Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to return to Yunyangfang Market.

The concentration of malevolent energy deep within the mine is extremely high, and the passive effect of "Uniting Malevolent Energy" is brought to its fullest potential here.

The evil energy automatically gathers, tempers the body, tempers the soul, and converts into spiritual power. All four processes operate simultaneously, making cultivation more than twice as efficient as in the courtyard of the market.

Just by sitting cross-legged and circulating the Green Wood Longevity Technique, the speed of his cultivation progress was much faster than in the market.

The concentration of spiritual energy is also quite high. Although the spiritual energy deep within the Ghost Mist Forest is mixed with a large amount of malevolent energy, its concentration is no less than that of Yunyang Market. The permanent attribute of pure spiritual power removes impurities, and the convergence of spiritual energy and the acceleration of the circulation simultaneously boost cultivation efficiency, resulting in an extremely solid accumulation of spiritual energy in each circulation cycle.

Li Yuan decided to stay in the Ghost Mist Forest for a few more days.

Emerging from the depths of the mine, he found a clearing on the ground filled with malevolent energy and sat down cross-legged.

The Azure Wood Longevity Technique circulates, and the Killing Essence returns to its original state in sync. Spiritual energy and Killing energy each follow their own paths within the body, neither interfering with the other yet complementing each other. Spiritual energy propels cultivation and simultaneously tempers the soul, while excess Killing energy is transformed into spiritual energy to replenish the dantian.

The forging of the Soul Condensation Technique was interspersed in the gaps, and the soul continued to solidify under the dual effects of tempering by the evil energy and the Soul Condensation Technique.

After cultivating for about two hours, his divine sense suddenly detected something unusual.

From the northwest, about sixty feet away, a restless aura was rapidly approaching.

A first-tier superior-grade demonic beast.

Li Yuan opened his eyes but did not get up.

In the thick fog, a dark gray figure darted out from the bushes.

It wasn't large, but resembled a wild dog twice its size, with short, thick limbs and a row of dark gray bone spurs along its back. Its muzzle protruded forward, its fangs flared outward, and its eyes gleamed with a dark green light.

Spiny Hound. A first-tier superior-grade demonic beast, with considerable attack power but average defense.

Without hesitation, the spiky hound let out a low growl upon seeing Li Yuan, its spines bristling as it lunged forward.

Li Yuan raised his right hand and cast a fireball spell.

The fireball slipped from his grasp and struck the Spiny Hound squarely on the head.

boom.

The porcupine's body flew backward, crashed into a dead tree, slid to the ground, twitched twice, and then lay still.

One blow kills.

The Fireball spell used during the Foundation Establishment stage, combined with permanent attributes such as Flame Marrow Body Condensation and Rapid Fire Technique, is far more powerful than the limits of a first-tier monster's endurance.

Li Yuan did not get up to clean up the corpse, but continued to cultivate with his eyes closed.

Similar situations occurred several times over the next two days.

The monsters deep in the Ghost Mist Forest are more numerous and of a more diverse variety than those in the outer areas.

Spiky Hounds, Armored Badgers, Black Mist Bats, Venomous Fang Snakes—various first-tier mid-grade to first-tier high-grade demonic beasts would come looking for you every now and then, drawn by the gathering effect of the evil energy.

All can be dealt with in one or two hits.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator's dominance over a first-tier demonic beast is comprehensive. Spiritual power level, reaction speed, attack power, and defensive strength—each aspect is a complete annihilation.

Li Yuan casually stored the materials from the slain monster into his storage bag, without spending too much time processing them. The pelts, bones, and fangs could be sold for spirit stones later.

On the evening of the third day, Li Yuan was practicing the Soul Condensation Technique when his divine sense suddenly detected a different aura.

It is not a first-tier monster.

The aura was heavy and intense, like a piece of red-hot iron sinking to the bottom of the water, with heat emanating from the surface.

Second-tier monster.

It was moving slowly, about two hundred zhang away, heading southeast. It wasn't heading towards Li Yuan; it seemed to be surveying its territory.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and stood up.

He locked onto the aura with his divine sense and slowly walked towards the southeast.

Nothing can be seen in the thick fog, but one's divine sense can clearly track the target's location and movement trajectory.

When he got close to about a hundred feet, Li Yuan slowed down.

In the thick fog ahead, a huge figure was crouching beside a boulder.

It was three or four times larger than the armored badger, with thick, pillar-like limbs and its entire body covered in dark blue scales. Its head was broad and flat, with two vertical pupils that gleamed with a cold, golden light. A thick, long tail trailed behind it, forked at the tip like two curved blades.

Scaled lizard.

A second-tier demonic beast, presumably a low-grade second-tier beast.

It is enormous in size and has extremely strong defense. Its dark blue scales are as hard as iron, and ordinary first-tier spells can only leave a white mark on them. Its attack methods are mainly tail strikes and ramming attacks, and it possesses immense strength.

The Scaled Lizard sensed Li Yuan's approach, its vertical pupils contracted sharply, and its massive body slowly rose from its crouching position.

