Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 636 First Entry into the Upper Realm

Inner sect of Tianyue Sect.

A deacon from the Tianyue Sect handed a storage bag to Li Yuan.

"Inside are standard protective supplies for traversing the space passage. One pill and two protective talismans. Take the pill before entering the passage, and attach the talismans to your chest and back."

The deacon spoke in a businesslike tone, saying the same thing to every monk about to pass through the passage.

The pill in the storage bag was a single Void Meridian Opening Pill, of medium quality. The protective talismans were two Channel Protection Talismans, of high quality.

They were all made by myself.

Li Yuan opened his storage bag, took out the pill, and raised his hand as if to put it in his mouth.

The pill was enveloped by spiritual energy, entered the stomach pouch, and was stored in the personal miniature world.

Two protective amulets are affixed to the chest and back. It doesn't matter if you don't affix them, but there's no need to make them stand out in the details.

Besides Li Yuan, there were also seven rogue cultivators at the Golden Core stage at the starting point.

Four men and three women, their cultivation levels ranging from the early to late Golden Core stages, each with a different expression. Some were nervously checking the placement of the talismans, some were closing their eyes to regulate their breathing and calm their minds, and others were looking around at their surroundings.

Most of them were independent cultivators, but there were also two cultivators from established factions.

Zhou Heng walked from the direction of the passage, followed by a Nascent Soul cultivator whom Li Yuan had never seen before.

"Everyone's here." Zhou Heng glanced at everyone.

"Do not cast any spells inside the passage. Stay close to the guide and do not deviate from the central axis of the passage. There may be spatial fluctuations along the way, but do not panic. Pills and talismans are sufficient to cope."

After saying that, Zhou Heng nodded to Li Yuan without saying anything more.

The Nascent Soul cultivator then guided the eight people into the spatial passage.

The eerie blue light engulfed everyone.

The scene inside the passage was consistent with what was observed during previous maintenance. The walls of the space extended on both sides, and the microstructures on the surface vibrated at an extremely high frequency, with a deep blue spiritual energy flowing continuously on the walls.

The spatial pressure was squeezing in from all directions.

The bodies of the seven Golden Core cultivators simultaneously glowed with protective light. The spatial stabilization layer of the passage protection talisman formed a thin film on the cultivators' bodies, and the temporary spatial spiritual veins formed by the Void Meridian Opening Pill within their bodies began to actively absorb and buffer the spatial pressure, dispersing the concentrated impact into a uniform, low-intensity compression.

Even so, the expressions of the Golden Core cultivators were still not good. The buffering capacity of the temporary spatial veins was limited, and the spatial pressure within the passage was an enormous burden on the physical bodies and meridians of the Golden Core cultivators.

Li Yuan walked in the middle of the group, his expression calm.

The red indicator at the core of the collapsing miniature world was passively activated. Spatial damage was completely ineffective against it. The spatial pressure within the passage was like a gentle breeze, requiring no spiritual energy protection whatsoever.

Several hours later, a bright light curtain appeared at the end of the passage.

Passing through the light curtain.

The field of vision suddenly opened up.

The upper realm.

The first feeling I got was spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy, so dense it was almost condensed, surged in from all directions, its density more than ten times that of the lower realm. With each breath, a large amount of spiritual energy flooded into the body, and the spiritual power in the meridians spontaneously accelerated its flow under the influence of this energy.

A reaction occurred within the portable miniature world.

Boundary flow bearing stone.

Permanentization condition: Complete transmission of a long-distance spatial channel.

The spatial transmission from the lower boundary to the upper boundary has just been completed.

The pressure stone dissipated within the personal miniature world. A stream of blue light penetrated the walls of the miniature world and surged into the body, spreading along the meridians and simultaneously with the nascent soul.

The screen filled with images.

It's not a cultivator, but a spirit stone enduring spatial pressure.

The image disappeared.

The boundary flow is under pressure, and permanent completion is achieved.

