It had only been two days since the branch siege had passed, and the news in the city had not yet completely subsided when Chen Yi arrived.
At that time, Li Yuan was adjusting his breath in the stone house. When footsteps were heard outside the door, he looked through his consciousness and recognized the aura of the person coming.
When Stone Gate opened it, Chen Yi had already walked in. He was still wearing the black Dharmic Robe that Outpost usually wore. His face was not ugly, but he was not as casual as usual.
"Is something wrong?" Li Yuan stood up and asked.
Chen Yi glanced at him, did not sit down immediately, and asked a very direct question first.
"A few days ago, did Li Family ask you to break something Array?"
Li Yuan's expression did not change.
But before he could speak, Chen Yi raised his hand.
"Don't rush to answer yet."
"I'm not here to chase you."
After saying that, Chen Yi pulled up a chair and sat down, and his tone softened a little.
"That Array was planted intentionally by the sect."
Li Yuan looked at him and did not answer.
Chen Yi Go on.
"That place on the outer layer is not meant to really stop people. It is just a bait. It is placed there just to make Demon Sect think there is something there, and that he is only one step away from touching it."
"Array is not difficult to dismantle, and even a hole was deliberately left open to be seen. The purpose is to see who Demon Sect will find to dismantle it, and who will be brought out behind the scenes."
Having said this, the corner of Chen Yi's mouth tightened.
"Originally I wanted to follow the clues and fish out a few more lines. But before Demon Sect's people could figure it out, they pulled out Li Family first."
As soon as he said this, the stone house was quiet for a moment.
Li Yuan then spoke.
"Did you know earlier that Li Family and Demon Sect were involved?"
"I don't know." Chen Yi shook his head.
"If I had known earlier, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
"Now I can only say that Li Family bumped into it himself."
What he said was very straightforward and did not beat around the bush.
Yuanyang Sect's bait was indeed aimed at the Demon Sect.
Li Family When he came to find him, he probably didn't expect that the hidden formation was deliberately set up.
Now that the hidden thread has been revealed, the old connection between the Li Family and Demon Sect has been brought out, which has become an additional gain for this branch network.
Li Yuan After listening, the judgment I had already made in my heart was completely confirmed.
Chen Yi looked at him and continued, "When you went to break the formation that time, the sect would not trouble you with this. Li Family asked you to do the work, and you went. The matter itself is not out of order."
"And really speaking, you can be considered as throwing out the bait for the sect."
This wasn't a joke, but it didn't mean to hold anyone accountable at all.
Li Yuan asked directly, "Young Daoist Chen are here not just to talk about this matter."
Chen Yi nodded.
"The sect is planning to ask fellow Daoists if they need help with any classics."
"Fellow Daoist has helped the sect a lot."
Li Yuan did not pretend to decline.
Spirit Stone, Law Artifact, Formation Materials, he is not the most lacking now. On the contrary, Dao of Alchemy, he will continue to move up in the future, and a suitable Alchemy Classic is more practical than anything else.
"Alchemy Classic." Li Yuan said.
Chen Yi glanced at him and nodded.
"I happen to have a copy here."
After saying that, he raised his hand to flip through, took out a blue-grey-covered classic from his storage bag, and placed it directly on the table.
"Outpost has just compiled it in the library. It is not the core inheritance of Second-Order, but it has a good foundation and is enough for you to use now."
Li Yuan reached out and took it.
As soon as the thing entered three feet, the senses immediately reacted. This time the book belonged to him, and Panel popped up completely.
[Equipable item detected: Alchemy Classic (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Alchemy Insight (green)]
[Effect: The perception of changes in medicinal properties increases by 40% when Alchemy is used, and the speed of comprehending Dao of Alchemy is accelerated]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Successfully refine ten different Medicinal Pill(0/10)]
[The current Equipment Slot is full (5/5), do you want to replace the current equipment?]
Green Trait.
Li Yuan looked at Panel for a moment, then pressed it down.
This Affix is right for me now. The perception of changes in medicinal properties is increased by 40%, and it falls on Alchemy. Not only is it more accurate to see the medicine, but also the changes in the heat, the conflict between the medicinal liquids, and the subtle changes before and after the elixir is formed will be easier to see.
I will encounter more and more Second-Order Pill later, so this thing will be of great use.
Li Yuan Put the classics directly into the storage bag.
Chen Yi watched him put away his things and didn't ask any questions. He just stood up and said, "Li Family Over there, the sect will keep an eye on it. You don't have to worry about it."
"There are a lot of people in Fangshi recently and things are complicated. Please be careful."
Li Yuan nodded.
After Chen Yi left, the stone house became quiet again.
