Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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Deep in the underground mine tunnel, Li Yuan squatted in front of a section of rock wall beside the fire vein.

On the rock face, a dark red tributary of fire vein pulsed slowly within the rock layers, brimming with spiritual energy. He was going to set up a Qi-nurturing array on this fire vein.

According to Lu Pingyuan's proposed solution, the initial power was reduced to 30% of the normal level.

Li Yuan took out the materials from the storage bag and began construction.

Half an hour later, the Qi-cultivating array on the side of the fire vein was completed.

Li Yuan pressed a small piece of low-quality evil crystal into the array eye and injected spiritual power to activate it.

The array patterns glowed with a dark purple light and began operating at extremely low power. A wisp of baleful energy seeped out from the array's core, slowly seeping along the copper plate's loop into the edge of the fire vein's tributary.

The fire-elemental spiritual energy within the fire vein rippled slightly upon contact with the baleful aura, then quickly returned to its stable state. A very thin, mixed layer formed between the two types of spiritual energy at the point of contact, without repulsion or conflict.

After observing for a moment and confirming that there was nothing unusual, Li Yuan got up and walked to the other side of the mine tunnel.

The same method was used to set up the Fire-Nourishing Array on the side of the Sha Vein, achieving a success rate of 30%.

After the two cross-attribute cultivation arrays were activated simultaneously, the spiritual energy environment deep within the convergence zone began to undergo subtle changes. The originally distinct fire-type spiritual energy and baleful energy became more blurred under the slow guidance of the cultivation arrays.

It was not a violent fusion, but an extremely slow infiltration.

Li Yuan marked the boundary between the fire vein and the evil vein on the rock wall near the confluence zone to facilitate future comparison.

After returning to the surface from the mine tunnel, Li Yuan did not go back to the stone house, but went to the management office first.

Chen Yi was not there; only a rogue cultivator on duty was organizing the roster.

Li Yuan picked up the patrol roster on the table, looked it over, and then made a few adjustments.

He made minor adjustments to the nighttime patrol routes along the western and southern sections of the market wall, and also changed the operating hours of several supply transport routes. The adjustments were small, common changes in daily management, and would not attract anyone's attention.

However, half of these changes are true, and half are false.

The actual adjustments involve patrol deployments on the east and north sides of the market area; the routes in those areas do indeed need optimization.

The deceptive adjustments were concentrated on the west and south sides. He deliberately mislabeled the patrol gaps near the west wall and moved the transport time of a secondary supply route on the south side forward by two hours.

These error messages were written on the duty roster, which any resident monk with access to the administration office could see.

Including that mole.

After doing all this, Li Yuan got up and left the management office, his expression as usual.

The passive perception of Dark Insight is always active. The array of demonic energy monitoring nodes buried beneath the watchtowers in the inner ring of the market faithfully records any fluctuations in demonic energy that pass through that area.

If the mole passes this false information to the Dark Abyss Society, their subsequent actions will correspond to the false information. At that point, simply comparing the Dark Abyss Society's actual reaction with the content of the false information will confirm whether the information transmission chain involved the mole.

Li Yuan returned to the stone house, closed the door, and bolted it shut.

Five lines of divine consciousness unfolded. The main focus shifted to the cultivation of the Iron Wall Body Refining Technique.

The spiritual energy was broken down into dozens of extremely fine threads, which drilled into the surface of the bones through the gaps beneath the skin. Each thread carried a precise pressure of spiritual energy; it couldn't be too high, lest it damage the meridians, nor too low, lest it fail to produce a tempering effect.

That night, when the spiritual energy completed its fortieth cycle, a subtle sense of stagnation that had lasted for several days suddenly disappeared.

The spiritual energy found a completely new pathway between the skin and bones. The surface of the bones, which previously required repeated pushing to penetrate, now opened its channels to the spiritual energy. The spiritual energy surged in like a tide, forming an extremely dense spiritual energy film at the junction of bones and skin.

A panel pops up.

[Second-Tier Iron Wall Body Refinement Technique: Great Success (0/1600)]

Li Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air.

The rate of increase in physical strength has become increasingly smaller. The changes in physical sensation brought about by each level of proficiency are not as noticeable as in the early stages. However, the effect of the Iron Bones and Golden Body attribute, which increases the upper limit of body-refining techniques by 30%, continues to accumulate, and the foundation is constantly being built up.

The following morning, an unfamiliar cultivator arrived at Li Yuan's shop.

The newcomer was a middle-aged rogue cultivator with a square face, in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and with a steady aura. He stood in front of the counter for a moment, his gaze lingering for a long time on the stone slab displaying the Shangyuan Pill notices on the wall, before speaking.

