Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 103: Foundation Building
Pingyang Mountain.

"Deputy Alliance Leader, the Luo family is simply going too far... You have to make the decision for me!"

Yao Hong, the master of Jiaomei Mountain, a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard and a wealthy appearance, was crying to Xie Yushu with a look of grief and indignation.

"Xu Cheng was just annoyed by the Luo family's rampant behavior, so he whispered a few words, and they surrounded and killed him in the wild under the pretext of being connected to the criminals!"

"If there wasn't someone hiding in the dark on the mountainside who didn't dare come out and told us what he saw, I would still be in the dark and think he was eaten by a monster!"

Jiaomei Mountain is one of the lower thirty-six mountains. It only has a small section of the first-level spiritual vein, which is only slightly stronger than the second-rate spiritual vein.

He, the master of the mountain, was only at the middle stage of Qi training, and there were only a few small cats on the mountain. The death of Xu Cheng was indeed a serious blow to them!

Originally, with Yao Hong's strength, he didn't dare to provoke the Luo family, but he also knew about the conflicts between the alliance and those families, and he had seen the Luo family's arrogance in recent days.

He came here not only to seek justice for Xu Cheng, but also to hand the knife to Xie Yushu!

As long as there is a reason, the alliance can naturally suppress the Luo family.

As long as this matter can be accomplished, Pingyang Mountain might even reward him afterwards!

"Please sit down first."

Xie Yushu's face looked unhappy. He helped Yao Hong sit down and poured him a cup of tea himself.

After he calmed down a little, Xie Yushu asked,
"Does that person have any evidence?"

"He just saw it, but there is no actual evidence..."

Yao Hong shook his head, but then said anxiously, "But what he said is consistent with the time when Xu Cheng disappeared!"

Xie Yushu tapped the table with his knuckles and frowned.

"Without evidence, it's just that person's one-sided statement... Where is that person now?"

Yao Hong quickly said, "That person is a wandering cultivator. He came and sold me the information and wanted to leave, but I temporarily kept him on the mountain."

"As long as the person is still there, it's fine. I will send someone to go with you to bring him to Pingyang Mountain today!"

Xie Yushu nodded and said,

"Since there's no evidence, if you insist on seeking justice, you can only use a lie detector to verify what that person said in public..."

"If this is true, the Luo family has violated the taboo of rashly attacking members of the alliance. Our alliance will make those who did so pay the price!"

"Thank you, Deputy Alliance Leader. Yao Hong is very grateful!"

Yao Hong bowed again hurriedly.

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"Li Lang, there is a message from the alliance for you."

Lan Xinyi handed over the token obediently.

Now that the Lan family has only that little property, they will no longer be valued by the alliance, and to the outside world they are just occupying a legitimate position.

Everyone knows that Li Ye is still the real master of Changcui Mountain, so if there is any important matter, they will only look for him.

Li Ye took it and urged it with his magic power, and saw the spiritual light turned into words that appeared.

"They actually asked me to go and watch and bear witness..."

He glanced around and recalled the news he had recently heard about the patrol team killing disciples of Jiaomeishan.

The Lord of Jiaomei Mountain didn't care at all and went straight to Pingyang Mountain to complain!

"He's quite clever. He knows the current situation within the alliance. He's proactively handing the knife to Pingyangshan, so he's not afraid of them dealing with it hastily..."

Li Ye nodded thoughtfully, "If that's the case, I'll go take a look!"

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The next day.

Li Ye had just approached the Pingyang Mountain area on his flying boat when he heard a shout from behind him.

"Brother Li!" He turned around and saw that the person coming was Qin Yao.

As the master of Anmu Mountain, it was normal for him to be invited to witness.

"Brother Qin!" Li Ye slowed down and bowed to him.

Qin Yao saw a flash of surprise in Li Ye's eyes and couldn't help but say,
"I haven't seen you for a while, Brother Li looks even more impressive!"

"Hahaha! I've only learned a few tips on health preservation from staying in the mountains..."

Li Ye replied with a smile.

The two of them briefly reminisced about the past, and then Qin Yao changed the subject.
"Brother Li, do you know that today's incident is probably not just about standing up for Jiaomei Mountain?"

"What do you mean?" Li Ye asked back with an "oh".

Qin Yao said with a serious expression, "Today's matter is a game between the two of us... If it succeeds, it will definitely severely suppress the Luo family's arrogance and boost our momentum!"

"This requires us to be prepared and provide timely support to boost our momentum!"

"I see..." Li Ye nodded, "I'll adapt to the situation when the time comes."

His statement seemed to make Qin Yao quite satisfied, and his attitude became more approachable.

As the two chatted, monks from other mountains passed by from time to time. Some looked at them coldly, while others greeted them warmly, which made the two sides' camps clearly revealed.

Soon they arrived at Pingyang Mountain, where monks were already waiting to receive them and guide them.

The top of the mountain is where Xu Pingyang practices in seclusion, and this meeting hall is built on the mountainside.

By the time Li Ye and the others arrived, there were already a large number of people in the hall, nearly seventy-two.

Looking at the clearly divided scene on both sides of the hall, Li Ye had an expressionless face. He followed Qin Yao to the side with fewer people and sat down.

Then he felt several cold gazes cast at him.

Looking back, he saw that the monks such as the head of the Luo family who had once extended an olive branch to him now treated him coldly.

Li Ye didn't care about this and continued to chat enthusiastically with Qin Yao and other mountain masters.

Not long after, three figures slowly walked out from the back hall, and the hall instantly became silent.

The leader Xu Pingyang did not restrain his foundation-building aura at all, but his ordinary middle-aged appearance was full of majesty at this moment, and no one dared to look him in the eye.

Xie Yushu and Yao Hong followed him respectfully, keeping pace with him.

Li Ye took a glance and lowered his head slightly, calming the blood and qi in his body. At the same time, he looked at the head of the Luo family, whose expression looked as if his mother had died.

He probably didn't expect that this "trivial matter" of a dispute between low-level disciples would attract Xu Pingyang's personal attention?
Of course, Li Ye hadn't actually thought...

However, after Xu Pingyang appeared, he knew that this time Pingyang Mountain was really going to give the Luo family a hard time!

Xu Pingyang sat down straight away, glanced at the expressions of the people in the hall, and said calmly,

"Today's affairs will be presided over by me personally... Bring the people up!"

Immediately, Luo Feibai and another late-stage cultivator whom Li Ye did not know walked into the hall with a panicked mid-stage cultivator.

Xu Pingyang looked at this person,

"I will use mystical methods to determine the truth of what you say next. Do not resist. Simply tell me everything you saw that day."

"With me here, no one can do anything to you!"

Even Xu Pingyang personally tested it... You must know that this secret method requires either the person being tested to completely open their heart and offer no resistance, or to suppress the other person with a mental force far stronger than the other person.

In this way, there will be no possibility of omissions!

The heads of families who were on patrol that day all looked as ugly as if they had been stabbed, and they didn't dare to say a word.

To be honest, just looking at them like that, Li Ye felt that asking that question seemed a bit redundant...

(End of this chapter)