Permanently reduces spatial damage taken by 30%. Permanently increases the power of spatial spells by 50%.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and sensed the changes after the permanence. The spiritual power output of spatial spells would automatically be amplified by a layer of spatial attributes when casting, increasing the power by 50%. This effect, combined with the previous multiple spatial attributes, further enhanced the overall strength of spatial spells.

The location of the lower bound space coordinates becomes extremely vague, but it can still indicate the direction.

The surrounding environment gradually became clear.

The exit of the passage is located halfway up a mountain peak, beyond which lies a wide stone platform. The platform has railings and steps along its edge, leading down to a broad stone path.

More than ten cultivators stood on the stone platform.

Most of them were Golden Core cultivators, with a few Nascent Soul cultivators as well. They were all dressed in uniform gray-blue robes, with a dark gold sect emblem embroidered on the hem.

Mingyuan Sect.

Several divine senses swept over.

The Golden Core cultivator's divine sense only swept over the group briefly before withdrawing, while the Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense lingered a little longer. The focus of the investigation was on the group's physical condition and spiritual energy fluctuations, to confirm whether anyone had been injured during the teleportation process.

Li Yuan suppressed his spiritual energy fluctuations to the level of the Golden Core stage. The hidden incantations within his Nascent Soul further concealed the fluctuations of his Nascent Soul, so that, without actively revealing it, outsiders could only perceive the characteristics of Golden Core stage spiritual energy when probing with their divine sense.

When his divine sense swept over, it did not linger on Li Yuan.

A Mingyuan Sect disciple in the late Golden Core stage stepped forward to check the number of people.

"All eight have arrived."

He glanced at the group, his gaze quickly sweeping over each person.

"Come with me, let's go arrange accommodations first."

The group descended along the stone path.

On both sides of the stone path stood the buildings of the Mingyuan Sect. Compared to the Tianyue Sect, the Mingyuan Sect was more than ten times larger. The buildings were built against the mountain, extending layer upon layer towards the summit, with the density of spiritual energy increasing from the foot of the mountain to the top.

The accommodations were arranged in a cave dwelling area on the lower part of the mountainside. Each person had an independent cave dwelling, about five zhang square, containing a stone platform, a stone bed, and a small spirit-gathering array. The spirit-gathering array was not of high grade, but due to the concentration of spiritual energy in the upper realm, even the most basic spirit-gathering array could create a cultivation environment far superior to that in the lower realm.

Li Yuan entered the cave assigned to him, and the stone door closed.

He sat cross-legged on the stone platform and began practicing the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

The nascent soul's spiritual power circulated within the body along the path of the fourth-tier cultivation technique.

The spiritual energy from the upper realm poured into the cave's spirit-gathering array, flowing into the body's meridians. The concentration and purity of the spiritual energy far exceeded that of the lower realm, and each wisp of spiritual energy entering the meridians could be directly absorbed and transformed by the nascent soul with almost no additional purification steps.

Multiple term gains are simultaneously superimposed in the upper bound environment.

His cultivation speed experienced a leap forward.

The quality of the nascent soul's spiritual power increased at a visible rate under the repeated tempering through high-speed cycles. The halo on the surface of the dark golden nascent soul continued to strengthen during the cultivation process, and the degree of condensation of spiritual power became higher with each iteration.

The cultivation lasted for several days.

One morning, a commotion arose outside the cave.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and used his divine sense to probe outside the cave.

On the passageway in the cave dwelling area, a disciple of the Mingyuan Sect was issuing notices room by room.

Seven rogue cultivators at the Golden Core stage emerged from their respective caves one after another, but none of them came to inform them.

Li Yuan ignored him and continued his cultivation.

Half a day later, the seven Golden Core cultivators returned, some of them looking indignant.

Li Yuan learned from them that the seven people were taken to a spacious hall halfway up the mountain.

Waiting in the hall were not only cultivators from the Mingyuan Sect. There also seemed to be several Nascent Soul cultivators from other sects, dressed in different clothes and exuding different auras.

The seven Golden Core cultivators were led to the center of the hall one by one to be scanned by the divine senses of the outer sect Nascent Soul cultivators.