"Master Li, my name is He Zongming. I'd like to discuss the Shangyuan Pill with you in person."

Li Yuan invited him into the back room of the shop.

He Zongming took out several jade boxes with sealing talismans affixed to them from his storage bag, opened them one by one, and placed them on the table.

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Two second-grade superior-quality Earth Spirit Fruits. The peels have a pale golden sheen and a rich medicinal aroma.

There were also more than a dozen kinds of low- to medium-grade auxiliary medicines, neatly packed in a wooden box.

"I've gathered all the main ingredients except for the Jade Marrow Ganoderma," He Zongming said in an extremely serious tone. "I've also prepared a set of auxiliary ingredients; please check their quality."

Li Yuan inspected each and every medicinal herb.

Both the mist-condensing grass and the earth spirit fruit are of superior quality, and the varieties and quantities of the auxiliary medicines are completely consistent with the requirements of the prescription.

He put down the last jade box and looked at He Zongming.

"I have some Jade Marrow Mushrooms here," Li Yuan said.

"The conditions for alchemy depend on your choices."

He Zongming spoke almost without hesitation.

"I will pay 500 spirit stones for the refining fee. No matter how many pieces Master Li ultimately refines, I will only take one of them."

"no problem."

He immediately took out five hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and pushed them onto the table.

"When will the furnace be opened?"

"No rush." ​​Li Yuan put away the spirit stones and medicinal herbs. "The Shangyuan Pill is a second-tier high-grade pill formula, with an extremely low margin for error. I need to do some preparatory work."

He Zongming nodded, asked no further questions, and got up to take his leave.

After seeing He Zongming off, Li Yuan returned to the stone house and sat down at the table.

He had already mentally rehearsed the process of refining the Shangyuan Pill countless times.

He had memorized every step of the alchemical formula, from the timing of adding each ingredient to the correct order of blending. With his mastery of the second-tier alchemy technique, coupled with the accumulation of knowledge on alchemical refinement, profound understanding of alchemical principles, and insights into alchemy, he was technically confident.

However, Shangyuan Dan is, after all, a second-grade superior pill formula, which has extremely high requirements for the furnace.

The final stage of fusion requires extremely precise temperature control; the temperature difference cannot exceed half a fraction. While the existing dark red alchemy furnace is of good quality, it still falls short in terms of extremely precise fire control. The uniformity of heat conduction through the furnace walls and the stability of spiritual energy bearing capacity are both somewhat lacking.

Li Yuan needs a better alchemy furnace.

He got up and went out, heading straight for Ji Huaiyuan's weapon-refining shop.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, I need a fine alchemy furnace." Li Yuan got straight to the point. "The heat conduction of the furnace walls must be absolutely uniform, and the maximum spiritual energy it can withstand must meet the standards of a second-grade high-quality pill formula. Do you have one on hand, or could you expedite the making of one?"

Ji Huaiyuan thought for a moment, then took a pill furnace from the shelf behind the counter and placed it on the table.

The alchemy furnace is a deep blue-green color, smaller than the dark red furnace, but its walls are noticeably thicker. A ring of extremely fine heat dissipation lines is engraved on its surface, demonstrating exquisite craftsmanship.

"This is something I brought from home. It was originally commissioned by a fellow cultivator, but unfortunately, that cultivator encountered a demonic cultivator." Ji Huaiyuan patted the furnace. "It's a second-tier high-grade furnace. The heat conduction and spiritual energy capacity are both excellent. If you want to use it, just give it to me at market price."

Li Yuan placed his hand on the furnace wall, probing it with his spiritual energy, which traveled around the inside. The furnace wall was of a perfectly uniform thickness, allowing for seamless transmission of spiritual energy.

"How many?"

"One thousand eight hundred spirit stones."

Li Yuan pointed out the spirit stones and put the alchemy furnace into his storage bag.

Back in the stone house, he took out the new alchemy furnace and placed it in the best spot in the center of the room. Then he took out all the medicinal materials needed for the Shangyuan Pill from his storage bag and arranged them on the table according to the order in which they were added according to the recipe.

Li Yuan then continued his cultivation, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing, and his five spiritual lines unfolded as usual. The main line guided the spiritual energy along the path of his main cultivation technique, while the resonance channel of the Spiritual Vein Affinity Technique drew in rich spiritual energy from the ground and injected it into his dantian.

The spiritual energy saturation is getting closer and closer to the capacity limit of the late Foundation Establishment stage.