Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 115: Taking sides
The woman's strong and powerful arms kept rising and falling, nimbly and meticulously tending to the delicate pale green seedlings of flowers in the field.

There seemed to be a faint buzzing sound circling in the distance, which made her look up.

"I don't know where the master found these spirit bees, but they are very obedient. I don't know how effective they are..."

Xiong Li muttered with a little curiosity, as if this brought out some idea in her mind.

Then she was a little bored and whispered to Fang Ze,
"Our master is really becoming more and more withdrawn..."

"Days passed like this. I heard from the Lan family that since the drastic changes in Dengyun Market, it has been over a year and he hasn't been seen leaving Changcui Mountain many times..."

"To have been able to defend this mountain for so long, Master truly possesses the fortitude to endure loneliness... Could it be that the Alliance Leader holds a grudge against Master for refusing to go to the battlefield, and that's why he's so hesitant to go out so easily?"

When Fang Ze heard this, he subconsciously turned his head and looked around.

Before he could speak, the stout woman waved her hand impatiently.
"Oh! How come you're still so cautious after all these years... The master should be resting on the mountaintop at this time, why would he come to Lingtian? Don't worry!"

"Ahem...better safe than sorry..."

Fang Ze replied with a little embarrassment, but his attitude relaxed, and he said with a little excitement,

"I heard from the Lan family that it seems to be true... Since then, the alliance's attitude towards Chang Cui Mountain has changed. Not only are we not getting any good things, but the Lan family has also been severely implicated..."

"Over the past year or so, other factions within the alliance have been taking advantage of me to extort money and take advantage of me. Now, they've almost completely severed ties with me!"

"Tsk! Those old guys were so arrogant when they first tried to curry favor with me, and now they're acting like this again. It's truly despicable!"

Xiong Li said with a hint of indignation, "Especially their eldest daughter... If Master hadn't saved her and taken Changcui Mountain back, she would have died in some mountain valley. Now she's so distant and cold towards Master. It's really..."

She opened her mouth but didn't dare to curse.

Hearing this, Fang Ze's eyes flickered slightly and he said, "That's wrong. Miss Lan has served the master for such a long time. Now she has no choice but to make other plans for the sake of the family..."

Xiong Li glanced at Zhang Ze with disdain, "Humph! I didn't expect you to want to eat swan meat!"

Fang Ze's face flushed immediately, "Aunt Xiong, how can you say that..."

He took two breaths, but his tone changed.
"Do you know that the young master of the Lan family has already been favored by the formation master of the Tu family and is about to be accepted as a disciple... From now on, the Lan family will be linked to the Tu family and will no longer need that person's care!"

At this point, Fang Ze lowered his voice again, his eyes revealing deep meaning.

"With the support of Pingyang Mountain and the Tu family, it's unclear whether that person will be able to stay in Changcui Mountain in the future... Perhaps this mountain will have to change its name to Lan again!"

Xiong Li's expression suddenly changed, and she asked in panic and cautiously,

"Is this true?"

At the beginning, the Tu family knelt quickly and offered a large amount of assets. With Tu Zhiyong, a very useful formation master, they were quite favored by Pingyang Mountain and basically completely replaced Li Ye's role.

Over the past year or so, at the instruction of Xu Pingyang and Xie Yushu, Li Ye was almost completely isolated within the alliance, and all previous contacts had been almost severed.

In terms of various interests, not to mention that good things will not involve Li Ye, as long as bad things are not thrown at him, it is already the effect of his previous reputation!

As both Formation Masters, in just over a year, the status of Li Ye and Na Tu Zhiyong has undergone a major reversal...

Now that the Lan family has attached themselves to Tu Zhiyong, the situation is very different!

Seeing Xiong Li's arrogant attitude, Fang Ze couldn't help but smile and said with a hint of boasting,
"The apprenticeship ceremony will be held soon. Who knows, the Lan family might even invite that person to attend the ceremony. Then you'll know whether this is true or not!"

At this point, Fang Ze seemed to be speaking with great seriousness.
"Aunt Xiong...for the sake of our past friendship, don't say I didn't warn you! Whether you and I can continue to work here in the future depends on whether we can take the right position now...don't make the mistake!"

"This..." Xiong Li was inevitably flustered and anxious, but after a moment of silence, she raised her head and squeezed out a smile that was even brighter than before.
"I know how powerful Old Lady Xiong is. I hope Fang Ze, for the sake of our past friendship, will give her some pointers! If she can stay, I will definitely reward her!"

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Fang Ze laughed heartily, but he rarely showed a hint of arrogance.

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"Those old men from the Lan family are really good at adapting to changing circumstances..."

Not far away, Li Ye, who had completely integrated into this forbidden environment, was holding an emerald green bee in his hand. Listening to what the two said, he couldn't help but nodded and praised them.

Of course, he was not idle and just sat here all day eavesdropping on the idle chatter of his two spiritual farmers.

It was just that when he was fiddling with the bee poison, he discovered what they were talking about through the feeling of the poison, so he came over to find out a little.

The Lan family meant nothing to him, and when he heard about this, he felt almost no emotion except that he wanted to laugh.

As for Lan Xinyi... Li Ye felt that she was much smarter than the old men in the Lan family. Even if she wanted to draw a line between herself and him, she wouldn't do anything stupid.

But if she really disappointed him, Li Ye would not show any mercy.

Regardless of whether it was the Lan family or the Tu family, they were actually not the main point...

Recently, Xu Pingyang has become increasingly active, and the restructuring of interests in the entire alliance seems to be coming to an end amidst numerous controversies.

Pingyangshan seemed to have finally remembered that there was a person named Li Ye, and was ready to deal with him to avoid future troubles!

He stood still for a moment, thinking it all over.

Seeing that the two men had ulterior motives but were still taking good care of the spiritual plants and not slacking off, he turned around and went back to the mountain.

Li Ye's cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi training. He has hit the bottleneck many times and is now ready to break through.

There is turmoil in the outside world and malicious attacks, so we should practice diligently to make further progress!
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Just as Fang Ze said, the next day Lan Xinyi took the initiative to go up the mountain and handed an invitation to Li Ye.

Li Ye read the contents word for word, couldn't help but chuckle, and put the invitation back into Lan Xinyi's hands.

"I have no intention of leaving the mountain, so I won't go on this matter. Please pass this thing on to me..."

Li Ye said calmly, and took out a battle flag from his storage bag.
"This is a magical weapon I specially refined for the formation. It can be of some assistance when setting up the formation. It is my little gift to you."

Lan Xinyi's temperament is now more mature and a little more aloof. Although she is still young, she has a bit of the dignity of a family head. Now when she stands in front of Li Ye, she no longer looks friendly or coquettish.

She pinched the formation flag in her hand, feeling the texture of the magic weapon, and was secretly surprised. She looked at Li Ye with increasingly complicated eyes.

"Li... Li Lang, why are you doing this..."

"If you're willing, go to Pingyang Mountain and submit. With your great talent in formations, there's no reason the leader wouldn't tolerate you..."

Li Ye saw the worry in her eyes, but smiled and shook his head.
"If only it were that easy to resolve... well, you can go back..."

Looking at the handsome man in front of her, Lan Xinyi moved her mouth a few times, but in the end she didn't say much. She sighed and left.

(End of this chapter)