Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Before leaving Nanyuanfang, Li Yuan forged three more magical artifacts in the weapon-refining workshop.

After the forging pattern refinement is made permanent, the basic level of second-tier weapon refining is fixed at the advanced stage. When each finished product is produced, the arrangement of the spirit patterns and the precision of the energy circuit are extremely stable, and there are almost no defective products.

The panel pops up when the last magical artifact is completed.

[Second-Tier Weapon Refining Technique: Minor Success → Major Success]

His basic proficiency caught up with the effective level after the attribute enhancement. From then on, even without equipping the Forging Manual, his weapon crafting level remained stable at the second-tier mastery level.

After breaking through to the third level of weapon crafting, one can attempt to forge their own natal magic weapon.

After tidying up the tools and scraps in the weapon-refining workshop, Li Yuan bid farewell to Zhou He and headed north.

While passing through the Spirit-Slaying District, we stopped at White Mirror Market for half a day.

The deep-sea spiritual materials and marine magical artifacts brought back from Nanyuanfang were listed for consignment sale in several shops in batches. The 5% discount token from Baijingfang Market further reduced transaction costs, and since marine spiritual materials were also scarce in Jingzhou, inquiries about prices came in quickly after the listings were posted.

After finishing the consignment sale, Li Yuan did not linger and returned to Liangzhou via the Mozhou teleportation array.

It was already late at night when we returned to Wulinfang City.

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

Li Yuan sat down cross-legged, took out the Void Stone from his storage bag, and equipped it.

The jet-black ore lay in his palm, its surface cool and smooth. A portion of the profits from each previous trade route had been used to absorb these profits, and the permanentization progress of the Void Stone had already reached approximately 87,000.

He checked the remaining spirit stones in his storage bag. With the profits from the second round of the Three States Trade Route plus Yuanmingzhai's daily revenue during the auction preparation period, he still had a considerable amount of mid-grade spirit stones in stock.

Li Yuan took out one hundred and thirty mid-grade spirit stones.

Converted to low-grade spirit stones, that's exactly 13,000, enough to fill the final gap.

He neatly arranged the spirit stones in front of him and began to circulate his cultivation technique.

The spiritual energy was drawn from the spirit stone, flowed into the dantian along the meridians, and then quickly turned into grayish-white waste that shattered on the ground.

One yuan, two yuan, ten yuan.

The spirit stones melted away one after another, like ice cubes falling into hot water.

An hour later, the spiritual energy in the last mid-grade spirit stone was completely extracted, and the shattered outer shell was scattered on the ground.

The once seamless surface of the ore now displays a dense array of silver lines, radiating outwards from the center of the ore, like the veins of a miniature star being fully illuminated.

A panel pops up.

The conditions for making the Void Companion (Blue) permanent have been met (100000/100000).

The "Void Spirit (Blue)" attribute has become a permanent entry.

The changes came drastically.

Li Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness was like a lake surface tossed with a giant rock, violently trembling for several breaths before gradually calming down.

After the tremors subsided, a vast emptiness appeared deep within the sea of ​​consciousness.

An independent space, about three zhang square.

The boundaries of the space are clearly discernible—six gray-white walls form a regular cube, with faint silver spatial patterns flowing across their surfaces. The space is empty, the air is dry and clean, and it is completely isolated from the outside world.

Portable space.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and probed this space with his divine sense.

With a thought, every inch of the space was under his absolute control. Storing items required only a thought, and retrieving them was the same. The space was directly connected to his sea of ​​consciousness, without any intermediate medium.

It's much safer than a storage bag. A storage bag can be forcibly opened, but the personal space is only bound to the wearer's consciousness. Unless the wearer dies, no one can access the interior of the space.

With a thought, Li Yuan placed all his valuables and most of his belongings into his personal space.

Spatial perception is another huge change.

The second effect of the Void Spirit companion is a significant enhancement in the perception and application of spatial power.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and raised his right hand.

Sky-Splitting Slash.

Gray cracks bloomed from the fingertips.

But this time, the shape of the crack was completely different from before.

Previously, the Sky-Splitting Slash could only cut a straight line three feet long. The direction was fixed, the trajectory was rigid, and the path from release to dissipation was an unchangeable line segment.

At this moment, the gray crack did not fly out in a straight line after leaving the fingertip, but drew a smooth arc in the air, bypassed the corner of the stone table, and precisely cut into the wall, leaving a mark half an inch deep.

The enhanced perception of spatial forces brought about a qualitative leap in the precision of his control over the Sky-Splitting Slash. Previously, he could only cut straight lines because once the spatial rift left his fingertips, it lost its precise guidance, and he could only rely on inertia to fly along the release direction. Now, his perception range of the spatial force field has greatly expanded, and the rift remains within his perception range even after leaving his body, allowing him to adjust its trajectory in real time.

For the next half day, Li Yuan repeatedly practiced the new form of the Sky-Splitting Slash inside the stone house.

The panel pops up when the practice session reaches the sixth hour.

[Sky-Splitting Slash: Minor Mastery → Major Mastery]

Sky-Splitting Slash Mastery.

With his mastery of teleportation, his progress in mastering the two spatial spells continued.

The condition for making the teleportation stone permanent is that both spatial spells must be perfected. Mastering Teleportation is still quite a distance from perfection, and even reaching the pinnacle of Sky-Splitting Slash is far from perfection. But the direction is clear: this is where the dream began, and where the dream will come true. The permanent acquisition of the Void Stone opens an accelerated path for cultivating both spatial spells.

