Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 629 Undersea Stronghold

deep sea.

About three hundred feet below the sea surface, the light transformed into a dark streak as it traveled through the water.

The location of the sea stronghold marked by the Four Symbols Thunder Sect token points to a submarine ridge area in the southeast. On the animal skin map provided by the Demon Toad Palace Master, this area is marked with dense undercurrents and several areas where demonic beasts are active.

Li Yuan simultaneously scanned the environment ahead using his passive spatial perception from the Void Realm Profound and his underground structural exploration from the Earth Vein Spirit Pivot, avoiding the center of the undercurrents and the gathering points of demonic beasts, and advancing along a safe path.

About half a day later, the outline of the underwater ridge appeared within the range of perception.

The direction of the ridge perfectly matches the orientation marked on the token.

Li Yuan advanced deeper along the ridge and found the target below a cliff at the end of the ridge.

A group of underwater structures is half-buried in the sand and rocks at the bottom of a cliff.

It was much larger than the underground stronghold in Baihe Prefecture. There were at least seven or eight stone chambers connected by corridors and passageways, and the overall layout was fan-shaped, with the largest main hall in the center.

There are no restrictions around the building complex.

The entrance to the Baihezhou stronghold was still protected by a damaged spatial lightning barrier; there wasn't even a trace of it left.

The reason is obvious. The erosion of spiritual energy structures by seawater is far more severe than natural weathering on land. Hundreds of years of seawater immersion are enough to completely dismantle most spiritual energy restrictions.

Li Yuan entered from the side entrance of the building complex.

Search room by room.

The first stone chamber was empty. There were traces of rust on the stone platform from metal utensils, the utensils themselves having completely decayed.

The second and third rooms were also completely empty. All the items in the storage compartments had been completely destroyed by the seawater, leaving hardly any residue.

In the corner of the fourth stone chamber, there was a pile of broken jade slip fragments. When divine sense probed into them, only fragmented text could be read, and the complete information could not be pieced together.

The outer stone chambers of the complex were almost completely cleared out.

Li Yuan walked through the corridor and entered the central main hall.

The main hall is about twenty zhang square, and the density of the lightning patterns on the dome stone walls is far greater than that of the outer stone chambers. In the center of the dome is an embedded spirit stone array eye. The spirit stone has long been broken, but the remaining structure of the array indicates that a large spirit gathering array once covered the entire building complex.

In the center of the main hall's floor is a sunken square recess, at the bottom of which is embedded a thin membrane of spiritual energy sealed using a special technique. The membrane is made of a material resistant to seawater erosion, and although there are minor signs of aging on its surface, the overall structure remains intact.

This thin film protects the items in the groove.

Li Yuan used micro-control magic to peel off the film.

At the bottom of the groove were three jade slips and a pill formula containing spiritual materials.

The jade slip is in much better condition than the fragments in the outer stone chamber.

Within a three-foot perception range, the words rippled.

He probed into each one with his divine sense.

The first jade slip. Thunder Tempering Technique. A complete third-tier thunder-based cultivation method. The design of the spiritual energy path focuses on the condensation and explosion of thunder-attribute spiritual energy. Unlike the body-refining route of the Thunderous Bone Refining Technique, this technique leans towards strengthening the level of spiritual energy circulation.

The second jade slip contained the internal formation diagrams of the Four Symbols Thunder Sect, which recorded a third-tier defensive formation centered on thunder-attribute spiritual power.

The third jade slip contains fragmented records of the Four Symbols Thunder Sect's history, mainly focusing on events from the sect's later period.

Once unfolded, the pill formula revealed a complete recipe for a third-tier, high-grade lightning-type auxiliary pill. Unlike the Thunderous Marrow Cleansing Pill, this pill formula focused on refining spiritual energy rather than body tempering.

Li Yuan stored the pill formula, the jade slip of the clan history, and the array diagrams into his personal microcosm.

Attention turned to the first jade slip.

Thunderous Tempering Technique.

