Early the next morning, Li Yuan went to Management Office's stone house to check the records.
Inspection schedule, Demon-Probing Array feedback, transaction flow, three records were spread out on the table, and he checked them back and forth several times.
After the insider's trading frequency has increased recently, more people have come into contact with him.
Most of them are shopkeepers and mobile Rogue Cultivator in the market. These people have been marked by Li Yuan before. Most of them are just normal trading partners and have no direct relationship with Dark Abyss Society.
But there was one person among them who was different.
The frequency of this person's appearance is not high, and he has only come into contact with the mole twice in the past five days. Both times they met in a grocery store on the west side of Fangshi, the transaction content was recorded as miscellaneous, and the amount was very small.
If Li Yuan hadn't stacked the three records together and looked at them, he wouldn't have noticed this person at all.
But when there are three records in a stack, the pattern emerges.
The two times this man appeared in the grocery store were both within half an hour after the mole's night patrol shift. And on the night before he appeared, there was a very weak fluctuation in Auxiliary Node on the west side of Demon-Probing Array.
The fluctuations have long since ceased to appear, but the old data are still in the record books.
The earliest time this person appeared was just after the Auxiliary Node fluctuations stopped and the insider switched to daily trading.
Taking over some of the tasks originally delivered through Demon-Probing Array.
Li Yuan dug out this person's entry and exit records individually.
The identity registration column reads: Yuanyang Sect Outer Disciple, Qi Refining Late Stage, handling the purchase of Ruins Formation Materials.
Not Rogue Cultivator.
Li Yuan When he saw this line, he stopped flipping through the records for a moment.
Rogue Cultivator It's not unusual to be a mole. He is profit-driven and can come and go freely. If he is caught, he won't implicate too many people.
But the disciples of the sect are different. When the disciples of the sect get on the line with Dark Abyss Society, the problem behind it is much bigger than a summons from a patrolling monk.
Li Yuan closed the record book and did not continue to check.
There are other monks handling affairs in Management Office, so it is not appropriate to make the actions too obvious here.
That afternoon, Li Yuan did not return to the stone house after leaving Management Office, but walked around the city.
He went to several shops and bought some daily materials. At the same time, he used Spirit Vein Monitoring Line and Daily Perception Line to cover the general area of the city.
Half an hour later, Li Yuan saw the Yuanyang Sect Disciple at the entrance of an alley on the east side of Fangshi.
He is of medium build and has an ordinary face. He is wearing the Yuanyang Sect Outer Disciple standard gray clothes and has a sect Identity Token hanging on his waist. He walks neither fast nor slow and looks no different from other outer disciples.
At the same time, Li Yuan noticed another thing.
Two contradictory phenomena have emerged in the city.
Someone is collecting the materials needed for the Golden Core Formation Platform Array reprint.
Stabilization-Pattern Spirit Sand, Flow-Guiding Stone, Spirit-Guiding Powder, Formation-Solidifying Copper Plate, the transaction volume of these items has increased significantly in the past few days. There is more than one buyer, scattered in several stores, and the amount purchased each time is not large, but the frequency is high.
At the same time, others are selling similar materials at low prices.
The place for selling is not in the shop, but in the Rogue Cultivator trading area outside Fangshi. Several foreign Rogue Cultivators set up temporary stalls. Among the things they put on hand were Stabilization-Pattern Spirit Sand and Formation-Solidifying Copper Plate, and the prices were 20% lower than the prices listed on the shop.
One side is collecting and the other side is selling.
This itself is not normal.
Normal market fluctuations either rise or fall, and the same thing will not be purchased at a high price in a shop and sold at a low price at the Rogue Cultivator stall.
Unless the people on both sides are not from the same group.
In other words, it is the same group of people doing two different things.
Li Yuan observed it for two more days.
That Yuanyang Sect Disciple will go to the Rogue Cultivator trading area to buy materials, and then go to the Ruins perimeter.
Li Yuan String this line together with the previous information, and the outline will gradually become clear.
Someone is stuffing Array materials into the market through Dark Abyss Society's channels, and then having insiders sell them at low prices. The purpose of selling is not to make Spirit Stone, but to deliver specific materials to specific people. That Yuanyang Sect Disciple is the person who takes over.
The Golden Core Formation Platform Array redistribution is a major event for the Yuanyang Sect, and the Array Master and manpower involved are all arranged within the sect. If an outer disciple has access to these materials and sends them in the direction of Ruins, it means that there must be someone at a higher level behind him to provide convenience.
