Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Inside the stone house, the concealed array was operating silently.

Li Yuan sat down at the stone table and took out a talisman with a dark red sheen. This was a second-tier spirit-locking talisman that he had previously seized from the guards of the Demonic Sect at the third transit station on the northern route of the Ghost Mist Forest.

The divine sense of a Golden Core cultivator pierced the interior of the talisman like an extremely fine steel needle.

Instead of forcibly activating it with spiritual power, he relied on the precision of his divine sense to peel back the layers of the complex array structure inside the spirit-locking talisman. More than three hundred array lines were disassembled and categorized one by one in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Half an hour later, the core mechanism of the spirit-locking talisman was completely understood.

Twelve key nodes form a closed miniature array. Once the array comes into contact with the target, the sealing array patterns will flow upstream along the target's spiritual energy trajectory, firmly blocking several spiritual energy convergence points in the meridians. With the points locked, the spiritual energy will instantly stop.

Once you understand the underlying logic, there are no obstacles to imitation.

Li Yuan spread out a blank second-tier talisman paper, and dipped his Azure Spirit Talisman Brush into the prepared spiritual ink.

I put pen to paper.

His second-tier minor completion level talisman-making skills, coupled with the enhancement of his talisman-making insights, made his drawing process exceptionally smooth. He did not completely copy the Demonic Sect's format, but instead added a subtle variant of the spiral at the key nodes of the sealing meridian array, reducing the fluctuations in spiritual energy when activated.

The pen tip lifts, a flash of inspiration disappears in an instant.

The first second-tier spirit-locking talisman was formed.

The moment the fingertip left the talisman, the perception of the inscription within a three-foot radius was instantly triggered.

[Equipable item detected: Soul-Locking Talisman (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spiritual Vein Slowdown (Green) Effect: When a spell hits a target, it reduces the target's spiritual energy flow rate by 10%. The duration depends on the difference in cultivation levels between the two parties.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Cultivation level reaches the late stage of Foundation Establishment]

Green entry. The condition for permanentization is reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage in cultivation.

For Li Yuan, this condition is equivalent to non-existent.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Spirit Locking Talisman (Complete)]

[Stagnation of spiritual energy (green) has become a permanent term]

The phantom of the Soul-Locking Talisman in his equipment slot flashed and disappeared, transforming into a green light that merged into his body, freeing up the slot again. From then on, any spell he cast that hit a target would have a 10% slowing effect, reducing the flow of spiritual energy. Combined with the Frost Armor's passive attack speed reduction and cold energy reflection, his ability to stick to targets in actual combat was further enhanced.

Li Yuan gathered up the talisman-making tools on the table.

Just as I was about to sit down and regulate my breathing, a subtle fluctuation suddenly came from my sea of ​​consciousness.

One of the spirit-detecting talismans previously placed in various corners of the market has detected an unusual signal.

The signal source was from the East District, not far from the Yueqi Pavilion of the Tianyue Sect.

Li Yuan immediately connected his divine sense to the data recorded by the spirit detection talisman. A very brief transmission fluctuation reappeared in his mind.

The frequency is constant and not segmented.

Continuous wave communication. A unique characteristic of the outer forces of the Yuan Sect.

Li Yuan opened his eyes.

He pushed open the door, changed into the ordinary cloth robe of the market supervisor, and walked towards the East District.

The streets of the East District were bustling with people. Business at the Yueqi Pavilion of the Tianyue Sect was mediocre, and several employees were tidying up the shelves. Li Yuan's gaze did not linger on the Yueqi Pavilion, but instead followed the direction recorded by the spirit detection talisman to a new shop diagonally opposite the Yueqi Pavilion.

A leather goods shop that opened just half a month ago.

The shop wasn't large, and several pieces of leather from second-tier demonic beasts hung at the entrance. A shopkeeper in the early Foundation Establishment stage was dozing off against the counter.

Li Yuan stepped into the leather goods shop.

"Shopkeeper, any new arrivals?" Li Yuan casually flipped through a Crimson Flame Wolf pelt on the counter.

The shopkeeper opened his eyes upon hearing the voice, and seeing that it was Li Yuan, he quickly stood up straight and put on a smiling face.

