Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 412 Coming hand in hand
Songxia Mountain.

Surrounded by red clouds, pine and cypress forests, various birds fly freely in the mountains in groups.

In the center of the rosy glow, in the mountain hall.

"We failed to perform our duties effectively. Not only were we captured by the Green Bull Demon King, but our plans were also discovered by Li Zhenjun of Pingyang Mountain, destroying all our cultivation. We are truly ashamed of our sect. I beg the Supreme Elder to punish us severely!"

"We have let our sect down, and we beg the Grand Elder to punish us severely!"

Led by Zhuang Qingzhou, a group of five people went to the land of the four countries. Their spiritual light dissipated, and they looked haggard, with wrinkles all over their skin, and their black hair turned gray, withered and lifeless.

It was as if she had crossed a lifetime overnight, from a vigorous young man and a beautiful woman to an octogenarian.

They looked even older than the two old men and women in front of them with white hair and youthful faces!
"Severe punishment?"

The old man Qingsongzi looked at their behavior and snorted coldly, "Do you really need me to punish you for your behavior?"

"You've already considered betraying Songxia Mountain and surrendering to him in front of Li Ye, acting as an undercover agent and backstabbing both of us. Why are you still pretending to be so hypocritical?!"

"what?"

The five people's pupils shrank and they were stunned on the spot.

They had just secretly discussed whether to retreat in order to advance, in order to ignite the anger of the Supreme Elder and push Songxia Mountain to make up its mind to march towards the land of the four countries.

This is to avenge Li Ye for destroying their cultivation!

How come the two supreme elders seemed to know what happened to them in the cage?
"Fool! I've even tried to help you find a chance to achieve Nascent Soul..."

A hint of disappointment flashed across the eyes of the old woman Chixiazi. She snapped her fingers and a shadow Gu suddenly flew out, projecting all the actions of the few of them in the cage.

The other elders in the hall looked at the contents with different expressions, and most of them cast cold and angry glances at the five people.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Qingzhou and the other five people had nothing to say and knelt down dejectedly.

Not only will their cultivation be destroyed, but even their reputation will be completely ruined along with this Shadow Gu... Even if they die, they will probably be nailed to the sect's pillar of shame, without any trace of reputation left after their death!
So what exactly is Li Ye trying to achieve by going to such great lengths?!

You can't just want to destroy these five people just because you are unhappy with them, right?

They were not given a chance to think any more. As the video played, the two supreme elders only had indifference in their eyes.

Chi Xiazi waved his hand with annoyance on his face, and the rays of light descended, wiping out the five people on the spot, eliminating their flesh, blood, and souls!
After dealing with these five incompetent traitors, Song and Xia dismissed the elders of the sect.

Be alone here.

Qingsongzi let out a heavy breath.

"What should we do now?"

"Li Ye crippled their cultivation, then sent them all back, even including footage of them in prison mentioning surrender... This was both a threat and a plea for peace!"

Chi Xiazi said lightly and continued to analyze,

"He destroyed the cultivation of these traitors and even sent the Blue Bull Demon King to personally return them... This shows his resolute resistance to our covetousness. And if he joins forces with the Blue Bull Demon King, they are enough to resist you and me..."

"In terms of strength, he thinks he's no less capable than you and me!"

"Sending them back alive, along with a video of their betrayal, is another form of goodwill, a bit of a way to appease the situation..."

Qing Songzi, who had been listening the entire time, sneered, "This boy has only just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, yet he's so confident in confronting you and me, using these five people to send a message from afar... I don't know whether to say he's arrogant or just daring because of his skill!" "He just reached the Nascent Soul stage, yet he was able to subdue the old demon king. It's natural for him to be a little confident."

Chi Xiazi analyzed this.

At this point, she also showed some helplessness on her face.
"If the current situation didn't leave Songxia Mountain with very few options, it would be unwise to rashly become an enemy of such a person..."

Qingsongzi's eyes were filled with struggle, but he finally said, "The Seven Demon Mountains are aggressive, and the Yanshen Sect is stirring up trouble, but we can't defeat them... Compared to staying in the southern border countries, the four countries are our best escape route!"

After saying this, he seemed to have made up his mind, and his tone suddenly became decisive and full of murderous intent.
"Li Ye must have some tricks up his sleeve to subdue the fourth-rank demon king, but his magical power is far inferior to ours. He and the Green Bull Demon King may not be on solid terms, and their coordination is definitely lacking... As long as we can restrain that old bull and capture that kid first, the old bull will be severely injured by the backlash of the contract!"

"By then, whether we kill this fourth-rank demon or subdue it and make it our guardian beast, it will be at your mercy."

"For the survival of our sect, we must capture Pingyang Mountain!"

"You're right, then let's go meet Li Ye in person!"

After exchanging a glance with Qingsongzi, Chixiazi's expression also became determined.

………………

Dozens of days later.

The land of Shikoku is a land of red earth and mountains.

Two monks with hidden auras and figures appeared on the outskirts of this place.

It was Qingsongzi and Chixiazi... They came together, without any of their disciples, just to catch Li Ye and the Green Bull Demon King off guard!
They looked at the land covered by the great formation, with rolling blue clouds and green all over the ground, and a trace of fear and satisfaction flashed in their eyes.

"I heard that this place was occupied by Li Ye, and it has only gradually become spiritual in the past few hundred years. The hidden spiritual veins have been promoted from the second level to the fourth level..."

Qing Songzi suddenly spoke up, "Although such strange things have happened in the world of immortal cultivation before, it's still too much of a coincidence that Li Ye's advancement just happened to meet his needs..."

"Are you talking about... the Soul Stealing Technique?" Chi Xiazi responded with a strange tone.

Qingsongzi nodded, with a look of surprise on his face.

"These four countries were briefly invaded by demons, who descended upon the world and swept across the four directions. Finally, Li Ye suddenly appeared and led a large army into the secret realm of the demon cave, completely wiping them out..."

"Then, less than a hundred years ago, during the great war between good and evil, many Jindan sects' spiritual veins were seized... Not long after, this person returned to the Four Kingdoms. His Pingyang Mountain spiritual veins were upgraded to the fourth level, creating the conditions for his Nascent Soul breakthrough..."

"In that case... he might have learned the soul-stealing technique from the demons!"

Chi Xiazi's eyes also changed.

If their guess is correct... they only need to obtain the Soul-Snatching Technique from Li Ye and present it to the Divine Transformation Master, and the disaster at Songxia Mountain can be easily resolved!
This seems to be a better choice than taking over Pingyang Mountain!

However, this boy obviously also knew the preciousness and danger of this method. Even if they came to buy it, he probably would not give in at all.

Song and Xia looked at each other, with only determination in their eyes.

The next moment, Qingsongzi had a talisman that looked like jade in his hand, and he threw it out directly.

Swah——

Silver light suddenly appeared, and countless complex runes flew out like tadpoles, turning into a small silver sun, hitting the blue sky and tree sea formation directly!

(End of this chapter)