Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The alchemy furnace in the stone house has hardly been cold during this period.

Since mastering the first-order alchemy technique, Li Yuan has devoted much of his spare time to the alchemy furnace.

After finishing up the business at the market, I returned to the stone house to forge a furnace.

If there's still half an hour before heading to the ruins, you can start a furnace first. Over several days, you've become increasingly skilled at controlling the heat, dividing the medicine, and collecting the pills.

Later on, this type of practice no longer requires repeated attempts.

Li Yuan already knew which fire intensity to use for which pills, which medicinal herbs were easy to break apart in the middle, when to suppress the fire, and when to stabilize the liquid.

With the added benefit of refined alchemy, the success rate of making pills, which was originally 60-70%, can now be consistently around 80%, and the quality of the finished pills is also much more uniform. With fewer waste pills, there are naturally more pills that can be counted as part of the practice results, and the progress of the first-level alchemy skill is also much faster.

On this day, after Li Yuan put away a batch of Wood Spirit Pills, the control panel finally gave a slight tremor.

[Skill: First-tier Alchemy - Perfect (0/5000)]

First-order alchemy, perfected.

Li Yuan glanced at the panel, but didn't stop. He first dissipated the remaining fire in the alchemy furnace before separating the medicinal herbs on the table again.

The first stage of perfection has been achieved.

Li Yuan took out the special alchemy technique he had acquired earlier and examined it again, placing it together with several other body-refining medicinal herbs.

I've already become familiar with the methods and techniques of that method.

The essence and blood are added to the elixir, along with medicinal herbs, and finally, the essence is used to nourish the body.

This kind of pill doesn't follow the path commonly used by ordinary cultivators; it's more focused on body refinement.

Only when one's first-order alchemy skills have reached perfection can one truly be considered qualified to try.

Li Yuan didn't rush to get started, but first went through the materials one by one.

After everything was sorted, Li Yuan started the furnace.

The preceding part isn't too different from ordinary alchemy. The real trouble lies in the step of adding the essence blood into the furnace. If it's done too early, the medicinal herbs haven't dissolved yet, and the essence blood is easily wasted. If it's done too late, the medicinal liquid in the furnace has already solidified, and the essence blood won't be able to enter.

Li Yuan stared at the alchemy furnace until the medicinal liquid had truly reached the optimal state before raising his hand to force out a wisp of essence blood.

The moment the essence and blood entered the furnace, the medicinal liquid inside immediately changed.

The medicinal liquid, which had been gradually gathering, seemed to come alive all at once. Instead of gushing outwards, it became heavier and its color deepened rapidly. Li Yuan pressed down with his fingertips to stabilize the fire, and then slowly guided it according to the methods in the technique.

The whole process was not easy.

Once the essence and blood entered, every change in the alchemy furnace became more difficult to suppress than before. Fortunately, with his first-order perfect alchemy foundation, Li Yuan remained calm and continued to push the alchemy along the correct path.

The first batch was ultimately wasted.

Li Yuan didn't frown; he simply cleaned out the slag from the furnace and replaced it with a new batch of materials.

This kind of second-tier pill is difficult to make; it's normal that it can't be made in one batch.

It wasn't until the fifth batch that the medicinal liquid in the furnace finally stabilized.

The medicinal power, extracted from essence and herbs, did not dissipate in the later stages but slowly coalesced into two dark red pills.

Li Yuan raised his hand and took the pill out.

The surface of the pill was covered with a very faint layer of blood patterns. Its medicinal power was not overpowering, but it was very potent.

The Body Refining Pill is complete.

[Skill: Second-Tier Alchemy - Beginner (0/200)]

He has also reached the beginner level in second-order alchemy.

As soon as Li Yuan placed the pill on the table, the control panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Body Refining Pill (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Body Strengthening through Alchemy (Green)]

[Effect: Body-refining pills will not leave impurities in the body, increasing physical strength by up to 30%, with the increase depending on the number of pills consumed.]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Achieve perfection in one second-tier body-refining technique (0/1)]

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Green entries.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered for a moment before he pressed the panel down.

This entry is very important.

The body-refining pills leave no impurities, and coupled with the gradual increase in physical strength, they practically smooth out the most troublesome part of the body-refining path. Especially since I'm currently cultivating the Nameless Body Refining Technique, if I can add this attribute later, its benefits will be significant.

Li Yuan carefully put away the two Body Refining Pills, then sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing.

Not long after the pill was refined, the spiritual vein sensing area stirred again.

Li Yuan's heart sank, and he probed along the large spiritual vein he was already familiar with. Sure enough, he sensed that there were people active near the underground branch vein.

It wasn't one, but several separate auras, which seemed to be mixed with demonic energy.

Li Yuan did not set off immediately, but first made sure he could see the route those people were taking.

After observing for a while, Li Yuan came to a conclusion.

These people are indeed exploring the spiritual veins.

However, they were following the old routes that the demonic cultivators had already explored.

Li Yuan had already explored those paths himself, and knew that he could only reach the peripheral branches and some of the deviated perception nodes, but he couldn't reach the real core at all.

In other words, this group of people has not yet truly touched the core.

The Wulin Market area is becoming increasingly prosperous.

Several more shops opened on both sides of the main street, and the temporary accommodations on the outskirts of the market became increasingly full.

Rogue cultivators, array masters, people who came to the front lines to do business, and demonic cultivators who were openly active all mingled together.

It's crowded during the day and lively at night. Even the once quiet northern street corner has started to have night stalls set up recently.

The more bustling the market, the faster the news spreads.

Li Yuan soon heard something new.

The Dark Abyss Society will begin openly purchasing pulse-detecting artifacts in the marketplace.

They are not only collecting ritual implements, but also recruiting people.

At the same time, Li Yuan also sensed another movement on the spiritual vein.

The Yuan Yang Sect is also setting up an array around the spiritual vein.

It wasn't a large, overt formation, but rather a hidden formation that slowly unfolded along the outer edge of the spiritual vein and several branch veins.

This concealment formation seems to also have some kind of detection function.

When Li Yuan first noticed it, he even thought it was some kind of old restriction reacting anew. But as he followed the movement downwards, he quickly realized what it was.

This is not an old thing, but something that has been recently laid out.

Moreover, this formation is quite interesting.

The perceived intensity isn't high, and the level of sophistication isn't particularly outstanding. If you look at any single point, it can even be considered ordinary.

But when you connect them layer by layer, the situation changes.

This thing is extremely complex.

There are many nodes, many loops, and many disguises.

Some array patterns were hidden beside existing old restrictions, while others were disguised by the natural flow of spiritual energy from the earth. If Li Yuan hadn't already possessed the perception of a large spiritual vein, and if the protective vein markings hadn't become permanent, it would have been difficult for ordinary array masters to see them completely.

This formation is clearly not about winning by relying on the strength of a single point.

Instead, it relies on multiple layers, complex structure, and hidden location to gradually cover the outer perimeter of the entire spiritual vein branch.

Li Yuan stood in the stone house, his divine sense slowly tracing the edge of the spiritual vein, memorizing each of the newly added disguised nodes.

Li Yuan memorized the last change in the spiritual vein before withdrawing his divine sense.

The alchemy furnace inside the stone house has been reignited.

On the table were newly refined pills and unseparated medicinal herbs. Outside the window, the market was brightly lit, and the sounds of people on the street could be faintly heard from a distance.

Li Yuan sat down in front of the alchemy furnace again, raised his hand to suppress the fire, and continued to refine the next batch of pills.

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