Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 584 Pile Consolidation of Mineral Veins

Inside the secluded cultivation room, Li Yuan held a linkage activation talisman in one hand and used his spiritual power to condense a miniature array pattern on the surface of the stone platform with the other.

The open-ended spiritual patterns on the talisman paper were clearly visible under the illumination of spiritual power.

It is consistent with the logic of the microarray within the body.

One uses talisman paper as a medium, and the other uses meridians as a medium.

This comparative relationship became increasingly clear under the blessing of the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot. The transformation rules of runes and array patterns, the differences in the conduction loss of spiritual power between different carriers, and the quantitative relationship between node spacing and spiritual power attenuation—these details gradually emerged through repeated comparisons.

The spiritual energy pathways of the linked rune arrays were further optimized in my mind.

The leap from beginner to expert doesn't take too long. The blessing of the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot, the permanent entries of array symbol interaction and array mechanism linkage, and the practical experience of setting up arrays within the body—these factors combined greatly compress the learning curve of the talisman array linkage.

The talisman arrays work together skillfully.

Li Yuan put away the talisman and expanded his perception range to the outskirts of the market.

The concentration of spiritual energy within the market area has indeed increased compared to half a month ago.

The increase is not significant, about 10%.

The reason is not hard to deduce. The spatial channel of the Tianyue Mountains continuously pours in spiritual energy from the upper realm, which spreads in all directions from the Tianyue Mountains as the center. The forefront of this spread had already reached dozens of miles outside the market during the Ascension Ceremony, and now, nearly a month later, the range and concentration of spiritual energy coverage are continuing to rise.

The overall spiritual environment in eastern Liangzhou is slowly improving.

This is good news for cultivators in the market, as their cultivation efficiency will increase as the concentration of spiritual energy in the environment rises.

Li Yuan withdrew his senses and continued to refine his golden core.

The purple attributes of the Primordial Spirit Pool and the Spirit Vein Nourishing Spirit were slightly more efficient with the additional spiritual energy supplied by the Spirit Gathering Array within the body. The Golden Core slowly rotated in the dantian, its dark golden luster becoming more restrained and refined.

The improvement was minimal.

The density change on the surface of the Golden Core requires several days of continuous cultivation to perceive even the slightest difference. The arrangement of the spiritual energy circulation is already approaching the theoretical upper limit of a top-grade Golden Core at the Golden Core stage, leaving very little room for optimization.

The purpose of continuing to refine the skills is more to maintain the current state than to pursue a breakthrough.

After finishing his cultivation, Li Yuan got up and left the secluded cultivation room.

I toured the main street of the market.

When they reached a node in the defensive formation on the east side of the market, they stopped.

The purple entry for the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot gave a series of responses the moment it came into contact with the node's spiritual energy loop.

The efficiency of spiritual energy transmission was lower than expected. There were redundant loops in the connections between nodes. Some auxiliary spiritual runes overlapped with the functions of later nested patch spiritual runes; when two sets of spiritual runes were running simultaneously, only one set was effective, resulting in a waste of spiritual energy.

Li Yuan walked along the spiritual energy loop of the defensive formation.

The problem is more serious than expected.

This formation is the basic framework I laid out when I first established the Fog Forest Market.

At that time, the skill in array formation was quite rudimentary. Later, as the skill improved and the needs changed, new functions were continuously nested into the original framework, old vulnerabilities were patched, and auxiliary loops were added.

Each repair was reasonable at the time, but after accumulating, the entire formation became bloated and unwieldy.

Just like writing code in my past life. A project is repeatedly patched and repaired until it becomes a mountain of shit that no one dares to touch.

It needs to be refactored.

We scrapped it and started over, redesigning it to the level of a master of the third-order array.

Li Yuan returned to his secluded room and took out paper and pen.

The design concept of the new formation is completely different from the original.

The situation in Liangzhou is currently relatively stable. Yuanzong's Nascent Soul cultivator is in seclusion, digesting his essence; the Demonic Fiend Sect has been wiped out; and the Tianyue Sect's influence covers several surrounding states. A high-level threat is unlikely in the short term.

