Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 498 Permanentizing the Flame of Life

Inside the secluded meditation room, Li Yuan sat cross-legged.

Fire and wood elemental spiritual energies circulated simultaneously within his body, alternating and advancing through his meridians according to the pathways of the Burning Wood Everlasting Spring Technique. This dual-attribute cycle had been running stably for some time, and when the two energies converged in his dantian, there was no longer any repulsion; their flow was as smooth as water returning to its source.

Li Yuan raised his hands.

A fist-sized fireball condensed in his left palm, its flames orange-red and its spiritual energy fluctuations steady. The Fireball Technique, at its perfected state, was effortlessly mastered.

Several emerald green vines extend from the palm of his right hand, intertwining and coiling into a vine ball the size of a fist in his palm.

I've only practiced the Wood Binding Technique for a few days after exchanging it, and I'm still in the beginner stage, but activating it isn't a problem.

Both spells are maintained simultaneously.

Fire-elemental spiritual energy powers the fireball in the left hand, while wood-elemental spiritual energy powers the wood-binding spell in the right hand. The two different types of spiritual energy circulate simultaneously within the body, each following its own meridian pathway without interfering with the other.

This should have been an extremely difficult operation.

Simultaneously activating two spells of different attributes means maintaining two independent spiritual energy circuits within the body. Even ordinary Golden Core cultivators with dual-attribute spiritual roots would find this difficult, as the two circuits are prone to conflict at the intersection of meridians, resulting in anything from spells going out of control to meridian damage.

However, the core cultivation method of the Wood Everlasting Spring Technique is the synchronous circulation of fire and wood attribute spiritual power. The parallel fire and wood routes in the meridians have long been polished to a smooth and unobstructed state. On this basis, each branch can supply two spells with a branch, which is not a problem for Li Yuan.

The fireball in his left hand and the rattan ball in his right hand operated steadily for several dozen breaths.

The system panel pops up.

[Conditions for making the Flame of Life (Blue) permanent have been met]

[Condition: Successfully activate two different elemental spells simultaneously (fire and wood) for the first time]

The "Flame of Life (Blue)" has become a permanent entry.

A blue light exploded in his mind.

A scene flashed into my mind. In the scene, a monk was sitting cross-legged at the junction of lava and ancient trees, while another monk, who looked older, was explaining something.

The fire and wood elemental energies within the young cultivator's body flowed in parallel like two rivers, following a clearly visible path.

Every intersection and every branching point is precisely targeted.

After the image faded, Li Yuan's understanding of the fire and wood dual-attribute spiritual energy cycle deepened. It was no longer just familiarity at the level of experience, but a fundamental understanding of the flow path when dual-attribute spiritual energy operates in parallel.

Almost simultaneously, the circulation mode of the Burning Wood Everlasting Spring Technique within his body underwent a spontaneous adjustment.

Previously, the connection between the dual-attribute spiritual energy cycles required extremely weak mental guidance, but now that guidance had completely disappeared. The fire and wood spiritual energy maintained a perfect cyclical rhythm on their own within the meridians, requiring no mental attention from Li Yuan.

[The Everlasting Spring Technique of Burning Wood: Proficient → Master]

The efficiency of spiritual energy recovery has been improved once again. With the 50% recovery bonus from the Flame of Life attribute combined with the cycle efficiency of the Mastery Realm, the spiritual energy recovery speed in daily life has reached a considerably fast level.

Li Yuan stopped the spell on his hands and opened his eyes.

Just then, another tremor came from beneath my feet.

It was more intense than any of the previous days.

Fine stone chips fell softly from the stone walls of the meditation room, and the teacup on the table was shaken so much that it slid half an inch off the surface.

Heading towards Kugu Ridge.

The tremors lasted for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before gradually subsiding.

Li Yuan stepped out of his secluded cultivation room and stood in the courtyard, glancing northeast. With his divine sense spread out, he could perceive that the spiritual energy fluctuations from the direction of the Bone Ridge were more intense than ever before, and these fluctuations were mixed with multiple forces of different attributes, clearly indicating that more than one person was at work.

Large-scale attack on the enemy formation.

All parties involved are now serious.

Li Yuan returned to his secluded chamber and took out a set of robes and masks he had used before.

He wore a wide, dark gray robe, and a mask covered the upper half of his face, revealing only his chin. His aura was adjusted to the fluctuation mode of a late-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator, with thick demonic energy slowly seeping from his body.

This disguised identity had been used many times before, and its aura and appearance had been polished to be extremely natural.

Li Yuan left the Misty Forest Market using covert methods and stealthily made his way towards the Dry Bone Ridge.

It took nearly two hours to reach the two hundred li distance, after deliberately slowing down and concealing my aura.

The outer perimeter of Dry Bone Ridge is completely different from when I last visited.

Above the low hills, a dozen streaks of light hovered at different heights, their spiritual energy fluctuations intertwining. From the depths of the hills came muffled sounds of arrays collapsing, one after another, with the intervals between them getting shorter and shorter.

Li Yuan concealed his presence and crept in from behind a rock wall in the southwest direction of Kugu Ridge.

The three-tiered composite reconnaissance and protection array that he had previously set up was still in operation, but its coverage was limited to the area around the Yuan Yang Sect's outpost. The area deep within the Dry Bone Ridge was not within the array's detection range.

Li Yuan bypassed the outpost and approached the center of the Dry Bone Ridge along a narrow crevice in the rock.

The deeper you go, the stronger the spiritual energy fluctuations become.

At the end of the crevice was a wide depression, and in the center of the depression was a huge array pattern covering an area of ​​several tens of feet in radius. The array pattern was carved into the natural rock strata, and the pattern was ancient and complex, unlike any array style that Li Yuan had ever seen.

The restrictions of the Xuanyou Sect.

