Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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The next morning, Li Yuan took Ji Huaiyuan and Ji Mingyuan for a walk around the expanded area on the south side of the market.

This area was newly developed during the expansion six months ago. The stone walls and wooden eaves are still quite new, but because of its southern location and distance from the main street of the market, the occupancy rate has always been low. Most of the shops along the street are vacant, and the courtyards at the back don't even have doors installed.

Li Yuan stopped at the end of the street and pointed to the neat rows of stone houses on both sides.

"From here to the south wall, all twelve shops will be allocated to the Ji family. The courtyard behind it will also belong to you; it's enough to house a hundred people. The land deeds will be processed at the management office today."

Ji Huaiyuan looked around, his gaze sweeping back and forth across the street twice, and nodded.

"That's enough."

Ji Mingyuan followed behind the two, holding a simplified map of the market district in his hand, on which he had already marked several key locations.

He stepped forward and said, "I'll take over the daily management of the South District, including street order, merchant registration, and entry/exit checks. Manager Li only needs to issue a management report once a month; he doesn't need to worry about anything else."

Li Yuan glanced at him.

Although this person had only recently broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage and his spiritual power was still somewhat unstable, he spoke clearly and logically, indicating that he had previously managed affairs in the Ji family.

It just so happens that the market has just expanded and the Yuanyang Sect hasn't replenished its manpower yet. I can talk to Chen Yi and arrange for a member of the Ji family to take charge of this matter, and the spirit stones will be paid as usual.

The entire market is under its own control, so it's not afraid of causing any trouble, it's just a bit inconvenient.

"Okay, the manager's monthly salary will still be paid as usual." Li Yuan turned to Ji Huaiyuan, "How do you plan to divide the shops?"

"Of the twelve rooms, I'll open two of them myself as weapon-refining shops, taking on the repair of magical artifacts and custom-made small items," Ji Huaiyuan said, counting on his fingers. "The rest will be distributed among the clan's branches to do general merchandise and materials trading, to settle the people down first."

Li Yuan had no objection. The Ji family, consisting of over eighty members, had fled here with their families. If they relied solely on Ji Huaiyuan's crafting skills for a living, they wouldn't last long. By setting aside a few shops for the clansmen to do small businesses, they could at least become self-sufficient.

"There's one more thing," Li Yuan said.

Ji Huaiyuan stopped in his tracks.

"My production of pills is quite substantial, but currently, sales are limited to the market area. The Ji family has been operating in Yunzhou for many years and should still have a considerable number of long-term customers and connections."

Ji Huaiyuan immediately understood what he meant.

"Is Master Li planning to use the Ji family's channels to distribute his goods?"

"Yes. In exchange, I will supply the Ji family with the basic pills they need daily at cost price."

Ji Huaiyuan pondered for a moment.

Although Yunzhou was in chaos, the Ji family had been operating for generations and had dealings with many cultivation families and medium-sized merchants.

Those relationships won't be completely severed by a war. Once contact is established, the distribution channels for the elixir will be much faster than starting from scratch.

"Okay," Ji Huaiyuan said.

"I'll handle the distribution channels. We'll decide on the specific revenue sharing ratio and supply quantity after the first batch of goods goes smoothly."

With the matter settled, Li Yuan escorted the two back to the South District and then turned to walk towards the Spirit Field on the outskirts of the market.

In the core area of ​​the 3,000-mu spiritual field, a light green expanse fills the view.

Li Yuan walked along the ridge and soon saw the planting area of ​​the herb *Heliotropium indicum*.

The second batch of *Heliotropium indicum* has fully matured. Compared to the first batch, these *Heliotropium indicum* have significantly thicker stems and clearer vein patterns on their leaves. Li Yuan squatted down, pulled out a plant, and gently pinched its rootstock.

The spiritual liquid seeped out from the break, and the amount was much greater than that of the first batch.

After so long of continuous nourishment with the master-level Soil Cultivation Technique, the spirituality in the soil has been fully activated, and the improvement in the quality of the spiritual herbs is now visible to the naked eye.

A dozen or so spirit farmers were busy in the fields. Their jade-like shears flew, severing the roots of the *Healing Vein Grass* and neatly stacking them into wooden baskets lined with moisture-proof cloth. A tall stack of baskets had already piled up beside the field ridges, ready to be transported back to the market warehouse.

Li Yuan didn't linger. He picked up two baskets of the highest quality Healing Vein Grass and took them directly back to the stone house.

The stone house's doors and windows were sealed off, and the soundproofing array was activated.

Two alchemy furnaces stand side by side.

Five lines of divine sense instantly spread out. The main line probed into the dark red alchemy furnace on the left, its spiritual energy transforming into crimson flames that enveloped the bottom of the furnace, and the Meridian-Regenerating Grass and several auxiliary herbs were added in sequence. The second line activated the Divine Soul Manipulation Technique, lifting a ball of earth fire at the bottom of the bronze alchemy furnace on the right, and the materials for the Rejuvenation Pill were swept up by an invisible force and precisely dropped into the furnace.

