Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 646 Nascent Soul Return to Origin

Mingyuan Fairy City, residence.

A soft knocking sound came from the stone gate.

Li Yuan opened the door, and Song He was standing outside.

"Fellow Daoist Li, someone is looking for you." Song He handed over a visiting card.

The invitation card was sealed with spiritual power and was made of a thin sheet of high-grade spirit jade, with a merchant guild emblem engraved on the front. The emblem was a deep abyss-shaped emblem surrounded by spiritual energy.

Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

"One of the three major chambers of commerce in Mingyuan Immortal City".

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Song He briefly explained.

"Our main business is the transshipment of goods between the upper and lower realms, and we have a considerable market share in the Mingyuan Domain. The Chamber of Commerce said they learned through sect channels that you have the ability to travel between the upper and lower realms and would like to discuss cooperation."

Song paused for a moment.

"The invitation was sent to the sect yesterday, and I only forwarded it to you today. Fellow Daoist, you can decide for yourself whether or not to receive it."

"See.

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Song He nodded, cupped his hands in greeting, and left.

The invitation card specified the meeting place and time: Mingyuan Immortal City, East District, Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce Branch, tomorrow at noon.

The next day.

The Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce branch is located deep in a quiet side street in the eastern district of Xiancheng. The storefront is not large, but the interior space has been expanded, and the actual area is much larger than the exterior.

The person who received Li Yuan was a late-stage Golden Core manager from the Chamber of Commerce. He looked to be in his thirties and was wearing the Chamber's standard dark blue robe. His attitude was polite but neither servile nor arrogant.

"Fellow Daoist Li, it's an honor to meet you." The manager bowed. "I am Xia Zhi, manager of the Mingyuan branch of the Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce."

The two took their seats in the reception room.

Fang Zhi got straight to the point.

"The Chamber of Commerce has learned that you are a descendant of the Tianyue Sect, skilled in formations and alchemy, and have already successfully completed a mission to transport supplies between the upper and lower realms. The Chamber of Commerce is very interested in your abilities."

"What kind of cooperation?"

"It's a transit point for supplies," Fang Zhi said. "The Chamber of Commerce has its own spatial passage within the Mingyuan Domain, connecting two different lower realms. The Chamber of Commerce's main business is transporting supplies from the upper realm to the lower realm, and then transporting spiritual materials from the lower realm back to the upper realm for processing and sale."

He put down his teacup.

"The core bottleneck of this business is transportation capacity. The spatial passage is quite harmful to the body of the transmigrators. Most cultivators only go up and down once in their lifetime and will not go back and forth repeatedly. Even the transportation cultivators specially trained by the Chamber of Commerce can only make two or three round trips per year at most. If they do it too much, their meridians will be damaged."

"Moreover, the more supplies you carry when traversing the passage, the greater the spatial pressure you experience. A Golden Core cultivator can only carry a limited amount of supplies each time, so to transport large quantities, you must make frequent trips, carrying small amounts each time."

Fang Zhi looked at Li Yuan.

"Fellow Daoist has already completed a round trip between the upper and lower realms, and seems to have suffered no obvious spatial damage, so your spatial mastery must be quite high. If you can regularly transport supplies for the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber is willing to provide generous compensation."

Spatial damage has no effect on oneself.

The red text at the core of the collapsing minor realm rendered the pressure on the spatial passages virtually nonexistent. No protective pills or talismans were needed; each crossing was effortless. This meant frequent travel was possible, and the amount of supplies carried each time far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators.

This is a huge advantage.

"How is the compensation calculated?" Li Yuan asked.

"Payment is based on the number of trips, using spirit stones. The spirit stone reward for each trip is calculated based on the amount of goods transported and the distance traveled," Fang Zhi provided a specific figure.

The number is not low.

Li Yuan calculated that, based on this reward standard, completing several transports would allow him to accumulate enough spirit stones to purchase the complete version of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Technique.

"I need a large advance payment," Li Yuan said. "That's a considerable amount."

Fang Zhi did not answer immediately, but instead used his communication token to consult the Chamber of Commerce headquarters for a moment.

He looked up after a moment.

"Yes. The Chamber of Commerce agrees to prepay, which will be deducted from the subsequent transportation fees."

A cooperation agreement has been reached.

Both parties confirmed the terms of cooperation through a spiritual power contract. Li Yuan would provide regular material transportation services to the Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce, with the Chamber of Commerce paying in advance with spirit stones and deducting the payment in installments from subsequent payments.

After the contract was signed, Fang Zhi handed over the prepaid spirit stones on the spot.

The spirit stone is in hand.

Adding the spirit stones accumulated from alchemy sales and missions, the total amount has exceeded the spirit stones required for the cultivation technique.

Li Yuan left the Lingyuan Chamber of Commerce branch and headed straight for the cultivation technique shop in the northwest corner of the Immortal City.

Inside the shop, in front of the display case for the fourth-level martial arts techniques.

The third jade slip.

The Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method, a fourth-stage Nascent Soul cultivation technique, complete version.

"I'll buy this jade slip."

Spirit Stone Payment.

The shopkeeper took the jade slip from the display case, removed the spiritual power seal, and handed it over.

Li Yuan accepted the jade slip.

Divine sense probed in.

The complete spiritual energy path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method unfolds within the sea of ​​consciousness.

