Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 638 Mingyuan Immortal City

Mingyuan Immortal City.

Li Yuan stayed in the Immortal City for several days, and his understanding of the city gradually became clearer.

The Immortal City was larger than I had initially imagined. In addition to the main street, there were more than ten side streets, each with its own focus. Spiritual materials, mining tools, cultivation techniques, and talismans each formed a separate area, all laid out in an orderly manner.

But Li Yuan noticed something.

Very few cultivators wore the Mingyuan Sect's standard gray-blue robes.

The cultivators coming and going on the main street wore various attire, mostly dressed as independent cultivators, with a few mixed in with those wearing insignia from other sects. Occasionally, one or two disciples of the Mingyuan Sect could be seen emerging from the depths of a side street, but this was not frequent.

More importantly, there are no managers or stewards from the Mingyuan Sect within the Immortal City.

The market was managed by a group of unidentified cultivators who wore uniform gray-white short robes with an embroidered symbol on their chests that Li Yuan did not recognize. It was neither the dark gold emblem of the Mingyuan Sect nor the symbol of any other sect.

At the same time, Mingyuan Immortal City does not receive any contributions.

Mingyuan Immortal City does not belong to Mingyuan Sect.

Or rather, it was not entirely under the jurisdiction of the Mingyuan Sect.

Li Yuan put away the token without asking any further questions.

Shortly after returning to his residence, the token sent a message.

Song He.

The message was short and the tone was very businesslike.

Li Yuan stayed in the Upper Realm for approximately three to four months.

After three or four months, they will be able to return to the lower realm.

During this period, you can complete contribution tasks and accumulate a certain number of contribution points. You can consume contribution points to extend the time you stay in the upper realm.

After receiving the message, Li Yuan put away the token, transformed into a beam of light, left his residence, and headed towards the cultivation area deep within the Immortal City.

The martial arts shops are concentrated on a side street in the northwest corner of the Immortal City. Although there are not many shops, their specifications are significantly higher than those in other areas.

Li Yuan walked into one of the shops.

Inside the shop, the jade slips containing cultivation techniques are displayed one by one, separated by a transparent spiritual energy shield. Each jade slip is accompanied by a brief description and a price tag.

Li Yuan strolled slowly along the shelves, browsing the shelves.

The third-tier cultivation techniques make up the majority of the collection, with a complete range of categories. Although the prices are several times higher than in the lower realm, the supply is plentiful.

The number of fourth-tier techniques is much smaller, and they are concentrated in a separate display case at the very innermost part of the shelf.

Seven jade slips were displayed in the showcase.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered on one of them.

Condensing Yuan Qi and Transforming into Nascent Soul Technique. Fourth-Order Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique, Complete Version.

The price tag caught Li Yuan's eye. Three hundred and sixty high-grade spirit stones.

Li Yuan recalled the contribution price of the same grade of cultivation technique at the Mingyuan Sect's contribution exchange point and calculated it.

If exchanged using contribution points, a fourth-tier cultivation technique of the same grade would require approximately 12,000 contribution points. In the Mingyuan Sect's spirit stone conversion system, these contribution points are roughly equivalent to 120 high-grade spirit stones.

Exchanging spirit stones is not cost-effective.

Li Yuan glanced at the prices of the other fourth-tier cultivation techniques in the display case; the situation was similar.

Having learned everything, he turned and left the martial arts shop.

Continue strolling around the immortal city.

In front of a magic shop, fluctuations were detected again within a three-foot perception range.

Li Yuan went inside.

The shop mainly sells magic jade slips, and also deals in a small number of spiritual artifacts.

The fluctuation originated from a jade slip in the corner of the shelf.

The jade slip is made of third-tier spirit jade, and its surface is engraved with extremely fine thunder patterns.

Green grade.

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

Third-tier lightning-based attack spell. Lightning Cleave Technique. Its core mechanism is to condense lightning-attribute spiritual energy into a high-density lightning ball and then detonate it in a directed manner. When detonated, the lightning force seeps into the target's weak points in spiritual energy, causing damage from the inside.

