Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The mine tunnel continued to extend ahead, and the deeper we went, the wider the passage became.

The narrow passage, which was originally only wide enough for one person to pass through, gradually became a tunnel two or three zhang wide, and the ceiling also rose from a low arch that could be touched to more than one zhang. The rock walls were embedded with dark purple evil ore, and evil energy seeped out continuously from the cracks in the rocks, forming a layer of dark red mist that could be seen with the naked eye in the mine tunnel.

The evil energy returned to its original state automatically, absorbing all the incoming evil energy. The dark red mist within three feet of the body was noticeably thinner than in other areas.

After walking about 100 zhang, the mine tunnel came to its first fork.

There is a side road on each side, which is narrower than the main road, but is also filled with evil stones.

Li Yuan probed the left side passage with his divine sense, extending it for more than thirty feet before being blocked by dense baleful energy, making it impossible to see what was inside.

The situation on the right-hand side road is similar.

Li Yuan chose to go to the left first.

The side path meandered downwards, and traces of monster activity began to appear on the ground.

First came scattered claw marks. Three-toed claw prints were etched into the gravel of the mine tunnel floor, half an inch deep, with sharp edges. Further on, the claw marks became more dense, and there was more than one type.

Some have three toes, some have five toes, and there are also wide, flat drag marks, like those left by some kind of multi-legged creature that crawled over them.

There were also marks on the rock face. Deep, overlapping claw marks stretched from the ground all the way up the rock face.

At the end of the side path was a recessed space, about three zhang square. The ground was covered with a layer of crushed ore fragments, and in the corner were several clumps of grayish-white filamentous material, which looked like the remains of some kind of insect nest.

The nest was abandoned, its atmosphere stale, and its owner was nowhere to be found.

Li Yuan noted down the direction and length of this side road, then returned to the main road and took the right-hand side road.

The right-hand side road was longer. The concentration of malevolent energy deep within the side road was more than twice that of the main road, and the dark red mist had turned into a deep purple fog.

The absorption rate of the evil energy returned to one, keeping pace with the increase in concentration, and the reserves of evil energy in Li Yuan's body were growing rapidly.

Li Yuan extended his divine sense forward, then paused.

Twenty feet away, a dark purple scorpion lay in the middle of the mine tunnel, its pincers gripping a piece of malevolent ore, which it was gnawing on. It was about ten feet long, with a high tail. The needle gleamed with a dark luster.

Tier 1, Mid-grade. Fiend Scorpion.

The scorpion sensed Li Yuan's presence, put down the ore in its mouth, opened its pincers, and pointed its stinger forward.

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

boom.

The scorpion's carapace cracked under the high temperature, and its body was pushed by the impact of the fireball, rolling several meters in the mine tunnel. Its limbs twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

Li Yuan walked over and used his Golden Blade Technique to cut off the scorpion's stinger and pincers, keeping them safe and not wasting them.

Go deeper.

During their exploration, they encountered two malevolent centipedes.

Larger than the Fiend Scorpion, nearly two zhang long, its densely packed legs moved rapidly through the mine tunnels. However, its cultivation level was also only at the first rank, making it utterly powerless against the spells of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Over the next half hour, Li Yuan explored each of the branch paths one by one. Apart from a few abandoned nests and a few first-tier evil beasts, what was truly valuable was the layout of the mine tunnels and the direction of the evil energy flow.

When he returned to the end of the main road, the outline of the entire mine vein had been pieced together into a complete three-dimensional image in his mind.

The main path suddenly becomes clear at its deepest point.

The end of the mine tunnel was not a rock wall, but a naturally formed underground cavity.

The cavity was about ten zhang square, with a ceiling three or four zhang high. The dome was densely inlaid with dark purple evil ore, like an inverted starry sky. The four rock walls were also covered with evil ore, which was darker than the outside, almost pure black, and had a heavy luster on the surface.

The concentration of malevolent energy had reached its peak.

A thick, dark purple fog churned within the cavity, its concentration so high that its flow was visible to the naked eye. Malevolent energy seeped from the malevolent ore within the surrounding rock walls, converging towards the center of the cavity.

The evil energy returns to its original state and operates at full power.

