Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

That morning, Li Yuan finished drawing and stacking a batch of fireball talismans and heart-locking talismans, put down his talisman brush, and left the courtyard.

The main street of Yunyang Market was bustling with people, much like a few days ago. The bluestone pavement gleamed from the footsteps of passersby, and the shop signs on both sides stood side by side in the sunlight.

Li Yuan didn't head straight for the repair stalls. Instead, he strolled slowly along the main street, carrying nothing in his hands and walking at a leisurely pace.

The variety of goods in Yunyang Market is much richer than that in Qinghe Market, and the quality is also much higher. Although most of the items in the regular shops are inaccessible due to the spiritual energy barrier, you can occasionally find some unexpected items at the stalls of independent cultivators and street vendors.

Walking to the north-central part of the main street, there were five or six people gathered around a tea stall by the roadside.

Li Yuan didn't deliberately approach, but slowed his pace and walked past the outside of the tea stall.

Several laymen were talking, and their voices weren't quiet.

"...Yunyang Market has been getting increasingly strict lately, have you noticed?"

A burly, middle-aged rogue monk with a thick beard held a teacup and tried to clear his throat toward the people beside him, but his voice still carried.

"How can it not be strict?" a tall, thin rogue cultivator chimed in.

"Last month, the Yuanyang Sect wiped out a group of remnants of the Demonic Sect in the south, killing seven and letting three escape. The three haven't been caught yet; they're said to have fled north."

The bearded rogue cultivator hissed. "Remnants of the Demonic Sect? Weren't they wiped out a hundred years ago?"

"The sect was destroyed, but the people weren't completely wiped out." The tall, thin rogue cultivator placed his teacup on the table.

"Back then, several major sects joined forces to destroy the Demon Sect's headquarters, and the sect leader and several elders were killed on the spot. However, many of the disciples fled and scattered to various places, hiding their identities. In recent years, a few have occasionally reappeared. If they are discovered, they are eliminated; if they are not discovered, they continue to lie low."

Another, slightly older, independent cultivator chimed in.

"It's not just the remnants of the Demonic Sect. Haven't you noticed that various sects have been tightening their grip on territory lately? The Yuan Yang Sect has increased patrols in the market, and I heard they've even increased manpower at several outposts on the outskirts. The Qing Yun Sect to the south is also making moves, directly annexing the territories of several vassal families."

The bearded rogue cultivator smacked his lips. "Will Yuan Yang then absorb the Wang, Li, and Ji families?"

"It's hard to say, but these three families have been sending people to the Yuanyang Sect for many years, especially the Li family."

"I heard that the Li family is also gathering materials for Foundation Establishment Pills and asking Alchemist He to refine them. It seems that there is a genius in the family who has joined the Yuan Yang Sect. Will they give it to him?"

"Joining the Yuan Yang Sect has little to do with one's family anymore; it's definitely for the benefit of one's own people."

The group of independent cultivators chattered amongst themselves, and then the topic shifted to other areas.

Li Yuan paused slightly, but did not turn around; he simply wrote down the information.

Continue walking forward and turn into the area of ​​unlicensed repair stalls.

The open space enclosed by stone railings was crammed with thirty or forty stalls, much like the layout a few days ago.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the stall area, his fingers occasionally touching the items on the roadside stalls. He scanned about ten stalls but didn't trigger anything on the surface.

Walking to the middle-eastern part, there was a stall selling miscellaneous items: a few pieces of ore, two bottles of medicine, a cloth bag, a few roughly made accessories for magical implements, and a palm-sized copper plate in the corner.

The copper plate is somewhat similar in style to the spirit-detecting plate, but it is much thinner. A circle of fine spirit patterns is engraved around the edge, and a small dark blue bead is embedded in the center of the plate.

Li Yuan reached out and picked up the bronze plate.

The panel popped up the instant your fingertip touched the surface.

[Equipable item detected]

[Item Attribute Level: White]

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

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

He flipped the bronze plate over to look at the back. The workmanship was rougher than the front, and the engravings of the spirit patterns were of varying depths, but the overall structure was intact.

"What is this?" Li Yuanchao waved the copper plate in his hand at the stall owner.

The stall owner, a thin man in his forties, was tilting his head and gnawing on a pancake when he heard this. He looked up and glanced at it.

"Aura Detection Plate. After being infused with spiritual energy, it can sense the fluctuations of the surrounding aura. The range is smaller than that of the standard aura detection plates commonly found on the market, but the accuracy is higher."

