Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Li Yuan transformed into a streak of light, instantly traversing more than ten miles through the Ghost Mist Forest.

After confirming that he was out of the range of the Golden Core cultivators' spiritual senses, he slowed down. The Dark Fiend Insight's sensory network swept over his body, and on the cuff of his left arm, there was a very faint mark of demonic energy.

Segmented pulses. A technique used by the Demonic Sect.

Unlike the covert tracking encountered on the seabed before, this mark was brightly displayed in a conspicuous place, with no intention of concealment whatsoever.

It's not a tracking, it's an invitation.

Li Yuan stopped in a dry, sheltered valley.

After only the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, the distant mist surged, and a dark shadow sped along the ground, stopping three zhang away.

The newcomer was a demonic cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, with a deathly pale face and wearing a gray robe without any markings.

"Senior." The gray-robed cultivator bowed respectfully. "This junior has come to pay my respects on the orders of the sect's elders."

Li Yuan maintained his disguise as a late-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator, his gaze cold: "What is it?"

"Elder wishes to exchange some information about the White Nether Sect with you, senior." The gray-robed cultivator spoke cautiously. "Our sect has been searching for several secret locations left behind by the White Nether Sect. If you know anything about them, senior, our sect is willing to exchange them at a high price."

Li Yuan remained silent.

He knew he was not a remnant of the White Nether Sect, so he had no way of revealing that.

Seeing that Li Yuan didn't respond, the gray-robed cultivator didn't dare to press further and instead offered another piece of information: "It's alright if you don't want to say, senior. The elder ordered me to bring some information, just to establish a good relationship. It's confirmed news from Yuanzong that the Nascent Soul ancestor of Tianyue Sect is planning to break through to the Divine Transformation realm soon."

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Transformation into a deity.

"After ascending to the Nascent Soul stage, one can't remain in this realm, right?" Li Yuan's voice was low. "If he ascends, wouldn't the Tianyue Sect be empty? Just an ordinary Golden Core sect?"

The gray-robed cultivator was taken aback, then a look of confusion appeared on his face.

Clearly, he hadn't expected this mysterious Golden Core cultivator to ask such a question. He reached out and pinched a jade pendant at his waist; a brief fluctuation of spiritual energy flashed through it, as if transmitting a message.

A moment later, he released the jade tablet and gave the answer that came from the golden elixir behind him.

"Senior, you may not know this, but after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one must indeed ascend. This is because the spiritual energy concentration in this world simply cannot support the daily consumption of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Forcing one to remain will only lead to a drop in one's cultivation level."

The gray-robed cultivator paused, then continued, "But ascension isn't necessarily a bad thing. When a cultivator breaks through a boundary to ascend, they forcibly open a passage between the two realms. The moment the passage is formed, a large amount of high-level spiritual energy from the upper realm will pour down. The core area of ​​the Tianyue Sect will become a blessed land, enough to continuously produce high-level cultivators in batches for hundreds of years."

"Moreover, the connection is not completely severed after ascension. That spatial passage can be maintained by the lower realm's array for hundreds of years. During this time, the ancestors of the upper realm can transmit information, bestow high-level magic treasures, and even, in extreme cases... pay a great price to allow their true forms to briefly descend."

Li Yuanming understood.

Once someone in the Tianyue Sect reaches the Nascent Soul stage, it will not only not decline, but will also use the influx of spiritual energy to reconnect with the upper realm, thus widening the gap between itself and other forces.

However, this does not explain many of the current problems.

"Senior," the gray-robed cultivator spoke again, "the political landscape of Liangzhou is about to change, and our sect elders hope to maintain contact with you. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask."

"I need a third-tier demonic energy spell," Li Yuan said bluntly.

The gray-robed cultivator gripped the jade tablet again, and after a moment, he took out a dark jade slip from his storage bag and presented it with both hands.

"This is the 'Demonic Blood Substitute Technique,' a low-grade third-tier spell. It consumes one's own demonic blood to create an instant-cast substitute when receiving a fatal attack, which can transfer most of the damage."

Li Yuan took the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and confirmed that it was correct.

