Yuanyang Sect The results of the interrogation came faster than Li Yuan expected.
At noon the next day, Chen Yi arrived at Wulin Marketplace.
The two were still meeting on the second floor of Management Office. There was nothing else on the table except the copy of Fragmented Map that was handed over from Devil Cultivator, and next to it was a record Jade Slip.
Chen Yi didn't go around in circles after entering the door, and said directly, "I asked."
"What they are staring at is not just ordinary Fiend Ore."
Chen Yi pointed to the area on Fragmented Map, "To be precise, Fiend Ore is just one of the entrance clues. What they are more concerned about is what underground structure may be connected to Fiend Ore."
Li Yuan's eyes fell on Fragmented Map.
The picture is incomplete and many lines are broken, but there are indeed a few unnatural connecting lines between the predetermined directions of Fiend Ore, Ruins, and Outpost.
Chen Yi continued, "The content in Jade Slip is incomplete, and I can only make out a rough outline. Dark Abyss Society is looking for some old structure buried underground, which may be a passage or a sealed area. They asked about Fiend Ore, not for mining, but to use Fiend Ore to find something."
Li Yuan nodded and wrote these words down.
This makes sense.
The Fiend Ore in the south of Fang City is of average quality and would be looked down upon by normal monks, but the Dark Abyss Society keeps sending people to find its way, obviously not for the ore.
Chen Yi glanced at him and said, "If you want to continue raising your Fiend Vein, you'd better do it as soon as possible."
"The sect has sorted out several old inheritances, and there are Array specifically for Cultivation Method Fiend Ore Mineral Vein Dao. The things are not precious, but they are rarely used. If you want to change them, I can fold the Contribution Point in for you."
"Change."
Li Yuan answered quickly.
Fiend Vein The second condition for permanentization has always been there. Now that the sect has a way, there is no need to delay.
Chen Yi nodded and took out the prepared Jade Slip and a roll of handwritten copy Atlas.
After handing the things to Li Yuan, he left Fangshi. Most of his energy is still on the line of examining Dark Abyss Society, and he cannot stay here forever.
Li Yuan After getting the inheritance, he did not go into the mine immediately. Instead, he looked at the whole set in the stone house first.
There is a Array named Fiend Cultivation Array.
The content is not complicated, the real trouble is to implement it.
The key to Fiend Cultivation Array is to place it one by one on the key nodes of Mineral Vein Dao, and use Array Eye Stone to connect the original Fiend Qi flow of the entire Mineral Vein Dao, making the scattered Fiend Qi more concentrated, Backflow more stable, and slowly feeding back the ore itself.
To put it bluntly, it is not to force the river to emerge, but to slowly build a river that was originally a turbulent river into a living water with embankments and canals.
Li Yuan After memorizing several node maps, he went to mine early the next morning.
Mine Tunnel is still the same, the deeper you go, the thicker the Fiend Qi is. But now with Fiend Vein Special Equipment, these Fiend Qi are no longer just fog in his perception, but clear flowing directions.
Which section of the Backflow is fast, which node is heavily accumulated, and where it is prone to leakage can be seen at a glance.
Li Yuan The first thing to go to was the intersection of branches on the left side of the main road. When we got there, we took out the materials one by one.
Array Disk is not needed, what you really need is three pieces of Fiend-Guiding Stone, one ball of Seal Pattern Sand, and one specially polished Array Eye Stone.
Li Yuan squat down and place the points in the order recorded in Jade Slip.
Array is not big, but very thin.
While Li Yuan was laying, it constantly checked the true flow direction in Mineral Vein Dao to correct the position. Twice, just after the point was dropped, it was found that the angle of Fiend Qi Backflow was wrong, so we could only start the stone again and press again.
When he reached the third node, the experiences about First-Order Array Dao in his mind suddenly seemed to be completely straightened out.
In the past, when learning formations, I mostly relied on memorizing Spirit Pattern, memorizing lines, and memorizing node relationships. Now, standing in Mineral Vein Dao, I can really see how Fiend Qi moves and how Array changes its direction. That layer of things that are separated from the paper is immediately revealed.
Another Fiend-Guiding Stone fell, and Spirit Pattern connected, and the three fine lines on the front and back naturally connected into one.
Panel pops up quietly.
[Skill: First-Order Array Dao--Minor Accomplishment(0/1200)]
Array Dao Minor Accomplishment.
Li Yuan only glanced at it and did not stop.
Throughout the day, Li Yuan was consumed in Mineral Vein Dao.
In the evening, the last Array Eye Stone was embedded in the side wall of the cavity.
Li Yuan raised his hand and poured in spiritual power, six Array Pattern lights lit up at the same time, and the Backflow that originally existed in Mineral Vein Dao suddenly became more stable.
