Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Yuanheng Mountain Range, Qinghefang City.

Qinghe Market is not large, but there are many cultivators coming and going. It consists of two main streets running east and west, and four side alleys running north and south.

Li Yuan walked along East Street and then turned into North Alley. His gray patrol uniform billowed slightly in the wind, and a large "王" (king) character was embroidered on the chest of the uniform.

Qinghe Market is under the management of the Wang family. Li Yuan is the inspector of the market, which seems like a big title, but he is just a law enforcement officer at the lowest level of the market.

Their main tasks include maintaining order in the market, preventing cultivators from fighting, collecting stall rents, and other miscellaneous tasks.

The work is relatively easy. The market has always been stable. Although the tasks seem complicated, there is actually very little to do.

After walking for a while, Li Yuan subconsciously reached for his waist.

As soon as he reached out, he realized that he was no longer on Earth, and that what he was wearing on his waist was his name tag, not his cell phone.

"I don't know if I'll be able to go back..."

Li Yuan was starting to miss his life on Earth, and he was also missing his phone, computer, and iced cola.

Although one can cultivate immortality here, daily life is not as good as on Earth.

Fortunately, he was an orphan with no parents and no one to care about. So, he was in a different world and didn't feel any pressure.

Li Yuan is a time traveler. The night before he transmigrated, he was so engrossed in reading a novel on a certain website that he didn't go to sleep until very late.

Then I woke up and found myself in this world.

Fortunately, the original owner's memories were relatively intact, which allowed Li Yuan to quickly integrate into this world.

When the original owner was five years old, a cultivator from the Wang family discovered that she had spiritual roots. In exchange for cultivation techniques and a suitable cultivation environment, she signed a twenty-year contract with the Wang family, which required her to work for the Wang family for twenty years after reaching adulthood.

Li Yuan is only twenty-five years old now, and it will be a long thirteen years before he regains his freedom.

Although there is a rule that reaching the later stages of Qi Refining can reduce the number of working years, Li Yuan doesn't think he can achieve that given the current situation.

Just yesterday, the original owner sold some items, spent all her savings, and bought a breakthrough pill.

He then took elixirs, failed to break through the bottleneck of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm, and went into a state of demonic possession.

Then, Li Yuan traveled through time.

Li Yuan currently doesn't have a single spirit stone on him.

They're really dirt poor.

Li Yuan was making his usual rounds of inspections of the market while cursing under his breath.

At the end of the north alley stood a simple cloth shed, under which sat an old man with a weathered face. On the stall in front of him were a dozen or so cleansing talismans, with fireball talismans and ice cone talismans placed behind them, along with three talismans for warding off evil.

This old man has been setting up a stall in the market for many years. He has a cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining and a grandson who is over ten years old. His talisman-making skills are only average in this market, but he can sell a few talismans occasionally because they are cheap.

Li Yuan walked up to the stall and stopped: "Old Zhang, it's time to pay the stall fee this month."

Old Zhang raised his eyelids and saw that it was Li Yuan. He immediately took out three low-grade spirit stones from his sleeve and handed them over.

"The stall fee is one spirit stone a month, and you're giving me three. What does that mean?"

Looking at the three spirit stones in front of him, Li Yuan did not take them, but asked in confusion.

Old Zhang cupped his hands in greeting and said:

"Fellow Daoist Li, you've introduced quite a few fellow Daoists to buy talismans from me these past few days, which has made me quite a bit of money."

"My skills are rough, and I only know a few kinds of talismans. Fellow Daoist Li doesn't really need them. If Fellow Daoist Li doesn't mind, please accept these two spirit stones."

For low-ranking inspectors like Li Yuan, their monthly salary is very small.

Aside from the Meridian Opening Pill that can aid cultivation and the three contribution points that can be exchanged for items within the Wang family, there are only three spirit stones.

The two extra spirit stones were equivalent to more than half a month's salary.

"Then I shall accept it without hesitation."

The moment Li Yuan received the spirit stone, several lines of semi-transparent text suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Equipable item detected: Low-grade spirit stone (complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spiritual Energy Filter (White) - Increases cultivation speed by 30%, automatically removes impurities when absorbing spiritual energy]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Maintain the equipment's condition and train it for 100 weeks]

[Equipped?]

What is that? A hanging object?

Li Yuan's heart began to pound, but his expression remained unchanged. He put the spirit stone into his sleeve, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Old Zhang, nodded, and turned to leave. His steps were unhurried, just like when he was on his usual patrol.

Turning out of the north alley, Li Yuan strode quickly towards the east of the city.

The eastern part of the city was the residential area for peripheral members of the Wang family like Li Yuan. Li Yuan hadn't walked far when he saw rows of wooden houses appearing in front of him.

There are about a hundred rooms in total, one room per person. The rooms are all quite large, and the place isn't even fully occupied yet, since the land is free anyway.

