Cultivation: I Can Solidify Equipment Attributes

Chapter 275: Chapter 265: Remnants of the Alchemy Chamber

The exploration of the ruins continued.

This time, a new alchemy chamber and an herb storage area were uncovered.

Li Yuan happened to be at the outpost when the news arrived.

When Chen Yi saw him, he waved him over directly.

"Do you want to take a look at the newly opened area on the east side?"

"Are there enough people?" Li Yuan asked.

"Enough," Chen Yi said.

Li Yuan nodded and asked no more questions.

When he arrived, he first took a look around.

The newly opened area was more intact than the previous outer sections of the Alchemy Dao area.

The floor was still paved with old stone bricks, and at the edges were several Fire Pattern circuits that had already gone dim.

The herb storage area was to the left. A few rows of stone shelves had partially collapsed, but it was still possible to tell that things had once been stored here in an organized fashion. The real trouble was the row of Fire Pattern stone cabinets in the alchemy chamber.

These stone cabinets were a dark red color, with dense Fire Patterns inlaid along the edges of their doors. Many of the Fire Patterns were already damaged, but a portion of them were still barely functioning, causing the cabinets’ surfaces to constantly emanate a slight warmth.

Li Yuan walked closer, first scanning them with his Divine Sense, then casually applying his Spirit Pattern Analysis to them.

He quickly figured out the mechanism.

"First, sever the outer stabilizing Fire Patterns, then dismantle the locking patterns."

Li Yuan raised his hand and tapped the side of a cabinet door. Although his own attainments in the Array Dao weren’t particularly strong, his keywords gave him an ability to break Arrays that far surpassed others.

Furthermore, Li Yuan had previously equipped the Array and Talisman Mutual Reference Scroll, and its Array-Talisman Reflection keyword blessed his Array Dao with the power of his Talisman Dao, raising it to a level near perfect Tier One.

Breaking this kind of Array was naturally no problem for him.

The most direct change was that when Li Yuan looked at these Fire Pattern stone cabinets again, the two words "Array Pattern" were no longer the only things in his mind. As many of the circuits entered his perception, they would instinctively break down into the familiar strokes and structures of talisman patterns.

Nodes that he would have previously had to trace inch by inch along the cabinet door, he could now often identify with a single glance, distinguishing the stabilizing Fire Patterns from the deceptive ’reflux’ Fire Patterns.

This feeling wasn’t like a simple improvement in the Array Dao; it was more like he had directly transplanted the method of analyzing patterns from talisman crafting onto the task of breaking Arrays.

An Array Cultivator from the Primordial Yang Sect standing beside him followed his finger and looked, his expression flickering with surprise.

"There really are reflux Fire Patterns."

The group didn’t delay and immediately began dismantling them.

After half a day, all twelve Fire Pattern stone cabinets had been opened.

By the time this area was completely cleared, it was nearly evening.

Then came the distribution of loot.

For items discovered in the ruins, the lion’s share was naturally managed by the Sect, while the rest was converted into Contribution Points or distributed as materials based on effort and merit.

However, nearly all of the medicinal herbs and pills had degraded beyond use and held no value for distribution.

However, an old Fire Talisman artifact was allocated to him.

The object wasn’t large, resembling a battered, old fire-pan, its surface engraved with several Fire Patterns that were almost worn smooth.

But Li Yuan could sense a keyword on it.

He reached out and picked up the fire-pan. A panel immediately popped up.

[Equippable Item Detected: Old Fire Talisman Artifact (Intact)]

[Equip Keyword Preview: Pill Fire Condensation (Green)]

[Effect: Increases power of Fire Element Magic by 20%. Increases purity of Fire Spiritual Power. Slightly increases stability of Fire Spiritual Power.]

[Permanence Condition Preview: Master three Fire Element Magic skills and cultivate them to Great Success (0/1)]

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

’A green keyword.’

Li Yuan’s gaze lingered on the panel for a moment before he put the item away.

This keyword was very practical.

