Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 357: Cutting the Meridians to Take the Soul! Planting the Sky Realm Tree Again!

"Great, great! Elder Heimu's weapon-refining skills are truly extraordinary. I was able to refine a mid-grade magical weapon from my limited spiritual materials. This truly exceeded my expectations. Thank you!"

Elder Zhang looked at the slowly rotating black gold mirror with great joy, and was reluctant to let it go, and kept expressing his gratitude.

"My craftsmanship is simple. As long as Elder Zhang is satisfied, I will have lived up to your trust."

A faint smile appeared on Li Ye's gloomy and old-fashioned face. Although he had refined such a fine product, he was not arrogant at all, which made Elder Zhang like him even more.

I had heard before that Elder Heimu had a gloomy and old-fashioned temperament, acted a little eccentric, and rarely took the initiative to make friends with others.

Now it seems that perhaps only a cultivator like him who devotes all his attention to the research of skills can not only reach the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, but also improve his attainments in both alchemy and weapons to this level!
Elder Zhang sighed inwardly, and immediately felt that although Taoist Heimu had only been in the sect for a dozen years, he was quite worthy of making friends.

Even if you don't do it for the sake of being a good person, just looking at the skills, there are many benefits to having more interactions with them!

He immediately picked up his token and said sincerely:

"Please accept these contribution points, Elder Heimu. If I find any more spiritual herbs in the future, I will definitely come and visit you to see your alchemy skills..."

Li Ye casually accepted the contribution that was obviously much more generous than what he had promised before, and waved his hand.

"How can you say I'm bothering you? It's an honor for me to have such trust from the elder."

"In that case, it's a deal! Zhang is eager to refine this treasure, so I won't chat with you any further today. I'll take my leave first..."

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"After sending this guy away, no one will come to visit again for a while..."

After seeing off Elder Zhang, Li Ye was not in a hurry to return to the cave, and just strolled casually in the mountains.

A few years passed since he broke through to the late Jindan stage, and it was also at that time that he raised his external cultivation to the middle Jindan stage.

As he became fully familiar with and mastered the strength of his body, and with the Wooden God Cauldron, it was not difficult for him to appear as invisible as an ordinary person. Adjusting his aura was too easy for him.

Even if Yuanying is in front of you, you can't easily see through it.

As word spread about the alchemy and weapon refining tasks he had taken on in previous years, as well as sporadic commissions from elders, and with recommendations from people like Chang Runan who had truly witnessed his skills, more elders from the sect had come to visit him recently.

Over the past ten years, Li Ye has recognized most of the Golden Core Elders of the Yaohua Sect, except for those who are in seclusion or are loners.

In the land of the four countries, there were Jindan cultivators who stood at the top and could stir up the situation in all directions. However, in the real southern border cultivation world, there were so many Yuanying cultivators in just one Yuanying sect that there were not enough to go around even on the top of a mountain.

Over the past decade or so, Li Ye had gained a deeper understanding of the disgust expressed by other cultivators when they spoke of the barrenness of the four kingdoms.

No wonder Yanshen Sect has no interest in those corners.

Letting his thoughts wander, Li Ye watched the brook gurgling in front of him and murmured softly,

"Over the past ten years, my performance and contributions should have earned the Yaohua Sect a basic level of trust in me. Overt or covert inquiries have become almost non-existent. Even the spiritual materials involved in the missions given by the Danxiang and Bailian peaks have been greatly reduced..."

Even if they took an oath upon joining, the Yaohua Sect, as a Nascent Soul Sect, naturally knew that the Heart Demon Oath was not safe. Not to mention the many ways to circumvent it in the world of immortal cultivation, they might not care about those who really came with ulterior motives.

In this case, it is natural that we have to conduct some investigations.

Li Ye's behavior was quite good, considering he had never used various methods to explore the sect's secrets and usually acted rather aloof. This was especially true when he broke through a small realm just a few years after joining the sect, seemingly seeking refuge in the sect for the sect's abundant spiritual environment and convenient cultivation. This seemed even more normal.

In this way, the skills he displayed were quite superb and brought many benefits to the sect, so he was naturally accepted very quickly.

"Hmm... maybe Hu Wei is secretly assisting them. He seems to be able to sense something amiss with a few elders and disciples. He's been in the Yaohua Sect for many years, so he's not completely clueless..."

He naturally didn't care about it. The Thousand Thoughts Divine Art was strange and not easy to be discovered. This method of going with the flow wouldn't make people notice anything wrong, so there was no need to reject it.

His actions also accelerated Li Ye's integration into the Yaohua Sect, which was a good thing.

"Now that no one is watching me, and I've figured out the direction of the spiritual veins over the years, it's a good time to intercept the spiritual energy and plant the Sky Realm Tree!"

Li Ye smiled. He had already divided the necessary preparations and the arrangement of the formation equipment into countless small steps over the past ten years.

The spiritual vein of Lingxi Peak is quite close to the fourth-order main vein. It only intercepts a little spiritual energy to cultivate the Sky Realm Tree, which will not cause any movement at all.

Thinking of this, he turned and walked to the area that had already been opened up behind the cave.

A formation plate emerged from his hand. Every time he cast a spell on it, a formation device that had been set up for a long time in the mountains would be quietly activated.

Unconsciously, the formation was completed, and it followed the spiritual vein and connected deeper with the fourth-order main vein, thus constructing an illusory channel, leading it into the spiritual vein of Lingxi Peak, and then converging it around Li Ye's cave.

And perhaps it was because the intercepted spiritual energy was nothing compared to the vastness of the fourth-level spiritual vein, and it did not cause any obvious movement from beginning to end. Everything was completed without any warning!
Strands of spiritual energy rose, and the spiritual energy around Li Ye rose rapidly, directly reaching the fourth level!
However, this change was not revealed at all due to the soul-locking and camouflage formations that Li Ye had carefully prepared.

Wait and do nothing.

Li Ye looked at the Three Crowns Mountain from afar, waiting for the reaction of his own senses.

After standing there for several days, nothing happened. Instead, the spiritual energy around him reached a whole new level.

"It didn't cause any reaction from the sect. I can now enjoy some of this fourth-level spiritual energy..."

Li Ye took a deep breath, feeling the cheers coming from his body under the surging pure spiritual energy, and a pure smile appeared on his face.

Although he was confident enough in the soul-intercepting formation he deduced based on the Soul-Snatching Method, he was still prepared to deal with unexpected situations.

Now it seems that everything is going well and his plan of planting trees on a large scale can be officially launched!
"I'm sorry you've been wronged by staying in the cauldron for so many years. It's time for you to come out and take root in the earth and spread your branches..."

The Wooden God Cauldron appeared in Li Ye's hand, and the branches and leaves of the Sky Realm tree in it, like a bonsai, swayed, appearing quite excited.

As Li Ye activated the void power of the Wood God Cauldron, roots quickly emerged from it, then continued to grow and penetrate into the soil, taking root deeply.

Not long after, a giant tree appeared on Lingxi Peak amidst the surging soil, but the monks passing by could not see it at all due to the cover of the formation.

Spiritual energy gathered, and purple and bright silver spiritual patterns appeared on the Sky Realm Tree, which eagerly absorbed the surging spiritual energy of the fourth level.

Li Ye carefully observed the effect of the tree on the Soul-Snatching Formation. Seeing that although it was hungry and thirsty, it did not disturb the spiritual energy, and even strengthened the power of the surrounding formations as the realm spread, he nodded with great satisfaction.
"At this level, the Sky Realm Tree will be able to break through to the fourth level in just a few years..."

Then there will be hope for his spiritual roots!

(End of this chapter)