Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan sorted through the items in his storage bag.

Two Crimson Flame Condensing Pills were placed on the left side of the table, their fiery red luster warm and restrained.

A second-grade low-level water-type beast core sat on the right, its deep blue surface gleaming with a cold luster.

The condition for making the "All Rivers Flow into the Sea" effect permanent is to consume two second-tier, mutually conflicting attribute pills simultaneously. The fire and water attributes are mutually conflicting.

The Crimson Flame Condensing Essence Pill is a second-tier fire-attribute pill with clearly defined conditions.

A water-type beast core is the inner core of a demon beast, not a medicinal pill. However, it is essentially a second-tier water-attribute energy crystal, and the only difference between it and a medicinal pill is its source.

The conditions stated "elixirs," not "elixirs refined by an alchemist."

Without further hesitation, Li Yuan picked up a Crimson Flame Qi Condensation Pill with his left hand and a Water-type Beast Core with his right, putting them into his mouth at the same time.

If I can't succeed, I can just live in the mortal realm for a month, permanently make my aura concealment permanent, and collect five blue attributes.

The moment the two pills entered the abdomen, two completely different energies exploded simultaneously from the abdomen.

The fire elemental energy was scorching and violent, like a ball of burning magma churning in the abdomen. The water elemental energy was cold and calm, like a cold spring rising from the bottom of the abdomen.

The two energies collide head-on in the abdominal cavity.

The clash between fire and water triggered a violent tremor within the body. The spiritual energy in the meridians was simultaneously drawn by the two energies, half deflecting towards the fire attribute and the other half towards the water attribute. Violent ripples surged on the surface of the liquid spiritual energy in the dantian, like two boulders crashing into a calm lake at the same time.

The effect of the phrase "all rivers flow into the sea" is automatically activated at this moment.

The flow of spiritual energy, blood energy, and magical energy began to automatically coordinate and optimize. Under the regulation of the Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea, the fire and water energies, which had been colliding head-on, transformed into a spiraling, intertwined flow. The two energies no longer repelled each other but circulated within the body along their respective paths, and the conflict that arose at their intersection was resolved by the effect of the Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea.

The turmoil gradually subsided.

The two energies were completely digested in the body. The fire-attribute spiritual energy strengthened the channels of the fire meridians, while the water-attribute spiritual energy seeped into the bottom of the dantian, enriching the levels of spiritual energy.

The panel popped up.

The conditions for the permanent creation of "All Rivers Flow into the Sea (Blue)" have been met.

Is it permanent?

Yes.

[Permanentization successful]

The phrase "All rivers flow into the sea (blue)" has become a permanent entry.

[Equipment consumed]

The fifth blue entry has been permanently added.

A second notification then popped up on the panel.

[The number of blue entries that have become permanent has reached 5/5]

The unlocking conditions have been met.

[Unlock: Special Affix Equipment Slot x1]

Special item equipment slot.

A new slot appeared at the bottom of the panel, alongside the regular equipment slots, but with a distinctly different design. The regular equipment slots consisted of five square grids, while the special equipment slot had only one, a hexagonal shape with a faint golden sheen along its edges.

The field is empty.

Li Yuan took an equipable item from his storage bag and put it in his hand.

The regular equipment slots on the panel are slowly flashing, but the special equipment slots on the panel remain unchanged, and no notification pops up.

The pop-up panel only shows prompts for the regular equipment slots.

This indicates that special equipment is equipped with something special.

Li Yuan put the items away and didn't dwell on it any longer. The special equipment slot had just been unlocked; he would naturally find out what he could equip when he encountered it again.

Chen Yi arrived in the afternoon.

This time, Chen Yi's expression was more serious than usual.

He sat down at the stone table in the stone house and placed a scroll of bamboo slips on the table.

"The results of the investigation into the token are in."

Li Yuan sat down opposite him.

Chen Yi unfolded the bamboo slip, which was filled with densely packed text.

"That token belongs to a force called the Dark Abyss Society."

The Dark Abyss Society.

"A demonic cultivation organization," Chen Yi said.