Touch the surface of the jade slip with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Thunderous Tempering Technique]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Thunderous Body Penetration (Green)]

[Effect: Permanently increases the refinement of lightning-attribute spiritual power by 30%; greatly accelerates the spiritual power response speed when casting lightning-based spells]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Master two different lightning-attribute techniques or spells]

Two different lightning-attribute techniques or spells.

Li Yuan first immersed his consciousness into the Thunder Tempering Yuan Technique.

The analytical speed of Wanfa Xizhen was operating at full speed, and the path of lightning-attribute spiritual power in the technique rapidly unfolded in his sea of ​​consciousness. Unlike the Thunderous Bone Refining Technique, which focuses on bone tempering, the path of the Thunderous Essence Tempering Technique is concentrated between the meridians and the nascent soul, with the core being to improve the condensation and explosive response of lightning-attribute spiritual power.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the first round of spiritual energy pathways was fully operational.

Thunderous Tempering Technique, Beginner Level.

At this point, he had mastered both the Thunderous Bone Refining Technique and the Thunderous Essence Tempering Technique, two thunder-attribute cultivation methods.

The conditions are met.

The jade slip vanished in his palm. A stream of green light surged into his body, spreading along his meridians and nascent soul.

The screen filled with images.

Lightning-attribute spiritual energy intertwines and circulates within a cultivator's bones and meridians. The transmission of spiritual energy no longer requires active guidance, but flows spontaneously along the naturally formed pathways within the bones and meridians.

A wealth of experience with lightning-based martial arts techniques flooded into his mind.

The image disappeared.

[Lei Yuan Guan Ti] Permanentization Completed.

The refinement of lightning-attribute spiritual power is permanently increased by 30%. The spiritual power response speed is greatly accelerated when casting lightning-based spells.

The complete knowledge of the Thunder Tempering Technique is preserved in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and sensed the changes after the process became permanent. The quality of the lightning-attribute spiritual power within his body had perceptibly improved, with the density and purity of the spiritual power being significantly higher than before.

The exploration of the ruins has been completed.

Li Yuan left the underwater complex, ascended from the seabed to the middle waters, and retrieved the coordinates of the dragon-patterned map on the wall of his sea of ​​consciousness.

The sea area is located approximately 1,500 li to the southeast.

The current location is still about 1,200 miles away from the target.

The beam of light turned southeast and sped through the sea.

The deep-sea environment becomes increasingly complex with increasing distance. The pressure of the seawater continues to rise, the density and intensity of the undercurrents increase, and underwater visibility drops to extremely low levels.

During his journey, Li Yuan probed his consciousness into his personal miniature world.

Inside the small realm, two small spiritual veins are embedded in the blank space between the spiritual fields and the water area, with threads of spiritual energy slowly seeping out from them. The spiritual veins are operating stably, and although the output of spiritual energy is weak, it is continuous.

Li Yuan Circulates the Spiritual Formula for Nourishing the Meridians.

A strand of spiritual energy of a specific frequency was separated from the nascent soul, penetrated the small boundary wall, and poured into the first spiritual vein.

Spiritual energy flows along the natural pathways within the spiritual veins, guiding the spiritual energy circulation within the veins to accelerate.

This is the basic operation of the Spirit Vein Nurturing Technique. Through the continuous infusion of external spiritual energy, the spiritual energy circulation inside the spiritual vein is stimulated to gradually accelerate. After accelerating to a certain extent, the internal structure of the spiritual vein will spontaneously evolve, and its grade will be improved accordingly.

The process was extremely slow. After the first infusion, the circulation speed of spiritual energy within the spiritual vein increased only slightly.

However, the doubled analysis speed of the Wanfa Xizhen method is equally effective for beginners in spellcasting. With the aid of the analysis speed, the frequency and angle of spiritual energy infusion quickly find the optimal solution.

The Essential Techniques for Nourishing the Meridians: An Introduction

The spiritual herbs in the spiritual field area are growing better than before, nourished by the spiritual energy seeping from the spiritual veins. The spiritual plants in the water also benefit, with several new bead-like fruits forming on the algae of the Emerald Pearl Algae.

