Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 119: Array Obstruction
Looking at the two pills in the jade plate, Li Ye's breathing stopped for a moment.

He carefully picked up the finished foundation-building pill, looked at it carefully, and then put it down with great care.

He picked up the defective pill again and used many methods to verify its medicinal power and properties. Everything was consistent with the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Only then did a smile slowly appear on his face, which then quickly expanded and became excited.

"Hahahahaha! Foundation Establishment Pill... I finally made it!"

Li Ye ignored the scorching heat and burst into laughter.

Even though he had already achieved intermediate second-level alchemy attainments, and even though he had performed simulated refining in the past, this was his first time to completely use the spiritual essence of plants and trees to replace high-year spiritual medicines for refining!
If his deduction was wrong and the spiritual medicine was not powerful enough to completely replace it, then all his plans would be in vain!

But fortunately, he had no problem trusting the panel, and everything was accomplished as he wished!
After a good venting, Li Ye's mood quickly calmed down.

Cultivation does not mean to eliminate all emotions, but to keep your heart calm and still, like a stone... Only by being able to control your emotions freely can you better maintain your true heart!
Since his speculation has been verified, Li Ye is not going to keep the remaining refining opportunity.

With the experience just now, he has a deeper grasp of the changes in the medicinal power during the refining process. This kind of refining process, in which the main medicine is completely replaced by spiritual essence, will definitely produce a foundation-building pill of pill-pattern quality!

After sitting quietly for a while and analyzing the process of the first refining, Li Ye opened the furnace again and gradually added spiritual medicine...

after one day……

clang!
The alchemy furnace was opened again, and the heat wave swept out several more pills.

Ding Ding Ding!
There were three sounds in succession, and Li Ye looked into the jade plate.

There were two genuine, one-patterned foundation-building pills lying quietly in the jade plate surrounded by spiritual light!

“Is it just one pattern?”

Li Ye was slightly surprised. "Could it be because the spiritual essence replaced the high-year spiritual medicine, and the medicinal power is not enough after all?"

He thought he had done his best in the refining process just now.

But the result was just to improve the quality by one level, which was quite different from the performance of the spirit of plants and trees in alchemy in the past.

"If there's a chance in the future, I can use other pills to verify it..."

He didn't dwell on it too much.

The quality of one pattern has already increased his chances of building a foundation a little bit. If he insists on it, it will easily leave a mental loophole and affect the next breakthrough.

After putting away the alchemy furnace and completely sealing the underground fire cave, Li Ye walked up the mountain step by step with slow and leisurely steps.

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At this time, after several days of preparation, what was said at the disciple-taking ceremony that day spread.

The alliance has already taken up the righteous cause, and this time they are here to help the Lan family regain the family fortune from the evil man Li Ye who has usurped the throne.

A group of monks from Pingyang Mountain gathered outside Changcui Mountain.

Although there are not many people, only less than ten, most of them are in the middle and late stages of Qi training.

If there were no formation blocking the way, capturing and killing Li Ye would be no problem at all!

"You've come here to observe several times. Can you break Li Ye's formation?"

Before actually announcing the action, Xie Yushu asked Tu Zhiyong who was standing beside him.

Tu Zhiyong stared at the mountain peaks covered by trees that seemed real and unreal, his brows furrowed, his eyes flickering, but he forced himself to say,

"Let me take another look. This formation will definitely be broken!"

As the deputy leader of the Mountain Alliance, Xie Yushu handles affairs every day and sees countless cultivators. How could he not see through that this person is just talking tough?

Although his face remained expressionless, he was deeply disappointed.

really!

Although Tu Zhiyong has some talent in formation, he is still far behind Li Ye!

But even this person, who has attained the quasi-second-level formation, can't see through this formation. Could it be...

Xie Yushu's expression darkened slightly. He asked directly, "Tell me the truth, is this formation already at the second level?"

Tu Zhiyong's expression changed, and he wanted to say something, but when he met Xie Yushu's cold gaze, his heart froze, and he could only nod dejectedly.

"Although the outward power of this formation seems to be a little lacking, the entire formation structure is already at the second level... I guess it is just limited by the first-level spiritual vein here and cannot be fully displayed..." "So you can't break it, right?" Xie Yushu asked.

