Return to the Talisman Hall stone house and Li Yuan close the door.
Take out the Jade Elephant Technique booklet from the storage bag and place it on the table.
The cowhide cover is slightly curled, and the pages are yellowed. It can be seen that it has been left in the stall for many days.
Li Yuan reached out and pressed the cover.
Panel popped out.
[Equipable item detected: Jade Elephant Technique (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Jade Elephant Bearing (gray)]
[Effect: The upper limit of body carrying capacity is increased by 30%]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Physical strength is comparable to First-Order Mid-Grade Demon Beast]
Gray Trait, the effect is simple and direct.
It is estimated that the conditions for permanentization have also been met.
Fiend Qi Body Tempering, Iron Membrane Protection, Scale Armor Protection, Viscera Strengthening, coupled with Iron Wall Body Refining Art's training and long-term consumption of Monster Meat's transformation of the muscles and bones, Li Yuan's current physical strength is far beyond the level of First-Order Mid-Grade Demon Beast.
Li Yuan equips it, and Panel pops up the next one.
[Jade Elephant Bearing (gray) permanent conditions have been met]
[Is it permanent?]
Yes.
[Permanent success]
[Jade Elephant Bearing (grey) has become Permanent Affix]
[Equipment has been consumed]
The changes are not as obvious as Body-Refining Trait.
It's more like a certain restriction inside the body has been quietly loosened, and the carrying capacity of the bones, muscles, and meridians has been widened at the same time.
But because there is currently no load approaching the upper limit, no specific difference can be felt.
Only when the spiritual power is fully activated, Qi and Blood is operating at full strength, or when it withstands multiple impacts at the same time, will the 30% carrying margin be truly reflected.
Li Yuan cleared the table and left the stone house.
I went to the grocery store in Fangshi.
The refining method of Qi Replenishment Pill was purchased from Yunyang Marketplace before, and the material list has long been memorized in my mind.
Green Spirit Herb, Astragalus Root, Atractylodes Slice, Poria Powder, plus a blind primer liquid. They are all the most basic Low-grade First-Order Spirit Herb, which can be bought everywhere in the market.
After gathering several materials, it cost less than ten yuan Spirit Stone.
Li Yuan put the materials into the storage bag and returned it to the Talisman Hall.
As soon as I reached the gate of the Talisman Hall's yard, a man came out of Steward's house, and I happened to meet him face to face.
"Li Yuan, was looking for you."
Steward stood at the door, holding a document in his hand.
"Come in."
Li Yuan followed him into the house.
Steward put the document on the table and pushed it over.
"New mission. You and Old Sun are going to a store outside the Lingxu Secret Realm."
Li Yuan glanced at Steward.
Lingxu Secret Realm. Yunyang Marketplace The Nascent Soul two hundred miles north Ruins.
"Secret Realm Perimeter?"
"Yes." Steward sat down on the chair and crossed his hands on the table.
"There is a settlement outside the entrance of the Secret Realm. Rogue Cultivator supplies supplies there before entering Secret Realm, and trades there after coming out. It is not large in scale and can be considered a small market."
He paused.
"That place is under the control of the Yuanyang Sect. It is forbidden to do anything within thirty miles of the perimeter. It is the same as Yunyang Marketplace's rules. Yuanyang Sect specially designated this area to prevent anyone from outside the entrance. Block people. If Rogue Cultivator is intercepted and robbed as soon as Secret Realm comes out, who will dare to go in in the future? Secret Realm No one will go, Yuanyang Sect who will collect the ticket money?"
Li Yuan nodded.
Steward continues.
"There's something missing over there." Steward pushed the paperwork over.
"People who enter Secret Realm Rogue Cultivator are dying every day, and most of those who come out alive are injured. Fireball Talisman, Vajra Talisman, Rejuvenation Talisman and Blood-Replenishing Talisman are sold in batches. Medicinal Pill is more in demand, and Qi Replenishment Pill and Origin Recovery Pill are often out of stock."
He paused.
"The previous Talisman was transported from Fangshi. It took more than a day to travel, and you might encounter Demon Beast in the process. The cost was too high. You can make it and sell it now."
"You go over there and take charge of Talisman Making, Old Sun takes charge of Alchemy. There is a store manager guarding the store over there."
Steward's tone was calm, as if he was explaining a daily task.
"One more thing."
Steward's voice was lowered.
"The Bandit Cultivator leader who robbed Herb Garden before, Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement, has never been caught. Recently there is news that this person went in the direction of the Lingxu Secret Realm."
