Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

After the inspection, Li Yuan returned to his residence.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice the Spirit Guiding Technique.

The spiritual energy surged into the meridians, pure and rapid, circulating continuously, one cycle after another.

The spiritual energy in the dantian is still saturated. The newly added spiritual energy is negligible, but each cycle of the body is repeatedly refining the existing spiritual energy, making it more and more pure and condensed.

The spiritual energy filter removes impurities, and the accelerated circulation increases the operating frequency. The combination of these two features makes the polishing process quite efficient.

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In the past two days, after inspecting the market during the day, Li Yuan would return to his wooden hut at night to sit cross-legged and meditate, circulating the Spirit Guiding Technique.

With the combined effects of spiritual energy filtering and accelerated energy circulation, the progress towards permanentization is steadily increasing.

【Aura Filter (White)】

[Permanentization Progress: 91/100]

The speed was even faster than expected.

However, progress in cultivation was not so remarkable. The spiritual energy in his dantian was already close to saturation, and after two days of cultivation, the total amount had hardly changed.

The only noticeable difference was the texture of the spiritual energy—after repeated tempering, the spiritual energy in the dantian was more condensed and had fewer impurities than it had two days ago.

However, this kind of refinement has an end. Once the spiritual energy is purified to a certain degree, the benefits of continuing to refine it become negligible.

Li Yuan opened his eyes. The sky outside the window was just beginning to lighten; it was another early morning.

She got up, straightened her clothes, and went out the door.

Today's patrol route remains the same: North Alley and East Street.

However, starting the day before yesterday, Li Yuan slightly adjusted his route when patrolling North Alley—he passed through the stall area in the middle section more frequently than before, and he also slowed down his pace.

After two days, Li Yuan had a general idea of ​​the basic situation of the independent repairman who sold ore scraps.

The rogue cultivator's surname was Zhao, and everyone called him Zhao Wu. He was in his forties, with a cultivation level of the second stage of Qi Refining. It was said that he had come from the Yuanheng Mountains to lay low and avoid trouble. The stall sold only cheap ore scraps, of average quality, and not worth much.

This information wasn't something Li Yuan deliberately inquired about.

It's perfectly normal for the patrol officers to walk around the market and chat with the vendors, especially for newly arrived independent cultivators who are supposed to be registered according to the rules.

When Li Yuan passed by Zhao Wu's stall today, he didn't stop, just glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and walked past.

The stall was still the same, with a dirty coarse cloth spread on the ground and a small pile of scraps. The jade pendant was still sandwiched among the ore, dusty and mixed in with the surrounding stones, making it impossible to distinguish without getting close.

Zhao Wu stood behind his stall, his sleeves tucked together, revealing a bulge that was barely visible inside.

Li Yuan took a few steps and suddenly noticed something.

The amount of debris in front of Zhao Wu was almost unchanged compared to before.

It's normal not to be able to sell things, but Zhao Wu seemed a little different.

They don't shout or solicit; they just sit behind the stall for most of the day.

A wandering monk who runs a business isn't worried about selling his goods.

The other independent repair stalls in this alley were more or less popular. Some people would come up to look around, some would haggle over prices, and even if not many transactions were made, at least someone would come over and take a look.

Zhao Wu's stall was deserted.

Over the course of two days, Li Yuan passed by four or five times, but he never saw a single person squat down in front of his stall to look at the goods. The shape of the pile of scrap materials hadn't even changed much.

The addition of the jade pendant with the blue label made Li Yuan suspicious.

Li Yuan kept this thought in mind and continued his patrol.

That evening, after returning to the cabin, Li Yuan sat cross-legged and continued his cultivation.

The spiritual energy surged into the meridians, pure and swift.

The spiritual energy in the dantian was already saturated to its limit, like a pool of water overflowing its edge. Any further spiritual energy poured in would only circulate once in the meridians before dissipating.

However, the progress of permanentization is still accelerating.

【Aura Filter (White)】

[Permanentization Progress: 97/100]

It will be completed in two or three more weeks.

Li Yuan didn't rush to finish pushing it all at once, but instead stopped and rested with his eyes closed for a while.

The more critical the moment, the less you should rush things.

After several days of intense training, my meridians are somewhat fatigued. Taking a proper rest will actually help me to exert more power later.

He rolled over and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling of the cabin, but his mind kept racing.

The matter of Zhao Wu's stall kept nagging at me.

On the morning of the third day, after Li Yuan finished his cultivation, the permanent progress of spiritual energy filtering was pushed to one hundred.

The moment the hundredth cycle was completed, a notification popped up on the panel.

The conditions for permanent Spirit Filter (White) have been met.

Is it permanent?

Li Yuan's mind stirred, and he chose yes.

[Permanentization successful]

[Aura Filter (White) has become a permanent entry]

[Equipment consumed]

The panel then updates.

Current equipment slots: 1/2

[Equipped Item: Meridian Opening Pill]

[Acquired entries: Spiritual Energy Filtering (White) (Permanent), Qi Circulation Acceleration (White), Cleansing Constitution (Gray) (Permanent)]

Once the spirit stone is made permanent, an equipment slot will be freed up.

Li Yuan took out the book on Iron Ox Kung Fu.

[Equipable item detected: Iron Ox Skill (Complete)]

[Entry Preview: Internal Organ Enhancement (White) - Strengthens the resilience of the five internal organs and increases their maximum tolerance to spiritual energy impact]

[Permanentization Requirements: Cultivate two mortal cultivation techniques to perfection]

[Current equipment slot (1/2), equip?]

equipment.

The book transformed into light and merged into his body, and the techniques and key points of the Iron Ox Kung Fu in his mind became as clear as yesterday.

The warmth that enveloped the internal organs deep within the abdominal cavity surged back up, and the five internal organs were slowly strengthened by the gentle force.

As soon as the effects of the organ strengthening returned, Li Yuan immediately noticed the difference.

With each breath, the pressure on the internal organs from the circulation of spiritual energy within the body was greatly reduced, and the previously faint feeling of stuffiness almost disappeared.

The stuffiness caused by the fullness of the dantian also eased a bit. Although the bottleneck was still there, the body's endurance limit had obviously increased.

Current equipment slots: 2/2

[Equipped Items: Meridian Opening Pill, Iron Ox Skill]

[Acquired entries: Spiritual Energy Filtering (White) (Permanent), Qi Circulation Acceleration (White), Internal Organ Strengthening (White), Cleansing Physique (Gray) (Permanent)]

Three white entries are active simultaneously, plus one permanent gray entry.

Li Yuan sat down cross-legged and began to circulate the Spirit Guiding Technique.

The spiritual energy entered the body, pure as water, without the slightest impurity. The body circulated rapidly, strengthening the internal organs and ensuring unobstructed flow through the meridians. Each of the three elements performed its function, further enhancing cultivation efficiency.

The feeling of the three white entries operating simultaneously was completely different from any previous cultivation session.

The spiritual energy is filtered cleanly upon entering the body, and its circulation is extremely fast, with almost no obstruction in the meridians.

The supple warmth deep within the internal organs steadily supported the impact of each movement, and the original slight feeling of stuffiness disappeared completely.

With the three effects combined, the cultivation experience was on a completely different level compared to the previous few days.

Li Yuan circulated his energy for more than a dozen cycles in this state until his meridians felt slightly warm before slowly stopping.