Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 161 Artificial Mental Retardation
a few days later.

After fully recovering, Li Ye appeared in the underground cave again.

As usual, he first carefully observed the expansion of the surrounding formations and the activities of the fire beasts, and recorded the changes.

Although Xu Pingyang and Ma Ying's reckless behavior disrupted the stability that had been maintained for thousands or tens of thousands of years, causing the formation bans and fire beasts to become active.

The entire expansion trend is unstoppable. The chain reaction has caused the entire underground palace to be lifted up, causing turmoil in the red land and mountains. It is only a matter of time before it comes out.

But Li Ye’s activities over the past year have not been in vain!
Wherever he passed, most of the chaotic array restrictions were sorted out, and the destructiveness and instability in the entire area were well suppressed.

Especially after three large formations were embedded in the chaotic formation, suppressing and sorting it out, and dividing it into three safe zones, the formation conditions in the surrounding areas that Li Ye could observe became much more stable.

As a result, the expansion momentum was also suppressed.

However, this lava palace covers an extremely vast area underground. Even though Li Ye has been exploring for more than a year, he has only been active in a corner of it.

Compared with the entire range of the forbidden formation, it is not worth mentioning at all!
He could only try his best to gain as much benefit as possible before he could no longer conceal the truth.

After confirming that it was safe, Li Ye passed through two safety zones set up with formations and came to the edge of the third safety zone.

After a quick calculation, Li Ye sent out nine puppets to move forward.

After long-term control of puppets to temper his spiritual consciousness, Li Ye's spiritual consciousness has improved more efficiently than his magic power.

Even without the subsequent exercises of the Thousand Thoughts Divine Art, relying on the essence of his spiritual consciousness which was superior to his mental strength before the breakthrough, he also broke through to the level of having twelve things in one mind.

Controlling nine puppets to cooperate in exploration is not his limit now, but he needs to pay attention to other things so that he can react in time, which is a safe option.

……

With the core disciple token in hand, and Li Ye's understanding of the formation restrictions here through constant exploration, the formation restrictions are no longer an obstacle to Li Ye's progress.

The puppet team had almost a smooth journey.

If it weren't for the need to clear out the fire beasts along the way and search the construction island to avoid missing any good stuff, they would have almost stopped completely!

However, even so, the efficiency of today's progress has almost exceeded the total of several previous explorations!

Soon, the small island building that was suspected to be the Examination Hall was in sight.

Li Ye was a little nervous and ordered the puppet team to hold the token and step onto the ruined building.

According to his observation, the restrictions here are almost all of the second level and above, and some of the ones that cannot be seen through are mostly of the third level or even higher power. If there were no puppets to explore the way, he would never have any idea about this place even if he was beaten to death.

And at the moment the puppet team landed on the island, the mysterious formation in the building immediately reacted on its own, resonating with the token in the puppet's hand.

A voice with a slightly ancient tone and a difficult-to-understand accent sounded intermittently from the ruins.
"Core... Core disciple... Nie Yanyu... passed the verification..."

"The disciple himself was not detected... Nine second-level puppets were detected... which are lower than the disciple's level... The puppet battle assessment cannot be started!"

"Ka! No... record... You can re-evaluate from the Yellow Rank..."

Listening to these disjointed words that required a little contemplation to understand, Li Ye couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

"Is this a formation spirit... or a puppet mind created by puppetry?"

He muttered a sentence and then made his own judgment.
"Judging from this mechanical reaction, it must be a puppet mind with a pre-set reaction mechanism... If it's a formation spirit, it has complete intelligence, just like a real living being..."

"And if a formation spirit really existed, I'm afraid it would have noticed the commotion I've been making these days. How could it have insisted on relying on the token for verification?"

Is it just an assessment?
Li Ye looked puzzled. He didn't know how this small part of the Assessment Hall building could still function.

What should I do if I start the assessment rashly and cause the formation to mutate?
With his thoughts racing, Li Ye immediately controlled the puppet to retreat.

But this place seemed to be slow to react, and even making judgments was intermittent, but at this time it reacted quickly.

The forbidden formation shifted, creating a barrier. Then, under Li Ye's gloomy gaze, the forbidden light within the ruined building shifted, as if something was churning, poised to appear before the puppet team...

Then, there is no more!
"Ka... It took three seconds to defeat the same level 1 trial puppet battle formation. Test passed..."

what?
Li Ye was stunned and couldn't help laughing.

Most likely, the puppets originally used for the test have been withdrawn and destroyed, or they are simply not on this small island which is only part of the test hall.

Even if the mechanism operates automatically and responds, it is impossible to complete the assessment content normally.

So for some reason, the puppet mechanism directly judged that the assessment was passed on the spot and gave the corresponding evaluation.

At this time, the raised formation ban returned to its original state and did not trigger any chain reaction.

Standing in the safe zone and using the puppet to sense the changes from afar, Li Ye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately it was just a false alarm.

Just now, he almost turned around and ran away!
At this time, intermittent sounds continued to come from the ruined building.

"Refresh the historical record of the assessment... Possess the potential to pass on the true teachings... Receive the first level of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Sutra as a reward..."

Swah——

This time, a ray of spiritual light suddenly shot out from the ruined building and sank into the disciple token.

"Heavenly Craftsmanship Scripture?!"

Li Ye's eyes widened, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

The Tiangong Sutra is the inherited martial arts method of the Tiangong Palace. Even core disciples have to rely on their performance to have a chance to learn it. Only true disciples have the opportunity to glimpse the full text.

Even if there is only one layer, it is a great opportunity for Li Ye!
Yet the surprises continue.

"Passed the Yellow Level Assessment... Entered the Mysterious Level Assessment..."

The mechanical broadcast came out, and the formation ban rose again, and it evolved again, as if it was determined that the puppet had been sent out.

However, nothing actually appeared.

After just a few moments, it was determined that Li Ye won again.

"Defeat the second-level puppet in three seconds...pass the test..."

"Break the historical record...reward: the second level of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Sutra..."

"..."

"Earth-level assessment..."

"Defeat the third-level puppet...pass the test..."

"Break the historical record...reward: the seal of the true teaching...the third level of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Sutra..."

"Heavenly Rank Assessment... click... insufficient authority to start..."

Three rays of spiritual light were cast into the disciple token in succession, and there was no movement here anymore, as if it had reached its limit.

Li Ye, who was standing in the safe zone and watching this scene silently, was completely speechless.

Just like that, without paying anything, not even consuming the puppet spirit stone and the fire beast crystal core, he obtained the three levels of the Tiangong Sutra and the true seal?
This...is it still necessary to go to Jiqiao Pavilion?

Li Ye wiped his face with a feeling of unreality and sighed sincerely,
"Artificial intelligence... it's amazing!"

(End of this chapter)