Li Yuan withdrew his attention from Xiao Jie and continued on his way.

After flying for about an hour, the Earth Vein Spirit Pivot detected the existence of two miniature spiritual veins in the deep sea.

The spiritual vein was extremely small, less than ten feet long, and its grade was even lower than the small spiritual veins exchanged by the Loose Cultivator Alliance. However, it had the advantage of being a naturally formed wild spiritual vein, and the purity of its spiritual energy was higher than that of artificially cultivated ones.

Li Yuan dived into the sea and carefully extracted two miniature spiritual veins from the rock strata using micro-control spiritual techniques, placing them into his personal miniature world.

Two new spiritual veins were placed next to the first and second spiritual veins, and were simultaneously infused with the Spiritual Vein Nourishing Technique.

The total number of spiritual veins in my portable world has increased to four. Two are small spiritual veins obtained through exchange, and two are miniature spiritual veins collected in the wild.

Continue on your way.

When they were about 300 miles from their target, the aura of monsters in the water ahead suddenly became stronger.

The permanent entry for the Demon Tracker identifies underwater scents.

Two third-tier demonic beasts.

One was a deep-sea lizard, a mid-grade third-tier creature, about four zhang long, covered in grayish-green scales, with thick limbs and a flat, paddle-like tail. The other was an armored shark ray, a low-grade third-tier creature, larger in size but slightly weaker.

The two demonic beasts seemed to be vying for control of an underwater mineral vein, and their spiritual energy fluctuations were intense.

Li Yuan did not take a detour.

A Nascent Soul cultivator has an overwhelming advantage over third-tier demonic beasts.

Without slowing down, the beam of light cut directly between the two demonic beasts.

The Armored Shark Ray was the first to sense Li Yuan's presence. Its massive body suddenly turned around, a fierce glint flashing in its gray-white vertical pupils, and it opened its huge mouth full of sharp teeth as it charged toward Li Yuan.

Li Yuan raised his hand.

A spatial rift shot out from the fingertip, silently slicing across the neck of the armored shark ray.

After the crack disappeared, the shark-ray's body continued to surge forward for another two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) before breaking off from its neck, its massive head separating from its torso and sinking into the seabed.

Upon seeing this, the deep-sea lizard immediately turned and fled.

Forbidden spatial techniques.

The spatial structure within a three-zhang radius around the dragon lizard instantly froze. The dragon lizard's body was frozen in place, and the struggles of its limbs and tail were completely suppressed by the spatial freezing effect.

Li Yuan stepped forward and unleashed a golden blade technique that pierced through the lizard's head.

Both third-tier demonic beasts were killed within a few breaths.

Li Yuan extracted the inner cores from the two demonic beasts.

The inner core of the Ironclad Shark Ray is grayish-white, of average quality, and has no fluctuation in its description.

The inner core of the deep-sea lizard is grayish-green and of good quality.

Within a three-foot perception range, the words rippled.

Green grade.

Touch the surface of the inner core with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Deep Sea Lizard Inner Core (Tier 3)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Dragon Lizard Essence (Green)]

[Effect: Increases spiritual energy circulation efficiency by 20% during underwater combat; greatly enhances the body's tolerance to high-pressure environments]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Defeat three Tier 2 monsters in a deep-sea environment]

Inner alchemy income is carried with you to your personal miniature world.

The corpses of the two demonic beasts contained some usable materials. The scales and bones of the jiaolizard contained trace amounts of residual spatial spiritual energy, and the fin bones of the ironclad shark ray were extremely hard, making them suitable as auxiliary materials for weapon forging.

All income is available in your personal mini-world.

The beam of light continued to advance in a direction slightly east-southeast.

The Dragon Transformation Technique continued to operate during the journey. The residual dragon aura in the depths of the sea was much stronger than in the near sea, and the activity of the dragon's blood energy continued to rise, with the feedback from the bone marrow layer to the dragon's spiritual energy path becoming stronger with each passing moment.

We are getting closer and closer to becoming proficient.