The third line is attached to the spiritual vein, the fourth line surrounds the stone house as an early warning system, and the fifth line monitors the movements of the Ji family in the southern district.

The two furnaces operate in parallel, one main and one auxiliary, without interfering with each other.

Two hours later, the alchemy furnace on the left trembled, and four Qi-Replenishing Pills flew out and landed on the jade plate. The halo around the pills was thicker than the previous batch, and the fragrance was more lingering.

Immediately afterwards, the bronze alchemy furnace on the right also made a muffled sound, and the six Rejuvenation Pills were steadily caught by the power of the divine soul and put into the jade bottle.

Li Yuan did not stop, putting new medicinal herbs into the two alchemy furnaces and seamlessly connecting to the next furnace.

The next day, Li Yuan took all the pills out of the wooden box and laid them out in a row on the table.

The Meridian Continuation Pill was placed in a cyan jade bottle, the Yuan Gathering Pill in a white jade bottle, the Soul Condensing Pill in a jade-green bottle, and the Healing Pill was uniformly sealed in gray ceramic bottles. Each type of pill was divided into two piles.

The smaller quantity on the left represents the daily inventory reserved for retail sales in the store.

On the right is a huge pile, specifically prepared for the trade fair.

After distributing the pills, Li Yuan took out some high-quality fire-evil stones recently produced from the mine in his storage bag. This batch of ore, nourished by both the fire-cultivating array and the evil-evil-cultivating array, was a whole grade higher in quality than the initial batch. The fusion of fire-elemental spiritual power and evil energy was extremely even, and faint dark red patterns could even be seen flowing across the surface.

He placed the twenty or so pieces of the best quality into a separate ironwood box and affixed a spirit-sealing talisman.

After preparing the goods, Li Yuan sat back down at the table and brought up the control panel.

Bone structure is solidified and green. Permanentization requirements: Proficiency in all three second-tier body-refining techniques. Currently, only the Nameless Body Refining Technique at the perfect level and the Iron Wall Body Refining Technique at the master level meet the requirements; the third technique is still missing.

This is the primary objective of the trade fair.

A complete second-tier body-refining technique.

It doesn't need to be of a high grade; as long as the path doesn't conflict with the first two, and you can practice until you're proficient, that's enough. Once the Bone Structure Condensation becomes permanent, his physical strength will reach another level.

The second target is the high-grade main ingredients of the Shangyuan Pill. Three-hundred-year-old Jade Marrow Ganoderma is the most scarce, and the Condensing Mist Grass and Earth Spirit Fruit also need to be considered. These items are extremely difficult to find in the normal market; the trade fair might be an opportunity.

The third objective is to acquire various general resources: pill formulas, talisman blueprints, formation blueprints, body-refining pills—anything that can replenish one's foundation, if suitable, will be collected.

Li Yuan memorized the goals and put away the panel.

into the night.

The lights in the inner ring of the market gradually went out, leaving only the rhythmic echo of the patrol team's footsteps on the main street.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the stone house, his five divine sense lines spreading out as usual. One of them was not attached to the spiritual vein or the outer warning line, but silently extended towards the direction of the inner ring patrol and guard post of the market.

The garrisoned cultivator, whose body he had previously sensed a faint demonic aura, was scheduled for the latter half of the night shift.

At 11:45 AM, the man got up from his post, whispered a few words to his shift change partner, and then walked north along the inner ring alleyway.

Li Yuan's spiritual sense trailed far behind.

The man walked slowly, his footsteps carefully controlled, almost blending into the night wind. He didn't take the main street, but instead turned into a narrow alley leading towards the outpost. The alley was lined with warehouses storing miscellaneous items; people went in and out during the day, but the alley was deserted at night.

He stopped and squatted down in a corner at the end of the alley, where there was a pile of old array fragments.

They remained there for about twenty breaths.

During this time, he did not take out any items or release any spiritual energy fluctuations. He just squatted there motionless, as if waiting for something or confirming something.

He then stood up and returned to his post along the same route, his movements extremely natural.

There were no obvious flaws in the entire process.

However, in Li Yuan's perception, when the person passed the end of the alley, a very faint fluctuation of evil energy flashed by in the ground beneath his feet.

The passive gathering of the evil energy locked the trace of evil energy that was almost impossible to detect by conventional detection methods.

Li Yuan did not move.

He memorized the time and location of the person's stay, as well as the intensity and direction of the evil energy fluctuations in the strata.

This is the second time he has recorded a similar behavioral pattern.

The last time was seven days ago, at the same late night, along the same route, in the same corner.

Li Yuan withdrew his spiritual connection and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

This line can provide me with a lot of useful information.