Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

By the time I left Old Zhang's stall, it was completely dark.

The lanterns in the market gradually lit up, casting long shadows on the bluestone pavement with their dim yellow light.

Li Yuan walked along the North Alley towards the East Street, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over the roadside notice board, and his steps paused slightly.

Several more wanted posters appeared on the bulletin board. The paper was still fresh, and the ink was not yet dry, so they were obviously posted today.

The wanted posters featured portraits of several cultivators, along with their names, cultivation levels, and crimes committed.

Li Yuan glanced at them and found that they were all wanted criminals who had robbed cultivators, some of whom were even at the late stage of Qi Refining. The highest bounty was several hundred spirit stones.

"The Yuanheng Mountains have indeed been quite turbulent lately."

Li Yuan thought to himself, but didn't pay too much attention to it, and turned to continue walking towards his residence.

These cultivators have nothing to do with me, but the rotation of guards is a real headache.

Back in the cabin, Li Yuan didn't delay; he immediately sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.

As night deepened, the wooden cabin fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yuan opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and with a thought, a panel appeared:

【Aura Filter (White)】

[Permanentization Progress: 19/100]

The progress has increased by another six weeks. At this rate, it will probably take another seven days or so to complete the permanent process.

Li Yuan put away the panel, then took out the booklet on cleaning techniques, and copied the cleaning techniques down with paper and pen.

"Why can't the copied cleansing spell be equipped?"

Li Yuan tried to equip it, but the system panel did not respond at all.

With too few examples, Li Yuan didn't bother studying them much and instead started practicing cleaning techniques.

The techniques for cleaning are not complicated. Old Zhang has already explained the core points. All Li Yuan needs to do is practice repeatedly until he masters the art.

It wasn't until late at night that Li Yuan closed the book and rested.

Qi Refining stage cultivators do not not need to sleep, but they require very little sleep.

The next morning, Li Yuan went to inspect the market as usual.

Today was the day to collect his monthly salary. After inspecting East Street, Li Yuan headed towards the management office.

There was already a long line of people on the first floor of the management office; they were all patrol officers who had come to collect their monthly salaries.

Li Yuan waited at the back of the line for about half an incense stick's time before it was his turn.

The clerk checked the waist tag, took out a small cloth bag from under the counter, and handed it over: "Three spirit stones and one Meridian Opening Pill."

Li Yuan took the cloth bag, walked out of the management office, found a quiet corner, and opened the bag.

Inside the cloth bag lay three egg-sized spirit stones and a dark red pill.

This pill emitted a faint medicinal fragrance. Its body was translucent, and faint red lines could be seen flowing within it.

This is the Meridian Opening Pill, a kind of pill that helps cultivators in the Qi Refining stage to unblock their meridians and accelerate their cultivation.

The Wang family would give the inspector one every month as an extra perk.

Li Yuan picked up the Meridian Opening Pill, and familiar semi-transparent characters immediately appeared before his eyes:

[Equipable item detected: Meridian Opening Pill (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Accelerated Qi Circulation (White) - Increases the speed of Qi circulation by 50% during cultivation]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Consume 10 pills of the same or higher grade]

[Equipment slots are full (1/1). Replace current equipment?]

The speed of the body's internal circulation increases by 50%, which is even stronger than the 30% increase in cultivation speed from spiritual energy filtering.

However, it lacks the function of filtering spiritual energy.

If two terms are combined, the cultivation speed can be increased by at least 80%.

More importantly, the increased speed of the circulation of spiritual energy means that the process of making the spiritual energy filter permanent will also be accelerated.

Li Yuan suppressed his joy and quickly began to make plans in his mind.

There are now two paths you can take.

The first option: Continue equipping spirit stones to permanently enable the spirit energy filter, and then free up equipment slots to equip meridian-opening pills.

The second path: First, equip a Cleansing Talisman, complete the Cleansing Technique, permanently establish the Cleansing Constitution, unlock the second equipment slot, and then equip both Spirit Stones and Meridian Opening Pills.

However, after removing the spirit stone, you can only equip it again the next day.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Yuan made a decision.