Being questioned so directly, if he nodded, wouldn't that mean he was admitting that he was really not as good as Li Ye?
Tu Zhiyong cursed in his heart, and glanced at the people around him. Seeing their gazes, he gritted his teeth and said,
"If we have the corresponding entry and exit tokens as an aid, or if we send someone into the formation to cooperate with me, we should be able to break it!"

"Bring the people and things here!" Xie Yushu ordered without even turning his head.

Soon, the three of them arrived.

Lan Xinyi, Fang Ze, and Xiong Li came in front of the crowd.

Compared to Lan Xinyi's expressionless face.

Fang Ze had a faintly excited face with a flattering smile on it all the time, while Xiong Li, the strong and fierce woman who used to be quite fierce, was now reserved and cautious, with a panicked look on her face.

Also sent along with them was the pass token they used to enter and exit the Green Vine and Green Wood Formation.

"See if it helps."

Xie Yushu handed the token directly to Tu Zhiyong, who shook his head grimly after a brief attempt.

"No... This person has completely sealed off the formation and revoked the corresponding permissions. These things are just decorations!"

He had also seen Li Ye's steadiness, so Xie Yushu was not surprised by this. He just asked the three people in front of him,
"Do you have a way to trick Li Ye into opening the formation and entering?"

Since the token is useless, we can only try to send an insider in.

"Deputy Alliance Leader, we have been cultivating for them for many years, so perhaps we can give it a try!"

Fang Ze immediately stood up and spoke loudly, then patted Xiong Li.

According to his past experience, Li Ye often closed the formation, but when the time came, he would eventually let them in to work.

He never takes a small figure like me seriously. Perhaps this time I can use this to make him let down his guard and bring him down from the clouds!
"Then go and try it!"

Xie Yushu had nothing to say. They were already prepared to attack by force, so why not make a few more attempts?

"Take this thing, if you can really get into the formation, you just need to activate it on the spot!"

Tu Zhiyong stuffed two bamboo slips into their hands and waved his hand to urge them.

Fang Ze took the bamboo slips in both hands, bowed deeply, and then walked towards the large formation covering the mountainside with Xiong Li.

He came to the front of the formation, continuously infusing the token with mana, and shouted loudly,

"Master...it's me, Fang Ze! Why won't you let us in? The Evergreen Flower must be in poor condition after not being taken care of for so many days..."

After shouting a few words, he looked at Xiong Li and asked her to shout with him quickly.

Watching the two people's actions from a distance, Lan Xinyi had a strange expression on her face.
"If Li Ye could open the formation so easily, why would he stubbornly guard this mountain gate for so long without taking a single step out?"

"Why don't you give it a try?" Xie Yushu said coldly.

Lan Xinyi laughed at herself, "Even if it were me, I wouldn't be able to make him start the formation..."

Bang! Shua——

In the time it took to say these few words, the formation suddenly changed. Several thick vines with sharp wooden thorns stretched out, and Fang Ze and Xiong Li flew back in an instant.

Xiong Li rolled on the ground, vomited blood and was injured, unable to move.

Fang Ze seemed to be short of oxygen and kept reaching out to scratch. Everyone then discovered that a wooden splinter had pierced his heart and blood was gushing out rapidly.

It seems there is no hope!

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The large formation that originally stretched from the mountainside to the top of the mountain suddenly shrank as it went upwards, and the coverage area was rapidly shrinking.

And in this process, its power seems to be rapidly increasing...

Until it shrank to about half, even the cave on the mountainside was exposed, and this green vine and green wood formation had completely reached the second level!
Then Li Ye's slightly sarcastic words came out,
"Thank you, Alliance Leader. If you want to kill me, please use less useless means! This Green Vine and Jade Wood Formation is a large formation that I have carefully deduced to the second level. I will wait for you in this mountain to break it!"

"If you can't break it, why don't you go back and tell Alliance Leader Xu that we should just call it quits... I'm just a cultivator defending the mountain, how could I possibly be worth all your trouble?"

　It's already July, and I'm sorry I kept remembering to update the article, but my dad recently blew his hand open with a hammer and is in the hospital with stitches, so I had to help out and keep an eye on him. Various other things have been quite slow, so I'm really sorry! Once his stitches are out in a few days and he doesn't need help anymore, I'll send out the extra chapters every few days. Thank you for your understanding and support!

　　
　
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