Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 641 Mission Settlement and Cultivation Technique Advancement

The stronghold, the Stone Chamber.

After cultivating all night, Li Yuan got up and walked out of the stone chamber.

Several monks were already active in the courtyard.

Most of them were disciples of the Mingyuan Sect, their dark gold sect emblems on their grey-blue robes clearly visible in the morning light. However, two cultivators with distinctly different attire sat on the stone steps on the east side of the courtyard.

A man and a woman, both at the late Golden Core stage. The man wore a dark brown short robe, had a rugged face, and weathered scars on his arms. The woman wore a light gray long dress, possessed a composed demeanor, and wore a token of unknown material at her waist.

Neither of them wore clothing or had the demeanor of cultivators from the upper realm. Their spiritual energy was slightly less pure than that of cultivators of the same level in the upper realm, but their method of operation was more rough and direct, bearing the characteristics honed through repeated combat in an environment of scarce resources.

Cultivators from the lower realms.

They came from the Tianyuan Realm.

Li Yuan walked to the stone steps, and the two looked up at him.

"Fellow Daoist, are you also here to perform passage maintenance?" the male cultivator asked first, his voice hoarse.

"It's finished," Li Yuan said.

The male cultivator raised his eyebrows.

"It only arrived yesterday, and it's already finished today?"

"The wall damage is not severe."

The male cultivator nodded and did not ask any further questions.

"We are disciples of the Mingyuan branch of the Tianyuan Realm. We used to be disciples of the Tianyuan Sect, but later the Tianyuan Sect became the Mingyuan branch."

Li Yuan nodded without asking any further questions.

After a brief exchange, Li Yuan rose to take his leave, transforming into a beam of light and departing from the stronghold, flying towards the Mingyuan Sect.

About a day later, the light descended into the Mingyuan Sect.

Mission Hall.

Li Yuan used the token to confirm the completion status of the two tasks at the registration desk.

Both contribution points were credited to the account simultaneously.

After leaving the mission hall, Li Yuan did not linger in the sect, but transformed into a beam of light and flew towards Mingyuan Immortal City.

The residence was closed at Shimen.

Sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, Li Yuan took out a glass bottle containing dragon-like demon scales from his personal miniature world.

A faint aura emanates from the scales, indicated by a green entry. This indicates that when practicing Dragon Clan techniques, blood energy activity is increased by 50%. Permanentization requirement: Temper the body with Dragon Clan techniques for ten days.

The condition for making the "Scales of Subtle Breath" entry permanent is: tempering the body with dragon techniques for ten days.

I have been continuously practicing the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique for over ten days since acquiring the scales, using dragon-based techniques to temper my body throughout.

The conditions are met.

The glass bottle vanished from the equipment inventory. A stream of green light surged into the body, spreading along the meridians towards the bone marrow.

The screen filled with images.

A cultivator sat cross-legged in a cave, his body enveloped in a faint, dark golden aura. The aura seeped from deep within his bones, spreading along the muscle lines to the surface of his skin. Rich dragon blood flowed through the cultivator's marrow, its activity extremely high, each pulse resonating with a faint dragon's roar.

The image disappeared.

The scales, imbued with subtle energy, have achieved permanent transformation.

When practicing Dragon Clan techniques, the activity of blood and qi is permanently increased by 50%.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to perceive the changes after the process became permanent.

The activity of the dragon blood energy in the bone marrow layer has been solidified at the enhanced level. When cultivating the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique later, it will no longer be necessary to equip scales to enjoy the same blood energy activity bonus.

The cultivation continues.

In the following days, Li Yuan alternated between cultivation and missions.

Go to Mingyuan Sect every day to participate in the rotation maintenance of the outer ring fourth-order array nodes.

The Mingyuan Sect's fourth-order grand formation covers the entire mountain range. The core area of ​​the formation is personally controlled by the sect's Nascent Soul elders, while the outer nodes are maintained by cultivators with expertise in formations on a rotating basis.

The duties of the shift are not complicated. They involve periodically inspecting the spiritual energy flow at the nodes, calibrating any deviations in the auxiliary circuits, and replacing any worn-out spiritual stones. Each shift lasts approximately two hours.

Contribution points are calculated daily, and although the amount is not large, it is consistently stable.

More importantly, the spiritual energy circulation logic of the fourth-order array nodes continuously enters the sea of ​​consciousness during the rotation process. The purple permanent entry of the Array Dao Heavenly Pivot passively accumulates new insights into the underlying principles of the fourth-order array with each rotation.

In his spare time, he would return to his residence in the immortal city and devote himself to cultivation.

The Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique work together in tandem.

The illusory scales of the Scaled Realm expand with each round of cultivation.

When you first start learning, the shadow only covers less than 30% of the forearm area, and the shape is sparse with limited hardness.

Several days later, the area covered by the phantom expanded to the entire forearm, and the density increased significantly.

Several days later, the illusory image spread from the forearm to the upper arm, covering more than 50% of both arms. The arrangement of the scale-like light film changed from scattered to orderly, and its hardness increased significantly compared to when it first started.

During a cultivation session one day, the illusory scales on the surface of his arms underwent a complete reorganization.

The scattered, scale-like light membranes no longer operated independently, but instead formed a coherent arrangement along the muscle texture, with the gaps between the scales filled and connected by an extremely thin membrane of spiritual energy. The entire illusory scale armor resembled a layer of dark blue armor that adhered to the skin, covering more than half of the area of ​​both arms.

Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique, mastered.

In the advanced stage, the scale armor phantom undergoes a qualitative improvement in both hardness and coverage area. The phantom is no longer just a light membrane appearing on the body surface, but a semi-solidified scale armor layer with actual defensive capabilities.

The infusion timer for the ancient dragon's remaining tooth was rapidly advanced thanks to the combined acceleration of proficiency in the Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique.

The condition for permanentization is to accumulate sixty days of infusion with dragon blood essence; the purer the bloodline, the shorter the infusion time.

After mastering the Dragon Transformation Technique, the purity of the dragon's blood energy is much higher than when one first learns it. After mastering the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique, the illusory scales on the body surface also continuously release trace amounts of dragon blood energy, which feeds back into the bone marrow layer, forming a positive cycle.

With the dual acceleration, the actual infusion time was significantly reduced, totaling approximately twenty-two days.

Far below the standard sixty days.

During a break from training one day, the ancient dragon's tooth in my equipment inventory reacted.

The injection conditions are met.

The ancient dragon's tooth disappeared from the equipment inventory. A stream of green light surged into the body, spreading throughout the body along the meridians.

The screen filled with images.

An ancient dragon hovered in the void.

The dragon's size was immeasurable, its entire body covered in dark blue scales, beneath which flowed dark golden blood energy. The concentration of blood energy was extremely high, continuously released outwards through each of the dragon's teeth, forming a visible dark golden aura around the dragon.

The image remained for a few breaths before disappearing.

The ancient dragon's tooth has been permanently preserved.

Li Yuan attempted to use the Dragon Transformation Technique to draw a wisp of dragon blood energy from his bone marrow to the surface of his body. The moment the blood energy left his body, the spiritual energy within his dwelling exhibited a faint but perceptible repulsive reaction, as if an invisible pressure was spreading outwards.

This oppressive aura has almost no effect on cultivators of the same level, but it has a very significant deterrent effect on low-level demonic beasts.

Li Yuan withdrew his blood energy and continued his cultivation.

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 surges into the body.

The residence returned to quiet.