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Li Yuan stayed deep inside Ghost Mist Forest for most of the day.
After another round of digestion, Li Yuan got up and walked deeper into the forest.
Ghost Mist is getting thicker and thicker.
It is impossible to see anything beyond five feet, and Spirit Sense Amplification's perception range has been compressed to about thirty feet. Breath Concealment and Keen Perception's perception of malice has also become much slower, as if it is listening to sounds through several layers of cloth.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, several vague figures appeared in the fog ahead.
three people.
Li Yuan paused, minimizing his presence.
The three figures moved slowly in the fog, as if they were searching for something. The distance between them was wide, seven or eight feet apart, and spread out in a fan shape.
The cultivation level is from Qi Refining Fifth Layer to Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
Li Yuan did not avoid it and continued to walk forward in the original direction. It is normal to meet other monks in Ghost Mist Forest. This forest is not particularly dangerous. There are many Rogue Cultivator who come in to collect Fiend Qi, hunt Yin Ghost or collect Spirit Herb.
When they reached a distance of about thirty feet, the monk walking at the front discovered Li Yuan.
A young man in his twenties, with a dark complexion and a lean build, was wearing a gray-green short shirt with a Short Sword hanging around his waist.
He stopped, glanced in the direction of Li Yuan, then raised his hand, beckoning the two people behind him to come closer.
The three people gathered together and walked towards Li Yuan.
"Fellow Daoist, are you here to collect Fiend Qi too?" the dark-faced young man said, with a casual tone and a smile on his face.
"Yeah." Li Yuan nodded and didn't stop.
The young man with a black face followed up and walked two steps side by side with Li Yuan.
"The same goes for the three of us. The concentration of Fiend Qi in the depths of this forest is much higher than in the outer areas, but the fog is too thick and it's easy to get lost. Fellow Daoist, aren't you afraid of getting lost alone?"
Li Yuan didn't answer the call.
The dark-faced young man's companion also followed. One was in his thirties, with a kind-hearted face and a slow walk.
The other one is younger, in his early twenties, with quick eyes, and has been looking at Li Yuan's storage bag.
Three people semi-surrounded Li Yuan, one on the left, one on the right, and one behind, within five or six feet of each other.
The aura of Li Yuan is suppressed at the level of Fifth or Sixth Layer of Qi Refinement.
From the perspective of these three people, in front of them was a Rogue Cultivator who was similar to them in cultivation. He was alone, deep into Ghost Mist Forest, and his storage bag was bulging with things.
The black-faced young man's right hand suddenly pulled out Short Sword from his waist. The spiritual energy on the sword surged, and a gray-white Sword Qi struck at Li Yuan's lower back.
At the same time, the palm of the kind-hearted monk on the left lit up with spiritual light, and a Earth Element spell hit Li Yuan's feet.
The young Rogue Cultivator behind him also moved, and a Spirit Needle shot out from his fingertips and went straight to the back of Li Yuan's head.
The three of them took action at the same time and cooperated tacitly without any hesitation.
In the depths of Ghost Mist Forest, there are no Patrol Inspector or Yuanyang Sect rules. Killing people and seizing treasures is not a rare thing here.
Li Yuan shook his head and moved the moment the black-faced young man drew his sword.
Not to dodge, not to fight back.
As soon as he realized it, he removed the Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art.
Equipment Blood-Devouring Stone.
[Equipment successful]
[Get Affix: Blood-Devouring Tempering (green)]
Then Li Yuan moved.
The body moved a step to the right, avoiding the Spirit Needle shot from behind.
Spirit Needle passed by the left ear and disappeared into the thick fog ahead.
The Earth Element spell under his feet hit the spot where he was standing just now, and the soil surged, but no one was touched.
The black-faced young man's Sword Qi was empty.
Li Yuan raised his right hand, Fireball Technique.
Three feet away, Precision Affix is locked.
Fireball hit the black-faced young man's chest head-on.
Boom.
The scorching air waves exploded in the thick fog, dispersing a large area of surrounding fog. The body of the black-faced young man flew backwards, a big hole opened in the gray-green short shirt on his chest, and his skin and flesh were scorched black.
He bumped into a dead tree, slipped to the ground, struggled twice, and stopped moving.
The face of the honest monk on the left changed drastically, and before the spiritual light in his palm came back, Li Yuan's Fire Arrow had arrived.
Fire Arrow passed through his right shoulder, flew out from behind, and was nailed to the tree trunk behind him.
Brother Dunhou grunted, dropped his right arm, turned around and wanted to run away.
The second Fire Arrow caught up with his back.
He threw himself down in the pile of rotten leaves, struggled a few times, and his breath weakened sharply.
The young man at the back, Rogue Cultivator, reacted the fastest. When he saw the two companions in front of him falling down instantly, he turned around and ran away.
Li Yuan did not pursue.
Fireball Technique.
Fireball passed through the thick fog, Precision Affix corrected its trajectory and hit the young Rogue Cultivator's lower back.
