Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The next morning, Li Yuan sat at the table, on which several items were laid out.

A book on alchemy, a bottle of longevity pills seized from the bloodbath in the market, a quack blood essence alchemy method, several medicinal ingredient ratios and second-order alchemy notes that Li Yuan had supplemented himself during this period, and a prescription for second-order pills.

The formula for the Meridian Continuation Pill was obtained by me from the Yuan Yang Sect at a high cost.

The sounds of the market outside the window were still audible, but the room was quiet.

Li Yuan sat at the table, not in a hurry to start the furnace. He first sorted out the ingredients again before beginning to refine the Meridian Continuation Pill.

This was not the first time he had refined a second-tier pill, but it was the second second-tier pill that was truly different from the others.

The Body Refining Pill focuses more on Qi and blood and the physical body, and its medicinal properties are more potent. It also relies more on the slow brewing process with alchemical fire.

The Meridian Continuation Pill is different; it focuses on repairing meridians and warming damaged areas. The medicinal materials contain more wood and water elements. If the fire in the pill is not controlled properly, either the medicinal properties will be burned or the main ingredients will separate prematurely.

Li Yuan walked very steadily in the first batch.

The first part went smoothly, and the medicinal herbs dissolved easily. However, when it came to the middle part, and the elixir was about to be drawn inward, the main ingredients in the furnace did not come together as the recipe described. Instead, they separated into two layers of color at the edges.

A layer of blue, a layer of gray.

Upon seeing this, Li Yuan immediately knew what had gone wrong.

The order of the preceding ingredients was correct, but the mistake was that the auxiliary ingredient used to guide the wood element was added a moment too early. It prematurely set aside the medicinal properties, resulting in the main ingredient used to harmonize the meridians not fully dissolving before the two ingredients clashed in the middle of the alchemy furnace.

Li Yuan discarded the waste pills from the first batch and started a second batch.

It wasn't until the third batch that Li Yuan finally succeeded.

When the furnace is lit, the aroma of the cinnabar is not strong; instead, it carries a slightly astringent, herbal scent.

Li Yuan reached out and took out the two pills, glancing at them.

The condition is barely acceptable.

The pills were not perfectly round and their color was too dark, indicating that although the batch was finished, the heat and the medicinal properties were not yet properly combined, and there was still a long way to go before true mastery was achieved.

But once it's done, it's done.

This is the Meridian Continuation Pill.

This is also the second type of second-tier pill that Li Yuan has refined.

The panel then popped up.

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

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Healing Continuity (Green)]

[Effect: Increases injury recovery speed by 50%, allowing most injuries to heal on their own]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Mastery of the second-tier wood-type cultivation technique]

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

Li Yuan glanced at it and then pressed down the panel.

This entry is very useful, especially for someone like me who needs to frequently venture into ruins, ghostly forests, mineral veins, and spiritual veins; the value of continuously healing injuries is considerable.

However, the conditions for permanentization are also clearly stated.

The second-tier wood-based cultivation technique has reached its peak.

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My only wood-based cultivation technique right now is the Azure Wood Longevity Technique, and it's currently at the mastery level. This means that this green attribute won't be permanent anytime soon, so I'll just have to leave it for now.

Li Yuan put away the two Qi-restoring pills and glanced at the progress of the second-tier alchemy technique on the panel.

Although there was no breakthrough, we have already made real progress.

These few batches weren't burned in vain.

Meanwhile, with the continuous production of mid-grade evil stones within the evil veins, the resources available to Li Yuan were no longer what they used to be.

Now the southern mines are able to reliably produce mid-grade evil stones, and what can be exchanged for them is no longer just spirit stones.

And there is a demand for these kinds of things between the Misty Forest Market and the cultivators on the front lines.

Especially some demonic cultivators.

A mid-grade evil stone can be exchanged for several high-grade medicinal materials that are difficult to obtain normally, or for an old artifact, or for a copy of obscure information from someone else.

Li Yuan began to be able to use what he produced to exchange for what he truly lacked.

This is not the same as before when you could buy things entirely with spirit stones.

After finishing his work at the market and alchemy during the day, Li Yuan would head to the core of the spiritual vein whenever he had free time at night.

Large spiritual veins are currently listed in the special equipment section, and their function of nurturing spiritual energy remains constant. When not specifically cultivating, the spiritual energy within the body will slowly circulate along familiar routes, gradually replenishing the energy consumed during the day's combat, alchemy, array formation, and handling miscellaneous tasks in the market back to the dantian.

However, when you actually meditate near the core of a spiritual vein, the speed is completely different.

Deep underground in the karst layer, the ethereal glow emanating from the edge of the main vein still resembled a very thin mist, flowing slowly along the stone ground.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in his familiar spot, and as soon as he activated his cultivation technique, the surrounding spiritual energy immediately gathered towards him.

It wasn't a forceful influx, but rather the already abundant spiritual energy near the main meridian was drawn into the body through the cultivation technique, flowing along the meridians.

The Hundred Meridians Returning to Origin Technique, the Spirit Guiding Technique, the Crimson Fire Technique, and the Azure Wood Longevity Technique circulated within the body in harmony with each other, while the Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea forcibly molded these various spiritual energies into an even smoother stream.

The role of spiritual veins in nurturing spiritual energy has always been at play.

Once it truly settled into the dantian, the liquid spiritual energy felt finer and tighter than usual.

Each time Li Yuan sits here for an hour, it is often more worthwhile than if he spends a whole night repairing in the stone house.

This is not a difference that can be glossed over simply by saying that cultivation is faster.

Instead, it completes the same full cycle, but here more spiritual energy is absorbed, less impurities are lost along the way, and the portion that finally settles into the dantian is purer. In addition, the automatic cultivation inherent in the spiritual veins never stops, so even if Li Yuan leaves here, the purified spiritual energy in his body will continue to circulate slowly along the familiar route.

When night falls, the lava layer is always very quiet.

Sometimes when Li Yuan finished cultivating, he would open his eyes and look at the stone wall above his head. He could clearly feel that the connection between the restriction above the main vein and the ruins deeper inside was still there, but it was not the right time to touch it yet.