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Chapter 208 Entering the Herb Secret Realm and Obtaining the Fourth-Level Spiritual Medicine
True Yang Transformation Pill?
Isn’t that the super secret medicine that is rumored to be able to help cultivators condense their bodies?

Xiao Chen had previously read about this in the book Treasures Seen in the Eastern Region. He was deeply impressed and kept it firmly in mind.

The emergence of Dharma bodies can be traced back to ancient times when many cultivators conducted research on spiritual roots.

Spiritual roots are the foundation of every cultivator, and in most cases, determine the upper limit of the cultivator.

But this thing is innate. Some people are born with natural spiritual roots, some are only born with low-grade spiritual roots, and some even have no spiritual roots at all.

So some cultivators began to explore, are there any fixed rules for spiritual roots?
Is there any way to improve one's spiritual roots after birth?

Or in other words, is there any way to transplant someone else's spiritual roots into yourself?

The last category is said to be done by the devil, and has killed many monks.

Unfortunately, both the righteous and evil paths have ended in failure in their research in this area.

But in a sense, this is also a good thing. At least it ensures that independent cultivators with no background will not be suddenly captured by evil cultivators to extract their spiritual roots.

However, numerous studies over the years have not yielded no results.

The Dharma body comes from this.

During the research, some monks discovered that by smelting natural treasures to change the monk's body structure, the monk's compatibility with a certain kind of spiritual energy of heaven and earth can be greatly increased.

Thus, in daily practice, it will have a similar effect to that of the natural spiritual root.

It can not only increase the efficiency of practice exponentially, but also effectively improve the power of spells.

After generations of improvements, the legal system has become very perfect today.

Except for being limited by one's own spiritual roots when facing bottlenecks in cultivation, a cultivator with a Dharma body is almost the same as a true cultivator with natural spiritual roots.

The initial transformation process was very complex.

However, the process has now been optimized to be very simple. As long as you take the "Huashengdan" of corresponding properties and refine it carefully, you will have the opportunity to cultivate a Dharma body.

The most important thing is that even if the transformation fails, the side effects are very small and can be recovered after a few days of rest.

The True Yang Transformation Pill corresponds to the fire-type spiritual root, which can be cultivated into a True Yang Dharma Body.

It is said that what the wood spirit root needs is the Green Lotus Transformation Pill, which can be cultivated into a Green Lotus Dharma Body.

When he first saw this record, Xiao Chen was still fantasizing that he would have the chance to buy two Qinglian Huasheng Pills to try out in the future.

Unfortunately, when I turned to the next page, I found that the Qinglian Huasheng Pill was actually a fourth-level elixir!

Even though it's a bit expensive.

Therefore, I took the initiative to give up this idea and didn't think about it too much.

He didn't expect to hear related information today, which made him remember it all at once.

"The flower of the guardian spirit?"

This name was a little unfamiliar to Xiao Chen: "It seems that after I go back, I have to memorize the illustrated guide carefully."

Since Elder Qian can produce the True Yang Transformation Pill, he might also have a channel to obtain the Green Lotus Transformation Pill.

However, the premise of all this is that you can get the elixir that the other party wants.

September also went smoothly.

The only difference is that the three hours of practicing "Nine Transformations into Dragons" is changed to two hours, and the extra time is used to study the spiritual herb illustrations.

Xiao Chen also took the time to go out again and bought a few more different picture books.

I also heard more bounties along the way.

Not only the fourth-level spiritual herbs, but also some relatively rare third-level spiritual herbs were listed at various high prices.

These bounties came from many forces. Xiao Chen even heard that the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect was collecting the Sword-Crying Grass.

As time went by, more and more monks came to Baicao City.

The number of people on the streets has increased visibly.

Since mid-October, the place has been packed with people, several times more lively than the Sea Spirit Festival.

In late October, Xiao Chen also took the initiative to stop practicing and planned to make good preparations.

He habitually looked inward with his spiritual consciousness, and saw that the two golden elixirs were shining brightly, which was pleasing to the eye.

After several months of hard training, the total amount of true energy in his golden elixir has reached one hundred and forty-eight, and the amount in his life elixir has reached one hundred and forty-six.

Adding up, there are a total of 294 true essences, approaching the 300 mark.

I estimate that it should be enough to deal with monks of the same level one-on-one, but if you want to fight against many, it may depend on the specific situation.

