Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 676 The Return Journey and Mastery of Fourth-Order Alchemy

Cangxuan Realm, spatial passage.

As Li Yuan stepped into the passage entrance, a surge of eerie blue light rushed up from all around, and the spatial pressure felt even heavier than when he arrived.

About two hours later, Li Yuan emerged from the passage and arrived at the Shattered Void Wasteland stronghold.

The guards checked the supplies and settled the spirit stone rewards. Li Yuan didn't linger; he used his escape light to fly towards Mingyuan Immortal City.

After returning to Mingyuan Immortal City, the spiritual materials purchased from Cangxuan Realm were sold off in batches.

Li Yuan changed into two different appearances and made two trips to the southern district of Mingyuan Immortal City and Xuanyang City. The spiritual herbs and ores he bought at low prices in the Cangxuan Realm were worth several times more in the Upper Realm market. Several kinds of demon beast materials that were rare in the Upper Realm were bought up on the spot by the shopkeeper of the spiritual materials shop.

Upon arriving at his residence in Mingyuan Market, he took out a fourth-tier alchemy furnace from his personal microcosm and placed it beside the stone platform. He added spiritual materials, and the alchemical fire ignited.

The alchemical fire that has been permanently transformed by the Fire Technique's spiritual essence is no longer the same as before.

The efficiency of fire-type spiritual energy condensation is permanently increased by 50%, which is most noticeable in the alchemy fire. The fire temperature no longer fluctuates slightly, and the speed at which spiritual energy is injected into the alchemy furnace is much more stable, with much less unnecessary loss.

The spiritual materials in the furnace melted more evenly. In the past, there were occasional instances of localized overheating or underheating, but now these errors are almost nonexistent, and the quality of the melt is significantly higher from the very beginning.

The process of extracting the pill was equally smooth. The final step in pill formation involves using the pill fire to gather spiritual energy and compress the scattered medicinal power into the pill core. With the blessing of the fire technique's spiritual essence, the gathering process was much smoother, and the quality of the pill was also improved.

The first batch of Guiyuan Yangying Pills has been produced.

All three pills were of superior quality, with one being of exceptional quality.

The second batch: Condensing Essence Powder. Four high-grade and two fine-grade powders.

The third batch, Heavenly Origin Meridian Opening Pills. All of them are of the highest quality.

The percentage of high-quality products has increased from around 40% to over 50%.

Li Yuan did not stop and continued to open the furnace.

For several days in a row, the alchemy furnace was kept burning day and night.

On the fourth day, when one batch of Guiyuan Nourishing Infant Pills was halfway through being refined, Li Yuan's alchemy technique suddenly changed.

This wasn't a breakthrough in a single step, but rather the entire technique had become smooth. The timing of adding spiritual materials, the changes in the temperature of the alchemical fire, the rhythm of injecting spiritual power, and the force used to finish the pill were all connected seamlessly from beginning to end, requiring no further conscious thought.

Fourth-order alchemy, mastered.

This batch of pills produced four exceptional pieces.

Li Yuan put away the pill fire and stored the pill in his personal microcosm.

The next day.

Mingyuan Immortal City, Danfang Shop.

Li Yuan was browsing through the catalog of fourth-tier pill formulas in the shop when his gaze fell on the Nascent Soul and Qi Condensation Pill.

The fourth-grade, low-level pill is used to assist Nascent Soul cultivators in their cultivation, nourishing the Nascent Soul while accelerating the condensation of spiritual energy. Unlike the Returning Origin Nourishing Pill, the Nascent Soul Condensing Pill focuses more on sustained efficacy; its release is slower, but its effects are more lasting.

After purchasing the pill formula, Li Yuan returned to his residence and began refining the pills using techniques he had mastered at the fourth level of alchemy.

This pill formula is not complicated. The spiritual materials overlap to some extent with the Guiyuan Nourishing Infant Pill. The core ingredient is a fourth-order spiritual herb called Ningying Grass.

The first batch.

The alchemical fire was lit, and the spiritual materials were added one by one. The mastery of the techniques made the entire batch of pills refine smoothly. The spiritual materials melted, the medicinal power was purified, the pill core took shape, and the pill was extracted and collected in one go.

Extracting the elixir.

