Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 589 Dragon Pattern

With triple concealment, the stealth beam was pressed down to an extremely low altitude and advanced close to the ground.

The deeper you go, the more obvious the changes in the environment become.

The trees became sparse, the soil turned from dark brown to gray-black, and a dry, scorching heat permeated the air.

The disorder of spiritual energy intensified rapidly as they went deeper. It was no longer the fluctuating ups and downs they had previously sensed, but rather the direction of spiritual energy flow in the entire area was violently distorted, like a pot of water that had been stirred up.

Li Yuan stopped his escape light on a bare mountain ridge and landed.

The fusion entry for Dark Insight automatically provides the identification results.

It's not demonic energy.

The source of the disorder contains no signs of demonic energy.

Li Yuan unleashed his divine sense, using the permanent entries in the Demon Tracking Mirror to meticulously analyze the aura.

Demonic aura.

An extremely rich aura of demonic energy seeped from deep underground.

Its aura was ancient and profound, on a completely different level from any demonic beast aura Li Yuan had encountered before. The auras of second- and third-tier demonic beasts were like streams before the ocean in the face of this demonic energy.

Its grade far exceeds that of Tier 3.

Fourth tier. Or even the peak of the fourth tier.

The Demon Tracking Mirror further analyzed the types of auras.

Dragon-like creatures.

The bloodline characteristics carried in his aura were of the same origin as the inner core of the dragon in Li Yuan's personal small world.

But it is older and purer; the concentration and purity of the dragon bloodline far exceed that of a third-grade superior dragon.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and sensed that the aura was seeping out from directly below.

The Spatial Search Technique is activated, extending the exploration precision of the advanced stage to the underground. The blue permanent entry of the Pulse Pivot Connection is activated simultaneously, revealing the most minute details of the underground rock strata structure.

One hundred feet underground, a huge space appeared in my perception.

The size of the space far exceeded expectations. It was about sixty zhang long, forty zhang wide, and twenty zhang high. The internal structure was not the irregular shape of a natural cave, but showed obvious signs of artificial modification. The ground was flat, the walls were smooth, and the dome was hemispherical.

The space was surrounded by a natural barrier.

The spiritual energy circulation of the restriction is extremely ancient, and the way the spiritual runes are inscribed is completely different from the restriction system commonly used today.

The green permanent attribute of the Xuan You Restriction gave feedback the moment it came into contact with the restriction structure.

The level of the restriction is extremely high; in its original state, it is at least fourth-order.

However, over the years, most of the spiritual energy within the barrier has been depleted, leaving the entire barrier structure like a wall riddled with holes. Most areas remain intact, but at least seven or eight obvious weak points have emerged, where the spiritual energy circulation has broken or weakened to extremely low levels.

The demonic energy seeps out of the ground from these weak points.

The loosening of the restriction caused the ancient dragon's demonic energy to leak out. The dense fourth-order demonic energy covered an area of ​​dozens of miles in the center of the mountains. The low-level demonic beasts were suppressed and frightened, and instinctively fled to the outer perimeter.

The root cause of the monsters' southeastward migration has been found.

Li Yuan focused his perception on the weak points of the restriction.

Of the seven weak points, one of the spiritual energy circuits was almost completely severed, with only a thin, thread-like remnant of spiritual energy maintaining the basic form of the restriction.

You can enter from this point.

Li Yuan used the technique of transporting soil to excavate a channel downwards.

The rock strata shifted silently under the softening effect of spiritual energy, and the passage extended downwards from the surface. At a depth of one hundred feet, it touched the outer wall of the barrier.

The outer wall of the barrier exhibited a slight repulsion upon contact with spiritual energy. Even at its weakest point, the remaining power of the barrier was still considerable.

The white permanent attribute of "Breaking Through the Barrier" reduced the barrier's repulsion strength against Li Yuan's spiritual power. The blue permanent attribute of "Deconstructing the Void Pattern" analyzed the structure of the barrier's spiritual patterns in real time, finding the weakest node in the remaining spiritual power lines.

With extremely precise control of his spiritual power, Li Yuan applied a targeted pressure at that point.

The remaining thread is broken.

The barrier at its weak point completely failed, and a gap about two feet wide appeared on the outer wall of the barrier.

Demonic energy surged from the gap, its concentration dozens of times stronger than what could be sensed on the surface. Li Yuan's figure passed through the gap.

Landing.

The ground beneath my feet is a smooth stone surface.