Foundation Establishment Elder, or even higher.
Li Yuan Thinking of this, he stopped pursuing it.
I am not an official disciple of the Yuanyang Sect.
If this matter is reported directly, the best result is to get a sect contribution reward. But once the people involved are involved in Foundation Establishment Elder or even higher-ups, their situation will become more delicate.
The returns are too low and the risks are too high.
But it's not okay to not report it at all.
If this matter is later found out by the sect itself, and Li Yuan, as the market manager, should obviously have noticed the relevant transaction anomalies but said nothing, there will also be problems.
Li Yuan thought about it and found Chen Yi that evening.
"Recently, someone in the market has been collecting Array materials. The quantity is not large, but the types overlap with those used by Golden Core Formation Platform for heavy fabrics." Li Yuan gave the general situation of several transaction records, "I marked it here, you can see if you want to report it."
Chen Yi flipped through the summary of records handed over by Li Yuan, frowning slightly.
"Have you found the person who collected these things?"
"It's scattered across several shops, and you can't tell whether it's one person or several people." Li Yuan said, "There are so many people in the market recently and there's a lot of liquidity, so it's hard to pinpoint it based on transaction records alone."
He only reported the matter of collecting materials, but did not mention selling them at low prices, nor did he mention the name Yuanyang Sect Disciple, nor did he mention the mole.
Chen Yi nodded and said he would report it to Outpost.
Li Yuan left Management Office and did not return to the stone house. Instead, he went to several material stores in Fangshi.
Golden Core Formation Platform Array Several types of key materials required for heavy fabrication are still in stock in the market, and Li Yuan has begun to purchase them in advance.
Stabilization-Pattern Spirit Sand received three copies, Flow-Guiding Stone bought ten pieces, and Spirit-Guiding Powder and Formation-Solidifying Copper Plate each received one batch.
These things are not in short supply at the moment, and the prices are within the normal range. But once Yuanyang Sect officially starts the redistribution work of Golden Core Formation Platform Array, the demand will surge, and the prices will inevitably rise accordingly.
After completing the purchase, Li Yuan went to the Fangshi bulletin board to take a look.
A new notice has been posted on the notice board.
The paper quality is not very good, but it is stamped with an official sect seal, not Yuanyang Sect, but Qishui Sect.
The content of the notice is very straightforward.
Qishui Sect is recruiting openly to all Foundation Establishment monks in Liang Province to go to Yun Province to provide frontline support. Recruitment targets are not limited to sect Rogue Cultivator, and anyone above Foundation Establishment can sign up.
The rewards are listed in a long list.
Spirit Stone, Medicinal Pill, Law Artifact, high-end elixir materials, all in large quantities.
The last line reads: Those who go to support and perform meritorious service will receive a copy of Golden Core Formation Manual.
Golden Core Formation Manual.
There were many people gathered in front of the notice, and several Foundation Establishment monks were talking in low voices.
"Golden Core Formation Manual has been taken out. It seems that it is really urgent."
"Can you come back alive? How many Foundation Establishment monks have died on the front line?"
"It's okay if you don't go. Just wait here and wait for the Fiend Demon Sect to call you before running away?"
Li Yuan After reading the notice, he turned around and returned to the stone house without staying any longer.
Golden Core Formation Manual is very attractive, but going to the front line of Yun Province is not in my plan.
My focus is very clear right now.
Before sitting down cross-legged, Li Yuan first focused on Large Spirit Vein.
The whole picture of the spiritual veins is spread out in the perception, and the main veins, branch veins, and seepage in the Mineral Vein Dao direction are all as usual.
But there was one change that caught Li Yuan's attention.
On a branch to the north of the middle section of Main Spirit Vein, First-Order Demon Beast has more aura than before.
Not one or two, but seven or eight.
Demon Beast had occasionally passed by this branch before, but it had never been so dense. Seven or eight First-Order Demon Beast were crowded near the same branch, some were lingering, and some seemed to be absorbing the spiritual energy seeping out of the branch.
The low-level Demon Beast was driven out of the mountains and wandered around. Some of them ran in the direction of Ghost Mist Forest, and the other part followed the spiritual energy toward the spiritual veins. The concentration of spiritual energy of Large Spirit Vein has a natural attraction for Demon Beast, and it is only a matter of time before the number increases.