Boom.
Young Rogue Cultivator's body fell forward, rolled twice on the ground, and lay motionless in a pile of rotten leaves.
Less than ten breaths before and after.
All three people fell.
Li Yuan stood in place and returned his breath to normal.
Blood-Devouring Tempering's Affix produced feedback at the moment of killing.
A very subtle force came from the direction of the three corpses, penetrated into Li Yuan's body, and blended into the depths of his Dantian.
It feels very faint, but it is there.
There were not many things in the black-faced young man's storage bag. A few pieces of Spirit Stone, a bottle of Fiend Breaking Pill, half a bottle of Spirit Ink, and a spare Short Sword.
Brother Dunhou's storage bag contains more. About ten pieces of Spirit Stone, two bottles of Medicinal Pill, and a cloth bag.
The cloth bag was opened and contained a large amount of ore.
There are gray-black ores of different sizes, piled up in a full bag. Some are as big as a fist, and some are only as big as an egg. The surface is rough, with fresh traces of excavation.
There is also a set of mining tools next to it. Iron picks, iron chisels, and small hammers are rough in workmanship but strong and durable.
These three people not only came to mine Fiend Qi, but also mined in Ghost Mist Forest.
There is also ore in the storage bag of young Rogue Cultivator, the amount is smaller, but it still bears fresh traces of excavation.
Li Yuan took away all Spirit Stone and Medicinal Pill in the storage bags of the three people, and the ores were also gathered together.
The total amount of ore is quite a lot, about thirty to forty kilograms. Li Yuan is not very familiar with the type of this ore, but judging from the weight and texture, the grade should not be low.
He squatted on the ground and looked through the ores one by one, placing his fingers on them one by one.
Most didn't respond.
When I turned to the tenth block, my fingertips touched a piece of ore that was smaller than the others and darker in color, and Panel popped out.
[Equipable item detected: Yin Stone (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Yin Qi Amplification (white)--When practicing Yin attribute Cultivation Method, the cultivation speed increases by 30%]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Cultivate a Yang attribute Cultivation Method, and reach the Perfection realm (0/1)]
[The current Equipment Slot is full (5/5), do you want to replace the current equipment?]
White Trait. The cultivation speed of Yin attribute Cultivation Method is increased by 30%.
The permanent condition is that the Yang attribute Cultivation Method reaches Perfection, which is a strange permanent condition.
Li Yuan currently does not have the yin attribute Cultivation Method, nor does the yang attribute Cultivation Method practice to Perfection.
This Yin Stone is temporarily unavailable.
Li Yuan put Yin Stone away separately, and the other ores without Affix were also put into the storage bag. After returning, you can sell them in the market, and you can exchange them for some Spirit Stone.
After searching all the belongings of the three people, Li Yuan stood up.
Just as he was about to leave, he spotted three corpses on the ground out of the corner of his eye.
No.
Li Yuan's footsteps stopped.
There are changes in the body of the young man with black face.
When he was beaten to death by Fireball just now, a big hole exploded in his chest, and his skin and flesh were charred black, but other parts of his body were still intact.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the body has already begun to shrivel up.
This is not normal dehydration and dryness.
It is an unnatural and extremely rapid atrophy. The skin clings to the bones, the muscles seem to have been drained of moisture and essence from the inside by something, the facial features are collapsed, and the eye sockets are deeply sunken.
The other two corpses were also undergoing the same changes.
Very fast.
Li Yuan squatted down, stretched out his hand and pressed on the body of the black-faced young man.
The skin was dry and rough, like old leather that had been tanned for several months. Most of the muscles had shrunk, and the outlines of the bones were clearly visible.
Not just the physical body.
The soul is also disappearing.
Under normal circumstances, after a monk dies, the soul will remain in the body for a period of time before slowly dissipating. For Mid Qi Refinement monks, the soul can remain for at least one or two days.
But the remnants of the souls of these three people can no longer be felt.
Less than a quarter of an hour after his death, his soul was gone.
Li Yuan stood up and looked around.
A gray-white thick fog slowly flowed around, and nothing could be seen.
The sensing range of Spirit Sense Amplification was only about thirty feet under the interference of Ghost Mist, and there was no abnormal aura fluctuation within the range.
But the changes in the corpse were abnormal.
Ghost Mist Forest itself is weird. This forest is filled with thick fog all year round and Fiend Qi and Yin Ghost are wandering in it. There may be something unknown underground that is affecting the entire area.
The corpse shriveled up quickly and the soul quickly dissipated, as if it had been sucked away by something.
Ghost Mist itself? Or some kind of existence deep in Ghost Mist Forest?
After walking a few steps, he looked back at the three corpses.
In just a few steps, the degree of dryness deepened. The face had completely collapsed, and the original appearance was no longer visible. The clothes hung loosely on the frame, like a pair of dry logs.
Li Yuan withdrew his gaze and quickened his pace toward the fog wall.
Ghost Mist Forest is indeed weird.
If you come again in the future, be more careful.