Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

After finishing his midday patrol, Li Yuan did not go directly back to his residence, but instead turned towards the northwest corner of the market.

There was a two-story stone building there, with the words "Zanggong Pavilion" hanging above the door, which was where the Wang family stored their martial arts techniques.

Those who have signed a contract can use their contribution points to exchange for cultivation techniques. There are all kinds, from immortal cultivation spells to mortal martial arts. The variety is not very rich, but it has the basics.

The original owner had come here a few times before, but each time she went straight to the shelves of cultivation techniques and never gave a second glance to the mortal techniques.

That's normal. In the original owner's view, spending contribution points to exchange for a mortal cultivation technique was a complete waste.

Li Yuan pushed open the door of the stone building, and a faint scent of wood wafted towards him.

The first floor was a small hall. On the left was a table with a guard sitting behind it. He was about thirty years old and had the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining. He was resting with his eyes closed.

Hearing footsteps, the man opened his eyes, glanced at the vice-captain's badge on Li Yuan's waist, and nodded slightly.

"To look or to exchange?"

"Let's take a look first."

"Let's go up."

Li Yuan went up the wooden stairs to the second floor.

The second floor is much more spacious than the first floor, with bookshelves along all four walls, neatly stacked with booklets and scrolls.

The left-hand rows contain cultivation techniques and spells. The booklets are in good condition and neatly arranged. Each booklet has a small wooden plaque in front of it, indicating the name of the technique, its grade, and the contribution points required to exchange for it.

The three rows on the right were noticeably quieter, with far fewer booklets and less organized arrangement; some were even crammed in horizontally.

Mortal cultivation methods.

Li Yuan walked to the first row of bookshelves on the right, his gaze sweeping from left to right, his finger casually touching the spines of the books.

Health preservation techniques, stone-splitting palm, copper-skin kung fu, eight-section brocade...

There are many types, but most of them are common introductory exercises, similar to those sold at outside food stalls.

Li Yuan didn't rush to look through the books. Instead, he gently placed his palm on the edge of the first row of bookshelves and slowly pushed it forward.

The system panel is unresponsive.

Li Yuan then placed his hand on the second row.

still none.

As Li Yuan walked to the third row of bookshelves, his hand had just touched it when a line of semi-transparent text suddenly flashed before his eyes.

[Multiple equipable items detected]

Have it.

Li Yuan withdrew his hand from the bookshelf and began to touch each book one by one.

There were more than twenty mortal cultivation manuals on the three bookshelves. Li Yuan touched them one by one, but most of the books did not react. Only three books brought up the system panel when touched.

The first book is "The Palm of Dispelling Clouds".

[Equipable item detected: Cloud-Dispelling Palm (Complete)]

[Item Attribute Level: White]

[Note: Items not belonging to the user cannot be equipped, and detailed information cannot be viewed.]

Li Yuan flipped to the wooden plaque at the front of the booklet, which read: Cloud-Dispelling Palm, a common martial art, four contribution points.

The second book is "Nourishing Vital Energy Technique".

[Equipable item detected: Nourishing Vitality Technique (Complete)]

[Item Attribute Level: White]

[Note: Items not belonging to the user cannot be equipped, and detailed information cannot be viewed.]

The wooden sign reads: "Nourishing Vitality Technique, a common martial art, seven contribution points."

The third book is in the style of the Black Tortoise.

[Equipable item detected: Xuan Turtle Body (Complete)]

[Item Attribute Level: Green]

[Note: Items not belonging to the user cannot be equipped, and detailed information cannot be viewed.]

The green entry. Li Yuan's gaze lingered on the booklet for a moment longer before turning to the wooden tag—

Xuan Turtle Body, a common martial art, costs 30 contribution points.

Thirty o'clock, I can't afford it.

Li Yuan put the Xuan Turtle Body back on the bookshelf, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the Cloud Dispelling Palm and the Nourishing Yuan Technique.

Both books have white entries. The Cloud Dispelling Palm is cheaper, costing only four contribution points; the Nourishing Yuan Technique is much more expensive, costing seven points.

