Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The next morning, Li Yuan checked the market prices and realized that it was time to sell his stockpiled goods.

The price of the life-extending herb, meridian-nourishing cinnabar, green yang root, and several other auxiliary materials related to nourishing the life meridian, which were previously acquired at low prices, has now more than doubled.

Dark Abyss will continue its buying spree, and with news of the unorthodox methods of nourishing life through relics slowly leaking out from within the sect, the demand for these medicinal herbs on the market has skyrocketed, while the supply cannot keep up. Two shops in the market have already posted notices of being out of stock, and the prices in private transactions among independent cultivators are 20% higher than the prices listed in the shops.

Li Yuan did not sell them all at once.

He sold twenty Life-Sustaining Grasses first, keeping more than ten for later use. He sold half of the Nourishing Meridian Spirit Sand, the rest of which he could use for setting up formations and refining pills later. He only sold one-third of the Azure Yang Root; if the price of this stuff continued to rise, it would be more worthwhile to keep it.

After several transactions, the recovered spirit stones far exceeded the initial investment.

Li Yuan immediately used the net profit to buy several second-tier pill ingredients and a rare array auxiliary material, so that the spirit stones would not be idle in his hands.

During a break from selling goods, Li Yuan encountered another unexpected transaction in the market.

It was a rogue cultivator from Yunzhou who took the initiative to approach him.

This person had a sallow complexion and was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation.

When he found Li Yuan, he was holding a tattered animal skin scroll in his hands, and he spoke in a very urgent tone.

"Master Li, take a look at this. Can you accept it?"

Li Yuan took it and glanced at its appearance first.

The animal hide scroll was poorly preserved, with severely torn edges and several illegible sections of writing. However, the material itself was of good quality, with faint spiritual energy patterns remaining on the hide, indicating that it was made from the hide of a spirit beast and was quite old.

Li Yuan flipped through a few pages.

The content is a secret method of spiritual perception.

It's not about enhancing the strength of the soul, nor about expanding the scope of consciousness; it's specifically about the splitting and multi-threaded manipulation of consciousness.

This is something that ordinary cultivators might not need.

But for Li Yuan, it meant something completely different. He often needed to control multiple streams of spiritual energy and divine sense simultaneously when refining pills, setting up formations, and fighting. Especially after reaching the second level of mastery in pill refining, although he could already spare some mental energy to observe details, if he could split his divine sense, his efficiency would increase even further.

"How many spirit stones?" Li Yuan asked.

The rogue cultivator quoted a price, which wasn't cheap, but it wasn't outrageous either.

Li Yuan didn't haggle and paid with spirit stones directly.

Upon acquiring the animal hide scroll, a panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Ancient Divine Sense Technique (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Multi-purpose (Blue)]

[Effect: After the consciousness is split, the primary and secondary aspects can be perfectly distinguished, and it will not lead to confusion of the soul]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Maintain three or more independent spiritual lines operating continuously for one hundred hours simultaneously]

Blue entries.

Li Yuan put the scroll into his storage bag without equipping it on the spot.

After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan reviewed the recent profits from all business lines.

The output of the spirit field has entered a stable period, with a batch of spirit herbs and auxiliary materials harvested regularly each month, some for personal use and some for sale.

The returns from the Sha ore mines continue to grow. The regular production of mid-grade Sha stones has never stopped, and the purple Sha stones have maintained a stable output under the guidance of the meridian method. Each batch can be exchanged for one hundred to two hundred spirit stones at the market.

Selling talismans and pills was also his original business. After mastering the second-tier alchemy technique, the quality of his Qi-replenishing pills and Qi-gathering pills improved significantly, leading to a shortage in demand. Orders for spirit water talismans never stopped, and the regular supply from Ziyuan Trading Company and the Wang family continued uninterrupted.

In addition to the profit from this stockpiling and resale, all four business lines are yielding returns simultaneously, and the inventory of spirit stones and pill materials has swelled to a level that Li Yuan has never reached before.

The various resources neatly categorized in the storage bag add up to a considerable fortune.

Li Yuan kept the results of the inventory in mind, didn't think about it any further, and began his cultivation.

Over the next few days, Li Yuan devoted all his energy to cultivation.

The Foundation Establishment stage has been stagnant at this level for a long time.

The spiritual energy had accumulated in the dantian for a considerable period of time. With the superposition of the three attributes—flawless spiritual energy, pure spiritual energy, and refined spiritual energy—the purity and density of the spiritual energy within the dantian had been pushed to the limit of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Continuing to press further in, the pressure on the dantian walls increased, and the feeling of fullness during the circulation of spiritual energy became increasingly pronounced.

