Li Yuan walks slowly along the edge of the outside of Ghost Mist Forest.
The appearance of the breath is maintained at the level of Qi Refining, Fourth Layer, and the sense of presence is suppressed to a low level. The straps of the storage bag are deliberately exposed and bulging. From the outside, it looks like a Rogue Cultivator with low cultivation, walking alone, and carrying a lot of things.
Breath Concealment and Keen Perception is running at full capacity, scanning all the auras within a few hundred feet of the surrounding area.
Rogue Cultivator occasionally passes by on the small road outside Ghost Mist Forest. Most of them are not high in cultivation, have neutral aura, and are in a hurry.
Li Yuan walked for about a quarter of an hour, and when he turned around a broken ground Stone Slope, Aura Imprinting suddenly reacted.
A familiar smell.
It is not a specific person, but a kind of aura characteristic - the unique spiritual power fluctuation pattern of monk Li Family. I have been exposed to a large number of the Li Family monks in Qinghe Market, Secret Realm Perimeter and Secret Realm before, and Aura Imprinting has long memorized this characteristic.
Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
It came from the northeast, about two hundred feet away, and was moving quickly.
Not alone.
Behind the breath of the Li Family monk, there are two unfamiliar breaths. They are both at Qi Refining Seventh Layer, and the speed is faster than the one in front, and the distance is shortening rapidly.
Chase.
Li Yuan paused, suppressed his presence to a minimum, and ducked into the bushes on the roadside.
Aura Imprinting continues to track the movement of the three breaths.
Li Family monk ran from the northeast to the southwest, and two pursuers were chasing him from behind. The route of the three men was heading towards the direction of Li Yuan.
About ten breaths later, the bushes in front of me shook violently.
A figure rushed out from the bushes, staggering, his left arm hanging by his side, and dark red blood stains on the cuffs dripping from the elbow.
The monk in his thirties was wearing a gray-blue robe, and the Hidden Pattern belt buckle around his waist was engraved with the Li Family patterns. His face was pale, bloodshot eyes oozed from the corners of his mouth, and his spiritual power was fluctuating disorderly. He was obviously seriously injured.
Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
After running out of the bushes, his steps hesitated, as if he was hesitating which direction to go.
The next moment, two figures sprang out from the bushes behind him.
Two people.
The man in the front was muscular, about forty years old, wearing a dark brown leather armor, and holding a bloody Short Saber in his hand. The tall and thin man in the back, in his early thirties, held a Dark Sphere the size of Spirit Stone in each hand, and his spiritual power was flowing on the surface of the sphere.
The cultivation level of both people is Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
The strong monk's Short Saber was still dripping with blood, and the spiritual power fluctuations remained on the blade. It was the knife that injured the monk Li Family just now.
"Why are you running?" The strong monk's voice was low, filled with uncontrollable anger.
He held Short Saber in front of him and took two steps toward monk Li Family.
"Li Family people all have a straight face. Your boss promised well that he would share the profits equally after the deal was completed. But what happened? He turned around and sold our boss."
He gritted his teeth.
"You betrayed your trust and got our boss killed, and now you're still pretending you don't know anything?"
The monk Li Family took two steps back. His left arm was hanging down and he could not use his strength. His right hand was pressed on Law Artifact at his waist, his face was ashen.
"That's nonsense. If your boss dies, it has nothing to do with us Li Family."
The strong monk sneered.
"Be tough. Okay, it doesn't matter if you are tough, you can't run away today anyway--"
"And you must be taking action because of--"
Li Family While monk was talking, the tall and thin man behind him suddenly moved.
The two Dark Sphere flew out from the hand of the lanky man, one to the left and one to the right, and drew the famous arc around to both sides of the Li Family monk.
Li Family monk's reaction was half a beat too slow. He was talking, his attention was on the strong monk in front of him, and he was not guarding himself behind him.
The two spheres exploded simultaneously.
Dark spiritual power burst out from the inside of the sphere, forming two intersecting arcs of spiritual power, cutting towards the waist of monk Li Family from both sides at the same time.
Li Family monk tried to dodge sideways at the last moment, but the injury to his left arm slowed down his reaction.
