After returning from Yunyang Marketplace, Li Yuan paid more attention to the flow of people in the city.
The frequency of daily inspections was changed from once every two days to once a day.
Demonic Origin Avatar's passive perception operates automatically within a range of thirty feet, and any fluctuations in demonic energy will be captured. Li Yuan walks along the main street and square of Fangshi every day to cover as many areas as possible.
On the third day, there was a harvest.
In front of a stall on the east side of the square, a man wearing a gray-brown short shirt was looking through a pile of ore scraps.
Qi Refining Late Stage's cultivation level and ordinary face look no different from other mining Rogue Cultivator.
But there was still a faint trace of demonic energy deep in his body.
The concentration is even lower than that of the previous self-destructed Traveling Merchant, and is almost negligible. If Demonic Origin Avatar's passive perception was not specifically aimed at demonic energy, this level of residue would not be detectable at all.
Li Yuan didn't stop, walked past him, and continued walking forward.
Two more were found in the next two days.
Three people, scattered in different areas of Fang City, with different identities on the surface. One is a mining Rogue Cultivator, one is a passing monk, and one is a Traveling Merchant. Their behavior is normal and unobtrusive, no different from ordinary Rogue Cultivator.
Li Yuan began to secretly monitor their movements.
The next evening, Li Yuan noticed something else.
When the mining Rogue Cultivator was chatting with several mining Rogue Cultivator in the square, the topic turned to Fiend Ore.
"I heard that there is a Fiend Ore Mineral Vein Dao in the south of Fang City? How good is it? Can it be dug?"
Rogue Cultivator next to him waved his hand. "That Mineral Vein Dao belongs to Li Market Master. Don't let outsiders dig it up."
"Not allowed to dig? Does the entire Mineral Vein Dao belong to him?"
"Yuanyang Sect was assigned to him, and we don't know exactly what happened. Anyway, Fiend Qi over there is heavy, and even ordinary people can't get in."
Mining Rogue Cultivator nodded and did not ask any further questions. The topic turned to other things.
Li Yuan stood at the door of a shop thirty feet away and heard this conversation clearly.
Ask for information about Fiend Ore area.
Fiend Ore is the location of Fiend Vein that I equipped. Is the other party asking about this place out of pure curiosity, or does it have other purposes?
Dark Abyss Society is looking for the Treasury. Fiend Ore area and Demon Sect Treasury of the Demon Sect Is there any geographical connection between them? The Ghost Mist Forest depth itself is the area where Demon Sect has been active. Is the source of Fiend Qi related to the Demon Sect?
Not sure, but you have to be alert.
That night, Li Yuan passed detailed information to Chen Yi through Dharma Protector Token.
The appearance characteristics, apparent identities, and activity trajectories of the three people, as well as the mining Rogue Cultivator's inquiries about Fiend Ore, were all reported truthfully.
The reply from Chen Yi arrived half an hour later.
"Let's not alert the enemy yet. The Traveling Merchant that self-destructed last time did not leave any information. This time we will find more clues."
"I have a set of Demon-Probing Array and Array here. Sensing nodes can be deployed at key entrances and exits of the city to expand monitoring coverage. However, it cannot be deployed with great fanfare, as it will alert others."
"Array I will send the materials and inheritance Jade Slip as soon as possible, and you can set up the formation yourself. Doing it alone will cause less noise than sending someone to do it."
"By the way, the sect will probably hold a Auction in the future, so remember to be prepared."
Two days later, Chen Yi sent someone to deliver Array materials and inheritance Jade Slip to Wulin Marketplace.
Demon-Probing Array.
A Array and Spirit Pattern that specialize in sensing demonic energy. The structure is not complicated, but it has special requirements for the Array Eye material. The Array Eye sent by Chen Yi is a high-quality Spirit-Purifying Stone with pure material and stable spiritual power fluctuations.
Li Yuan spent one night studying the inheritance Jade Slip and digesting and assimilating the layout method of Array.
In the early morning of the next day, when the flow of people in Fang City was at its lowest, Li Yuan deployed a Demon-Probing Array sensing node at each of the four entrances and exits of Fang City.
