Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Inside the stone house, the heat from the alchemy furnace had been building up for several days.

During this period, Li Yuan did not focus on the method of refining pills with essence blood, but continued to practice with first-grade pills.

After the identification of medicinal properties is made permanent, many aspects, such as distinguishing medicinal materials and observing the cooking time, become clearer than before.

In addition, with the new alchemy experience books and formulas I bought a few days ago, my alchemy skills, which were originally only at the first level of minor success, are continuing to improve.

There's no need to go through repeated trial and error for the first few batches.

Li Yuan became increasingly adept at determining how to add the medicinal herbs, how to adjust the heat, and when to finish the pill-making process. Later on, when certain first-tier pills were being made, Li Yuan could tell roughly how well the batch would turn out just by glancing at the changes in the liquid.

After another batch of pills was put away, the control panel finally popped up.

[Skill: First-Order Alchemy - Mastery (0/3200)]

First-order alchemy, mastered.

Li Yuan glanced at the panel, took out the last two pills from the furnace, put them into the jade bottle, and then completely extinguished the flames.

Without continuing to refine another batch in the stone house, Li Yuan got up and went out.

The market remains bustling, and manpower from the outpost is still being deployed to the ruins.

What he lacks more right now is not ordinary cultivation resources, but high-quality evil materials that can continue to nourish the mine.

The vein has already produced more than one mid-grade evil stone, and we are getting closer and closer to truly crossing that threshold.

Li Yuan left the Misty Forest Market that day and entered the Ghost Misty Forest alone.

This time, Li Yuan did not follow the usual route into the forest, but instead ventured deeper into the area where he had previously hunted the evil demons.

He kept his divine sense present throughout the journey and did not withdraw his perception of the spiritual veins.

Now that large spiritual veins are listed in the special equipment section, many underground spiritual energy changes and branch paths are much clearer than before.

Li Yuan originally intended to find the evil demon first.

The most reliable source of high-quality evil materials is still second-tier evil demons.

After walking several hundred feet, they didn't encounter the evil demon first, but the fluctuations in spiritual energy became unusual.

Li Yuan paused, standing behind a collapsed rocky slope, and scanned the faintly visible branch of the underground vein with his divine sense.

someone.

Moreover, he was not an ordinary monk.

The other person was right next to a branch of a spiritual vein, holding what appeared to be a probe-like magical artifact, carefully feeling along the branch. The movements were slow but meticulous, clearly not just a casual glance, but a serious investigation.

Li Yuan withdrew most of his energy and slowly circled around the area, following the terrain.

Upon getting closer, something more familiar also came into my perception.

Demonic energy.

The other party was emanating demonic energy, and it was suppressed very deeply.

As Li Yuan moved closer, he saw the other person.

It was a middle-aged cultivator with a thin face, wearing a gray-blue robe, holding a slender pulse probe in his hand, and carefully comparing it against the stone layer. His aura was at the Foundation Establishment level, which he concealed quite well, but his movements were too focused, with almost all his attention concentrated on the branch meridian beneath his feet.

Just as Li Yuan had circled around to the side, the other person suddenly raised their head.

There was no questioning, no probing.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator turned around and unleashed a beam of dark magic light directly at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan turned his feet and moved sideways.

The jet-black light grazed the stone wall and eroded a deep pit in the rock stratum on the spot.

After launching his attack, the opponent didn't stop at all. He flipped his pulse probe and put it away, and a short blade appeared in his other hand. He rushed straight at the opponent.

The movements were swift and ruthless.

Clearly, they intended to silence him.

Li Yuan did not back down.

Since the other party has already made the first move, there's nothing more to say.

With a surge of spiritual energy from his dantian, fire-elemental spiritual energy flowed directly up his palms along his meridians. The next moment, the Fire Python Technique was unleashed with a roar, and a crimson fire shadow hurtled straight across the ground.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator flashed forward, his short blade gleaming with a dark gray light, forcefully cleaving the Fire Python Technique in two. But as soon as the flames subsided, Li Yuan had already closed in, unleashing a Golden Blade Technique with a single strike.

A slender golden light swept diagonally from the side of the palm, aiming straight for the opponent's neck.

The man reacted quickly, his short blade immediately swerving to parry. With a crisp sound, the golden blade shattered, but he also took a step back.

Li Yuan saw it at a glance.

This person is not weak in combat, but he is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and is not ridiculously strong.

Li Yuan's divine sense suddenly pressed down on it.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator was clearly caught off guard by Li Yuan's powerful soul, and his movements faltered for a moment. In that instant, Li Yuan was already close in, striking the other man's chest with a palm.

Fire-type spiritual energy exploded simultaneously with the physical strength.

The protective spiritual energy on the man's chest collapsed instantly, and he was sent flying backward, crashing into the rubble behind him.

Before he could even get up, Li Yuan unleashed another Fire Python Technique.