The surging malevolent energy was completely intercepted and absorbed, seeping into the muscles and bones along the body tempering route, cleansing the soul along the soul tempering route, and transforming into spiritual energy along the conversion route. With all three lines operating at full capacity simultaneously, Li Yuan stood in the center of the cavity, the dense fog of malevolent energy around him being swallowed up layer by layer.

The entire vein formed a complete three-dimensional structure in my mind.

The panel popped up.

The inauspicious energy veins have been fully identified.

[Special equipment requirements met: The entire mineral vein has been fully explored]

[Equippable for: Fiend Vein (Complete)]

[Special Equipment Attribute Preview: Demonic Vein Nourishment (Blue)]

[Effect: Significantly increases the efficiency of absorbing malevolent energy; absorbing malevolent energy can slowly improve cultivation aptitude]

[Permanentization Requirements: Accumulate the equipment of this evil vein for fifty years; cultivate this evil vein to the point where it can produce mid-grade evil stones]

[Equip to special equipment slot?]

Blue entries.

The effects are twofold. The significant increase in the efficiency of absorbing malevolent energy is a direct boost to cultivation, while the gradual improvement in cultivation aptitude is a long-term, passive effect.

The conditions for permanentization are very demanding. It requires fifty years of accumulated equipment time, and the evil veins must be cultivated to the point where they can produce mid-grade evil stones.

At the same time, information appeared in Li Yuan's mind: the mechanism of the special equipment slot is different from that of the ordinary equipment slot. After equipping it, the evil vein will not disappear, and it will not be consumed after becoming permanent.

With a thought, he equipped it.

The hexagonal slot in the special equipment section on the panel lit up with a pale gold glow, and a line of text appeared within it.

[Special Equipment: Fiendish Vein (Blue)]

The moment the equipment was completed, Li Yuan's perception underwent a dramatic change.

The mine beneath our feet seemed to come alive.

The previously chaotic seeping evil energy changed its direction at the same moment. The evil energy that was dissipating from all directions stopped spreading and instead began to move in a regular pattern along the rock strata of the mine.

The malevolent energy flows from the small branch channels at the end of the vein into the main channel, spiraling along the main channel into the depths. After completing a large cycle in the natural cavity, it seeps back into the malevolent ore of each branch channel from the rock strata at the bottom of the cavity.

A complete system of yin energy circulation was formed on its own.

At the same time, the location and condition of every piece of evil ore in the vein flooded into Li Yuan's perception.

On the rock wall to the left of the main path, a fist-sized piece of malevolent rock has just been partially gnawed by a malevolent scorpion. Deep within the fifth fork in the path lies a layer of malevolent ore, the darkest in color and of the highest quality. On the natural hollow dome, three pieces of malevolent rock are slowly condensing into new mineral layers; the process is extremely slow, but it is indeed growing.

The entire vein is not a static deposit, but a living organism. Malevolent energy circulates within it, nourishing the growth of the ore, much like blood circulates in the body.

Li Yuan raised his hand, feeling the malevolent energy surging continuously from the mine.

The efficiency of supplying malevolent energy is completely different from before.

Now, the evil energy from the ore vein is transported directly and systematically without any intermediate steps, making it far more efficient than the method using array foundation stones.

The passive absorption of Sha Yuan Gui Yi and the active delivery of Sha Mai combine to form a double layer of coverage. Sha Yuan Gui Yi is responsible for processing Sha Qi, while Sha Mai is responsible for supplying Sha Qi. With the two working together, the cultivation efficiency is at least several times higher than before.

Li Yuan stood in the cavity, feeling every vein of the ore.

The special equipment slot is for ore veins.

What about the spiritual veins?

The essence of spiritual veins and malevolent veins is the same: they are both underground energy channels. Malevolent veins flow with malevolent energy, while spiritual veins flow with spiritual energy. If malevolent veins can be used as special equipment, then spiritual veins could theoretically be used as well.

However, the situations of spiritual veins and evil veins are completely different.

Nobody wants this vein of malevolent energy. Malevolent ore has low value, and its malevolent energy is harmful to ordinary cultivators. This vein was allocated to them by the Yuan Yang Sect after their assessment that it was not worth mining.

However, spiritual veins are the core resource of sects and forces. No force would willingly hand over a spiritual vein to a Foundation Establishment cultivator for exclusive use.

You'll have to find them yourself; perhaps they're in the Ghost Mist Forest.

Li Yuan left the Sha Mine without lingering.

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