Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 596 Plan

After mastering the technique of transforming into human form, Li Yuan used his escape light to directly head towards the Tianyue Mountains.

The deployment of arrays near the space passage still has a second phase of work to complete.

Upon arriving at the canyon, Zhou Heng was talking to Zhao Lin on a rocky platform below the entrance. Seeing Li Yuan land, Zhou Heng waved.

"Perfect timing. The auxiliary teleportation array has been operating for days, and its stability has exceeded expectations. The space stabilization array is also working fine, and the fluctuations at the portal entrance continue to decrease."

"But improving stability takes time," Li Yuan said.

"The stability maintenance array is designed to be gradual; the longer it operates, the better the effect. The first three months are the ramp-up period."

Zhou Heng nodded, then got to the point.

"The second phase of the mission."

He took a new jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to him.

"Several spirit-guiding arrays have been set up near the spatial passage. Their function is to guide the spiritual energy flowing out of the passage in an orderly manner to the various spiritual veins of the Tianyue Mountains, thereby improving the efficiency of spiritual energy distribution. Currently, the spiritual energy is spreading naturally, resulting in significant losses and uneven distribution."

Li Yuan took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

The structure of the Spirit Guiding Array is much simpler than the previous two arrays. Its core function is to establish a channel for guiding spiritual energy between the entrance to the passage and the entrance to the spiritual vein, thereby gathering and directing the dissipated spiritual energy.

A single spirit-guiding array is not large in scale, about one-third the size of a space-stabilizing array. However, several arrays need to be deployed in total, covering the entrance directions of the main spirit veins of the Tianyue Mountains.

"Fellow Daoist only needs to be responsible for the overall planning and the deployment of the main formation," Zhou Heng said.

"The branch spirit guiding array is handled by other array masters."

"Can."

The overall plan is to be done at the level of a perfect third-order array, which will not take much time.

Li Yuan spent half a day surveying the entrances and routes of the main spiritual veins of the Tianyue Mountains, determining the optimal placement of the main formation and the locations of several branch formations. After handing the overall plan to the other formation masters, he began setting up the main formation himself.

The main battle formation was set up on a giant rock about forty feet south of the entrance to the passage.

The engraving knife fell on the rock surface.

The perfect level of the third-order array made the array setting process flow smoothly. Each segment of the spiritual energy circulation path did not require calculation; the optimal path naturally emerged in the mind, and the carving knife simply fell directly along the path.

The deployment speed was several times faster than the previous two formations.

The main lineup was completed that evening.

Spiritual energy is injected into the array's core, activating it.

The spiritual energy guiding channels of the spirit-guiding array extend in six directions from the array's core, each aligning with the entrance to one of the six main spiritual veins of the Tianyue Mountains. The spiritual energy flow within these channels is uniform, with a clear focusing effect.

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

Blue grade.

Touch the core of the array with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Conduit Stone]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spiritual Energy Storage (Blue)]

[Effect: Can actively attract and gather spiritual energy over a large area; if the user has space-related abilities, can absorb spiritual energy from another space, increasing the maximum spiritual energy reserve by 20%; can store excess spiritual energy in specific nodes within the body and release it in a concentrated manner when needed]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: The spirit-guiding array centered on this array core will continue to operate for 120 days (0/120)]

[Current equipment slot is full (5/5). Replace current equipment?]

Blue entry. Increased maximum spiritual energy reserve and improved ability to store and release spiritual energy, both of which are useful in combat and cultivation.

The condition for permanentization is passive accumulation; the array core simply needs to remain in its original position and operate on its own.

The core of the formation remains in its original position.

After the main array was set up, Li Yuan did not leave the space passage area.

He remained in the stone chamber on the side of the canyon to continue his cultivation.

The cultivation of the Spirit Body Forging Technique is continuously advanced with the assistance of the Meridian Protecting and Spirit Warming Pills. After completing the skin renewal in the proficiency stage, the progress of the technique has advanced to the boundary area between the muscle and bone layers.

The third-order spirit-gathering array within the body was operating at full capacity amidst the extremely high-purity spiritual energy near the passage, ensuring an abundant supply of spiritual energy.

