Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 667 Gathering Spirits and Reconstructing

Wulinfang Market, residence.

A fourth-tier alchemy furnace stood beside the stone platform, its flames burning day and night.

Li Yuan put the spiritual materials he had purchased from various places in the Cangxuan Realm and the lower realm into the furnace in batches. He opened the furnace one after another using the techniques of the fourth-order alchemy proficiency stage. The main pill was Guiyuan Yangying Pill, and the auxiliary pills were Ningyuan San and Tianyuan Tongmai Pill. One batch of pills came out after another.

The quality of the finished product remains consistently high, with the percentage of high-quality products even higher than before.

Over the course of several days, his reserves of pills doubled. He kept enough for his own use and planned to take the rest to the Upper Realm to sell.

That afternoon, just as Li Yuan finished extinguishing the alchemical fire, footsteps sounded outside his residence.

Upon opening the door, Xuanpu was standing outside, holding a bamboo book in his hand.

"Fellow Daoist Li, there's something I want to discuss with you."

"Come in and speak."

The two sat down by the stone platform, and Xuanpu placed the bamboo book on the table.

"Fellow Daoist is currently a temporary retainer of the Tianyue Sect, and his/her status is merely nominal. The sect would like to ask if you would be willing to become a formal retainer."

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Li Yuan looked at him.

"What's the difference between formal worship and the current practice?"

"The difference is significant." Xuanpu opened the bamboo book.

"After the change of identity, you can receive a salary, and spirit stones and pills will be distributed on time every month. The sect contribution exchange catalog will also open up a batch of items."

"What are the conditions?"

"Just complete the tasks in the lower realm," Xuanpu said.

"We don't need to worry about the upper realm. Although we are now considered a branch of the Mingyuan Sect, we are currently receiving more support. The upper realm has no control over the offerings made to the lower realm, but the offerings made to the lower realm can receive benefits from the upper realm."

Li Yuan glanced at the treatment details in the bamboo book.

The salary isn't high, but the contribution exchange system is open, which is definitely useful.

Why bring this up all of a sudden?

Xuanpu didn't beat around the bush.

"After the ascension passage is established, Tianyue Sect will be considered a subordinate sect of Mingyuan Sect. Mingyuan Sect will support us, but Tianyue Sect also needs to establish its own authority. The number of formal offerings is one of the criteria for Mingyuan Sect's assessment. Fellow Daoist, becoming a formal offering will benefit both parties."

Li Yuan nodded.

"Can."

Xuanpu's face lit up with joy, and he took out a new token from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Your status changes immediately. This token is for official worship only. It will be used for exchanging contributions and receiving salaries."

Li Yuan took the token and infused it with spiritual power.

The emblem of the Tianyue Sect appears on the surface of the token, with an additional line of small characters below indicating that it is officially offered.

Xuanpu got up to take his leave, but turned back at the door and said, "By the way, your contribution has also increased significantly. The extra rewards from the previous missions, as well as the share of the merged market, have all been settled."

"understood."

After Xuanpu left, Li Yuan used the token to check his contributions.

The numbers are higher than expected.

Contributions to tasks such as market management, mine tunnel array maintenance, and transportation in the Cangxuan Realm are all included, plus the share from the merged markets, the total amount is quite substantial.

The redemption catalog has also been expanded with a new batch of items.

Li Yuan read through each of the newly released content.

There are several fourth-order cultivation techniques, several fourth-order pill formulas, and several fourth-order formation blueprints.

His gaze lingered on the array diagram section.

A complete blueprint and setup method for a fourth-order spirit gathering and energy accumulation array.

exchange.

Contribution points deducted, formation blueprint jade slip obtained.

Li Yuan probed the jade slip with his divine sense.

The complete structure of the fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting array unfolded in the sea of ​​consciousness. The scale of the array far exceeded that of the third-order array, with the core loop consisting of four nested layers. The number of spiritual energy circulation paths increased from thirty-six to one hundred and eight, and the materials for the array's core also increased accordingly.

Li Yuan checked the list of materials one by one.

All six core materials are special products of the Upper Realm.

The items included Spirit Essence Crystal, Profound Origin Marrow, Heavenly Pivot Spirit Stone, Gathering Origin Flowing Sand, Void Spirit Jade, and a fourth-order Spirit Vein Crystal.

There are no resources in the lower realms; one can only search for them in the upper realms' mines and spiritual material shops.

