Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 583 Mastery of the Third Stage of Array Formation

The hills of eastern Liangzhou swept past below, and the outline of Wulinfang City appeared in the distance.

The light descended on the outskirts of the market, and Li Yuan stepped through the main gate.

Ji Wenyuan was handling daily affairs in the main hall when he saw Li Yuan return and got up to greet him.

"Master, how did the auction go?"

"good."

Li Yuan didn't say much and went straight into the secluded training room.

The stone gate closed, activating the soundproof array.

He took out the items he had purchased from his personal miniature world and placed them one by one on the stone platform.

The Spirit Essence Jade is already in my equipment inventory.

The remaining items are high-grade blue spirit stones, a spirit pivot disk, a blueprint for a third-order large-scale spirit gathering array, and a jade slip for the Spirit Body Forging Technique.

The effect of the Condensed Spirit Jade Marrow attribute can slightly increase the density of the Golden Core during cultivation. Although the increase is small, it is a passive accumulation and does not waste time.

The blue spirit stone was currently useless, as there was only one. If there were any inscriptions, two would be needed to set up an array. Li Yuan put it into his personal space.

Then Li Yuan turned his gaze to the Ling Shu Dharma Plate on the stone platform.

The Spiritual Pivot Formation. This allows one to set up an array within their own body.

The condition for permanentization is to successfully set up and activate ten different types of formations using this formation plate as the core.

Deployed within the body.

Li Yuan had been deducing this concept since the moment he obtained the Spirit Pivot Dharma Plate. Setting up an array outside the body requires array core materials, auxiliary materials, and a carrier of spiritual runes. When set up inside the body, all these external conditions are absent.

The Spiritual Pivot Dharma Plate itself serves as the array's core, but the array's spiritual energy circulation, node distribution, and spiritual pattern inscription all need to be simulated using the physical body's meridians.

Treat the meridians as spiritual grooves, the acupoints as nodes, and the spiritual energy itself as the material for the formation.

Very difficult.

However, the purple entry for the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot provided crucial support.

Li Yuan's instinctive perception of the affinity between array patterns gave him an intuitive grasp of the compatibility between spiritual energy circulation paths and carriers. The direction of meridians, the location of acupoints, and the flow rate of spiritual energy—these data automatically matched the node requirements of the array with the support of the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot.

Let's start with the simplest formation.

Ordinary spirit-gathering array.

Li Yuan put the Ling Shu Dharma Plate into his equipment slot.

The magic disc disappeared from his hand. The Spirit Pivot Induction Array incantation took effect.

An extremely weak pulling force emanated from the dantian area, as if an additional space within the body could support the array structure.

Li Yuan closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his body.

The spiritual energy circulation structure of the Spirit Gathering Array emerged in my sea of ​​consciousness. The most basic three-node Spirit Gathering Array has three nodes forming an equilateral triangle, with spiritual energy circulating between the nodes. Its core function is to guide external spiritual energy to the central area.

The first point is the Guanyuan acupoint, located below the dantian. The second is the Qihai acupoint, below the navel. The third is the Tanzhong acupoint, located directly above the dantian. These three points form a vertical triangle, with the center precisely at the dantian region where the golden elixir resides.

Spiritual energy surged from the golden core and flowed along the meridians to the first node.

The Array Dao Heavenly Pivot's instinctive perception immediately provided feedback.

There is a slight deviation between the spiritual energy circulation path and the meridian pathway of the Guanyuan acupoint, and the spiritual energy capacity of the acupoint does not perfectly match the needs of the array nodes.

Li Yuan used micro-controlling spiritual techniques to make precise adjustments, slightly reducing the spiritual power injected into the nodes, while adjusting the angle of the spiritual power flow to make the flow direction conform to the natural patterns of the meridian wall.

The first node is stable.

The second point is the Qihai acupoint. The same process applies, adjusting the spiritual energy and its inflow angle to align with the meridian lines.

The third node is the Tanzhong acupoint.

All three nodes are in place.

The spiritual energy circulation between the three nodes then begins, forming a closed loop.

External spiritual energy flows into the skin through the pores.

The influx of spiritual energy was several times faster than during normal breathing. The spiritual energy was guided to the dantian area along the traction direction of the three-node circulation, forming a thin layer of highly concentrated spiritual energy around the golden core.