Two Qi-Nourishing and Yuan-Condensing Pills, of superior quality.

Within a three-foot perception range, the words rippled.

Blue grade.

Li Yuan picked up one of them.

[Equipable item detected: Infant Nourishing and Essence Condensing Pill]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Nurturing Infant Spirit (Blue)]

[Effect: Permanently doubles the efficacy of cultivation-enhancing pills; permanently increases the quality of spiritual energy condensation during the Nascent Soul stage by 30%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Mastery of Fourth-Order Alchemy]

The medicine's efficacy is doubled, and the quality of the spiritual energy condensation is improved by 30%, both of which are very practical.

The only condition for permanentization is reaching the mastery of fourth-order alchemy. Currently, I've only reached the proficiency level, and I still need to continue accumulating experience.

Li Yuan stored the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill into his personal microcosm, but did not equip it for the time being.

He took another Infant Nourishing and Essence Condensing Pill.

The pill dissolves upon entering the abdomen, its gentle medicinal power converging towards the nascent soul. It is slower than the Guiyuan Yangying Pill, but it takes longer to seep in.

Li Yuan activated the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Technique and began his cultivation.

a few days later.

Mingyuan Sect.

Li Yuan went to Song He to apply to go to the lower realm.

"I request to return to the lower realm."

"Approved," Song He said directly. "You may travel back and forth at any time for formal offerings; please make your own arrangements."

The entrance to the ascension passage on that day.

Li Yuan has entered a downward trend.

Two hours later, Li Yuan appeared at Tianyue Sect.

Li Yuan did not linger. He transformed into a beam of light and flew towards the direction of the Misty Forest Market.

About half a day later.

We've arrived at Wulin Market.

The market town had grown even larger, with a new row of shops added to the outer perimeter. Cultivators were constantly coming and going on the main street, making it even more bustling than when he left. Li Yuan landed in the management area behind the market town.

Ji Wenyuan quickly came to greet him.

"The shop owner is back."

"How's the market?"

"The operation is excellent." Ji Wenyuan said with a happy expression, handing over a bamboo book.

"Since the merger, the two sides have been sharing resources, resulting in a huge volume of transactions. The spirit stone revenue sharing in the last quarter was nearly double that before the merger."

Li Yuan flipped through the bamboo book and nodded, saying, "Continue to maintain it."

After Ji Wenyuan left, Li Yuan walked around the main street of the market.

The three-foot perception range passively swept across the shops and stalls on both sides, and most items did not show any fluctuation in their attributes.

As I walked to a grocery store in the middle of the main street, I sensed two faint fluctuations.

White grade.

Li Yuan walked into the shop.

The first item was a small jade ring, about the size of a finger joint, hanging in the corner of the shelf. The shopkeeper had priced it low, selling it as an ordinary ornament.

Touch it with your fingertips.

[Equipable item detected: Dust-Repelling Jade Ring]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Dust Removal and Return to Origin (White)]

[Effect: Slightly reduces interference from impurities in the circulation of spiritual energy within the body during cultivation]

White tags can be permanently added without requiring any tasks.

Li Yuan paid with spirit stones and accepted the jade ring.

The jade ring dissipated in his palm, and a stream of white light flowed into his body.

A scene flashed through his mind: a cultivator practicing, where minute impurities in the circulation of spiritual energy within his body were separated by an extremely thin filtering field. Insights into avoiding interference from spiritual energy impurities also seeped into his mind.

The image fades away.

The second item, located on the inner shelf of the counter, is a small, palm-sized copper lamp, exquisitely crafted with fine engravings on its surface.

[Equipable item detected: Spirit Light Cup]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: A Faint Light (White)]

[Effect: Slightly improves the precision of the spirit rune tip during talisman creation]

White tags can be permanently added without requiring any tasks.

The small lamp of spiritual light dissipated in his palm, and the white light flowed into his body.

Another image surfaced in his mind. As a talisman maker finished a stroke, the lines at the end of the spiritual rune became more precise, the ends clean and crisp. Experience with controlling the ends of spiritual runes also flooded in.

The image fades away.

The light dimmed, signifying the completion of the permanent process.

Li Yuan left the grocery store and returned to his residence behind the market.

The stone gate was closed.

He sat cross-legged on the stone platform and began to practice the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.