The spell's design focuses on precision strikes, unlike the Golden Blade spell's penetrating trajectory, it leans more towards area-wide implosion damage.

"What's the price of this jade slip?"

"Thunder Cleave Technique, a third-tier thunder-type spell, costs 180 mid-grade spirit stones."

Spirit Stone Payment.

Touch the surface of the jade slip with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Thunder Cleave Technique (Spell Jade Slip)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Lightning Rift Precision (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the accuracy of lightning-based attack spells by 30%; increases the burst damage of lightning-attribute spiritual power by 20%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: This spell must be mastered to a minor level]

Accuracy is increased by 30%, and burst damage is increased by 20%. Both effects directly boost the overall damage output of lightning-based attack spells.

The condition for permanent attainment is reaching a minor level of mastery in spell cultivation. After entering the basics, one needs to go through two stages: proficiency and mastery, before reaching minor mastery. This process takes a considerable amount of time, but it is aided by the practice of all spells and multiple buffs.

He used the jade slip to enter his personal mini-world and continued to stroll around the market.

After walking most of the main street, Li Yuan discovered another feature.

There are no designated areas for independent cultivators to set up stalls within the Immortal City.

In the lower realm, markets usually designate an area on the periphery for independent cultivators to freely set up stalls and trade, where scattered supplies such as spiritual herbs, ores, low-level magic tools, and pills circulate.

There is no such area in Mingyuan Immortal City.

All transactions take place in proper shops; there are no roadside stalls or temporary stands, and even the open spaces in the corners of the market are kept clean and tidy.

I don't know if it's a rule of the Immortal City or a custom of the Upper Realm.

Li Yuan stood on a high platform on the main street, overlooking the entire Immortal City.

As far as the eye could see, the cultivators coming and going were mostly at the Golden Core stage, with quite a few at the Foundation Establishment stage as well.

Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In the lower realm, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators far exceeds that of Golden Core cultivators, but the limitations of cultivation conditions prevent most Foundation Establishment cultivators from breaking through to the next level in their lifetime.

The upper boundary is different.

The concentration of spiritual energy there is more than ten times that of the lower realms. At this concentration, even cultivators of mediocre talent can achieve Foundation Establishment with almost no barrier to entry, as long as they persist in their cultivation. Even the shop assistants selling sundries on the street exhibit spiritual energy fluctuations resembling those of the late Qi Refining stage.

Li Yuan scanned the market and stopped in front of a notice wall at the end of the main street.

Dozens of different messages were posted on the notice board. One of them stood out, surrounded by a gold border protected by a spiritual seal.

Mingyuan Immortal City Auction.

It will be held three months later.

Li Yuan glanced at the contents of the notice.

The auction items mainly consist of fourth-tier spiritual materials, fourth-tier cultivation techniques, rare ores, and special magical artifacts. Starting bids are all in high-grade spirit stones, with the lowest starting bid being fifty high-grade spirit stones.

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze.

My current spirit stone reserves are barely enough to cover even the minimum starting bid, but the auction itself is a good opportunity to learn about top-tier resources from the upper realm.

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze and returned to his residence.

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

The spiritual energy from the upper realm surged into his body, and the nascent soul's spiritual power circulated rapidly under the superposition of multiple enhancements.

The next day.

Li Yuan left his residence and headed to Lingcai Street on the east side of the Immortal City.

Lingcai Street is the most densely populated area of ​​shops in the Immortal City. It stretches for about 300 feet from one end to the other. The shops on both sides are packed tightly together. Each shop has a small storefront, but the shelves are extremely long and contain a wide variety of goods.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the street, passively scanning the items in the shops on both sides within his three-foot perception range.

Most items do not have any attribute fluctuations. The quality of materials from the upper realm is generally higher than that from the lower realm, but higher quality does not necessarily mean that attributes will be triggered.

The first shop selling medicinal pills and auxiliary materials.

Li Yuan went inside and found the self-labeled item on the shelf.

Third-grade superior-level lightning-type auxiliary medicine. Two ingredients: Lightning Vein Ganoderma and Purple Lightning Pollen. The former is used to stabilize the medicinal properties of lightning-type pills, while the latter is used to enhance the refinement of lightning-attribute spiritual power.

