Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 537 Spiritual Vein Absorption

On the main peak of the Tianyue Mountains, the spiritual energy is so dense that it is visible to the naked eye.

Pale white spiritual mist seeped from the mountain, rising slowly along the rock face and gathering at the summit to form a hazy halo. The halo flickered rhythmically with the pulse of spiritual energy deep within the earth's veins, like a giant heart breathing.

The spiritual energy of the large spiritual vein is being continuously extracted by the formation.

The viewing platform was already mostly full of monks.

Li Yuan sat in the front row on the left, his gaze fixed on the direction of the main peak.

On a wide platform halfway up the main peak, the sect leader of Tianyue Sect sat cross-legged.

The distance was too great to see his face clearly, but the fluctuations of his Nascent Soul level spiritual energy were clearly discernible. The sect leader's spiritual energy was like a calm, deep sea, smooth and waveless on the surface, yet containing unimaginable depth at its core.

A giant array was carved on the rock wall behind the sect leader. The array patterns extended from the rock wall to the ground and then to the area below where the sect leader was sitting, enveloping the entire breakthrough site in layers of spiritual energy circulation.

Based on a third-tier superior-grade array, it incorporates some of the permissions of a Nascent Soul-level mountain-protecting main array. The spiritual energy circulation is extremely clear in the perception of the array's celestial pivot, with a tight structure and no obvious weak points.

The sect leader opened his eyes.

The spiritual energy fluctuations spread outwards from the main peak platform in all directions, gentle yet not to be ignored.

The sermon began.

The sect leader's voice was transmitted through the array, clearly reaching the ears of every cultivator present.

His voice was soft, his pace gentle, and the content was his insights on the path of cultivation. From Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, and from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, he described the changes in his state of mind during each breakthrough, the key turning points in the circulation of spiritual energy, and how his understanding of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth underwent a qualitative change as his realm improved.

It's not about teaching specific techniques, but rather about gaining a more macro-level understanding of spiritual practice.

Most of the cultivators present closed their eyes and listened attentively, trying to glean insights related to their own cultivation from the sect leader's narration.

Li Yuan was also listening.

The sect leader's description of the circulation of spiritual energy aligns with many of his own experiences. The spiritual energy of the Golden Core stage is like a river, the Nascent Soul stage like an ocean, and the Deity Transformation stage like heaven and earth themselves. While this description is abstract, understanding it in conjunction with his own experience of spiritual energy in the late Golden Core stage reveals a clear progression.

The sermon lasted for about two hours.

At the end, the sect leader stood up and bowed to the cultivators present.

He then turned to face the giant array on the main peak's rock face and sat down cross-legged.

The breakthrough has officially begun.

The Nascent Soul level spiritual power within the sect leader's body was fully activated, and the frequency of the spiritual power fluctuations suddenly changed. The spiritual power, which was originally as calm as the deep sea, began to pulsate rhythmically, and each pulsation caused the spiritual energy of the large spiritual vein below the main peak to resonate.

The spiritual energy in the spiritual veins began to be extracted.

high speed.

It was much faster than Li Yuan had expected.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, confirming this. The concentration of spiritual energy directly below the main peak was decreasing at a perceptible rate. The decrease wasn't drastic, but it was continuous and stable, like a reservoir being drained at a steady pace.

It seems that there is not enough spiritual energy in the outside world, and breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage requires consuming spiritual energy from the spiritual veins as fuel.

No wonder Xuanpu said that even a secret breakthrough couldn't be hidden. The intense fluctuations of spiritual energy in the spiritual veins could be sensed within a radius of hundreds of miles; such a large-scale extraction of spiritual energy simply couldn't be concealed.

During the breakthrough, extremely faint spiritual energy fluctuations continuously emanated outwards from the direction of the main peak.

It wasn't something the sect leader intentionally released, but rather a natural overflow generated during the circulation of spiritual energy in the process of breaking through. This overflowing spiritual energy carried fragments of the sect leader's understanding of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and his insights into the Nascent Soul realm, spreading outwards like ripples.

The cultivators present began to close their eyes and comprehend the teachings.

The insights gained were scattered and fragmented, like pieces falling from the pages of an open book. The content received varies from person to person, depending on their own cultivation, understanding, and current direction of practice.

Li Yuan also gleaned some insights from it.

The accelerated learning speed of Wanfa Xizhen allowed for the rapid assimilation of this insight.

Many cultivators shuttled back and forth between the viewing platform and the Tianyue Market. They absorbed insights on the viewing platform and returned to the market to process their gains or conduct transactions in between. The number of people on the viewing platform fluctuated, but the Golden Core cultivators in the core positions remained mostly stationary.

Li Yuan's gaze swept across the right side of the viewing platform.

