Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 652 Permanentizing the Warming of Meridians and Nourishing the Blood Vessels

Mingyuan Fairy City, residence.

After finishing his shift at the mine, Li Yuan returned to his residence to continue his cultivation.

The Dragon Transformation Technique and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique work together continuously in daily cultivation.

The spiritual energy concentration in the upper realm is more than ten times that of the lower realm, and the large spiritual veins near Mingyuan Sect and Mingyuan Immortal City push the environmental spiritual energy concentration to an extremely high level. Nourished by such abundant spiritual energy, the dragon's blood energy continues to rise.

The core change at the mastery stage of the Dragon Transformation Technique is the spontaneous generation of extremely small amounts of dragon spiritual power deep within the bone marrow layer.

This output is extremely unstable in the early stages of mastery, appearing and disappearing intermittently. After several weeks of continuous practice, the output gradually changes from an unstable, weak pulsation to a continuous seepage.

And now.

The spontaneous production of dragon spiritual energy in the bone marrow layer has jumped from a trace amount to a stable output.

After each round of the Dragon Transformation Technique, the dragon spiritual power released from the bone marrow layer is several times higher than that of the initial mastery stage. The flow of spiritual power is no longer limited to the internal circulation of the bone marrow layer, but spreads outward along the lightning conduction network of the bones, forming a double circulation structure with the nascent soul spiritual power in the bone marrow layer.

Dragon Transformation Technique, Minor Success.

The purity of the dragon's blood energy in the Lesser Completion stage is a level higher than that in the Proficiency stage. The stable output of dragon spiritual power allows the dragon characteristics within the body to completely transform from latent to manifest, and the dragon aura in the blood energy is so dense that it can be vaguely sensed by cultivators of the same level even without being actively released.

The moment the Dragon Transformation Technique achieved a minor breakthrough, the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique triggered a chain reaction.

The scale-like structures rapidly penetrate from the muscle layer into the bone layer. The scales embed themselves along the lightning conduction pathways on the bone surface, and the two structures work synergistically at the bone level.

The coverage of scales on the whole body rapidly increases from 80% in the mastery stage.

The scales on the head have been repaired. The coverage of the joint areas has been improved from incomplete to complete.

The final coverage rate reached over 95%. Only a very few sensory openings, such as the eye sockets and ear canals, were not covered by scales.

Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique, Minor Success.

This corresponds to the middle stage of the Golden Body Realm.

The scale structure is now fully integrated, covering the entire body from the surface to the interior, from the muscle layer to the bone layer. The overall physical defense is now significantly higher than at the mastery stage.

Li Yuan clenched his fist to finish his practice.

The changes within the body are clearly perceptible. Spontaneous pulses from the lightning conduction network within the bones and the embedded reinforcement of the scale structure coexist simultaneously, with the two forces forming a stable coexistence at the skeletal level.

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

The focus shifted from cultivation to alchemy.

The fourth-order alchemy furnace was set up, and spiritual materials were poured in.

Elixirs were continuously refined.

The tenth furnace.

Two pills.

One is of superior quality, and one is slightly above superior quality.

A reaction occurred within the portable miniature world.

Tianyuan Tongmai Dan (a premium product).

The condition for making the "Warming Meridians and Nourishing Blood Vessels" entry permanent is: successfully refining ten batches of fourth-order pills.

The conditions are met.

The exquisite Tianyuan Tongmai Pill dissipated within the personal miniature world. A stream of blue light penetrated the walls of the miniature world and surged into the body, spreading throughout the meridian system.

The images flooded into my mind.

The spiritual energy within a cultivator's body circulated at a high speed through their meridians, far exceeding the speed of ordinary people. A wealth of experience regarding accelerating the circulation of spiritual energy and optimizing the flow of energy through the meridians poured in.

The image disappeared.

It warms the meridians and nourishes the blood vessels, achieving permanent results.

The speed of spiritual energy circulation is permanently increased by 50%. The speed of spiritual energy flow is permanently increased by 50%.

Both increased by 50%.

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

The speed of spiritual energy circulation within the body experienced a remarkably noticeable leap. As the nascent soul's spiritual energy flowed along the path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method, the completion time of each cycle was shortened by nearly 30% compared to before. The time it took for spiritual energy to reach the extremities after surging out of the nascent soul was greatly reduced, and the spiritual energy response speed during spellcasting also accelerated accordingly.

Combined with the previous reduction of spiritual energy consumption by 20% for Chengmai Stable Infant and the increase of spiritual energy recovery speed by 50% for Kunpeng Guarding Breath, the overall efficiency of the spiritual energy system has once again undergone a qualitative change.

At the same time, the complete experience of refining pills at the fourth level for ten batches will be settled and integrated after the process is completed.

Fourth-order alchemy, proficient.

The fourth-tier alchemy skill at the proficient stage means that there are no longer any technical challenges in refining the Guiyuan Nourishing Infant Pill. The yield and quality of the pills will steadily improve in subsequent refining processes, and the rate of obtaining superior pills will change from occasional breakthroughs to the norm.

Li Yuan carefully put away the pills and stored the fourth-order pill furnace in his personal microcosm.