Array Base Stone is buried below the ground, and Conductive Spirit Sand is hidden in the stone cracks in the road, completely invisible from the outside. The four nodes are connected through the linkage Spirit Sand and Array Eye, and Array Eye is located in the foundation of Management Office Stone Tower.
Finally, insert Array Eye and Spirit-Purifying Stone into position, pour spiritual power into them and activate them.
The moment Array started up, Li Yuan's fingers rested on Array Eye.
Panel popped out.
[Equipable item detected: Demon-Probing Stone (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Demon-Sense Amplification (white)--the range of perception of demonic energy is increased by 30%]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Absorbing demonic energy (met)]
[Equip or not?]
White Trait. Demon-Sense Amplification.
The range of perception of demonic energy is increased by 30%. The permanent condition is to absorb the demonic energy.
Absorb demonic energy in your body for a long time and practice Demonic Origin Technique, and the conditions are met on the spot.
[Demon-Sense Amplification (white) has become Permanent Affix]
Array Eye and Spirit-Purifying Stone turned into white light and disappeared into the body.
Demonic Origin Avatar's passive magic energy sensing range has been expanded from thirty feet to nearly forty feet. Superimposed on the coverage of Demon-Probing Array itself, the magic energy monitoring network at the four entrances and exits of Fang City has been completed.
Li Yuan stood up from the Management Office foundation, took out a spare Spirit-Purifying Stone to replace the consumed Array Eye, and reactivated Array.
Demon-Probing Array resumes operation.
In the days that followed, cultivation and monitoring went hand in hand.
Thick Earth True Art continues to advance on the basis of Major Accomplishment.
One early morning, when the last week of running Thick Earth True Art was completed, the spiritual power formed a complete self-circulation in the meridians of the bone and muscle layers. No active guidance was needed, the spiritual power flowed along a fixed path on its own, and continuously resonated with the earth element in the skeletal muscles.
Panel prompt pops up.
[Cultivation Method: Thick Earth True Art--Perfection(0/0)]
Earth Element Cultivation Method Perfection.
Immediately afterwards, Panel popped up the second prompt.
[Technique Advancement (green) permanent conditions have been met]
[Newly practice Body Tempering/Practice Cultivation Method to Perfection(1/1)]
[Is it permanent?]
Yes.
[Technique Advancement (green) has become Permanent Affix]
The speed increase of all Cultivation Method Proficiency is increased by 30%. This bonus is superimposed with other training-type Affix, and the advancement speed of all subsequent Cultivation Method will be further accelerated.
Red Fire Art's training is based on the doubled acceleration of Flame Essence Refinement, and has an additional 30% bonus of Technique Advancement.
Li Yuan switched to Red Fire Art to start practicing.
The permanent condition of Spirit Platform Stability is to practice two Cultivation Method with different attributes and reach Perfection.
Thick Earth True Art is Earth Element, which counts as one. Another door, Cultivation Method, with different attributes is needed to reach Perfection. Spirit Guiding Art and Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art are both Cultivation Method without attributes, which does not meet the requirements of different attributes.
Only by cultivating Red Fire Art to Perfection can it be made permanent.
The doubling effect of Flame Essence Refinement is extremely significant. The Proficiency degree growth rate of Fire Element Cultivation Method is twice that of other Cultivation Method. Then add Technique Advancement 30%, Pure Spirit Power 50%, Cultivation Acceleration, Circulation Acceleration and other multiple bonuses, Red Fire Art's advancement speed is very fast.
Entry Level to Proficiency, two days. Proficiency to Mastery, four days.
[Cultivation Method: Red Fire Art--Mastery(0/800)]
Gold-Iron Body Refining Art is also advancing simultaneously.
Fiend Origin Unification's Fiend Qi Body Tempering, Bone Marrow Tempering's drug promotion, Spirit-Blood Dual Cultivation's synchronous operation, and multiple blessings pushed Gold-Iron Body Refining Art from Mastery to Minor Accomplishment.
[Cultivation Method: Gold-Iron Body Refining Art--Minor Accomplishment(0/1200)]
Li Yuan will finish the practice by crossing one's legs and adjusting the breath.