Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Li Yuan purchased two more batches of deep-sea spiritual materials from Zhou He, and then headed north along the same route.

It was already evening of the third day when we returned to Wulinfang City.

The market area remained largely unchanged. Yuanmingzhai's business steadily increased, and Ji Wenchuan, following his instructions before leaving, replenished stock, inspected the area, and organized the accounts daily, all in an orderly manner. Several more shops had opened in the new district, and the street was busier than it had been two weeks prior.

"Yueqi Pavilion has produced two batches of exploration-type magical artifacts, all designed for the terrain of Kugu Ridge." Ji Wenchuan flipped through the ledger in his hand. "The sales of poison-avoiding pills, barrier-breaking talismans, and exploration talismans are three times that of last month."

Li Yuan nodded without asking any further questions.

The situation at Dry Bone Ridge will only become more and more chaotic. The Yuan Sect's formation-breaking team has arrived, the Demonic Fiend Sect's covert operations are shrinking but not disappearing, and the righteous path still has that mysterious Golden Core cultivator secretly monitoring the situation. All eyes are focused on that high-grade third-tier restriction.

The process of breaking this third-order restriction would cause a huge disturbance, so no one dared to act rashly.

Of course, they may know each other's existence, but they are just burying their heads in the sand.

At this moment, a market manager suddenly arrived.

"Master, someone has come to ask for alchemy."

"What pill?"

"Shangyuan Pill." The market manager handed over a visiting card.

"The client's surname is Sun, and he is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. He said it's for his grandson's Foundation Establishment, and all the main ingredients have been prepared. He's been staying at an inn in the north of the city for three days, waiting for the shopkeeper to return."

The Shangyuan Pill is a type of Foundation Establishment Pill, and for most alchemists, the failure rate is not low and the cost is considerable.

However, with Li Yuan's current entry-level third-tier alchemy skills, coupled with his understanding of alchemical principles and the accumulation of a series of permanent attributes such as alchemical fire refinement, this kind of pill is no longer considered difficult.

"Let him come."

Half an hour later, an old-looking cultivator was led into the stone house by Ji Wenchuan.

The old cultivator surnamed Sun looked to be at least two hundred years old. His cultivation level at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage wasn't particularly high for his age, but his aura was calm and his demeanor showed that he was a worldly person.

"Master Li." The old cultivator Sun bowed and said earnestly, "I am Sun Pingyuan. I have heard that you are proficient in alchemy, so I have come to ask for your help. My grandson is twenty-seven years old this year. He has been at the peak of Qi Refining for three years and has a solid foundation. He only needs the help of a Shangyuan Pill."

Did you bring the medicinal herbs?

"I brought it." Sun Pingyuan took out a spirit-sealing wooden box from his storage bag, opened it with both hands, and placed the medicinal herbs inside one by one on the stone table.

Three plants of the mist-condensing grass.

Two Earth Spirit Fruits.

One chalcedony fungus.

Li Yuan glanced at the medicinal herbs on the table and nodded slightly.

Li Yuan paused for a moment when his gaze fell on the two Earth Spirit Fruits.

The term perception was triggered within a three-foot radius.

The signal came from the Earth Spirit Fruit on the left.

It does not affect the refining process.

There are also spare Earth Spirit Fruits that I purchased earlier in my storage bag; I can simply replace this one with the inscription.

"The medicinal herbs are all of good quality." Li Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked at Sun Pingyuan. "After the refining of the Shangyuan Pill is successful, how many pills would Fellow Daoist Sun like?"

"I've already used up all my savings to gather the main ingredient; one pill will be enough." Sun Pingyuan rubbed his hands together.

Li Yuan nodded, saying that if all the main ingredients were provided, there would be no need to pay for alchemy if only one was taken.

After seeing Sun Pingyuan off, Li Yuan closed the stone door.

He first took out a self-prepared Earth Spirit Fruit from his storage bag and placed it on the right side of the table, next to the ordinary Earth Spirit Fruit that Sun Pingyuan had brought. Then he picked up the Earth Spirit Fruit with the inscription on it on the left.

A panel pops up.

[Equipped: Earth Spirit Fruit (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Earth Spirit Absorption (White) - Increases the refinement of earth-type spiritual energy by 10%]

[Permanentization Condition: Earth-based cultivation technique reaches mastery]

White entry. The condition for permanentization is reaching the highest level of mastery in earth-based cultivation techniques.

