Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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The next day, Li Yuan returned to the ruins, where the current formation was nearing completion.

When the core of the last auxiliary array was embedded in the stone wall, the main circuit of the entire spirit-gathering and guiding array lit up simultaneously.

The spiritual light started from the first array on the outer ring of the Core Formation area, followed the guiding patterns all the way in, passed through the linked defense array in the middle transition area, then passed through several auxiliary arrays in the inner ring, and finally merged into the main loop outside the Core Formation Platform.

All the formations are connected end to end, allowing spiritual energy to flow smoothly and without obstruction.

Li Yuan stood beside the last auxiliary array in the inner ring, watching the spiritual light slowly flow along the main path. Only after confirming that there were no leaks or deviations at the connection points did he withdraw his divine sense.

The panel popped up when I finished.

[Skill: Second-Tier Array Formation - Minor Success (0/1600)]

From mastery to partial mastery.

When one is proficient, examining a formation involves peeling back the layers one by one: first the main patterns, then the nodes, then the circuit paths, and finally piecing the parts together as a whole. After achieving a minor level of proficiency, the entire formation can be seen in its entirety the instant one's divine sense touches it. There is no need to break it down step by step; the primary and secondary relationships and the operational logic are presented directly in one's perception as a complete picture.

The same applies to setting up the formation. During the mastery stage, you still need to follow the blueprint step by step. After achieving a minor level of mastery, the final form of the entire formation is already formed in your mind before you even start. The setup process is simply putting the image in your mind into reality.

Li Yuan now had a complete understanding of the entire structure of the Core Formation Platform auxiliary formation.

On the day of completion, Yuanyang Sect began to arrange for personnel to be stationed in the Core Formation area.

An additional layer of identification arrays was added to both ends of the outer ring corridor, tightening access restrictions. Previously, all array masters involved in setting up the array could freely enter and exit, but now that the array setup is complete, the permissions of external array masters have been uniformly downgraded, retaining only the qualification to enter after reporting.

Li Yuan's permissions have not changed.

His status as a market manager and his long-term cooperative relationship allowed him to retain the authority to freely travel on the outer ring road and to report and enter the core area.

The number of personnel stationed there has doubled compared to the initial period of the lockdown. There are two groups during the day and one group at night, with three to four Foundation Establishment cultivators in each group. In addition, there is a late Foundation Establishment cultivator serving as the person in charge of the garrison, who is stationed permanently in the inner ring of the Core Formation area.

After leaving the Core Formation area, Li Yuan returned to the market and found that the atmosphere there had changed again.

In recent days, the number of demonic cultivators in the market has been rapidly decreasing.

After the war in Yunzhou escalated, many demonic cultivators mingled with the refugee cultivators and flooded into the market. Although the upgraded demon detection array greatly improved the accuracy of detecting demonic energy, there were still many skilled demonic cultivators who were good at hiding, and some always managed to slip through the net.

But starting three days ago, these fish that slipped through the net also began to disappear.

When Li Yuan was looking through the entry and exit records at the management office, he noticed that the number of cultivators leaving the market had increased significantly in the past three days, many of whom were new faces who had only registered in the market within the last two months.

The reason was quickly confirmed by Chen Yi.

"The sect has decided to support the Qishui Sect," Chen Yi said as he handed over the documents at the administration office. "At the same time, we will hire independent cultivators within Liangzhou to assist sect disciples in hunting down members of the Dark Abyss Society. The bounty has been set: the contribution points for killing a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator will be doubled."

"When will it start?"

"It's already begun. The outpost issued its first batch of missions yesterday, and several independent cultivators accepted them and went out on the same day."

The news spread faster than Li Yuan had anticipated.

That afternoon, the number of demonic cultivators in the market visibly decreased sharply. By the next day, almost no cultivators bearing any trace of demonic energy could be seen operating in the market.

Those who were going to run away have already run away.

But Li Yuan's spiritual vein monitoring line transmitted another layer of information.

There are indeed fewer demonic cultivators inside the market, but the situation is exactly the opposite on the outskirts.

The area covered by Li Yuan's spiritual vein perception extends far beyond the market itself; large areas surrounding the Ghost Mist Forest and the market are under his surveillance. In recent days, the aura of demonic cultivators appearing around the market has actually increased compared to before.

Not just one or two, but more than a dozen.

After the market area was cleaned up, they moved their manpower to the outer perimeter and continued their activities in a different way.

Li Yuan kept this information in mind and didn't mention it to anyone.

His unique advantage lies in monitoring spiritual veins, and exposing it would bring him no benefit.

That night, Li Yuan practiced his cultivation in the stone house as usual.

Then Li Yuan noticed a change.

The flow of spiritual energy in the large spiritual veins has shifted.

The spiritual energy in the main vein no longer spreads evenly in all directions, but a considerable portion of it is concentrating and surging in one direction.

Direction towards the Core Formation Platform.

The flow guiding effect after the auxiliary array is activated.

The function of the Spirit Gathering and Guiding Array is to extract spiritual energy from the spiritual veins and direct it to the Core Formation Platform. Now that the entire auxiliary array is complete and in operation, the guiding effect has begun to appear. The spiritual energy is drawn along the guiding patterns and flows into the main circulation path around the Core Formation Platform.

The amount flowing out was considerable.

Li Yuan roughly estimated that about 40% to 50% of the main vein's total spiritual energy flow had been diverted away.