The main reason is that I am not sure at the moment what the strength level of the Eastern Region is.

"We still have to go out and get some information."

Xiao Chen stood up and closed the Nine Apertures Chain Array, and immediately bursts of noisy sounds came from outside.

Compared to before, there are many more monks wearing uniform dark green robes in the streets and alleys, with the logo of Baicao City printed on their chests.

They stared at the crowd with sharp eyes, as if monitoring order.

After walking a few steps, Xiao Chen learned from passers-by that this was because there had been many fights in the city recently.

When there are too many people, conflicts are very likely to occur.

Especially the cultivators from different forces are relatively unfamiliar with each other. Except for a few well-known geniuses, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad ones.

As a result, people frequently drew their swords against each other over a disagreement.

Especially this year, there are a lot more monks coming to participate in the secret realm, at least 30% more than in previous years.

In addition, in recent days, nearly ten thousand cultivators have come to Baicao Island almost every day. Judging from the situation, there will probably be more than one hundred thousand people gathered in the end.

Even if 90% of them are Qi-refining cultivators.

Ninety percent of the remaining people are foundation-building cultivators.

Finally, 90% of the cultivators who are stuck in the great perfection of foundation building and unable to break through to the golden elixir stage will be eliminated. It is conservatively estimated that more than a hundred golden elixir cultivators will enter the secret realm to compete together.

Taking into account the overall environment of the Eastern Region, Xiao Chen felt that the actual number would be even greater.

No wonder the original inheritance specifically emphasized that one should not come here unless they have reached the Golden Core stage.

Because for a foundation-building cultivator to carry a fourth-level spiritual object like the Purple Gold Bodhi is like a child holding gold in a busy market.

Although there are examples where nothing happened, there is no need to take such a risk for safety reasons.

Walking to the square, I saw that there were still alchemists giving public demonstrations today, and thousands of casual practitioners gathered together to watch attentively.

Xiao Chen noticed that there were not enough alchemy furnaces on the stage.

Some alchemists even brought their own furnaces and set them up in the four corners of the platform.

They all look relatively young, but surprisingly, they are all very skilled in alchemy.

Judging from his clothes, he doesn't look like a disciple from Baicao City.

Two of them even wore robes with the words "Baodantang" printed on their chests and backs, seemingly using this method to help promote the company.

Opposite the platform, in front of the statues, there was a huge signboard.

There were notices of different sizes posted on it, all with black text on a red background, and two Baicao City disciples were guarding it on the left and right.

Xiao Chen walked over curiously and took a look. Sure enough, these notices were all related to the Baicao Secret Realm that was about to open.
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The first is a collection of various bounties, familiar or unfamiliar, which is basically a big summary.

This included the Thousand Flowers and Ten Thousand Leaves Vine that the owner of Fengyufang had wanted before, and the price marked on the bounty order was actually 10,000 spirit stones higher.

The second is the exchange list published by some forces to attract independent cultivators.

After the Baicao Secret Realm is opened, it will last for a full twenty-eight days.

During this period, monks can enter and exit freely at any time without any restrictions.

Therefore, various forces, led by Baicao City, will guard the exit of the secret realm and set up small shops nearby to exchange spiritual herbs.

At that time, monks can directly use spiritual herbs to exchange for finished elixirs, spiritual weapons, secret books and other supplies.

However, the list here only simply lists some of the eye-catching spiritual objects. For detailed redemption methods, you need to go to the store to check.

Due to the existence of fourth-level spiritual herbs, the items on the list are also extraordinary.

I am sure any monk who sees it will be tempted.

For example, Baicao City provides unlimited quantities of Jiuyao Xuandan and Baizhuan Xuandan.

In order to prevent some casual cultivators from not knowing this elixir, a 200-word introduction was thoughtfully annotated in small print.

Anyway, they are the landlords and occupy the most space on the sign, so there is no need to worry about not having enough space to write.

The effect of Jiuyao Xuandan is that it can help Jindan cultivators condense their true essence, thereby enhancing the quality of their true essence.

"Hey, could this be the reason why the Eastern Region cultivators' magic is so powerful?"

Seeing this effect, Xiao Chen's eyes lit up.

As the quality of your true essence increases, the power of your spells will naturally increase.

