, he would not be able to hold on.

However, the hard work was not in vain, and he finally solved this black bear, which was equivalent to a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Chen Yuan came to the black bear, controlled the Qingyun Sword, peeled off the bear's skin, cut off four bear paws, took out the bear's gall, and put it into the storage bag.

This black bear, like the giant tiger he had encountered, is a monster beast, and the bear's paws, bear's gall, and bear's skin are all materials containing the essence of monster beasts.

After Chen Yuan processed the materials, he took back the Qingyun Sword, condensed a fireball in his palm, burned the bear's body to ashes, and then performed the light body technique, stepped on the cliff, and floated away.

Three hours later, he returned to the cave where he had practiced hard for two and a half years, closed his eyes and meditated to restore his magic power.

Today is the day for starlight to fill the body, and there is no time to waste.

Five hours later, Chen Yuan's magic power was restored as before, and it was late at night when he walked out of the cave.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the stars were dense.

Chen Yuan took out the jade pendant, and the starlight descended and circulated around his body.

Twenty breaths later, the starlight dissipated, Chen Yuan looked inside himself, and the magic power in his dantian was empty.

He returned to the cave and continued to meditate with his eyes closed.

Five hours later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes, feeling the magic power filling his body, and the spiritual consciousness that expanded to more than thirty-three feet, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He stood up, looked around, and at the place where he had practiced hard for two years, he murmured:

"It's time to leave..."

For the past two and a half years, he practiced hard, and used up all four Yunlu Pills and two bottles of Bailing Pills, and finally raised his cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Bai Ling Dan is one of the best elixirs in the middle stage of Qi Refining. It is extremely powerful. One elixir is equivalent to Chen Yuan's one month of hard training.

Yun Lu Dan is slightly worse, but one elixir is also equivalent to Chen Yuan's twenty days of hard training.

It takes Chen Yuan three days to refine one elixir and expel the poison.

This is inconsistent with the record in "Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials". It takes six days for ordinary cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining to take Bai Ling Dan to refine the elixir and expel the poison.

Chen Yuan was puzzled and could only attribute it to the effect of starlight infusion.

Although starlight infusion cannot directly increase mana, it can strengthen the consciousness, strengthen the body, and shorten the time Chen Yuan spends refining elixirs. It has a great effect.

Chen Yuan refined all the elixirs in just one and a half months, saving nearly two years of training time.

Afterwards, he continued to practice hard for another two years, day and night, absorbing spiritual energy, and finally pushed his cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

It is easy to see how difficult it is for a pseudo-spiritual cultivator to practice.

After his cultivation breakthrough, Chen Yuan did not leave in a hurry, but instead sacrificed the Qingyun Sword and the Black Iron Shield and practiced the art of controlling objects.

It took him a month to finally reach the level of being able to use them as easily as using one's arm.

Afterwards, he practiced the Fireball Technique, the Quicksand Technique, and the Fire Snake Technique day and night, and spent two months to master them.

The Fireball Technique was the simplest, and Chen Yuan could already cast it instantly. The Quicksand Technique only took two breaths, and only the Fire Snake Technique was the most difficult, requiring three breaths.

He also tried to practice the Earth-type intermediate spell Falling Stone Technique recorded in the Thick Earth Technique, but his talent for practicing spells was too poor, and even if fire gave birth to earth, he could not enter the door, so he had to give up.

At this point, Chen Yuan's cultivation, magic tools, and spells had all been improved to the point of no return, and he was ready to leave the Chimang Mountains.

There are three markets recorded in the Yunyou Travels, and the one closest to Chen Yuan is in Shuozhou, north of the Chimang Mountains.

The market is where independent cultivators gather. Chen Yuan wants to exchange pills and continue to practice, so it is the best choice.

But at this moment, the bear monster unexpectedly broke in here. After seeing Chen Yuan, his eyes lit up and he rushed over without saying a word.

Chen Yuan was forced to fight with the bear monster.

Although the bear monster's realm was higher than his, Chen Yuan had two medium-grade magic weapons in his hand and could cast spells. His strength was stronger than the bear monster who relied entirely on his body.

However, he lacked experience in fighting, was a little flustered, and his magic power was exhausted. He only fought the bear monster to a draw.

Just when he was about to lose, he used three low-level magic talismans in a row to stop the bear monster and retreat.

Chen Yuan retreated, but the bear monster was persistent. Following the smell, it caught up again three days later.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan's magic power had recovered and he started a second battle with the bear monster.

This time, Chen Yuan had experience in fighting, and made fewer mistakes. He only consumed most of his mana and escaped unscathed.

The bear monster still refused to give up, and after two days, it came back again.

But Chen Yuan had fought the bear monster twice, and had much more experience in fighting. He used a mid-level wind blade talisman to blind the bear monster's left eye.

The bear monster finally became frightened and turned to flee.

This time, it was Chen Yuan who refused to give up.

Even a clay man would have a temper, let alone the bear monster who had tried to eat him several times. He must kill the bear monster and eradicate the roots.

Chen Yuan chased the bear monster for three days and finally blocked it in the valley and killed it with thunder.

After meeting the bear monster, Chen Yuan also wondered why this bear monster was so interested in him like the tiger monster he had met before, and pounced on him as soon as they met.

After thinking about it, the only difference between him and other cultivators was the starlight infusion.

He was a pseudo-spiritual cultivator, and there was nothing special about him. When he first met the tiger monster, he was not even a cultivator.

If it weren't for the starlight that transformed his body, the tiger monster would not have lost its mind and would have eaten him regardless of the pursuit of the black-shirted young man.

The bear monster was even crazier. Even though he was repeatedly injured by Chen Yuan, he never retreated.

He was now like Tang Seng. As long as the monsters met him, they would lose their minds.

This disrupted Chen Yuan's plan. Originally, he wanted to go directly through the Chimang Mountains, but in order to avoid these monsters, he had to change to Yuanpingxing.

He blocked the entrance of the cave with a huge rock, let down vines, cleared the traces of people, passed through the forest, came to Yuanpingxing, and headed north.