Two arcs of light struck his body one after the other.
The first one penetrated through the left rib and came out from the right rib. The second one cut diagonally down from the lower back, leaving a half-foot-long wound on the back.
Li Family monk's body froze.
His mouth was open, and the unfinished words were stuck in his throat. The light in his eyes dimmed sharply, and the fluctuations in spiritual power completely dissipated within a few breaths.
He fell forward and fell to the ground, motionless.
The strong monk took Short Saber back to his waist, squatted down and began to turn over the body.
The tall and thin man walked to the side, picked up the remains of the two spheres and put them away, then straightened up and glanced around.
His gaze stopped.
Between the gaps in the bushes, a figure stood ten feet away.
Li Yuan.
His aura was Qi Refining, Fourth Layer, and his presence was suppressed to a low level. But he was standing too close to the battlefield, and the bushes were not completely shielded, so he was discovered by the tall and thin man.
The tall and thin man narrowed his eyes.
"Someone."
The strong monk raised his head, followed the tall and thin man's gaze, and saw Li Yuan behind the bushes.
Two Qi Refining Seventh Layer and Bandit Cultivator had just finished killing a person, with blood still on their hands, when they turned around and found a witness next to them.
No communication was needed, the two people moved at the same time.
The strong monk pulled out Short Saber and Spiritual Qi Infusion from his waist. A dark cyan light glowed on the blade, and he rushed towards Li Yuan.
The tall and thin man did not rush, but took two steps back, condensing a new Dark Sphere in each hand and outputting it remotely.
Li Yuan The moment the two of them took action, their consciousness suddenly flashed.
Remove Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art.
Take out Blood-Devouring Stone from the storage bag and equip it.
[Equipment successful]
[Get Affix: Blood-Devouring Tempering (green)]
Aura Concealment and Breath Concealment withdraw at the same time.
Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement's cultivation is completely released from the suppressed state.
The spiritual power fluctuations spread out from Li Yuan's body like a wall being pushed down.
The strong monk was rushing within five feet, and when he felt this Spiritual Pressure, his face suddenly changed and his steps suddenly stopped.
Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement.
But he didn't have time to stop. Inertia took him two more steps forward, and Short Saber had already been lifted up.
Li Yuan raised his right hand.
Fireball Technique.
Five feet away, Precision Affix is locked.
Fireball's release speed is a bit faster than the opponent's Short Saber.
The red Fireball hit the strong monk's chest head-on.
Boom.
The scorching air wave exploded at the edge of the thick fog. It did not hit the strong monk head-on.
But the strong monk's body was knocked back and flew backwards. Short Saber let go and fell into the bushes three feet away.
Not dead. The leather armor absorbed part of the impact, and the opponent himself was Qi Refining Seventh Layer, so his physical strength was not low. However, the injury on his chest was not light, and his spiritual power collapsed in the chaos.
Two tall and thin Dark Sphere have already flown over.
One left and one right, draw the famous arc around the two sides of Li Yuan.
It's exactly the same as the way to kill monk Li Family just now.
Li Yuan did not hide.
Raise your left hand, Fire Arrow Technique.
A Fire Arrow shot out and Precision hit the sphere on the left.
The sphere exploded in the air, dark spiritual energy scattered in all directions, and the arc of light collapsed without forming.
The arc of light from the sphere on the right cut across.
Li Yuan took a step sideways, and the arc of light grazed the outside of his right arm. The light film of Golden Armor Body Protection flashed at the wiped location. Scale Armor Protection and Spirit Membrane Protection operated at the same time, and the arc of light did not break the defense.
The next moment, Fireball on Li Yuan's right hand has taken shape.
The target is not a tall and thin man, but a muscular monk in the bushes.
The strong monk was struggling to stand up. The wound on his chest was still bleeding, and his spiritual power was severely disordered.
Fireball smashed it down.
Boom.
The strong monk's struggle stopped and his aura completely dissipated.
Blood-Devouring Tempering's Affix produced feedback at the moment of killing.
A subtle force came from the direction of the corpse and penetrated into Li Yuan's body.
