Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The Chamber of Commerce arrived two days earlier than expected.

When Li Yuan received the message, the Golden Core Elder had already arrived at Yunyang Market, where he was personally received by an inner sect deacon from the Yuanyang Sect. The Foundation Establishment cultivators and affiliated merchants of the Chamber of Commerce then set off in batches, spreading out to various markets along the Liangzhou border.

The Fog Forest Market was assigned a mid-Foundation Establishment level Chamber of Commerce manager, who brought three Qi Refining level employees and two full storage bags of goods.

Li Yuan met with the manager at the management office, briefly explained the trading rules in the market, and then left the task of arranging stalls to the steward.

He had more important things to discuss with Chen Yi.

"The market area needs to be expanded further," Li Yuan said bluntly.

Chen Yi was not surprised; he simply pulled out a document from behind his desk and handed it over.

"The sect already has contingency plans. However, this expansion is different from previous ones."

Li Yuan took the document and glanced at it.

"I'll handle everything myself: setting up the formation, managing the personnel, and providing security?"

"Yes." Chen Yi leaned back in his chair, looking somewhat tired. "The pressure at the front is increasing. The sect is sending stewards and guards from various markets to reinforce the border. In the Misty Forest Market, the number of stewards may be reduced by two or three, and the patrol team's size will also be cut."

After reading the document, Li Yuan placed it on the table.

"What are the benefits?"

"The sect will only take 20% of the profits," Chen Yi said, holding up two fingers. "It used to be 30%. Also, the monthly salaries of the management personnel will be paid by themselves from now on, instead of being handed over to the sect, and will be accounted for by the sect. You have more autonomy, but there are also more trivial matters."

Li Yuan did not hesitate.

"Can."

"Great." Chen Yi nodded and pushed a token bearing the approval mark for the market expansion in front of Li Yuan. "This is the permit. You decide the expansion area, set up the formation yourself, and recruit your own people. If you need any coordination from the sect, just come to me."

Li Yuan put away the token, got up and left the management office.

In the afternoon, he went to the Chamber of Commerce's temporary booth.

The stall was set up in a newly cleared area in the eastern part of the market. Three long tables were put together and filled with various spiritual herbs, ores, talismans, and magical artifacts. The manager, who was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, was standing behind the tables, bargaining with several rogue cultivators.

Li Yuan walked up to the steward.

"Do you have anything good? The kind that isn't displayed on the table."

When the manager saw that it was the owner of the workshop who had come in person, he quickly took out a jade slip from his pocket and handed it over.

"This is our chamber of commerce's complete transaction list. What's on the table are just the regular goods. The truly valuable items are all recorded here."

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

The list was extremely long, listing hundreds of items in various categories. It ranged from low-level Qi Refining pills to high-level ores used only in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and from first-tier talismans to second-tier superior magic artifacts—a dazzling array.

Li Yuan skipped the first few dozen pages and flipped to the last section on rare items.

My gaze lingered on a line of text.

Teleportation. Spatial magic. Short-distance spatial displacement.

His heart skipped a beat.

Spatial magic. One piece of the puzzle for making a teleportation stone permanent.

Li Yuan continued to look at the prices.

Eight hundred mid-grade spirit stones are quite expensive, and with all his savings, he barely reached that level.

Li Yuan turned the page and continued scanning.

At the end of the list were a few miscellaneous items, one of which caught his attention.

Longevity cultivation technique. Grade not specified. Price: 120 mid-grade spirit stones.

One hundred and twenty yuan, which is almost seven times cheaper than that spatial spell.

Li Yuan looked up at the steward.

"Take out this longevity cultivation manual and have a look at it."

The steward paused for a moment, then pulled out a yellowed jade slip from the depths of his storage bag and handed it to Li Yuan.

"This thing has been sitting in our guild for a long time. We brought it from Jingzhou, but nobody bought it along the way." The manager shook his head. "The technique itself is fine, but the conditions are too demanding, making it too difficult to cultivate, and the actual improvement isn't much. People in the previous markets asked about the price, looked at it, and then put it down."

Li Yuan did not rush to open the jade slip, but first placed his finger on the surface.

A panel pops up.

[Equipable item detected]

[Item Attribute Level: Blue]

[Note: Items not belonging to the user cannot be equipped, and detailed information cannot be viewed.]