A low growl came from its throat, like the sound of metal scraping against stone.

Li Yuan stopped fifty feet away and raised his right hand.

There are no magical artifacts, only spells.

Fireball.

A crimson fireball formed in his palm, nearly twice the size of the one he had during the Qi Refining stage, with an extremely high density of spiritual energy.

With the added bonuses to fire-based spells from the Flame Marrow Body, the increased casting speed of fire spells, and the refined spiritual power from the Foundation Establishment stage, the power of this fireball far surpasses that of similar spells from ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The fireball slipped from his hand.

With precise trajectory correction, the fireball traveled fifty feet and struck the head of the Flood Dragon Lizard head-on.

boom.

The scorching heatwave exploded in the thick fog, dispersing a large area of ​​the surrounding mist.

The lizard's head was jolted back by the shockwave of the fireball, leaving a charred mark on its dark blue scales.

The Scaled Lizard steadied itself, the golden light in its vertical pupils suddenly intensified, and the hiss in its throat transformed into a furious roar. Pushing off the ground with its limbs, its massive body charged towards Li Yuan at astonishing speed.

The ground trembled under its footsteps.

Li Yuan did not back down.

The right hand was raised repeatedly.

Fireball. Fireball. Fireball.

Three fireballs were launched in quick succession, less than half a breath apart. The speed boost from the Fire Magic's rapid casting made the fireballs form extremely quickly, and the three fireballs flew towards the Scaled Lizard almost simultaneously.

The first shot hit the lizard's left shoulder, shattering two scales and revealing the dark red muscle underneath.

The second shot hit him squarely in the chest, and the shockwave reduced the lizard's charging speed by more than half.

The third shot hit the same spot on the head, on the charred mark left by the first shot.

A fist-sized gap burst open in the charred marks on the dark blue scales, and the fireball's spiritual power poured in through the gap, exploding beneath the scales.

The lizard's head snapped to the side, and a painful roar escaped its throat. Losing its balance, the massive body tumbled sideways, crashing to the ground and kicking up a cloud of decaying leaves and dirt.

It was still struggling, pushing off the ground with its limbs in an attempt to stand up.

Li Yuan raised his right hand again.

Golden Blade Technique.

A silver-white blade of light shot out from the fingertip, with the Golden Edge amplification and Breaking Barrier Penetration boosted simultaneously. The sharpness and penetrating power of the blade light were both raised to an extremely high level.

The blade precisely sliced ​​into the gap in the lizard's head that had been blasted open by the fireball, penetrating deep into the gap and piercing through the muscles and bones beneath the scales.

The lizard's struggles ceased.

Its massive body crashed heavily to the ground, its limbs outstretched, its tail twitching twice, before it remained completely still.

The breath dissipated.

Li Yuan withdrew his hand and walked to the corpse of the dragon-scaled lizard.

Second-tier demonic beast. It had no magical artifacts and was killed purely through magic.

The process went more smoothly than expected.

The Scaled Lizard's defense was indeed strong; the first fireball failed to pierce its scales. However, after repeatedly attacking the same spot, the scales' defense gradually crumbled. The Golden Blade Technique's penetrating effect, enhanced by the Breaking Barrier Penetration skill, was extremely impressive, resulting in a one-hit kill.

With the combination of various attributes, Li Yuan was able to achieve this effect using only a common first-tier low-grade spell.

If you have proper ritual implements, it should only take two or three moves to resolve the issue.

Li Yuan squatted down and turned over the carcass of the dragon-scaled lizard.

The dark blue scales are extremely hard, making them excellent materials for crafting weapons. The bones are also very dense, especially the spine and ribs, which can be used to craft decent defensive magical artifacts.

Li Yuan disassembled the scales, bones, fangs, and tail spikes one by one and put them into his storage bag.

Then he reached into the lizard's abdominal cavity and rummaged through its internal organs for a while.

My fingertip touched a hard object.

It is round and smooth, about the size of a thumb, and slightly warm.

Inner alchemy.

Li Yuan took out the inner core and placed it in his palm.

The inner core was dark blue, with extremely fine golden patterns flowing across its surface, and its spiritual energy fluctuations were calm and profound.

Place your fingers on the surface of the inner core.

The panel did not pop up.

Li Yuan pressed it again to confirm.

No response.

This inner elixir has no description.

Not all items have descriptive entries. The appearance of descriptive entries is probabilistic; some items have them, and some do not.

Li Yuan put the inner core into his storage bag.

The absence of an entry does not diminish its value. The inner core of a second-tier demon beast is itself a precious material, useful for alchemy and weapon crafting.

Moreover, Li Yuan recalled the second-tier divine soul-type demon beast inner core that the Li family cultivators had sold at the trade fair.

Exchange pills for pills, plus 500 spirit stones.

He now possesses a second-tier demon beast inner core.

Li Yuan stood up, leaving the remaining carcasses of the Flood Dragon Lizard behind, and turned to walk out the way he came.