Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Li Yuan spent nearly a month in Yunyang Market and had become quite familiar with the shops and stalls there.

He knew exactly which shop sold the cheapest spirit herbs, which had the best quality animal hides, and which alley sold spellbooks.

That morning, Li Yuan went to the gathering area of ​​independent cultivators to replenish his spiritual ink.

On my way back after buying Lingmo, I passed a rather inconspicuous corner on the east side of the stall area.

An elderly rogue cultivator in his sixties squatted on the ground, with a piece of coarse cloth stained with oil spread out in front of him, on which a few things were scattered.

Two unlabeled bottles of pills, a rusty pair of iron tongs, a few pieces of broken ore, and a thin booklet made of animal hide.

The animal hide book was half-rolled up, and the exposed part revealed several lines of densely packed small characters.

Li Yuan squatted down and took a look.

The cover of the booklet had three words written on it: Qi Transformation Pill.

The line below is in small print: A low-grade first-tier auxiliary pill that can temporarily harmonize the conflict between different attribute spiritual energies in the body after consumption.

"How much is this?"

The old rogue cultivator raised his cloudy eyes and glanced at Li Yuan.

"Thirty spirit stones."

"Twenty-five."

The old rogue cultivator clicked his tongue, tilted his head, and thought for a while.

"Twenty-eight."

Li Yuan counted out twenty-eight spirit stones and placed them on the cloth, then put the Qi Transformation Pill formula into his storage bag.

Back in the courtyard, I closed the door.

Li Yuanxian carefully read the prescription twice from beginning to end, memorizing every step.

The five spiritual herbs required for the Qi Transformation Pill are: Green Spirit Grass, Crimson Fire Leaf, Cold Water Vine, Yellow Earth Root, and Wind Spirit Flower.

The first three are common medicinal herbs, readily available in the market. Yellow Earth Root is slightly less common but not difficult to find. Wind Spirit Flower is a bit more expensive, costing about five spirit stones per plant.

The total cost of the five kinds of spiritual herbs is about fifteen spirit stones per batch.

Li Yuan went out and bought some herbs at the herbal medicine shops in the area where the rogue cultivators gathered and on the main street, enough for three batches.

Preparations complete, let's begin the refining process.

Li Yuan set up the alchemy furnace and used the fire control technique to put the medicinal herbs into the furnace one by one.

Half an hour later, Li Yuan slowly withdrew his spiritual power, and the temperature inside the furnace gradually decreased.

Lift the furnace lid.

Three pills were solidified at the bottom of the furnace.

It is smaller than the Qi-boosting pill, and its color is light blue-gray. The surface has a not bright but very even luster.

When you get close, you can smell a cool yet slightly warm medicinal fragrance; the two contrasting scents blend together seamlessly.

One dose of medicinal herbs yielded three pieces.

I was really lucky; I was only at the beginner level in alchemy.

Li Yuan placed a Qi Transformation Pill in his palm.

The moment the finger touched the surface, the control panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Qi Transformation Pill (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Smooth Attribute Conversion (White) - The conversion between spiritual energy attributes is smoother during cultivation, and the conflict between different spiritual energy attributes is reduced by 30%]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Reach the entry level in one of the five elemental cultivation techniques (0/5)]

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

White label. Attribute: Favorable.

The conversion of spiritual energy attributes is smoother, and the conflict between different spiritual energy attributes is reduced by 30%.

This effect directly helps in the cultivation of the Hundred Meridians Returning to Origin Technique.

The Hundred Meridians Returning to Origin Technique is a cultivation method that harmonizes spiritual energies of different attributes. The effects of the entries are consistent with the direction of the cultivation method, and the effect will be more significant when they are stacked together.

It also benefits talisman making. Drawing talismans with different attributes requires frequent switching of spiritual energy attributes, and smoother attribute conversion means less loss and faster switching speed.

However, the Five Elements techniques are hard to find, and he currently only possesses the Crimson Fire Technique.

In the days that followed, Li Yuan increased the proportion of his work on alchemy in addition to making talismans.

The Qi-replenishing pills continued to be refined, and the Qi-transforming pills were also put into mass production. The two types of pills were produced alternately, with at least three to four batches being refined every day.

The refining of Qi-replenishing pills has become very skillful, with a success rate consistently above 50%.

The Qi Transformation Pill is more difficult to make. At the beginning, the success rate was only about 40%. However, as the number of times it is refined increases, the control of the heat and the timing of the fusion of medicinal power becomes more and more precise.

He didn't neglect talisman making. He still spent most of the day drawing talismans, but devoted some of his evening and nighttime cultivation time to alchemy.

Some of the pills produced were used by the family, while the rest were sold in the market. Qi-replenishing pills sold well in the areas where rogue cultivators gathered, while Qi-transforming pills sold even better—these pills, which could harmonize conflicting spiritual attributes, were very popular among rogue cultivators, especially those who cultivated two or more attribute techniques at the same time.

Spirit stones were being collected, and the proficiency in alchemy was steadily increasing.

Another half month passed.

That evening, after Li Yuan finished refining the last batch of Qi-transforming pills for the day, he opened the furnace lid.

Four pills lay neatly at the bottom of the furnace, their color uniform and their appearance excellent. Four portions of medicinal materials yielded four pills, a 100% success rate.

The panel jumped.

[First-Tier Alchemy - Proficient (0/400)]

I've gotten used to it.

The most noticeable change from beginner to expert is the precision of sensing the potency of the medicine inside the furnace.

When I first started, I could only vaguely sense the convergence and flow of medicinal power. Now I can clearly perceive the location, concentration, and movement of each herb's medicinal power in the furnace.

The control of the heat has also changed from strictly following the prescription to adjusting based on the medicinal properties. The heat can be adjusted according to the actual situation, without having to rigidly follow the steps in the prescription.

A second message popped up on the panel.

The conditions for making the Alchemy Insights (Green) permanent have been met.

Is it permanent?

The alchemy skill has improved by two minor levels—the first is from novice to novice, and the second is from novice to proficient.

Yes.

[Permanentization successful]

[Insights into Alchemy (Green) has become a permanent entry]

[Equipment consumed]

The changes came more noticeably than expected.

All the insights about alchemy in his mind were integrated into the depths of his consciousness and became a part of himself.

More importantly, it's about the spirit and soul.

The effect of alchemy enlightenment is to increase the strength of the soul based on the proficiency of alchemy, up to a maximum of 30%.

Now that he has mastered alchemy, the increase in the strength of his soul is even greater than when he first started.

With the soul light tempering from the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and the soul condensation from the Divine Refining Talisman, the triple enhancement of the soul is stacked together, raising the clarity and range of perception to a new level.

The sky outside the window was already completely dark. The lamplight from outside the courtyard wall seeped in through the cracks, turning the stone pavement a pale yellow.

Li Yuan sat on the bed and began to practice his internal energy cross-legged.

The spiritual energy surged into the body, and the pure spiritual power removed impurities, condensing and sinking into the dantian.

Cultivation progresses through one cycle after another.

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