Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The next morning, Li Yuan left the inn alone.

Old Sun went to catch up with Alchemist He and exchange pleasantries, while Wang Lu was nowhere to be seen early in the morning. The three of them went about their own business.

Li Yuan walked along the side alley onto the main street and turned towards the area of ​​scattered repair stalls.

The individual repair stalls were concentrated in an open space at the eastern end of the main street, surrounded by a stone railing. The open space was not large, about one-third the length of Qinghefang East Street, with thirty or forty stalls crammed inside. The stall owners squatted behind their cloths, some shouting and some dozing off.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the edge of the stall area, his fingers occasionally touching the items on the roadside stalls.

The ore didn't react.

One bottle of pills, no effect.

The worn-out magic weapon, a short sword, did not respond.

The quality of the items here is indeed higher than that of Qinghe Market.

Most of the pills casually displayed on the stalls are of mid-grade first rank and above, and the ores are also mostly mid-grade first rank, with only occasional high-grade first rank items.

In Qinghe Market, only a few shops and occasional itinerant merchants carry Tier 1 superior items.

On the road outside the stall area, several groups of independent cultivators stood chatting in twos and threes, their voices not too low.

Li Yuan's ears were busy as he walked by.

A group of people were gathered at the entrance of the stall area, chatting animatedly.

"Have you heard about Lingxi Valley?" A middle-aged rogue cultivator asked loudly, gesturing with his hands.

"Last month, someone discovered a field of untouched spiritual herbs deep in Lingxi Valley. All of them were of first-grade or higher quality, and it is said that there were even two that were close to second-grade."

A short, rogue cultivator next to him scoffed.

"Could there be anything good in Lingxi Valley? It's teeming with demonic beasts; eight out of ten people who go in never come out. Even if there really are spiritual herb fields, they're not places we can touch."

"That's right." The loud-voiced rogue cultivator waved his hand. "I heard that several groups have gone in, but so far only one group has come out, and two of them were injured."

On the other side, two rogue cultivators in their forties leaned against the stone railing and talked in hushed tones, their voices much softer than those on the other side.

"Do you know about the Chen family's patriarch?"

Which Chen family?

"The one south of Yunyang Market. The one run by just one Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"Oh, I heard. You don't have much time left to live, do you?"

"Yes. It's said there are less than ten years left. The family is already making arrangements, planning to move the entire clan into Yunyang Market. They won't establish a clan outside anymore; they'll just buy a house in the market and live off the Yuanyang Sect."

"There's no other way. With the Foundation Establishment Ancestor gone, how can we defend those territories outside? We might as well move our assets in while he's still here, at least that way we can protect him."

Li Yuan walked past the two without stopping.

After walking a few more steps, there were five or six people gathered around a tea stall ahead, talking even louder.

"That's all old news," a rogue cultivator with a goatee said, holding a teacup with a smug look on his face. "The biggest news recently is that Fellow Daoist Zhang has successfully established his foundation."

The eyes of several people around them turned to look at the same time.

"It happened last month." The goatee-bearded rogue placed his teacup on the table.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang rented a secluded cultivation room from the Yuan Yang Sect in Yunyang Market, consumed a Foundation Establishment Pill, and secluded himself for three days. When he emerged, he was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"Who? What's Zhang?"

"Zhang Xuanqing. He used to be a rogue cultivator, spending over ten years here, climbing step by step from the first level of Qi Refining to the peak of the ninth level. He bought the Foundation Establishment Pill with his own savings, spending most of his life's savings."

A young rogue cultivator smacked his lips.

"A rogue cultivator can establish a foundation? How many spirit stones would that require?"

Several people gasped in shock.

Li Yuan walked past the tea stall, listening to this information.

There is some news about the Wang and Li families, but it doesn't make up a large portion of it. Occasionally someone will mention that there's still fighting in Qinghefang City and that the Li family is causing trouble again, and then they'll move on to other topics.

Yunyang Market is Yuanyang Sect territory, and the conflict between the Wang and Li families is merely peripheral news here. The cultivators here are more concerned with the discovery of Lingxi Valley, the movements of the various families, and who has broken through to what realm.

Li Yuan memorized what he heard and continued walking deeper into the stall area.

When he reached the southeast corner of the stall area, a stall selling pills caught his attention.

The stall owner was a thin old man in his fifties. On the coarse cloth in front of him were about a dozen porcelain bottles of different sizes, and next to each bottle was a small wooden sign with the name and price written on it.

Li Yuan squatted down and touched the ground with his fingers from left to right.

There are no entries for the first four.

The fifth bottle.

The moment my finger touched it, the panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected]

[Item Attribute Level: White]

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

white.

Li Yuan's fingers lingered on the bottle for a moment longer.

He glanced down at the wooden sign beside him.

Soul Nourishing Pill. A mid-grade first-tier pill.

It slowly nourishes the spirit after consumption. The effects are gentle and lasting, but the process is slow and requires long-term use. The price is eight spirit stones per bottle, containing five pills.