First-Order Demon Beast does not pose a threat for the time being, but if the number continues to increase or attracts Second-Order Monster Beast, it will need to be dealt with.
Li Yuan Write down this change and move your mind in the direction of Mineral Vein Dao.
The direction of the branch veins behind Vein-Guiding Technique Flow Guidance is still stable, and the flow of spiritual energy into Fiend Ore has not changed. Fiend Cultivation Array in Natural Hollow is operating normally, and a new batch of Purple Fiend Stone is slowly condensing out.
Li Yuan took advantage of the situation and adjusted the Flow Guidance intensity of Vein-Guiding Technique.
The deviation of the branch veins in the target segment has reached a relatively stable level. If Flow Guidance is further increased, the deviation will further increase, and the amount of spiritual energy penetration will also increase.
Li Yuan tried to increase the strength by half.
The direction of the branch veins has deviated slightly, and the amount of seepage has indeed increased.
But the increase is not large, because the thickness of the branch itself limits the upper limit of the flow rate. If you want to increase the output of Purple Fiend Stone to a greater extent, it is not enough to increase the size of Flow Guidance. You have to find another way.
Li Yuan took back control of his spiritual veins and turned his attention back to his own body.
Fiend Origin Unification has been automatically gathering Fiend Qi.
From practicing in Mine Tunnel to being active in the city, Fiend Origin Unification has never stopped gathering Fiend Qi around him. Now the Fiend Qi reserves in Li Yuan's body have accumulated to a considerable extent.
At the same time, there is no shortage of spiritual power.
The Dantian capacity of Foundation Establishment Late Stage plus the superposition of Affix such as Flawless Spirit Power, Spirit Qi Condensation, etc., the quality and stock of spiritual power in the body are far higher than those of the same level.
Fiend Qi, spiritual power, I have a lot of both in my body at the same time.
The conditions for the formation of Purple Fiend Stone are essentially the stable coexistence and slow integration of Fiend Qi and spiritual power in a specific environment.
Li Yuan was sitting on the futon, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Can I also create the conditions for the formation of Purple Fiend Stone outside my body?
The effect of Fiend Spirit Resonance is that Fiend Qi and spiritual power can transform into each other to a small extent. The effect of Fiend Spirit Conversion is even further, Fiend Qi and spiritual power can transform into each other and can be initially integrated.
Li Yuan didn't think much and got up directly and went to Mine Tunnel.
In a corner of Natural Hollow, he found an ordinary piece of Mid-Grade Fiend Stone and placed it on the ground, then squatted down.
The left hand draws out a ray of Fiend Qi, and the right hand draws out a ray of spiritual power.
After the two strands of power merged in the palm of the hand, Li Yuan slowly pressed it toward the surface of Fiend Stone.
Fiend Spirit Resonance and Fiend Spirit Conversion acted at the same time. Fiend Qi and the spiritual power did not reject and separate immediately after leaving the body. Instead, they maintained a semi-fused state and were pressed into Fiend Stone by Li Yuan Micro-Spirit Control Art Precision.
Fiend Stone's surface trembled slightly.
After the internal Fiend Qi structure was squeezed by the external evil spirit mixed force, it began to undergo changes similar to those when Purple Fiend Stone was formed.
Li Yuan continued to output for about half a quarter of an hour.
After stopping, he picked up the Fiend Stone and looked at it.
The surface color changed from pure black to dark purple, which is slightly lighter than the naturally condensed Purple Fiend Stone, but the internal Fiend Qi and spiritual power have indeed formed a stable coexistence state.
Exploring with spiritual consciousness, the ratio of Fiend Qi to spiritual power is about three to two, which is not as uniform as the one to one of natural Purple Fiend Stone, but it can be regarded as a qualified Purple Fiend Stone.
It can be done.
Li Yuan Put this piece of artificial Purple Fiend Stone aside and stand up.
It can be done, but it's not efficient.
The continuous output for half a quarter of an hour consumes a lot of Fiend Qi and spiritual energy, but only produces one piece of low-quality Purple Fiend Stone. Compared with the efficiency of naturally condensing a batch of Vein-Guiding Technique Flow Guidance and Mineral Vein Dao every three or four days, the cost-effectiveness of artificial manufacturing is very low.
If you use your own Fiend Qi and spiritual power to practice and improve yourself, the benefits will be much greater than making Purple Fiend Stone.
Just keep this road as a backup.
Daily output still relies on Mineral Vein Dao and Vein-Guiding Technique.
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