The focus of the scan was the physical condition of the Golden Core cultivator. This included the degree of damage to the meridians, the disorder of spiritual energy, the residual state of the temporary spatial spiritual meridians opened up by the Empty Meridian Opening Pill, and the impact of the pill's side effects on the quality of the meridians.

These Nascent Soul cultivators from other sects whispered among themselves as they scanned the area, occasionally recording data on the jade slips.

After listening to the story, Li Yuan came to a conclusion.

The true purpose of bringing this group of Golden Core cultivators up from the lower realm was not merely to carry out a mission. They were, in fact, part of an experiment.

The Mingyuan Sect is verifying the actual effects of the Kongmai Tongyuan Pill and the Tongdao Protective Talisman in interdimensional teleportation. The pills' protective abilities...

The severity of side effects, the buffering efficiency of the talisman, and the recovery status of the Golden Core cultivator's body after teleportation are all data that need to be collected.

Once the verification is successful, Mingyuan Sect can prove to other sects in the upper realm that cultivators in the lower realm can safely travel between the upper and lower realms using elixirs and talismans.

Li Yuan himself was not called in for examination.

His status as a retainer of the Tianyue Sect, along with his role in maintaining the array and spatial passage, distinguished him from ordinary Golden Core cultivators in the lower realms. The extra gift of the Void Spirit Liquid wasn't merely a gesture of goodwill; it was a means to enhance the security of teleportation. The Mingyuan Sect wouldn't allow even a single member of their own to encounter problems during teleportation.

Li Yuan withdrew his divine sense and continued his cultivation.

The Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique operate in tandem during breaks in cultivation, with the dragon's blood and energy circulating repeatedly between the bone marrow layer and the body surface.

The infusion of the ancient dragon's tooth is progressing steadily.

Several days later, one evening, a light knocking sound came from the stone gate of the cave.

Li Yuan got up and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was a Mingyuan Sect disciple in the late Golden Core stage. He had an unfamiliar face and looked to be about thirty years old. His sect insignia on his gray-blue robe had an extra gold border compared to that of ordinary disciples.

According to the intelligence gathered these past few days, this is an inner disciple of the Mingyuan Sect.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I apologize for disturbing you."

The other party bowed with their hands clasped in greeting and spoke politely.

"My name is Song He, an inner disciple of the Mingyuan Sect. The elders arranged for me to come here to learn about the situation in the lower realms. Would it be convenient for you, friend?"

"Please come in."

Song He entered the cave and sat down on the stone chair.

"I mainly want to know about the current situation of Tianyue Sect," Song He said.

"Why ask these questions?"

"The elder means that since the passage between the upper and lower realms is to be maintained for a long time, the Mingyuan Sect needs to have a continuous understanding of the power structure in the lower realm. It just so happens that I am also interested in going down there."

Song He's attitude was very frank; he didn't hide anything.

Li Yuan thought for a moment; this information wasn't confidential. He could naturally return it.

"The Tianyue Sect occupies three continents and is now expanding rapidly. The Tianyue Sect is constantly establishing strongholds in surrounding states such as Jingzhou. Jingzhou is the most affected, and the three major Golden Core sects have also had people placed by the Tianyue Sect."

Song He listened and took notes on the jade slip.

"What about the surrounding forces? Have any new Nascent Soul cultivators appeared?"

"The Yuanyang Sect has a Nascent Soul cultivator," Li Yuan said.

"Apart from that, no new Nascent Soul cultivators have appeared. The Kunpeng Alliance in the sea has a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, but he rarely interferes in land affairs."

Song He nodded, finished recording, and put away the jade slip.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li. Please let me know if there are any changes later."

"Can."

Song He got up to take his leave and left the cave.

The stone gate was closed.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged back on the stone platform and continued to practice the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

The abundant spiritual energy from the upper realm continued to flow into his body, and the quality and total amount of his nascent soul spiritual power steadily increased under the superposition of multiple benefits.

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