Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

A professional novel website offering the most comfortable reading experience.

After crafting the two magical artifacts, Li Yuan did not immediately head north.

The spiritual vein refinement has become permanent, and the triangular circulation formed by the three accompanying spiritual veins within the body is operating stably. However, two of the three spiritual veins are micro-spiritual veins from the outer sea, with limited spiritual energy flow, and although the third, the Mo Zhou branch vein, is thicker, there is still room for improvement in the overall supply.

Refining more micro-spiritual veins will not change the circulation structure, but it can increase the total supply of spiritual energy.

He had already surveyed the distribution of the underwater spiritual veins near Nanyuanfang. All the large and medium-sized spiritual veins had owners, while the remaining micro-spiritual veins were scattered in the deep waters of the outer sea.

Li Yuan jumped into the sea from Nanyuanfang Wharf.

The permanent attribute of Water Release: Swiftness takes effect the instant one enters the water, resulting in an extremely high degree of compatibility between the body and the seawater. The Water Vein Compass clearly maps the flow of water veins within hundreds of feet around the body onto the sea of ​​consciousness, while the Subtle Sensing of Vein Patterns further extends the sensing distance for the direction of spiritual veins and the location of their points.

Search along the seabed rock layers towards the open sea.

The extensive practice of teleportation during the journey from Liangzhou to Shuizhou, traversing the desolate spiritual zone and crossing high mountain ranges, had significantly improved his teleportation skills. The combined strength of his late-stage Golden Core spiritual sense with the spatial perception aided by the Xuan You Pearl's Nascent Soul perspective allowed him to approach the limits of precision and speed with each teleportation.

Traveling through water brought new insights.

Water is much denser than air. When performing teleportation in water, the tearing of spatial channels requires overcoming additional fluid resistance, demanding greater precision and timing in the infusion of spiritual energy. This repeated practice under high pressure is like weight training, and when Li Yuan switched back to the normal environment from the water, his fluency and response speed showed a significant leap.

Each teleportation distance steadily expanded from ten zhang to twelve zhang, then fourteen zhang. The spatial passages formed faster and faster, with the pre-tripping time getting shorter and shorter, until at a certain moment the tearing sensation completely disappeared.

[Teleportation Technique: Minor Success → Major Success]

Once mastered, the teleportation technique's instantaneous teleportation distance stabilizes at around fifteen zhang. The casting process is almost entirely devoid of any perceptible warning signs, and even the fluctuations in spiritual energy are compressed to an extremely low level.

The condition for making the teleportation stone permanent is that two spatial spells are perfected. The Sky-Splitting Slash is already perfected, and the Teleportation Technique is only one step away from perfection.

About thirty miles into the open sea, the activity of the underwater cultivators increased significantly.

Figures constantly darted across the water. Most were Foundation Establishment cultivators, dressed in various attire. Some carried water-repelling beads, searching among the seabed rocks, while others used water-based magical artifacts to rummage through the reefs. Occasionally, two or three people could be seen traveling together, warily observing their fellow cultivators.

Li Yuan used his Dark Insight to scan the aura of these people.

The vast majority were cultivators serving as guards on various merchant ships. With the trade fair about to be held, a large number of merchant ships were gathering in Nanyuan Market, and the cultivators on board would go out to sea to try their luck during their spare time.

Li Yuan bypassed these people and continued to advance deeper into the area.

After going about a hundred miles deeper, the seabed topography began to change.

The rock strata transformed from a flat, sandy seabed into an undulating volcanic landscape, with black columnar rocks rising densely like a forest. Water flowed between the rock pillars, creating complex turbulent currents, and the concentration of spiritual energy was significantly higher than in the nearshore area.

This area is already close to the control of the island's forces.

The density of monks was actually higher.

They searched for about half an hour more.

The sensor network detected an anomaly.

About two hundred feet ahead, between two enormous rock pillars, there was an extremely restrained fluctuation of spiritual energy. The frequency of the fluctuation was different from the protective spiritual energy of ordinary cultivators; it was a highly regular, pulse-like output, spreading outward rhythmically like a heartbeat.

Formation.

Li Yuan slowed down and stopped a hundred feet away.

