Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The day after the tripartite agreement was finalized, Li Yuan set off for the Wang family mine.

Wang Ting'an arranged for a Wang family cultivator to guard the perimeter of the mine tunnel, while leaving everything else to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan entered the mine tunnel and first went to see the old fire-gathering array that the Li family had originally set up.

The formation was still functioning, but it had fallen into disrepair over the years, with several nodes loosening and the formation patterns showing signs of weathering. The overall structure was a standard first-order fire-gathering formation, used to accelerate the condensation of fire-type spirit ore, a fairly conventional approach.

Dismantling the formation requires little effort.

After dismantling the old formation, Li Yuan began setting up a new fire-gathering formation.

The array materials and diagrams were all provided by the Wang family.

It took two hours to set up the fire-gathering formation.

A medium-quality fire yang stone was chosen and embedded into the array's core. As spiritual energy was channeled, the array lit up, and the main runes radiated outwards from the core, slowly gathering fire-type spiritual energy.

As Li Yuan squatted beside the array's core to check its operational status, a panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Firestone (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Focused Fire (White)]

[Effect: Increases the speed of gathering fire-type spiritual energy by 30%]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: One fire spell reaches its maximum level]

White text. The condition for permanentization is that a fire spell is perfected.

The fireball technique has long been perfected.

The conditions have been met.

[Gathering Fire (White) has become a permanent entry]

The Fire Gathering Stone disappeared from the array's core and, after becoming permanent, the attribute was solidified onto Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took out another Fire Yang Stone from his storage bag and embedded it into the array's eye. The array lit up again and began to function normally.

After finishing with the fire-gathering array, Li Yuan walked to the deepest part of the cavity, squatted down, and placed his palm on the boundary between the mineral vein and the stone layer.

The perception was suppressed.

The vein's course, characteristic of the Wang family's fire-attribute ore, unfolded clearly in my perception. Extending downwards from the bottom of the cavity, it grew deeper and deeper until, at a depth of about thirty feet, the vein began to thin out and eventually disappeared into a dense layer of stone.

Li Yuan's perception continued to penetrate downwards.

The stone layer is thick, but not uniform. At the southern end of the fire vein, there is a natural crack in the stone layer. The crack is not wide, only a little over a finger's width, but it runs through most of the stone layer from top to bottom.

On the other side of the crack was his own mining territory.

The distance between the two mineral veins, separated by this crack, is less than ten zhang in a straight line.

Li Yuan withdrew his senses and began casting a spell.

The spiritual power of the guiding meridian technique was sent out from the fingertips and slowly seeped into the surface of the meridian at the end of the fire meridian.

Just like the previous method of guiding the branches of the spiritual vein, it cannot be rushed or forceful. The spiritual energy seeps little by little along the surface of the vein towards the target, deviating only slightly each time.

The difference this time is that it's not just about shifting the direction of the vein, but also about guiding the end of the fire vein towards that crack.

The pulse slowly began to respond.

The direction of the end began to shift slightly, gradually moving closer to the crack.

Li Yuan continued casting the spell for nearly an hour before the deviation at the end of the fire vein reached a barely usable level. The tip of the vein had probed the edge of the crack, but had not yet penetrated it.

Li Yuan stopped and checked the patient's pulse.

No abnormalities were observed at the end of the deflected fire vein, and the vein itself did not exhibit any rejection reaction. As long as the spell is continued, a few more attempts will be made to completely guide the vein across the crack and connect it to the side of the evil ore.

But there's no rush to finish it today.

The pulse guiding method must be performed in multiple sessions; doing too many at once will cause the pulse to rebound.

Li Yuan withdrew his spell, stood up, and stretched his fingers.

Just then, a message popped up on the panel.

[Skill: Guiding the Meridians - Proficient (0/400)]

From beginner to expert, the art of guiding the pulse.

When Li Yuan emerged from the mine tunnel, the Wang family cultivators who were guarding outside came to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is the formation setup complete?"

"The formation is set up, and the old formation has been completely dismantled," Li Yuan said. "Connecting the mine vein will take a few days. We'll see how the output changes after it's connected."

The cultivator nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

After returning to Wulinfang City, Li Yuan first went to the management office.

Wang Ting'an had already prepared the reward; a storage bag was placed on the table, waiting for him.

Li Yuan opened it and took a look.

A batch of rare array materials, indeed of excellent quality. Several types of stable-pattern spirit sand are items that are priceless and unavailable in the market, and the quality of the diversion stone is also a grade higher than what is commonly found on the market. In addition, there are several minerals that Li Yuan has never seen before, with a pale golden luster on the surface, and they feel quite heavy in his hand.

Besides the array materials, there was also a jade slip at the bottom of the storage bag.

Li Yuan took out the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

It is a supplementary cultivation technique of the Wang family.

The technique is called the "Consolidating Vitality and Prolonging Breath Technique," and it focuses on nourishing and protecting Qi and blood. It doesn't directly increase the maximum amount of Qi and blood or accelerate their recovery; instead, it reduces the rate at which Qi and blood are consumed during combat.

When practicing this method, the flow of Qi and blood within the body is automatically optimized, reducing unnecessary losses. During prolonged battles, the endurance of Qi and blood will be significantly better than that of cultivators of the same level who do not practice this method.

[Equipable item detected: Strengthening Essence and Prolonging Breath Technique (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Long-lasting Health (Green)]

[Effect: Reduces health consumption by 20% during battle, enhancing endurance in prolonged combat]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Fight continuously with someone of the same level for more than an hour without your health dropping below 80%, or cultivate a second-tier body-refining technique to perfection.]

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

Green entries.

Health and mana consumption is reduced by 20% during battle, enhancing the ability to sustain combat.

This effect does not overlap with your existing Qi and Blood related attributes. Qi and Blood River governs recovery speed, Vigorous Qi and Blood governs maximum capacity and amplification, and Enduring Qi and Blood governs consumption speed. Each of the three governs a specific area, and when combined, the sustainability of Qi and Blood will be extremely strong.

There are two conditions for permanentization; either one must be met.

Between the two conditions, the first one is easier to achieve first.

Li Yuan carefully put away the jade slip and returned to the stone house.

For the next two days, Li Yuan went to the Wang family mine every day to continue using the vein guiding method to guide the end of the fire vein through the cracks in the rock layer.

Once the guiding technique was mastered, the deviation each time was much greater than when he first started. By the end of the second day's spell, the end of the fire vein had already passed through the middle of the crack. By the evening of the third day, the tip of the vein finally emerged from the other side of the crack and entered the territory of the evil ore.

The two mineral veins have been officially connected deep underground.

But the changes won't be immediately apparent.

The mutual permeation of fire-type spiritual energy and evil energy is a slow process. When the meridians are first connected, the flow of spiritual energy on both sides is still very weak, and it takes time to slowly establish a stable permeation channel.

Li Yuan estimated that it would take at least five to seven days for the confluence to start producing fire stones.

Not urgent.