Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

By the time they returned to the guard post, it was already dark.

Li Yuan didn't rush back to his residence, but went to the guard team's trading area first.

The trading area on the guard's side was small, consisting of a row of wooden shelves and a long table, and was mainly used for consignment sales and purchases.

There weren't many people today, and most of the items on the table were materials from demonic beasts—bones, hides, teeth, and tendons—laid out in categories.

Li Yuan looked ahead along the long table, his fingers occasionally touching a few things.

There was no reaction.

When they reached the middle section, a guard was dumping a pile of miscellaneous materials on the table. Among them were several pieces of animal bones, a roll of snake skin, and a complete grayish-blue spine, with joints one after another, nearly two feet long, and the surface still covered with fascia that had not been scraped off.

Li Yuan's fingers touched it.

The panel immediately appeared.

[Equipable item detected: Azure Serpent Spine (Complete)]

[Item Attribute Level: White]

White entries.

Li Yuan paused for a moment, then picked up the spine as if checking the quality of the material.

The guard selling the goods glanced at him.

"It's a Green Rock Serpent, with its complete spine. Another team brought it back yesterday. It's a low-grade, first-tier weapon; you can exchange it for some spirit stones at a weapon-refining shop."

"Three pieces," Li Yuan asked.

"You've got some nerve," the guard chuckled. "Four pieces."

Li Yuan flipped the spine over; the joints were intact and not broken, so it was indeed a good piece of material.

"OK."

Four spirit stones landed on the table, and the guard quickly collected them, also gathering the other materials to the side.

"Want to check out something else? We just got a batch of wolf fangs."

"No."

Li Yuan put the spine of the green rock snake into his sleeve and turned to go back to his residence.

The lights were still on in the courtyard. He Shou was standing by the wooden table. When he saw Li Yuan return, he simply tossed a cloth bag over.

"The materials from those low-to-mid-grade demonic beasts from a few days ago have been sold; this is your share."

Li Yuan caught it and weighed it in his hand.

After saying this, He Shou looked up at Li Yuan again.

"Someone from elsewhere will probably be transferred here tomorrow."

Li Yuan nodded; the news was indeed good.

The guard team has been out and about every day lately, so we're really short-handed. Once the others arrive, the rotation will be a bit easier.

"Okay, I understand."

He Shou hummed in agreement and turned to attend to other matters.

Li Yuan carried the cloth bag back to his residence.

The room fell silent as soon as the door closed.

Li Yuan poured all the spirit stones from the cloth bag onto the table, putting them together with the spirit stones he had previously received. He sorted through them one by one, and the pile was already quite substantial.

Thirty-four yuan—it has to be said that the guards make a lot of money.

However, this was also because Li Yuan contributed the most and received the most, and also because of the disturbance caused by the monsters, there were quite a few monsters in total.

Moreover, the squad was lucky enough that, apart from Liu Cheng, there were no casualties. Other squads also suffered many deaths.

After counting, Li Yuan took out a few herbs from another small cloth bag.

These were all things I'd picked casually over the past few days: Jade Grass, Red Root Vine, and two mediocre-looking Cold Dew Grass plants. The quantity wasn't large, but Old Sun had been collecting them, and I'd bring him a few pills later.

Li Yuan wrapped the herbs separately and placed them on the corner of the table.

After doing all this, place the spine of the Green Rock Snake on the table.

The joints are grayish-blue, thin and long, like a crouching, hard whip.

[Equipable item detected: Azure Serpent Spine (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Spinal Cord Vitality (White) - Increases Qi and Blood Circulation Speed ​​by 20% and Recovery Speed ​​by 20%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: When Qi and Blood are significantly depleted, restore Qi and Blood to full levels, for a total of three times (0/3)]

Li Yuan didn't look at it any longer; with a thought, he equipped it.

Since the previous Flame Serpent Tube had been permanently upgraded, and no new equipment had been equipped yet, this was the perfect time to equip the Azure Rock Serpent Spine.

The conditions for permanentization don't seem too difficult, so I'll just equip it and make it permanent.

The moment the gear was complete, a warm feeling slowly seeped up from deep within my spine.

It doesn't spread from the abdomen or the limbs, but rather gradually spreads along the entire back, eventually reaching the shoulders, neck, waist, hips, and all parts of the body.

Li Yuan stood up and stretched his shoulders and back.

The joints were looser, and the already abundant blood and energy in the muscles seemed to have been gently sped up, flowing more smoothly.

Without delay, he sat down cross-legged and began to circulate his vital energy.

These past few days, Li Yuan has been consuming large quantities of demon beast meat. He has already met the requirement of 50 jin for the Flame Marrow Body Condensation, and the total amount of Qi and blood in his body has also increased significantly. The circulation of the Nourishing Yuan Technique is also becoming smoother.

In the first round of circulation, the Qi and blood flowed around the meridians in circles. At first, it was relatively stable, but in the latter half of the Returning to Origin exercise, the warmth in the body was noticeably drawn away.

With my shoulders and back feeling lighter, my chest and abdomen also felt a bit more empty.

However, this emptiness only lasted for a short while, and the depleted qi and blood were quickly replenished at an astonishing speed.

If your total Qi and blood volume is high enough, and several other attributes are helping to restore it, it's actually not easy to deplete your Qi and blood to the point of obvious deficiency.

Li Yuan didn't stop, and continued to run it a second and third time.

Night fell gradually, and only the even, heavy breathing could be heard in the room.

Sweat gradually appeared on Li Yuan's forehead.

As another cycle of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches came to an end, Li Yuan felt a sudden emptiness in his back, his hands and feet felt slightly heavy, and the warmth in his chest finally subsided considerably.

That's enough.

As time passed, my blood and energy gradually recovered, my lower back warmed up again, and my fingertips quickly regained strength.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and glanced at the panel.

[Spinal Cord Vitality (White) Permanentization Progress: 1/3]

It happened once.

Li Yuan exhaled and continued.

The second time, he had more experience and was able to control the rhythm more accurately.

I kept working on it until the wee hours of the morning, and it worked on the second try.

[Spinal Cord Vitality (White) Permanentization Progress: 2/3]

Li Yuan stopped and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his chin.

His proficiency in the Nourishing Vitality Technique had increased significantly compared to usual.

It's not just a little bit, but a significant amount that's clearly visible to the naked eye.

After the entry for "Spinal Cord Vitality" was added, the cultivation speed of the Nourishing Vitality Technique increased significantly.

Especially the Returning to Origin Style and Blood Nourishing Style, are now significantly smoother to operate than before.

I looked up at the sky; the sky outside the window was already turning a pale white, but the room was still quiet.

Li Yuan sat on the bed, his back soaked with sweat, but fortunately his clean body gradually suppressed the dampness, and the fabric became dry again.

He glanced down at the panel.

[Spinal Cord Vitality (White) Permanentization Progress: 2/3]

One last time.

Li Yuan raised his hand and pressed on his spine, where it was still warm and the blood and qi were flowing steadily.

This entry is definitely suitable for me.

Not only for the sake of permanence, but also for the added benefits to the Nourishing Vitality Technique, it is worth these four spirit stones.

The next day, when the additional personnel arrived, things became much easier.

People were transferred from another market town belonging to the Wang family, along with peripheral members drawn from elsewhere, resulting in a number of unfamiliar faces at the garrison. A portion of the patrol duties that had previously rested on the shoulders of the established teams were now distributed among them.

People from other places don't need to go out today; instead, it's He Shou's team's turn to be on duty.