Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 148: Striving for Consciousness
Oh, that's not right...this guy is dead and can't be deader!

Cursing silently, Li Ye glanced at the black ash on the ground and shook his head.

"Forget it... I'm afraid this person was killed by the enemy before he even finished writing his suicide note. It's not reliable to expect him to write a few more words..."

However, from his few words, Li Ye really broadened his horizons and learned many ancient secrets.

"So the demons had already invaded our world ten thousand years ago..."

From this, it was not difficult for him to guess the origin of his own Sky World Tree.

The mother body of the Sky Realm Tree that suppresses the channel to the descent world in the secret realm should be the inherited sacred tree used by the Shenmu Sect to deal with the demons and suppress the channel to the descent world.

But this made him feel somewhat doubtful.

"But why hasn't the descent channel completely dissipated after being suppressed by the Sky Realm Tree for ten thousand years? The books I've collected never mentioned that the descent channel could last for such a long time!"

"And since it's the inherited sacred tree of the Huashen Sect, how could it be destroyed by just two golden cores?"

"Or... is there some other factor at work that I'm not aware of?"

The information currently available was not enough for Li Ye to piece together the whole truth, so he gave up thinking about it after just a brief moment.

What's the point of spending so much time thinking about the ancient secrets from tens of thousands of years ago?
To be honest, these things may not be as useful to Li Ye as the reason why this lava underground palace has become what it is now.

"Since the Tiangong Palace was destroyed by the combined efforts of other Divine Transformation Sects, there shouldn't be any trouble like the demon clan..."

Li Ye's expression relaxed a little. "Even if there are really mines buried, they might just be some thousand-year-old ghosts and fire puppets..."

"These things may not be willing to leave this place, and I'm afraid they won't care about the little commotion I caused while just building my foundation..."

"As long as I don't enter the lava underground palace and don't cause any major damage, I shouldn't lure them out... Well, to be on the safe side, I should draw some talismans to exorcise evil spirits and calm the soul!"

"How could these ancient forces be so careless in their actions? Destroying the sect would be fine, but why not properly help the people to be reborn?! They have to leave this hole!"

Li Ye couldn't help but curse.

The purpose of this trip has been fully achieved, and he has gained a lot. However, he has been distracted by manipulating multiple puppets and is now mentally exhausted.

If we encounter a strong enemy in this state, we might make mistakes.

Even though he knew more secrets and had more ideas about the hidden treasures in this lava underground palace, he did not intend to force himself to continue exploring.

After inspecting the large formation here and the surrounding prohibitions, he flew away without any reluctance.

As Li Ye left, the lava underground palace seemed to return to its eternal state of being submerged in lava.

Only the faint sounds of fire beasts and the sound of flowing and churning lava echoed underground.

………………

Pingyang Mountain, in the cave.

Li Ye's body was condensed with green spiritual light, which continuously absorbed and refined the spiritual energy from the surroundings and the spiritual stone in his hand, and finally integrated it into his magic power, which promoted the gradual improvement of his cultivation.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Ye slowly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light that was difficult to conceal flashed across his pale green light.

"With the follow-up exercises, my cultivation is finally on the right track... Although the progress isn't fast, I can clearly feel some improvement every day, and that's enough!"

Perhaps it was because he had been dividing his mind to control the puppet for several days in a row, which had squeezed his spiritual consciousness to a very extreme level. After recuperation this time, Li Ye clearly felt that his spiritual consciousness had improved to a certain extent!
This was the first improvement obtained after the lack of subsequent content of Qian Nian Yan Shen Jue, which also made Li Ye excited.

Although the method is a bit stupid, it seems that the method of training spiritual consciousness in the puppet inheritance is still worth trying! Under the introspection.

In Li Ye's Dantian Qi Sea, the ten drops of liquid magic power were even more condensed and verdant than when he had just broken through the foundation-building stage.

Although he has not yet condensed new liquid magic power and made any actual progress, his magic power has indeed become much stronger.

The foundation-building chapter of Qingyuan Gong is divided into three levels, corresponding to the corresponding realm of the foundation-building period.

To cultivate the first level to its limit, one needs to accumulate approximately thirty drops of liquid mana before being qualified to advance to the middle stage of foundation building.

If Li Ye continued to cultivate without regard for the loss of spirit stones, he might be able to condense one or two drops of liquid mana in a year...

However, he was qualified to sprint to the middle stage in just over a decade. Considering his middle-grade spiritual root qualifications, this speed was acceptable.

If he can maintain this, for a cultivator who breaks through the foundation-building stage at the age of thirty, there is still a chance for him to reach the late foundation-building stage before his lifespan ends and try to break through to the Jindan stage.

"Oh... my life span won't decrease anymore? That's fine!"

Li Ye touched the face that was as smooth as jade and looked like that of a young boy, and laughed.

Time is not a problem for him, he just needs to stay steady and accumulate slowly.

"And this speed is only aided by the spirit stones. If I swallow some pills, it will be even faster..."

"Although I'm not in a hurry, I don't know how long I can keep the Lava Palace secret... I still have to find the right recipe as soon as possible so I can focus on farming!"

"If something unexpected happens one day and I lose the endless supply of Fire Beast Cores from the Lava Underground Palace, I'll lose a significant source of income... Sooner or later, my resources will be depleted!"

"It's time to let those sects and families have some fighting spirit..."

Li Ye agreed with his own sense of crisis and immediately stood up and walked towards the alchemy room.

………………

One month later.

News suddenly came from Pingyang Mountain that an auction was about to be held in Sanhuifang Market.

The main items for sale, in addition to various rare treasures, are various second-level elixirs, among which there are even Fire Cloud Pills and Earth Ning Pills that can directly improve the cultivation of foundation-building monks!
How precious are second-level elixirs?

Not to mention it’s a pill that can improve your cultivation!

Even the shops under the Jindan forces might not be willing to take out such precious items unless they wanted to liven up the market!

As soon as this news spread, the Chidi Mountains and Pingyang Mountain, which had originally attracted little attention, immediately became the focus of attention of the foundation-building forces of the three surrounding countries.

The fact that he could produce so many different kinds of second-level pills at once showed, in a way, that there was most likely a second-level alchemist in charge of Pingyang Mountain!

Even in the Jindan forces, the status of a second-level alchemist is extremely important, and for the foundation-building forces, he is even someone who needs to be flattered.

But within a few days, visiting cards from various forces in the three surrounding countries came in like snowflakes, showing great interest in this auction and the second-level alchemist of Pingyang Mountain.

They all have private contact and intend to buy first!
Just like that.

Several clans and families who had some doubts about Li Ye, who had inherited everything from Xu Pingyang, and had not immediately started close cooperation with him, were suddenly at a loss when they saw the exponentially growing number of competitors!
　I have a bad stomach and am restless. I will post an update first. There may not be an additional update today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)