Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 138 Spying
With the power under his command, Li Ye's efficiency in doing things is much higher than if he did it himself.

Although second-grade spiritual rice is considered precious, Li Ye does not need to do it himself. Pingyang Mountain and other mountains in the alliance that want to please him will take the initiative to search for it for him.

After he took control of this place, he sent people out to search, and not long after, someone found the second-grade spiritual rice, Qingxuan rice, that he needed, in Fengyang Market in Wu State.

After leaving this letter to inform, Luo Feibai went to purchase it in person, almost at the same time as Li Ye returned from the lava underground palace and began to retreat to make pills, creating a time difference.

When he returns from his harvest, even if he hasn't yet finalized the recipe for the elixir needed for foundation building, he can start farming and gaining experience points...

In this way, Li Ye will be able to rapidly improve in puppets and formations, which will be of great help in exploring the lava underground palace!

In addition to the spiritual rice, there are also vague news about some skills and inheritance.

It just needs to be confirmed yet. If it is confirmed, Li Ye may have to go there in person!

At this moment, Li Ye's expression changed slightly. He took out the formation flag and waved it. Suddenly, a sound transmission note flew from the bottom of the mountain.

As the magic power was activated, a voice was heard.

"Alliance Master, we've spotted two sneaky individuals spying from afar around the mountain gate and have captured them... but they claim to be from the Jingguo Ma family. We dare not deal with them on our own. I ask the Alliance Master to make the final decision!"

Ma family!

Li Ye's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a smile appeared on his face.

We previously sent people to investigate, but were unable to obtain accurate information. The main reason was that there was more than one foundation-building family with the surname Ma in the territories of these four countries!
He still needed to rely on the name of Maying for comparison. It was not until he came back from exploring the lava palace that the people below basically locked on the target and gave him the corresponding information.

We had just collected intelligence on the Ma family, and now people have come to find us not long ago... With a large family with three people in the foundation-building stage, it's no wonder that the people below don't dare to act rashly!
Oh, that’s not right… After the Foundation Establishment Master Ma Ying died at the hands of Li Ye, there were only two Foundation Establishment Masters left in the Ma family!
However, the other party's whereabouts in the Red Mountains were secretive, and he rarely showed up on weekdays. For more than a year, he basically focused all his energy on digging tunnels and exploring the lava underground palace.

The few people in the entire Red Mountains who had actually heard of his name had almost all died in Changcui Mountain not long ago and became nutrients for the Sky Realm Tree.

In this case, it is estimated that no one except the Ma family themselves knows that Ma Ying is dead.

The world still regards the Ma family as a great foundation-building clan!
I just don't know if the Ma family has any foundation-building people here in person, or if they just sent some Qi training people to gather intelligence...

"If two foundation-building masters could all come together at once, we could solve the problem once and for all!"

"I just wonder how detailed the information Ma Ying left them about the lava underground palace is?"

Li Ye thought silently, and with a flash of inspiration, he flew towards the mountainside.

………………

"We are descendants of the Ma family, a prominent foundation-building clan. How dare you, a mob, treat us like this?!"

"If you're smart, let them go immediately, or the thundering wrath of the Ma family will descend upon you, and you won't have the chance to regret it!"

Runes flickered on the walls of the cell, appearing incredibly strong and containing the power of backlash.

Two monks whose magic powers were sealed and who were wearing rune shackles fell in it, still shouting.

Even though he fell into such a situation, he had no intention of compromising. Instead, his attitude became more arrogant.

"Are these the two people from the Ma family that you captured?"

Li Ye looked at the two people who were shouting and asked without any emotion.

Wen Chu, who was waiting beside him, said cautiously, "It's them..."

This person was the first one to express his allegiance after Li Ye took over Pingyang Mountain, following Luo Feibai.

He is also one of the most powerful deacons on the mountain today.

Since Luo Feibai was not around, some matters were handed over to him and other deacons.

Originally, Wen Chu wanted to take this opportunity to show off in front of Li Ye, but before he could even do anything, trouble came!
If he fails to handle the matter properly and angers the Ma family, he might be sent out to apologize!

However, instead of blaming them, Li Ye nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well done. I'll go check on them... You just wait here."

"As ordered!"

Wen Chu nodded in agreement, knowing that Li Ye had something secret to interrogate these two people, so he immediately took the initiative to leave the cell and went directly to the dungeon entrance to wait.

The prison's formation was semi-enclosed, isolating it from external sounds.

The two members of the Ma family kept shouting and threatening until Li Ye walked to the door and found that someone had finally arrived.

"Great! You finally..."

When they saw Li Ye, they were about to say something, but after seeing his face clearly, their expressions immediately changed, and they finally looked a little flustered.

They can also use force to threaten the Pingyang Mountain Deacon.

But if the intelligence they collected these days is correct, Li Ye is a ruthless man who killed two cultivators in the early stage of foundation building right after breaking through the foundation building stage and seized the foundation of Pingyang Mountain and the Qunshan Alliance!

For people like this, even if his Ma family has some power, killing them both is just a thought, right?
"Meet Senior Li!"

"I couldn't wait to travel through these red mountains and lands, and I didn't mean to enter the Pingyang Mountain area. I really didn't mean any harm. I beg Senior Li to forgive us this time. My Ma family will definitely remember this!"

They immediately knelt down and begged for mercy loudly, their postures changing so smoothly.

"No hurry, no hurry!"

Li Ye chuckled and flicked his fingers to cast a few talismans to seal off the place. "Why did you come here? I think you know better than me..."

"Instead of pretending to be nice, why not plant this poison... Tell me everything!"

"what are you going to do?!"

The expressions of the two Ma family members suddenly changed, but Li Ye just pressed down with one hand, and the terrifying magic power fell down to subdue them.

He stretched out his other hand and made two light strokes with his fingers, easily cutting open the flesh on their chests.

Then two fat poisonous insects flew down at the snap of his fingers, licked the flesh and blood, and drilled into their chests in one fell swoop, drilling inside.

The two men stared with their eyes wide open, their expressions distorted with fear, but they could not move.

As the poisonous insect drilled into their bodies and disappeared, their eyes quickly became confused and dazed, but they still struggled a little.

"The mind-confusing Gu... attaches itself to the heart meridians and confuses the mind, rendering the victim unconscious and helpless..."

Li Ye thought back to the effects of this Gu, "But it's only at the first level, so its effectiveness against cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi training is constantly decreasing... But I still have some spiritual methods I've figured out that can help a little, which is enough!"

He let out a low shout, and the seal in his hand changed. His spiritual consciousness was like two steel needles piercing the minds of the two men, causing them to suddenly look up and look directly into Li Ye's eyes.

He immediately shouted,
"Where do you come from?"

The two answered ignorantly, "Jingguo Ma family..."

"Why?"

"Investigate information about Li Ye in Pingyang Mountain and search for any anomalies in the Red Land Mountains..."

"Do you know anything about the lava underground palace?"

"I don't know..."

"Is there anyone who can build a foundation with you?"

"The ancestor is here in person..."

(End of this chapter)