Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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Li Yuan took the old iron alchemy furnace out of his storage bag and placed it on the table.

The dark gray furnace body gleamed with a dull luster in the morning light. It stood on three legs with a wide, round opening. Several wear marks and soot stains were clearly visible on the furnace wall, and a thick layer of medicinal stains remained on the inner wall.

Li Yuan reached out and pressed his hand against the furnace wall.

The panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Insights into Alchemy (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Alchemy Insights (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the strength of the soul and sensory abilities by up to 30%. The effect is determined by the proficiency level of the first-tier alchemy technique; the higher the proficiency, the greater the increase.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization (choose one): 1. Improve your alchemy skill by two minor realms; 2. Reach the entry level of the second tier or above in alchemy]

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

Green attribute. Effect: Increases soul strength and sensory abilities, up to a maximum of 30%.

But Li Yuan's focus did not stop at the results.

Insights into Daoist alchemy.

It's not an alchemy furnace.

The equipment name displayed on the panel is not the Old Iron Alchemy Furnace, nor the Bronze Small Alchemy Furnace, but rather "Comprehension of Alchemy".

Li Yuan withdrew his hand from the stove wall and looked at the old stove on the table.

The furnace stands on three legs, its opening wide and round, covered with worn spiritual patterns and thick medicinal stains. By all accounts, it looks like an ordinary old alchemy furnace.

However, the name displayed on the system panel is "Dan Dao Enlightenment".

Li Yuan turned the stove over and examined it carefully from all angles, and then discovered the problem.

The three legs are uneven in thickness and the workmanship is rough. The one on the left and the one behind were welded directly to the bottom of the furnace, and the weld marks are clearly visible.

The one on the right is different; there is an extremely fine gap between the base of its foot and the bottom of the furnace.

The gap was only as thick as a hair, filled with grime and rust, and could not be noticed unless you looked closely.

Li Yuan inserted his fingertips into the crevice and brushed away the grime.

A very thin sheet of iron is embedded in the gap, with raised patterns on its surface.

It was text, engraved in tiny, dense characters, so small that it was impossible to see unless you got very close.

Li Yuan brought the stove close to his eyes and carefully examined it by the light from the window.

I can make out a few words, but they're not connected. It's like a sentence has been broken up, with only a few words from the middle engraved here.

It is also written language.

Li Yuan straightened up and re-examined the alchemy furnace.

Not just feet.

He turned the furnace opening upwards and carefully examined its edge. The edge was a rolled-up iron rim, where the roll-up created an extremely narrow slit.

Li Yuan used his fingernail to pry open the crevice a little and found words carved inside.

There are at least five or six different places on the alchemy furnace where writing is hidden.

But none of them are complete. The handwriting is scattered, some with only half a sentence, some with only a few words left. It's like a complete article has been torn into pieces and hidden in various obscure corners of the stove.

You need to piece it together to read the complete content.

Li Yuan did not continue fighting.

He placed the alchemy furnace on the table, and with a thought, removed the Iron Wall Pill and equipped the alchemy furnace.

[Equipment Successfully]

[Acquired entry: Alchemy Insights (Green)]

The alchemy furnace transformed into a gray-black light and entered the body.

The next instant, a surge of unfamiliar information welled up from the depths of my mind.

It's not spiritual power, nor the operational path of magic, but words.

A large amount of text surfaced in my mind, like the insights accumulated by an alchemist over many years.

The control of the heat, the timing of adding the medicinal herbs, and the flow of spiritual energy during the condensation of the elixir—these were scattered yet orderly, like a disassembled notebook rebound together.

The fragmented texts hidden throughout the furnace were integrated into complete insights by the system after the equipment was equipped, and were then injected into the mind all at once.

It's not an alchemy furnace.

It's the words engraved on the furnace. The alchemy furnace is merely a vessel; what's truly equipped is the insight pieced together from those fragments.

No wonder the name displayed on the panel is "Dan Dao Enlightenment," just like the cultivation manual I had previously equipped.

Of course, it is still unclear whether the ability to equip something is completely unrelated to the carrier.

Li Yuan glanced at the empty space on the table; the alchemy furnace had disappeared.

What would happen if an item could be equipped and also had the ability to be equipped written on it?

Li Yuan didn't dwell on it too much. Instead, he walked out of the courtyard, thinking that he wouldn't get the answer by just thinking about it. He would know when he encountered the answer.

I'll be heading back to Qinghefang in a few days, so I'll take advantage of this last bit of time to visit the market one last time.

Walking along the dirt road towards the city gate, we entered Yunyangfang Market.

The main street was bustling with people, much like the previous few days.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the main street, his gaze habitually sweeping over the stalls on both sides.

When they reached the middle of the main street, three or four people were gathered around a groceries stall run by a random cultivator. The stall was filled with a variety of items: several spellbooks, two old magic weapons, a few bottles of unlabeled pills, and a pile of ore fragments.

Li Yuan hadn't planned to stop, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a few words written on the cover of a thin booklet in the corner of the stall.

Micro-controlling spirit techniques.

Li Yuan slowed his pace.

He walked over and picked up the introduction next to the booklet to take a look.

This is a support-type spell. Its core principle is to split spiritual energy at the fingertips into multiple independent streams, each with its own controlled density and direction. It provides benefits to talisman making, alchemy, and weapon crafting.

It highly overlaps with the manipulation of spiritual power during talisman making.

After mastering the basics of talisman-making, he practiced manipulating the spiritual energy of each of his ten fingers daily, but it remained a fragmented experience without any systematization. This spell, however, perfectly summarized these techniques into a complete framework.

Moreover, having just acquired the Daoist Alchemy Insights, and now that they are about to begin learning alchemy, the need for precise control over spiritual energy will only increase.

"How much is this?"

The stall owner was haggling with a wandering monk next to him when he heard the noise and turned around.

"Micro-controlling spirit technique? Eighteen spirit stones."

"fifteen."

The stall owner glanced at him and shook his head. "Seventeen at the very least. Auxiliary spells are hard to find anyway, this price is already very fair."

"OK."

Li Yuan counted out seventeen spirit stones and placed them on the cloth, then put the booklet into his storage bag.

Keep going.

As you walk along the main street to the southern corner, a small shop on the side of the road has a wooden sign hanging on its door frame that reads "Medicinal Pills and Herbs." The shop is small, and a wooden board is nailed to the wall, densely covered with the names and prices of various medicinal pills.

Li Yuan initially only glanced at it, but his gaze lingered on the wooden board for a moment.

Complete recipe for Qi-replenishing pill: 20 spirit stones.

Qi-replenishing pills are a relatively basic, first-tier, low-grade elixir.

If you want to start learning alchemy, beginning with the simplest methods is the right way to go. Moreover, the ingredients for Qi-replenishing pills are all basic spiritual herbs, so the cost is low, and you won't feel bad if you ruin them.

Moreover, the prescriptions for this medicine are already hard to find, and very few are available on the market.

Li Yuan walked into the shop.

A chubby shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter, dozing off.

"Twenty Qi-tonifying pill formulas?"

The shopkeeper opened his eyes, grunted, and pulled out a booklet with an animal hide cover from under the counter, handing it to him.

Li Yuan took it and flipped through two pages. The recipe, the proportions of the medicinal materials, and the refining steps were all clearly written.

"Can you make it cheaper?"

Eighteen. No lower.

The final price was eighteen spirit stones.

Li Yuan put the booklet into his storage bag, left the shop, and returned to his residence on the outskirts of the city along the same route.