Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 645 Tianyuan Procurement

The Mingyuan Sect descended to the mortal realm and established a branch, residing in a cave.

The next morning, the branch steward delivered a storage bag.

"These are supplies that the branch sect needs to send back to the upper realm. Fellow Daoist, please take them with you on your return journey."

The storage bag contained a batch of spiritual materials unique to the Tianyuan Realm. It mainly consisted of low- to mid-grade spiritual herbs and ores, along with a small amount of third-grade spiritual materials and several auxiliary ingredients for pills unique to the Tianyuan Realm.

Li Yuan took the storage bag and checked the list to make sure it was correct.

"Fellow Daoist, your rest period in the Tianyuan Realm will be approximately three to five days, during which you are free to move around as you please," the steward added.

After the steward took his leave, Li Yuan stored the return supplies in his personal miniature world and transformed into a beam of light to leave the branch sect.

The terrain of Tianyuan Continent is extremely vast when viewed from high above.

A single, intact continent is surrounded by oceans. At its center lies the mountain range where the branch sect is located, radiating outwards in plains, hills, and rivers. The concentration of spiritual energy decreases from the center of the continent towards the edges, but even in the peripheral areas, it is far higher than in the lower realm where Li Yuan originally resided.

About half a day's journey southwest of the Fenzong Mountains, a medium-sized market town sits at the junction of the plains and hills.

The market town was several times larger than the Misty Forest Market Town, but much smaller than the Bright Abyss Immortal City. Its layout was fairly standard, with densely packed shops lining both sides of the main street, offering a full range of goods including spiritual materials, elixirs, magical artifacts, and talismans.

The cultivators coming and going were mainly Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators, with the occasional Nascent Soul cultivator flashing by. The cultivators' attire was highly uniform, with most wearing the standard robes of the Mingyuan Sect's branch sects, and very few independent cultivators.

The dominant position of one entity was fully reflected in the market.

Li Yuan walked slowly along the main street and stopped in front of a shop selling spiritual materials.

The shelves inside the shop are filled with a large variety of low- to mid-grade spiritual herbs and ores, with prices marked in low-grade spiritual stones as the basic unit.

The price of a third-tier spiritual herb of the same grade is about 20% to 30% of that in the Upper Realm.

Li Yuan carefully selected items from the shop. He purchased large quantities of each type: lightning-type auxiliary medicines, body-refining spiritual herbs, and commonly used auxiliary materials for elixirs.

The cost of spirit stones is extremely worthwhile in the lower realm environment.

During a break from purchasing, the shopkeeper took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

"Fellow Daoist, are you from the Upper Realm?"

"right."

"No wonder you're so generous." The shopkeeper smiled.

"Fellow Daoists from the Upper Realm come in batches every few months, each time buying up large quantities of goods. We in the Tianyuan Realm don't have much else, but we have plenty of spiritual herbs and ores."

Li Yuan nodded and casually asked a question.

"Has the Tianyuan Realm always been governed by a single sect?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Li Yuan and lowered his voice.

"It wasn't like that before. Fellow Daoist may not know, but the Tianyuan Realm originally had two spatial passages. One is the one currently used by the branch sects, and the other is located on the southeastern edge of the continent, controlled by another sect."

"What's the name of that sect?"

"They're gone." The shopkeeper shook his head. "We wiped them out hundreds of years ago, and sealed the spatial passage. Since then, there's only this branch sect left in the entire Tianyuan Realm."

The shopkeeper added another sentence.

"Speaking of which, the upper realms corresponding to those two spatial passages are extremely far apart. Fellow Daoist came from the passage in the northeast of the Mingyuan Domain, while the sealed passage is said to correspond to the southwest of the Mingyuan Domain. The two passages connect to the same lower realm, but the entrances to the upper realms are separated by more than half of the Mingyuan Domain. The spatial structure is illogical and has nothing to do with geographical distance."

Li Yuan wrote down this information.

Procurement continues.

After finishing at the spiritual materials shop, they turned to the ore shop next door.

The shelves in the ore shop are filled with samples of various grades of ore, and the three-foot sensing range passively scans between the shelves.

A piece of grayish-green ore the size of an egg triggered a fluctuation in the keyword.

Green grade.

The ore label reads: Pulse Stone, Grade 2, High Quality.

"What's the price of this pulse stone?"

"Two hundred low-grade spirit stones."

Extremely cheap.

Spirit Stone Payment. Touch the surface of the ore with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Pulse Stone]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spirit Stone Guide (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the speed of spiritual vein cultivation by 30%; increases the efficiency of spiritual veins in absorbing external spiritual energy by 20%]

[Preview of Permanent Status Requirements: More than thirty people must have cultivated on a large spiritual vein in total]

The conditions for permanentization are not difficult to meet; my residence in the Mingyuan Sect is located on a large spiritual vein.

Mineral income is a small world you can follow.

Continue scanning.

In a corner at the bottom of the shelf, a bag of grayish-white powder triggered a very slight fluctuation in the keyword.

White grade.

The label reads: Spirit Ore Powder, Tier 1 Low Grade, Spirit Ore Waste After Grinding, Can Be Used as Filling Material for Refining Weapons.

The price is so low it's practically free.

Spirit Stone Payment. Finger touches the bag opening.

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Ore Powder (requires 1 pound)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Ore Powder Spirit (White)]

[Effect: Increases the uniformity of spiritual energy infusion into ore materials during weapon crafting by 20%]

White label. No task required for permanent activation.

The mineral powder dissipated in my palm. A stream of white light flowed into my body.

Mineral powder imbued with spirit, permanent formation complete.

The permanent image depicts a monk grinding ore, drawing on his experience with handling materials during weapon crafting.