The internal spirit-gathering array has been successfully activated.

[Ling Shu Guiding Array (Blue) Permanentization Progress: 1/10]

Li Yuan opened his eyes.

The sensation of spiritual energy surging in was extremely noticeable. The concentration of spiritual energy in the secluded cultivation room was already quite high, and under the guidance of the spirit-gathering array within the body, the spiritual energy within several feet around it was continuously poured into the body as if being attracted by a vortex.

This effect is far stronger than that of a typical spirit-gathering array, and it seems to be amplified by one's own physical body as well.

Meanwhile, a deeper understanding of the relationship between the meridian structure and the array circuitry during the deployment process settled in his mind.

The fundamental difference between internal and external array formations lies in the medium. External array formations use inanimate objects as their medium; once the spiritual runes are inscribed, they remain fixed. Internal array formations, on the other hand, use a living meridian system, where the flow of spiritual energy changes in real time depending on the cultivation state.

This means that the formation within the body is not completed simply by being inscribed, but requires spiritual energy to continuously maintain the stability of the nodes.

Conversely, living entities also have advantages that inanimate objects do not: the meridians themselves conduct spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy circulation of the array can merge with the daily spiritual energy operation of the meridians, sharing the same energy system, resulting in extremely low maintenance costs.

This understanding combines with the experience accumulated from previous frequent deployments.

His mastery of array formations reached a breakthrough at this moment.

Third-stage mastery.

Li Yuan sensed the operating status of the array within his body.

Stable. The spiritual energy circulation operates at a constant speed, with no fluctuations at the nodes. The influx of external spiritual energy remains at a constant level.

Only one array can exist within the body at a time. The restrictions of the Ling Shu array-guiding entry are clearly defined.

The formation will need to be replaced with a different type to advance the permanent process. But there's no rush. Let's run the Spirit Gathering Array for a while and observe its long-term effects.

Li Yuan withdrew his senses from his body and picked up the pale gold jade slip containing the Spirit Body Forging Technique from the stone platform.

Divine sense probed in.

The content of this cultivation method is completely different from all other body-refining cultivation methods in the lower realm.

The core of the Spirit Body Forging Technique is reconstruction.

The spiritual energy path of the cultivation technique is analyzed at the doubled speed of the practice of all techniques.

Spiritual Body Forging Technique, Beginner Level.

The moment one begins to grasp the basics, the effects of the first minor adjustments to the technique begin to appear.

It is not a change in the meridians or bones.

It's hair.

Li Yuan felt a very slight tingling sensation all over his skin.

Looking down, I could see the fine hairs on my arms falling off.

Not just the arms. The hair on the top of the head, limbs, torso, and the entire body fell off within a few breaths, like shedding skin.

Old hairs fell onto the stone platform and the ground, forming a thin layer.

Subsequently, new hair grows from the hair follicle.

It grows extremely fast, regaining its original length within a few breaths.

But the texture is completely different.

Li Yuan picked up a newly grown strand of hair.

The hair color is one shade darker than before, and the texture is more resilient.

More importantly, when spiritual energy is injected into the hair, the transmission speed of the spiritual energy is much faster than that of the original hair.

Increased spiritual energy clarity.

Hair is the outermost layer of the physical body, and its efficiency in transmitting spiritual energy is the lowest. The first step after mastering the Spiritual Body Forging Technique is to replace this least efficient outer layer of tissue, gradually optimizing it from the outside in.

Li Yuan used a cleaning technique to remove the old hair that had fallen to the ground.

I got up and moved around a bit, sensing the changes in my body.

Aside from hair replacement, there are no other noticeable external changes during the initial stage.

Further training requires continued time investment.

Ji Wenyuan's voice came from outside the stone gate.

"Master, a message has arrived from the Lu family, saying that the first batch of twenty mine tunnel support piles can be delivered."

"understood."

Li Yuan stored the items on the stone platform into his personal microcosm and sat down cross-legged.

The internal spirit-gathering array continues to operate, with a steady influx of external spiritual energy. The timer for the Jade Marrow Condensation Essence entry is running. The Spirit Body Forging Technique is continuously transforming the physical body.

Multiple cultivation paths are being advanced simultaneously.

The secluded room fell silent.