The effect of Baizhuan Xuandan is that it can increase the total amount of true essence of the cultivator.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core stage can possess up to 333 true essences.

If you cannot break through after this, you will not be able to obtain more true energy.

However, after taking the Baizhuan Xuandan, one can obtain more total true energy without breaking through the cultivation level, thereby increasing strength in disguise.

Every time you take one pill, you can expand the total amount of true energy.

A maximum of one hundred pills can be taken, hence the name Baizhuan Xuandan.

This also explains another doubt that Xiao Chen had before, which is why some customized spiritual weapons in the Eastern Region have huge demands for true essence.

For example, the Ghost Face Xuanguan Shield in his hand.

According to the tests conducted a few days ago, even if all 290 true essences were injected, it would not be enough to activate the spiritual form.

It is estimated that at least three hundred true essences are needed, which is simply outrageous.

It even made Xiao Chen doubt whether this shield was really suitable for an early Jindan cultivator?

Now it seems that if combined with spiritual medicine such as Baizhuan Xuandan, it is not impossible to have enough true energy to drive spiritual weapons even if it is in the early stage of Jindan.

In addition, the Wulei Temple in Black Rock Sea also sent its disciples.

The special spiritual object they offered was the Mountain Collapsing Thunder Pearl, and they also offered spots for body tempering in the Black Rock Thunder Pool.

The mountain-collapsing thunder bead is extremely powerful, no less than a full-strength attack from a Golden Core cultivator, and is a powerful weapon for protecting the Dao.

As for the Black Rock Thunder Pool, Xiao Chen had never heard of it before, but judging from the literal meaning, it should be related to physical cultivation.

Neither the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect nor the Spirit-Fen Sword Pavilion has posted a bounty, and I don’t know why.

Only the Star-Picking Sword Pavilion posted a small notice in the corner.

There was only one thing written on it - the picture of the Star-Picking Sword.

At first glance, the name of this thing sounds like a martial art, but there is a note underneath, and it is actually a stone tablet with sword intent.

It is also specially noted that one can exchange one third-level spiritual herb for a Star-Picking Sword Map.

“How can it be so cheap?”

Xiao Chen was a little surprised, knowing that there were many third-level spiritual herbs circulating in the market.

Who stipulates that we must pick spiritual herbs in the Baicao Secret Realm?

Buy one from outside, go in, walk around, and then come out to exchange it. Is there anyone who can tell the difference?
I even feel that there is no need to add such unnecessary details. As long as the spiritual herb is real, who would be so bored as to study where it grows from?

"My fellow Daoist, that Star-Picking Sword Diagram is nothing more than a mass-produced vulgar item."

Suddenly, a beautiful female voice sounded. Xiao Chen turned around and saw that the speaker was a female cultivator wearing a wide-sleeved fairy dress and a layer of white hibiscus gauze.

She smiled and said, "I'm so moved at the moment, please forgive me for saying a few more words."

"One of my senior brothers went to Zhanlong Sea for a tour and bought a Star-Picking Sword map out of curiosity."

"Only when I came back did I realize that although there was sword spirit on it, it was in a messy state. It was clearly accumulated through practicing magic."

"I later found out that the Zhaixing Sword Pavilion requires all disciples to go to the Stone Gorge to practice swordsmanship."

"Over the years, the rock walls on both sides have been imbued with sword spirit."

"If you just take a look at it, it's fine. But if you want to absorb it, you will find that it contains the sword intent left by different cultivators. It is so mixed that it is impossible to refine it."

She just happened to pass by here and heard Xiao Chen muttering to himself that the Star-Picking Sword Map was cheap, so she couldn't help but remind him.

Firstly, it is a kind advice to prevent others from being deceived.

Secondly, he also wanted to ruin the business of Zhaixing Sword Pavilion.

Her senior brother was cheated out of spirit stones for nothing, but the other party was too powerful and she had no way to retaliate, which made her very angry.

Since I happened to meet Xiao Chen today, I might as well give him a few reminders.

Although the other party may not listen to what you say, what if it is useful?
If you can stop one order, it will be stopped.

“There’s actually such a reason.”

Xiao Chen bowed and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Fairy."

The other party bowed in return: "You are welcome, fellow Daoist."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Xiao Chen looked back at the notice. He didn't expect that Zhaixing Sword Pavilion, as a famous sword-fighting sect, would actually do such a thing.

