Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

"Cultivation: I Can Solidify Equipment Attributes" - Stunning writing style and a thrilling plot!

Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the stone platform of the Mo Zhou spiritual vein, extending his perception of the earth vein spiritual hub along the main trunk of the spiritual vein in all directions.

During his previous restoration of the jade bead and long period of meditation, he had become extremely familiar with the overall structure of the Mo Zhou spiritual veins. The twelve main spiritual veins originated from the core node and spread out into the surrounding rock strata like tree roots, branching into hundreds of branches at different depths and in different directions.

Li Yuan connected the endpoints of the twelve main branches in his sea of ​​consciousness.

An irregular polygon emerged.

It is not a naturally formed geological structure, but an artificially designed array pattern.

The twelve main spiritual veins are the twelve main lines of the formation, and the core nodes are the formation eyes. He had already concluded that the entire Mo Zhou spiritual vein was transformed into a giant formation base with a very wide coverage area by the Xuan You Sect back then. But only now did he truly see the full picture of this base for the first time.

The outline of the graphic closely matches the overall diagram of the sealing system recorded in the Jade Bead Archives, but there are three obvious gaps.

The gap corresponds precisely to the area where the three main veins of the spiritual energy broke or deviated midway. Hundreds of years of geological changes have caused these three main veins to deviate from their original designed trajectory, resulting in the inability to completely close the shape.

Li Yuan recorded this discovery, then got up and left the stone platform.

He had already consumed most of the demonic energy accumulated in the Spirit-Demon Conversion Array during his seclusion, but the array was still operating, slowly converting the spiritual energy into a new reserve of demonic energy.

After leaving the core area of ​​the spiritual vein, Li Yuan arrived at the settlement of the remnants.

Old Shen was sitting on a stone bench at the entrance of the settlement, whittling a wooden cane in his hand. When he saw Li Yuan approaching, he raised his eyelids slightly.

"here we go again."

"I brought some things." Li Yuan placed a storage bag in front of Elder Shen. Inside were a batch of pills, spirit herb seeds, and daily necessities purchased from the market, which was the routine supply for each trip to Mozhou.

Old Shen took the storage bag, but without opening it, he handed it directly to Acheng beside him.

"Elder Shen, how much do you know about the structure of the outer hall of the Deep Abyss Cave?" Li Yuan sat down on the stone bench opposite him.

Old Shen paused for a moment while whittling the wooden cane.

"You want to go to the outer hall?"

"I want to go and see."

Old Shen remained silent for a moment, then put down his wooden cane.

"The entrance to the outer hall is about three hundred feet below the settlement. The approximate direction is marked on the map passed down from our ancestors, but no one has ever actually gone in. The restrictions at the entrance are too strong. The first generation of ancestors who escaped tried several times, but they were all injured by the backlash. After that, no one dared to touch it again."

"Take me to see the entrance."

Old Shen glanced at him and stood up.

The two descended along a narrow passage behind the settlement. The passage grew deeper, the humidity in the air increased, but the concentration of spiritual energy continued to rise. A branch of the spiritual vein lay not far beneath their feet, providing a continuous source of energy to this area.

After walking for about half an hour, a huge stone wall appeared at the end of the passage.

The stone wall is about five zhang high and three zhang wide, with its surface polished extremely smooth. In the very center is a stone door, the surface of which is covered with dense array patterns.

Li Yuan approached the stone gate and placed his palm on the gate.

The permanent attribute of the array base retrospection is activated instantly.

Perception seeped into the array patterns on the surface of the stone gate through the palm of his hand, like a reversed scene, the energy trajectory of the array when it was last activated was completely reproduced in his mind.

However, the content reproduced was almost entirely blank.

This restriction has not been properly activated for hundreds of years. The traces of the last activation were extremely faint, almost completely decayed, leaving only a faint aftershock in the deepest array patterns.

Li Yuan repeatedly magnified the aftershock, finally extracting a set of extremely blurry spectral information from it.

The characteristics of the spectrum are completely identical to the spiritual energy circulation loop inside the jade bead.

The jade bead is one of the keys to this stone door.

Li Yuan withdrew his palm and then used his divine sense to scan the array structure of the entire stone door.

The array pattern is divided into three layers.

The outermost layer is a standard Tier 3 high-grade protective barrier, the same type as the barrier at the entrance to the Dry Bone Ridge Ruins. This barrier is responsible for physical sealing, preventing anyone from forcibly entering.

The middle layer is an identity verification array. It requires a specific spiritual energy spectrum to trigger the outer layer's restrictions. Judging from the characteristics of the spectrum, the jade bead's energy is a perfect match.

The innermost layer is an additional seal. This seal differs from the previous two layers; its array structure has a blank connection point, clearly reserved for some kind of external component.

The shape and size of the connection were strikingly similar in proportion to the three gaps in the incomplete diagram he had previously discovered in the core of the spiritual vein.

Three keys.

The jade bead is the first one, and I've already obtained it. The spiritual vein diagram is the second one. The third one is at the connection point of this seal, and it requires a matching external component.

As for what that component is, there is no direct hint in the array pattern.

In the patriarch's private room.

As for where the sect leader's private room is, he doesn't know.

Li Yuan took two steps back and imprinted the complete array structure of the stone gate into his mind.

