The sky darkened in the blink of an eye after we finished eating.

Both of them were busy with their own things. Ning Yanlan dared to break through to the fourth level, and she needed to spend time completely stabilizing her spiritual energy.

Jiang Yuan, on the other hand, was opening the core by himself. It seemed that opening the boxes had lost its novelty for Ning Yanlan, so she didn't bother Jiang Yuan to open them together. Jiang Yuan was happy to have some peace and quiet and sat on the ground watching the core.

The afternoon's harvest was quite substantial, including a Tier 3 Radiant Gold Core dropped by Junkrat, as well as several other Mithril and Black Iron Cores.

"Start with the lowest quality core!"

Jiang Yuan first opened those black iron cores, and as expected, there was nothing particularly outstanding inside.

First-tier inner armor, first-tier bloodline, and other such ordinary items.

"Wait, what's this thing?"

The celestial eye descended, and a copper coin with strange patterns engraved on the ground was identified.

"Earth Pattern Armor (Fragment), Level: Excellent".

"Huh? What is this?" Jiang Yuan was a little confused after learning the appraisal results. "There must be a mistake! This copper coin doesn't look like a suit of armor at all!"

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan glanced at the newly unearthed armor, "Tier 1 Inner Armor, Grade: Inferior."

"The Heavenly Eye is right!" Jiang Yuan thought to himself. He began to activate the Heavenly Eye at a deeper level in order to identify more complete information.

As physical strength diminishes, more comprehensive information emerges.

"Earth Armor (Fragment): Collecting twelve armor fragments can synthesize a basic power-exclusive set, tier: excellent."

"Armor fragments? A beginner-level strength-only set?"

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, "This isn't like games, it has sets too, is it?"

That's the only explanation. However, he didn't expect that the set fragments would appear in the shape of copper coins. Without the Heavenly Eye's appraisal, who would know what kind of armor fragments this broken thing was?

"It's never been released before!"

Suddenly, Jiang Yuan thought of something, "This core seems to have been dropped by the beetle we killed this afternoon, right? Could it be that the fragments of the Exploding Armor have a specific pattern?"

This can only be speculation, and Jiang Yuan cannot draw a conclusion, but he has a goal: he must try it next time.

After collecting the fragments of the Earth-patterned Armor, Jiang Yuan began to open the Mithril Cores. Mithril Cores were rare; he only obtained two in the entire afternoon. As the Holy Spirit Stones were added, the Mithril Cores emitted a soft, silvery-white light.

When the first box appeared, Jiang Yuan was taken aback because the item that appeared was a copper coin.

"Was my previous guess wrong?"

Jiang Yuangang had said that the Earth Pattern Armor might have been dropped by a beetle, but then a copper coin dropped, and they had only killed one beetle that afternoon, so their previous guess was proven wrong.

"In-depth analysis!"

"Steel Armor (Fragment): Collecting twelve armor fragments can synthesize a basic psionic exclusive set. Tier: Excellent."

Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded. Wasn't the Earth Pattern Armor that just came out? Why has this copper coin turned into Steel Pattern Armor, and even changed into a beginner-level psionic exclusive set? Are you kidding me?

"Where was the core of this attack?" Jiang Yuan squinted as he pondered, and after a long while, he finally remembered.

"I remember it was that spider in the underground warehouse!"

Jiang Yuan thought to himself that because of the special nature of the patterned armor, it was necessary to remember the monster that dropped the core at this moment, because he had discovered the pattern of the core products in the past few days.

Generally, the cores dropped by monsters will yield items of the same type. For example, the cores dropped by the Firehound were all wolf-dog series items.

And if it could drop armor fragments, he figured it wouldn't be too bad; the probability of getting it from a creature of the same kind would be much higher.

"It's definitely worth collecting this exclusive set!" Jiang Yuan knew that anything that reached the Excellent level was not weak, and this set was also very difficult to collect.

As soon as the second mithril chest was opened, Jiang Yuan's pupils shrank, because this was an item that Ning Yanlan desperately wanted.

"Soul Annihilation Technique, Rank: None".

The simple introduction filled Jiang Yuan with joy, because anything without a grade is either the worst of the worst or the finest of treasures, and clearly, this Annihilation Soul Technique was the latter.

"And it's even of the dark attribute!" Jiang Yuan exclaimed in admiration.

Some people's luck is something you can't envy. Take Xiao Xin, for example. In just one day, she had a cultivation technique to learn. Meanwhile, those who risk their lives killing monsters outside might not be able to get a cultivation technique that matches their attributes even after several days or even a week. Even if they do, it's a low-level technique. A cultivation technique with no rank that can be improved is something they can't even dream of.

"Yanlan will be overjoyed when she finds out!" Jiang Yuan took the black bead out of the mithril box.

"What makes me so happy!"

Before anyone knew it, Ning Yanlan had already stood behind Jiang Yuan. After finishing her cultivation, she appeared somewhat languid, and her words carried a captivating quality.

"You're awake!" Jiang Yuan turned around and looked at him.

Ning Yanlan yawned and leaned against Jiang Yuan's back. "What kind of surprise are you planning to give me? It's not going to be another ring, is it? Let me tell you, don't bother giving me a diamond ring that's not as big as a pigeon's egg next time."

"Looks like you're still half asleep!" Jiang Yuan put his hand on Ning Yanlan's shoulder, then turned around and waved the black bead in front of her. "Guess what this is?"

"A cultivation technique!" Ning Yanlan opened her eyes and immediately recognized what was inside the bead; only a cultivation technique could be made in this way.

"Guess what kind of cultivation technique it is!" Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

Ning Yanlan pondered for a moment, then revealed a surprised expression, "Could it be a dark-type soul energy technique?!"

"Isn't this a surprise?" Jiang Yuan said smugly.

"No way!" Ning Yanlan screamed, then took the bead and examined it before bursting into laughter. "Jiang Yuan, you're really something!"

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