Defense requirements can be reduced appropriately, and the focus should be placed on exploration and spirit gathering.

With the third-order spirit gathering array as the core, other arrays are continuously nested within it.

As for materials, the two markets and the minerals provided by the Lu family have long been sufficient.

After completing the design, Li Yuan began to dismantle the old formation.

The dismantling process was faster than the setup. The old spirit patterns were peeled off piece by piece under the guidance of spiritual power, the spirit stones at the array eyes were removed and replaced, and the spirit pattern grooves at the nodes were smoothed and recarved using the Soil Transport Technique.

The demolition took half a day.

It took several days to redeploy the equipment.

The core array patterns radiate outwards from the array eye in the center of the market town, with spiritual energy circulation paths laid out along the earth's veins. The blessing of the array's celestial pivot ensures that the direction of each spiritual pattern perfectly conforms to the underground rock structure, minimizing spiritual energy transmission loss.

The key point of the formation.

Li Yuan embedded a third-tier spirit-gathering stone into the array's core.

Spiritual energy is injected to activate.

Three functions were launched simultaneously. The detection array's sensory network covered the entire area, the spirit-gathering array began to draw in external spiritual energy, and the defensive barrier formed a semi-transparent spiritual energy film around the market.

At the heart of the formation, a fluctuation emanated from the text.

Green grade.

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Gathering Stone]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spirit Gathering Base (Green)]

[Effect: When within the coverage area of ​​this formation, cultivation efficiency increases by 10%; the spiritual energy concentration within the formation's coverage area continues to rise slightly.]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: The formation must operate continuously for 180 days without being destroyed during this period (0/180)]

Green entry. Effects indicate long-term improvement of the market environment; a passive, cumulative condition. The array core can remain in place and operate on its own.

After the formation was set up, the concentration of spiritual energy inside the market changed noticeably within a few hours.

The Spirit Gathering Array's pulling effect continuously draws spiritual energy from several miles around into the market area. Combined with the improved environmental spiritual energy brought about by the spatial channel's infusion, the spiritual energy concentration in the market is about 40-50% higher than before the reconstruction.

The next day, Li Yuan took out the finished mine tunnel support piles from his personal miniature world and counted their number.

The first batch of twenty pieces were of uniform quality and had intact spirit patterns.

They transformed into streaks of light and left the Misty Forest Market, flying towards Hundred Rivers Prefecture.

The Lu family's residence.

Lu Yang waited on the first floor of the stone building. On the table were a settlement list and several storage bags filled with raw ore.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you've come at the perfect time."

Lu Yang pushed the list aside.

"The reward for the twenty support piles is here: half spirit stones and half ore. In addition, the first batch of raw ore has also been prepared, at 30% below market price as agreed."

Li Yuan took out twenty support piles and neatly stacked them on the table. Lu Yang inspected the quality of each one, his expression satisfied.

"The quality is as good as ever. We'll arrange for someone to deliver it to the mine shaft for installation this afternoon."

"I'll go with you."

Lu Yang glanced at him but did not object.

That afternoon, the group went to the fourth mine.

At the entrance to the mine tunnel halfway up the solitary peak, several cultivators from the Lu family were waiting. The locations for the support piles had been marked in advance, with one pile embedded every five zhang along the tunnel wall.

The installation process is not complicated. The pile is embedded in a pre-carved stone groove, and the spiritual patterns are activated with spiritual power, thus anchoring the pile to the rock wall of the mine tunnel.

After all twenty support piles were installed, the stability of the mine tunnel structure underwent a qualitative change. The slight tremors of the rock walls disappeared, and the spiritual energy environment inside the mine tunnel became more stable.

The panel pops up the moment the last pile is activated.

[Consolidated vein (green): 0/120 days]

The countdown begins. One hundred and twenty days of operation without any landslides.

It accumulates passively, requiring no additional action.

After the installation was completed, Li Yuan and the Lu family cultivators left the mine tunnel.