Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 322 A small test of one’s skills
The color of the Bi Ling Ling Yun is purple-black, and as it floats slightly, there is a special stimulating aura floating around.

Li Ye absorbed some breath, and then he felt as the weak medicinal properties spread, his soul inexplicably felt some indescribable stimulation.

It made him concentrate slightly, and the movement of his consciousness also slightly accelerated, which gave him a slight boost of energy.

"I was wondering why the medicinal properties would behave like that. So this is how it works..."

Li Ye seemed to be thinking about something, but he did not hesitate to use his magic power to absorb the spirit-avoiding essence into his body and refine it.

The Wood God Technique is also ready to go, and if anything goes wrong, the essence of the plants will be expelled from the body immediately.

Suddenly, as the medicinal properties surged up, a stronger sense of stimulation than before emerged from the soul.

It’s just like the hot, stinging, and refreshing feeling you get when you eat chili peppers when you are still a mortal!

Li Ye immediately felt his spiritual consciousness become active in this stimulation, a flash of joy appeared in his eyes, and he calmed his mind and activated the Thousand Thoughts to Evolve the Spirit Technique, devoting himself to the cultivation of spiritual consciousness.

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This short period of practice lasted for several days.

As the medicinal power was completely consumed, the activity of the spiritual consciousness gradually subsided and the efficiency returned to normal.

Li Ye finally woke up from his practice and opened his eyes.

Hundreds of dim lights flashed across his eyes, and the smile on Li Ye's face grew little by little.

During the past few days of practice, his progress in practicing the Thousand Thoughts Divine Art has made significant progress, and his efficiency is much higher than relying on his own practice!
"Although the medicinal properties of this medicine are a bit strong, it is still within my tolerance range. After trying it for a while, I didn't find any other hidden dangers..."

Li Ye pondered for a moment, "Although the medicinal power of the Spirit-Repelling Flower itself is limited in its effectiveness in stimulating spiritual consciousness, the spiritual essence of the plant itself seems to have a more obvious effect than the spiritual plant itself..."

"Perhaps it's due to something more pure in nature?"

He had no intention of delving into this matter. He just needed to know that this spirit-avoiding essence was indeed applicable to him and that there were no obvious hidden dangers.

In this way, he can truly make use of it and refine incense for use in his spiritual practice!

"The effect of a single spiritual essence isn't long-lasting enough, and the stimulation is a bit intense. It could be improved by adding other spiritual medicines and adjusting it..."

"With this spiritual plant, my spiritual cultivation can finally speed up!"

Li Ye looked satisfied.

At this point, although he still has many entries that have not been upgraded to level three, there are still many third-level spiritual plants that can be collected.

But the most basic spiritual resources are already covered comprehensively.

Even if there are no spiritual plants to harvest for many years to come, Li Ye can stay in the mountains and practice hard, striding towards a higher realm!
He couldn't help but sigh, and felt quite at ease:
"After several decades of achieving the Golden Core stage, I've finally returned to a state of self-sufficiency... Now, I just need to focus on cultivation..."

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Spring passes and autumn comes.

In the blink of an eye, four years passed, and it was time to harvest the second-level spiritual fields again.

On this day, Li Ye made a brief announcement, and the farmers who had been waiting in the mountains for a long time excitedly went into the fields and began to harvest.

Since there are no new replacements for the second-level spiritual plants, Li Ye no longer needs to harvest the spiritual fields all over the mountain by himself in order to collect and solidify the progress of the entries.

Ling Yun had already given his feedback, so in fact he didn't need to come in person.

Hosting this event every year is more of a tradition, so as not to forget how we have come to where we are today.

But this time he was a little surprised and looked up outside the formation, only to see a strange-shaped flying boat coming from afar and stopping outside Pingyang Mountain.

Before the disciples on duty could come forward, an old man with a gloomy face walked out. Who else could this be but Xue Chou?
After seven years, the old man is back!
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"Fellow Daoist Xue has not been heard from since he left, which has really made me worried for a while..."

"Now that we meet again, Fellow Daoist Xue looks refreshed and in good spirits. It seems my puppet can be of some use to you, Fellow Daoist, right?"

Li Ye smiled and toasted Xue Chou, then asked in a half-tentative manner.

Opposite him, although Xue Chou still looked old and gloomy, the impatience and anxiety that he once concealed had disappeared, replaced by a sense of cheerfulness and high spirits.

Even his cultivation has obviously improved a bit!
However, for a Jindan cultivator, there has been such a significant change in just seven years, which obviously means he has had a great opportunity!

Li Ye was observing Xue Chou, and the old man was actually also observing him.

Xue Chou thought that his successful seizure of the mine had dramatically increased his assets, and he used it to earn money for his cultivation.

Even though it’s only been seven years, I’ve made tremendous progress!

But now looking at Li Ye, although his aura is not leaking at all, he still looks like an ordinary person with the spring breeze as he did in the past.

But vaguely, Xue Chou always felt that he seemed even more unfathomable. Now that the two of them were so close to each other, he seemed to be more instinctively wary of him than before!

But Li Ye stayed in the land of these four countries. Even though he got some spiritual plants, it was only seven years and he couldn't even cultivate them to any great effect.

How could he quietly make progress that even made him feel more dangerous after his cultivation level improved?

Xue Chou was awed and immediately laughed out loud:
"Speaking of this, it's really thanks to Fellow Daoist Li that he gave up his love!"

"With the help of those three puppets, I took advantage of the opportunity to ambush and caught those people off guard. Not content with occupying the Zi Lu Jade Mine, they also wanted to seize our sect's spiritual land. They suffered heavy casualties in the battle... From then on, they were no longer able to fight me!"

"My Illusion Demon Sect finally managed to seize the mineral vein, and we made a fortune!"

"Good fortune will come to those who are lucky. Congratulations to my fellow Taoist!"

Li Ye congratulated him.

As for what this person said about the Ziling Jade Mine, he just listened to it from beginning to end, and never really considered him as a victim.

Maybe the real situation is completely opposite to what he said?

That was why Li Ye was unwilling to accept his invitation and go to help.

You might be deceived by them and put yourself in danger!

However, looking at the current situation, it seems that the dust has settled, and there is no need to be overly cautious about the mineral vein.

And if this person wants to maximize the value of that mineral vein after obtaining it, he might still have to seek cooperation with me... That would be a good thing!

"What a stroke of luck! Without the help of fellow Daoist, let alone obtaining that vein of minerals, I am afraid that the Phantom Demon Sect and I would have had difficulty surviving this disaster..."

Xue Chou waved his hands repeatedly, and then his expression became serious.
"I wonder if the deal you mentioned earlier is still valid?"

"I've accumulated some purple jade, but if I sell it as raw materials, I'd be losing money... If you truly possess the same refining skills as the puppet, I'd like to cooperate with you and share the profits!"

What he said was sincere and seemed to be quite genuine.

Li Ye smiled immediately and said, "If you want to test my skills, why don't you give me the purple jade you brought with you? I will refine a magic weapon for you to see, and then you will know."

"This……"

Xue Chou couldn't help but hesitate.

(End of this chapter)