The change is not drastic, but it is clear.
In the past, the Fiend Qi was turned by itself, but now it seems to have been straightened out. Several places where the Backflow was slow have been repaired, and several places where leakage was heavy have been suppressed. The entire Mineral Vein Dao and Fiend Qi flow direction is obviously more orderly.
At the moment when Array was completely formed, Li Yuan pressed his finger on the Array Eye Stone, and Panel popped out.
[Equipable item detected: Fiend Cultivation Stone (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Fiend Qi Perception (white)]
[Effect: Can sense the surrounding Fiend Qi, the sensing range is enhanced with the soul range]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Absorb a piece of Mid-Grade Fiend Stone's Fiend Qi(0/1)]
[The current Equipment Slot is full (5/5), do you want to replace the current equipment?]
Li Yuan took his hand back after reading it.
White Trait is not bad, especially if placed in places like Mineral Vein Dao and Ghost Mist Forest, it is of great use. But now Equipment Slot is still full, and the conditions for the permanentization of this thing are there. Mid-Grade Fiend Stone will not be touched for a while, so there is no need to move now.
Li Yuan took away Fiend Cultivation Stone and put a new one in it.
Array Once it is done, the rest will be easy.
Li Yuan spent the next few days going back and forth between Mineral Vein Dao and Fangshi. Every day, he went to Mineral Vein Dao to see the operation of Array, and then adjusted a few Spirit Pattern connections. After all six nodes were stabilized, this set of Cultivation Array was fully operational.
Three days after the installation, almost no changes can be seen on the surface of Mineral Vein Dao. However, in Fiend Vein's perception, a few Fiend Qi Backflow in the depths are slightly heavier, as if a little more power has been accumulated underground.
Li Yuan stood in Natural Hollow and came to a conclusion.
Relying on it alone is too slow.
Now that the slow method has begun, we must take the second path at the same time.
Chen Yi said before that if there are Fiend Qi sources above Second-Order, they can directly feed back Mineral Vein Dao. Although the quantity is limited, it can leverage the Mineral Vein Dao grade faster.
Early the next morning, Li Yuan left Fangshi and went directly to Ghost Mist Forest to go deeper.
Ghost Mist Forest The fog is heavy in the south and the terrain is low. Fiend Qi The fog is thicker.
Li Yuan Go deep all the way and let go of your spiritual consciousness.
After walking nearly a thousand feet, the forest land ahead began to turn black. It was not that the colors of the trees had changed, but that the ground, stones, and a few crooked old trees were all covered with a light layer of dark gray. The rotten smell in the air also became stronger.
After exploring for more than a hundred feet, Li Yuan stopped at his feet.
There are drag marks on the ground.
The traces were very wide, with fine scratches on the edges, as if something covered in hard armor was slowly rubbing through the forest. At the end of the drag traces, there was a low-lying black mud field.
Li Yuan As soon as his spiritual consciousness swept in, a sudden bulge appeared in the center of the mud.
With a bang, the black mud exploded.
A monster over two feet long rushed out from inside. It was covered with a dark gray carapace, with a row of bone spurs standing on its back. Its head was slender, and what came out of its mouth was not hot air, but wisps of black evil mist.
Second-Order Fiend Demon, the breath is around Second-Order Middle Grade.
As soon as the monster appeared, it rushed towards it very quickly. Its bone claws swept across the mud, bringing up a large piece of black mud and gravel, and Fiend Qi followed it and rushed towards it.
Li Yuan did not immediately strike hard, but turned around to avoid the attack.
The monster passed by, and when it turned back, the evil mist had already sprayed out from its mouth. Li Yuan raised his hand and a Fire Python Technique hit, and the red Fire Snake crashed into the evil mist. Most of the mist was burned away on the spot, but a part of it was also wiped away by the subsequent Fiend Qi.
But Li Yuan was not in a hurry to send it continuously.
His dantian spiritual power turned, and he received another Fireball Technique, and then deliberately slowed down the rhythm. The Fiend Demon rushed closer and closer, and the bone claws hit the edge of the spiritual shield several times, causing ripples in the spiritual energy layer.
After a while, the spiritual energy in Dantian was depleted.
Li Yuan With a thought in his mind, Qi and Blood was immediately pulled out of the body and poured into the Dantian along the newly opened passage. The warm and thick power quickly shrank during the transformation, and finally only about half of it was turned into spiritual power and replenished.
The spiritual power continued to increase.
The Fiend Demon rushed at him again. The spines on his back trembled and he actually threw out several black and gray Sha Ray. Li Yuan's figure dodged and avoided most of them. The remaining two hit Earth Shield, and a layer of the shield was instantly eroded away.
Li Yuan did not retreat, and his spiritual consciousness suddenly pressed forward.
