Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

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The Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce's branch occupied three storefronts on the main street of the East District, with shelves lined up along the wall, offering everything from low-grade spiritual medicines to magic artifacts and accessories commonly used by Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

Li Yuan strolled slowly along the shelves, his gaze sweeping over the various goods. He didn't lack most things; the talismans and pills produced in the market were enough to cover his daily needs.

He stopped when he reached the innermost row of shelves.

Several jade slips were placed on the top shelf, next to a wooden plaque with the name and price of the item written on it.

The recipe for the Concentration Pill. Fifteen mid-grade spirit stones.

Li Yuan took out the jade slip and scanned it briefly with his divine sense.

The recipe is very complete, with three main ingredients, two auxiliary ingredients, and detailed instructions on the refining process and heat control. The core effect of the Concentrating Spirit Pill is to strengthen the cohesion and resilience of the divine sense, making it extremely useful for cultivators who frequently use their divine sense in combat or require prolonged periods of high-intensity divine sense operation.

The daily consumption of five spiritual lines is already considerable, so the Concentration Pill is just the right solution.

"I'll take this prescription."

The clerk behind the counter quickly packed up the items and collected the cash.

After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan read the prescription jade slip three times, memorizing the key points of each step.

Two of the main ingredients were already grown in his spiritual field, and he had just acquired a batch of the third from a random cultivator's stall a few days ago. The auxiliary ingredients were even simpler; he could gather them all by rummaging through his storage bag.

He weighed and sorted the medicinal herbs one by one, prepared the amount for one batch according to the proportions indicated in the prescription, and then set up the alchemy furnace.

The fire was lit, and the medicinal herbs were added one by one.

The Concentration Pill is one level easier to refine than the Condensation Pill. Its medicinal properties are mild, and there is no violent rejection reaction during the fusion process. The key lies in the precise control of the heat—if the temperature is too high, the medicinal properties will evaporate excessively, and if it is too low, the condensation will be insufficient.

The simultaneous operation of the five spiritual lines ensured an extremely smooth refining process. The medicinal liquid gradually changed from a pale blue to a translucent amber color, and the spiritual energy within the furnace flowed evenly without any fluctuations.

About half an hour later, a clear humming sound came from inside the furnace.

Li Yuan lifted the furnace lid, and four round, pale golden pills flew onto the jade plate. The pills were translucent, with a slightly shimmering surface, and the condensed patterns of divine consciousness and spiritual energy inside were clearly visible.

The quality is above average. Four coins were produced in the first batch, which is a good result.

Li Yuan picked up a Mind-Concentrating Pill.

A panel pops up.

[Equipable item detected: Concentration Pill (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Divine Sense Condensation (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the speed of spiritual energy concentration by 20%; spiritual energy attack and defense inflicts a brief stun effect.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: A soul cultivation technique must reach the second stage of mastery, and one must meditate and cultivate continuously for fifteen days (0/15)]

Green entries.

The speed of spiritual consciousness gathering increases by 20%, and the attack and defense of spiritual consciousness are accompanied by a brief dizziness.

This dizzying effect is extremely valuable in actual combat. If each mental attack can briefly disorient the opponent, it is enough to create a fatal opening in the battle.

The conditions for permanentization are divided into two parts. First, one must reach the second-stage mastery of a spiritual cultivation technique, and the Concentration and Soul Guiding Technique must be perfected, thus exceeding the requirements. However, the second part requires fifteen consecutive days of meditation practice, which takes time to advance.

Li Yuan put the Concentration Pill into the empty slot.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Concentration Pill (Complete)]

[Divine Sense Condensation (Green) in effect]

[Conditions for making Divine Consciousness Condensation (Green) permanent: A Divine Soul Cultivation Technique has reached the second stage of mastery (already met), and the user has meditated and cultivated continuously for fifteen days (0/15)]

The moment the entry took effect, a very slight ripple spread through the depths of the divine consciousness sea. The tips of the five divine consciousness lines simultaneously became sharper, and the speed at which they condensed and took shape was significantly faster than before.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and sensed for a moment before putting the remaining three Concentration Pills into the jade bottle.

