Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The medicinal materials for Tianyuan Dan are consumed very quickly.

After three furnace runs, the first batch of raw materials purchased from the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce in Baijingfang City has been exhausted. The materials for forging the Golden Body Armor are simply not available locally. The spirit silver ore, cold iron essence, and star sand used for shaping spirit patterns required for the second-tier defensive magic weapon are all high-end raw materials that can be stably supplied only in Jingzhou.

Li Yuan set off again for Baijingfang City.

The route was the same as last time, and the journey took less than half a day for a Golden Core cultivator. The Illusionist disguised himself with a new face, his aura emanating from someone at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and blended into the crowd at the city gate.

The main street remained busy.

Li Yuan first went to the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce's main store to replenish two sets of Tianyuan Pill ingredients, and then asked the manager for a purchase list of second-tier weapon-refining materials. After checking the inventory, the manager reported a number.

"Three pieces of spirit silver ore, one pound of cold iron essence, half an ounce of star sand, and two bottles of spirit pattern shaping liquid. The whole set costs six hundred mid-grade spirit stones."

Li Yuan paid and put the materials into his storage bag.

After leaving the main store, walk south along the main street, passing through an open-air stall area.

The open-air stalls in Baijing Market were more than ten times larger than those in Yunyang Market, offering everything from medicinal herbs and mineral raw materials to all sorts of cultivation aids. Most of the stalls were run by independent cultivators, but there were also some vassals of small families selling their own medicinal herbs.

Li Yuan stopped in front of an inconspicuous herb stall.

A coarse cloth was laid out on the stall, upon which were displayed a dozen or so spiritual herbs, their roots wrapped in damp mud. The varieties varied, with most being common first-tier herbs, and a few barely reaching the threshold of second-tier low-grade.

Li Yuan's gaze fell on a small spiritual herb in the corner.

The herb was no more than half a foot tall, with narrow, long, dark brown leaves and a layer of grayish-white soil clinging to its roots. It was unremarkable in appearance, not even as good as the surrounding second-tier herbs.

However, the perception of the words within a three-foot radius has already been triggered.

Li Yuan squatted down and reached out to pinch the stem of the spiritual herb.

A panel pops up.

[Equipable item detected: Leyline Grass (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Earth Escape Speed ​​(White)]

[Effect: Earth Release technique speed increased by 10%]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Mastery of an Earth-based cultivation technique (Already met)]

White entry. The Thick Earth True Skill has been perfected; the conditions have long been met.

Li Yuan looked up at the stall owner. The stall owner was a female cultivator in her forties, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, who was bargaining with another customer.

"How much is this one?"

The female cultivator turned her head to look at the earth vein grass in Li Yuan's hand and casually quoted a price.

"Five spirit stones. That's earth vein grass; its medicinal effects are so-so, but it's good for foot baths."

Five spirit stones.

Li Yuan took out a spirit stone to pay.

The female cultivator took the spirit stone without even glancing at it, and turned back to continue dealing with the customer.

Li Yuan carefully put away the Earth Vein Grass and walked into a quiet alley.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Leyline Grass (Complete)]

[Earth Escape Speed ​​(White) has become a permanent entry]

The phantom of the Earth Vein Grass flashed briefly in the equipment slot before disappearing into white dots.

The speed of Earth Escape Technique has increased by 10%. This bonus may not seem significant on its own, but when stacked on top of the base speed of a Golden Core cultivator, the actual effect is quite considerable. Earth Escape Technique is his most frequently used stealth method, and a 10% speed increase means greater stealth and maneuverability when moving underground.

Li Yuan continued to wander around the market.

As he passed a magical artifact shop in the western district, he noticed a rather long queue outside. Most of the cultivators in the queue were dressed in greyish-white Taoist robes with gold mountain emblems embroidered on the cuffs.

Disciples of the Tianyue Sect.

Li Yuan slowed his pace and scanned the shelves inside the shop with his divine sense.

The shelves were mostly empty. Of what remained, the slots for array materials and exploration artifacts were almost completely cleared out. Exploration discs, spirit needles, restriction probes, portable lighting array stones—all equipment related to underground exploration had been bought.

The shopkeeper behind the counter was frantically dealing with the purchasing needs of the Tianyue Sect disciples, constantly saying, "That's all, that's all. The next batch will take ten days."

The Tianyue Sect is making a large-scale procurement of exploration equipment. It's enough to equip an exploration team of at least twenty people.

Li Yuan did not stop and continued walking forward.

The weapon-refining area of ​​White Mirror City is located deep in the eastern district and is a concentrated area dedicated to providing services to weapon refiners. Here you will find specialty shops selling weapon-refining materials, experienced weapon refiners offering guidance, and most importantly, weapon-refining rooms available for rent.

The forging process of second-tier magical artifacts is fundamentally different from that of first-tier artifacts.

The smelting temperature and spiritual energy infusion of first-tier magical artifacts are within a controllable range, which can be easily achieved by a Golden Core cultivator using their palm to generate fire. However, second-tier magical artifacts require a continuous and uniform high-temperature environment, and the inscription of spiritual patterns must be carried out in a specific spiritual energy field; even a slight deviation will cause the spiritual patterns to become disordered. These conditions can only be provided by a specialized artifact refining room.

Li Yuan walked into a shop with a sign that read "Yunlufang" and told the counter that he needed to rent a weapon-refining room.

