Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 618 Dragon Transformation Seeks Its Nest

Inside the secluded cultivation room, Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the center, circulating the Xuan Tie Body Forging Technique.

The nascent soul's spiritual power surged from the dantian and spread throughout the body along the conduction channels of the skeletal system.

At the Great Completion stage, the bones are completely solid, and the obstruction of spiritual energy transmission is almost zero. On this basis, the quality and precision of the Nascent Soul's spiritual energy can reach the deeper microstructures inside the bones.

Once the skeleton reaches its full potential, there is no longer any room for improvement in its macroscopic density.

Only the microscopic level remains to be refined.

The directionality of the crystal lattice arrangement inside the bones, the flow path of spiritual energy in the gaps between the crystal lattices, and the trace impurities remaining in the bone marrow cavity.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Body Forging Technique has already modified the bones.

The nascent soul's spiritual power is like an extremely fine comb, passing through every microscopic crack inside the bones.

Impurities are carried away by spiritual energy and expelled from the body along the meridians and blood vessels.

The crystal lattice arrangement tends to become perfectly ordered under the repeated manipulation of spiritual energy.

What's different today is that when the spiritual energy was channeled deep into the humerus of my right arm, a subtle change occurred in the flow of spiritual energy within the bone marrow cavity.

The bone marrow is no longer merely passively receiving the cleansing of spiritual energy.

Under long-term immersion in spiritual energy, a certain cell structure in the bone marrow underwent a qualitative change, and began to actively absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and transform it into a kind of essence blood containing spiritual energy characteristics.

The essence and blood seep out from the bone marrow cavity and spread throughout the body along the blood vessels.

The hardness of the skeleton increases again after the crystal lattice arrangement becomes completely ordered. This is not an increase in macroscopic density, but a change in overall properties brought about by the improvement of the microstructure.

The Mysterious Iron Body Forging Technique is now complete.

Li Yuan clenched his fist, sensing the state inside his bones.

The skeleton at the perfected stage is almost indistinguishable in appearance from that at the advanced stage. However, its internal quality is on a completely different level. The bone marrow's ability to actively produce spiritual essence blood has led to a leap in the body's passive recovery ability, while the further increase in bone hardness has raised the body's limit threshold for withstanding physical impacts.

The moment the Xuan Tie Forging Body Technique was perfected, another technique within the body triggered a chain reaction.

A technique that allows a demon to take human form.

The reversal cycle in the minor completion stage has been progressing slowly. The new stimulation of the reversal cycle by the Nascent Soul spiritual power was already apparent after the formation of the Nascent Soul, with the frequency of the dark blue scales appearing on the forearm being much higher than in the Golden Core stage.

Now, the complete mastery of the Mysterious Iron Body Forging Technique has brought about a comprehensive improvement in the quality of the physical body, further optimizing the operating environment for the Reversal Cycle.

Dark blue scales appeared on the surface of the skin on the forearm.

This time, it doesn't just flash briefly and then disappear; instead, it adheres stably to the skin's surface, and its appearance and disappearance can be actively controlled.

With a thought, Li Yuan caused the scales to disappear. With another thought, the scales reappeared.

The appearance speed was more than twice as fast as before, and the disappearance was just as crisp and clean, without any delay.

Not just the forearm.

Li Yuan attempted to extend the reverse loop to the entire right arm.

Dark blue scales spread upwards from the wrist, covering the entire outer side of the right arm. The fingernails thickened and sharpened, taking on a translucent dark blue color, their shape somewhere between human fingernails and the claws of a dragon.

The muscle density in the right arm increased significantly in the area covered by scales, and the grip strength more than doubled.

The technique of transforming a demon into human form has been mastered.

The hallmark change of the advanced stage is that the controllability of partial limb demonization reaches a practical level. It is no longer just a temporary appearance of scales, but the ability to actively choose specific areas of the body for demonization transformation.

Li Yuan expanded the demonic transformation from his right arm to both arms, and then tried to extend it to his shoulder blades and upper back.

After its arms were fully transformed into a demonic form, dark blue scales densely covered the entire skin from its fingertips to its shoulders.

The shape of the hands changed to a semi-claw shape, each finger was thicker than normal, and the scales at the joints were thicker.

Its shoulder blades and upper back are less demonized, with sparsely distributed scales, and its form is somewhere between a human and a dragon.

Half-demon form.