He looked at Li Yuan.
"Pay attention when you get there. You don't need to take action, just remember the suspicious people when you see them. Uncle Qu will handle it."
Li Yuan picked up the document and read it over. The task content, time schedule, and store location were all clearly written.
"When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning, Uncle Qu came back from there a few days ago, and will make another trip tomorrow to take you there."
Li Yuan put away the documents and left Steward's house.
Return to the stone house, place the Talisman Making materials and Alchemy materials separately, and put the things you need to take away into storage bags.
At dawn the next day, Li Yuan arrived at the door of the Talisman Hall.
Old Sun was already there, and next to him stood Uncle Qu, who still had the same serious look, with a half-old iron sheath long knife on his waist.
The three of them went straight on the road without saying anything else.
Go north from the Talisman Hall, first return to the vicinity of Yunyang Marketplace, and then turn to the mountain road to the north.
The mountain road is not difficult to walk, but the spiritual energy becomes thinner as you go north, and the vegetation on both sides gradually changes from mixed woods to shrubs and gravel slopes. Occasionally, you can see scattered monks walking from the opposite side, most of them are casual cultivators coming from the direction of the secret realm. They look tired and have more or less injuries on their bodies.
Walked for most of the day.
In the evening, the terrain ahead suddenly opened up.
A gentle slope spreads out from between two low mountains. Dozens of wooden sheds and stone houses are scattered on the gentle slope. There are no walls or city gates. There are only two engraved stone pillars standing at the entrance, with the words Lingxu Outskirts and No Fighting written on them, and the signature is Yuanyang Sect.
Behind the stone pillar is a trodden dirt road. There are more than a dozen stalls on both sides of the dirt road. The items sold are mainly consumables. Talisman, Medicinal Pill, dry food, simple Law Artifact, bandages and ointments. There are not many types, but there are people buying everything.
Further inside is the residential area. Several rows of stone houses and wooden sheds are scattered on the gentle slope. Some doorways have cloth banners hanging with words such as "Acquisition of Spirit Herb" and "Sale of Monster Material".
There are not many people, but there are quite a few. Visually, there are hundreds of monks operating in this area, with cultivation levels ranging from Qi Refining Early Stage to Qi Refining Late Stage.
Uncle Qu stopped at the entrance.
"The store is in the third row on the east side. There is a sign Wang Family on the door. You go over and settle down first while I go do some errands."
Then Uncle Qu took out some folded papers from his arms and handed them to Li Yuan and Old Sun.
"This is the portrait of the Bandit Cultivator leader."
Li Yuan took it and unfolded it and took a look. It was not one picture, but five. The faces painted on each picture were different, some were old, some were young, some were fat, some were thin.
"This person can disguise himself, at least he has used these appearances."
Uncle Qu's tone was flat.
"Pay attention when you are working in the store. If you see something that suits you, remember it. Don't alert others."
Li Yuan Fold the paper and put it into the storage bag.
Uncle Qu didn't say much, turned around and walked towards the west of the gentle slope.
Li Yuan and Old Sun walk east along the dirt road.
When we reached the second row of stone houses, two Rogue Cultivator were squatting next to a stone talking on the roadside.
"...Spirit Origin Fruit, have you heard about it?"
A short and fat Rogue Cultivator lowered his voice and gestured towards his companions.
"It's not inside the Secret Realm, it's outside the Secret Realm. In the mountains to the north, someone said that the aura of Spirit Origin Fruit was found in a Valley."
The companion sneered.
"Spirit Origin Fruit? That thing is the main ingredient of Foundation Establishment pill. If it really existed, it would have been taken away by the people from the big sect, and it will be our turn?"
"That's not what you said." Chubby Rogue Cultivator waved his hand.
"There are many Demon Beasts in that mountain range, and there are several Second-Orders. Most people don't dare to go deep. And no one can tell where Spirit Origin Fruit grows, and it's impossible for people from large sects to search all over the mountains and plains. What if someone is really lucky to run into Rogue Cultivator?"
The companion did not retort, but the expression on his face was clearly unbelieving.
The voices of the two Rogue Cultivator gradually became distant.
Li Yuan walked past them without stopping.
Spirit Origin Fruit. Secret Realm In the mountains outside.
Steward said that the leader of Bandit Cultivator might be looking for Spirit Origin Fruit. Rogue Cultivator here is also spreading news about Spirit Origin Fruit.