"Master Li is on his inspection tour. Yes, a batch of hides just arrived from the south, the quality is decent. Which one catches your eye?"

Li Yuan outwardly gave a perfunctory response, but secretly he had already activated his Dark Fiend Insight.

An invisible sensory network instantly swept through the shopkeeper's entire body, reaching the bottom of the storage bag at his waist. Beneath a pile of miscellaneous items and spirit stones, the outline of a dark red bone token was clearly revealed.

The distorted runes on the token's surface were exactly the same as the blood token that Li Yuan had found on the bandits in the Border Hills.

The Yuanzong's secret agents have blatantly infiltrated the Misty Forest Market, right under the nose of the Tianyuezong.

Li Yuan showed no unusual behavior.

"Just browsing." He put down the wolf pelt, turned and walked out of the shop.

This person was completely marked. As long as he remained within the market area, his every move would be observed by both the defensive formation and the Dark Fiend Insight.

After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan sat down cross-legged.

Now that activity has started to emerge around Yuanzong, progress at Kugu Ridge will likely accelerate as well.

He extended his Dark Insight perception network as far as possible to the northwest. After the Spirit Detection Perception attribute was made permanent, the effective range of detection spells increased by 30%. With his Golden Core stage divine sense combined with this 30% expansion, he could barely sense the changes in spiritual energy at the edge of the Bone Ridge within the market.

The third-tier superior-grade restriction beneath the Dry Bone Ridge remains lifeless.

The third-tier superior-grade restriction beneath the Dry Bone Ridge remains lifeless.

But the things in the rock crevices ten feet above the entrance had changed.

That righteous, concealed surveillance array.

Li Yuan's senses swept over the three tiny array nodes. A trace of freshly replenished spiritual energy remained within the array. The data that had been fully stored in the three array nodes had been drained, and spiritual energy to maintain their operation had been injected back in.

The person who set up the formation has been here recently. Within the last three days.

They took away the monitoring data and then reactivated the formation.

Li Yuan withdrew his divine sense.

into the night.

The hustle and bustle of the market subsided. Li Yuan left the stone house, activated his earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape underground), and rapidly stealthily moved towards the direction of the Dry Bone Ridge.

In less than an hour, he arrived at the outer edge of the Dry Bone Ridge.

He did not approach the entrance to the ruins, but instead remained on the ridge about a hundred feet away from the monitoring array.

The tracking talisman was taken out of the storage bag.

"Equipment Tracking Talisman"

[Equipped: Tracking Talisman (Complete)]

The white entry in the trace tracking was activated.

The world before Li Yuan's eyes changed slightly. The ordinary flow of spiritual energy faded from his sight, replaced by a special perspective.

He focused his perception on the rock formations above the ridge.

A faint blue trail of spiritual energy appeared in the air. Like an invisible ribbon, it hung down from mid-air, circled among a few pebbles, and then extended northeastward.

The trail had been there for quite some time, and the trail had begun to disperse, but the tracking ability was extremely strong, firmly holding onto the tail of this aura.

Li Yuan followed the trail and stealthily moved northeast.

To the northeast, that's the route to Jingzhou.

After chasing for about three miles, the bluish trail in the air suddenly broke off on a bare rocky hill. There was no dissipation process; it was as if it had been cut off by a single stroke.

The other party paused here, and then used some advanced escape technique or means of erasing traces to leave completely.

Li Yuan stood on the rocky hill, closing his eyes to feel the strength and texture of the last trace of spiritual energy remaining at the fracture point.

The spiritual energy was extremely concentrated, carrying an unyielding pressure that far surpassed the level of Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Early stage of Golden Elixir.

The person who left the monitoring array was a righteous cultivator at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

A panel popped up in front of me.

[Trace Tracking (White) Permanentization Progress: 1/3]

Li Yuan glanced at the night sky to the northeast. While most of the attention of the Tianyue Sect and the Yuanyang Sect was focused on their branch halls, another Golden Core level force was already secretly making its moves at the Dry Bone Ridge.

The undercurrents beneath the surface are becoming increasingly murky.

He sank down and returned to the market in the direction he had come from.