Li Yuan carefully put away the jade slip.

The next day, he found Xuanpu.

"I need to go to the upper realm again."

Xuanpu was slightly taken aback.

"So fast? Fellow Daoist has only been back for a few days."

"There's an array to set up, and the materials are only available in the Upper Realm. Also, there's a small realm that's about to collapse that we need to explore, and we still have the pass."

Xuanpu nodded, then frowned.

"The passageway that leads up and down is taxing on cultivators; fellow cultivator, frequent passage is not advisable."

"It's alright," Li Yuan said. "The passage won't affect me much."

Hyun-pu glanced at him but didn't ask any further questions.

"Those who wish to formally ascend to the celestial realm can do so at any time. The sect's passage is available 24/7. Fellow Daoist, please make your own arrangements."

After arranging affairs in the lower realm and handing over the management of the market to Ji Wenyuan, Li Yuan confirmed that the mining tunnel formation was operating stably before heading to the entrance of the Tianyue Sect's ascension passage.

There were only two disciples on duty at the entrance.

Li Yuan presented the official offering token, which was verified before he entered the passage.

The spatial pressure surged, and the red text bar operated on its own, but he felt almost nothing.

Two hours later, Li Yuan emerged from the passage and returned to the Upper Realm.

Mingyuan Sect.

Li Yuan did not linger at the sect and immediately transformed into a beam of light to head towards Mingyuan Immortal City.

He searched everywhere—spiritual material shops, ore shops, and array material shops.

Of the six core materials, Spirit Essence Crystal and Profound Origin Marrow are readily available at the Spirit Materials Shop.

The Tian Shu Spirit Stone and Ju Yuan Flowing Sand were purchased from the ore shop.

It took Xu Lingyu a bit of effort to collect the money from two different shops.

Fourth-order spirit vein crystals are the rarest, and there are no stock available in ore shops.

Li Yuan then went to the Mingyuan Sect's contribution exchange office to check.

Have.

Contribution points deducted, Spirit Vein Crystal obtained.

All six materials are available.

After returning to his residence in Mingyuan Immortal City, Li Yuan first selected a location in the courtyard and set up an external fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting array.

The residence is located in a detached courtyard in the southern district of Xiancheng, with a 20-zhang square open space behind the courtyard.

In the center of the open space is a natural spiritual stone base, where spiritual energy converges.

Li Yuan activated the Heavenly Pivot of the Array Dao, analyzed the flow of spiritual energy in this open space, determined the location of the array eye, and began to set up the array.

The core circuit of the fourth-order formation is complex, with 108 spiritual energy circulation paths that need to be laid out one by one.

The precision of the spirit patterns on each path is one level higher than that of the third tier; even a slight deviation will cause the spiritual energy circulation to become unbalanced.

With his current level of proficiency in fourth-order array formations, setting it up was not easy, but he also did not get stuck.

The Array Dao Heavenly Pivot provides full support, correcting deviations in the spiritual patterns at any time.

About a day and a night later, the outer loop was completed.

The core materials were embedded one by one.

The Spirit Essence Crystal is in the center, with the other five materials arranged around it according to the orientation of the blueprint.

The last piece of material was placed in place.

The fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting array is activated.

Spiritual energy surged from the array's core, flowing simultaneously along all 108 pathways. The surrounding spiritual energy was drawn by the array, converging towards its center. The concentration of spiritual energy within the covered area rapidly increased, becoming several times denser than outside the array.

Li Yuan stood beside the array's core, his three-foot perception detecting a slight fluctuation.

Blue grade.

The fluctuations originated from the spiritual essence crystals at the center of the array.

After the formation was activated, the crystal had become integrated with the entire formation.

He reached out and touched the core of the array.

[Equipable item detected: Nascent Soul Stone (Fourth-Tier Nascent Soul Gathering Array Core)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Spirit Array Return to Origin (Blue)]

[Effect: Permanently increases the efficiency of condensing and guiding spiritual energy by 50%; increases cultivation speed by an additional 50% during personal cultivation.]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Mastery of Fourth-Order Cultivation Technique]

Both effects are practical.

The condition for permanentization is that the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method has been mastered.

I'm still in the mastery stage and need to continue accumulating experience.

Li Yuan put it into his equipment slot and then replaced the array core.

The entry takes effect immediately.

As spiritual energy continuously flowed in, the cultivation speed also increased.

