Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The Yuan Yang Sect was keeping the news of the disappearance of the Core Formation Platform under tight control, but the turmoil was still spreading in the shadows.

The atmosphere in the market was slightly different than it had been a few days ago.

Two more patrol teams were added to the streets, and the intensity of checks at entrances and exits doubled. Those cultivators who had guarded the ruins were questioned repeatedly by their sects.

Li Yuan sat in the management office flipping through the list of residents, and then drew a line of divine consciousness, hanging it far away at the duty point of the inner ring patrol team.

The traitor who once carried a faint trace of demonic energy has been making more moves these past few days.

However, he still did not do anything out of line, did not gravitate towards the ruins, and did not actively inquire about the progress of the investigation.

Li Yuan withdrew the divine sense thread and did not send anyone to capture him. Moving against him now would only cause the Dark Abyss to sever the thread immediately. Keeping him alive was equivalent to having eyes that could see the movements of the demonic cultivators.

I flipped through a few pages of the roster, and the names on it were densely packed.

The battle situation in Yunzhou has clearly deteriorated even further. In just a few days, the number of independent cultivators and cultivators from small families pouring into the Misty Forest Market has doubled again.

Large areas of tents have been erected around the market area because the guest rooms and shops in the inner area are already insufficient.

Li Yuan closed the roster, left the management office, and headed towards the trading street in the expanded area.

The streets were crowded with weary-looking monks from Yunzhou.

The stalls lined both sides of the road, their contents a chaotic mess. Bloodstained beast pelts, chipped fragments of magical artifacts, a few spirit herbs covered in mud, and crates upon crates of unrefined ore. On their escape, these cultivators sold off the bulky items they couldn't carry, keeping only the most essential or urgently needed supplies to exchange for spirit stones to save their lives.

Li Yuan walked straight to a slightly more spacious stall.

The stall owners were two rogue cultivators from Yunzhou who were in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. Their Taoist robes emitted spiritual light as they slowly absorbed spiritual energy.

However, his Taoist robe was torn in several places, and his aura seemed slightly weak. On the stall were more than a dozen pieces of Xuanfeng Iron of excellent quality, as well as a pile of second-tier low-grade demon beast materials.

"Master Li".

One of them stood up and bowed slightly. Zhou Yuan had already acted as matchmaker for them yesterday.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered for a moment on a wooden box at the edge of the two people's stall.

The wooden box was half-open, revealing a bright red pill inside, with a pungent aroma.

"This is a second-grade, low-level Crimson Flame Pill," the rogue cultivator quickly explained when he saw Li Yuan looking over.

Without asking any further questions, Li Yuan took out the sword box from his storage bag, placed it on the stall, and opened it.

Two dark red to purplish longswords lay quietly in their sheaths, their blades covered in fine spiritual patterns.

The two rogue cultivators were instantly drawn to it. One of them reached out and picked up the second-tier, mid-grade Fire Fiend Sword, flicking the blade lightly with his fingertip. A muffled sword hummed, and a wave of scorching spiritual energy mixed with malevolent aura spread out.

"A fine sword." A hint of joy flashed in the rogue cultivator's eyes. "The fire elemental energy is very well integrated; it's perfect for breaking through the hard armor of demonic beasts."

"How do we change?" another rogue cultivator asked Li Yuan.

"I want the Xuanfeng Iron you have, those few pieces of Heavily Crystal, and that Crimson Flame Pill," Li Yuan said, pointing to a corner of the stall.

The two whispered a few words and quickly nodded.

Li Yuan put the materials and pills into his storage bag.

There's no need to worry about the Ji family's sales; we still have plenty of materials stored up, and we can use spirit stones to replenish them.

For the rest of the day, Li Yuan strolled around the trading street, stopping and starting intermittently.

Taking advantage of the surge in population and devaluation of goods in the market, he bought up all kinds of materials that the independent cultivators were eager to get rid of at extremely low prices.

The copper essence used for securing the array, the waste materials used for refining weapons, and the broken base of the array plate.

He accepted anything that could be used in spirit fields, formations, or given to Zhou Yuan for remelting. He spent a lot of spirit stones, but his foundation was rapidly being strengthened in return.

As evening fell, Li Yuan returned to the stone house and sealed the doors and windows shut.

He walked to the table and took out the second-tier mid-grade Fire Fiend Sword that Ji Huaiyuan had given him.