Li Yuan took out the door Alchemy Classic and flipped through it to check the contents in detail.
But not long after, something happened again outside Fangshi.
The place where the accident occurred was on the outskirts of Fang City, near a temporary Rogue Cultivator residence.
This location also falls under the jurisdiction of Fang City Guard Squad.
After Li Yuan approached, he only glanced at it and then his eyes darkened.
The corpse was that of a middle-aged Rogue Cultivator. There were not many wounds visible on the surface of the clothes. What was really strange was that the whole person had shriveled up. The skin and flesh seemed to have been sucked out all of a sudden and clung to the bones. The cheeks were sunken and the limbs were stiff, as if the whole body had been lost Essence Blood in a very short period of time.
This appearance is exactly the same as the corpses of Essence Blood that were drained previously in Ghost Mist Forest.
But the problem is that the location found is outside Ghost Mist Forest, so it should not be absorbed by Essence Blood.
Thinking of the previous judgments of Blood Fiend Stone and Li Yuan, it may be artificial.
"When was it discovered?" Li Yuan asked.
A patrolling monk next to him immediately replied:
"Half a quarter of an hour ago, two Rogue Cultivator came back from outside the workshop and happened to see a man lying on the roadside. At first, they thought it was an old corpse. When they got closer, they found that they had just died."
Li Yuan looked around the corpse again.
"Has the identity of the deceased been checked?"
"Checked." The patrolling monk handed over a wooden registration sign, "Rogue Cultivator, who just entered the workshop a few days ago, lives in a temporary residence in the west. He usually does some work of collecting demon materials and running errands. He has no background."
Li Yuan took the wooden sign, glanced at it, and handed it back. Then he spread out his consciousness and perception and searched around the body bit by bit.
The scattered auras around were quickly sifted away. After the layers of the patrolling monks, the onlookers Rogue Cultivator, the two people who found the body, and the old traces of passing away were peeled off, the most incongruous residue near the body was revealed.
There is a hint of coldness, which is very similar to the feeling left after the previous operation of Blood Fiend Stone.
Li Yuan followed the remaining breath and chased outside.
After the aura left the body, he did not leave the workshop directly. Instead, he first walked northward along the outer path, bypassing the main road with the most people, and then turned into a narrower alley near the periphery of the temporary residence.
"This way."
After Li Yuan finished speaking, he had already taken the lead and chased after him.
Several patrolling monks followed immediately.
Walking all the way in, the marks left by Tracking are not heavy, but they are constant.
The man was very cautious. After leaving the scene, he had deliberately suppressed his aura and wiped away traces. However, Tracking was so firm on the familiar aura and residual fluctuations that he still pinpointed the direction he walked bit by bit.
The group finally stopped in front of a temporary house on the west side of Fangshi.
The courtyard door was ajar, and there was no one inside.
The patrolling monk rushed in first to search and quickly reported the results.
"The house is empty, people have left."
Li Yuan walked into the courtyard and looked around.
The room is not big, and it is not too messy. But the more it is like this, the more it shows that the person left hastily and restrainedly. There is still a half-drunk glass of Spirit Tea on the table, but there is no unnecessary debris in the corner. The storage bag and almost all personal belongings have been taken away.
"Get all this person's registration, residence and transaction records in recent days, and then check who he has contacted."
"Yes."
A patrolling monk immediately left in a hurry.
The hospital was searched again, but no clues were found.
After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan continued to practice.
Early the next morning, an inspection monk reported Li Yuan, still holding a booklet in his hand.
"It's Transaction Record."
Li Yuan took it and took a closer look.
There are not many things written on it, but they are very complicated.
There are ordinary Healing Pill, exploration type Law Artifact, and there are also one or two materials that are obviously biased towards yin blood and nourishing evil.
There are also some items traded with Rogue Cultivator, but I don't know what they are.
More importantly, the monk's entry and exit and temporary rental records in recent days are very time-stuck, and he is a foreign monk who has just moved in recently.
In other words, the person came into the house just recently, moved in shortly after staying, and now left immediately.
This comes prepared.
"Market Master, this is an item traded with one of them, Rogue Cultivator. I borrowed it temporarily."
The patrolling monk took out a jade bottle and handed it to Li Yuan.
When Li Yuan picked up the jade bottle, his heart moved. This feeling was very similar to the last time he bought Demonic Longevity Pill on Foundation Establishment Trading Fair, except that the scent on this bottle was a little more mixed, not as heavy as the devil smell, but mixed with the feeling of intertwining vegetation and Blood Qi.
Li Yuan gave the order to continue the investigation, and then continued to sit cross-legged and began to practice.
The spiritual energy is flowing continuously in the body.