Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 488 Chengyuan Eye Technique

Li Yuan stayed in Nanyuanfang for two days, used up the remaining materials for the Tide Pattern Talisman, and made three more finished products.

They then left Shuizhou.

Jingzhou Baijingfang City.

When Li Yuan entered the market gate, he had already adjusted his breathing.

Li Yuan walked around the main street and inquired about pupil techniques at three shops selling cultivation manuals.

The first place didn't have it. The second place had a second-tier Qi Observation technique, which didn't meet the requirements. The third place had a second-tier Pupil Technique.

Just as they were leaving the third shop, a young cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage quickly approached them and bowed respectfully.

"Master Li, my guild leader invites you."

Li Yuan glanced at him.

The young monk wore the standard robes of the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce, with the guild's emblem embroidered on his chest.

"Is your family's guild leader in Shirakage-do City?"

"Yes. The chairman just arrived the day before yesterday and happened to be handling chamber of commerce affairs here. He sensed the presence of the guild master just now and specially sent me to invite him."

Li Yuan followed the young cultivator through two side streets and arrived at a three-story stone building in the southeast corner of the market. Above the door of the stone building hung a plaque of the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce, and two guards at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage stood at the door.

Second floor reception room.

A middle-aged man dressed in a dark blue brocade robe stood by the window, holding a cup of spiritual tea. The man had a square face, slightly graying temples, and a deep, restrained aura; he was in the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

President of Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

Upon seeing Li Yuan enter, the guild leader put down his teacup, quickly stepped forward to greet him, and smiled as he cupped his hands in greeting: "Master Li, I have long admired your name, and it is a pleasure to finally meet you today."

"You're too kind, Chairman," Li Yuan returned the greeting.

The two took their seats as host and guest, and a waiter served them fine tea.

The president didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"Xu Zhang has done a good job in Misty Forest Market, and the Chamber of Commerce is very satisfied." The president put down his teacup. "However, Master Li should also be able to see that although the size of Misty Forest Market is growing, its ceiling is not far away."

Li Yuan held his teacup but did not respond.

The guild leader continued, "The location of Wulin Market is close to Yunyang Market, and the areas of influence between the two markets overlap significantly. If we continue to expand, we'll be competing for business with Yunyang Market, which could easily lead to friction. Moreover, the terrain around Wulin Market is limited, so there's not much room for further expansion."

"What does the president mean?"

"Open a branch market." The guild leader held up one finger. "Choose another location in Liangzhou and open a brand new market."

Li Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

The president stood up, took a simple map of Liangzhou from the bookshelf, and spread it on the table.

"To be honest, Liangzhou doesn't have a good reputation in the entire cultivation world. There are many demonic cultivators, the situation is chaotic, and most forces are unwilling to invest here. But from another perspective, precisely because of this, the competition in Liangzhou's markets is not fierce."

The president pointed to several marked points on the map.

"Although Baijing Market is large, Jingzhou has three major sects and our Chamber of Commerce. Most transactions are conducted through internal sect channels and the Chamber of Commerce, bypassing the market entirely. The market only serves the scattered business of independent cultivators, and its potential has long been exhausted. Liangzhou is different; there are no major sects monopolizing the market here, and there are many independent cultivators and small forces."

"Moreover, demonic cultivators also need to trade; they have a great need to convert their demonic and spiritual materials into cash."

"Of course, demonic cultivator transactions should be kept in the shadows as much as possible. Just set up a black market, and clean it up when necessary."

After listening, Li Yuan put down his teacup.

Where will the sub-market be located?

"This still requires on-site investigation." The chairman shrugged. "However, I have a suggestion. When the new market opens, we can hold a Golden Core Ceremony, using Master Li's breakthrough to the Golden Core stage to generate buzz and attract more people."

Li Yuan shook his head: "The ceremony will not be held."

The president was taken aback.

"I'd rather use my Golden Core as an excuse to hold trade fairs and auctions," Li Yuan said.

The chairman pondered for a moment, then laughed: "Master Li is right. Trade fairs and auctions do indeed have a longer-lasting appeal. Grand ceremonies are lively for a while and then they're over, but if a trade fair is well-organized, repeat customers will keep coming back."

The two then discussed the specifics of their collaboration.

The Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce is responsible for providing supplies and distribution channels, including sourcing low-grade spiritual materials and elixirs from Jingzhou and other states. Li Yuan is responsible for the site selection, construction, and daily operation of the market. Regarding profit distribution, the Chamber of Commerce takes 20%, and the remainder goes to Li Yuan.

After the talks ended, Li Yuan did not rush to leave.

"President, I have a question for you."

"Speaking."

"Does the Chamber of Commerce possess any third-tier pupil-type cultivation techniques?"

The guild leader thought for a moment, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Eye techniques? These are not easy to find."

"Is there?"