[Equipable item detected: Fire Fiend Sword (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Fiery Edge (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the power of fire-attribute spells by 30%, and increases the learning speed of fire-attribute spells by 30%]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Consume one second-tier fire-type pill or a second-tier evil-type pill]

With a thought, Li Yuan brought up the equipment menu.

The five items in the current equipment slot are: Three Elements Unity (purple), Alchemy Creation (purple), Medicine Refinement for a Stronger Body (green), Concealing Meridians and Breath (green), and Meridian Spirit Fusion (green).

After removing equipment, it takes twelve hours to re-equip the same item.

After a moment's thought, Li Yuan chose to remove the [Concealing Meridians and Hiding Breath] technique. He would be cultivating inside the stone house tonight, protected by multiple array formations, so extreme meridian concealment was unnecessary for the time being.

The Hidden Vein and Concealed Breath were removed, and the Fiery Fiend Sword was equipped.

[Equipped: Fire Fiend Sword (Complete)]

[Fire Sharpness (Green) is in effect]

Li Yuan immediately opened the wooden box he had bought from the rogue cultivator in Yunzhou, picked up the Crimson Flame Pill, and swallowed it.

The pill entered his throat and instantly transformed into a surge of violent fire-elemental spiritual energy, exploding in his stomach and rushing through his meridians to his limbs and bones. Li Yuan's [Blazing Sun Technique] and [Three Elements Body Protection] operated simultaneously, easily taming this fire-elemental medicinal power and guiding it into his dantian.

The pill entered his throat and instantly transformed into a surge of violent fire-elemental spiritual energy, exploding in his stomach and rushing through his meridians to his limbs and bones. Li Yuan's [Blazing Sun Technique] and [Three Elements Body Protection] operated simultaneously, easily taming this fire-elemental medicinal power and guiding it into his dantian.

The panel pops up simultaneously.

The conditions for making the Fiery Edge (Green) permanent have been met.

Is it permanent?

"Yes."

[Fire's Edge (Green) has become a permanent entry]

The phantom of the Fire Fiend Sword vanished from the equipment slot, freeing up an empty space. Li Yuan glanced at it; [Concealing Meridians and Hiding Breath] was still on cooldown, so he left it empty for now.

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, Li Yuan left the stone house and headed towards the spirit fields on the outskirts of the market under the cover of night.

The core area of ​​the 3,000 mu of spiritual fields has been cleared, the water flow in the spirit-diverting canal is stable, and the soil has been turned over neatly.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the ridge of the field, pressing his palm down, and the spiritual power of the [Soil Cultivation Technique] flowed into the soil through his arm.

He was a master of the Earth Cultivation Technique, with spiritual energy penetrating extremely deeply.

Not only the top foot of soil, but even the compacted layer three feet underground was gently dissolved by spiritual energy. The death energy in the soil was gradually squeezed out of the ground, replaced by a more even and gentle spirituality.

He walked through the spiritual fields for an hour, thoroughly organizing the hundreds of acres of land that had been newly reclaimed that day.

It was late at night when we returned to the stone house.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged on a futon.

Four lines of divine sense branched out again. One hung around the perimeter of the market as a guard, one sank into the underground spiritual vein, and the third monitored the operation of the surrounding array.

The main energy was completely contained, guiding the spiritual energy within the body to sink into the deepest part of the dantian.

He began to cultivate the Demonic Essence Technique again.

Since focusing most of his energy on the Spirit Vein Affinity Technique and various body-refining techniques, the Demonic Essence Technique has been put aside for some time. Now that he is on the front lines and the Dark Abyss Society is becoming more and more active, although he has not equipped the [Gathering Demonic Flow] attribute, he must improve his proficiency in the Demonic Essence Technique in case of emergency.

The spiritual energy reversed in the meridians and transformed into demonic energy.

Li Yuan remained expressionless as he continued to circulate his energy. The demonic energy in his dantian gathered more and more, its color gradually deepening from light black to a deep, inky black.

Until the eastern horizon began to lighten.

The panel vibrated slightly.

[Demonic Essence Technique: Mastery (0/800)]

Li Yuan opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of slightly grayish, turbid air.

With his mastery of the Demonic Essence Technique, the conversion speed of his demonic energy was more than twice as fast as before, and his aura was much more restrained. If he were to encounter the demonic cultivators of the Dark Abyss Society again, he could easily disguise himself as one of their core disciples without being detected, relying solely on this pure demonic energy.

As dawn broke, a new wave of noise rose from outside the market.