Early the next morning, Li Yuan opened the door and Mine found someone already busy inside.
The three miners carried mining tools and walked towards the entrance of the cave. The processing monk Lao Zhou squatted under the wooden shed to light a fire and boil water.
Steward Liu was leaning on the shed pillar, chewing half a piece of dry food. When he saw Li Yuan coming out, he nodded towards him.
Li Yuan walked over and sat down on the wooden pier next to it.
"What were those screams last night?"
Steward Liu Chewed twice and swallowed.
"The Demon Beast in the mountains should be Grey-Spine Dragon Lizard or Iron-Mane Wolf. There are quite a few of them in this mountain area."
"Will you come over?"
"Generally not." Steward Liu patted the dry food residue on his hand. "Demon Beast is not stupid. There are monks here all the year round, and they can smell the breath of spiritual power. If you eat the monks, you will eat the monks, but Demon Beast is also afraid of death. If a First-Order Mid-Grade rushes over, it will be beaten to death by several people, so it is not worth it."
He pursed his lips towards the mountain col in the northeast direction.
"Unless he went crazy or was driven here by something, he would just scream twice from a distance of several miles. Once you get used to it, you won't take it seriously."
Li Yuan hummed.
Just as he was talking, a low buzzing sound came from the direction of Detection Array.
The monk on duty, surnamed Lu, poked his head out of the hut and shouted towards the wooden shed.
"Someone is approaching, three monks."
Steward Liu was not nervous. He stood up and walked a few steps towards the gap in the earth wall and took a look outside.
"We're here to collect minerals."
On the broken Stone Slope road in the distance, three people were walking along the road to Mine. The leader was a lean man in his thirties, carrying a bulging storage bag on his back, walking slowly. Followed by two younger men, one had his left arm hanging with a cloth strip, and the other had a tear in his robe on his right shoulder. The cloth around the wound was soaked in dark red with blood.
After the three of them entered Mine, the lean man in the lead bowed his hand towards Steward Liu.
"Steward Liu, I'll collect it this month."
Steward Liu glanced at the injuries of the two people behind him and frowned.
"What happened?"
The lean man put down the storage bag on his back and exhaled.
"I met people from the Li Family on the road. Three of them, they look like they are at the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining."
He pointed at the two people behind him.
"There was a fight, one of them ran away, and the other two were beaten back by us. Xiao Chen's arm was shattered by a Root Bone head, and Old Zhao received a Wind Blade blow on the shoulder."
Steward Liu snorted, "Li Family's people came here?"
The lean man gestured again.
"There was a Qi Refining, Fourth Layer. I hit him on the chest with a Wind Blade. It only broke the skin but didn't hurt the inside. It was like there was a layer of iron underneath the skin."
"Body Refining Cultivation Method?" Steward Liu's eyes moved.
"Eighty percent yes." The lean man nodded. "I've heard before that there are people practicing Body Refining Cultivation Method outside the Li Family, but I've never seen it with my own eyes. This time I met him, and it's really difficult to deal with."
Li Yuan was listening and did not interrupt.
Steward Liu and the lean man explained a few more words about the road conditions outside Mine, and then Lao Zhou moved out a few boxes of the ore mined this month, and put the sorted Green Wood Stone, Black Iron Fragments and a small amount of Red Earth Sand into storage bags.
The lean man finished counting, put the storage bag on his back, and left Mine with the two wounded.
After the three figures disappeared at the end of the broken Stone Slope road, Li Yuan turned around and walked towards Mine Cave.
The air in the deep Mine Cave is the same as yesterday, rich in spiritual energy, and the weak Fiend Qi continues to seep out from the cracks in the rock formations.
Fiend Gathering Bowl is still placed in the same corner where it was placed yesterday.
Li Yuan squatted down and picked up the bowl.
The Spirit Pattern on the wall of the bowl is darker than yesterday, and a very thin layer of gray-black mist has settled on the bottom of the bowl, condensing but not dispersing, like half a bowl of ink that has not yet melted.
The amount collected in one night is not a lot, but it is definitely there.
Li Yuan put the bowl into the storage bag and retreated to a quiet branch deep in Mine Cave.
