Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 736 Sky-Splitting Gorge

The northern wilderness of Lingzhou.

As soon as the light of escape appeared, Li Yuan's senses detected a very faint trace of demonic energy.

It wasn't the mixed energy seeping from the dark veins, but rather the traces left by cultivators walking around. It contained human spiritual energy mixed with the ancient demonic path's essence, and its fluctuations were almost identical to those in the grooves of the ancient altar in Liangzhou.

Li Yuan stopped his escape.

The "Myriad Phenomena Retrospection" compares two fluctuations side-by-side, their frequencies being extremely close. They are not the same person, but most likely from the same lineage.

The trail extends northeastward.

Li Yuan lowered his escape light and gave chase, his Dark Fiend Insight extracting the wisp of demonic energy from the mixed energy. Thirty miles, fifty miles, seventy miles later, the trail ended in a dry river valley.

The loess soil on both sides of the valley collapsed, and piles of rocks were left behind.

Li Yuan landed, his senses probing into the ground. Ten feet deep, there was an extremely narrow, dark branch path, its inner walls still bearing traces of fresh demonic energy, and its direction was still northeast.

Follow the side road into the end, where you'll find an underground stone chamber.

The stone chamber was about three zhang in diameter and filled with miscellaneous items. A gaunt cultivator sat cross-legged against the stone wall, wearing a gray-black robe and exuding the aura of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Human demon cultivator.

Beside him was a storage bag and two dark red jade slips.

The spatial confinement spell was cast.

The demonic cultivator froze, his eyes snapping open. Before he could speak, twelve demonic binding ropes had already wrapped around his limbs and waist, even gagging his mouth.

Li Yuan walked closer and squatted down.

"Where did it come from?"

The rope was loosened from the mouth.

The demonic cultivator gritted his teeth and remained silent.

A sharp line of blade hung half an inch from the side of his neck, a tiny crack flashing at the tip of the blade.

The demonic cultivator's Adam's apple bobbed.

"The Realm of Demons".

"Which crack did it come in from?"

He hesitated for two breaths. The blade edge was half a fraction closer.

"The dark swamp of Liangzhou, that narrow crevice."

One of the three cracks that Li Yuan sealed.

"What are you doing down here?"

"Retrieve something." The demonic cultivator's voice was dry. "The orders from above are to find something in the lower realm and bring it back, then coordinate with the army to disrupt the seal."

"What is it?"

"I don't know, they only gave directions and general characteristics."

Li Yuan stared at him for several breaths.

The demonic cultivator's eyes darted around, not like he was lying.

"The crack has been sealed; you can't go back."

The demonic cultivator's expression immediately changed.

Li Yuan tightened the binding rope, taking the person, along with their storage bag and jade slip, away together.

Tianyue Sect, Council Hall.

Li Yuan handed over the demonic cultivator and the loot to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng ordered his men to take the jade slips away for interrogation, and then examined the two dark red jade slips. They contained the coordinates of the Dark Vein branch and the ancient demonic path's communication codes, which were of the same origin as those previously seized from the demonic cultivators in northeastern Lingzhou.

"Another one." Zhou Heng put down the jade slip. "There are more than just one or two human demon cultivators who have infiltrated the lower realms."

Li Yuan nodded.

Zhou Heng was silent for a moment, then said, "There's one more thing. After the Dark Gray God-Demon Clan retreated into the rift, we've been chasing it."

He looked at Li Yuan.

"The sect leader of Yuanzong said that it went southwest. Elder Xuanying investigated again later and found that the demon did not return to its lair on the other side of the rift, but moved in the spatial passage of the Netherworld, and its whereabouts are unknown."

"What is it looking for?" Li Yuan asked.

"I don't know, I can only keep an eye on it."

Zhou Heng then brought up the maintenance of the formation.

"Over there in the deep valley of the abyss, the Mingyuan Sect has already sent several fourth-tier array masters to take over. The sealing arrays, offensive and defensive arrays, and purification arrays you set up will all be inspected and replenished by them, so you don't need to guard them all the time."

Li Yuan agreed.

At the end of the meeting, Zhou Heng handed over a jade slip.

"The Tianyue Sect has discovered a new location. Three hundred miles west of the Youyuan Deep Valley, there is a natural spatial barrier with a weak wall, locally called the Rift Sky Gorge. The rock walls on both sides of the gorge are embedded with a large number of spatial attribute mineral veins. No cracks have been found yet, but if the Demon Clan wants to open a new passage, that is the most likely place."

Zhou Heng looked at him.

"Go and assess whether we need to deploy defenses in advance."

Li Yuan carefully put away the jade slip and transformed into a beam of light, leaving the Tianyue Sect.

Lietian Gorge.

About three hundred li west of Youyuan Deep Valley, at the border of Lingzhou and Liangzhou.

The streaking light landed at the entrance of the canyon.

The Rifty Sky Gorge runs north-south, stretching for over ten miles, with a width of less than a hundred feet at its widest point and only a dozen feet at its narrowest. The rock walls on both sides are nearly vertical, reaching heights of several hundred feet, and their grayish-white surfaces are inlaid with silver mineral veins.

Spatial attribute mineral veins.

Every few feet, silver patterns would appear, some as thick as an arm, some as thin as a hair, crisscrossing the wall.

After his senses expanded, Li Yuan detected an extremely dense spatial spiritual energy.