Although this was only the one-sided statement of the female cultivator just now, considering the performance of Gao Changgeng, the chief disciple of Zhaixing Sword Pavilion, it is likely to be credible.

The conduct of ordinary disciples cannot represent the sect.

But the style of the chief disciple will definitely be influenced by the style of the sect, and it is estimated that they will be equally domineering.

Nothing special happened in the next few days.

Xiao Chen flipped through the picture book every day and went shopping, and soon it was November.

According to the time when the secret realm was last opened, November is the opening time of this secret realm.

However, until mid-November, and even after the 15th, there was no sign of the secret realm opening.

A large number of monks were all confused. What was going on?

Baicao City was also a little impatient, so it demolished all the shops built at the entrance of the secret realm, and then set up a large talisman formation to explore the situation in the secret realm.

At present, Xiao Chen has only read "The Basics of Formation" and has not yet learned the advanced formation.

But he saw that the outer talisman array expanded three times in succession, and he estimated that the situation was not optimistic.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, City Lord Huo went to Tianji Pavilion and invited Master Yanxing.

After some inspection, it was found that there was nothing wrong with the secret realm, but the spiritual energy inside was slightly insufficient, so it needed more time to accumulate.

It will open on time at noon on the last day of November.
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"It's better to go early and try to avoid the crowd."

On November 30th, Xiao Chen went out at the hour of Yin in the middle of the night, preparing to wait outside the secret realm in advance.

He has the speed advantage and a rough route map.

As long as you enter the secret realm first, you can rush to the spiritual medicine garden first without being discovered by others.

However, when he arrived outside the secret realm, he saw a huge crowd of people, all of them dignitaries.

At least 60,000 to 70,000 people stayed up late at night to queue up here.

There were also more than a thousand disciples from Baicao City, some of whom were in the early stage of Qi Refining, who were called over and dressed in uniform robes to maintain order.

There was even a strange sight of Qi refining directing foundation building.

Fortunately, no one dared to cause trouble by relying on their cultivation level. All the foundation-building cultivators restrained their tempers and cooperated with the dispatch, dividing into three teams.

This is because the entrance to the secret realm is not actually very wide and can only accommodate three people side by side at a time.

"How long will this take?"

Xiao Chen felt a little numb as he looked at the long queue that stretched at least ten miles away.

Fortunately, he soon discovered that the Jindan cultivators did not have to queue up together and could go directly to the entrance of the secret realm to wait.

Baicao City prepared 260 sets of small tables and stools at the entrance, on which were placed a cup of tea, a plate of seasonal fruits, a plate of various dried fruits, and a plate of silver frost preserves.

There are already dozens of Jindan Zhenren sitting there waiting.

He revealed a slight aura of his cultivation, flew over the crowd and took a seat. Sure enough, no one from Baicao City stopped him.

Xiao Chen casually tasted a piece of silver frost candied fruit. It was crispy, sweet and slightly sour, and tasted very good.

Two hours passed quickly, and it was proven that Baicao City had underestimated the number of people.

Since more than 30 people came from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Thunders Temple respectively, there were actually more than 300 Jindan Zhenren at the scene.

Fortunately, no one cared about the seating issue and waited politely aside.

"Report to the elders, it's safe to enter and exit!"

With the successful round trip of a foundation-building disciple from Baicao City, it was shown that the entrance to the secret realm had become completely stable.

"Fellow practitioners, please come in. May everyone practice harmony and avoid disputes!"

The foreign affairs elder of Baicao City bowed and gave a special instruction.

Since all those present were Jindan Zhenren, although there was no one to command them, they were all relatively restrained. There was no fighting, but they entered in batches consciously.

Xiao Chen stepped through the bright light curtain and entered, and immediately felt the extremely rich spiritual energy.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the Baicao Secret Realm is at least ten times that of the outside world!
No wonder so many low-level cultivators are rushing to come here, especially those from the nearby islands.

Even if you don't get the spiritual herbs in the secret realm, you can still gain a lot of benefits just by practicing here for a month.

Before my eyes was a vast field, with faint traces of ridges visible.

Unfortunately, the weeds are so overgrown that the spiritual herbs inside are almost invisible.

A small river flows by, and there are thousands of first-level spiritual herbs growing scattered along the river bank alone.

