Li Tui sat in the mountain cave for another three days.
For the first two days, he focused on stabilizing the Yin Baleful Qi Refinement Method. Spiritual energy flowed ever more smoothly along the new route, and by now, the Azurewood spiritual energy in his dantian had been completely converted into solidified Yin Baleful spiritual energy.
As dawn arrived on the third day, Li Tui opened his eyes.
His injuries had healed, and his cultivation method was stable. It was time to test his earlier idea.
Using his body as the catalyst, he would refine Yin Baleful Stones.
As Li Tui closed his eyes again, his spiritual sense sank into his dantian. Rather than seek out Baleful Eye terrain as the fragmentary scroll recorded, he directly circulated the cultivation method and actively drew in the thin Killing Intent from the surrounding valley.
One wisp, two wisps, three wisps...
The Killing Intent entered his body and gathered in one corner of his dantian along the special route of the Yin Baleful Qi Refinement Method. Li Tui used his spiritual sense as a cage, penning it all in one place so the gathered Killing Intent would not disperse.
Gradually, the Killing Intent in that corner grew denser and denser, forming a dark mist the size of a fist.
The compression began.
His spiritual sense wrapped around the mist like an invisible hand, slowly squeezing inward. The mist spun faster and faster, its volume steadily shrinking. Cold sweat beaded on Li Tui's forehead; the compression consumed far more mental energy than he had expected.
Egg-sized, walnut-sized, date-pit-sized...
The mist grew increasingly solid, its color deepening by the moment. By the time it reached the size of a grain of rice, Li Tui's face had gone pale, and nearly half his spiritual sense had