When the original owner sold items to buy Breakthrough Pills, she didn't spend all her contribution points and even saved five. Adding the three points she just received this month, she had a total of eight points.

You can master the Cloud-Dispelling Palm technique in just four points, saving you money.

Although the Nourishing Vitality Technique is expensive, I can afford it.

The price difference was almost double, but I preferred the Yangyuan Gong method.

Li Yuan thought for a moment, then picked up the booklet next to the Nourishing Yuan Technique, which contained an introduction to the technique.

Since ordinary cultivation techniques naturally cannot use such restrictions, the entire Nourishing Vitality Technique was wrapped in specially made paper and could only be opened after purchase.

The Nourishing Vital Energy Exercise is a common qi and blood cultivation method consisting of five forms. Practicing it can strengthen the body, increase qi and blood, and long-term practice can make qi and blood abundant and the physique strong. This exercise also has the effect of nourishing vital energy. After practicing to a certain level, the body's qi and blood can naturally heal injuries, or actively consume qi and blood to promote recovery.

Li Yuan closed the booklet and then picked up the introduction to the Cloud-Dispelling Palm and flipped through it.

The Cloud-Dispelling Palm is an offensive palm technique and shouldn't be placed here, because no matter how powerful ordinary martial arts are, they can't stop a fireball.

However, it has been improved by cultivators, and its advantage is that it can use spiritual power and blood energy to attack.

However, the attack method is not what I want at the moment.

Li Yuan put down the booklet, took the Nourishing Vitality Technique in his hand, and went downstairs.

The monk guarding the first floor opened his eyes and looked at the booklet in Li Yuan's hand.

"Nourishing Vital Energy Technique, seven points."

Li Yuan handed over the waist token: "Exchange."

The guard took the waist tag, pulled out a register from under the table, found Li Yuan's name, and checked the balance of contribution points.

"Eight points, deduct seven points, one point remains."

The guard wrote a few strokes in the register, stamped a small seal on the cover, and handed the waist tag back.

"The manual cannot be returned once it's taken, and the booklet will not be replaced if it's lost."

Li Yuan nodded, packed his things, and left the Scripture Pavilion.

After returning to his residence, Li Yuan bolted the door, sat down on the bed, took out the Yangyuan Gong (a type of energy cultivation technique), and unsealed it.

The paper was much thicker than the book on Iron Ox Kung Fu, the handwriting was neat, and each exercise was accompanied by a simple illustration.

The semi-transparent text also appeared at this moment:

[Equipable item detected: Nourishing Vitality Technique (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Qi and Blood Regeneration (White) - Increases the speed of Qi and Blood recovery by 50%, and accelerates the healing speed of external and internal injuries]

[Conditions for Permanence: This technique must be cultivated to perfection, and twenty-four hours of practice must be accumulated while the Qi and blood are abundant.]

[Current equipment slot (2/2): Replace current equipment?]

Qi and blood will naturally regenerate.

It increases the speed of blood and qi recovery by 50% and can also accelerate the healing of injuries.

This entry differs from the focus of strengthening the internal organs in the Iron Ox Kung Fu—strengthening the internal organs emphasizes the upper limit of endurance, while the self-generation of Qi and blood emphasizes recovery ability.

One can withstand attacks, the other can heal.

However, the conditions for permanentization are more complicated than those for the Iron Ox Kung Fu.

Not only must the technique be perfected, but one must also accumulate twenty-four hours of practice while in a state of abundant Qi and blood.

Twenty-four hours is not a short time, and cultivating when one's Qi and blood are abundant is not easy, but it's not an outrageous condition either; one can accumulate it slowly.

More importantly, the condition for the Iron Ox Skill to become permanent is that two ordinary martial arts techniques must be mastered to perfection.

Now that we have the Nourishing Vitality Technique, it's like we've completed the second technique.

Once both the Iron Ox Kung Fu and the Nourishing Vital Energy Kung Fu are practiced to perfection, the strengthening of the internal organs can be permanent.

Then we'll make the Nourishing Vitality Technique permanent, locking the two white attributes directly—faster blood and qi recovery, stronger internal organs, and benefits for both cultivation and combat.