Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Li Yuan came out of the management office that day and walked along the main street. After passing two pill shops, he saw a crowd gathered in front of a temporarily rented shop.

Standing in front of the shop was an elderly man with a sallow complexion, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, whose temples were already gray.

Li Yuan had some impression of this person; he had attended a Foundation Building Trade Fair once, but he didn't usually show his face.

The old man stood in front of the shop, his eyes fixed on the elixir bottle on the table, his fingers tucked into his sleeves, and remained motionless for a long time.

The Dark Abyss Cult members were sitting behind the shop.

The other party didn't urge them, simply leaving the elixir bottle there for everyone to see. Next to it was a wooden sign with very simple writing, only indicating the purpose of the elixir and the exchange conditions.

To prolong life.

Discretionary.

Li Yuan's gaze swept over, but didn't linger for long.

The Dark Abyss Society is currently selling longevity pills on a large scale. They first display the longevity pills, then specifically target Foundation Establishment cultivators who are nearing the end of their lifespan, have no hope of forming their core, and are unwilling to wait for death. The other party may not agree immediately, but once they are interested, the connection is established.

As they walked a little further, another piece of news reached their ears.

The Dark Abyss Society has begun publicly recruiting formation masters.

This incident sparked much discussion in the market.

"What do they need so many array masters for?"

"I don't know, the price is really high."

"No one would dare go up there anyway."

"That's hard to say. There will always be people who lack resources, and there will always be people who don't care about where they come from."

Li Yuan listened the whole way, his expression unchanged, and he didn't stop walking.

That evening, another transfer order arrived from the outpost.

This was not a routine duty shift, nor was it a general cleanup of historical sites; rather, it was a formal assault on the core restrictions of the Core Formation Platform.

When Li Yuan arrived, there were more people on the outer perimeter than ever before. Both Golden Core cultivators were present. Chen Yi and several array cultivators stood on the outer ring. The corridor leading to the core gate had been completely cleared, and multiple layers of temporary stabilizing arrays had been added along the way, clearly indicating that they were preparing to get serious.

A Yuan Yang Sect array cultivator was bowing his head and comparing array patterns in front of the gate, sweat already beading on his forehead.

Li Yuan didn't go over to disturb them, but just stood by and watched.

The campaign has been underway for some time.

The outermost layer of conventional restrictions had been mostly dismantled, with only the innermost section remaining stuck. The two Golden Core cultivators refrained from acting rashly, concentrating their power on the outer perimeter to prevent the core structure from spiraling out of control during dismantling. The actual work was being done by the array cultivators below.

The place where it gets stuck is clearly not on a normal array path.

Fifteen minutes later, a formation cultivator in front suddenly straightened up, frowned, and stepped back.

"It's still not right."

Another person nearby immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

The man pointed to a spot slightly below the center of the door.

"This isn't just a simple array loop. The main restriction has been dismantled, but this part still can't be reconnected. It doesn't consume pure spiritual energy, nor does it follow the primary and secondary rules of the array completely; it's like... it's like there's another set of rules pressing down on it."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people around him changed.

Another Golden Core cultivator stepped forward, observed for a moment, and then raised his hand to try sending a purer stream of spiritual energy into that area. As soon as the spiritual energy touched the old pattern in the door, the outer layer of the restriction, which had already been peeled off, trembled slightly, but there was no loosening inside.

Li Yuan stood at the back of the crowd, his gaze fixed on the winding road, but his heart was already stirred.

Because he figured it out.

That section was indeed not a pure array structure.

It's more like the medicinal path and the changes in heat in alchemy, which have been embedded in the restriction in a special way, and have little to do with formations.

The array patterns at the beginning are responsible for sealing, locking, blocking, and identifying, but this last part seems to require a different logic to match, rather than simply dismantling or forcing it.

The group tried several more times, but still couldn't open that section. The two Golden Core cultivators also frowned, but didn't get angry. Because everyone could see that the problem wasn't carelessness, but that this part was beyond the conventional methods of simple formation cultivators.

Li Yuan stood there for a while before taking a step forward.

I want to give it a try.

As soon as he said that, all eyes immediately turned to him.

Chen Yi looked over first.

"What did you figure out?"

Li Yuan didn't say too much, only revealing what he could.

The two Golden Core cultivators exchanged a glance and made way for each other.

Li Yuan took two steps forward, getting closer so he could see the loop more clearly.

The surface still had the old patterns, but as soon as Li Yuan pressed his divine sense into it, he could see that there were actually several layers of subtle changes.

The outermost layer is like a sealed medicine shell, the inner layer is like the main medicine flowing through the meridians, and there is another extremely fine guiding structure inside. It is very similar to the feeling of using the fire of alchemy to gather the medicinal properties little by little and press them into the middle when I usually refine pills.

The difference is that this is not an alchemy furnace.

It is a door.

The first step is not to open it, but to understand what it wants.

Li Yuan condensed a wisp of extremely fine spiritual energy at his fingertips and gently sent it into the outermost layer.

The spiritual energy didn't collide head-on; instead, it slid along the edge of the old pattern little by little, like testing the remaining heat of the medicinal liquid's outer shell during alchemy. After a moment, Li Yuan realized the problem.

Li Yuan withdrew his fingertips and adopted a slower, more gentle feeding method.

The results came out quickly.

The old pattern on the door, which had remained unchanged all along, finally lit up its first section.

The breathing of the several array cultivators nearby visibly tightened.