When the tall and thin man saw his companion being killed, his pupils shrank suddenly.
He didn't choose to continue fighting and turned around and ran away.
He moved very quickly, tiptoeing towards the bushes to the north.
Li Yuan did not pursue.
Fireball Technique.
Fireball chased after him. Precision Affix corrected his trajectory. Fireball passed through a distance of more than ten feet and hit the tall and thin man's back.
Boom.
The tall and thin body fell forward, rolled around on the ground, and lay down in a pile of rotten leaves.
Still moving.
Li Yuan raised his hand, Fire Arrow Technique.
Two Fire Arrow haircuts, one nailed to the lower back and one passed through the back of the neck.
The movement stopped. The breath dissipated.
Blood-Devouring Tempering and Affix produced feedback again. Another subtle force came and blended into the depths of the Dantian.
Panel popped out.
[Blood-Devouring Tempering (green) permanent conditions have been met]
[Is it permanent?]
Blood-Devouring Stone requires monks of the same level. Strictly speaking, Qi Refining Early Stage and Qi Refining Late Stage are considered the same monks as First-Order, just like the division of Demon Beast. These two monks meet the requirements.
Li Yuan's consciousness moved and he chose yes.
[Permanent success]
[Blood-Devouring Tempering (green) has become Permanent Affix]
[Equipment has been consumed]
Blood-Devouring Stone turned into a dark red light in the palm of the hand, sinking deep into the Dantian.
Changes cannot be felt immediately. The effect of Blood-Devouring Tempering is to increase the probability of breakthrough. This effect needs to be reflected when the bottleneck is actually hit.
But there is indeed an extremely subtle layer of power deep in the Dantian, like a layer of lubricant applied to the Dantian wall, which reduces resistance for future breakthroughs.
Then he walked to the center of the battlefield and started turning over the corpses.
There are a lot of things in the storage bag of the strong monk. There are dozens of pieces of Spirit Stone, a few bottles of Medicinal Pill, the handle Short Saber is not bad in workmanship, but there is no Affix.
There are three Dark Sphere spare parts in the tall and thin man's storage bag, as well as dozens of Spirit Stone pieces and some scattered sundries.
Li Family There weren't many things in the monk's storage bag, but Li Yuan's fingers touched something at the bottom of the bag.
A porcelain vase.
The porcelain bottle is not big, about the thickness of a thumb. The mouth of the bottle is tightly sealed with wax, and there is a small label affixed to the body of the bottle.
There are two words written on the label: Purple Mansion.
Li Yuan took out the porcelain bottle, pulled off the wax seal, and got closer and smelled it.
A clear medicinal fragrance emanated from the mouth of the bottle, along with a trace of extremely pure spiritual power. The color of the liquid was deep purple, and when it shook slightly in the bottle, it glowed with a fine layer of silver light.
Purple Mansion Profound Liquid.
Extremely high purity.
Then the three main materials of Origin Breaking Pill are missing one.
Li Yuan took away all Spirit Stone and Medicinal Pill in the three-person storage bag, leaving the rest in place.
He stood up and glanced around.
Thick fog flows slowly around, and there is no other smell within Spirit Sense Amplification's perception range.
Li Yuan Turn around and walk along the path toward the official road.
Godly Movement Step activated, speeded up, and quickly left the battlefield area.
On the way back to Yunyang Marketplace, Li Yuan went through today's gains in his mind.
Golden Armor Body Protection is made permanent. Blood-Devouring Tempering is made permanent.
The effect of Blood-Devouring Tempering is that killing monks increases the probability of breakthrough. The higher the strength of the kill, the stronger the effect, up to 50%.
There is no specific number on Panel about how much the number and quality of accumulated kills can increase the probability of breakthrough. But it is better than nothing.
The preparation work for Foundation Establishment is progressing step by step.
Origin Breaking Pill's materials are still short of two main materials. Blood-Devouring Tempering's breakthrough bonus has been obtained. The cultivation level is Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement, which is still some distance away from Qi Refining Great Perfection, but it won't take long at the current cultivation speed.
Li Yuan hurried along the official road and returned to Yunyang Marketplace before nightfall.