Both of these auxiliary ingredients are commonly used materials for Thunderous Marrow Cleansing Pills and Thunder-type auxiliary pills. They are rarely seen in the lower realm, but are readily available in spiritual material shops in the upper realm.

The price isn't cheap, but it's within my budget.

Pay with spirit stones and receive the auxiliary medicine.

The second shop specializes in spiritual materials related to spatial manipulation.

The shop wasn't large, and the shelves had few items, but each one was of high quality. Spatial attribute spiritual materials were scarce everywhere, and the Upper Realm was no exception.

Li Yuan found the spatial attribute spirit sand on the shelf.

The fine, grayish-silver sand was contained in a small, spiritually sealed bag, each grain of sand shimmering with a faint, eerie blue light. This spatial-attribute spiritual sand was used as a filling material when setting up spatial arrays, and could also be used as an auxiliary medium when crafting spatial magical artifacts.

They are almost impossible to buy in the Nether.

Pay with spirit stones, and you'll receive spirit sand.

The third shop.

Li Yuan's gaze swept across several rows of shelves and stopped on a small bottle in the corner.

The label reads: Dragon Demon Scale, Tier 3.

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

Green grade.

Li Yuan walked to the shelf.

"What's the price of this bottle?"

The shopkeeper was a female cultivator in the late stage of the Golden Core realm. She had a youthful appearance, looking to be around twenty years old, but her actual age couldn't possibly be that young.

"Ninety mid-grade spirit stones."

"I'll take it."

After paying with spirit stones, Li Yuan took the glass bottle.

The entire panel pops out the moment a finger touches the bottle.

[Equipable item detected: Dragon Demon Scale]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Subtle Scales (Green)]

[Effect: Increases blood energy activity by 50% when practicing Dragon Clan techniques]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Temper the body with Dragon Clan techniques for ten days]

When practicing dragon-related techniques, blood energy activity increases by 50%. In the dual-track cultivation of the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique, blood energy activity directly impacts cultivation efficiency.

The condition for permanent enhancement is to temper the body using dragon-based techniques for ten days. The condition is not stringent.

After leaving Lingcai Street, Li Yuan turned towards the Mining Equipment Market on the west side of the Immortal City.

The Mining Market is smaller than the Spirit Materials Street, with shops mainly selling ores and low-level spirit artifacts. The variety of ores on the shelves is much richer than in the Lower Realm, and many of them are varieties that Li Yuan has never seen before.

Walking slowly along the main road of the mining equipment market, the three-foot perception range continues to operate.

As he walked to the middle of the passage, Li Yuan detected a fluctuation in the shop on the left side within his perception range.

After Li Yuan went inside, he discovered that the fluctuation was coming from a piece of ore on the innermost side of the second row of shelves.

A palm-sized, grayish-white crystalline substance. The crystalline substance is dense and heavy, and its weight far exceeds that of an ordinary spirit stone of the same volume.

The label reads: Chengmai Sand Crystal, Tier 3, Medium Grade, produced from the northern vein of the Mingyuan Domain.

Blue grade.

"What's the price of this piece of Chengmai sand crystal?"

The shopkeeper raised his eyelids slightly.

"Chengmai Sand Crystal, 240 medium-grade spirit stones."

"I'll take it."

Touch the surface of the crystals with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Chengmai Sand Crystal]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Chengmai Wenying (Blue)]

[Effect: Reduces spiritual energy consumption by 20%; the less spiritual energy you have, the faster your spiritual energy recovery speed.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Cultivation level reaches the mid-Nascent Soul stage]

The income from the sand crystals carried by the vessel is a small world at your fingertips.

The shopping spree at the market is over.

A blue-labeled vein-carrying sand crystal, a green-labeled lightning-elemental spell jade slip. Adding the dragon scales from Spirit Material Street, today's harvest is quite good.

Li Yuan returned to his residence.

Continue your practice.

The nascent soul's spiritual power flows along the path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method, and abundant spiritual energy from the upper realm continuously pours into the body.

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