Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The next morning, footsteps could be heard outside the courtyard gate.

Captain Wang is back.

Two guards followed behind him, one of whom carried two bulging storage bags on his back.

Captain Wang paused for a moment as he entered the courtyard.

My gaze swept across the section of the collapsed wall on the east side, then across the half-collapsed wall on the south side, before settling on the several unfilled cracks in the ground in the center of the yard. The two destroyed wooden sheds had only had their rubble cleared away; the frames still lay askew, unattended.

His face darkened.

His lips were pressed into a thin line, and the muscles on his cheekbones were taut. Without saying a word, he waved to the monks who remained behind.

The cultivator strode over and recounted the events of the previous night from beginning to end. There were six people, the leader being a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator, two of whom were seriously injured. Their target was the wall and the buildings. They withdrew immediately upon the arrival of reinforcements.

After listening, Captain Wang remained silent for a few moments.

"What about the two who were injured?"

"It's been delivered to the pharmacy in the market. The heart-locking talisman is on it, and the condition hasn't worsened."

Captain Wang hummed in agreement and turned to look at Li Yuan.

Li Yuanzheng walked out of the stone house.

"You made your move?"

"Two fireballs were fired, but it wasn't enough to stop it."

Captain Wang didn't ask for details. He nodded, turned around, and gestured with his chin towards the two cultivators carrying boxes.

"Put the things down."

Two large wooden crates suddenly appeared on the remaining flat ground under the wooden shed, with storage bags placed beside them.

Captain Wang walked over and opened the first wooden crate.

Inside was a thick stack of blue-patterned paper, with a bottle of spirit ink and a box of cinnabar stuffed next to it. The gray concealing talisman paper and the dark silver spirit ink were wrapped separately in oiled paper.

The second wooden box contained more blue-gray paper and auxiliary materials.

The quantity was 20% higher than what Li Yuan reported.

Captain Wang opened another storage bag, pulled out a roll of animal hide, and tossed it to Li Yuan.

"It was added by the Talisman Hall. A new talisman-making method, the Qi-gathering Talisman."

Li Yuan caught the animal hide.

Captain Wang tied the storage bag tightly and leaned it against the wooden crate. "Make as much as you can, prioritizing the Fireball Talisman and Heart-Locking Talisman. Once you've learned how to make the Qi-Gathering Talisman, get it out as soon as possible."

After saying that, he turned and left to check the damage to the wall.

Li Yuan carried the animal hides and supplies back to the stone house.

The door was closed, and the materials for making talismans were sorted and arranged. The newly arrived blue-patterned paper was folded to the corner of the table, and the spirit ink and cinnabar were placed beside it.

Then unfold the rolled-up animal skin.

Gathering Qi Talisman.

The first few lines of the instructions describe the function. The Qi Gathering Talisman is an auxiliary talisman that, when used, can compress a large amount of surrounding spiritual energy and pour it into the user's body in a very short time, essentially providing a temporary burst of spiritual power replenishment.

It's not recovery, it's forced infusion.

Unlike the Rejuvenation Talisman, which provides a slow recovery, the Gathering Qi Talisman takes a more forceful approach. Spiritual energy is forcibly compressed and poured into the dantian, quickly restoring spiritual power from a low point to a full state. The trade-off is that the meridians will experience a temporary soreness after use, and the injected spiritual energy is not very pure, requiring time to refine it afterwards.

This thing can save the lives of cultivators who have exhausted their spiritual energy in battle.

Li Yuan flipped the page to look at the arrangement of the spirit patterns.

The Qi Gathering Talisman uses a combination of Spirit Gathering Patterns and Compression Patterns. The Spirit Gathering Patterns are responsible for attracting the surrounding spiritual energy, while the Compression Patterns are responsible for compressing the spiritual energy into a high-density ball of spiritual power, which is then injected into the user's body all at once through the Release Pattern.

There are three kinds of spirit patterns, one more layer than the Heart-Locking Talisman.

