Cultivation: I Can Solidify Equipment Attributes

Chapter 303: Chapter 292: Fully Connected

Li Yuan studied the final layer of the Restriction for two full nights before daring to act.

This layer was on a completely different level from any of the previous ones.

The density of the Array Patterns was incredibly high, extending from the teleportation structure’s core circuit deep into the stone walls on either side. They were layered and nested, each part affecting the others. The outermost layer appeared to be a ring of Sealing Patterns, but beneath it lay a second ring, which in turn contained a third.

The three rings weren’t simply arranged in parallel; they were interlocked. Disturbing one would cause the other two to shift in response.

What made it even more difficult was that the way this layer of the Restriction connected to the teleportation structure was also different from the previous layers.

While the Restrictions on the first four layers were also connected to the teleportation structure, their connections had distinct anchor points. One simply had to find those points and detach them one by one. This final layer, however, had no independent anchor points. The Restriction Array Patterns were woven directly into the teleportation structure’s core circuit, making the two almost inseparable.

To dismantle the Restriction without damaging the teleportation structure, he had to find the minuscule seam between them and meticulously peel the Restriction away from the circuit along that seam.

This seam was invisible to the naked eye and difficult to discern even with Divine Sense.

But Spirit Vein Perception could.

Li Yuan completely immersed his consciousness in the large Spirit Vein, starting from the main vein’s core node and tracing the teleportation structure upward. Once his Spirit Vein Perception penetrated the stone, it revealed a deeper layer of detail than his Divine Sense could.

He started with the outermost ring.

He channeled his Spiritual Power into the first point, extremely gently and slowly. He didn’t force it in; instead, like the tip of a needle, he found the weakest spot in the seam and let the power seep through, bit by bit.

The Restriction Array Pattern trembled slightly the moment his Spiritual Power touched it.

Li Yuan immediately halted, waiting for the vibration to subside before continuing.

Fortunately, his permanent traits, "Enlightened Spiritual Sense" and "Linked Array Mechanism Perception," were stacked, granting him a synchronized awareness of multi-layered structures that far surpassed that of an ordinary person.

He worked at it for five consecutive nights.

Each night, he would only work on a small section before stopping to return to his stone house and rest. The following day, he would handle affairs in the marketplace and perform his daily cultivation before returning again at night.

On the sixth night, the final point of interference was severed.

The Array Patterns of the entire Restriction layer were now completely separated from the teleportation structure’s core circuit. Having lost the circuit it relied on, the Restriction’s own Spiritual Power fluctuations began to weaken. The flows of Spiritual Power, which had been surging back and forth, grew slower with each cycle.

Li Yuan stood his ground, watching as the Restriction slowly fell silent.

After about a quarter of an hour, the last trace of Spiritual Power fluctuation ceased.

The Restriction was completely disabled.

A panel popped up.

[Art: Tier Two Array Dao—Proficient (0/800)]

Tier Two Array Dao, Proficient.

Li Yuan didn’t examine the panel closely; his gaze remained fixed straight ahead.

With the Restriction gone, the final section of the teleportation structure’s passageway was completely exposed. His Spirit Vein Perception probed forward, meeting no resistance. It was a clear path from the main vein’s core node all the way to a sealed space directly beneath the Core Formation Platform.

The underground passage was clear.

Li Yuan stood in place and slowly exhaled.

From discovering the teleportation structure to dismantling the Restrictions along its path layer by layer, it had taken him nearly a month. The perceptual advantage granted by having the Spirit Vein equipped in his special slot had now fully paid off. Without Spirit Vein Perception, he would never have found the interference points hidden deep within the rock, and he would have had no way to even begin tackling the final Restriction.

Li Yuan retracted his consciousness and returned to the stone house the way he came.

He didn’t rush to use the passage that night.

The next day, Li Yuan handled the affairs of the marketplace as usual.

After nightfall, he first sat in his stone house for a while. He waited until the marketplace had fallen completely silent and the guards at the outpost had changed shifts before he got up and left.

Instead of using the marketplace gate, he descended into the mine tunnel entrance behind his stone house and walked all the way to the vicinity of the Spirit Vein Core.

Upon reaching the main vein’s core node, Li Yuan first spread his Spirit Vein Perception upward.

In the direction of the Core Formation Platform, the Arrays set up after the district was sealed off and the auras of the guards were revealed one by one.

There weren’t many people on night duty, only two Cultivators patrolling near the outer corridor.

Li Yuan waited a moment longer, setting off only after confirming the patrol rhythm above was stable.

The entrance to the teleportation structure was right beside the main vein’s core node.

Li Yuan cranked the effect of his "Vein Hiding, Breath Concealing" art to its maximum, while also fully activating "Traceless Concealment."

After taking a Hidden Vein Pill, with both his meridian fluctuations and his external aura doubly suppressed, his presence dropped to an extremely low level.

Then, he stepped into the teleportation structure.

Spiritual Power automatically guided him along the core circuit, his body ascending through the channel within the rock.

A moment later, a sealed space appeared at the end of the passage.

The space wasn’t large, enclosed by stone walls on all four sides and a ceiling of solid rock. There was no wind, nor any flow of Spiritual Power, like a completely sealed stone chamber.

Li Yuan stood there and looked up.

His Spirit Vein Perception passed through the stone ceiling, revealing the Core Formation Platform above.

The platform was directly overhead, separated by less than two zhang of rock. The old, surviving patterns on its edge were still operating faintly, maintaining a tenuous connection with the core circuit of the teleportation structure beneath his feet.

Li Yuan stood in the sealed space for a moment.

He had sensed the purple-grade trait of the Core Formation Platform itself back when he first entered the Core Formation District. Sensing it again now, through two zhang of rock, that profound presence unique to the purple grade was still there—heavy and far more oppressive than any blue-grade trait.

’But I still can’t equip it.’

’What’s really blocking it are the Arrays and Restrictions around the Core Formation Platform.’

After the Primordial Yang Sect sealed the area, they had set up multiple layers of defensive and Investigation Arrays in the Core Formation District. Furthermore, the Core Formation Platform itself was still surrounded by some of the protective Restrictions left behind by the former Sect.

’These things encase the Core Formation Platform like a shell, isolating it from any outside contact.’

’As long as these Arrays and Restrictions remain, I won’t be able to touch the purple-grade trait.’

’But by that same token, if I can break them, I might be able to equip it.’

Li Yuan committed this conclusion to memory and didn’t linger in the sealed space.

After confirming the passage was intact and completely concealed, he returned the way he came, following the teleportation structure back to the main vein’s core node, and then taking the mine tunnel back to his stone house.

The entire process took less than an hour.

Outside the stone house, the night was dark and deep, and the marketplace was utterly silent.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged on his meditation cushion and resumed his cultivation.

The cultivation efficiency he gained after his Flawless Spiritual Power became a permanent state still allowed him to feel tangible progress each time. As the Spiritual Power circulated through his meridians, it was so pure it lacked a single trace of impurity, and the reserves in his Dantian grew steadily with every completed cycle.

’The underground passage is clear, and the Core Formation Platform is within reach.’

’But it’s not time yet.’

Li Yuan closed his eyes and continued to circulate his energy.

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