Soul Condensation Art Minor Accomplishment, plus Soul Light Tempering, Soul Tempering and Condensation and Three-Origin Unification, now his Divine Soul Strength is not weak. With this pressure, Fiend Demon's movements were stagnant for a moment, and the fierce light in his eyes disappeared for half a beat.
At this moment, Li Yuan raised his hand and pointed.
Fire Python Technique comes out again.
The crimson Fire Snake was more concentrated than before. It penetrated directly from the side of Fiend Demon's neck and exploded with a bang, tearing half of its shoulders and back.
Fiend Demon roared in pain, and Fiend Qi's body suddenly turned up, even more fierce than before.
Li Yuan didn't end immediately, and tried to convert his soul to spiritual power again.
The sea of consciousness sank slightly, and a cool feeling fell into the Dantian. The spiritual power was replenished again.
Li Yuan nodded slightly in his heart, but in future battles it would be better to consume Qi and Blood and spiritual power to replenish the other two items. After all, both of them have the ability to recover themselves.
The Fiend Demon still wanted to charge, but Li Yuan stepped forward, and the whole person rushed forward first. Fire-Attribute Spirit Qi and the thick Qi and Blood pressed on the arm at the same time. He raised his hand and slapped away the bone claw it waved, and Gold Blade Technique flashed past in the other hand.
A slender golden light shot upward from its throat.
Poof.
Bones and armor cracked, flesh and blood rolled around.
Fiend Demon's body swayed, Li Yuan followed up with another shot of Fireball Technique, directly blasting into the depths of the wound. The fire exploded, and the other Second-Order Fiend Demon staggered two steps, hit hard into the black mud, and never got up again.
The forest became quiet again, with only Fiend Qi still slowly dissipating.
Li Yuan walked over, divided Fiend Demon, and took out Fiend Core.
Fiend Core is dark black, but there are fine purple lines flowing on the surface. When you hold it in your hand, you can feel the heavy and solid Fiend Qi inside, which is much purer than First-Order Fiend Stone.
Li Yuan put it away, and the rest of the materials were not wasted. They put them into the storage bag and returned directly to Fangshi.
It was evening when we returned to Mineral Vein Dao.
Li Yuan did not delay, went straight to Natural Hollow, and took out the Second-Order Fiend Core.
Under Fiend Vein's perception, the locations of the Fiend Stone with the highest quality in Mineral Vein Dao are particularly clear. What they usually eat is the Fiend Qi that is slowly accumulated in Mineral Vein Dao, and the speed is extremely slow.
Li Yuan Place Fiend Core on the Backflow node in the center of the cavity, and press the spiritual power in little by little.
Fiend Core shook slightly at first, and then the purple lines on the surface gradually lit up. The solid Fiend Qi inside was led by the spiritual power and spread out. It did not rush around, but was gradually introduced deeper along the direction of Mineral Vein Dao's original Backflow.
This process lasted for half an hour.
When the last trace of Fiend Qi dissipated, the cavity became quiet again.
Li Yuan Close your eyes and use Fiend Vein's perception to see the depths of Mineral Vein Dao.
Change is coming.
Those high-quality Fiend Stones that are already darker in color seem to have an extra layer of darker light on the surface. Fiend Qi is a little thicker and has a more condensed texture.
The absorption range of Fiend Qi has expanded outwards. The Fiend Qi that was originally only inside Mineral Vein Dao and the nearby stratum Backflow can now be rolled back a little further to the outside. The amplitude is not large, but it is a real increase.
Returning to the stone house at night, Li Yuan practiced cross-legged.
The Fiend Qi delivered by Fiend Vein is still stable, but the purity of it seems to be slightly higher than before. The difference is very small. If he hadn't been spinning in Mineral Vein Dao and Fiend Qi these days, it would be almost unnoticeable.
After a night of practice, when Li Yuan opened his eyes, his aptitude seemed to have improved a bit.
I can't say it's too obvious, but the spiritual power circulates more smoothly during practice, and the Spiritual Qi taken in by the meridians becomes more docile. It's not the kind of immediate effect that Affix suddenly increases, but like a thin layer of water slowly soaking into the soil.
Sha Vein Nourishment, it works little by little.
This improvement is not big enough, but it is long enough.
Li Yuan didn't bother Spirit Severing here, and got up and went out as usual. However, when he reached the entrance of Mineral Vein Dao, his steps suddenly paused.
He noticed a fluctuation.
Like some kind of spiritual power that was cut off and then slowly surged back from deep underground. It was very weak and very far away. It was still hidden behind the outer strata of Mineral Vein Dao, looming.
Li Yuan stood there, his consciousness followed the Backflow feeling for a while, but finally broke.