Compared to the incomplete version, the complete version's path extends from the early Nascent Soul stage to the Nascent Soul perfection stage. The incomplete version only covered the initial stage's spiritual energy circulation loop, with the path interrupted from the later part of the initial stage, and the subsequent cultivation direction completely missing.

Now all the missing parts have been filled in.

The Wanfa Xizhen technique doubled its analytical speed and operated at full capacity, comparing the complete path of the technique with the incomplete version that it had already mastered.

The incomplete path is completely identical to the complete path in the initial stages, with no deviation. All previous cultivation accumulation is effective.

However, the complete version adds three sets of transition nodes in the later part of the initial stage. These three sets of nodes are the key bridges connecting the early and middle stages. The incomplete version is missing these three sets of nodes, which prevents spiritual power from transitioning from the early stage to the middle stage at its maximum level.

Li Yuan put away the jade slip and returned to his residence.

The stone gate was closed.

He sat cross-legged on the stone platform and began practicing the complete version of the Na Ying Gui Yuan Method.

The nascent soul's spiritual power circulates throughout the body along the complete pathway.

The most noticeable change comes from the completeness of the cultivation path itself. Previously, the incomplete version had a dead end in the later stages of the initial phase, forcing the spiritual energy circulation to turn back after reaching the initial limit. Now, the path is open, and after the spiritual energy circulation surpasses the initial limit, it continues forward along three sets of transition nodes, entering the spiritual energy condensation loop in the middle stage.

The new path was somewhat clumsy in its initial stages.

The complete spiritual energy path is much more complex than the incomplete version. The nested levels of the loops in the middle stage have doubled, and the precision required for the operation of spiritual energy is much higher.

However, the foundational skills accumulated during the proficiency phase are quickly adapted with the support of the complete path. The initial loop, which has been polished to perfection in the incomplete version, acts as a solid foundation, upon which the intermediate loop in the complete version unfolds naturally, and the connection process is much smoother than expected.

The practice continues.

The abundant spiritual energy from the upper realm continuously flowed into his body, with a concentration and purity far exceeding that of the lower realm.

The complete cultivation technique, along with the multiple benefits from the added attributes and the spiritual energy from the outer realm, combine to create a powerful synergy.

The quality and quantity of the Nascent Soul's spiritual power increased dramatically during the high-speed cycle.

The frequency of the light and shadow fluctuations on the surface of the dark golden nascent soul increased rapidly, with each alternation of light and shadow accompanied by a slight expansion of its spiritual energy capacity. The size of the nascent soul remained unchanged, still a miniature humanoid figure about three inches tall, but the density of its internal spiritual energy was increasing at a rate perceptible to the naked eye.

The cultivation lasted for several days.

One late night.

The nascent soul's spiritual power completed a very smooth full cycle along the complete version of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method. The spiritual power surged out from the nascent soul, flowed along the initial loop to the initial upper limit, passed through three sets of transition nodes, entered the middle loop, and returned to the nascent soul after completing a complete condensation cycle in the middle loop.

The quality of the returning spiritual energy was a level higher than when it surged forth.

This marks the first time the intermediate loop has completed a full cycle.

The halo on the surface of the nascent soul fluctuated violently at the moment this cycle ended.

The frequency of alternating light and dark suddenly accelerated, with each bright moment being brighter than the last.

As the spiritual energy continues to grow, some of it is constantly being transformed into demonic energy.

A compression of spiritual energy occurred within the nascent soul in the dantian.

The total amount of spiritual energy did not increase, but its density underwent a qualitative change during the compression. The spiritual energy that was previously dispersed throughout the Nascent Soul's body was compressed into the Nascent Soul's core, and the spiritual energy density in the core area exceeded the initial upper limit threshold.

In that instant, spiritual energy from the celestial realm surged into his body from all directions, several times the amount he would normally receive during cultivation. This vast amount of spiritual energy was absorbed and transformed by his nascent soul, replenishing the space freed up after compression.

The halo on the surface of the nascent soul suddenly changed from fluctuating brightness to a stable, strong light.

The dark golden light was several times more intense than before, and the presence of the nascent soul changed from heavy to solid. The halo no longer overflowed, but instead adhered tightly to the surface of the nascent soul, forming an extremely dense film of spiritual energy.

Breakthrough in cultivation level.

Mid-stage Nascent Soul stage.

Li Yuan opened his eyes.

The circulation of spiritual energy within the body is completely different from the initial state.

The quality of the Nascent Soul's spiritual power underwent a leap forward, with the density and purity of each strand of spiritual power significantly higher than in the initial stage. After the spiritual power surged out of the Nascent Soul, its circulation within the body was faster, its coverage wider, and its control more precise.

The stability of the nascent soul itself has also been greatly enhanced. The existence of a mid-stage nascent soul in the dantian is like an iron ball sunk into a deep pool, further compressing the influence of external disturbances.

The intermediate path of the complete Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method naturally aligned after the breakthrough, and the flow of spiritual energy transitioned from clumsy to smooth. The subsequent cultivation direction became clear and definite, and the path for spiritual energy condensation in the intermediate stage was fully opened.

The residence returned to quiet.

The nascent soul's spiritual power flowed silently along the path of the complete cultivation technique, while spiritual energy from the upper realm continuously poured in.