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In the morning, Li Yuan felt the breath of Second-Order Monster Beast near the spiritual veins while practicing.
Li Yuan immediately equipped Essence-Solidifying Long-Breath Art, the Dharma experience poured into his mind, and then he escaped from the market.
[Equipped: Essence-Solidifying Long-Breath Art (complete)]
[Enduring Qi-Blood (green) is in effect]
The change comes very gently. It is not the feeling of Qi and Blood skyrocketing, but the way Qi and Blood circulates in the body has been permanently optimized. The loss of Qi and Blood when running in the meridians and blood vessels is smaller, as if the originally rough pipes have been polished smooth.
Arriving at Ghost Mist Forest Middle Layer, Li Yuan followed the breath traces captured by Spirit Vein Perception all the way in depth.
The target appeared in a dense forest to the east of Spirit Vein Branch half an hour ago, with a heavy and cold atmosphere, and the fluctuation intensity was around Second-Order Middle Grade.
Li Yuan stepped lightly and moved forward close to the shadows of the trees in the forest. Breath Concealment and Trace Elimination and Meridian Concealment and Breath Hiding pressed down at the same time, and their own aura was reduced to an extremely low level.
When we were less than twenty feet away from the target, the atmosphere in the forest suddenly changed.
There was a fishy smell in the air, like rotting fallen leaves mixed with the unique fishy smell of snakes. The layer of dead leaves on the ground was slightly bulging in places, and the outline of the bulging was long and thin, like a thick rope buried under the fallen leaves.
Poison Scale Snake.
Li Yuan did not take action immediately, but first carefully scanned the environment around Poison Scale Snake with Spirit Sense Clarity.
Halfway through the scan, I sensed an extra layer of things.
Demonic energy.
It's very light. It's like a thin film attached to the outer layer of Poison Scale Snake's aura. It's not produced by Demon Beast itself, but from outside.
Li Yuan's eyes froze for a moment, then he withdrew his perception and did not dwell on this matter any longer.
Does not affect hunting.
But the purpose of this hunt is not just the hunt itself.
Conditions for Enduring Qi-Blood to become permanent: continuous battles with the same level for more than one hour and Qi and Blood has not dropped below 80%.
Poison Scale Snake is Second-Order Middle Grade, and he is at the same level as himself. If we fight head-on and fight quickly, with Li Yuan's current strength, we can solve it quickly. But if we want to meet the permanent conditions, we have to drag out the battle for more than an hour.
Li Yuan adjusted his thinking.
Don't use all your strength, control the output, and consume it.
He raised his hand and fired a Fire Arrow Technique. He did not aim at the vital point, but hit the ground in front of the Poison Scale Snake ambush position.
There was a muffled bang, and dead leaves and broken soil were blown away.
Poison Scale Snake did not pounce immediately, but coiled its body into a ball and swayed its head slightly from side to side, as if judging the strength of the prey in front of it.
Li Yuan stood twenty feet away and did not continue the attack.
Poison Scale Snake waited for a few seconds and saw that Li Yuan was not moving, so he took the lead.
The snake's body suddenly ejected at an extremely fast speed. The body, which was more than three feet long, stretched into a dark green straight line in mid-air. The snake's head opened, and two fangs protruded from the upper jaw, and it rushed towards Li Yuan's face.
Li Yuan dodged sideways, and the snake's head brushed past his shoulder, bringing up a fishy wind.
He did not fight back, but took two steps back to distance himself.
Poison Scale Snake turned around after jumping into the air, and the snake's tail swept over. Li Yuan raised his hand to block it, and Three Elements Body Protection's spiritual membrane floated up automatically, taking away most of the impact of the snake's tail.
Li Yuan silently noted the time in his mind, and then began to deal with Poison Scale Snake.
In the following battle, Li Yuan fought very measuredly.
Every time Poison Scale Snake pounced, he would just dodge or use his spiritual membrane to block it. Occasionally, he would hit a Fire Arrow Technique or Gold Blade Technique, but he would not aim at the vital points. He would just greet the snake, leaving some wounds that were not deep or shallow, so that Poison Scale Snake would maintain his desire to attack.
If the injury is too slight, Poison Scale Snake will run away.
If the injury is too serious, the battle will end prematurely.
Poison Scale Snake's attack method is very simple, either the snake's head is ejected and bitten, or the snake's tail sweeps and wraps around. Occasionally, a poisonous mist will be sprayed out from the gaps in the scales. The poisonous mist is light green in color, has a small diffusion range, but has a high concentration.
When Li Yuan first encountered the poisonous mist, Three Elements Body Protection's spiritual membrane blocked most of it. When the physical body was strong enough, Fiend Origin Unification regarded the small amount of toxins that penetrated the body as impurities and directly transformed them into Fiend Qi.
After fighting for nearly an hour, Li Yuan and Spirit Sense Clarity suddenly caught a strange aura.
In the northeast direction, about a hundred feet away.
Foundation Establishment monk's breath is filled with demonic energy.
Devil Cultivator.
Li Yuan's movements have not changed, and he is still dealing with Poison Scale Snake according to the original rhythm.
The breath stopped outside Bai Zhang, neither approaching nor leaving. It just stayed far away, as if watching.
Li Yuan used Spirit Sense Clarity to lock the opponent's position.
Hidden in the canopy of an old tree, his body was kept very low, and his aura was deliberately restrained. If Spirit Sense Clarity's passive perception coverage was not large enough, and Demon-Sense Amplification's extra sensitivity to demonic energy, it would be difficult to detect it.
Foundation Establishment Middle Stage looks like, the aura is not strong.
Li Yuan made no announcement.
After a few breaths, the breath of Devil Cultivator in the northeast direction suddenly moved.
Gone.