Li Yuan didn't turn around; he kept staring at that stretch of road.

Just because the first section is lit up doesn't mean the rest will go smoothly.

Li Yuan continued to send down the third strand of spiritual energy.

The old patterns on the door trembled slightly.

Then, the second quarter also came alive.

it works.

Li Yuan calmed down and immediately sent in the fourth strand of spiritual energy.

At that very moment, a very faint response came from the main vein below.

Li Yuan's heart sank suddenly.

He could clearly sense that there was originally a connecting structure between the core gate of the Core Formation Platform and the spiritual vein below. Now that this section of the alchemy path within the gate had been reconnected, that line seemed to have been touched again.

The spiritual energy of the main vein trembled slightly from a deeper source.

At the same time, the deepest old pattern on the core gate finally lit up completely.

The two Golden Core cultivators immediately took action, using the opening that had appeared in that instant to steadily send the power that had been suppressed on the outside in. It wasn't a direct assault, but rather a push forward using the momentum.

A very low, muffled thud came from inside the door.

It's like a machine that hasn't been used for many years finally being put back into operation.

The next moment, the core gate slowly opened a crack.

The moment the stone door slid inward, a surge of spiritual energy far denser than that of the outer ring and the corridor rushed out. It wasn't a scattered rush, but rather as if there was a whole area of ​​highly concentrated spiritual energy that had been sealed away for too long, and as the door opened, a little of that energy that had been suppressed inside finally leaked out.

Behind the door was a complete alchemy platform.

The altar is made entirely of white ancient stone. It is only a few feet high, but its area is quite large, and its edges are surrounded by very fine old patterns.

Those textures were not completely dead; they were still faintly active until now, like the last trickle of water remaining in an old canal that had been neglected for many years.

More importantly, the ground directly beneath the altar is not ordinary stratum.

Instead, it leads directly to the core node of the main spiritual vein.

Li Yuan stood at the doorway, his mind already sinking down along that extremely familiar connection. The restrictions he had seen below the spiritual vein, the structure pieced together in the stone chamber and the notes, and the line he had sensed in the core portal loop—all of these finally connected.

This Core Formation Platform was originally erected on the core node of a large spiritual vein.

Once a cultivator sits on it, the spiritual energy in the main vein below will be directly drawn up and used to assist in the condensation of the core, in conjunction with the activation of the Core Formation Zone formation.

This is not just a matter of having more spiritual energy in the ordinary sense.

Rather, the entire Core Formation Platform and the large spiritual vein were originally integrated into one. If one formed the core here, the result would not be the same as the spiritual gathering effect found in an ordinary cave, but rather the direct connection of the most crucial section of the entire main vein to oneself.

Li Yuan's breathing became slightly heavier.

Just as the core area was fully revealed, an even more peculiar tremor suddenly arose within his three-foot perception range.

There are inscriptions on the altar.

And it's purple.

It wasn't some small object on the edge of the altar, but the entire altar itself.

Several cultivators nearby could no longer hold their breath and began to peer inside.

The two Golden Core cultivators also entered, their gazes sweeping from the altar to the old patterns on the edge, and then to the structure below that connected to the main vein, little by little.

Li Yuan stood at the edge of the altar, his gaze following the old patterns downwards. After his spiritual vein perception overlapped with the structure of the ruins before him, he finally confirmed that the layer of restrictions he had seen above the main underground vein was located directly below the Core Formation Platform.

In other words, the restriction below the Core Formation Platform is not simply separated from the main underground vein by a layer of stone.

They are essentially the top and bottom ends of a structure.

Li Yuan did not reveal this discovery.

At present, everyone's attention is focused on the altar, the old patterns, and the core area structure itself. No one would doubt the deep details he is seeing through the spiritual veins.

With the core gate open, registration, screening, and area sealing were naturally required next. Li Yuan didn't stay too long; once his turn was finished, he left the ruins and returned to the market.

At night, he went to the edge of the main branch to cultivate as usual.

Upon reaching the familiar location, Li Yuan did not immediately close his eyes. Instead, he first focused his mind on the structure he had just identified during the day.

This time, it's clearer than ever before.

Since the core gate had already opened, the correspondence between the Core Formation Platform and the main vein below had also been confirmed. Li Yuan followed the layer of restrictions above the main vein little by little and quickly realized that one section was not simply a blockade, but more like a transit structure for teleportation.

He did not act rashly, but repeatedly compared the information using his divine sense and spiritual vein perception.

It took me a long time to truly make up my mind.

If the restriction above the main vein can be lifted, there's no need to go through the main gate of the ruins or enter through the outer ring of the Core Formation area controlled by the Yuan Yang Sect. Instead, one can directly use the teleportation structure from the underground main vein side to land above the Core Formation Platform.

If the restriction above the main vein can be lifted, there's no need to go through the main gate of the ruins or enter through the outer ring of the Core Formation area controlled by the Yuan Yang Sect. Instead, one can directly use the teleportation structure from the underground main vein side to land above the Core Formation Platform.

Li Yuan stood still, without immediately channeling his inner energy.

The stone layers above his head were quiet, and the spiritual light of the main vein flowed beneath his feet. He had also gradually memorized the teleportation path hidden in the restriction directly below the Core Formation Platform.

After a moment, Li Yuan slowly sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

The underground karst layer fell silent again, with only a faint ethereal glow remaining at the edge of the main vein, still flowing slowly along the stone ground.