Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 175: Lament and Clues

"I think I've encountered a magical treasure and saved my life. Has my luck finally changed?"

Li Ye looked at the two spiritual weapons and three tokens in front of him and couldn't help scratching his head.

Even when he was picking up trash for the past three years, the only spiritual weapon he actually acquired was a damaged, low-grade inner armor.

Thanks to the special spirit-sealing effect of the formation it was in, it did not lose its spiritual power and become scrapped due to the damage.

Even so, he took some effort to repair the inner armor after upgrading his refining equipment to the second level in order to refine the puppet.

It finally filled the gap that the Red Scale Armor could not keep up with his needs.

But now he has picked up two top-grade spiritual weapons for free, and the magic sword among them is made of gold and wood. It not only fits his own skills, but also has the same sharpness and power!

The appearance of the puppet outer armor also filled the gap in the middle of the stone armor that was previously broken by an unknown spiritual weapon and needed to be re-selected with new stones for polishing.

Although Li Ye suffered a heavy loss this time, his strength has actually improved.

Li Ye couldn't help but sigh with admiration at such luck.

However, compared to this, what he didn't expect was that there was a surprise waiting for him in those three disciple tokens!
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"I've already accumulated 4,200 contribution points. I just need to complete a few more high-value tasks before I can apply to the sect to exchange them for Xuanhuo Liquid..."
"The sect truly possesses profound heritage... In order to refine high-level magical weapons and puppets, they forcibly occupied the Mysterious Fire Caverns... From then on, not only could their disciples directly exchange their Jindan for Mysterious Fire Liquid, but the quality of the magical weapons and puppets they refined also greatly improved..."
"It seems that the creation of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Temple has accelerated progress..."

"This time, I followed the Heavenly Palace Temple to help Southern Xinjiang suppress the demons. The speed of my contribution accumulation far exceeded that of my time within the sect. I finally had the opportunity to glimpse the Golden Core Avenue..."

'...'

"...How could this be?!"
"The sect has come here to collude with the demons and seize the sacred tree inherited from the Wood God Sect..."

"Even if it's to refine an unprecedented soul puppet...but isn't our sect betraying the human world and the human race?!"

'...'

"Our sect's plot has failed... We have become the public enemy of the cultivation world overnight..."

"I hate...the Mysterious Fire Liquid is stored in that secret chamber, but now I have no chance to obtain it again!"

"What good does it mean to be a disciple of a great sect if your cultivation is weak? In the face of the great trends determined by those supreme masters, you can only go with the flow or be simply crushed..."

"The Golden Elixir Path... am I ultimately destined to never see it?"
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The information left in the token came to an abrupt end here. Perhaps its original owner left the last question and then died in the siege by multiple factions.

Li Ye held this thing in his hand, and his expression was filled with emotion.

As a cultivator who was also on the path of cultivation and yearning for the Golden Elixir, he actually felt a certain degree of empathy for this person's persistence.

I can understand the regret and hatred in my heart when I was full of admiration for it and worked hard for it, but in the end everything was in vain due to the ambitions of the sect's upper echelons.

"Senior, your regret this time has truly shaken me..."

Li Ye shook his head, but a smile gradually rose on the corner of his mouth.

"But the information you gave me really helped me a lot. If I can use this opportunity to obtain the chance to form a pill, you should be the main contributor!"

Mysterious Fire Liquid! Secret Pavilion!

This was brand new information that Li Ye had never obtained before. Even though he had found quite a few disciple tokens, none of them mentioned the contribution exchange list!

Li Ye had no idea what was in the secret chamber. But according to the contents left by the Tiangong Temple disciple, there was still Xuanhuo Liquid left in the secret chamber used as a storage until the various sects and schools attacked.

Even if other sects broke through this mechanical palace called Tiangong Temple, they might not be able to collect and take away everything.

Li Ye also discovered from his explorations over the past few years that some of the restrictions were special, and the items within them were well preserved.

Like the dilapidated casting pavilion that actually hid a magical treasure, not only were the restrictions intact and strict, but there were also such treasures inside.

Although it is not affordable for ordinary people, it does not diminish its value at all!

"Based on my explorations over the past few years, it's possible that this lava underground palace was destroyed by the Heavenly Craftsman Hall's leader at the last minute, destroying everything along with it..."

"Otherwise, it would be somewhat difficult and unreasonable to form such a chaotic forbidden formation after it has been broken and thoroughly searched..."

Li Ye looked thoughtful as he integrated the information he had gained over the years.
"If what my disciple who first discovered the token said is true, the senior elders and the Tianjiao disciples of Tiangong Hall will choose to escape through the secret realm after the situation becomes hopeless. They will most likely take away most of the valuable items..."

"But in such a hasty situation, is it really worth it for them to specially search for a golden elixir like Xuanhuo Liquid and take it away?"

He couldn't confirm this, but at least it was a chance for him to obtain a Jindan spiritual object!

"Then, besides searching all those islands with hidden treasures that have already revealed strange phenomena, we must also explore as many buildings as possible to find the secret pavilion!"

This forbidden formation was still continuously expanding. Even if Li Ye could guide and suppress it a little, it would not have any significant effect.

There is not much time left for him to explore the lava palace alone!

"Now we can only pray a little. The secret pavilion has also collapsed, and some of the buildings carrying the mysterious fire liquid have been scattered outside the main body..."

"Otherwise, if we want to go deep into the main palace, even if I have my own puppet to do it, the risk is too great. If the abnormality is triggered, I won't even have a chance to escape!"

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Another two years passed.

Pingyang Mountain, in the cave on the top of the mountain.

Li Ye was enveloped in a mainly green light with a hint of purple, and surging spiritual energy continuously gathered towards him.

After passing through the meridians and following the trajectory of the exercise for one circle, it becomes pure and condensed.

Then it reached the Dantian, and after being tempered by the cyclone and the Wood God's true fire, it completely turned into a pure blue-purple color and merged into the thirty full Hunyuan liquid magic powers below that had accumulated to the extreme.

Suddenly, Li Ye's aura changed, and the bottleneck in front of him was broken through.

The speed of absorbing spiritual energy suddenly increased, and more and faster spiritual energy rushed into the body.

The Wood God's True Fire in the Dantian kept swaying, and the liquid mana below quickly expanded and then split one after another, generating new liquid mana.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Li Ye's aura gradually calmed down, and the momentum of absorbing spiritual energy slowed down, but his magic power was much stronger than before!

He opened his eyes, and the emerald green and purple light in his eyes flashed and disappeared.

Li Ye sighed, "In less than five years... I'm already in the middle stage of foundation building!"

(End of this chapter)