The second stage of the Thick Earth True Skill has been perfected, far surpassing the Great Completion stage. The conditions have long been met.

The phrase "Earth's Spiritual Absorption (White)" has become a permanent entry.

The phantom of the Earth Spirit Fruit flashed in the equipment slot and disappeared, turning into a white light spot and merging into the body.

The refinement of his earth-elemental spiritual power increased by 10%. Combined with existing earth-elemental attributes such as the Thick Earth Amplification, his control over earth-elemental spiritual power has become even stronger.

Set up the alchemy furnace.

He had already memorized the formula for the Shangyuan Pill.

The base is Condensing Mist Grass, the guide is Earth Spirit Fruit, and the harmonizing agent is Jade Marrow Ganoderma. The order of adding these three main ingredients and the control of the heat are a great test for ordinary alchemists—the spiritual energy of Condensing Mist Grass is extremely volatile, adding it too early will result in insufficient concentration of the medicinal liquid, while adding it too late will conflict with the medicinal properties of Earth Spirit Fruit.

But in Li Yuan's hands, these difficulties are almost non-existent.

The condensation of the alchemical fire allowed him to control the temperature inside the furnace with an extremely high degree of precision. His profound understanding of alchemical principles gave him an intuitive grasp of the changes in pharmacology, while his insights into alchemy made every step of the refining process natural and smooth.

The medicinal herbs were added to the alchemy furnace in sequence.

An hour later, the lid of the alchemy furnace was opened.

Four round, amber-colored pills lay quietly at the bottom of the furnace, their patterns clear and their aroma rich.

It became.

All four pills were of medium to high quality. One of them had the densest pill patterns and the strongest medicinal power, making it the best of this batch.

Li Yuan picked up the superior-grade Shangyuan Pill, and the moment his fingertips touched it, the astrological perception was triggered.

However, since I had previously permanently enhanced the Shangyuan Pill, I could not stack it again with other equipment.

He put the top-grade Yuan Pill aside.

Three coins remained. Li Yuan put them all into his storage bag.

The next day, Sun Pingyuan arrived on time to collect the pill.

Li Yuan handed over the pills, and Sun Pingyuan, after examining their quality, was overjoyed and left with profuse thanks.

The stone house fell silent again.

Li Yuan sat at the stone table, looking at the three Shangyuan Pills in his storage bag.

The Shangyuan Pill is a Foundation Establishment Pill, and it's always in high demand in the market for independent cultivators. But selling it individually would be too wasteful.

We could hold an auction.

The size of the Misty Forest Market is sufficient to support a medium-sized auction. The number of independent cultivators continues to grow, and their spending power is not weak.

However, three Shangyuan Pills alone are not enough to sustain an auction. Several other substantial items are needed to anchor the event.

Li Yuan rummaged through the storage bag.

There's nothing missing inside. More than enough to complete an auction list.

Specific preparations will be arranged later.

Li Yuan put away the storage bag and turned his attention back to cultivation.

The two miniature spiritual veins that had been refined on the outer edge of the dantian were simultaneously awakened.

Unlike the vast and powerful external spiritual veins, they are more like two internal water veins flowing closely together, slowly inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy along the secondary veins, and then being refined by the main meridian.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the stone house, circulating the Cold Stream Technique.

The first-tier superior water-based cultivation technique began to operate under the spiritual power of the Golden Core stage, with the water-based spiritual power in the meridians circulating like tides. The two spiritual meridians in the body continuously transported spiritual energy outward, and the permanent entry of the Water Meridian Overview made the absorption of spiritual energy precise and efficient.

This method eliminates the need to search for additional spiritual vein nodes or expand the cave dwelling space. As long as the portable cave dwelling remains equipped, these two refining spiritual veins are essentially always attached to him, readily available for use.

Three days and nights passed, and Li Yuan remained seated in the stone house without moving an inch.

During a break from cultivation, Li Yuan separated a thread of his divine consciousness to circulate the Xuanming Sha Gong.

The permanent blue attribute of Dark Demon Concealment increases the upper limit and power of demonic energy by 30%, and the efficiency of demonic energy circulation is extremely high after the Xuanming Sha Gong is fully mastered.

With the blessing of the demonic avatar, the spiritual energy within Li Yuan's body continuously transformed into demonic energy.

The faint glowing patterns on the surface of the mid-grade demonic energy golden pill in the dantian deepened again after three days of continuous tempering, with the spacing between the patterns becoming denser and the color becoming more profound.

I'm getting closer and closer to the threshold of the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.