Blue entries.

Li Yuan's expression remained unchanged. He flipped the jade slip over and looked at the few lines of small characters engraved on the outer shell.

The manager continued speaking from the side.

"This cultivation method has extremely high requirements, demanding that cultivators cultivate essence, qi, and spirit in balance. As you know, most cultivators are unbalanced, either having strong spiritual power but weak spiritual sense, or strong physical body but weak spiritual power. Those who can achieve a balance in all three cultivations are one in a hundred. Even if someone does meet the requirements, cultivation is extremely slow, and the increase in lifespan is minimal. The cost-effectiveness is too low."

Li Yuan gripped the jade slip tightly in his hand.

Cultivate and balance the three aspects of essence, energy, and spirit.

With the Nameless Body Refining Technique perfected, the Iron Wall Body Refining Art mastered, the Mysterious Iron Bone Forging Technique proficient, and the Golden Body Technique skilled, his physical foundation is Essence. His Dantian spiritual power is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, plus a 20% boost from Foundation Establishment and Yuan Strengthening, his spiritual power reserves are Qi. With five lines of divine consciousness and multiple perception-related attributes, his divine soul and will are Divine.

Having all three, and through long-term balanced cultivation, the differences are not significant.

"I bought it."

The manager was clearly not expected to be so decisive, and it took him a moment to react.

"One hundred and twenty mid-grade spirit stones."

Li Yuan took out spirit stones from his storage bag and arranged them one by one on the table.

After the steward finished counting, he erased the ownership mark on the jade slip and officially handed it over.

Li Yuan then selected a batch of basic materials from the list, including array auxiliary materials, talisman paper raw materials, and a few less common alchemy auxiliary medicines. These miscellaneous items cost a total of over thirty mid-grade spirit stones, which wasn't too painful.

As for that spatial spell that costs 800 yuan, we'll have to figure that out later.

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce booth, Li Yuan did not rush back to the stone house. Instead, he took a walk around the market to check the terrain of the expansion area and the coverage of the existing formations.

The new round of expansion requires extending at least fifty zhang to the south and east to accommodate the continuous influx of cultivators and new shops. The workload of setting up the array is considerable, but with the support of the Earth Vein Spiritual Pivot, the efficiency will be much higher than before.

After completing his inspection, Li Yuan returned to the stone house.

Doors and windows were sealed off, and the early warning array was activated.

He sat down at the table and picked up the jade slip containing the longevity cultivation technique.

Divine sense probed in.

The cultivation method is called the Returning to Origin Longevity Technique, and its cultivation method is extremely unique. It is not simply about circulating spiritual energy or tempering the physical body, but requires the cultivator to mobilize essence, qi, and spirit simultaneously, so that they attract and nourish each other in an extremely precise ratio, ultimately forming a self-circulating life cycle within the body.

Once this loop is established, it can delay the passing of life to an extremely small degree.

Li Yuantong read it once and understood the difficulty the manager was referring to.

Simultaneously mobilizing and maintaining a precise balance of essence, energy, and spirit is virtually impossible for ordinary cultivators. Most cultivators can only reach the pinnacle of one aspect throughout their lives, so to maximize all three while maintaining a precise balance is unimaginably difficult.

But for him, the five lines of divine consciousness were the best tools for precise control.

Li Yuan closed the jade slip and placed it on the corner of the table.

I'll take a closer look at the specific cultivation methods and detailed information about the entries tomorrow.

He took out a Qi Condensation Pill from his storage bag and swallowed it.

[Conditions for permanent application of the Soul-Sealing Wall (Green): Take Soul-Sealing Pills continuously for 15 days (May 5th)]

He then descended along the mine tunnel to the cave, sat cross-legged on the open ground next to the Fire Fiend Beast's lair, and began to circulate his internal energy.

[Conditions for permanent Fire Spirit Tempering (Green): Cultivate continuously for thirty days in an environment with extremely high concentration of Fire Spirit spiritual energy (4/30)]

The high temperature inside the cave scorched the rock walls, and a dark red light flowed around them.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to cultivate, already planning his next move.

The entries include: market expansion, materials for natal magical artifacts, elixirs for forming the elixir, spatial magic, and longevity techniques.

Each line is progressing simultaneously, and each line requires time and resources.

Fortunately, what he has in abundance is patience.