Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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After returning to the shop, Li Yuan closed the door and emptied and inventoried everything in the storage bag.

The items brought out from the secret realm were not many.

The fangs and thorns of the Iron-Spiked Wolf, the fur and horns of two low-grade first-tier demonic beasts, seven or eight common herbs, and a decent-quality Crimson Sun Ginseng.

In addition, there were the items taken from the three killed cultivators: more than forty spirit stones, several bottles of pills, and a packet of Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients.

Three stalks of Red Clover Grass, a small bag of Mysterious Spirit Sand, and a bottle of Soul-Gathering Dew.

Li Yuan put these auxiliary materials together with the spirit essence fruit deep in the storage bag and looked at them for a while.

The Breakthrough Pill requires seven ingredients, with the Spirit Essence Fruit being the core ingredient. Crimson Grass, Mysterious Spirit Sand, and Soul-Gathering Dew are three of the auxiliary ingredients. Adding to the scattered materials I bought earlier at Yunyang Market, I now have most of the necessary materials for the Breakthrough Pill.

We are still missing three common main ingredients, which can be bought on the market, but they are quite expensive.

After reading it, Li Yuan took the document written by Captain Wang out of his storage bag and unfolded it to read it again. The handwriting was neat, the seal was intact, and the anti-counterfeiting spirit pattern was clearly identifiable.

The sooner you terminate a contract, the better.

From the outskirts of the secret realm to Qinghe Market. The road was not safe, but Li Yuan felt it wouldn't be a big problem.

With his cultivation at the eighth level of Qi Refining, coupled with his ability to conceal his aura and keenly detect hidden breaths, he was generally undetectable to ordinary people.

Even if we encounter them, with our current combat strength, there is basically no threat from those below the eighth level of Qi Refining, and we have already defeated those at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Traveling with others can be troublesome, as you need to accommodate their speed and route, expose your own whereabouts, and consider whether to help if there is danger.

I can run faster and more nimbly on my own.

Moreover, having a contract on your person always makes you feel uneasy. A contract made from essence blood can track your approximate location. Although the Wang family hasn't used this function to do anything outrageous in all this time, a constraint is still a constraint. If you don't remove it, there will always be a thorn in your heart.

Li Yuan made a decision.

That evening, I greeted Old Sun, saying I had some business to attend to back in Qinghe Market and asked him to watch the shop. Old Sun didn't ask anything, just hummed in agreement, and continued tending his alchemy furnace.

Li Yuan set off early the next morning.

Head south from the outer edge of the secret realm, pass through a hilly area, and then enter the official road on the outer edge of the Yuanheng Mountains.

The official road was the main road maintained by the Yuanyang Sect. The road surface was flat, and there were simple road signs and post stations on both sides, making it much safer than taking the wild roads.

Li Yuan kept his presence low, concealing his aura and controlling his cultivation level to the fifth level of Qi Refining, and quickly traveled along the official road.

After walking for most of the day, near a fork in the road, Li Yuan noticed several people ahead.

Four people walked in the same direction along the official road. The one in the lead wore a gray-blue robe, and the buckle of his belt had the Li family's pattern on it. The three behind him dressed as rogue cultivators, their cultivation levels ranging from the fifth to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The Li family cultivators and independent cultivators traveled together.

The aura memory automatically recorded the aura characteristics of the four people. The hidden aura detection system detected that the four people did not harbor any malice towards Li Yuan, but were simply traveling normally.

Li Yuan slowed his pace, keeping a distance of about one hundred zhang from them.

The other person didn't turn around, nor did they show any sign of noticing anyone behind them. The four people reached the fork in the road and turned onto the small road to the east, quickly disappearing from sight.

Li Yuan continued south along the official road, with no intention of engaging in conflict.

The Li family members were acting together with independent cultivators, just like the situation next to the formation in the secret realm.

The gray stone walls of Qinghefang Market came into view the following evening.

The market town had expanded since the last time I left, and a row of newly built stone houses had appeared outside the southern city wall, resembling temporary warehouses or residences.

There were many people coming and going at the city gate, mostly independent cultivators and outsiders.

Li Yuan entered the market through the south gate and headed straight for the market management office.

I had previously joined the market patrol team, but I don't know if my contract is still there or if I was transferred to the Talisman Hall.

If you are not available, you can contact us through the management office.

The office was located at the end of the east street of the market, in a two-story stone building, with the Wang family's flag hanging at the entrance.

The supervisor on duty was a middle-aged man in his forties. Li Yuan had met him a few times before, but they weren't close. Li Yuan handed over the documents and explained his purpose.

The steward took the document, read it through, and then used his spiritual power to verify the anti-counterfeiting spiritual pattern. After confirming that it was correct, he looked up at Li Yuan.

"Terminate the contract?"

"right."

The manager didn't ask any further questions and took out a contract and a jade disc from the drawer under the counter.

"Follow the procedure. First, verify the semen imprint, then both parties confirm the removal, and finally, remove the semen tracking."

The process was straightforward. The steward placed the jade disc on Li Yuan's wrist, and a warm spiritual energy seeped into his bloodstream, resonating with the residual essence blood imprint within his body.

Then the steward activated the spiritual runes on the jade disc, and a subtle spiritual force seeped into his body along his wrist, precisely locating the blood essence mark and dissolving it.

A slight stinging sensation came from deep within my blood vessels, lasting for a few breaths before disappearing.

"Alright." The steward handed Li Yuan a copy of the contract. "From now on, you have no contractual relationship with the family."

That subtle sense of constraint that had lingered for years had vanished. It was as if an invisible thread had been binding me, and now it had been cut.

Li Yuan carefully put away the copy.

"The matter of the Talisman Hall."

The steward flipped through a booklet beside him.

"Captain Wang's document states that the cooperative relationship with the Talisman Hall will be maintained. You can still submit talismans to the Talisman Hall in exchange for contribution points and rewards, but the conditions have changed."

He pulled a list from the booklet and read a few items aloud:

"First, contribution points cannot be advanced; payment must be made after delivery. Second, you cannot proactively accept tasks from the Talisman Hall; you can only accept bounty orders publicly posted by the Talisman Hall. Third, the reward standard is calculated based on the level of a rogue talisman maker, which is 20% lower than that of a contracted talisman maker."

"What about the others?"

"That's all. Talisman-making materials can be purchased from the Talisman Hall at market price, but there are no internal discounts. Borrowing access to spellbooks has been cancelled. If you need a new talisman-making spell, you'll have to find a way to get it yourself."

Li Yuan nodded.

As expected. The material supply is still available, but it's more expensive. The acquisition of contribution points is slower, but there's more freedom.

The cancellation of access to spellbooks is a loss, but the spell-making spells I have at the moment are enough, and I'm not in a hurry to learn new ones.

"Is there anything else?" the steward asked.

"That's all."

Li Yuan turned and left the office.

Standing on East Street, the evening sunlight shines down from above the city wall on the west side of the market, turning the stone pavement a warm yellow.

There is no contract on him anymore.

Go wherever you want, do whatever you want.