Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 677 The Sealing of the Lingzhou Mine

Wulinfang Market, residence.

After finishing his cultivation for the night, Li Yuan got up and went to the Tianyue Sect's stronghold.

As a formal enshrined servant, Li Yuan needs to complete certain tasks.

Li Yuan took out the official offering token, swept it across the stone wall, and the light quickly stopped on one of the lines.

Investigate the abandoned spirit mines of Lingzhou to determine if any demonic seals or secret passages remain. The task is of medium level, but the contribution is considerable.

Li Yuan accepted the task.

The token's record changed, revealing the coordinates and the location of the mine entrance. Li Yuan left the stronghold, transformed into a beam of light, and flew towards Lingzhou.

Two hours later.

Lingzhou, an abandoned spirit mine.

The entrance to the mine tunnel is a natural rock crevice, about three zhang wide and less than two zhang high. The stone walls on both sides still bear the chisel marks from the old mining, and the residual spiritual energy has faded to the point of being almost imperceptible.

The mine tunnel descends downwards, and the deeper you go, the heavier the air becomes.

Li Yuan walked along the mine tunnel, his Void Insight scanning the spatial structure ahead, while his Dark Insight kept a close eye on the surrounding demonic energy.

Upon descending to the third level, Dark Fiend Insight detected a faint trace of demonic energy.

The traces of demonic energy clung to the rock strata on the mine tunnel walls, resembling marks left months ago, long since lifeless. However, the direction of the traces was still relatively clear: a very narrow side passage branched off from the main tunnel, and at the end of the side passage, the demonic energy was noticeably denser.

Li Yuan went in through the side path.

The passage narrowed as they walked, until finally only one person could pass sideways. At the end was a rock wall, which at first glance looked no different from an ordinary stone surface, but under Dark Fiend's keen observation, the demonic energy structure within three feet behind the rock wall was clearly visible.

A third-order demonic seal.

Li Yuan took out the Netherworld Remnant Seal from his personal miniature world and put it inside.

The "Netherworld Micro-Knowledge" entry is now in effect.

Permanently increases the accuracy of sensing sealing-type restrictions by 50%. Permanently increases the efficiency of spiritual energy when breaking demonic seals by 30%.

As soon as the blessing was applied, the seal before him became much clearer. What was originally just a blurry outline of a three-layered structure transformed into a spiritual pattern diagram in his sea of ​​consciousness, with the direction of the demonic energy patterns, the location of the nodes, and the distribution of spiritual power density all appearing one by one.

Li Yuan extended his right hand and probed the rock wall with a wisp of extremely fine spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy seeped in through the gaps in the sealed spiritual runes, simultaneously applying pressure to the three core nodes of the first nested layer.

The first layer immediately disintegrated.

The second core node was slightly off-center, so Li Yuan adjusted the direction of his spiritual energy and pressed the node down again.

The second floor is also open.

By the third level, Yuanzong had made significantly more changes. The core node was hidden behind the intersection of two spirit patterns, with a false node in front of it.

With the aid of Netherworld's subtle perception, the disguise could not fool Li Yuan. His spiritual power bypassed the false nodes and went straight to the core.

The third layer is unraveled.

The seal dissipated.

The spatial structure behind the rock wall was revealed, a sealed space about two zhang square. Li Yuan used his spatial cutting technique to break through the rock wall and slipped inside.

The room was dimly lit. In the center of the floor lay a skeleton, its frame intact, but its spiritual energy long since dissipated. Beside the skeleton lay a spatial ring, made of grayish-black metal, its surface engraved with fine storage runes.

The three-foot perception swept across the spatial ring and the withered bones, but there was no fluctuation in the entries.

Li Yuan put away his spatial ring, left the secret room, and continued deeper into the mine tunnel.

After breaking the seal of demonic energy, the progress of the Netherworld Remnant Seal becoming permanent is 1/3.

The fourth level of the mine tunnel.

Dark Insight once again detected residual demonic energy, this time much denser than the third layer.

Following the trail, Li Yuan found the second seal. It was also a third-order demonic seal, with a similar structure to the first one, but with more nodes.

Having learned from the previous experience, breaking through the seal didn't take much effort. The Netherworld Micro-Sense clearly illuminated the seal's structure, and with his mastery of fourth-order array formations, Li Yuan quickly pushed open several nodes one by one.

After the seal was broken, the space inside expanded, becoming about four zhang square.

Several rows of storage bags and wooden boxes were neatly arranged on the ground.

Li Yuan opened and inspected them one by one. The storage bags were mostly filled with magical materials, including dark attribute ores, magical herbs, and several auxiliary materials for setting up magical formations, ranging in quality from second to third tier, in considerable quantities.

This is the spiritual material reserve left over from the Yuan Sect.

Li Yuan scanned all the items with his three-foot perception, finding no fluctuations in their attributes. He collected them all into his personal miniature world and continued exploring.

The fifth level of the mine tunnel.

This level is different from the one above; the passage no longer looks man-made but more like a natural cave. The cave walls are smooth, as if they were opened up from the inside by some force.

Deep within the cave walls, the Sky Domain Insight detected an anomaly in spatial density.

It's not a seal, but a sealed storage space.

This entrance is still sealed off by demonic energy. The third completion. 3/3.

The conditions are met.

Within his personal miniature world, the remnant Netherworld Seal dissipated. A stream of blue light flowed through the boundary wall and into Li Yuan's body, spreading along his meridians.

A scene flooded into my mind.

A cultivator stood before the seamless stone wall, holding a tattered seal. The faint light from the seal's runes converged into thin lines, pointing to an inconspicuous spot on the wall. The cultivator used his spiritual power to probe along the light, traversing the gaps in the restriction and finally penetrating to its core.

With it came a wealth of insights into perceiving enclosed spaces and breaking through spatial seals and restrictions. How to detect hidden storage spaces within intact walls, how to distinguish sealing methods, and how to find the weakest point of penetration—all these were absorbed into his mind.

The image fades away.

The knowledge of the Netherworld has been permanently completed.

Li Yuan withdrew his senses and stepped into the newly opened enclosed space.

The space was small, about three zhang square, and contained a stone box and several bags of scattered spiritual materials.

After the stone box was opened, a magical artifact was placed inside.

It was a dark purple blade, about a foot long, with demonic runes engraved all over its surface, and faint demonic energy flowing within the runes.

There is still no entry.

The mine tunnel exploration has reached this point, and there are no deeper hidden dangers.

All three seals and one enclosed space were cleaned up. Li Yuan returned to the ground along the same route, transforming into a beam of light and returning to the Tianyue Sect's stronghold.

In the mission hall, Li Yuan used his token to confirm the mission's completion.

"Three demonic seals and one sealed storage space were discovered at the bottom of the mine, and have all been cleared. The seals contained remnants of the Yuan Sect's resources, and the source of danger has been eliminated."

The disciples on duty recorded the information, and after handing over the items to the Tianyue Sect, the contribution points were immediately credited to their accounts.

After leaving the stronghold, Li Yuan returned to his residence in Wulinfang City.

The stone gate was closed.

The cultivation continues.