Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

He Qing arrived early the next morning.

He stood by the stone railing outside the herb garden, looking even thinner than he had a few days ago.

The dark circles under his eyes had spread to his cheekbones, and his lips were dry and cracked, but his tone of voice was actually more composed than before.

It was as if he had figured something out.

"You know what happened last night."

Li Yuan nodded.

He Qing didn't beat around the bush.

"The Jade Flower is gone, and the southern medicinal herb garden is mostly ruined. These past few days, troubles have been happening all around the family, and the He family alone can't protect them."

He looked at Li Yuan.

"I'd like to ask you to move from the herb garden to headquarters. Headquarters is in the center, so no matter which direction an incident comes from, you can get there the fastest."

"What about extra compensation?"

"Add three spirit stones daily."

He Qing held up two fingers. "The rewards for killing demonic beasts and cultivators will remain the same."

Li Yuan did not hesitate.

"OK."

He Qing breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the back, instructing someone to prepare a place for Li Yuan to stay.

Li Yuan packed up his belongings in the stone house, put them in a storage bag, and headed along the mountain path toward the He family headquarters.

The He family's main compound was much larger than the medicine garden. It was surrounded by a stone wall with two entrances, one on the north and one on the south. The houses inside were arranged along the base of the wall. There were warehouses and a medicine shop on the east side, and a council hall on the west side.

The accommodation arranged for Li Yuan was a stone house in the middle of the courtyard, slightly to the east. The table was wide enough, and the window faced the open space in the center.

After putting his things away and closing the door, Li Yuan sat down at the table.

He unfolded the animal hide used to make the Vajra Talisman and laid it on the table.

I've had this recipe for several days now, but I've been busy drawing fireball and rejuvenation talismans and haven't had a whole block of time to learn it. Now that I've moved to headquarters, my time outside of my daily duties is more concentrated, so it's the perfect time to get started.

The arrangement of the spiritual patterns on the Vajra Talisman differs greatly from that of the Fireball Talisman.

The Fireball Talisman is fire-based, with its runes primarily consisting of fire-gathering and detonation patterns. Its core principle is to compress spiritual energy before releasing it. The Vajra Talisman is earth-based with a metallic component, and its runes are armor-forming and solidification patterns. Its core principle is to spread spiritual energy into a uniform and dense membrane.

The two approaches are completely opposite. The Fireball Talisman should explode, while the Vajra Talisman should be collected.

Li Yuan dipped his brush in the spiritual ink and first attempted to draw the first line of armor-like patterns on an ordinary yellow paper.

The problem arose as soon as the spirit runes were spread out. Armor runes require a uniform and dense application of spirit energy; if too much force is applied, the spirit energy will accumulate in the middle of the runes, while the edges will become thinner. The spirit runes on the paper bulged in the middle, and the spirit energy at the edges dissipated completely.

obsolete.

Li Yuan peeled off the paper and set it aside, then laid out the second sheet.

The wrist paused at the joint, and the spiritual energy, unable to be contained, leaked out from the gap.

It's ruined again.

For the third one, he deliberately paused for a moment at the junction, first using a wisp of spiritual power to seal the edge of the previous pattern before starting to draw the second one. The first half of the solid pattern went well, but problems arose again at the bend.

The Vajra Talisman's spiritual patterns have several near-right-angle turns, unlike the Fireball Talisman which is mostly curved. The spiritual energy transmission at the corners of the pen tip is easily interrupted, and once interrupted, the patterns dissipate.

The third one is useless.

Li Yuan was not impatient. He put down the talisman brush and read through the description of the turning points in the manufacturing method again.

"At the corner, you need to slow down and gather strength in advance, and at the moment of turning, your spiritual energy will continue and your brushstrokes will not stop."

He picked up a pen and practiced turning points on a blank sheet of paper.

Instead of drawing complete spirit runes, practice only the corners.

The first time, the spiritual energy was cut off at the corner.

The second time, the spiritual energy didn't stop, but the brushstroke paused for a moment, and a burr appeared in the pattern.

By the sixth or seventh time, the turning point had finally come to a complete end.