There aren't many facilities inside; many of the furniture and amenities that mortals need are completely unnecessary for cultivators.

Li Yuan walked straight to the room furthest to the side, pushed the door open, and casually bolted the door shut.

Sitting down by the bed, Li Yuan took out the spirit stone from his sleeve and stared at it intently.

The semi-transparent text still floated before my eyes:

[Equipable item detected: Low-grade spirit stone]

[Equipped?]

"It's not a hallucination."

Li Yuan's mind stirred slightly, and he thought, "Yes."

The text suddenly changed, and the spirit stone in front of Li Yuan vanished into thin air.

[Equipment Successfully]

[Acquired entry: Aura Filter (White)]

[Affix Effect: Increases cultivation speed by 30%, automatically removes impurities when absorbing spiritual energy]

[Permanentization Requirements: Maintain the equipment in its current state and train it for a full 100 weeks (Current Progress: 0/100)]

[Note 1: The attribute will be invalidated after the equipment is removed, and the equipment will be returned.]

[Note 2: After permanentization, the equipment will disappear, the equipment slot will be empty, and the attribute will remain permanently.]

Entry... Equipment... Permanentization Conditions...

The concepts displayed in the text before him were not unfamiliar to a time traveler.

The cheat code has arrived!

"It should have been discovered yesterday, but the original owner was too poor and didn't have a single spirit stone on him."

While delighted, Li Yuan couldn't help but complain.

Before Li Yuan could even begin his experiment, the text in front of him changed again.

Name: Li Yuan

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 3]

[Cultivation Technique; Spirit Guiding Technique - Minor Success (899/1600)]

【法术：火球术-精通（89/800），神行步-熟练（90/400），灵罩术-熟练（18/400），冰锥术-入门（56/200）】

[Equipment Slots: (1/1) (After permanently adding an attribute of any level, a second equipment slot will be unlocked)]

[Equipped Items: Low-grade Spirit Stones]

[Acquired entry: Aura Filter (White)]

At this moment, information about the system began to automatically appear in Li Yuan's mind:

This equipment panel allows you to equip various items that meet certain conditions and gain attribute bonuses.

However, different items have different restrictions. For example, to equip a spirit stone, it must be a complete spirit stone; a damaged one will not work.

Items with the same type of descriptive attribute have the same effect, but descriptive attributes of the same type cannot be stacked.

The entries also have different grades, divided into seven types: gray, white, green, blue, purple, red, and gold. The higher the grade, the stronger the effect of the entry.

"Currently, there is only one equipment slot."

As Li Yuan looked at the newly appeared text, he had a thought, and the panel in front of him disappeared automatically.

Looking at the entries on the panel, Li Yuan did not hesitate. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice the beginner's technique provided by the Wang family.

The cultivation technique is called the Spirit Guiding Technique. It is a basic cultivation method specially used by the Wang family for peripheral cultivators. Its effects are mediocre, but its advantage lies in its fast cultivation speed and ability to quickly absorb spiritual energy. It is suitable for cultivators of average aptitude to start.

Li Yuan's predecessor had cultivated all the way to the third level of Qi Refining using this technique. The cultivation speed was relatively fast in the early stages, but the shortcomings of the technique became more and more obvious as one progressed.

Although the Spirit Guiding Technique absorbs spiritual energy quickly, it cannot filter out impurities in the spiritual energy. Over time, the spiritual energy in the body will become impure and mixed, making cultivation slow and difficult to break through realms.

One needs to regularly take pills like the Turbidity-Clearing Pill to cleanse the meridians in order to maintain the speed of cultivation.

The Turbidity-Clearing Pill is sold at the Wang family's shop in the market, costing three spirit stones per pill.

Li Yuan continued his cultivation while pondering these thoughts.

Half an incense stick's time later, Li Yuan opened his eyes. The feeling of this cultivation was completely different from his usual cultivation. The speed at which spiritual energy entered his body was much faster, and more importantly, the faint stagnation he used to experience had disappeared. Every wisp of spiritual energy had become purer, dissolving instantly upon entering his meridians without the slightest obstruction.

Automatically removes impurities.

This statement is not unfounded. The impurities that should have been mixed in with the spiritual energy seem to have been filtered out by something before entering the body, leaving only pure spiritual energy that circulates through the meridians and flows into the dantian.

Moreover, the meridians that had been aching slightly due to the previous failed breakthrough did not become painful again due to the flow of spiritual energy; on the contrary, the injuries seemed to show signs of recovery.

This is because pure spiritual energy has a natural healing function, while the previous spiritual energy had too many impurities, and continuing to cultivate would only aggravate the injury.

Li Yuan felt a surge of joy, and his homesickness lessened somewhat.

What earth is there to hang back on?

Okay, I still kind of miss Earth's cell phones, computers, and iced cola...

However, Li Yuan did not continue cultivating. The patrol work was not yet finished, and he still had to continue patrolling.