The opportunity for a breakthrough is already brewing.

Li Yuan did not rush to break through the barrier. Instead, he spent two days checking the status of all the cultivation techniques and entries in his body one by one to confirm that there were no conflicts or hidden dangers.

The flow of energy within his body was steady, and the coordination of various cultivation techniques was flawless. His mental platform remained stable, suppressing the risk of qi deviation, and the breakthrough probability of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage remained consistently high.

Everything is ready.

On the third night, Li Yuan did not go to the core of the spiritual vein, but instead entered the mine tunnel.

He chose to break through the natural cavity of the ore.

The reason is simple. The condition for permanent resonance of malevolent spirits is to complete a full breakthrough in an environment where malevolent energy and spiritual power coexist. The malevolent energy array in the mine tunnel is still operating, and the concentration of malevolent energy is sufficient. At the same time, the spiritual power of the large spiritual vein is continuously seeping into this area through the branch veins guided by the meridian guiding method.

Both malevolent energy and spiritual energy coexist.

Li Yuan first took the Purple Fiend Stone out of his storage bag and equipped it.

[Equipped: Purple Fiend Stone (Complete)]

[Evil Spirit Resonance (Green) in effect]

He then sat cross-legged in the center of the cavity, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing.

The surrounding malevolent energy was calm and undisturbed, and the main circulation path of the malevolent energy cultivation array slowly pulsed beneath their feet. The spiritual energy seeping from the branches of the spiritual veins in the underground stone layers also flowed slowly, forming a stable coexistence with the malevolent energy in the air.

Li Yuan began to circulate his internal energy.

After his spiritual energy had completed its first full cycle through his meridians, he gradually increased its speed.

The spiritual energy within the dantian was mobilized in circles, pushing outwards along the meridians. Wherever the spiritual energy passed, the pressure on the meridian walls increased. The Hundred Meridians Returning to Origin Technique and the Crimson Fire Technique operated simultaneously, coordinating the different attributes of spiritual energy into a single force. The Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea technique acted as a central mediator, ensuring that the multiple streams of spiritual energy did not interfere with each other during their impact.

When the tenth cycle is completed, the dantian wall begins to vibrate.

Without hesitation, Li Yuan increased the speed of his spiritual energy circulation to another level.

Then a crack appeared in the wall of the dantian.

It wasn't a real crack, but rather that the capacity of the dantian was forcibly expanded in that instant. Spiritual energy, like a flood finding a breach, poured out from the dantian into the meridians. The meridian walls endured a tremendous impact, but fortunately, the spiritual platform held firm, firmly suppressing the risk of qi deviation.

Li Yuan continued to circulate his internal energy, and the cracks on the dantian wall rapidly expanded.

The level of spiritual power was crossed at that moment.

His dantian suddenly expanded, and a large amount of spiritual energy poured into it, stabilizing it once again. The quality of the spiritual energy was also purified once more at the moment of breakthrough; the liquid spiritual energy in his dantian was more condensed than before, and its speed and efficiency of flow were noticeably different.

A panel pops up.

The conditions for permanent activation of the Evil Spirit Resonance (Green) have been met.

[Complete a full breakthrough in an environment where both malevolent energy and spiritual energy coexist (met)]

Is it permanent?

Li Yuan confirmed.

[The term "Shadow Spirit Resonance (Green)" has become a permanent entry.]

The two changes occurred almost simultaneously.

The spiritual power enhancement brought about by the breakthrough was still spreading within his body, and the permanent effect of the evil spirit resonance followed closely behind. The barrier between evil energy and spiritual power was further broken down, and Li Yuan could clearly feel that the evil energy permeating the surrounding mine tunnels could no longer be gathered and transformed by evil energy, but could be directly used in battle, as if an extra layer of spiritual power reserve had been added from the environment.

Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

The air in the mine tunnel was heavy and still, and the main loop of the Pei Sha Formation was still running at a low speed underfoot.

He looked down at his hands.

The feeling of spiritual energy flowing through the meridians is completely different from when I was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. It's faster, denser, and the sense of fullness during its flow is stronger. The amount of spiritual energy stored in my dantian is nearly 30% more than before the breakthrough, and its quality has also improved significantly.

Late stage of foundation building.

Li Yuan got up, stretched his limbs, and circulated his spiritual energy through his body for a complete cycle. Only after confirming that all the cultivation techniques and incantations were functioning normally did he leave the mine tunnel.

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