Li Yuan followed the flow of spiritual energy all the way to the Core Formation Platform, when his mind suddenly stirred slightly.

Li Yuan tried to use his spiritual vein perception to intervene in the flow of spiritual energy that had been diverted.

The spiritual energy was sent out from the mind and seeped into the surface of the main spiritual vein, gently pressing down at the entrance of the guiding pattern.

The flow of spiritual energy immediately decreased slightly, not much, almost imperceptible, but it proved that I could control the flow of spiritual energy.

As Li Yuan relaxed, the flow of spiritual energy immediately returned to its original level.

It can be controlled.

By virtue of the access granted to the spiritual vein in the special equipment slot, one can cut off or adjust the flow of spiritual energy to the Core Formation Platform at any time. Although the diversion array was set up by the Yuan Yang Sect, the source of the spiritual energy lies in the spiritual vein, and the control of the spiritual vein is in one's own hands.

This means that if someone is forming their core on the Core Formation Platform, they can control the supply of spiritual energy during the process.

Li Yuan didn't tell anyone about this discovery.

The next morning, Li Yuan went to the management office and looked for Chen Yi.

"The Core Formation Platform is complete. When will we start using it?"

Chen Yi glanced at him.

"Someone has already decided to use it."

"Who?"

"I can't say the specific name," Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, "but it's someone within the sect, at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, preparing to break through to the Golden Core stage."

Li Yuan nodded and did not ask any further questions.

Chen Yi said another sentence.

"The atmosphere within the sect has been somewhat delicate lately. After the decision to support the Qishui Sect was made, some people have been discussing in private that the sect and the Demonic Sect seem to have made some kind of agreement."

"What agreement?"

"I don't know." Chen Yi shook his head. "It's just a rumor, and no one can say anything specific. But the sect's attitude towards demonic cultivators has always been to turn a blind eye until the Qishui Sect's stronghold fell. This change was too sudden and doesn't seem like a last-minute decision."

Li Yuan didn't ask any more questions and returned to the stone house after leaving the management office.

There was some kind of contract or agreement between the Yuanyang Sect and the Demon Sect.

If this is true, it would explain many things that I couldn't understand before.

However, the specific details are unknown, and there is currently no way to verify them further.

That afternoon, Li Yuan went to the mine.

Seven days have passed since the Wang family's fire-attribute ore vein and the evil ore vein were connected; the results should be in by now.

Li Yuan entered the natural cavity from the mine tunnel of the Sha Mine, and walked deeper along the main loop of the Pei Sha Formation until he reached the point where the two mineral veins intersected.

The changes at the intersection are already quite obvious.

The rock walls on either side of the crack in the stone layer were different colors. The side with the Fiery Ore was still deep black, while the side with the Fire Vein was originally dark red, but now the dark red was mixed with streaks of blackish-gray, like two pigments slowly blending in water.

In the very center of the crack, there are several newly formed pieces of ore.

Li Yuan squatted down and picked up one of the pieces.

My first impression upon handling it was that it was hot.

It wasn't the warmth of ordinary fire-type spirit ore, but rather a heat with a deep, chilling tingling sensation. The heat and cold seeped simultaneously from the surface of the ore into the palm of the hand, two completely different sensations overlapping each other, neither canceling out nor interfering with each other.

The ore's color is between dark red and dark purple, and its surface faintly reveals patterns formed by fire-elemental spiritual power and malevolent energy intertwined together.

When probed with divine sense, fire attribute and evil energy each accounted for half.

The panel will then pop up.

[Equipable item detected: Firestone (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Fire and Fiery Fusion (Green)]

[Effect: Fire spells can inflict a baleful aura effect; baleful aura spells can inflict a burning effect]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Both a malevolent energy cultivation technique and a fire-based cultivation technique must reach perfection.]

Green entries.

The effect is quite interesting. Fire spells are inflicted with malevolent energy, while malevolent energy spells are inflicted with burning. It can be used in both directions, essentially adding an extra layer of damage to each of your two attack systems.

The condition for permanentization is that both a malevolent energy technique and a fire-based technique must reach perfection.

The Crimson Fire Technique has been perfected, fulfilling one of the conditions. As for the Fiend Qi techniques, the Fiend Spirit Transformation Method is currently proficient, but far from perfection.

Li Yuan put the Fire Fiend Stone into his storage bag, and also took away the other few pieces that had newly formed at the intersection. There were five pieces in total, of varying quality. The best piece had a fire-fiend ratio close to one to one, while the worst piece was more fire-type spiritual power and less fiendish energy.

The output was less than expected, but considering that the two mines have only been connected for seven days and the seepage channels are not yet fully stable, the output should gradually increase later.

After emerging from the mine tunnel, Li Yuan waited for a day.

Ji Huaiyuan didn't come, and we waited for two more days.

Still no news.

As previously agreed, Ji Huaiyuan was supposed to return to collect the goods in seven days. The goods have already been produced, but there has been no word from Ji Huaiyuan, not even a message.

Li Yuan thought about it and decided not to take the initiative to contact them.

The Ji family's location is in Liangzhou, the closest point to Yunzhou, making them the first to be affected after the escalation of the war in Yunzhou. Ji Huaiyuan may have been held up by family matters, or perhaps something happened on the way.

Let's wait and see. We're not in a hurry to sell the Fire Fiend Stone; let's keep it for now.

Li Yuan returned to the stone house, separated the Fire Fiend Stone and the Purple Fiend Stone, and then sat cross-legged on the futon.