Then, Li Yuan walked out of the stone house.

A long queue formed in front of the newly built palace gate—news of the auction had been circulating for over half a month, and today was the day of the auction.

Ji Wenchuan had everything arranged in the second-floor lobby early in the morning. A long display table, covered with a dark blue velvet cloth, stood in the center of the lobby. Around the display table were more than fifty chairs, about seventy or eighty percent of which were already occupied. The attendees were mainly Foundation Establishment cultivators, with quite a few late-stage Qi Refining cultivators also crowding into the back rows.

Li Yuan did not appear in public.

He sat behind the window of the side room on the second floor, quietly observing the scene in the main hall through a thin, one-way light-transmitting array.

The auction was jointly conducted by Ji Wenchuan and Xu Zhang, who worked together seamlessly. Ji Wenchuan was responsible for bidding and maintaining order, while Xu Zhang was responsible for inspecting the goods and settling accounts.

Before being displayed on stage, all consigned items are first sent to a side room where he, in his capacity as the market manager, conducts a final quality check.

This means that every item auctioned will pass through his hands.

The system can detect keywords within a three-foot radius and automatically trigger detection for every item it handles.

The first item up for auction was a mid-grade second-tier spear consigned by a rogue cultivator. The entry's perception did not register.

The second, third, and fourth items did not trigger.

The seventh item was a fragment of an ancient book acquired from a secondhand bookstore. Several yellowed and brittle animal hide scrolls contained weapon-refining notes left behind by a small, now-extinct sect. Its condition was extremely poor, the writing was blurred, and it was worthless to most people.

Entry awareness trigger.

white.

Li Yuan nodded to Ji Wenchuan, indicating that he should bid on the item.

A moment later, Li Yuan saw a market official bidding fiercely.

Subsequently, the animal skin scroll was delivered to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan flipped the animal hide scroll to the back, and a panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Refinement Fragment (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Lingering Ink (White) - When flipping through ancient book fragments, the legibility of blurred characters is slightly improved]

[Permanent access requirement: Read more than ten volumes of ancient fragmentary books (0/10)]

White entry. The condition for permanentization is reading more than ten volumes of ancient fragments.

Li Yuan glanced at the stacks of weapon-refining manuals he had bought from the Tianyue Sect and other places piled up in the corner of the side room. At least a dozen of them met the definition of ancient incomplete books.

When you finish reading Volume 10, a panel will pop up.

The remaining ink traces (white) have become a permanent entry.

The fifteenth item was a second-tier pill consigned by a rogue cultivator.

Green entries.

The procedure was the same, and a moment later, the pill fell into Li Yuan's hands.

[Equipable item detected: Qi-Nourishing and Vital Energy Pill (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spiritual Pivot Strengthening (Green) - Automatically draws spiritual energy to repair when the dantian is damaged, increasing recovery speed]

[Permanentization Condition: Experiencing three instances where the pressure on the dantian exceeds the upper limit in actual combat (0/3)]

Green entry. Extremely practical effect—automatic repair of damaged dantian, providing a strong safety net for cultivators who frequently face high-intensity battles.

However, the conditions for permanentization are extremely demanding. Exceeding the limit of dantian pressure means enduring a fierce attack in actual combat that could threaten the dantian, and this must be done three times. Such a battle could result in serious injury or even death if one is not careful, and it is not a condition that can be deliberately created.

It is unlikely to be achieved in the short term.

The twenty-third item was a jade pendant of unknown origin. The pendant was entirely black, with several blurry patterns engraved on its surface. It resembled neither a magical artifact nor an ordinary ornament. The consignor himself couldn't explain its origin, only feeling that there were faint fluctuations of spiritual energy within it, so he sent it to try his luck.

blue.

A moment later, the jade pendant was delivered.

[Equipable item detected: Longevity Jade Pendant (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Unending Life (Blue) - When spells and techniques that consume lifespan are consumed in small amounts, life essence can be used instead; the lifespan extension rate is reduced by 10%; the more life essence, the slower the extension rate, up to a maximum of 30%]

[Permanentization Condition: Accumulate three or more second-tier or higher spells or techniques that consume lifespan and reach perfection (0/3)]

Blue entries.

The effect is extremely unique. Spells that consume lifespan can be replaced with life essence, while the natural rate of lifespan decay can be slowed down by up to 30%. For cultivators who practice demonic arts or master certain forbidden techniques that come at the cost of lifespan, this entry is almost equivalent to extending their lifespan in disguise.

However, the conditions for permanentization are extremely demanding—it requires accumulating three life-consuming spells or techniques of the second tier or higher, and cultivating them all to perfection.

It is unlikely to be achieved in the short term.

The auction lasted for most of the day.

All fifty-plus lots were sold. Ji Wenchuan and Xu Zhang worked together seamlessly, maintaining order and perfectly managing the participants' emotions. When the three Shangyuan Pills were presented as the final lot, the bidding was extremely fierce, ultimately selling for more than three times the reserve price.

After the auction, Li Yuan carefully put away the three items listed in the entry.

The effects of strengthening the body and prolonging life cannot be made permanent for now; they will be stored in my personal space for safekeeping. Further arrangements will be made when the conditions are met.