Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 139 Ma Family Ancestor
After taking out the Heart-Confusing Gu, Li Ye casually performed two rejuvenation spells to heal the chest injuries of the two people from the Ma family.

Then he didn't care any more and walked out.

"Someone from the Ma family did come, and it was even the old ancestor who was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment who came in person. However, they don't seem to have a clear goal and are still secretly exploring everywhere, most likely looking for the specific location and entrance of the lava underground palace..."

"It seems that even if Ma Ying left some information about the lava palace within the clan, he didn't include the findings from his subsequent exploration with Xu Pingyang over the past year..."

"This way, I have some room to maneuver!"

Li Ye was thinking secretly as he walked to the prison door.

With his combat power, it is impossible for him to face a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building head-on.

Or find a way to let him enter the Pingyang Mountain formation and kill him in one fell swoop.

Or, based on the other party's lack of information, you can temporarily pretend to be friendly with them and then kill them.

"Alliance leader..."

Wen Chu, who had been waiting here for a long time, came over and couldn't help but look inside the prison.

"Take those two out of the prison and place them in a normal residence. Keep an eye on them and call me when they wake up."

Li Ye gave the order calmly.

Wen Chu nodded in response, "I will do my best to complete your instructions!"

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Two days later.

"We are just deacons of a small faction in a chaotic place. That Wen guy dared to lead his men to capture us. When Alliance Leader Li shows up, won't he have to apologize to us and send us off politely?"

After leaving Pingyang Mountain, one of the Ma family members couldn't help but say with pride.

"The people down there have no sense at all!"

The other person also nodded, with a look of pride on his face, "Even Alliance Leader Li, a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, treated us with great courtesy after knowing that we are members of the Ma family. How dare he treat you and me like that..."

"Once we have the chance in the future, we will definitely teach this person a lesson!"

The two of them sped along, cursing all the way, and only stopped a little after entering Sanhuifang Market.

Then the two of them headed straight for a courtyard in the market with excellent spiritual energy. They had just entered it and before they could take the initiative to report, an elder who had reached the perfection of Qi training came hurriedly and stopped them.
"Ma Xu, Ma Chen, the ancestor is summoning you!"

The two looked at each other and quickly followed.

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"Ancestor, this is the visiting card that Alliance Leader Li asked us to bring back... He didn't know you had come in person, so he just asked us to present it back to the clan, as if he wanted to establish a good relationship with our clan!"

He described everything that happened to the two of them in Pingyang Mountain, but omitted the part about his meeting with Li Ye in prison.

Even the purpose of the visiting card was subconsciously explained.

Ma Xu took out the jade slip with the imprint of his spiritual consciousness from his storage bag and presented it to the majestic old man who was covered in a faint khaki spiritual light with both hands.

Looking at the two clansmen below, the ancestor of the Ma family had a deep gaze. Finally, he stretched out his hand and used his magic power to take the jade slip into his hand.

Judging from the condition of these two people, there seems to be nothing wrong with them, and they don’t have any tricks on them, so let’s wait and see what the boy named Li has to say!

The ancestor of the Ma family thought to himself that with just a slight sweep of his spiritual sense, he easily broke the spiritual sense that was sealing the jade slip.

This is obviously just a means to prevent people below from arbitrarily checking the contents, and it has no effect on defending against monks of the same level.

But after the Ma family ancestor read the contents, his eyes changed slightly and a sneer appeared on his face.

"You're so brave! You actually invited me to discuss..."

"Does this boy think that with the little information about the secret realm in his hands, he can make me forget that my Ma family's foundation-building was destroyed at his hands?" However, he only thought about it in his mind and did not explain the matter of the secret realm.

Only a few core members of the Ma family truly know that there is a secret realm hidden beneath the red mountains.

"Ancestor...but what's wrong?"

Ma Chen and Ma Xu felt a little nervous when they saw the expression on the face of the Ma family ancestor.

Could it be that Li Ye actually dared to provoke his Ma family?
"You have nothing to do from now on. Do not have any further contact with Pingyang Mountain. Continue to spread out and carefully explore the various underground fire caves... but do not attract the attention of other local forces!"

The ancestor of the Ma family said this in a deep voice, and immediately waved his hand to dismiss everyone present.

Only the old man who had perfected his Qi training and looked no younger than the ancestor of the Ma family was still staying here.
"Uncle, has Li Ye guessed our intention?"

"Humph! He more than guessed it!"

The Ma family patriarch snorted coldly, "That kid dared to directly express his willingness to cooperate and asked me to come to negotiate!"

The elder who had reached the perfection of Qi training looked thoughtful. "Could it be that he didn't get the exact information either?"

"Or... did that person deliberately trick you into going there with bad intentions?"

He glanced at the expression of the Ma family ancestor and carefully reminded him,

"According to the information we've gathered, Li Ye has achieved great accomplishments in the art of formations, having already reached the second level. Xu Pingyang and Ma Ying were defeated by this..."

"But this guy bluntly said that with my mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, he wouldn't dare meet me without the protection of a great formation... Only after we reach an agreement and sign a contract can we cooperate with confidence..."

The Ma family patriarch looked slightly unhappy. "If we could trick him into coming out and capture him, we could put an end to this matter. Why would we need to go through all this trouble now?"

"So what are your plans?" asked the elder who had completed his Qi training.

"What else?"

The Ma family patriarch's eyes widened, "Of course, we have no choice but to go and see what he's up to!"

"Based on the fragmentary information left by that kid Ma Ying, it's more accurate to say that he deliberately drove an old man like me to avenge him rather than offering the secret treasure to the family..."

"With such an opportunity, he dared to come alone to explore it without telling the family. This shows his selfish motives! And he died because of it, which weakened the family power. He has made a great mistake! Of course, I will never put revenge for him before the interests of the family!"

"As for relying on that information to find the secret realm, unless we explore every underground fire cave in this area and try our luck, I'm afraid we can only wait for the secret realm to appear on its own!"

"Rather than getting to that point, it would be better to cooperate with this kid surnamed Li. First, I can get the benefits and then find an opportunity to deal with him. My Ma family can occupy this place and slowly develop it!"

"As long as we can digest it, our clan may be able to become a great Golden Core clan!"

"But that great formation..."

The elder who had reached the perfection of Qi training had long lost the possibility of breaking through to the foundation-building stage. Although he was nervous at this moment, he still retained some composure.

"It doesn't matter!"

The Ma family ancestor waved his hand, "I know your concerns, Ma Shan..."

"But Li Ye has only just broken through to the foundation-building stage a few months ago. Even if he seizes the foundation of these red mountains, I'm afraid he won't have enough time to accumulate any fighting skills..."

"I, the ancestor, have already reached the middle stage of foundation building, and I have a second-level forbidden-breaking talisman in my collection!"

"If this boy is really so bold as to attack me..."

"Hmph! I, the ancestor, will simply use my talisman to break his formation, capture him, and personally search his storage bag for the secret realm information!"

Seeing the Ma family ancestor's confidence, the elder who had perfected Qi practice thought for a moment and felt that it made sense, so he immediately bowed.
"Then I, your nephew, will be waiting here for good news from your uncle!"

(End of this chapter)