Li Yuan looked up and glanced around.

Cave dwelling.

An ancient dragon's cultivation cave.

The scale was even larger than it had been perceived. Dozens of fist-sized luminous pearls were inlaid on the hemispherical surface of the dome, their light long since dimmed, leaving only a faint, eerie blue glow that barely illuminated the outline of the cave.

The walls are covered with patterns.

Dragon pattern.

Extending from the entrance of the cave to its deepest point, dense dragon patterns cover every inch of the four walls. The lines of the dragon patterns are bold and powerful, and each bend carries a certain indescribable rhythm.

It's not just decoration.

The purple entry for the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot automatically responded the moment it came into contact with the dragon pattern structure.

The lines of some of the dragon patterns are highly similar to the arrangement of the spiritual energy circulation paths in the formation. Another part of the structure is closer to a cultivation technique diagram, recording the path of spiritual energy circulation within the dragon's body.

The formations and techniques are mixed and engraved on the wall, using dragon patterns as the medium.

However, the dragon pattern system is completely different from the spirit pattern system of human cultivators and cannot be directly deciphered.

Li Yuan did not linger on the wall for long before turning his gaze to the center of the cave.

A skeleton.

A massive dragon skeleton lay horizontally in the center of the cave.

The skeleton was enormous. It was about ten zhang long from the skull to the tailbone, and the diameter of the bones at their thickest point exceeded half a zhang.

The skull is flat and elongated, with dozens of remaining sharp teeth on both the upper and lower jaws. Although the tips of the teeth are weathered, they still gleam with a faint light.

There is an unusual protrusion on the top of the skull.

The protrusion is located where the dragon's horns grew when the dragon transformed into a dragon. The protrusion is about half a foot high and has dense cracks on its surface, as if the horn bone had begun to grow but broke off midway.

It seems that the dragon transformation failed.

The skeleton still retains a very faint trace of dragon energy.

The concentration of dragon energy was extremely low, like an oil lamp about to burn out, but its quality was extremely high.

The dragon blood energy accumulated within his body by the Dragon Blood Tempering Technique surged violently as if it had found its source.

Li Yuan approached the skeleton, his gaze falling on the surface of the bones.

Dragon pattern.

Dragon patterns are engraved on the surface of each bone in the skeleton.

The dragon patterns vary in size, the largest being about the size of a palm and the smallest as small as a grain of rice. The engravings penetrate deep into the bone, with smooth and rounded lines, not like they were carved with tools, but rather like the dragon itself forming them from its spiritual energy within its bones.

But the dragon pattern is clearly not just text.

In the perception of the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot, the internal structure of some dragon patterns exhibited characteristics of spiritual energy circulation. Although the spiritual energy circulation had completely dried up, the direction of the circulation and the distribution of the nodes were still completely discernible.

These dragon patterns serve two functions: as a form of written record of information, and as a miniature array carrying special effects.

Text and function are integrated.

Li Yuan slowly walked around the skeleton, recording all the dragon patterns he could see in his mind with his divine sense.

Apart from the skeleton, there were almost no other items in the cave.

There were some gravel and dust on the ground, and a shallow pit in the corner with traces of dried liquid left behind, which should have been left by the dragon when it shed its skin.

Apart from that, there were no magical artifacts, no spiritual materials, and no man-made products.

This is typical of demonic beast lairs. Unlike human cultivators' caves, which store large amounts of resources, demonic beasts' training grounds only have the most basic functions.

After recording the complete structure of the cave, the dragon patterns on the walls, and the dragon patterns on the skeleton, Li Yuan returned through the gap in the barrier.

The soil transport technique involves backfilling the passageway.

The surface has returned to normal.

On the way back, Li Yuan retrieved the dragon patterns recorded in his mind one by one and compared and analyzed them repeatedly.

Ancient rune identification, array dao tian shu, array symbol mutual reflection, spirit rune analysis—all permanent entries related to text recognition and spirit rune analysis are now in operation.

It still cannot be cracked.

The dragon pattern system was too unfamiliar, with no intersection with any known spiritual pattern system of human cultivators. The Array Dao Heavenly Pivot could identify the spiritual energy circulation structure within it, but did not know the function of the circulation. The Ancient Pattern Micro-Discernment could identify a very few symbols related to the dragon pattern, but could not piece together their complete meaning.

Reference materials are needed.

Li Yuan continued flying, heading straight for the Lu family.