The uniformity of spiritual energy infusion into ore materials during weapon crafting is permanently increased by 20%. The effect is not significant, but white-label attributes have no cost, so grab them if you can.

The procurement is complete.

A large quantity of spiritual materials, herbs, and ores were collected into the personal miniature world. Combined with the green attribute on the Pulse Stone, the harvest from this trip far exceeded expectations.

After returning to the branch sect and cultivating in the guest cave for one night, they entered the spatial passage with the return supplies.

The spatial pressure was squeezing in from all directions.

The collapse of the small world was a passive, unnoticed process.

Several hours later, they emerged from the passage and returned to their base in the upper realm.

He transformed into a beam of light and returned to Mingyuan Sect, reporting to the mission hall.

Contributions to the collection of spirit patterns in the Spirit Pattern Valley and the maintenance of the spatial passage have already been recorded. Contributions to the transportation of materials to the Tianyuan Realm and spirit stone rewards will be settled simultaneously.

Spirit stone reserves have increased again.

Return to your residence in Mingyuan Immortal City.

The alchemy furnace was set up.

The large quantity of spiritual materials procured by Tianyuan Realm provided ample raw material for alchemy. The refining efficiency of Ningyuan Powder and Tianyuan Meridian Opening Pill was further improved, with stable daily output.

Alchemy, sales, and cultivation were pursued simultaneously.

The reserves of spirit stones have risen accordingly.

Cultivation progresses simultaneously.

The spiritual energy from the upper realm surged into his body, and the nascent soul's spiritual power circulated rapidly under multiple enhancements. The spiritual power path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method operated as naturally as breathing, and his cultivation steadily approached the bottleneck of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Although Li Yuan is a Nascent Soul with both spirit and demonic energy, due to the mutual conversion of spiritual and demonic energy, as long as one side reaches the mid-stage level, the other side can break through simultaneously.

Of course, being able to cultivate both techniques will definitely make one stronger.

One night, Li Yuan took out the Thunder Essence Convergence Pearl from his personal miniature world and put it into an empty slot in his equipment inventory.

The entry for "Thunder Origin Condensation Meridian" takes effect immediately.

The spiritual energy capacity of the lightning-attribute auxiliary meridians in the body increased by 50%. The auxiliary meridians, which were as thin as hair and opened by the Void Condensation Guiding Meridian Technique, became noticeably thicker after the capacity was expanded, and the flow of lightning-attribute spiritual energy they could bear increased significantly.

When practicing two or more lightning-based techniques simultaneously, their synergistic effects are enhanced by 30%. The combined efficiency of the Thunderous Bone Refining Technique and the Thunderous Essence Tempering Technique is further amplified with the addition of this attribute.

The concentrated tempering of the Leifa system begins.

The Thunderous Bone Refining Technique and the Thunderous Essence Tempering Technique are implemented in parallel.

The permanent attribute "Thunderous Bone Tempering" increases tempering efficiency by 30%, the permanent attribute "Thunderous Essence Penetrating Body" increases refinement by 30%, and the equipment attribute "Thunderous Essence Condensing Meridians" mutually enhances each other by 30%, with all three bonuses working simultaneously.

After undergoing high-intensity tempering, the microstructure of the skeleton has undergone another holistic leap. The lightning conduction network has evolved from covering all layers of the skeleton to being completely integrated with the skeleton's microstructure. The skeleton itself is the conduction network, and the conduction network is the skeleton; the two are no longer indistinguishable.

Thunderous Bone Refining Technique, Minor Success.

Within the meridian system, the condensation pathways of the Thunder Refining Technique, after repeated refinement, have become smoother and less viscous. The circulation of thunder-attribute spiritual energy within the meridians no longer requires active guidance; the condensation process can proceed automatically while practicing other techniques.

He was proficient in the Thunderous Tempering Technique.

Both of his lightning magic techniques advanced one level each. The combined effect of these three enhancements far exceeded the speed of normal cultivation.

Li Yuan removed the Thunder Essence Spirit Orb from his equipment inventory and stored it in his personal miniature world.

Turn to Dragon Clan techniques.

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

The purity of the dragon's blood energy in the advanced stage of the Dragon Transformation Technique is already quite high, and the complex driving force in the bone marrow layer has evolved from a semi-automatic cycle to a fully automatic cycle. The flow of blood energy and the operation of nascent soul spiritual power are completely synchronized, no longer requiring any level of active intervention.

One day during cultivation, the purity of the dragon blood energy reached a new critical point in the bone marrow layer, and the dragon characteristics in the blood energy changed from latent to manifest. Deep within the bone marrow layer, a trace amount of dragon spiritual power began to spontaneously generate. The attributes of this spiritual power were highly consistent with the dragon blood energy, but of a higher and purer quality.

He is proficient in the Dragon Transformation Technique.

The Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique has advanced in tandem with the mastery of the Dragon Transformation Technique.

The illusory structure of the scales migrates from the body surface into the interior. Previously, in the advanced stage, the illusory scales covered the skin surface like a thin outer armor. Now, the scale structure begins to penetrate from under the skin into the deep muscles and fascia, forming an interwoven network of scales between the muscle fibers.

The area covered by the illusory scales expanded from 50% of the arms to 80% of the entire body.

Only the head and a few joint areas are not yet covered.

Master of the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique.

The mastery stage corresponds to the starting point of the Golden Body Realm. The scale armor structure transforms from an external defense on the body's surface to an internal reinforcement within the body, resulting in a qualitative leap in the overall strength of the physical body.

Li Yuan clenched his fist, sensing the presence of the scaly network in his muscles and fascia.

The solidity of the physical body felt much heavier than before when I had mastered it.

The Dragon Clan's cultivation techniques advance one level in each of the two paths.

The dwelling fell silent. The nascent soul's spiritual power flowed silently along the path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

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