A muffled thud.

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The Foundation Establishment cultivator's protective barrier completely collapsed, and a large hole was torn in his waist and abdomen by the Fire Python Technique. He staggered back several steps, his face turning deathly pale.

But the other person was still holding on, and reached into the storage bag.

Li Yuan did not give him another chance.

As his divine sense pressed down again, the Golden Blade Technique swept out from his palm. This strike was faster and closer than before. Just as the opponent's body was momentarily stunned by the divine sense, the golden light had already sliced ​​through his throat.

A flash of blood.

The man's eyes widened, the short blade slipped from his hand, he swayed twice, and then fell to the ground.

The surroundings fell silent, with only the corpse on the ground still twitching slightly.

Li Yuan stood still, not immediately moving forward, but first scanning the surroundings again. Only after confirming that there were no other auras of ambush nearby did he walk over and check his storage bag.

Upon seeing this, Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

The bag didn't contain the pills and magical artifacts that ordinary rogue cultivators usually carry, but rather a large quantity of materials related to malevolent energy and demonic energy. These included malevolent bones, demonic bloodstones, yin-type medicinal herbs, ores sealed with second-tier malevolent energy, and several demonic materials that even Li Yuan had never directly seen before.

Moreover, these things are all of a high standard.

All are second-order.

This configuration doesn't seem like the kind of wealth an ordinary scout monk should have; it's more like something specifically prepared for a certain purpose.

Li Yuan put the items away one by one, and then found a blood-red stone in the corner of the storage bag.

The stone was about the size of a palm, its surface covered with fine blood-like patterns, and it had a faint, chilling feel to it when held in the hand.

As soon as Li Yuan touched it, the panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Bloodstone (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Life Steal and Spirit Gathering (White)]

[Effect: Allows the absorption of essence blood using spiritual energy; the more abundant the spiritual energy, the wider the absorption range.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Kill a cultivator of the same level or kill a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator]

[Current equipment slots are full (5/5). Replace current equipment?]

Li Yuan glanced at it and then pressed down the panel.

The entries are not complicated, and the effects of the items themselves are described very clearly.

This thing immediately reminded Li Yuan of the traces of drained life essence he had seen in the Ghost Mist Forest. However, he still needed to test the effectiveness of this Blood Fiend Stone.

Li Yuan quickly cleaned up the bodies and the battlefield, leaving no obvious traces, and then continued searching along the forest for a while.

This time, Li Yuan didn't encounter any Foundation Establishment cultivators, nor did he find the Fiend Demon immediately. Instead, he stumbled upon a first-tier demon beast in a low-lying forest.

The product isn't very powerful, which is perfect for testing.

Li Yuan raised his hand and unleashed a fireball spell, killing the creature. He then dragged the corpse aside and took out the Blood Fiend Stone.

As soon as the spiritual energy was sent in, the blood patterns on the surface of the Blood Fiend Stone immediately lit up.

The next moment, as if something had forcibly ripped the flesh from the monster's corpse, it instantly collapsed inward.

Within moments, the once relatively intact corpse quickly dried out, its fur clinging tightly to the bones, as if it had been dried for a long time.

Li Yuan stood to the side, his eyes slightly narrowed.

The effect was even more powerful than I had expected.

It was almost identical to the traces left by the cultivators in the Ghost Mist Forest where their life essence had been drained.

However, Li Yuan quickly discovered something else.

This thing is useless against living targets, at least it cannot directly extract the life essence of living beings from a distance.

The target must be dead, or its essence and blood must have lost their vitality, for the Blood Fiend Stone to draw out the substance from the corpse.

After trying it, Li Yuan put the Blood Fiend Stone away.

Although no new evil demons were found on this trip, it wasn't without its gains.

The second-tier baleful energy and demonic energy materials in the storage bag alone are enough to do a lot back home. Whether it's used to replenish the mine or kept for research later, their value is considerable.

On the way back, Li Yuan followed the familiar route and scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, discovering a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Yuan Yang Sect.

Just then, a notification popped up on the panel.

The conditions for pursuing (green) permanentization have been met.

Is it permanent?

Li Yuan paused slightly, then realized what was happening.

The condition for pursuing this entry is to accumulate exposure to twenty different Foundation Establishment auras. Now, I've finally reached the required progress.

Li Yuan confirmed it directly.

The pursuit of (green) has become a permanent entry.

A slight coolness swept through the depths of my senses and then dissipated.

The next moment, when Li Yuan tried to sense the remaining aura around him, changes occurred.

The few lingering traces of old energy in the forest that had almost dissipated were now much easier to discern than before. It was easier to identify which one belonged to a demonic beast, which one was left behind when the cultivator had just passed by, and even the traces of cultivators who had been there for many days were now easier to grasp.

Li Yuan withdrew his divine sense and continued walking outside.