Starting today, practice meditation daily; it will become permanent after fifteen days.

He sat cross-legged on the futon and entered a meditative state.

That night, just past midnight.

Dark Fiend's perception network detected fluctuations of demonic energy on the outskirts of the market.

Li Yuan opened his eyes.

This fluctuation was different from the previously intercepted messages from the mole. The frequency was faster, the amount of information was greater, and the interval between the demonic energy pulses was almost halved.

Someone is desperately sending signals.

Li Yuan focused all his senses on the demonic energy thread, receiving it while simultaneously comparing it with the coded vocabulary in real time to decipher it.

The details of the intelligence gradually emerged.

Contact point lost. All outposts on high alert. Rebuild the communication network. Expedite the collection of materials.

The Dark Abyss has discovered that the mine's communication point has been destroyed.

All three resident demon cultivators have disappeared, communication has been cut off, and the intelligence chain has been broken. Their reaction was swift; they noticed the anomaly in less than half a month and began urgently rebuilding the communication network.

At the same time, he asked the mole to speed up the material collection process—indicating that the Dark Abyss's need for those materials was more urgent than Li Yuan had anticipated.

Li Yuan recorded the deciphered information in a jade slip, but did not rush to take action.

The deviation is small, near the precision limit at the edge of the sensing network, and is insufficient to determine whether it is an error or a genuine change in position.

Li Yuan decided to monitor the situation for several nights in a row.

On the second night, at the same time, the demonic energy fluctuations reappeared.

This time, Li Yuan adjusted the deployment density of the sensing network in advance, doubling the number of sensing threads in the northeast direction.

The location of the signal source is much clearer now.

Not in the free-for-all area.

The orientation is slightly north, pointing towards the outpost of the Yuanyang Sect.

Li Yuan did not draw a conclusion and continued to wait.

The third night.

The signal source reappeared, in the exact same location as the second night. It was located at the Yuanyangzong outpost, slightly to the east.

After three nights of continuous tracking, Dark Fiend Insight narrowed down the signal source to an extremely small area. There were fewer than ten people in that area, all of whom were Yuan Yang Sect's garrison personnel.

Li Yuan pretended to be clearing out monsters and headed towards the vicinity of the outpost.

They investigated the spiritual energy fluctuation characteristics of each person in that area one by one.

The seven people's spiritual energy flowed normally, with no demonic energy remaining.

The eighth person was a mid-Foundation Establishment stage deacon. His spiritual energy fluctuations appeared no different from those of an ordinary person, but with the extremely high sensitivity of Dark Fiend Insight, Li Yuan detected an extremely subtle anomaly.

A trace of almost imperceptible demonic energy lingered deep within the man's meridians.

Ordinary cultivators would never be able to detect traces of this magnitude, and even cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage might not be able to sense them. But for Dark Insight, a permanent blue attribute specifically targeting demonic energy fluctuations, this trace of residue was like a candle flame in the darkness.

A mid-Foundation Establishment stage steward. A member of the Yuan Yang Sect.

Li Yuan sat calmly on the futon.

The traitor sensed earlier in the ruins of the Xuan You branch hall was one. The cloaked cultivator who exchanged materials face-to-face with the demonic cultivator in the wilderness was the second. The mid-Foundation Establishment deacon we've now identified is the third.

It is possible that at least three Foundation Establishment deacons are connected to the Dark Abyss.

The extent of Yuanyang Sect's infiltration in this area was even more serious than he had estimated.

Li Yuan compiled the information on the three traitors into a separate jade slip and sealed it deep inside his storage bag.

Let's leave them alone for now.

The mole's intelligence network is currently Li Yuan's most reliable source of information about the Dark Abyss Society's movements. Rushing in and alerting them would only cut off his own intelligence supply.

Days passed by amidst cultivation and surveillance.

The progress in Sky-Splitting Slash was faster than in the other two spells. The enhanced spatial perception from the teleportation stone was the best aid in cultivating spatial spells. The angle, depth, and expansion rate of each injection of spiritual power into the spatial rift were continuously optimized under the precise guidance of perception.

