Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The expansion project of the market is progressing more smoothly than expected.

Li Yuan personally set up defensive formations on the south and east sides. The blessing of the Earth Vein Spiritual Pivot made the setup extremely fast, reducing the original ten-day project to five days. The newly expanded area was large enough to accommodate more than twenty shops and residences for over a hundred people.

Regarding personnel management, he selected several efficient rogue cultivators from the existing cultivators in the market to serve as temporary stewards, with their monthly salaries directly allocated from the market's revenue. The guard force was supplemented by selecting the best from the Wang family and newly arrived refugee cultivators, and incorporated into their patrol rotations.

As Chen Yi had said, two management deacons and a team of patrolling cultivators were taken away by the sect. However, the daily operation of the Misty Forest Market was not greatly affected, and the management framework established by Li Yuan was already able to operate on its own.

After the expansion was completed, Xu Zhang's Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce branch officially moved into the main street of the East District. Sun Henian's shop also moved to a larger storefront, with the two new shops side by side, and long queues forming in front of them every day.

The market's production capacity data broke records again this month.

The monthly production of Fire Fiend Stones nearly quadrupled after the refined ore vein went into operation. Talisman stocks were plentiful enough to be sold wholesale. The supply of pills not only covered the daily needs of all resident cultivators but also had surplus capacity to supply the Yunyang Market.

Everything is steadily improving.

Li Yuan devoted most of his energy to cultivating two spatial spells.

The Sky-Splitting Slash is progressing the fastest.

The enhanced spatial perception from the teleportation stone allowed him to clearly see every fold of the spatial membrane, thus greatly improving the precision of his spiritual energy injection. From initially only being able to maintain a three-inch rift for half a breath, to consistently outputting a one-foot-long spatial blade, it took him less than ten days.

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【Sky-Splitting Slash: Beginner (0/200)】

After mastering the basics, the power of the Sky-Splitting Slash was already quite considerable. Although the one-foot-long spatial rift was brief, its cutting force was extremely strong. Li Yuan tested it in a cave with a piece of a discarded second-tier magic weapon fragment; the rift easily split it in two, leaving a smooth, mirror-like cut.

The art of teleportation is much more difficult to master.

The Sky-Splitting Slash is an outward attack, where spiritual energy is manipulated to target a small area of ​​space in front of the fingertips. The Teleportation Technique, on the other hand, requires the entire body to be enveloped within a spatial channel for movement, demanding an order of magnitude higher control over the range and precision of spiritual energy.

For the first five days, Li Yuan couldn't even manage to tear open a spatial passage large enough to accommodate himself. Each attempt resulted in the passage collapsing the instant it formed due to uneven distribution of spiritual energy.

He adjusted his strategy, no longer aiming for a perfect result in one step, but instead starting with repeatedly practicing the basic movements of tearing open the passage. He focused all five lines of divine consciousness on stabilizing the edge of the spatial passage, gradually widening its diameter.

On the eighth day, he successfully tore open a spatial passage that lasted for a breath for the first time.

On the twelfth day, he successfully completed his first spatial displacement. The distance was only two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters). After landing, he staggered a few steps, but he did indeed disappear from the original spot and reappear two zhang away.

Teleportation Technique: Beginner (0/200)

They simultaneously mastered two spatial magic techniques.

At the same time, practical exercises of the Netherworld Locking Array are also being carried out simultaneously.

During a campaign to exterminate demonic beasts, Li Yuan encountered a low-grade, second-tier armored centipede. He did not immediately attack and kill it.

Instead, they quickly set up a miniature version of the Netherworld Locking Array along the centipede's inevitable path.

The moment the centipede stepped into the array's range, gray-black spiritual energy chains erupted from the ground, binding and entangling it. Yin energy seeped into the centipede's body along the chains, suppressing its spiritual energy circulation.

The once ferocious armored centipede struggled more and more slowly under the restraint of the chains, and the spiritual armor on its body gradually dimmed under the erosion of the Yin energy.

Li Yuan stood outside the formation and observed for a moment. After confirming that the formation's suppressive effect was as expected, a spike of malevolent energy pierced through the centipede's head, ending the battle.

The slowing effect of the Netherworld's Slow also came into play in this attack. The moment the evil energy cone struck, the centipede's remaining spiritual energy was slowed down for a second, even its final struggle was delayed by half a beat.

The formation traps the enemy, and the attack slows them down, creating a double suppression.

Even without considering other bonuses, in actual combat, this combination is more than capable of dealing with opponents of the same or even half a level higher.

The practice of the Golden Body Technique was not neglected either.

Every three days, Li Yuan would undergo a medicinal bath in the stone house to break through his cultivation barrier. The enhanced resilience of his meridians, strengthened by consolidating his vital energy, allowed him to withstand more intense spiritual energy impacts, and his proficiency in the Golden Body Technique was slowly but steadily increasing.

Strengthening tendons is a long process that cannot be rushed.

Materials for the embryo of the natal ritual implement are also arriving one after another.

I bought three ounces of Xuan Tie Jing (玄铁精) from Xu Zhang's merchant shop. I also found half a pound of Liu Yin Ore (流银矿) at a cultivator's stall. He happened to have a piece of decent quality that he had escaped from the Mo Zhou mining area.

There's still a gap between nephrite and flame heart sand, so Li Yuan posted his procurement needs on the Chamber of Commerce's long-term acquisition list, waiting for someone with the right affinity to come to him.

Repair materials for the hidden teleportation nodes are also being collected simultaneously.

Space-type array stones and spirit-guiding copper sheets are common materials that can be purchased at Yunyang Market. Spiritual energy clay requires special preparation, so Li Yuan refined a batch himself.

The only difficulty is the space crystal.

This type of crystal is extremely rare and is a core consumable for spatial arrays. Yunyang Market has no stock available, and Xu Zhang has also stated that Jingzhou's inventory has been depleted and cannot be replenished in the short term.

Li Yuan put the problem aside for the time being and would think of a solution when the next caravan arrived.

Days passed by in a mix of spiritual practice and daily affairs.

The Sky-Splitting Slash technique progressed steadily from the beginner level, with the length of the rift increasing from one foot to three feet, and the duration of its effect extending from two breaths to four breaths.

The teleportation distance of the teleportation technique has been expanded from the initial two zhang to five zhang, and the stagger after landing has also disappeared, but the consumption of spiritual energy is still extremely large, and it is necessary to adjust and recover after using it twice in a row.

The population of the market continues to grow.

Every few days, new independent cultivators and small families pour in from the direction of Yunzhou, bringing the latest news from the front lines. The pressure from the demonic cultivators on the Liangzhou border is constantly increasing, and several small markets have begun to request defensive talismans and war-prepared pills from the Misty Forest Market.

Wulinfang is evolving from a border transit point into a regional distribution center for goods.

Li Yuan stood in front of the stone house, watching the busy flow of people on the main street, his expression calm.

He can manage the affairs of the market and keep a steady pace of cultivation.

Next, it's time to deal with that contact point.