"But it's different from the Demonic Sect back then. The Demonic Sect was a complete sect with Golden Core cultivators in charge, a system, and territory. The Dark Abyss Society's organizational structure is extremely loose, more like a network formed by a group of scattered demonic cultivators communicating through tokens."

He pointed to a line of words on the bamboo slip with his finger.

"The entry requirements are very low. As long as you have a token and possess demonic energy, you can go to their outpost. However, you need to disguise your aura before entering the outpost and cannot openly walk around as a demonic cultivator."

He turned to the next page of the bamboo slip.

"An important point."

His tone turned somber.

"The Dark Abyss Society's outposts are equipped with some kind of special formation or restriction. Once inside, the strength of non-demonic cultivators will be suppressed. The efficiency of spiritual energy circulation will be reduced, the power of spells will be diminished, and the physical constitution and spiritual strength will also be weakened to varying degrees."

He looked at Li Yuan.

"Only cultivators who practice demonic arts can exert their full strength within the outpost. In other words, even if righteous cultivators manage to infiltrate, their strength will be greatly reduced."

Non-demonic cultivators' strength is suppressed, while demonic cultivators are unaffected.

"With the strength of these remaining demonic cultivators, it's impossible for them to maintain an operation of this scale independently." Chen Yi closed the bamboo scroll. "The token's manufacturing process, the array restrictions inside the outposts, and the communication network spanning multiple locations—these things require a large amount of resources and extremely high mastery of array formations to build."

He carefully put the bamboo slips away.

"The sect believes that the Dark Abyss Society is most likely being supported by other demonic cultivation forces. We are still investigating which force it is."

Li Yuan kept this information in mind.

The Dark Abyss Society. A loosely organized group. Entry is facilitated by a token and demonic energy. Non-demonic cultivators within their outposts are suppressed. A larger force is behind them.

"The sect will continue to investigate." Chen Yi stood up. "You just stay vigilant. If anyone with demonic energy appears in the market again, keep an eye on them, but don't alert them."

Li Yuan nodded.

After Chen Yi left, Li Yuan meditated cross-legged for a while, then got up and left the market, flying towards the Sha Mine.

The Sha Ore vein is located deep in the southern part of the Ghost Mist Forest. Two layers of Sha-gathering arrays were previously set up, covering the entrance to the mine tunnel and a radius of fifty feet. However, the vein itself extends beyond this area, reaching deeper levels where the concentration of Sha energy is even higher.

To allow other cultivators to mine, the coverage area of ​​the Gathering Fiend Array needs to be expanded.

Li Yuan, carrying a batch of array foundation stones and conductive spirit sand, began to set up the third layer of the evil-gathering array deep in the mine.

The foundation stones were replaced with fiendish ore, saving on material costs. Conductive spirit sand was laid along the walls of the mine tunnel, and the direction of the arc was adjusted according to the terrain of the mine tunnel.

When the foundation stone was being buried, Li Yuan pressed his finger on a piece of evil ore and pushed it into a groove in the mine tunnel wall.

A notification popped up in the special equipment section at that moment.

Special equipment detected: Fiend Vein (incomplete)

This item can be equipped in the special equipment slot.

Li Yuan stopped moving.

Killing vein.

It's not evil ore, not array foundation stone, it's evil vein.

The entire vein.

The equipment in the special equipment slot is not an item, but the ore vein itself.

Li Yuan chose to view the detailed information.

A new line of text appeared on the panel.

[Equipable to: Fiend Vein (Incomplete)]

[Current Status: The ore vein is incomplete, some areas have not yet been explored, and equipment cannot be equipped.]

[Equipment Requirements: Complete exploration of the entire mineral vein]

The ore vein is incomplete and needs to be fully explored before it can be equipped.

Li Yuan stood deep in the mine tunnel, his divine sense probing in the direction of the vein's extension.

The vein continued downwards ahead, with unexplored areas deep within. Previously, only a gathering array was set up near the entrance; the entire vein had not been thoroughly explored.

The entire mineral vein needs to be explored.

After Li Yuan finished setting up the evil-gathering array, he continued to walk deeper into the mine along the tunnel.

The concentration of malevolent energy was rising rapidly, but the unified malevolent energy was operating at full capacity, absorbing all the incoming malevolent energy.