Cultivation: I Can Solidify Equipment Attributes

Chapter 267: Chapter 257: Holistic Medicinal Essence

After returning from the depths of the Ghost Mist Forest, Li Yuan first took care of business at the marketplace.

The outpost, the shops, the supplies, and the deployment of personnel—all of it required his attention.

Once he was done, Li Yuan shut the door to his stone house and took out the few fragmented Divine Soul Class slips he had acquired.

None of them were complete.

Some had been dug up from a storeroom near the alchemy area, containing brief notes on using Divine Sense to control fire and separate ingredients during Alchemy. They described how to gather and condense one’s Divine Soul when extending it outward. The content was scattered and lacked a cohesive system, but when pieced together, it filled in many crucial details.

Li Yuan didn’t analyze them at length, piece by piece. He simply extracted the parts that would be useful for his Soul Condensation Skill.

Which section discussed gathering the Divine Sense.

Which section discussed divided control.

And which section discussed how to stabilize his sea of consciousness after a Divine Soul tremor.

Only after sorting all this out did he truly begin his cultivation.

When he circulated the Soul Condensation Skill, the first thing to change in his sea of consciousness was not its quantity, but its form.

Before, extending his Divine Sense had been like spreading out a sheet of water. Now, with each circulation, it was slowly being gathered more tightly. He would tighten it, release it, then retract it again, repeating the process endlessly. With each completed cycle, the mass of Divine Soul power deep within his sea of consciousness grew a little more condensed than before.

This type of cultivation was mentally taxing and required a solid foundation.

Fortunately, Li Yuan had never been lacking in this regard.

As the days passed, the changes to his Divine Soul became more and more apparent.

Previously, when he sent out his Divine Sense to scan an area, he would feel a slight sense of strain upon retracting it. Now, covering the same range with the same precision, the process felt much lighter. When he reviewed the fragmented Divine Soul slips again, many sections he had only vaguely understood before now seemed to come to him naturally.

Just then, the panel popped up.

[Cultivation Technique: Soul Condensation Skill — Great Success (0/3200)]

Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes. He didn’t get up immediately, instead releasing his Divine Sense and sweeping it across the interior and exterior of his stone house.

The range hadn’t increased by an absurd amount, but its quality felt completely different.

If his previous Divine Sense was like a sprawling net, it was now more like an incredibly fine, uniform blade. Sweeping it across the stone walls, he could feel the subtle textural differences within the layers of rock. When it landed on the jade slips on his desk, he could even make out the flow of residual Spiritual Power within them more clearly. If he were to use it for breaking restrictive seals or discerning formations, it would be far more valuable than before.

More importantly, it was more resistant to impact.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and intentionally made his Divine Sense tremble. His sea of consciousness only rippled slightly; it was surprisingly far more stable than before. If he were to face another Divine Soul Class attack or backlash, the chances of him coming out on the losing end would be much lower.

The moment he reached Great Success, another notification popped up on the panel.

[Permanence Conditions Met for Stealthy Concealment (White)]

[Reach Great Success in one Divine Soul Skill (1/1)]

[Make Permanent?]

Li Yuan confirmed without hesitation.

[Stealthy Concealment (White) has become a permanent entry.]

A faint, cool sensation spread from between his eyebrows before quickly subsiding.

Li Yuan stood up and activated his new permanent white entry. The next moment, though he still stood in the same spot, his overall presence seemed to have thinned. Without a careful probe using Spiritual Power or Divine Sense, anyone looking with just their naked eyes would subconsciously overlook his position.

With that matter settled, Li Yuan returned to his usual cultivation routine.

He focused mainly on the Soul Condensation Skill, but he didn’t stop practicing the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill either.

This Wood Attribute Cultivation Technique was inherently slow, its effects not as immediate as those of the Fire Element or Body Refining. But this kind of patient, grinding effort was what took the most time. During this period, after finishing his practice of the Soul Condensation Skill, he would always set aside more time to circulate the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill, letting the gentle Wood Spirit slowly course through his meridians and internal organs.

Day by day, his progress, while not dramatic, was constant and steady.

Meanwhile, the marketplace had grown even livelier than before.

Once its reputation as the main supply point for the front line was established, many merchants began to flock to the area.

The few shops that had previously been on the fence now began to rent spaces. On the main street, the businesses of Alchemy, Talismans, Magical Artifact repair, and the buying and selling of Demon Beast materials became more established. Even the residential area for Loose Cultivators on the market’s edge was much more densely populated than before.

With so many people, it was naturally easier for items with entries to appear.

That afternoon, Li Yuan was patrolling the main street as usual when he paused slightly while passing a newly opened apothecary.

The shop wasn’t large, and its shelves were mostly stocked with common pills and a few types of Spirit Liquids.

As his entry perception swept past, a small, pale-green bottle in a corner of the counter gave off a faint white glow.

Li Yuan walked over and bought it. It only cost ten Spirit Stones.

After purchasing it, the moment his palm made contact, the panel popped up.

[Detected Equippable Item: Nourishing Spirit Liquid (Complete)]

[Equippable Entry Preview: Medicinal Essence Channeling (White)]

[Effect: Enhances the nourishing effect of medicines on the Divine Soul.]

[Permanence Condition Preview: Reach Great Success in one Divine Soul Skill (1/1)]

[Current equipment slots are full (5/5). Replace a currently equipped item?]

Li Yuan unequipped one entry, then equipped the new one and made it permanent.

[Medicinal Essence Channeling (White) has become a permanent entry.]

Immediately after, a new notification popped up on the panel.

[Mergeable Entries Detected]

[Spirit Liquid Infusion (Green)]

[Marrow Tempering (White)]

[Medicinal Essence Channeling (White)]

[Merge?]

Li Yuan’s expression flickered as he looked at the three notifications.

’Spirit Liquid Infusion boosts the effect of medicine on Spiritual Power. Marrow Tempering enhances its effect on my Body Refining Technique. And now, this new one enhances the nourishment of my Divine Soul.’ Three separate paths, corresponding perfectly to Spiritual Power, physical body, and Divine Soul.

Without a second thought, he confirmed the merge.

The panel trembled slightly.

[Merge Successful]

[Obtained Green Merged Entry: Medicinal Essence Harmony]

[Effect: The nourishing and promoting effects of medicine on Spiritual Power, the physical body, and the Divine Soul are all enhanced. Enhancement Amount: Fifty percent.]

The medicinal bonuses, previously scattered across three different paths, had been completely unified into one—and with an enhancement of a full fifty percent.

’This entry came at the perfect time.’

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