Old Shen didn't press further. With a flick of his finger, he instantly transported him to Chapter 427, "The Wonderful World of Information." He then led him back the way he came.

After returning to the settlement, Li Yuan and Elder Shen sat at the entrance for a while.

"Did any of the maps passed down from your ancestors mention the sect leader's private quarters?"

Old Shen thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No. The map only marks the location of the outer hall entrance and a few escape routes. This is the first time I've heard you mention the sect leader's private quarters."

"If you have any legends or oral traditions about the deep structure of the secret caves, no matter how fragmented they are, please tell me."

"Okay." Old Shen nodded. "I'll ask a few of the older folks later."

As Li Yuan got up to leave, a slight vibration suddenly came from his sea of ​​consciousness.

The signal came from the Spirit Detective Network.

The spirit detection talismans he deployed throughout the market and Liangzhou formed a passive sensing network with extremely wide coverage. This network usually just silently records the spiritual energy fluctuation data in various places, and will not actively send him an alert unless an abnormal signal exceeding the preset threshold is detected.

The alarm signal was triggered from the direction of Kugu Ridge.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and connected his divine sense to the data stream of the spirit detection talisman.

Ten feet above the entrance to the Kugu Ridge Ruins, in a crevice in the rock strata, the hidden monitoring array in the style of the righteous path had been refreshed once again.

The monitoring data stored in the three array nodes was drained and replaced with spiritual energy to maintain their operation. The spiritual energy was extremely fresh; judging from the rate of decay, the refresh time was within two days.

Again.

The righteous Golden Core cultivator who set up this monitoring array still makes regular return visits to Dry Bone Ridge.

Li Yuan opened his eyes, bid farewell to Elder Shen, and returned to Liangzhou via the teleportation array.

That night, Li Yuan used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to stealthily travel to the outer perimeter of Kugu Ridge).

The moonlight was dim, and the white, bone-like rock formations gleamed coldly in the night wind.

Instead of approaching the entrance to the ruins directly, he moved laterally along the geological fault of the old mining area and arrived at an abandoned mine tunnel about twenty feet directly below the monitoring array.

The mine tunnel had mostly collapsed, but a space was still barely enough for him to take refuge. Li Yuan steadied himself in the tunnel and extended the Dark Fiend Insight network upwards.

The three key nodes of the monitoring array were clearly visible. The array was operating in low-power mode, passively recording the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations.

Li Yuan moved upwards along the mine tunnel and came to the rock wall closest to the monitoring array.

The surface of the rock wall was rough and uneven, covered with chisel marks left from mining. One of the array nodes of the monitoring array was embedded above this rock wall, less than three feet away from him.

Li Yuan extended his right hand and placed his palm against the rock wall.

Array base backtracking.

The senses seeped upwards along the cracks in the rock, reaching the key nodes of the formation.

This is not a basic first-order array found in the market. The technical level of this monitoring array far exceeds that of first-order; the precision of its array patterns and its energy utilization efficiency are both above the high-grade second-order level.

However, the effect of array base backtracking is not limited by the array level.

As long as you can access any component of the array, you can trace back the energy trajectory of its most recent activation.

Rewind and start.

In my mind, a complete dynamic scene unfolds as if played in reverse.

Two days ago, at some point, a surge of spiritual energy swept from the northeast to the sky above the Bone Ridge. The strength of this spiritual energy was terrifying, far exceeding the level of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it carried a pressure so solid it was almost like condensed liquid.

Early stage of Golden Elixir.

The spiritual energy was extremely pure and without any impurities. The spectral characteristics of its operation were completely consistent with the traces he had previously captured when tracking the area outside the Bone Ridge.

the same person.

As for the line traced at the Gray Road handover point, the demonic energy attribute of the other party was completely different from that of this righteous Golden Core cultivator, clearly belonging to a separate infiltration path. Although both lines ended in the northeast, they originated from completely different groups of people.

The spiritual energy lingered above the monitoring array for an extremely short time, no more than ten breaths. During this time, three operations were performed: extracting monitoring data from the array's core, injecting new sustaining spiritual energy, and making a minor adjustment to the array's concealment layer.

The minor adjustment enhanced the array's resistance to detection. Compared to when Li Yuan scanned it last time, the concealment level of this monitoring array has been raised another level.

After completing these three tasks, the spiritual energy rapidly departed in the direction it had come from.

Northeast by north. Towards Jingzhou.

Li Yuan had a basic understanding of the geographical layout of Jingzhou. Tianyue Sect, as a Nascent Soul sect, was located in Qiongzhou, in the eastern part of Jingzhou. Kugu Ridge was located in the northwest corner of Liangzhou, and extended northeastward from there, corresponding not to Qiongzhou where Tianyue Sect was located, but to the central-western region of Jingzhou.

That area falls within the sphere of influence of the two sects of Jingzhou: Bitan Sect and Qingyan Sect.

A righteous cultivator at the early stage of the Golden Core realm regularly infiltrates Liangzhou from the central and western parts of Jingzhou to monitor the Xuanyou Sect ruins at Kugu Ridge alone. He does not belong to the Tianyue Sect or the Yuanyang Sect, and his actions are extremely secretive.

One of the three sects of Jingzhou?

Or is it some other force? Or are they simply going to White Mirror City to replenish their resources?

That's all the information we can confirm. More data is needed to confirm the other party's identity.

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