"Please tell your elder that I will contact him if needed." Li Yuan put away the jade slip, and with a flicker, he disappeared into the night.

The gray-robed cultivator gazed in the direction where Li Yuan had disappeared, let out a long breath, and turned to report back.

……

Back in the stone house in the Misty Forest Market, Li Yuan removed his illusionary disguise.

After activating the concealment array, he sat down cross-legged and reviewed what he had seen and heard that night in his mind. Then he took out all the information he had obtained from the first stone chamber of the Xuan You Sect ruins from his personal space.

Hundreds of jade slips and dozens of animal skin scrolls.

Li Yuan categorized them according to their content, dividing them into four groups: spatial theory, array experiments, spirit-demon fusion, and artifact sealing.

He picked up the most crucial jade slips from the pile of spirit-demon fusion artifacts and studied the Xuan You Sect Master's record of failure once again.

The notes contain a large amount of data and deduction process.

The Xuanyou Sect's approach is clear: using powerful spatial forces, they forcibly compress spiritual energy and demonic energy into an extremely small spatial anchor point, attempting to crush and recombine the two through extreme high pressure.

The result was catastrophic. The spiritual energy and demonic energy, under extreme compression, produced a violent repulsive reaction, directly causing the collapse of the spatial anchor point. Not only did they fail to merge, but they also led to an even larger spatial rift.

Li Yuan put down the jade slip.

The Xuanyou Sect failed because they attempted to forcibly reverse the physical properties of the two energies using external force.

But he doesn't need to take that path.

He possessed a panel. The entries for "Spiritual and Demonic Origin" and "Spiritual and Demonic Void" directly granted him the ability to fuse at the rule level. He didn't need complicated space compression equipment; he only needed to permanentize the entries step by step, and spiritual power and demonic energy would naturally converge within his body.

"Spatial research can be further deepened." Li Yuan looked at the pile of materials on spatial theory. After the teleportation stone became permanent, his understanding of spatial power was in a period of rapid growth. These hundreds of years of research efforts by the Xuan You Sect would become nourishment for his continued breakthroughs in spatial magic.

After putting the documents away, Li Yuan brought up the system panel.

The latest chapter of "《" has been updated, come and catch up!

[Next feature unlock condition: Contact an item with a red keyword]

No equipment or stringent permanent conditions are required; it is simply a matter of "contact".

Li Yuan's eyes flickered slightly. Obtaining the red entry was entirely a matter of luck; it couldn't be forced.

He turned his attention back to the present.

Then, Li Yuan took out a roll of old animal hide from his personal space.

I bought "A Comprehensive Explanation of Ancient Array Veins" in the old bookstore alley of Baijingfang Market.

Previously, the function enabled gray-value attributes to be permanently permanent. After the teleportation stone is made permanent, accumulating five purple attributes will unlock a new function, which will enable white attributes to be permanently permanent.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Complete Guide to Ancient Array Patterns]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Vein Pattern Understanding (White)]

[Effect: Improved accuracy of array base backtracking; additional logical relationships between nodes can be obtained when reading residual array information]

[Permanentization Condition: White entries can be permanently created directly]

The panel flashed with light.

[The phrase "vein pattern interpretation (white)" has become a permanent entry.]

The phantom of the old animal hide shattered in the equipment slot, turning into white light spots that merged into the sea of ​​consciousness.

The changes were immediate. Li Yuan recalled the broken array patterns he had previously scanned in the ruins of the Xuan You Sect. The previously blurry and intertwined lines suddenly became distinct, with main veins, secondary paths, and dead ends, as if they had been redrawn with a vermilion brush, and the logical connections between the nodes were clearly discernible.

Li Yuan didn't stop; instead, he continued to make it permanent.

[The guide symbol and divination enhancement (white) have become permanent entries.]

[Result: Divination accuracy increased by 20%]

[The Heart-Locking Talisman, Spiritual Healing (White) has become a permanent entry.]

[Effect: Spiritual energy can aid in the repair of one's own injuries; the repair speed is directly proportional to the purity of the spiritual energy.]

[The Spirit Gathering Array Talisman, which gathers and attracts spiritual energy (white), has become a permanent entry.]