Large cracks and dim areas have appeared on the surface of the formation, and the circulation of spiritual energy is intermittent, indicating that a considerable portion of it has been damaged.

Five array masters, ranging from late Foundation Establishment to early Golden Core stages, were positioned at different points along the array's lines, dismantling the remaining nodes of the restriction one by one. Each time a node was dismantled, the array emitted a muffled rumble, causing the entire depression to tremble.

Above the depression, more than ten figures hovered at different heights in the sky; all of them were Golden Core cultivators.

Li Yuan extended his divine sense outwards, identifying the forces present one by one.

From the northeast, two intense waves of demonic energy surged. One of them possessed a deep and heavy aura, indicating a late-stage Golden Core cultivation level. Li Yuan recognized it as Blood Fiend True Person, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Fiend Demon Sect. Beside him was a mid-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator with a gloomy face; he was the same one who had previously used demonic energy to interfere with the formation at the Bone Ridge.

To the due north, four auras converged. The one in the lead possessed a cold and profound aura, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and belonged to the Yuan Sect.

The other three Golden Core cultivators were scattered around him, their cultivation levels ranging from the early to mid-stages of the Golden Core realm. Yuanzong's lineup was the strongest, with four Golden Core cultivators gathered together.

From the due east direction, a familiar aura emanated. Zhou Mingyuan, the sect master of the Yuanyang Sect, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, stood alone atop a giant rock, his hands clasped behind his back, calmly surveying the scene of the broken formation below.

From the southeast, a profound surge of spiritual energy emanated, originating from the late-stage Golden Core realm. The aura carried characteristics of water-based spiritual energy; this was the Azure Pool Sect.

In the south-southwest direction, two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators floated side by side. Their auras leaned towards the water element, but unlike those of the Bitan Sect, they were more sharp and aggressive. This was the Qishui Sect.

Three auras emanated from the northwest.

The leader's spiritual energy fluctuations were calm and profound, like an immovable mountain. This was Xuanpu Zhenren, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Tianyue Sect. He was accompanied by two other Golden Core cultivators.

Besides these overt forces, there were also some scattered fluctuations of energy behind the rock walls and hills surrounding the depression. We dared not get too close and only observed from the outside.

Li Yuan found a recess in the rock wall to hide himself and continued to observe.

The atmosphere above the depression was not peaceful.

Although the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators were all watching the progress of breaking the formation, they kept a great distance from each other, none of them getting close. Occasionally, when two pairs of eyes met, a brief surge of spiritual energy would rise in the air.

Blood Fiend Master spoke first.

The sound wasn't loud, but with the spiritual power of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, everyone present could hear it clearly.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanpu, True Monarch Tianyue is about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Once the spiritual energy channel is opened, the spiritual energy concentration of the entire Tianyue Mountain Range will double. In addition, true cultivators from the upper realm may impart their teachings and provide guidance, so the chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage are quite good. Why bother coming all the way to Liangzhou to compete with us for these little things?"

Blood Fiend Master's tone was somewhat mocking, but the core meaning was clear: Tianyue Sect already had enough resources and didn't need to come to Kugu Ridge to get a share.

All eyes turned to Master Xuanpu.

Master Xuanpu remained expressionless, his gaze still fixed on the formation below, ignoring Master Xue Sha's words.

After waiting for a moment and seeing that the other party did not respond, Blood Fiend Master snorted coldly and did not continue to ask questions.

Before the stalemate could dissipate, the late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Bitan Sect in the southeast of the depression suddenly made a move.

The cultivator formed a hand seal and uttered a low chant. Spiritual energy surged from his dantian, condensing into a visible, transparent ripple around his body, spreading outwards in all directions from him.

Sound wave detection.

The ripples spread extremely quickly, covering the entire depression and an area of ​​several hundred feet around it in the blink of an eye.

Li Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

Sound waves are different from spiritual energy detection and divine sense scanning. The latter two can be interfered with or shielded by means of concealing one's aura, but sound waves are more physical in nature, and when they propagate through a medium, they will be reflected and echoed by all physical matter.

Concealing one's aura can make one's spiritual energy fluctuations disappear, but it cannot make one's body disappear due to sound wave reflection.

The idea of ​​hallucination flashed through my mind, but I immediately dismissed it. Hallucination is an offensive spell; it works by forcibly implanting illusions into the target's consciousness, not by creating visual or sensory obscuring around oneself. It might be useful for confusing someone, but not for hiding oneself.

I currently do not possess any other illusion techniques, therefore I have no way to evade them.

The sound waves swept across the rock wall recesses where Li Yuan was hiding.

Echo.

Almost simultaneously, an echo came from a shadow on the other side of the depression.

The late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Bitan Sect first turned his gaze towards Li Yuan, then turned it to the other side.

"Fellow Daoists, now that you're here, why hide?"

All the Golden Core cultivators turned their attention to two directions at the same time.

Without hesitation, Li Yuan stepped out of the depression in the rock wall.

He wore a wide, dark gray robe, a half-face mask, and exuded demonic energy reminiscent of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Another person walked out from the other side.

A female cultivator dressed in a light purple robe had a cold expression and a restrained aura; she was in the late stage of the Golden Core realm. Her spiritual energy fluctuations carried a very faint trace of marine characteristics.

Li Yuan had never seen this person before, but judging from the other party's aura and clothing, he should be from a force in the sea.

The cultivators from the Demonic Sect and the Abyss Sect turned their gazes toward Li Yuan, their eyes filled with undisguised hostility and anger.

Neither side spoke nor made a move.

The destruction of the formation beneath the depression continued, with more and more cracks appearing, and the circulation of spiritual energy nearing collapse. Although everyone's attention was briefly drawn to it, it quickly returned to the formation itself.

Now is not the time to take action.