Li Yuan reverted to his demonic form, the scales disappeared from his body, and his physical body returned to normal.

After achieving a series of breakthroughs in the two techniques, Li Yuan turned his attention to another direction.

Dragon Clan Body Refining Techniques.

The cultivation technique that I had previously deciphered completely from the dragon patterns on the wall had already had its spiritual energy path fully laid out in my sea of ​​consciousness.

Li Yuan circulated the spiritual energy path of the Dragon Clan's Body Refining Technique.

Spiritual energy surged from the nascent soul and entered the bone marrow layer along the path required by the cultivation technique.

Unlike the Xuan Tie Forging Technique and the Lei Gang Bone Refining Technique, the spiritual power in the Dragon Clan's body-refining technique neither washes away nor penetrates, but rather integrates. After entering the bone marrow layer, the spiritual power mixes with the dragon's blood energy, forming a complex driving force that begins to transform the body's underlying structure from the deepest part of the bone marrow.

The direction of the transformation is to gradually make the physical body resemble that of a dragon.

After the first round of operation was completed, the bone marrow layer produced extremely weak feedback.

Dragon Clan Body Refining Techniques, Beginner Level.

Li Yuan opened his eyes, and the records on the system panel appeared in his mind.

[Dragon Clan Body Refining Techniques - Beginner]

With a thought, Li Yuan named it the Dragon Transformation Technique.

The text on the panel changes accordingly.

【Dragon Transformation Technique - Beginner】

Li Yuan left the secluded cultivation room and transformed into a beam of light, flying towards the sea.

The light passed through the desolate area on the western edge of Shuizhou and entered the sea area, turning southeast.

The massive fourth-order divine sense swept over, paused for a moment, and then withdrew.

A short, stout man walked out from the direction of the council hall. His dark green robe trailed on the ground.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you're on time."

Li Yuan handed over the storage bag.

"The fourth batch. Ten third-tier spiritual herbs, thirty pieces of ore, and five batches of third-tier pills."

The short, stout man paused slightly as he took the storage bag.

"Pills? We didn't have that before."

"There are plenty," Li Yuan said.

"I'd like to exchange more items with my senior."

The short, stout man narrowed his large eyes and grinned.

"Let's go inside and talk."

They took their seats in the council hall.

The short, stout man poured himself a jar of wine and took a big gulp.

"What do you want to know?"

"Yaoguang Island," Li Yuan said.

"Last time, the senior mentioned that there was a Nascent Soul Ancestor on Yaoguang Island. After the ancestor ascended to immortality, his power disintegrated and split. I would like to know more details."

The short, stout man patted his belly and thought for a while.

"At its peak, Yaoguang Island had three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in addition to its Nascent Soul Ancestor. With three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and one Nascent Soul cultivator, no force in the entire sea area dared to challenge them."

"However, the structure is loose, similar to the current Kunpeng Alliance." The short, stout man gestured with his finger.

"After the Nascent Soul Ancestor ascended to immortality, none of the three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would submit to the others."

The short, stout man shook his head.

"When the patriarch was alive, they were colleagues; after the patriarch left, they became competitors. Not long after, they split up."

One of them was the Dragon Abyss Pavilion, and the other was later called the Four Symbols Thunder Sect. It seems that the remaining Nascent Soul cultivator took the supplies and left to become a rogue cultivator.

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Four Symbols Thunder Sect.

The forces that split off from Yaoguang Island.

The skeleton in the underwater cave, the disciple token of the Four Symbols Thunder Sect, and the connection with Yaoguang Island are now linked.

"There's one more thing."

The short, stout man put down the wine jar, his tone becoming more serious.

"There's one thing that might be useful. It's said that Yaoguang Island had communication with the Upper Realm during its heyday. It wasn't a formal upward or downward passage like a spatial channel, but some kind of informational connection. I don't know the specifics of how they communicated, but Yaoguang Island was able to obtain things that the Lower Realm couldn't possibly have back then, so they must have had some channels."

They communicate with the upper realm.

The Yao Guang Secret Realm on Yao Guang Island used materials from the Upper Realm.

Li Yuan memorized all this information into his mind.

"Thank you, senior."

"Don't mention it." The short, stout man patted his bulging belly. "The pills are good. Bring more next time."

After bidding farewell to the Demon Toad Palace, the escape light did not return to Liangzhou, but instead turned towards the eastern end of the sea.

