Creating a paradise in an ant nest

Chapter 89 Foundation Establishment Battle, Pang Qing in Peril

"Buzz~~"

The ground beneath Liu He's feet trembled slightly.

Not just near the ant nest, but the entire forest area, the entire Lingmu Garden!

He looked up at the sky and saw a layer of shimmering, transparent light covering the sky hundreds of feet above.

It looks exactly like the color that appears when soapy water is soaked in the sun.

"Is that a mountain-protecting formation?"

Liu He had heard others say that Lingzhi Peak had a protective array, but he had never seen it before.

At this moment, the mountain-protecting formation is not defending against external enemies, but rather against "internal troubles".

Liu He saw from afar a spirit boat several meters long crashing into the spiritual energy shield of the mountain-protecting formation.

"boom--!"

The surface of the light cover rippled like water, then returned to normal without any damage.

The slight tremor on the ground was caused by the spirit boat hitting the mountain-protecting array.

What was a slight tremor to Liu He was like a huge earthquake inside the ant nest.

"fine."

He thought to himself that such a level of tremor could not possibly collapse the ant nest and would not affect the ant colony.

"Pang Qing, where do you think you're going?!"

A deafening roar suddenly rang out, and three figures soared into the sky.

Liu He recognized the voice; it was Meng Yunxiang.

Among the three figures, besides Meng Yunxiang, there was also Zheng Pingyu, the owner of Lingmu Garden, and another manager who was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Pang Qing discovered several days ago that Zheng Pingyu was investigating him.

By the time he realized it, he had no chance to escape; someone was secretly watching him to prevent him from leaving.

He initially didn't intend to risk his life and still held a sliver of hope that Zheng Pingyu hadn't discovered what he had done.

Unfortunately, there was no "luck," and his case was thoroughly investigated.

Before Zheng Pingyu could take action to capture Pang Qing, Pang Qing noticed something amiss and fled towards the outside of the Qian Yuan Holy Sect without regard for the consequences.

Then they ran into the protective array of Lingzhi Peak.

The protective array of Lingzhi Peak is not usually activated because it requires spirit stones. This protective array is mainly for preventing external enemies; it can be activated only when an enemy attacks.

Occasionally, it can also serve this purpose: trapping people inside the Spirit Plant Peak.

High in the sky, Pang Qing put away his magical flying boat, looking puzzled: "Garden Master, and Steward Meng, what is the meaning of this? I went out on business, how come the mountain protection formation was activated inexplicably?"

He's still pretending.

"The mountain-protecting formation is activated. It's one thing if you accidentally bump into it once, but why do you keep bumping into it? What, can your flying boat break through the mountain-protecting formation of Spirit Plant Peak?"

Heh, stop pretending, just surrender.

Meng Yunxiang let out a cold laugh.

Accidental collision? The protective mountain formation is so obvious, who would dare to try and force their way through in a flying boat?

"Surrender? What crime have I committed? Why should I surrender? You must be mistaken, you're mistaken!"

When the time came, Pang Qing didn't want to die.

Having finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage, how could he be willing to end up like this?

"Pang Qing, what is your relationship with the He family of Lu Pingshan, which is more than a thousand miles southeast of the sect?"

The He family has developed rapidly in recent years. They originally had only one early Foundation Establishment cultivator, but now they have three Foundation Establishment cultivators and have even bought a spirit artifact palace.

"With the limited resources the He family has, how could they possibly afford it?"

They hadn't paid any attention to the He family before.

To the Qian Yuan Holy Sect, those small families with only one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators were not worth mentioning.

A small Foundation Establishment family might only last a few generations before declining, and compared to the Qian Yuan Holy Sect, which has stood for thousands of years, it is indeed insignificant.

It wasn't until someone filed a complaint against Pang Qing, proving that he was a descendant of the He family, that Zheng Pingyu and Meng Yunxiang were allowed to conduct an in-depth investigation.

The Qian Yuan Holy Sect has a rule when testing spiritual roots for new members and recruiting disciples: they do not accept descendants or members of Foundation Establishment or Golden Core families. Those Foundation Establishment families can test their own spiritual roots and cultivate their own members.

This is precisely to prevent similar incidents from happening.

"The He family? I don't know anything about the He family."

Pang Qing shook his head and even swore an oath: "I swear by my soul that I am not a member of the He family. I am truly born into an ordinary family, and my surname is Pang."

Oh?

Zheng Pingyu and the other two were puzzled. Could it be that Pang Qing really wasn't a member of the He family?

However, they found out that regardless of whether Pang Qing was a member of the He family or not, he had definitely engaged in embezzlement and had made a fortune of more than 100,000 spirit stones.

The estimate of 100,000 spirit stones was their estimate, since Pang Qing didn't leave many traces of his actions, and many things were difficult to verify.

This was merely his personal gain; the actual damage to the sect's Spirit Plant Peak's interests would be several times greater!

Those sects that purchase spiritual plants and give gifts to Pang Qing, even if it's just a one-spirit-stone gift, certainly hope to receive several times the return and save several times the amount of spirit stones.

"Enough with the nonsense! If you cripple your cultivation now, cooperate with the investigation, and expose all those who colluded with you, you might be spared your life."

If you resist, don't blame us for being impolite!

Meng Yunxiang was too lazy to listen to Pang Qing's sophistry, so he issued an ultimatum.

To abandon one's cultivation?

How could Pang Qing possibly cripple his own cultivation? For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, what difference is there between crippling his cultivation and dying?

Since we can't change the outcome, we have no choice but to fight to the death.

He, a cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment, was facing two mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators and one late-Foundation Establishment cultivator—no, these three were only there to deal with him, not the strength of the Qian Yuan Holy Sect.

This is Spirit Plant Peak, home to a peak master at the Golden Core stage, as well as the other three garden masters at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Pang Qing was doomed; this was merely his last struggle, a display of his abilities before his death.

"I've been at the Foundation Establishment stage for a hundred years, and I've only fought a handful of times. I can't possibly take all this cultivation with me to the underworld. If you want to fight, then fight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three "giants" flew out of his storage bag.

These three giants are made of rock, human-shaped, and each is five zhang tall.

Its rock material is a second-tier spirit stone, which is extremely hard, ten or even dozens of times stronger than the material of a meteorite sphere!

The three giants each weigh over two thousand tons.

Weight is only one aspect and cannot fully demonstrate their power.

Three giants hovered in the air, protecting Pang Qing. He then took out a bottle of pills, tilted his head back, and swallowed two spirit pills.

One pill is for replenishing spiritual energy, while the other is a truly precious elixir that can temporarily boost one's strength, but will have certain side effects and aftereffects.

His puppetry skills were somewhat insufficient to control three giants simultaneously; he needed to take elixirs to enhance his strength in order to fully control them.

"go!"

Pang Qing controlled three giants to fly towards Meng Yunxiang.

He only chose Meng Yunxiang as his opponent, and did not look at Zheng Pingyu or the other person.

He knew he was unworthy and only wanted a fierce and unrestrained battle before he died.

The five-zhang-tall stone giant, though seemingly clumsy, was actually quite fast as it charged toward Meng Yunxiang.

"Leave the garden to me, owner."

As the manager of Lingmu Garden, Meng Yunxiang had very few opportunities to take action.

Having finally gotten this opportunity, he didn't mind "playing around" with Pang Qing.

"Um."

Zheng Pingyu nodded slightly, then flew back a great distance, leaving the battlefield to the two of them.