Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 123 True and False
"...Could it be that you are here to congratulate me on my successful foundation building?"

Hearing this, Xu Pingyang, who had just come to his senses, suddenly felt a surge in his heart.

How could this kid really become successful?!

Now he was trapped in the formation, entangled by the endless vines that had evolved, and suppressed by a large amount of wood spiritual power. His protective spiritual light had been broken.

The two top-grade magic weapons were also completely trapped, leaving them without any strength to struggle!

At this time, these vines only trapped him but did not kill him. If they suddenly sprang up, they would probably crush him into a pool of flesh and blood in an instant!
Xu Pingyang never imagined that he would be suppressed to this extent by the power of this formation, even though he hadn't even seen Li Ye in person yet, just by being shocked by a magic weapon...

Even at this time, Ma Yingtong, who was in the foundation-building stage, had disappeared. No one knew whether he had died in this formation or was also captured by Li Ye!
Such strength really exceeded his imagination!

This formation is extremely weird!
"Li Ye! Don't do anything!"

Xu Pingyang shouted hurriedly, "You heard what I just said. We have no deep hatred. If you are willing to let me go, I am willing to share this barren land and mountains with you... and give you a huge compensation!"

"There's no rush for these..."

Li Ye said calmly, "The little conflict between you and me is not worth a Foundation Establishment cultivator making such a big fuss to take down a mere late Qi Condensation cultivator..."

"Why on earth did you want to kill me?"

If we don't find out the reason for this matter, it might leave hidden dangers, so we have to ask more questions before taking any action.

Xu Pingyang tried to use this to determine his direction, but his consciousness was still blocked by the light green mist around him, and he could not see where he was at all.

If he couldn't even see the person, then even if he used his last trump card to self-destruct, he might not be able to hurt Li Ye and drag him along.

Now he could only deal with it first and then find a way to escape.

Xu Pingyang said quickly,

"I see you have excellent talent, but I'm afraid that once you achieve success in your cultivation, you might compete with me for control of these mountains and hills..."

"you are lying!"

Li Ye's tone was icy. "Forget it! Anyway, the other foundation-building cultivator has already been captured. I have no grudge against him. If I can spare his life, he will surely be willing to tell me the truth. Why not just go and ask him..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Pingyang felt that the vines, which still had a little room for him to move, suddenly tightened and wrapped around him, trying to crush his body into pieces.

Death was imminent, especially since Li Ye had other options, Xu Pingyang no longer dared to hide it.

"I said! I said!"

"Beneath these barren mountains, within the underground lava cave, lies the secret treasure of an ancient sect..."

"I'm afraid you'll break through the foundation building stage and discover the secret treasure, and compete with us for this incredible opportunity. That's why I want to get rid of you in advance!"

"Is that so..."

Li Ye was a little surprised. Although he knew that there were many places in the red mountains that were inaccessible to Qi-cultivating cultivators, he had never thought that there was another world in the underground lava!
I never thought that this lawless area with only a second-level spiritual vein in the sky actually hid such a secret!

"I've already told you the secret. I'm the only one who knows the entrance to that secret realm. Even Ma Ying doesn't know as much as I do. If you let me go, I'll definitely take you there to explore..."

"If you can get it, there will definitely be hope for the Golden Elixir!"

Xu Pingyang was still tempting him with benefits.

However, Li Ye, who was standing not far from him but whose figure was completely blocked by the formation and could not be seen, casually cast a spell.

The vines wrapped around Xu Pingyang suddenly tightened, and rushed over like endless tentacles, growing sharp thorns, and huge trees crushed down from all directions.

The vines directly pierced Xu Pingyang's dantian, causing great damage to his magic power. Even if he wanted to self-destruct, he could not withstand the suppression of the formation.

"No——" He only let out a scream, and was crushed into pieces in an instant.

A dignified foundation-building cultivator, the leader of the mountains who controlled the situation in these barren mountains, lost his life just like that!

"As expected, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, with the support of spiritual awareness, my ability to unleash the power of formations has reached a new level... It takes almost no effort to kill someone in the early stage of Foundation Establishment!"

Li Ye silently pondered over what he had gained from his brief trial run, and he couldn't help but have a clearer understanding of his current combat power.

As far as his own combat capability is concerned, he has just made a breakthrough and there is still considerable room for improvement.

But if he is in a large formation blessed by the Sky Realm Tree, unless the opponent has a second-level forbidden-breaking talisman, even a person in the middle stage of foundation building may not be his opponent.

As for the late stage of foundation building, it may be necessary to wait until the Sky Realm Tree reaches the second stage and the power of the realm is further improved before it can be easily crushed.

Now that Xu Pingyang is dead, Pingyang Mountain will also be in Li Ye's pocket. I believe that day is not far away!
With a sweep of his spiritual sense, the vines spread out to reveal a pool of flesh and blood that was no longer in human form. Li Ye stretched out his hand and grabbed it. A storage bag flew out by itself, shook off the flesh and blood in mid-air and fell into his hand.

Without rushing to open it to check, Li Ye turned around and took a few steps outside, and saw Ma Ying, who was wrapped like a dumpling and hanging in the air and struggling constantly.

And his magic weapon had long been swept away by the formation and was no longer in his hands.

Although they were all captured quickly, compared to this man, Li Ye was the first to torture and deal with Xu Pingyang.

What Li Ye didn't expect was that even though there was a formation blocking him, as he approached the man, his struggling movements suddenly stopped, and he shouted:

"Friend Li, Xu Pingyang must have been killed by you, right?"

Li Ye remained silent. Ma Ying continued, "No matter what he says... Fellow Daoist, you should know that I was the one who told him about the lava underground palace..."

"I have already made preparations at home. If there is no news for a long time, I will report this matter directly to the family!"

"If you kill me, you may have a talent for formations, but I'm afraid you alone will not be able to deal with the many foundation-building cultivators of my Ma family in the future!"

"How can I trust you?" Li Ye asked calmly.

Ma Ying immediately said, "I have the fragmentary map of the lava underground palace. It was with that that I found this place... It can serve as proof!"

"I see... Then you can go die!"

"What……"

Ma Ying's eyes bulged and he was instantly submerged by the vines.

There was only a series of fine bone-breaking sounds, and soon a head, heart, and dantian were all shattered, and the body fell out like a torn sack.

Li Ye collected the things from the man, then used a vine to wrap up Xu Pingyang's bloody flesh and blood, and threw it all under the Kongjie tree.

The flesh and blood of a foundation-building cultivator...

For it, which also receives the blessing of [Absorption], perhaps it is also a great tonic?
As for directly killing Ma Ying...

For Li Ye, he actually didn't care who was telling the truth between Ma Ying and Xu Pingyang.

The point is, since we have already become enemies, why should we keep him as a problem?

Is it possible that if we save this man's life, he won't attract his family?
In this case, even if this really attracts the Ma family, who are an unknown force, it is better than having a foundation-building level time bomb around!

"The matter was resolved more easily than I imagined... These two are dead, and all that remains is to sort out the aftermath..."

Li Ye murmured, looking down the mountain with murderous intent in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)