The method of infant coagulation is also being promoted simultaneously.

The skill level is already quite high in constructing the spiritual energy shell and controlling the compressive force.

The thickness of the spiritual energy shell can be adjusted to any preset value in a very short time, and the precision of applying the compressive force reaches an extremely high level. Each simulated tempering is more stable than the last, and the speed and precision of the rearrangement of the spiritual energy circuits on the surface of the golden core continue to improve during the tempering process.

He is proficient in the art of condensing infant energy.

The focus of training in the mastery stage shifts from controlling compression force to mastering the rhythm of multiple rounds of tempering.

The core of the technique is to improve the quality of the nascent soul through multiple rounds of tempering, but a recovery period is needed between each round of tempering. The length of the recovery period and the way spiritual energy is replenished during the recovery process directly affect the effect of the next round of tempering.

If the recovery period is too short, the spiritual energy circulation on the surface of the Golden Core will not have enough time to stabilize, and the next round of tempering will proceed on an unstable basis, with the fluctuations increasing exponentially. If the recovery period is too long, the quality improvement brought about by the previous round of tempering will slightly regress, and efficiency will decrease.

The optimal rhythm depends on the quality of the Golden Core itself and the precision of the cultivator's control over spiritual power.

The quality of the supreme-grade golden pill and the ability to control one's spiritual power are both at a perfect level, and the margin for error in the optimal rhythm is much wider than that of ordinary cultivators.

However, even in the mastery stage, repeated practice is still needed to find the most precise rhythm.

The cultivation lasted for several days.

After finishing his nighttime cultivation, Li Yuan opened his eyes.

The stone chamber was silent. The spiritual energy flowing from the spatial passage outside the canyon silently poured in, and the spirit-gathering array within his body operated as usual.

A thought gradually took shape in his mind.

The core principle of the infant coagulation method is that the less interference there is and the purer the Qi is, the better the effect of infant coagulation.

The concentration and quality of spiritual energy near the spatial passage were extremely high, but spatial disturbances and the movement of people at the passage entrance caused interference.

If we could find a completely enclosed environment near the passage, isolated from external interference, while also utilizing the high-quality spiritual energy emanating from the passage—

Synesthesia in the void.

The key element of the second formation: While in the void, it can sense the outside world and absorb its spiritual energy. It can consume a large amount of spiritual energy to create its own independent space. If it already possesses the ability to create space, its spiritual energy consumption is reduced by 30%.

Although it's not permanent, it doesn't prevent me from using the red-labeled item. It's the core of a collapsing minor world. It allows for the creation of independent spaces at will, the size and stability of which are determined by one's strength.

Near the spatial passage, an independent space was created using the red-labeled ability. The Void Synesthesia ability reduced spiritual energy consumption by 30%. The created independent space was completely isolated from external interference, meeting the purity requirements of the Nascent Soul Formation technique.

The "Spiritual Energy Storage" entry can draw in spiritual energy from spatial channels over a large area, storing a massive amount of high-quality spiritual energy and then releasing it in a concentrated manner within an independent space, providing an abundant supply of spiritual energy for the Nascent Soul formation process.

Independent space. High-quality spiritual energy. Zero interference.

The optimal environment for infant coagulation therapy.

Li Yuan repeatedly deduced this idea in his mind.

The consumption of spiritual energy for creating an independent space is the biggest variable.

The upper limit of the red-level ability depends on one's own strength. How much space can be opened and how long can it be maintained when one's cultivation is at the peak of the Golden Core stage? This needs to be tested in practice.

Furthermore, forming a Nascent Soul requires consuming spiritual energy, but one can use the Spiritual Gathering and Storage to absorb the spiritual energy near the spatial passage, which may serve as a supplement.

However, this should not be attempted rashly. The spatial disturbances near the spatial passage are extremely strong, and if the independent space is not opened stably, it may lead to spatial collapse.

If it is to be used for sterilization, at least several small-scale tests should be conducted first.

But the direction is clear.

Li Yuan memorized the framework of this Nascent Soul Formation plan into his mind and continued his cultivation cross-legged.

In the spatial passage outside the canyon, a faint blue light flowed silently in the night, and spiritual energy surged out without a sound.