I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

Chapter 15 The Beast Hide Book! The Twelve Daggers of the Divine Court!

The room was deathly silent.

Zhou Yuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and absorbed the twelve golden sword blades surrounding him into his body.

"There is still more than a year before the Crimson Forbidden Land opens."

He sat cross-legged on the futon and began to think about his next plans.

The cultivation of magic has reached a bottleneck, and it can be temporarily put on hold.

He mastered several basic and advanced spells, giving him the basic ability to protect himself.

However, when cultivators engage in magical battles, magic is ultimately just one of the means.

What truly determines life and death, victory or defeat, is often a powerful magical artifact and a talisman that can instantly turn the tide of battle.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

This is precisely his biggest weakness.

Aside from a top-grade magic weapon, the Jinghong Sword, he had nothing else of note.

The talismans left behind in the legacy of that Foundation Establishment cultivator had already been almost completely used up during previous cultivation.

For a moment, he even felt a little envious of Han Li, who had already entered Huangfeng Valley and was probably still unknown in Baicao Garden.

A single drop from a mysterious little bottle can continuously generate an amazing elixir of incredible age.

Selling just a few of them can yield top-tier magical artifacts, or even rare talismans.

"It seems we still have to rely on alchemy."

Zhou Yuan sighed softly, putting away his unrealistic daydreams.

Top-tier magical artifacts, high-level talismans, and even legendary talisman treasures all require a massive amount of spirit stones to purchase.

And the only way he can reliably earn spirit stones now is through alchemy.

Once he made up his mind, he didn't delay any longer.

He suppressed his cultivation level to the eleventh level of Qi Refining using a concealment technique, then left Xuankun Mountain and headed straight for Huangfeng Valley Market.

……

Miaodan Pavilion, second-floor private room.

"Master Zhou, are you saying... you're going to be in seclusion here for six months?"

Specializing in refining elixirs for our pavilion?!

When Manager Wang heard Zhou Yuan's purpose, his wrinkled old face instantly relaxed, and he smiled so broadly that he almost squeezed his eyes into slits.

For him, this was absolutely fantastic news.

Every time Zhou Yuan refines an extra batch of pills, his monthly sales will increase significantly, and the Lin family's opinion of him will naturally rise accordingly.

"That's wonderful! That's wonderful!"

Zhou Yuan looked at him calmly and spoke softly.

"Therefore, I would like to ask Manager Wang to prepare as many alchemy materials as possible. I am prepared to complete the entire year's quota in one go."

"Definitely, definitely!" Manager Wang patted his chest and assured him, his attitude extremely attentive.

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and quickly took out two items from his storage bag and carefully handed them over.

"By the way, Master Zhou, I have been keeping in mind the matter you instructed me to handle earlier."

"These are two old items that I recently had someone go to great lengths to collect. Do you like them?"

Thank you.

Zhou Yuan glanced at it, and without any hesitation, accepted the item.

A moment later, he entered the familiar private alchemy room.

Looking at the three-legged bronze incense burner, half a person's height, in the center of the room, and the familiar surroundings, he felt a sense of peace.

For the next six months, he planned to stay here and single-mindedly amass wealth.

After settling down, he took out the two old items that Manager Wang had collected.

The first item was a jade slip. Upon probing it with my divine sense, I found that it was titled "Introduction to Basic Array Formations".

The jade slip contained some basic knowledge and introductory explanations about formations.

It looks ordinary.

The second item was a tattered animal hide book, roughly shaped, and only half of it.

The above content surprised Zhou Yuan somewhat.

This animal skin book contains a secret technique of divine sense called "Soul-Chasing Seal".

According to the description above, this technique can condense a trace of divine soul power.

It transforms into an invisible mark, silently attaching itself to other living beings to achieve the effect of tracking and locating them, making it extremely secretive.

Of course, the distance that can be sensed and tracked is not very far, otherwise Manager Wang would not have been so generous in giving it to me.

"This Manager Wang is quite thoughtful."

Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.

This animal hide book is clearly no ordinary object; the person who obtained it must have put in a lot of effort.

On a whim, without much hesitation, he immediately tried equipping the jade slip and the animal hide book to his equipment slots, ready to see their effects.

[Equipment 1: Jade Slip of "Introduction to Basic Formations" (Tier 1, Mid-Grade)]

[Effect 1: Enhanced Formation Talent.]

Just as expected.

Then he looked at the second equipment slot.

[Equipment 2: Beast Hide Book (Tier 3, Mid-Grade)]

[Effect 1: Improved talent in cultivating spiritual sense techniques.]

[Note: This is a long-circulated animal skin book that contains secrets.]

Zhou Yuan was stunned.

Tier 3, Mid-grade?

This tattered animal hide is actually a Tier 3 item?

It should be noted that all the jade slips and pills he had previously acquired were only of the highest grade one.

Why was this animal hide book classified as Tier 3 by the system?

His gaze immediately fell on the notes at the back.

Has it been passed down for a long time and hides a secret?

What secret?

Zhou Yuan immediately took out the half of the animal hide book again and studied it repeatedly in his hand.

He carefully examined the ancient characters describing the "Soul-Chasing Seal" and ran his fingers back and forth across the rough leather, trying to find something unusual about it.

A moment later, a resolute look appeared in his eyes.

Since there's something hidden in the notes, it's impossible to find it using conventional methods.

He suddenly placed the animal hide between his hands, and with a surge of his inner energy, a ball of orange-red flames burst into flame, instantly enveloping the animal hide book and making Zhou Yuan's face turn bright red.

Fire refining.

The most direct and brutal method.

He paid no attention to the consumption of his magical power, but stared intently at the animal hide in the raging fire.

Under the intense heat, the surface of the animal hide began to curl and melt, emitting a burnt smell.

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan's expression changed.

A barely perceptible glimmer of golden light flashed and disappeared beneath the melting animal hide.

He was overjoyed and increased his magical output.

As the surface was completely burned away, what was hidden inside was finally revealed.

It was an extremely thin sheet of gold foil, hidden within the layers of animal hide, and could not be discovered unless burned.

He quickly extinguished the flames, reached out and grabbed the scorching hot golden sheet, and waited for it to cool before eagerly reading its contents.

The Twelve Stabs of the Divine Court!

When Zhou Yuan saw the menacing ancient characters on the foil, his breathing quickened.

Then I carefully read all the text on it.

It was discovered that what was recorded here was actually a secret technique for attacking with divine sense!