[Effect: Increases the speed and range of spiritual energy absorption by 10%]

The "Qi Transformation Pill, Smooth Attribute (White)" has become a permanent attribute.

[Effect: Reduces the barrier to conversion of spiritual energy between different attributes, making attribute switching smoother]

[The "Demon Energy Longevity Pill, Longevity Enhancement (White)" has become a permanent attribute.]

[Effect: When taking longevity-enhancing pills, the efficacy is increased by 20%]

[The "Strengthening Meridians Pill, making meridians as strong as steel (white)" has become a permanent entry.]

[Effect: The toughness of the meridian walls is greatly enhanced, allowing them to withstand higher-intensity spiritual energy impacts without damage.]

[The Sensing Stone and the Array Core Sensing (White) have become permanent entries.]

[Effect: Can passively sense abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy within the range of divine sense, without the need for active investigation]

……

Numerous white light spots lit up one after another inside Li Yuan's body.

Previously, those white entries that had been piling up on the list due to trivial or difficult conditions were forcibly cleared out at this moment.

Changes come one after another.

First, his meridians were affected. The effects of the Meridian Strengthening Pill were felt first, a warm yet extremely resilient force spreading along the twelve primary meridians. The inner walls of the meridians felt as if they had been coated with a thin layer of refined steel. Li Yuan even heard a very faint hum coming from deep within the meridian walls, the spiritual energy fibers rearranging, tightening, and solidifying. He subconsciously activated his spiritual energy to cleanse the meridians, and the feeling of support in his meridians became much heavier than before, as if the narrow path had been widened into a paved road.

Then came the affinity with spiritual energy. The moment the spiritual energy of the Spirit Gathering Array was gathered and solidified, Li Yuan felt that the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be a little closer to him. Without any deliberate guidance, the spiritual energy spontaneously gathered towards his pores. Although the absorption efficiency only increased by 10%, in his cultivation mode of running the technique day and night, the cumulative effect was extremely considerable.

Next came the attribute conversion. After the Qi Transformation Pill successfully took effect, Li Yuan tried to convert a wisp of water-type spiritual energy into fire-type spiritual energy within his meridians. The previously difficult, sluggish feeling was greatly reduced, and the switching of spiritual energy between the five elements became much smoother. He still lacked the cultivation of metal-type techniques, but this improvement at the foundational level meant that when he encountered any new attribute-based techniques in the future, his learning speed would be far faster than that of ordinary people.

Then came the sea of ​​consciousness. The amplification effect of divination wasn't like the obvious physical impact of other entries, but rather an extremely subtle change. Li Yuan closed his eyes, feeling a certain string deep within his consciousness being slightly plucked, making his perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth much sharper. The blurry, indistinct trend lines he used during divination now seemed about 20% clearer than before.

The changes in spiritual energy were also subtle. Li Yuan channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into a minor crack in the meridian left by an old injury on his left arm. Normally, this level of spiritual energy would only have a nourishing effect, but at this moment, the moment the spiritual energy touched the wound, it spontaneously seeped into the damaged meridian wall, repairing the tiny cracks extremely slowly. The speed was not fast, but it was indeed repairing.

The final wave of changes came from the array's core sensing.

The effect was most obvious; the moment the entry solidified, Li Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

Everything around him seemed to be veiled by a thin layer of spiritual light. The hidden array nodes inside the stone house, the spiritual energy guiding patterns embedded in the walls, and even the deeply buried array base circuits within thirty feet of the market outside the door, all reflected at the edge of his consciousness with an extremely weak but continuous pulse signal.

There's no need to actively use your divine sense to investigate; this information flows in as naturally as breathing.

Any unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy, even if it's just a Foundation Establishment cultivator passing by suddenly activating a magic artifact, will stir up a faint ripple in his perception.

These seemingly insignificant, individual increases, when combined and exploded in an instant, formed a comprehensive enhancement that could not be ignored. Li Yuan's body emitted a faint crackling sound as his meridians were further widened and strengthened on top of their already extremely high intensity.

Li Yuan took a deep breath, feeling the increased depth of his inner strength.

He closed his eyes and began to circulate the newly acquired "Demon Blood Substitute Technique".