However, Xiao Chen did not care about these things. Instead, like the other Jindan Zhenren, he flew into the depths on his sword.

The layout of the entire Baicao Secret Realm is like a giant peach.

The entrance is Taojian. The further you go in, the wider it becomes, and the easier it is to encounter high-level spiritual herbs.

At the beginning, Xiao Chen deliberately controlled his speed and was only slightly ahead of the others.

Because everyone chose different directions, he quickly left the spiritual awareness range of the other Jindan Zhenren.

Then he put all his strength into "Chasing Stars and Catching the Moon" and soon arrived at Wutaoyuan.

Then, following the guidance of the inherited information, turn east, and after encountering a large area of ​​willow trees, continue north and cross two large mountains.

Finally, it landed in a cave at the bottom of the third mountain.

"Is this the spiritual medicine garden?"

Xiao Chen walked in the cave. It seemed to be just a deserted cave. Nothing could be seen except the moss on the wall.

He used his spiritual sense to investigate and found nothing unusual.

After going about ten miles, a wall appeared in front of us, indicating that this was a dead end.

Xiao Chen reached out and pressed it. It felt solid, like a real wall.

Out of curiosity, he took out his flying sword and slashed at the wall. A crack immediately appeared on the wall, and small pieces of stone fell off.

“So real?”

He took out the token he had obtained from the secret room in Huangquan Palace from his storage bag.

As if sensing something, the originally pitch-black token suddenly emitted a bright silver glow.

As the glow lit up, Xiao Chen felt that the wall in front of him seemed a little more illusory.

He reached out again, but passed right through, as if the wall was just an illusion and didn't exist at all.

He took a step forward, and indeed, he successfully passed through the wall and entered the mountain.

After walking about a dozen steps, the area around me was empty and I came to a new tunnel.

The tunnel was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Looking up, you can see an exit a hundred feet ahead, emitting a faint light.

Walking out of the cave, the view suddenly opens up.

Several acres of fertile land are divided into three rows, separated by a canal, through which flows a magical spring that provides water in all directions.

The first row, from east to west, is planted with flowers, herbs, fruit trees, and exotic trees.

The second row, from west to east, is planted with Ganoderma lucidum, vines, ginseng, and velvet silk.

Looking around, all they saw were third-level spiritual medicines.

The layout of the third row was different. The fields were extremely messy, as if they had been destroyed.

There are a few remaining medicinal herbs at the edge, and about eight Bodhi trees are planted in uneven layers in the middle.

Each tree bears purple Bodhi fruits, which are dark purple and light blue, with a natural gradient, slight lines on the surface, and a faint golden glow.

It is the fourth-level spiritual fruit, the purple-gold Bodhi.

"Hiss~, I actually planted a Bodhi tree. I'm rich now!"

Xiao Chen spread out his spiritual sense and immediately pointed out that the tree with the least number of Bodhi fruits had twelve, and the tree with the most had eighteen.

There are exactly one hundred and twenty of them in total!

If this is taken out directly, it might attract Yuanying Zhenjun to snatch it away.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen was the only one in the spiritual medicine garden. If a group of people had come, they would probably be pointing their swords at each other by now.

For any Jindan cultivator, this is enormous wealth.

"Fortunately, I have prepared enough jade boxes, so it should be able to hold it all."

Xiao Chen sighed with relief.

The Bodhi fruit is not very big, only about the size of a walnut, so a jade box can easily hold ten of them.

If you squeeze them a little, you can even fit twelve in it, but that's not necessary. If you break one of them, you'll lose a lot of money.

Taking out the Bailu Fuliu Gloves from the storage ring, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and carefully reached out to pick the purple gold Bodhi fruit in front of him.

He quickly wrapped the bottom with his true essence, poured out a drop of spiritual dew, and carefully smeared it on the surface with his true essence.

Then he continued to mobilize his true energy and waited patiently for the spiritual dew to form a thin protective film on the surface of the spiritual fruit.

Then he took out the sealed jade medicine box and gently put it in.

The reason why it is so complicated is that according to the records in the spiritual herb atlas, this thing is particularly delicate.

If any step goes wrong, the medicinal properties of the Bodhi fruit will be greatly reduced.

For example, if an uninformed monk picks the fruit without wearing gloves, its shelf life will be drastically shortened.

If the spiritual dew is not stored, the medicinal properties will be lost.

(End of this chapter)