Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 140 Root System
That night.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, casting silver sands and giving the mountains a unique look.

The ancestor of the Ma family disappeared into the distance and came to the outside of Pingyang Mountain. He looked at the huge red formation covering the mountain from afar.

After secretly feeling it, he felt that the power seemed ordinary, even inferior to their Ma family's large formation.

However, the ancestor of the Ma family did not underestimate the heritage of Pingyang Mountain.

From the intelligence he had gathered earlier, he already knew that Li Ye was extremely cautious. In addition to the second-level fire formation, he even spent his spiritual energy to set up another second-level wood formation in his own place of practice.

Although this was indeed more beneficial to his daily cultivation, and would also have other benefits when applied to spiritual fields, the Ma family ancestor still thought it was too extravagant...

After all, he was a kid who had broken through the foundation-building stage at such a young age, and he had no idea how precious every ray of spiritual energy was!

"Humph!"

With a hum neither light nor heavy, the ancestor of the Ma family immediately sent out a special sound transmission talisman, crashing into the formation.

After all, the Lava Palace was of great importance. Even if he had some other ideas, he did not want to attract the attention of other forces by coming here in person.

If other forces were to discover the secret lava palace hidden beneath this place for who knows how many years, it would definitely cause a huge storm!
That kind of competition is unbearable for the Ma family, which has already lost an elder in the foundation-building stage!

Therefore, even if he came to negotiate with Li Ye, he could only keep a low profile as much as possible.

The sound transmission note was only slightly blocked by the formation and quickly flew into it.

Not long after, the formation quietly opened a passage, and the ancestor of the Ma family escaped into it without hesitation.

However, after passing through this flame passage and entering the interior of Pingyang Mountain.

The ancestor of the Ma family did not see Li Ye, and even his sight was still blocked by the formation... But this time, the flames turned into light green mist.

They are hazy and diffuse, obscuring the surroundings, but still reveal a path leading to the top of the mountain.

Obviously at this time, the surrounding formation has changed into a second-level formation arranged by Li Ye!

However, after using his spiritual sense to perceive, the ancestor of the Ma family still felt that the power of this formation seemed ordinary. Although it was slightly stronger than the formation outside, it was only an ordinary second-level power.

If it were just like that... it would be absolutely impossible to stop the forbidden talisman in his hand!
"Pretend to be a ghost!"

The ancestor of the Ma family looked a little unhappy, and the spiritual light that he had intentionally suppressed emerged from his body. He did not conceal his powerful magic power of the middle stage of foundation building, and rushed straight to the top of the mountain along the passage.

There is a bit of arrogance and domineering in it.

In just a moment, he rushed to the end of the passage and arrived at the top of a lush green mountain under the night sky.

I saw the young man in green clothes under the pavilion.

What a cool and elegant demeanor!
Even though he was unhappy, the moment he saw Li Ye, the ancestor of the Ma family couldn't help but praise him in his heart.

This young man was like a jade-like boy, with a vigorous and energetic appearance like a tree. He was the most impressive cultivator he had ever met.

"Li Ye is honored to have the presence of the senior!"

Li Ye stood up to greet him with a rather humble attitude, which made the Ma family ancestor's face look much better. He also smiled and said something half-truthful and half-false.
"Fellow Daoist Li's magnanimous demeanor truly makes this old man's eyes light up!"

The two sat down, and Li Ye pushed the spiritual tea he brewed himself to the ancestor of the Ma family.

"Senior, please..."

The old man took a look but didn't drink. He just chuckled and said, "Can you tell me a little about what you said in the letter?" "Of course!"

Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "I learned about the existence of the lava underground palace from the things left by Xu Pingyang, but the contents are vague and I can only delineate the approximate scope. I still can't find the way to it."

"if……"

"What about the relics of Ma Ying?"

The ancestor of the Ma family's eyes suddenly became sharp and he asked a follow-up question.

Li Ye immediately revealed a bitter smile, "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Ma's relics have been basically destroyed in the fight, and I have no way of getting them..."

"After I heard that he was from the Ma family, I had already considered stopping. If Xu Pingyang hadn't insisted on dragging Fellow Daoist Ma down with him before his death, Fellow Daoist Ma wouldn't have had to die!"

The Ma family patriarch stared at Li Ye, not knowing whether he believed it or not. After a moment, he nodded.
"I won't bother with you about the Ma Ying matter for now..."

"Please compare the information you've obtained with me. If you find anything, we can collaborate a little!"

This statement clearly shows that the matter of the lava palace is more important than Ma Ying's death.

This attitude made Li Ye even more certain that the Ma family only had superficial knowledge of the information.

The most important information has been discovered, and only one key point remains.

Li Ye made a move to take it, but suddenly stopped and asked, "The opportunity in the Lava Palace is extremely important. It should be kept secret between you and me... I wonder if the Ma family has told anyone else about this?"

The Ma family ancestor, who had been waiting impatiently, became impatient when he heard him ask this question.
"How could I be so careless as to not be so cautious? This matter is naturally known only to a few core members of my family. How could I bear to let it leak out to others?"

"Then I'll be relieved..."

Li Ye smiled with satisfaction and suddenly retreated.

At the same time, a light green mist swept in, submerging Li Ye and even the surrounding scene.

The formation suddenly changed, and its originally mediocre power suddenly became dangerous as the power of the mysterious void realm spread and overlapped.

The entire formation almost underwent a qualitative change, isolating the inside and outside in an instant, causing the ancestor of the Ma family's heart to beat wildly.

This formation is definitely extraordinary!
But he also reacted very quickly. When he saw Li Ye retreating, he immediately raised his hand and slammed the ground.

The ochre-colored spiritual light expanded like waves and rushed straight towards Li Ye. The earth cracked wherever it passed. Its power was extraordinary.

But at this time, Li Ye's body had already disappeared into the light green mist. With the help of the isolation of the void created by the formation, he was not affected at all.

"Li Ye! I thought you were a man of tact, but since you're so confident in the power of this formation and insist on seeking death... I'll break your formation today and take the secret of the underground palace from your corpse!"

The ancestor of the Ma family shouted angrily, and when he raised his hand, an extremely complicated silver talisman was sacrificed.

Each of the tadpole-like seal characters glowed with silver light, and under the light blue mist of the night, it looked like a silver moon setting in the sky.

Wherever the power passed, the mist evolved from the formation, the giant trees, and the vines rushing over all paused, as if the ice and snow were about to melt and dissipate inch by inch.

Upon seeing this scene, the ancestor of the Ma family couldn't help but smile grimly. He raised his hand and grabbed a black and yellow gourd.

Open the lid of the pot, and immediately yellow sand will gush out into the sky, sweeping away everything through the loopholes in the formation!
He really didn't expect that Li Ye would actually dare to attack him, but since this guy didn't know what was good for him, he would take over Pingyang Mountain today!
The ancestor of the Ma family was thinking in his heart, but was suddenly stunned.

The formation that seemed to be about to be breached and stagnated by the second-level forbidden talisman had actually stopped collapsing and even displayed an even more astonishing power, sweeping away the yellow sand that had sprayed out of him and attacking him again!

(End of this chapter)