A small, extremely well-hidden array was laid out on the seabed between the two rock pillars. The array's coverage area was not large, with a radius of about ten zhang, but its concealment was extremely strong. If it weren't for the permanent inscription of Dark Insight combined with the array base reversal, it would be very difficult to detect its existence at this distance.

Inside the formation, a small spiritual vein was being drained.

The spiritual vein is larger than the two small spiritual veins in the outer sea that Li Yuan had previously refined, with a diameter of about one foot and a spiritual energy flow that is slightly below average.

A cultivator sat cross-legged on the rock surface directly above the spiritual vein, his hands pressed on the vein's eye, using a special technique to extract and compress the spiritual energy from the vein into a fist-sized, emerald-green container.

The man's cultivation level was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and his aura carried the salty smell of long-term immersion in seawater. He wore a dark blue sharkskin short coat, the workmanship of which was far more refined than the crude garments worn by ordinary sailors. He did not wear any insignia of any faction.

However, this business is not something everyone can do; most of it requires the combination of magical artifacts, formations, and cultivation techniques.

Li Yuan waited for about a quarter of an hour at a distance of about a hundred feet.

After extracting all the spiritual energy from the spiritual vein, the man put away the emerald green container, stood up, and began to dismantle the concealment array.

His movements were extremely practiced, clearly indicating that this was not the first time he had done something like this.

After dismantling the formation, the man turned around and his gaze fell in Li Yuan's direction.

His body suddenly stiffened.

A cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage has limited perception range in water, and only now did he realize that someone was watching him from a hundred feet away. The other person immediately placed their hand on the magic weapon at their waist, a cold, extremely wary glint flashing in their eyes.

Li Yuan raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm, and slowly approached.

"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be nervous." He stopped fifty feet away. "I'm not here to cause trouble."

The man sized him up for a few moments.

Li Yuan's suppressed late-stage Foundation Establishment aura caused the other party to relax their guard slightly. Being cultivators of the same level, and both traveling alone, meeting in this place most likely meant they were also looking for a spiritual vein.

"What is it?" the man asked in a hoarse voice, his words brief.

"I want to buy a spirit vein," Li Yuan said directly. "Miniature or small ones are fine."

The man's eyes changed.

His initial wariness was quickly replaced by a business instinct. He looked Li Yuan up and down, his gaze lingering on the storage bag on his person.

"What do you need the spiritual vein for?"

"For cultivation."

The man remained silent for a few moments, seemingly assessing Li Yuan's background and credibility. Ultimately, his merchant instincts prevailed over his caution.

He took out three emerald green containers from a specially made storage pouch at his waist and lined them up in his palm.

"Three small spiritual veins. The quality is all decent, with a spiritual energy purity of over 70%." He tapped the leftmost container with his fingernail. "This one is more water-oriented, with the highest spiritual energy flow. The middle one is a mixed spiritual vein, containing a little of everything. The rightmost one has a slight metal-oriented tendency, with the lowest flow."

"How many?"

"Three bundles, six hundred mid-grade spirit stones."

The price is not low. A single miniature spirit vein costs about 80 to 100 mid-grade spirit stones on the black market in Nanyuanfang, and a package of three small spirit veins for 600 is considered a premium of about 30%.

But the other party clearly knew that someone willing to pay a high price for a spiritual vein at the bottom of the sea wouldn't be someone who was short of spiritual stones.

"make a deal."

Li Yuan took out spirit stones from his storage bag and completed the transaction with the other party. The three emerald green containers were then stored in his personal space.

The other party carefully put away the spirit stones, a satisfied smile appearing on their face.

"Fellow Daoist, you are straightforward."

He cupped his hands in greeting, then with a swift movement, he sped off along the rock pillar area towards the open sea.

Li Yuan did not leave immediately.

He closed his eyes and scanned his surroundings with the Dark Fiend Insight's sensory network.

An extremely faint aura mark appeared on the surface of his body.

The spiritual energy frequency of the brand was exactly the same as the cultivation fluctuations of the rogue cultivator. It was a tracking mark secretly placed by the other party during the moment of exchanging spirit stones, taking advantage of physical contact.

The technique was skillful; it wouldn't be easily detected by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Li Yuan neither removed the brand nor turned back to chase after the rogue cultivator.

My desire to go fishing gradually arose.

Latest plot update: Click to follow.