Whether it was the increased power for Fire Element Magic, or the enhanced purity and stability of his Fire Spiritual Power, it was all useful to him. Especially since he was already majoring in fire-based magic, this kind of keyword would show immediate results once equipped.

As for the permanence condition, it wasn’t completely out of reach.

His Fire Python Skill was already at the adept level, as was his Fire Escape Skill.

His Fire Arrow Skill had also reached Great Success. His Fireball Technique was even at the perfection stage. As long as either the Fire Python Skill or the Fire Escape Skill reached Great Success, he would meet the requirement.

After a while, the team on the other side also cleared out an alchemy chamber.

They had unearthed the rubbing of a Skill manual. After the news reached the outpost, the Sect first reviewed it, then quickly announced that members could exchange Contribution Points for a copy.

When Chen Yi saw Li Yuan return, he mentioned it casually.

"You might be interested in that Skill."

"What kind is it?" Li Yuan asked.

Chen Yi said, "It’s not a simple Body Refining technique. It’s more like using the Alchemy Dao to nourish the physical body."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan went to check it out directly.

The rubbing wasn’t thick. There was no name on the cover, but the contents were very unique.

To put it simply, the core method was to first draw one’s own blood essence, then use it along with medicinal herbs in Alchemy, and finally, consume the resulting pill to replenish one’s own body.

Instead of forcefully supplementing with external items, it involved first drawing a part of oneself, using medicinal herbs and alchemy methods to refine it into something more easily absorbable, and ultimately nourishing the physical body.

This method was very different from the common Alchemy skills used by ordinary Cultivators.

And because it was so unique, after reading it, Li Yuan immediately understood why Chen Yi had said it would complement his nameless Body Refining Technique.

The nameless Body Refining Technique focused on tempering the bones and membranes, following a path of continuous physical strengthening. If paired with this skill of refining one’s blood essence into a pill to nourish the body, it would be possible to recuperate the resources consumed during Body Refining.

Without hesitation, Li Yuan directly used his Contribution Points to exchange for the rubbing of this skill.

It only cost three hundred Contribution Points. Items discovered during exploration like this were always discounted.

Once he had taken care of his business, Li Yuan left the outpost and returned to Mist Forest Marketplace.

Li Yuan could clearly sense that a few more Mid-grade Evil Stones had appeared in the vein.

After returning to his stone house, he took out the rubbing of the skill manual he had exchanged for today and began flipping through it page by page.

The more he read, the deeper his brow furrowed.

This Skill could indeed be integrated with his nameless Body Refining Technique, but it was also truly difficult.

The difficulty wasn’t in its principles, but in its extremely high requirements for one’s foundation in the Alchemy Dao. Using one’s own blood essence as a primer, then refining it with herbs into a pill—the slightest mistake in the process would, at best, result in the pill being destroyed. At worst, one’s blood essence would be wasted as well.

Li Yuan first went over the entire process, then laid out the required materials on the table and cross-referenced them.

The conclusion he reached was very straightforward.

This was a Tier Two pill.

And a particularly difficult Tier Two pill to refine, at that.

Although he currently had a foundation in Tier One Alchemy, if he wanted to actually attempt it, he would at least need to advance his Tier One Alchemy to the perfection stage, and thoroughly master many details about heat control, medicinal properties, and Pill Collection before he would even be qualified to try.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be Alchemy; it would just be burning materials for nothing.

Li Yuan closed the rubbing, placed it back on the table, and didn’t try to force it.

’It’s not time yet.’

’The proper path is to first continue improving my current foundation in the Alchemy Dao.’

The room grew quiet. On the table lay the newly acquired cultivation pills, Body Refining herbs, and that unique alchemy skill manual.

Li Yuan sat for a while, then waved his hand to put the items away. He then closed his eyes and began to circulate the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill.

His Spiritual Power flowed slowly. Within his Dantian, the Spiritual Power that had been continuously purified by the large Spirit Vein remained clear and stable.

Outside the stone house, the lights of the marketplace lit up one by one.

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