A gathering place for dragons.

The sea changed color from grayish-blue to deep black. Undercurrents were dense, and the reefs were scattered haphazardly.

The permanent entry for the Demon Tracking Mirror analyzes underwater auras. The aura of a dragon-like creature is dense and concentrated.

Li Yuan activated the Dragon Blood Tempering Technique, releasing the dragon's blood energy to his body surface before diving underwater.

Passing through the natural barrier of several layers of reefs, we entered the central area of ​​the settlement.

The deep black dragon slid down from the giant reef and stopped when it was about five zhang away.

His dark gold vertical pupils scrutinized Li Yuan.

"here we go again."

"I brought something new."

Li Yuan used his spiritual power to condense a set of information, which floated in front of him.

The structural principles of spatial positioning runes in human formations. This includes the core structure of the positioning runes, the frequency encoding method for coordinate anchoring, and the relationship between spatial positioning accuracy and the number of rune layers.

The dragon's vertical pupils swept over these contents, lingering for a long time.

"Spatial positioning," it said in a low voice.

"Your human race's positioning accuracy is higher than I thought."

"These are the last batch of symbols used to exchange for map-type dragon patterns," Li Yuan said.

The dragon remained silent for a moment.

"This is the last batch."

It turned around and gently slapped the water with its tail fin.

"Having given you these, I have handed over all the information about dragon patterns in my bloodline inheritance."

"We can add an extra copy of the advanced content for human spirit runes as compensation."

"No need." The dragon turned around, its vertical pupils revealing a calm expression.

"I'm already using the basic theory you gave me last time. I'll talk about the advanced stuff after I've digested the basics."

The last batch of dragon symbols was injected into Li Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness in the manner of the frequency of the dragon's bloodline energy.

All of them closely match the undeciphered map remnants in the dragon patterns on the wall.

Li Yuan embedded the new symbols one by one into the map sequence of dragon patterns on the wall in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The moment the last modifier was inserted, the entire map lit up completely in the mind's eye.

Location: East-southeast of the sea area.

Distance: Approximately 1,500 li.

The general direction had been determined, but the precise distance was missing. Now, with the final batch of distance symbols completed, the target location has transformed from a vague direction into a precisely pinpointed coordinate point.

Map labels and embellishments also provide information about the nature of the target.

Ruins of an ancient dragon's nest.

After exchanging information, Li Yuan emerged from the water and transformed into a streak of light, flying at full speed towards Liangzhou.

After returning to Wulin Market, Li Yuan took out the dragon-patterned jade slip that the Lu family had previously provided in his secluded cultivation room.

The deciphering of this jade slip is progressing in parallel with the dragon-patterned map on the wall, but the progress is slightly slower due to the different nature of the content.

The dragon patterns on the wall are maps, with symbols primarily indicating directions and distances. The dragon patterns in the Lu family jade slips are cultivation techniques, with symbols primarily indicating the manipulation of spiritual power and bloodline, making them much more difficult to decipher.

About 60% of it had already been deciphered.

Among the last batch of symbols obtained from the third information exchange, three annotation and modification symbols happened to be high-frequency symbols that appeared repeatedly in the Lu family jade slips. After substituting the precise meanings of these three symbols, the previously stuck sequences suddenly became clear.

The decryption progress jumped from 60% to over 80%.

The core content of the exercise began to emerge.

This is a technique that inscribes information onto the bloodline.

It is not engraved on the skin, nor on the bones, but directly recorded in the spiritual characteristics of the bloodline.

Specific information is encoded as frequency characteristics of bloodline spiritual power in the form of dragon patterns, and can be passed down from generation to generation after being embedded in the bloodline structure.

When the deciphering was more than 80% complete, the progress slowed down again. The remaining part involved the specific operational details of the technique, which required a higher level of mastery of dragon patterns to continue.

Li Yuan put the jade slip back into his personal microcosm.

The contents of the Lu family jade slip have no immediate use, but they are of great reference value for understanding the dragon pattern inheritance system and the deep structure of the dragon bloodline. The final deciphering will be completed after further advancements in dragon pattern expertise.

The secluded room fell silent.

The nascent soul's spiritual power within the body flows along the path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method, while the Dragon Breath Slow Surge Talisman continuously operates in the equipment slot, reducing spiritual power consumption by 20% throughout each cycle.