He put the pancake down and patted the crumbs off his hands.

Li Yuan inquired.

"How many?"

"Twelve spirit stones."

"Ten yuan."

The stall owner grimaced and hesitated for a moment.

"Alright."

Li Yuan counted out ten spirit stones and placed them on the cloth, then put the Qi-sensing disc into his storage bag.

Keep going.

As Li Yuan walked to the southern edge of the stall area, a stall selling jewelry and miscellaneous items caught his attention.

The stall owner was a young rogue cultivator in his early twenties. Seven or eight items were displayed on the cloth in front of him, mostly various pendants, bracelets, and jade ornaments. It looked more like a stall selling decorative items in a mortal market, quite different from the style of the magical artifact stalls commonly seen in cultivators' markets.

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

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

When I touched a bracelet, a panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected]

[Item Affix Level: Gray]

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

grey.

Li Yuan turned the bracelet over; it was a dark blue-green metal with simple craftsmanship.

"How much is this?"

The young stall owner looked up and glanced at the bracelet in Li Yuan's hand.

"That one, it cost three spirit stones. It belonged to a rogue cultivator who wore it, saying it could refresh the mind and improve concentration during cultivation. I wore it for a few days after getting it, and it did have some effect, though it wasn't very noticeable."

Li Yuan didn't haggle. He put the spirit stone down and put the bracelet into his storage bag.

Li Yuan walked around the stall area again, but did not encounter any other items that reacted.

Back in the courtyard, I closed the door.

Several herbal talismans drawn that morning were still spread on the table in the main room, and the spirit ink bottle was placed in the corner. Li Yuan moved the talismans aside, clearing the table.

First, take out the air sensor.

The dark blue beads shimmered slightly in the center of the plate, and the spiritual patterns along the edges were faintly visible under the light.

Fingertips touch the plate.

[Equipable item detected: Sensing Disc (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Aura Memorization (White) - Enhances the range and accuracy of aura perception. It can actively memorize the characteristics of previously encountered auras and automatically recognize them upon encountering the same aura again.]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Reduce one's aura to be indistinguishable from that of a mortal (0/1)]

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

White text. A memory etched in the mind.

It has two effects. First, it enhances the range and accuracy of breath perception. Second, it can remember previously encountered breaths and automatically recognize them the next time the same breath is encountered.

The condition for permanentization is to reduce one's aura to be indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person.

Li Yuan placed the sensing plate on the table.

The permanent aura concealment skill can reduce aura by 30%, from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the fifth or sixth level.

"But no different from ordinary people" means that one's aura must be completely concealed to nothing, without containing even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation.

Suppression of 30% is far from enough.

Li Yuan didn't think much about it and put the sensing disc back into his storage bag.

The conditions are what they are; if we can't do it right now, we'll put it aside for now.

Then take out the bracelet.

The dark blue metal bracelet felt slightly cool in my palm.

Touch it with your fingertips.

[Equipable item detected: Awakening Bracelet (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Comprehension Increase (Gray) - Increases spell learning speed by 50%]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Cultivation level reaches mid-stage Qi Refining (0/1)]

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

Grayed-out entry. Increased comprehension level.

The speed at which you learn spells increases by 50%.

The condition for permanentization is reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Li Yuan is currently at the seventh level of Qi Refining, having long passed the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Once equipped, it becomes permanent immediately.

Li Yuan twirled the bracelet in his hand.

The speed at which you learn spells increases by 50%.

With his current skill level, he can learn most first-tier spells after reading them twice, and he can master ordinary beginner-level spells by following the path of spiritual power within half a day.

After mastering the art of talisman making, the precision of spiritual power manipulation has reached a very high level. In addition, the soul is continuously strengthened by the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and the Spirit-Refining Talisman, so the speed at which one can understand and master new spells is already very fast.

Even if it's 50% faster, the difference isn't particularly significant.

All five equipment slots are full.

If you want to install the "Awakening Bracelet," you have to remove one.

His current need for speed in learning spells is not urgent. He doesn't lack the ability to learn spells; what he lacks is finding suitable spells and enough time to practice.

It's not worthwhile to remove any existing equipment just for a currently unused grayed-out affix.

Li Yuan put the Awakening Bracelet deep into his storage bag.

I'll make it permanent once the equipment slots are empty.

He laid the table out again and picked up the talisman brush.

The practice of refining divine talismans still needs to continue. The accumulation of experience in the proficiency stage is far from over, and there is still a long way to go before mastering them.