For the next three days, Li Yuan devoted all his free time to cultivation and practicing the Cleansing Technique.

During the day, he patrolled the market, handled miscellaneous tasks, and took every opportunity to study the secrets of cleaning techniques.

Back in the cabin at night, I first practiced several cycles of Qi circulation, and then continued practicing the Cleansing Technique.

Old Zhang's tips on avoiding pitfalls proved invaluable, saving Li Yuan from many detours and allowing him to progress much faster than expected.

Three days later, at dusk, Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, his hands forming a mudra, and spiritual energy slowly circulated around his body.

A thin film of light forms on the skin's surface, keeping out dust and dirt while emitting a faint fragrance.

The light film lasted for about ten breaths before slowly dissipating.

Li Yuan opened his eyes, and with a thought, a panel appeared:

[Cleaning Techniques: Beginner (0/200)]

It became.

Li Yuan let out a long sigh of relief, and with a thought, the semi-transparent text reappeared:

[Equipable item detected: Cleansing Charm (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Clean Body (Gray) - The body does not easily attract dust and can repel mosquitoes]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Learn the spell - Cleanse]

Li Yuan first chose to remove his current equipment.

[Equipment removed: Low-grade spirit stones]

The "Aura Filter (White)" entry is temporarily unavailable.

[Permanentization progress retained: 40/100]

[Note: Once the same type of equipment is removed, it can only be re-equipped after twelve hours.]

A spirit stone appeared out of thin air in Li Yuan's palm, exactly the same as the one he had equipped before.

Li Yuan carefully put away the spirit stones and then selected the equipment to cleanse the talisman.

The cleansing talisman in his hand transformed into a faint light, merged into Li Yuan's body, and then disappeared.

[Equipped: Cleansing Charm]

[Acquired entry: Clean Body (Gray)]

The conditions for permanentization have been met.

Is it permanent?

Li Yuan chose yes.

[Permanentization successful]

[Clean constitution (gray) has become a permanent term]

[Equipment consumed]

Congratulations, you have unlocked your second equipment slot!

[Current Equipment Slots: 0/2 (Breakthrough/Late Stage of Qi Refining/Permanent Five White-grade or Higher Affixes; Completing one of these will unlock the third equipment slot)]

Li Yuan felt as if a faint barrier had appeared on his body. The dust that had been stuck to his clothes slid off automatically, and even the mosquitoes flying in the air instinctively moved away from him.

With a thought, Li Yuan saw the system panel appear before him.

Name: Li Yuan

[Technique: Spirit Guiding Technique]

[Spell: ...]

Equipment slots: (0/2)

【Equipped Items: None】

[Entry obtained: Clean Body (Gray) (Permanent)]

Li Yuan took out a spirit stone, the remaining one of the two given to him by Old Zhang.

[Cannot be equipped at this time. After unequipping the same type of equipment, you will need to wait 12 hours before you can equip it again.]

Li Yuan thought to himself, "Just as I thought," and then took out the Meridian Opening Pill.

[Equipable item detected: Meridian Opening Pill (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Accelerated Qi Circulation (White) - Increases the speed of Qi circulation by 50% during cultivation]

[Equipped?]

equipment.

Current equipment slots: 1/2

[Equipped Item: Meridian Opening Pill]

[Acquired entries: Accelerated Qi Circulation (White), Cleansing Constitution (Gray) (Permanent)]

Li Yuan couldn't wait to sit cross-legged and begin circulating the Spirit Guiding Technique.

Spiritual energy converged from all directions, and the speed of the body's circulation also increased significantly.

But as the spiritual energy circulated, Li Yuan frowned slightly.

The speed of circulation has also increased, but there seem to be some minor impurities in the meridians.

Li Yuan understood that this was probably because impurities had reappeared in the spiritual energy after the spiritual energy filtering entries disappeared.

Fortunately, my meridians have almost fully recovered, so I don't need to worry about affecting the injury to my meridians.

Li Yuan didn't pay too much attention to these things and closed his eyes to continue cultivating.