"I'll take this one."

The stall owner looked up and glanced at him before handing over the porcelain bottle.

Li Yuan counted out eight spirit stones and placed them on the cloth, then put the Soul Nourishing Pill into his storage bag.

Keep going.

After browsing the stalls, Li Yuan turned into a small alley next to the main street. There were several shops selling cultivation techniques and spells in this alley, which were much more formal than the stalls run by independent cultivators. The doors were open, and shop assistants were sitting behind the counters.

Li Yuan entered the first room.

"Is there anything you want to see?"

The man looked up.

"Earth magic. Beginner level."

The shop assistant took out three bamboo scrolls from a drawer under the counter and placed them on the counter.

"Earth Shield, Falling Rocks, and Thick Earth Technique. These are all entry-level first-tier low-grade spells, priced between seven and ten spirit stones."

Li Yuan picked up the three bamboo scrolls one by one and flipped through them.

Earth Shield is more defensive, Falling Rocks is more offensive, and Thick Earth is a support skill.

"Earth Shield"

I bought it for seven spirit stones.

"Any metal-related items?"

The waiter then pulled out two more bamboo scrolls.

"Golden Blade Technique and Sharp Metal Technique. Both are low-grade first-tier techniques."

Li Yuan chose the Golden Blade Technique, which cost eight spirit stones.

He put the two bamboo scrolls into his storage bag and left the shop.

We walked back to the inn along the same route.

As soon as the room door closed, Li Yuan sat down at the table.

First, he took out the porcelain bottle containing the Soul Nourishing Pills, uncorked it, and glanced inside. There were five pale purple pills, not very big, with a very fine sheen on their surface.

Then he took out the bamboo slips containing the Earth Shield Technique and began to read them.

With his cultivation at the seventh level of Qi Refining and his powerful divine soul, Li Yuan was able to understand things very quickly.

The transformation path of earth-elemental spiritual power, the way the spiritual power of the Earth Shield spell operates, the key points and taboos of casting the spell, were all imprinted in my mind in a moment.

Li Yuan raised his hand, palm down.

A wisp of earthy yellow spiritual energy seeped from his fingertips, condensing into an extremely thin and small earthy yellow light shield in front of his palm, about the size of a palm. It shattered after shaking it twice.

As time passed, the earth-colored light shield became increasingly solid.

[Spell: Earth Shield - Beginner (0/200)]

Upon reopening the bamboo scroll of the Golden Blade Technique, Li Yuan understood the transformation path of metal-type spiritual power and the key points of casting the spell.

Li Yuan extended his index finger, and a thin layer of silvery-white light shone from the fingertip, sharp but faint.

Half an incense stick later.

[Spell: Golden Blade - Beginner (0/200)]

He has mastered both spells.

Fire magic, Fireball spell, I've long since passed the beginner level.

The Wood element, the Nourishing Essence Formula, is an introductory text found in the herb garden.

Water system...

Try using the ice pick technique to see if it works.

Li Yuan removed the Azure Cloud Talisman Brush and took out the booklet of the Cleansing Spirit Body Purification Technique from his storage bag.

equipment.

The conditions for permanent "Anti-Force Defense (White)" have been met.

Is it permanent?

As expected, Ice Spike is a water-based spell.

[Permanentization successful]

[Resistance against supernatural forces (white) has become a permanent entry]

[Equipment consumed]

The booklet of the Cleansing and Purifying Techniques transformed into a pale blue light between his fingers and entered his body.

The changes are subtle. A very thin protective layer has appeared on the skin, not a hard shell like a spiritual energy barrier, but rather an increased tolerance of the skin to foreign spiritual energy. In the future, when exposed to poisonous spiritual energy, conflicting spiritual energy, or other negative energies, the body can withstand 30% more damage.

There is one empty slot in the equipment inventory.

Li Yuan tidied up the things on the table and picked up the bottle of Soul Nourishing Pills.

He uncorked the bottle and placed his finger on a pill at the bottle opening.

[Equipable item detected: Soul Nourishing Pill (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Soul Power Supply (White) - Consumes spiritual power to replenish depleted soul energy, while slightly accelerating the natural recovery of soul power]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Cultivation level reaches level nine of Qi Refining]

[Equipped?]

White label. Soul Power Supply.

Consume spiritual energy to replenish the depleted divine soul and accelerate the natural recovery of the divine soul.

The condition for permanentization is simple and direct: just reach the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Li Yuan put the stopper back in and prepared the Soul Nourishing Pill.

A cool sensation appeared in my mind, then disappeared.

Presumably because my spirit is now at its peak, the "Soul Power Replenishment" attribute doesn't seem to have any effect.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened. The lanterns in Yunyang Market began to light up, their light filtering through the window cracks and casting thin strips of light on the walls.

Li Yuan closed his eyes, his breathing even, and his internal energy and malevolent energy circulated alternately.