From the initial three-foot-long, four-breath-long spatial rift, to four feet, five breaths, and then five feet, six breaths.

Every inch of growth means a simultaneous increase in the density of spiritual energy compression and the precision of spatial manipulation.

A panel pops up.

[Sky-Splitting Slash: Proficient (0/400)]

Li Yuan conducted a test in the cave.

A five-foot-long gray crack extended from the fingertip, silently slicing across a wall of fire-evil stone in front of him. The cut surface of the stone wall was as smooth as a mirror, without any obstruction.

He then took out a second-tier mid-grade flying sword that he had seized from the demon cultivator's storage bag and placed it across the path of the rift.

The crevice flashed by, and the flying sword broke in two.

There were no sparks at the cut, no metallic clanging, and not even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation. Spatial fracture is the cleanest and most efficient way to cut, requiring no additional elemental spiritual energy.

Conventional spiritual energy shields are useless against this kind of attack.

Li Yuan dispersed the cracks and put away the broken sword.

The practice of teleportation continued to progress steadily. The distance of the teleportation slowly increased from five zhang, and the consumption of spiritual energy also gradually decreased, but there was still a considerable distance to go before mastering it.

That afternoon, Li Yuan was meditating and cultivating in the stone house when there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

He finished his practice, stood up, and opened the door.

Chen Yi stood outside the door, holding a jade slip marked with red in his hand.

"Come in and speak."

The two sat down inside the room. Chen Yi placed the jade slip on the table, his expression solemn.

"The sect's latest deployment. Two exploration teams have been assembled deep within the Ghost Mist Forest and will depart soon."

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

Each of the two exploration teams was led by a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, with members consisting of elite disciples from the early to mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and each team comprised eight to ten people. The mission document stated that the official purpose was to wipe out the demonic cultivator stronghold deep within the Ghost Mist Forest.

"Clear out strongholds?" Li Yuan looked up at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi leaned back in his chair and remained silent for a moment.

"The official guise is a crackdown." He paused, "but the higher-ups' intentions are probably more than just a crackdown."

Li Yuan did not press the matter further.

Chen Yi took the initiative to continue the conversation.

"In the past six months, the sect's higher-ups have been changing their attitude toward Ghost Mist Forest. At first, they adopted a passive defense strategy, setting up outposts and patrol points on the periphery to prevent demonic cultivators from infiltrating. Later, they discovered that the activities of demonic cultivators were becoming more and more frequent, so they changed from defense to active control, increasing manpower and expanding the patrol area."

He tapped the table twice with his finger.

"Now it's changed again. They've sent an exploration team deep into the heart of the territory, ostensibly to clear out the enemy, but the team's composition doesn't look like they're going to war. They've brought a large number of exploration-type magical artifacts and array auxiliary materials, and they've even assigned a steward who's skilled in sensing ley lines."

"What are you looking for?" Li Yuan asked.

"I don't know." Chen Yi shook his head. "I'm not at a level where I can access this kind of information. But what is certain is that the sect's higher-ups' interest in the depths of Ghost Mist Forest is no longer simply about defense and control."

He stood up and glanced back at Li Yuan as he walked to the door.

"Once the exploration team sets off, you just need to coordinate logistics and supplies. Don't worry about anything else, and don't venture too deep."

Li Yuan nodded in agreement.

Chen Yi's figure disappeared outside the courtyard gate.

The stone house fell silent.

Li Yuan sat back down at the table and carefully read through the exploration team's route plan in the jade slip.

The two teams set off from the outpost and split up to venture deeper into the Ghost Mist Forest along its eastern and western sides, planning to advance more than a hundred miles through the forest.

Baili.

It was about forty miles away from the center of the circle he had calculated.

I didn't find anything inside, and I don't know if the sect can find anything either.

Li Yuan carefully put the jade slip away.

The Yuan Yang Sect is searching, and so is the Dark Abyss Society. Both forces are reaching into the depths of the Ghost Mist Forest.

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