Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 424 Earning a Favor
The blazing red Yang energy instantly made the soul melt like ice and snow, and it let out a shrill cry. However, before it could escape, a hand suddenly stretched out, as if with an indescribable suction force, and easily grabbed it in the hand, without any chance of escape!
When Elder Chang saw the unexpected guest who suddenly appeared, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost. He was surprised, terrified and in great pain!
"I never thought I would witness such a spectacle just passing by. Has your Yanshen Sect become so audacious now?"

The burly and majestic man spoke lightly. Although his words seemed to be a joke, they also revealed an indescribable coldness.

Elder Chang wanted to turn around and run away, but under the pressure from this man, he didn't dare to move at all.

The formation flag in his hand was shattered into pieces as his yellow sand formation was instantly shattered, and it was no longer of any use at all.

As for the two foundation-building disciples, they lost their lives in the aftermath of the backlash from the formation.

Li Ye had no intention of paying much attention to these two foundation-building cultivators who were completely under the control of Elder Chang, and naturally did not take special care of them.

"Senior...senior..."

Elder Chang trembled and wanted to beg for mercy.

However, he could only watch as his soul fragment was being played around with like a small ball in the other party's hand. Every time it was touched, the soul fragment would be burned up a little by his flaming sun magic power, and let out a shrill scream.

The same torture would be fed back to him in such a situation, bringing about a considerable backlash. His expression was distorted with pain, like a live pig being splashed with boiling water.

But he pinched the soul, and it immediately collapsed and dissipated amid its screams.

Then he stretched out his hand and slapped it, and a blazing spiritual light fell down. In just one roll, it burned him into slag on the spot, leaving no trace.

Compared to Elder Chang's miserable condition, Qiao Lingyao felt as if she had encountered a blessing. As Elder Chang's secret technique lost its effect, her consciousness gradually recovered, and she was then overwhelmed by the joy of having escaped from a desperate situation.

When he looked up at the mighty man in armor in front of him, a strange light appeared in his eyes subconsciously, and he immediately forced himself to bow.

"Junior Qiao Lingyao, I thank you for saving my life!"

"It's alright... The people of the Yanshen Sect actually set up an ambush and took over someone's body in broad daylight. It's truly vicious. Now that I've encountered them, I won't let them go!"

Li Ye said this calmly, glancing at the woman's face and seeing no change in her expression.

Feeling this kind of gaze, Qiao Lingyao felt relieved but also a little disappointed.

However, when she saw that there was only a pool of ashes left where Elder Chang had been, her expression changed slightly and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.

She had originally wanted to bring this person back to the sect to see if she could pry out more information about the Yanshen Sect's lurking presence from him, but she had never expected that this senior would act so decisively and kill her on the spot!
Li Ye didn't pay much attention to her. Instead, he looked around the environment and nodded.

"The evil energy of the yellow sand... although there isn't much of it, it's still at the third level. It's already become a pit of evil. It's really a waste to use it to set up the formation. Why don't you let me collect it!"

This kind of evil spirit is enough to make the body refinement a little more advanced. Now that I have encountered it, I naturally cannot miss it.

As he said this, he shot out several rays of spiritual light in succession, which landed in various places around him. Then he cast a spell, which attracted the evil spirits in the surrounding area to surge and gather quickly, and then condensed into strands and merged into a ball.

Li Ye threw out a gourd with many restrictions, and the suction force surged out, sucking up the evil energy of the yellow sand gathered in front of him bit by bit, and gradually absorbed it all.

This collection also took some time. Qiao Lingyao did not move at all during the whole process. She just took out some pills and swallowed them, then stayed aside obediently, neither leaving nor disturbing anyone.

Li Ye was in charge of absorbing the evil spirit throughout the whole process and never looked at the woman twice from beginning to end.

After draining away all the evil spirits from the yellow sand, he took the gourd, shook it, and listened to the sound of liquid sloshing inside. Then he stepped onto the flying boat that had landed beside him and prepared to leave.

Qiao Lingyao felt a little annoyed by the fact that after saving someone, they no longer paid any attention to him.

But in this situation, there was no way she could just let this Yuanying Zhenjun, whom she had never seen before, leave.

"senior!"

She quickly called out to Li Ye, and when he turned his head to look at her, she immediately bowed respectfully and said,
"My master is Zhang Zhenjun of the Tiantuo Sect..."

"Now that I've been betrayed and ambushed by Elder Chang, I was about to return to the sect to report to my master. However, after the attack, my mind is unstable and my heart is shaken. It is difficult for me to set off alone. Especially besides Elder Chang, there is no way to know who else in the sect is also a traitor of the Yanshen Sect. I dare not rashly contact other fellow disciples..."

"I wonder if you could ask me to step up a little? I will definitely repay you for saving my life!"

She spoke seriously. Now that her soul was injured, her already cold and beautiful face looked even paler, making her look even more pitiful.

However, let alone the puppet clone who has no extra emotions here, even Li Ye himself, no matter how beautiful he is, would not miss the important matter.

But this situation was what he intended.

How could some fighting games of foundation building and golden elixir, which were isolated from the formation, stop him?

Li Ye arrived long before Qiao Lingyao fell into the trap. The reason why he did not take action was simply because he saw that Chang Qicheng was in high spirits in conversation and was ready to hear about their respective identities so as to make a judgment before taking action next.

After learning that Qiao Lingyao was actually a disciple of the Yuanying elder of Tiantuo Sect, he had more ideas.

Compared to going to the market to buy the necessary spiritual medicine, it might be more convenient to rely on Qiao Lingyao as a channel to see if Tiantuo Sect has the fourth-level water-based spiritual plants he needs.

After all, I am a fellow Yuanying cultivator. Not only did I save your disciple, but I also killed the rebels in your sect. How could your Tiantuo Sect not repay such a favor?
At this time, Li Ye showed a thoughtful look, then simply nodded.
"I have heard about the two fellows from the Tiantuo Sect for a long time. Anyway, I have come out of seclusion to purchase spiritual medicines, so it would be no problem for me to escort you back to the mountain gate."

Having said that, he didn't wait for the girl to say anything more. He immediately released a scroll of spiritual light, took Qiao Lingyao onto the flying boat, and flew away.

……

And soon after he left.

The soil here moved slightly, and several puppets underground suddenly began to drill into the ground and head towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.

One of them is hollow inside, but it can just fit one person, like a mobile coffin.

The few around it act like guards, cooperating with it and acting together.

Chang Qicheng and his soul, who were turned into ashes by Li Ye's slap and no trace of their bodies remained, were sealed tightly in the hollow puppet by various restrictions. They had no consciousness at all and no breath was leaked out. They were transported back.

This time, the puppet clone was on a mission to search for the latest intelligence on the Yanshen Sect. Now that he had encountered such a suitable subject for interrogation, he naturally couldn't just kill him and let it go to waste...

(End of this chapter)