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He had seen the Spirit Gathering Pattern before; the permanent attribute for gathering spiritual energy came from the Spirit Gathering Ring, and its principle was similar to that of the Spirit Gathering Pattern. The Compression Pattern was somewhat similar to the spiritual energy condensation technique of the Condensation Technique, both involving compressing spiritual energy towards a higher density. He was encountering the Release Pattern for the first time, but the principle was not complicated; it simply released the energy accumulated in the first two steps all at once.

Li Yuan read the recipe twice from beginning to end and memorized it.

He spread out a sheet of blue-patterned paper, dipped it in spirit ink, and began to write.

It was successful on the third one.

With his mastery of talisman-making techniques and the added advantage of skillful brushwork, he can learn to make new talismans much faster than before.

Although the spirit patterns of the Qi Gathering Talisman have three nested layers, each layer is not particularly complex on its own. The difficulty lies mainly in the connection between the nested layers. He had already honed this connection technique when drawing the Heart-Locking Talisman, so he could directly apply his experience.

Li Yuan placed the Qi-gathering talisman on the table and touched it with his fingertips.

[Equipable item detected: Gathering Qi Talisman (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Spiritual Energy Expansion (White) - Increases maximum spiritual energy by 10%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Cultivate one hundred cycles within thirty-six hours (0/100)]

[Current equipment slots are full (5/5). Replace current equipment?]

White text entry: Spiritual Energy Expansion, maximum spiritual power increased by 10%.

The condition for permanent attainment is to cultivate for one hundred cycles within thirty-six hours.

Thirty-six hours, one hundred cycles.

After achieving minor success in the Micro-Primordial Meridian Guiding Technique, all his meridians were unblocked, and he mastered the Hundred Meridians Returning to Origin Technique. Coupled with the enhancements of pure spiritual energy, refined spiritual energy, and accelerated circulation, his circulation time was now much faster than before. Roughly estimated, he could complete nearly four circulations in an hour.

One hundred cycles require nearly twenty-five hours or more of pure cultivation time.

Within the 36-hour limit, after deducting meals, necessary rest, and movement, 20 hours of cultivation is not impossible.

But there is a problem.

One cannot create talismans while cultivating.

If no talismans are drawn for thirty-six hours, there will be a production gap of nearly two days. The talisman consumption of the guard team is increasing every day, and the gap has widened even more after the attack on the base last night. If no talismans are drawn for two days, the inventory will be completely depleted.

Li Yuan put the Qi Gathering Talisman into his storage bag.

Don't equip, don't advance, just leave it for now.

Let's talk about it when we have a continuous period of free time.

He cleaned the table and laid out the blue-patterned paper again.

Continue drawing the Qi-gathering talisman.

The newly arrived materials are enough for a while, and production cannot be interrupted.

【Talisman: Qi Gathering Talisman - Beginner (0/200)】

After mastering the basics of the Qi Gathering Talisman, Li Yuan continued to draw other talismans.

I also drew several Heart-Locking Talismans and two Rejuvenation Talismans.

By evening, the finished products on the corner of the table had piled up into a thick stack.

Li Yuan separated the fireball talisman and the heart-locking talisman, and stacked the rest according to type.

He Shou should be back from his patrol soon; we can hand it over together then.

He stood up, stretched his wrists, and pulled out a piece of demon beast meat from his storage bag. He used his fire control technique to roast it and eat it. A warm current spread along his meridians, nourishing his bones and muscles with his blood and qi. The remaining demonic power was transformed into baleful energy, flowing into his entire body.

After finishing eating, sit cross-legged and circulate the Spirit Guiding Technique.

The spiritual energy surged into the body, and the pure spiritual power removed impurities, condensing and sinking into the dantian.

The spiritual energy resurgence continues to operate in the shadows, and the spiritual energy consumed during the daytime talisman-making is being restored.

The sound of monks carrying stones could be heard outside the window; the wall was still being repaired.