The sect leader of Yuanzong remained standing there, his dark gray robes motionless. His aura was extremely restrained, and his face was hidden in the shadow of his hood, revealing no expression.

There were no unusual changes.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Kunpeng Alliance sat cross-legged on the guardian platform to the right of the main peak, their spiritual energy fluctuations resonating with the defensive formation in the direction of the main peak. This was their guardian state; if any external force attempted to penetrate the defensive formation, the Nascent Soul cultivators on the platform could react immediately.

After observing the ceremony for two days, Li Yuan gained a clearer understanding of the rate at which the spiritual veins were declining.

The concentration of spiritual energy below the main peak has decreased by about 50% in two days. At this rate, the breakthrough process will likely take at least some more time. Large spiritual veins possess extremely vast reserves of spiritual energy; even a Nascent Soul cultivator drawing it at a hundred times the normal rate could not exhaust them in a short period.

Li Yuan practiced divination techniques in his secluded room.

The celestial influence automatically amplifies the effect, offsetting the depletion of lifespan. The causal intuition of the divination's spiritual connection operates in sync.

The goal of divination is to determine one's best future path.

Causal clues emerge in consciousness.

The vague directional guide extended westward and southward from the Tianyue Mountains, crossed the border of Jingzhou, and landed somewhere in western Liangzhou.

Abandoned ancient road.

Previously, a very faint spatial signal was first detected beside that abandoned ancient road. At that time, the spatial search technique was only at the proficient level and could not pinpoint the location precisely. Now, the spatial search technique has broken through to the master level, the detection range has expanded to more than twenty miles, and the accuracy has also improved by a level.

The guidance from divination aligned with his previous plans.

After receiving the divination results, Li Yuan informed Xuanpu Zhenren of his itinerary and then left the Tianyue Mountains.

The light flew towards the western part of Liangzhou.

The location of the abandoned ancient road was marked in my mind with extreme precision.

After landing, Li Yuan stood in front of the few remaining stone tablets beside the ancient road.

The inscription on the stone tablet has long since weathered away, and the stone pavement is completely covered by shrubs and weeds. Nothing has changed since my last visit.

The spatial search technique is in operation.

The proficient-level spiritual energy detection wave spread outwards from Li Yuan in all directions, covering an area of ​​over twenty miles. The spatial perception effect of the purple-colored teleportation stone, the spatial folding micro-principle, the lingering charm of the void, and the core orientation—all permanent spatial-related attributes—operated simultaneously.

Last time, we only managed to detect a very faint signal here; the direction was unclear, and we couldn't pinpoint its location.

This time is different.

When the spiritual energy detection wave swept across the void surrounding the ancient path, the proficient level of recognition precision made the outline of the faint signal much clearer.

Fifteen miles away, a landslide occurred.

A massive landslide area, littered with rubble and piled-up boulders. It's clear this was once a mountain peak, but a severe collapse occurred sometime during the year, with a large portion of the southern side of the peak collapsing, completely burying the terrain below with debris and mud.

Spatial search technology scans within the collapsed area.

The spatial fissure itself no longer exists; only the spatial fluctuation imprints remaining in the rock strata after the fissure closed are left behind.

Li Yuan did not rush to dig, but carefully searched among the rubble in the collapsed area.

Footsteps moved among the rubble, the perception of the array's celestial pivot continued to operate.

As I reached the eastern edge of the landslide area, a very faint spatial fluctuation emanated from the pile of rubble beneath my feet.

Li Yuan squatted down and brushed away the pebbles and mud.

An ancient bronze coin.

About the size of a thumbnail, it is round on the outside and square on the inside, its surface covered in mud and grime. The coin is not made of ordinary copper, but an alloy mixed with spiritual materials. It is extremely old, with considerable wear on the edges, but its overall structure is intact.

The array master sensed a very faint spatial fluctuation sealed inside the copper coin.

The fluctuating aura characteristics are of the same origin as the aura of the purple permanent attribute on the teleportation stone.

Li Yuan used his spiritual power to clean the dirt off the surface of the copper coin.

The obverse of the coin bears a tiny, blurred symbol, but it is vaguely discernible as some kind of ancient script.

The back is smooth and without texture.

[Equipable item detected: Mysterious Ancient Coin]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Void Trace Tracing (Blue)]

[Effect: Able to perceive the historical trajectory and original direction of dissipated spatial channels: Increases the speed of understanding and learning about space by 30%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Open a total of one hundred spatial rifts (0/100)]

Blue entries.

The bronze coin disappeared from the palm of the hand, and the blue attribute effect immediately took effect.

The moment it took effect, the spatial fluctuations in the collapsed area beneath my feet became even clearer in my perception.