The stockpile of pills and spiritual materials is quite abundant after continuous refining and procurement from the Cangxuan Realm. Coupled with the income from pill refining and selling and the spirit stone revenue from the merchant guild's transportation, the spirit stone reserves are already quite considerable.

However, recently, the frequency of selling pills and spiritual materials in Mingyuan Immortal City has been relatively high.

Although one can change their appearance and aura to conceal their identity when selling goods, the frequent influx of large quantities of the same type of goods into the same immortal city will inevitably attract attention over time.

It would be safer to switch to another immortal city.

Besides Mingyuan Immortal City, there is another immortal city in the northwest of Mingyuan Domain, called Xuanyang City. It is about two days' journey from Mingyuan Immortal City, slightly smaller in scale but equally prosperous.

Li Yuan suppressed his cultivation to the late Golden Core stage, completely concealing his Nascent Soul aura with the elusive blue fusion attribute. He disguised his face with an illusionary mask, slightly altering the green permanent attribute, and donned the grey robes of an ordinary rogue cultivator.

It transformed into a beam of light and flew off in the northwest.

About two days later, the outline of Xuanyang City's walls appeared in front of them.

The city was about 30% smaller than Mingyuan Immortal City, but the layout was similar. At the city gate, there were cultivators on duty verifying the identities of those entering the city.

"Entry fee is five mid-grade spirit stones. Mingyuan Sect disciples are exempt; simply present your token."

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Li Yuan entered the city by paying spirit stones as a rogue cultivator.

Disciples of the Mingyuan Sect receive free admission. Xuanyang City is a celestial city built with the support of the Mingyuan Sect.

The layout of the shops in the city is very similar to that of Mingyuan Immortal City. Spiritual material shops, pill shops, and mining equipment shops are arranged in order on both sides of the main street, and the cultivators coming and going are mainly Golden Core cultivators.

Li Yuan walked along the main street and first found a medicine shop where he sold the Guiyuan Yangying Pill and Ningyuan Powder he had brought at a price slightly lower than the market price.

The demand for fourth-tier pills in the Upper Realm is stable, with the Guiyuan Nourishing Infant Pill selling particularly well. After verifying the quality, the shopkeeper purchased them on the spot, receiving spirit stones in return.

Subsequently, the surplus minerals and spiritual herbs purchased from the Cangxuan Realm were sold in batches at the spiritual material shop and the mining equipment shop.

The sale of large quantities of minerals and medicinal herbs significantly increased Li Yuan's income.

During the sales process, the three-foot perception range operates passively within the market.

Deep within the shelves of the spiritual materials shop, the words rippled.

Green grade.

A piece of milky-white jade, about the size of a palm, with a warm, lustrous sheen on its surface. The label reads: Spiritual Jade, Grade 3, Superior.

After inquiring about the price, Li Yuanling paid with the jade. He touched the surface of the jade with his fingers.

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Essence Jade]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Jade Essence (Green)]

[Effect: Increases spiritual energy purity by 20% during cultivation; slightly enhances the adaptability of the spiritual energy circulation path]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Mastering the same primary cultivation technique at the same level]

Jade income is a small world you can carry with you.

Continue walking through the market.

The second fluctuation occurred during the mining operation.

Green grade.

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

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Pattern Iron Core]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Iron Core Tempering Weapon (Green)]

[Effect: Increases the stability of the internal spiritual energy circulation of the magical artifact by 30% during the forging process; slightly increases the resonance between the artifact and spiritual energy.]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Refinement skill reaches the third tier of mastery]

Mineral income is a small world you can follow.

Two green-labeled items were purchased.

As the sales and purchases were nearing their end, Li Yuan's senses detected something unusual.

A surge of Nascent Soul level spiritual energy was hidden in a pavilion on the east side of the market, its divine sense probing towards Li Yuan's location in an extremely concealed manner.

The other party's cultivation level is around the late Nascent Soul stage.

The divine sense probed in an extremely restrained manner, not directly covering Li Yuan's entire body, but hovering around Li Yuan in a elusive manner within a range of several feet.

The other person is staring at me.

Li Yuan remained expressionless and continued to look through the ores on the shelves in the mining equipment shop.

About ten breaths later, a very subtle spiritual energy fluctuation shot from that direction and landed on the surface of Li Yuan's clothes on his back.

The intensity of the fluctuation is extremely weak, almost negligible. It lands precisely, adhering deep into the fibers of clothing without affecting its appearance or generating any spiritual energy reaction, making it virtually undetectable by conventional methods.

Tracking marker.

Li Yuan's senses detected the mark the instant it was attached. The mark's structure was an anchor point based on the spiritual power of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. When the marked person moved, the anchor point would continuously release extremely weak positioning signals.

A cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage secretly marked a rogue cultivator who appeared to be in the late Golden Core stage.

The purpose is unclear. It could be that they're eyeing the large quantities of goods I frequently trade, or it could be for other reasons.

Li Yuan did not react.

He quietly completed the last transaction and put the spirit stones from the mining shop into his storage bag.

Walk slowly from the main street of the market towards the city gate.