At the end of the branch road is a dead wall with no other exits and no traces of mining around it. The light from Fluorescent Stone cannot reach here, and the surroundings are pitch black. Only the aura seeping out of the rock formations and Fiend Qi flow slowly in the air.
Li Yuan sat down cross-legged, took out Fiend Gathering Bowl again and placed it in front of him.
As soon as I realized it, I removed Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art.
Equipment Fiend Gathering Bowl.
[Fiend Qi Body Tempering (white) equipped]
The bowl turned into a gray light and disappeared into the body.
Immediately afterwards, the layer of Fiend Qi accumulated in the bowl spread along the meridians throughout the body.
It is an corrosive and dull pressure, starting from the Dantian and pushing towards the limbs along the main veins. Wherever Fiend Qi goes, the muscles there will become slightly tight, as if they were pinched from the outside inward by an invisible hand.
It doesn't hurt, but you can clearly feel that Fiend Qi is penetrating into the muscles and fascia.
Li Yuan showed no resistance and allowed Fiend Qi to circulate in the body.
The amount of Fiend Qi collected in the bowl was not much, and the first round of tempering only lasted about a quarter of an hour before it was completely consumed.
Li Yuan moved his arms.
The changes in the body are not obvious, but you can feel that the muscles under the skin are a little tighter than before.
Valid.
Li Yuan slowly stopped, unloaded Fiend Gathering Bowl, and installed Nurturing Origin Technique.
Li Yuan slowly stopped, unloaded Fiend Gathering Bowl, and installed Nurturing Origin Technique.
Put Fiend Gathering Bowl back in the corner of Mine Tunnel and continue collecting Fiend Qi.
When we left Mine Cave, it was past noon.
Li Yuan Return to the low house, clean the desktop, and spread out Talisman Paper.
Fireball Talisman and Spirit Pattern are already familiar by heart. Starting the strokes, laying out the patterns, overlaying, and wrapping are all done in one go.
The success rate after Mastery is stable at more than 60%, and occasionally reaches 70%.
I drew twelve pictures in one afternoon and ended up with eight pictures.
Li Yuan folded the finished products and placed them on the corner of the table. He looked at the small pile of Talisman and counted the inventory on hand.
Fireball Talisman has saved a lot, and Cleaning Talisman and Warding Talisman also have some. The materials are enough to draw another batch, but the output is increasing, and Mine alone cannot digest it.
You have to find a place to take action.
In the evening, Li Yuan found Steward Liu under the wooden shed.
Steward Liu was squatting on the ground playing with a piece of Green Wood Stone, when he heard Li Yuan's footsteps and raised his head.
"Are there any trading channels around here?" Li Yuan asked.
Steward Liu turned Green Wood Stone over and thought about it.
"Yes, there is."
He stood up and patted Mineral Powder on his hand.
"The casual cultivators in this area have organized a trade fair. It's not a big one. It just brings together the casual cultivators from several nearby mines and villages. It is held every once in a while."
"When?"
"The day after tomorrow." Steward Liu held out two fingers. "If you want to go, I can tell the people over there and recommend you to go in."
He paused and added another sentence.
"But I have to remind you that that place may not be reliable. They are all Rogue Cultivator, and no one guarantees them. Sometimes there will be fake things, Medicinal Pill adulteration, ore dyeing, etc. It all depends on your own discernment."
Li Yuan nodded.
"Okay, tell me something."
Steward Liu hummed and said no more.
After returning to the low house, Li Yuan continues Talisman Making.
Talisman Paper is spread out, Spirit Ink is fully dipped, and the pen tip is dropped.
Fireball Talisman, Cleaning Talisman, and Warding Talisman are painted alternately, and the finished products are stacked one by one on the corner of the table.
The gaps are interspersed with practice. Spirit Guiding Art and Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art alternately operate, and the spiritual power in the Dantian is pushed forward bit by bit.
After nightfall, several more low roars of Demon Beast came from the distant mountain col, just like last night, intermittently separated by several miles.
Li Yuan ignored it, finished drawing the last picture Talisman Paper, and put away the pen.
There is another pile of finished products on the corner of the table.