With the external formations completed, the next step is to work on the internal formations.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the formation and began to set up the fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting formation within his body.

The loop of the third-order spirit gathering array was dismantled first, and the old spirit patterns gradually disappeared from the meridian walls.

The circulation of spiritual energy within the body was briefly interrupted, but quickly returned to normal.

The fourth-order circulation path begins to spread out from around the dantian.

Li Yuan used micro-controlling spiritual techniques to draw out extremely fine spiritual energy, probing into the meridian wall and inscribing fourth-order spiritual patterns along the meridian's direction.

The internal space is narrow, and the precision requirements are higher than those for the external environment, leaving no room for deviation.

After mastering the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique, the walls of the meridians are covered with protective scales.

During the engraving process, spiritual energy must first permeate the scale layer, and then spiritual patterns must be embedded in the gaps between the scales and the meridian walls.

It was quite difficult, but fortunately, my body was resilient enough to withstand the slight backlash.

The internal array lasted for two days.

All 108 spiritual energy circulation paths have been laid.

The fourth-order internal spirit gathering array is activated.

After each cycle, the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the nascent soul is several times greater than that of the previous spirit-gathering array, and the speed of spiritual energy purification increases accordingly.

With the added blessing of the Spirit Array Returning to Origin inscription, the cultivation efficiency here is already astonishingly high.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged and began to practice the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

The spiritual energy from the upper realm, the fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting array within the body, the fourth-order Yuan-gathering and spirit-collecting array outside, the spirit array returning to its origin, the bloodline spirit pattern network, multiple permanent spirit-gathering attributes, the acceleration of the talismanic path of Xuanfu spiritual enlightenment, and many other benefits are stacked together.

The speed at which spiritual energy surged into his body reached an unprecedented level.

The training lasted for several days.

The progress of the Thunder Split Technique is also advancing rapidly.

The lightning ball condensation at the mastery stage is extremely skillful, with speed, precision, and spiritual energy distribution during detonation all approaching perfection.

Furthermore, the Thunder Tempering Technique, once mastered, automatically supplied high-quality thunder-attribute spiritual power. Permanent attributes such as Thunder Qi Continuation and Thunder Yuan Condensation were also added. The bottleneck in the Thunder Crack Technique, which was progressing from mastery to minor success, was smoothly broken through during a certain day of cultivation.

Thunder Split Technique, Minor Success.

In the early stages of development, the lightning ball is no longer simply a matter of detonation.

The lightning ball forms a multi-layered spiritual energy structure. When the outer layer explodes, it generates an impact, while the high-frequency lightning energy of the inner layer penetrates into the target's body, attacking the meridians and internal organs.

A reaction occurred within the portable miniature world.

Thunder Crack Technique Jade Slip.

The condition for making the Thunder Cleave precise attribute permanent is that the spell has been mastered to a minor level.

The conditions are met.

The spell jade slip dissipated within the personal miniature world.

The green light stream passed through the small boundary wall and surged into Li Yuan's body, spreading along the lightning-attribute auxiliary meridians.

A scene flooded into my mind.

A monk stood atop the mountain, amidst churning thunderclouds.

Several lightning balls condensed from his fingertips and shot towards a target hundreds of feet away.

The lightning ball adjusts its trajectory automatically during flight, accurately hitting the moving target, and sparks fly when it detonates.

A wealth of insights into precise control and instantaneous bursts of lightning magic were then incorporated.

The image fades away.

Precision cracking and permanent finishing.

The accuracy of lightning-based attack spells is permanently increased by 30%.

The instantaneous burst power of lightning-attribute spiritual energy is permanently increased by 20%.

Li Yuan raised his hand and conjured a ball of lightning.

The lightning ball formed at his fingertips nearly 20% faster than before, and its spiritual energy density was also higher.

He shot at a discarded spirit stone in the open space outside his residence.

The lightning bolt hit its mark precisely and immediately detonated.

The spirit stone shattered, and fragments flew everywhere.

The ground within the blast radius was scorched black by the lightning, the marks being evenly distributed, indicating that the direction of the lightning's spread had been precisely suppressed.

Li Yuan withdrew his spiritual power.

The cultivation has come to a temporary end.

He took out the pass to the collapsed miniature world from his personal miniature world.

The milky white jade token lay in his palm, its surface shimmering with spatial runes.

Li Yuan put away his pass, got up and left his residence.

With a burst of light, it flew towards the Tianheng Domain.