The concentration is far greater than that in the deeper layers of Shattered Star Valley.

The auxiliary meridians of the Void Condensation Meridian Guiding Technique, after achieving minor success, immediately reacted, with a large amount of spatial spiritual energy surging in, absorbing it even faster than near the cracks in the Nether Abyss Valley.

Li Yuan ventured deep into the canyon.

The deeper you go, the denser the spiritual energy in the space becomes. At the narrowest point in the middle of the canyon, the mineral veins on both sides almost merge into one, and the silver light makes the rock walls shine brightly.

This area definitely needs to be fortified.

The wall is too thin; if the demons apply pressure to the corresponding position on the other side of the crack, they can easily tear open a new passage.

Li Yuan memorized the terrain and sat cross-legged in the middle of the canyon.

The Empty Condensation and Meridian Guiding Technique is activated.

The auxiliary meridians were rapidly filled with the rich spiritual energy of the space, and the self-circulation of the minor completion stage was pushed to the limit, with the meridian walls being broken open layer by layer.

The technique of "empty condensation and guiding the pulse" has been mastered.

After reaching the Great Perfection stage, the auxiliary meridians are more closely connected to the main meridians, and spatial attribute spiritual power surges into the main circuit, merging with the primordial power of the perfected circuit of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

The spatial spiritual energy in the canyon is still being poured in.

The walls of the meridians were repeatedly washed, gradually changing from smooth to transparent. At a certain moment, spatial spiritual energy passed directly through the walls, freely entering and exiting the meridians.

The technique of "empty condensation and guiding the meridians" is complete.

At the same moment, a vibration came from the storage bag.

Empty-patterned boundary plate.

The blue-labeled airspace is sealed permanently, subject to the following condition: a third-tier spatial cultivation technique must be perfected.

The Void Condensation Meridian Guiding Technique, a third-order spatial cultivation method, is now complete.

The conditions are met.

The next instant, the Void Pattern Suppressing Plate shattered in the storage bag, and a stream of blue light shot out.

The scene in the sea of ​​consciousness unfolds.

A cultivator hovered in mid-air, his palms thrusting forward. His spiritual energy touched the spatial wall in front of him, but instead of penetrating it, it froze the wall.

The space, several feet in diameter, froze. A demon crashed into it and stood frozen in mid-air.

The image fades away.

[Permanentization complete]

[Airspace Sealed Off - Blue]

[Effect: Permanently increases the power of spatial spells by 30%; can solidify space, the ability to solidify is related to mastery of spatial spells.]

Blue light flowed into the meridians.

Before Li Yuan could finish his practice, a sudden tremor ran through the depths of his consciousness.

It's not an entry that's being activated.

Words appeared in my mind.

[The conditions for merging similar terms have been met.]

【Space Edge - Blue】

【Rift Blade - Blue】

【Empty Abyss Array Core - Blue】

[Airspace Sealed Off - Blue]

[Four blue spatial combat-related attributes trigger fusion]

Four blue entries lit up simultaneously.

Spatial Edge: The spiritual power possesses spatial cutting attributes, increasing the power of spatial spells by 20%.

Rift Blade increases the efficiency of spatial environment spiritual energy by 50% and the power of spatial spells by 30%.

At the core of the Void Abyss Formation, the power of spatial spells is increased by 30%, and the stability of spell casting is increased by 20%.

The Void Seal increases the power of spatial magic by 30% and can solidify space.

Four streams of blue light surged from the depths of the meridians, converging above the dantian, their color gradually deepening.

A burst of purple light erupted.

[Integration Complete]

[Airspace Warrior - Purple]

[Effect: Permanently and significantly increases the power of spatial spells; Permanently and significantly increases the efficiency of spiritual energy circulation in spatial combat environments;]

It can actively solidify the space around the target to form a temporary absolute confinement: the spatial attribute strength of spiritual power is permanently and greatly enhanced.

The four blue entries disappeared and were replaced by new purple entries.

The purple light flowed into the meridians of the whole body.

Li Yuan raised his hand and activated the spatial cutting technique.

A sharp line shot out from the fingertip, slicing towards a protruding rock on the canyon wall. Upon contact, the rock didn't split in two, but shattered completely, the remaining crack lingering for five breaths before dissipating.

The spatial confinement spell was then activated.

The confinement field pressed down on what lay ahead. Li Yuan focused his mind, and a small area of ​​space five zhang away instantly froze.

Absolute confinement.

It's not force field suppression, but rather the space itself that's locked down.

Li Yuan withdrew his magic and stood in the middle of the canyon.

The surrounding silver veins still shimmered, and spatial spiritual energy rippled between the rock walls. The auxiliary meridians, now fully formed after the completion of the Void Condensation Meridian Guiding Technique, began to circulate on their own, and the primordial energy within the body gained an additional layer of rich spatial depth.

Li Yuan took out a blank jade slip and recorded the terrain of the Rift Sky Gorge, the thickness of the wall, the distribution of mineral veins, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the space into it.

The deployment of defenses needs to be discussed back at Tianyue Sect.

The walls here are extremely thin, and ordinary sealing arrays may not be enough. We need to use the spatial spiritual power of the mineral vein itself to reinforce the walls.

Li Yuan put away the jade slip and transformed into a beam of light, leaving the Rift Sky Gorge.