"A second-tier weapon-refining room costs eighty spirit stones for a full day. Two hundred and twenty for three days," the shopkeeper behind the counter quoted.

"Three days' package."

The spirit stones were exchanged. The shopkeeper led him through the backyard to a secret room separated by thick stone walls.

The secret chamber was about five zhang square, with a large bronze furnace in the center. The bottom of the furnace was inlaid with dual array patterns of fire array and temperature control array. The four walls were engraved with auxiliary arrays for stabilizing spiritual energy fields. When activated, these arrays could create a uniform spiritual energy environment in the chamber, ensuring that the spiritual patterns would not be disturbed by external fluctuations.

Li Yuan closed the stone door and placed the iron plate for making the golden armor on the workbench.

He first spent two hours studying the spiritual patterns on the iron plate.

The spiritual runes on the Golden Body Armor are more than three times more complex than those of a first-tier magical artifact. The core spiritual runes consist of twelve defensive arrays arranged in a ring around the chest and abdomen area of ​​the armor, with each array interconnected by spiritual energy channeling grooves. The outer auxiliary spiritual runes are responsible for guiding the wearer's spiritual energy into the core arrays, forming passive protection.

The entire set of spirit runes has more than three hundred main lines and nearly fifty nodes.

With his current first-tier mastery of weapon crafting, directly attempting to inscribe this set of spirit patterns carries an extremely high risk of failure. However, the Golden Body Armor is a second-tier low-grade item, considered the most basic level among second-tier magic weapons. Furthermore, the spiritual power precision and divine sense strength of a Golden Core cultivator far exceed the operational limits of a first-tier weapon crafter, theoretically making success possible.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and began to work.

The furnace is ignited.

Spirit silver ore, cold iron essence, and stardust were added to the furnace in the correct proportions. The fire array in the second-tier refining chamber was far more powerful than the flames he could conjure from his palm, and the temperature inside the furnace rose above the melting point of the spirit silver ore within a few breaths. The three materials gradually fused together under the high temperature, forming a mass of silvery-white liquid metal.

Li Yuan used his divine sense to probe into the furnace and monitor the fusion state of the liquid metal.

His Golden Core stage divine sense allowed him to pinpoint the location and trajectory of every impurity in the liquid metal. He meticulously removed the impurities, perfectly fusing the essence of the spirit silver ore and the cold iron essence. Stardust, acting as a shaping catalyst, slowly released fine spiritual energy particles at high temperatures, seeping into the molecular gaps of the liquid metal.

Next came the forging, but I had no experience with second-tier forging. Although I had completely internalized the feel for forging first-tier magical artifacts, the precision requirements for second-tier were a whole level higher. The armor blanks produced in the first three forgings all deviated to varying degrees from the standard values ​​marked on the iron plate in terms of the position of the spirit pattern grooves.

After producing three defective products in a row, Li Yuan melted them all down and reforged them.

Each failure refined his understanding of second-order forging precision. The wrist's force angle, the pulse frequency during spiritual forging, and the control of the distance between impact points—these data gradually converged to optimal values ​​through repeated trial and error.

the fourth time.

The armor blank was formed. The offset of the groove was controlled within 30% of the allowable range, and the depth and width both met the qualified standards.

The next step is the most crucial one: spirit rune inscription.

This step is Li Yuan's forte; his Golden Core stage spiritual sense is enough to bridge the gap in Qi Refining level.

Once the design is complete, it will be infused with spiritual energy.

Li Yuan gathered all his spiritual energy into his palms and slowly poured it into the armor embryo. The spiritual energy flowed along more than three hundred spiritual lines, producing a faint resonance at each node. The twelve defensive arrays activated one by one, and silvery-white light seeped from the surface of the armor before receding.

hum.

A deep, resonant spiritual energy emanated from the depths of the armor.

The golden armor was completed.

Second-tier, low-grade magical artifact. Quality acceptable.

A panel pops up.

[Crafting Skill: First-Tier Mastery → First-Tier Perfection]

First-tier perfection. Four failures and one success, two consecutive days of intensive practice filled the last bit of accumulation in the first-tier weapon crafting technique.

Although he successfully forged a second-tier magic weapon, it was mainly due to his Golden Core cultivation and array foundation that he forcibly elevated his skills. His first-tier weapon forging skills were thus perfected, but he was still one step away from truly mastering the second-tier level.

The panel was triggered again the moment the finger touched the golden armor.

[Equipable item detected: Golden Armor (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Unbreakable Invulnerability (Green)]

[Effect: Defense increased by 20%; Spiritual energy protection increased by 10%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: The Golden Armor must withstand three full-force attacks from a Tier 2 or higher magical artifact without the armor remaining intact (0/3)]

Green entries.

Physical defense is increased by 20%, and spiritual energy protection is increased by 10%. When combined with his existing permanent defensive attributes such as Body Protection, Tri-Element Body Protection, and Iron Bones and Golden Body, the increase is quite considerable.

The conditions for permanent armor formation need to be verified in actual combat. The requirement of the armor remaining intact after three full-force attacks from a second-tier magical artifact is quite difficult and requires finding a suitable opportunity to achieve.

Li Yuan put the golden armor into his storage bag, tidied up the weapon-refining room, returned the key, and left the Cloud Furnace Workshop.

By the time we stepped out of the city gate of Baijingfang, it was already completely dark.

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