"There is one." The president got up and walked to the bookshelf, taking out a jade slip from a hidden compartment at the bottom.

"Chengyuan Eye Technique, third-tier, low-grade." The guild leader placed the jade slip on the table. "The guild acquired it from a rogue cultivator a few years ago, but has yet to sell it."

Li Yuan reached out and picked up the jade slip; it contained a green entry.

The contents of the jade slip were well preserved. The cultivation principle of the Clear Abyss Eye Technique is to temper the eyes with spiritual power, causing the eyesight and divine sense to resonate, thereby gaining the ability to penetrate concealment and detect hidden things. The grade of third-tier low-grade is not high, but it is sufficient for Li Yuan.

The guild leader smiled. "Fifty mid-grade spirit stones, consider it making a friend."

The market price is at least two or three hundred, and because of its scarcity, it is unlikely to be much higher.

Fifty mid-grade spirit stones is indeed a low price.

Li Yuan tossed out the spirit stone and carefully put away the jade slip.

"Regarding the cooperation, I'll have Xu Zhang discuss the details with the chairman later."

"Alright." The guild leader stood up to see him off. "Master Li, I look forward to a pleasant collaboration."

After leaving Baijing Market, Li Yuan did not continue on his journey, but instead found a secluded cave in a forest on the outskirts of the market.

He set up a concealed formation and sat down cross-legged.

He took out the jade slip containing the Clear Abyss Pupil Technique from his personal space and placed it in his palm.

[Equipable item detected: Chengyuan Pupil Technique (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Clear Abyss First Line (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the ability of divine sense to penetrate concealment, detect hidden areas, and prevent interference by 50%]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Successfully detect one illusion or concealment technique of the same level using your eye technique]

Green entry. Its effect direction is highly complementary to the Spirit Eye Bead's "Insightful Spirit Eye".

However, this shows that not all Tier 3 items have blue attributes, just like low-priced items can also have high-level attributes.

Li Yuan temporarily removed the Qi Li Tong Jie (器理通解) and replaced it with the Cheng Yuan Tong Fa (澄渊瞳法).

[Equipped: Chengyuan Eye Technique (Complete)]

[Chengyuan Line (Green) in effect]

A green light illuminated the equipment slot. A faint burning sensation emanated from the depths of his eyes, lasting for a few breaths before fading away. The method of probing with his divine sense remained largely unchanged, but Li Yuan could sense that some extremely subtle traces of spiritual energy fluctuations, previously overlooked, had become clearer.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Clear Abyss Pupil Technique.

The basic requirement for mastering this eye technique is to channel spiritual energy into the meridians at the ends of the eyes, creating a miniature spiritual energy circuit at a specific acupoint behind the eyeball. Once the circuit is formed, spiritual energy can drive vision, achieving the most basic penetrating effect.

The grayed-out terms that boost learning speed and increase comprehension simultaneously contribute to the learning of all methods.

Spiritual energy was drawn from the dantian and converged along the meridians of the face towards the eyes. Extremely fine threads of spiritual energy probed into the acupoints behind the eyeballs, where they slowly wove into a miniature circuit.

Both eyes opened at the same time.

His vision didn't change drastically, but Li Yuan could clearly feel that a connection had been established between his eyesight and his divine sense that he had never had before. When he channeled his spiritual energy into his eye channels, the scenery in his vision became sharper, and some traces of spiritual energy fluctuations that were originally obscured by the rock walls were now faintly visible through the stone walls.

The penetration effect is extremely weak, limited to obstructions only a few inches thick. But this is just the basics.

【Chengyuan Eye Technique: Introduction】

Beginner complete.

Almost simultaneously, the system panel popped up.

[Conditions for making the "Insightful Eye (Blue)" permanent have been met]

[Requirement: Master a third-tier eye technique to the entry level]

The "Insightful Eye (Blue)" has become a permanent entry.

A blue light exploded in his mind.

A scene flashed into my mind: information about a cultivator breaking through an illusion array.

Permanently hide information.

After the image faded, what settled in my mind was not specific knowledge of the formation, but an extremely subtle intuition.

An intuition about the correspondence between illusion arrays and pupil power.

Li Yuan experienced the changes after the process became permanent.

When probing with divine sense, an extremely faint penetrating effect appeared in the field of vision. Without consciously activating the eye technique, the passive effect of the Eye of Truth-Piercing could automatically identify a certain degree of disguise and concealment. The upper limit of penetrating power was directly proportional to the strength of the divine soul; the 50% increase in divine soul strength granted by the Myriad Manifestations Retrospection indirectly amplified the effect of the Eye of Truth-Piercing at this moment.

The range of divine sense detection has also increased by 20%.

Remove the concealment formation and exit the cave.

As dusk approached, the distant mountains cast long, dark shadows in the setting sun.

Li Yuan transformed into a beam of light and flew towards Liangzhou.