Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 201 Two Years of Waiting
"The golden elixir I used to explore the lava underground palace seems to be gone..."

Li Ye looked solemn as he put aside the jade plate in his hand, whose spiritual light had completely gone out.

"And he was killed by a force far exceeding that of the previous ten-headed fire beast!"

He could only make judgments through secret sensing, and the jade plate fed back that each puppet dissipated after sensing the powerful golden elixir-level power.

But judging from the data previously recorded of the ten-headed fire beasts' attacks, as well as the feedback this time, the power that erupted at that moment was definitely not something that a single ten-headed fire beast could display.

"Was that Jindan being besieged by multiple third-tier fire beasts, or was he encountering a Nascent Soul…hidden deeper within the main body of the lava underground palace?"

Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but feel a little scared.

If there really was a Nascent Soul level being awakened, the entire lava underground palace might have undergone major changes. It would be a question whether we could still go there or not!
Even if the deceased Jindan really left some items behind and they were not taken away by the fire beast, he would not dare to go down!

"Forget it... Let's wait for him for a while..."

"If there really is a major disturbance, it will definitely be reflected on the surface. It won't be too late to make a judgment then!"

Li Ye's eyes moved slightly, and he suppressed many thoughts.

……

Two years flew by.

Li Ye's figure quietly appeared outside an inconspicuous underground fire passage that he had closed early on.

Among the many monks who had been attracted to the lava palace before, many had ulterior motives to buy local intelligence and specifically took the passages in remote corners.

But they were either stopped by the formation or, even if someone managed to break through and explore inside, few could come back.

The rest were so frightened by Li Ye's record of silently killing Bihuozi and other demon cultivators that they dared not break into the formation rashly again.

There are almost no cultivators who have truly figured out all the places except the clearly marked passages around Dengyunfang City!
This place is almost completely hidden.

"It's been a year, and the underground movements are still normal. Even the expansion of the formation seems to have slowed down. The fire beasts that killed Bihu Sanren haven't left the underground palace..."

"The possible mastermind behind this has yet to show up..."

Li Ye thought to himself.

Ever since the death of the Jindan who had entered the lava underground palace to explore, he waited for a year without seeing any movement before taking back the puppets he had deployed.

The records from the time when the golden elixir entered the underground to the end of everything were retrieved.

Only then did he know the whole process and confirmed his guess that the person who came this time was indeed the Bihu Sanren who did not have much time left.

However, the rock puppets he deployed were only distributed outside and did not enter the lava palace.

The high walls and the forbidden formations were not enough to conceal what happened after Bihu Sanren entered the main part of the underground palace.

One could only vaguely see him being enveloped by a golden light, with flames burning on his body, and he rushed out of the underground palace in an instant.

However, he still died on a small construction island due to his severe injuries.

But in such a situation, the fire beasts did not chase him out. Moreover, seeing that he was bleeding from all seven orifices and his consciousness was blurred and scattered before his death, it did not seem like he was simply surrounded and killed by the third-level fire beasts.

Li Ye's suspicions were confirmed. Even though the man's belongings were still hidden on the island, he didn't dare venture down to explore. The water in the lava underground palace was so deep that even a golden elixir could be drowned without a sound. How could he dare just rush in and join in the fun?

So from then on, he simply waited another year.

Now, based on the feedback from farming, he has prioritized upgrading his puppetry to the third level. With the help of many third-level puppet parts he collected earlier, he has upgraded his natal puppet to the quasi-third-level level.

This feedback to the Tiangong Sutra also enabled him to cultivate it to the second level of profoundness, greatly improving the control of his natal puppet in all aspects and greatly extending the safety distance of the main body.

Moreover, after using puppets to observe many times, there was no abnormal movement in the underground palace. Some fearless monks even began to look for him to exchange for ticket tokens to enter the passage and hunt fire beasts.

Although this lava underground palace is dangerous and the good things found after searching for a long time are pitifully few, the fire beast crystal core is still of great value!

Even if they only dared to move in the underground fire channel and kill some fire beasts to earn crystal cores, there was no guarantee that the body and relics of Bihu Sanren scattered on the construction island would not be discovered.

Now that everything was relatively safe, and monks began to move around outside the lava palace, he finally decided not to wait any longer.

The reason I came here this time is to get the relics of Bihu Sanren!

"But it's a good thing that Qiandao Water City didn't send anyone to try to recover Bihu Sanren's body and belongings..."

"Only a few months after Bihu Sanren's death did they conduct a brief investigation into me, and nothing more was done."

Li Ye muttered, "Of course, it's also possible that Bihu Sanren had already made arrangements when he came here, and left most of the valuable items to the disciples..."

"However, even the Jindan was silently killed here. If these disciples don't take advantage of this opportunity to stabilize the situation in Qiandao Water City, if they send more people in and suffer more losses, they may not be able to bear it. It's normal to make such a choice!"

As his thoughts turned, the preparations at hand were completed.

A concealed and camouflaged illusion array was set up here, covering the original closed array, preserving the original scene here intact.

In this way, even if the puppet goes down to pick up the corpse this time and is really targeted by a fire beast and makes some noise, others will not notice that something is wrong here in the first place.

Li Ye sat cross-legged here, holding the Qingfeng Sword, and purely condensed more Qingmu spiritual light to fly out, directly merging with the protective spiritual light to form a stronger protection.

The spiritual consciousness was mainly concentrated on the natal puppet, driving it into the underground fire channel and rushing all the way underground.

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With his current attainments in formation and the combat power of his own puppet, the outer formation restrictions can no longer have any effect on Li Ye.

Not long after, the natal puppet successfully reached the lava layer of the underground fire and walked out from a remote corner.

"The island where Bihu Sanren died is located in the inner part of the city. With the help of the disciple token, it won't be a problem to reach there as long as we are careful..."

"The only thing we need to be careful of is the third-level fire beast hidden in the lava underground palace!"

Li Ye thought to himself.

At this time, there were no cultivators in the underground palace, only a few fire beasts wandering around.

Under his mental control, his natal puppet was almost split into two parts. He carefully observed and selected a suitable path, and then quickly passed through the small building islands.

It feels as smooth as coming home!
Without stopping to search, the puppet moved forward with all its might and within less than a day, it arrived at the small island where Bihu Sanren died.

(End of this chapter)