Li Yuan made a mental note of the direction the other party left and did not pursue it.
It's almost time.
A little over an hour has passed since the war started.
Li Yuan no longer holds it back.
Fire Python Technique condensed in the palm of his hand, and the crimson fire was more intense than ever before. After Fire Python took shape, it rushed towards Poison Scale Snake's snake head. The snake's body tried to dodge, but after using up most of its physical strength, its speed was far slower than before.
Fire Python hit the side of the snake's head, Poison Scale Snake hissed miserably, and half of the snake's head was burnt black by the high temperature.
Panel pops up.
[Enduring Qi-Blood (green) permanent conditions have been met]
[Continuous battle with the same level for more than one hour and Qi and Blood has not dropped below 80% (satisfied)]
[Is it permanent?]
Li Yuan confirmed.
[Enduring Qi-Blood (green) has become Permanent Affix]
Li Yuan moved his body and after confirming that his condition was normal, he stepped forward to collect Poison Scale Snake's body.
Poison Scale Snake's scales, poison sacs and snake bones are all useful. Especially the poison sacs, the toxins stored in them can be used to refine poison Medicinal Pill or applied on Law Artifact to increase the erosion effect. A lot of Spirit Stone can be sold in the market.
Inner Core was taken out and swallowed directly. A cold force pressed along the stomach wall into the bones, Fiend Origin Unification peeled off the Fiend Qi components as usual, and the remaining Demon Power was caught by the Qi-Blood Long River and slowly digested along the method.
After packing up the materials, Li Yuan returned to Fangshi along the original road.
When I returned to Fangshi, the atmosphere was not right.
The main street was crowded with people, more lively than usual, but very chaotic. There were monks running around dragging storage bags everywhere, there were long queues at the door of several shops, and there were many people squatting on the roadside, with gloomy faces, as if they had just escaped.
When Li Yuan walked to the door of Management Office, a monk on duty came to greet him.
"Market Master, something big happened."
"What's the matter?"
"Yun Province Over there, Qishui Sect an important stronghold has been lost. A large number of monks retreated into Liang Province. They started pouring into Fang City early this morning and they haven't stopped yet."
Li Yuan walked into Management Office, and there was already a pile of temporary access registration books piled on the table.
I opened the register and saw that the number of newly registered monks today was more than five times the usual number. Most of them came from the direction of Yun Province, ranging from Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Establishment Realm, mostly Rogue Cultivator, and there were also a few marked as disciples of the Qishui Sect.
News of the fall of the stronghold spread quickly in the city.
By the afternoon, almost everyone knew that Qishui Sect was breached by the Fiend Demon Sect at a core stronghold in the east of Yun Province. The monks stationed there suffered heavy casualties. The remaining personnel retreated together with the surrounding Rogue Cultivator, and most of them poured into Liang Province.
Panic spread along with the flow of people.
Prices in the market began to fluctuate violently that afternoon.
Medicinal Pill was the first to bear the brunt. Healing Pill, Origin Recovery Pill, Detoxification Pill, Medicinal Pill, which were the most consumed during the war, doubled in price within two hours. The stocks of several Elixir Shop were sold out, and the shopkeepers had to put up purchase restriction notices.
Material prices followed suit. Spirit Sand, Lingkuang, Alchemy auxiliary materials, Talisman Making materials, almost all categories are rising, with increases ranging from 30% to double.
Li Yuan looked at the real-time price summary sent by Management Office and started shipping the goods on the same day without hesitation.
The prices of the wartime consumables previously hoarded, Energy Recovery Grass, Purple Profound Stone Powder, and Energy Gathering Sand, have risen to more than twice the cost of hoarding. Li Yuan sold most of them, leaving only a small amount for his own use.
A batch of life extension auxiliary materials have also been released. The prices of Life-Extending Grass and Vein-Nurturing Spirit Sand are 20% higher than at their highest point. Li Yuan took advantage of this wave of panic buying and sold out half of the remaining stock.
After several transactions were completed, the amount of Spirit Stone recovered was extremely considerable.
The net profit was higher than any of his previous transactions.
In the evening of that day, Li Yuan went to Golden Core Formation Zone again.
The work assigned by Auxiliary Array is still continuing, but the progress has obviously slowed down.
The reason is simple, there is a shortage of materials.
When Li Yuan arrived, the two monks from Materials Group were counting the remaining inventory, and their expressions were not very good.
"There are only two copies of Stabilization-Pattern Spirit Sand left, and Spirit-Guiding Powder has also bottomed out." One of them said to the other person, "According to this progress, at most three Arrays will be deployed before work will be stopped."
Li Yuan went directly to Chen Yi without asking any questions.
"Why is Array material lacking like this?"
Chen Yi sighed.
"The sect's regular reserves are actually sufficient. There is no shortage of Medicinal Pill, Law Artifact, and ordinary Spirit Sand. However, Golden Core Formation Platform Auxiliary Array uses special types of materials. We don't usually stock up on large quantities of several items. We originally planned to purchase them from the market. As a result, these materials have become increasingly difficult to buy on the market recently."
"Can't buy it?"
"It's not just that they can't be bought." Chen Yi lowered his voice, "There are unknown forces secretly purchasing similar materials, and they are collecting them very fiercely. When the sect's purchasing channel went to pick up the goods, they found that the inventories of several suppliers had been cleared out in advance."
Li Yuan did not answer the call.
Unknown forces secretly purchased Golden Core Formation Platform cloth Formation Materials materials.
It coincides with the two contradictory phenomena previously observed in the market. Some people are collecting, some are selling at low prices, and the Yuanyang Sect Disciple takes over in the middle.
Li Yuan After coming out of Golden Core Formation Zone, return to the stone house and continue practicing.