Li Yuan re-spread the blue-patterned paper.

Chapter 106, "Introduction to the Vajra Talisman," is now available! Read it now!

The brushstrokes began with the armor-like pattern, the force controlled to be 20% lighter than that of the fireball talisman, pausing for half a breath at the junction to seal the edge. As the brush reached the corner, it slowed, gathered strength, and then turned. The spiritual energy remained unbroken.

The moment the spiritual energy converged at the center of the talisman, all six spiritual runes lit up simultaneously.

The light gathered layer by layer from the outside in, condensing into a tiny bright spot at the center of the talisman before sinking away.

A very faint yellowish-brown sheen rose on the surface of the talisman, much more subdued than the crimson of the fireball talisman, like a thin sheet of iron that had been compressed.

It became.

Li Yuan picked up the Vajra Talisman and turned it over to the front.

The arrangement of the spirit runes is almost twice as dense as that of the fireball talisman. The six runes are layered but do not interfere with each other, and the edges at the joints are clean and neat. The quality cannot be compared with the proficient level fireball talisman, and some corners are still rough, but as a first finished product, it is sufficient.

Li Yuan placed the Vajra Talisman on the table and touched it with his fingertips.

The panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Vajra Talisman (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Iron Membrane Protection (White) - Enhances the skin's defensive capabilities and also increases the resilience of the meridians]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Consume the blood of nine different Tier 1 low-grade or higher demonic beasts (0/9)]

[Current equipment slots are full (3/3). Replace current equipment?]

White entry. Iron shield protection.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered on the entry information for a moment longer.

Both the skin's defensive capabilities and the resilience of the meridians are enhanced.

The condition for permanent status is consuming the blood of nine different demonic beasts. Not nine portions, but nine different kinds—drinking more of the blood of the same demonic beast only counts as one kind.

Li Yuan didn't stop. He spread out the talisman paper again, dipped it in ink, and began to write.

The second Vajra Talisman.

The writing started a bit faster than the first one, with the first four spirit patterns laid out smoothly and the edges sealed more neatly at the joints. By the fifth line, it was still a bit floaty, but it didn't fall apart, and it barely made it to the sixth line.

pack.

The spiritual energy slowly gathered at the center of the talisman—it loosened.

obsolete.

Li Yuan didn't stop and immediately laid out the third tile.

……

Two days later, Li Yuan put down the talisman brush, and the panel appeared.

【Talisman: Vajra Talisman - Beginner (0/200)】

I've gotten the hang of it.

Li Yuan flexed his wrists and neatly stacked the finished products and waste products on the table.

Three finished Vajra Talismans sat on the corner of the table. He picked one up, touched it with his fingertip, and the panel popped up again—just like before, with a white inscription and an iron shield protecting him.

Blood from nine kinds of demonic beasts.

Monster blood is a common auxiliary material for making talismans. When mixing cinnabar with ink, a small amount of monster blood is often added to enhance the spiritual conductivity of the ink. Different types of blood are suitable for talismans with different attributes.

We need to use talismans for crafting, and we also need to use them for permanent enhancement. The methods for collecting them are readily available.

Li Yuan carefully put away the Vajra Talisman, then got up and walked to the window.

In the courtyard outside the window, several He family cultivators were carrying planks to repair a section of the stone wall that had been knocked askew by a demonic beast the day before. A young clansman squatted at the base of the wall, stuffing pebbles into the cracks, his movements clumsy, his hands still wrapped in gauze.

From the direction of the distant mountain valley, one or two faint roars of demonic beasts could be heard.

Li Yuan turned around and returned to the table, took out two Sha Yuan Pills from his storage bag, and swallowed them.

After the malevolent energy entered the body, it was quickly transformed by the body-tempering technique, cleansing the muscles and bones before being exhausted. The muscles became slightly firmer.

He then sat cross-legged and began practicing the Nourishing Vital Energy Exercise.

With the support of pure spiritual energy and unobstructed meridians throughout the body, the Qi and blood circulated rapidly along the cultivation path.

Once, twice, three times.

Another series of hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Li Yuan opened his eyes, got up, and pushed open the door.