Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 171: Unusual Movements in the Underground Palace
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Since Li Ye was so polite, and Fan Yuanzhou came to ask for a favor, he naturally wouldn't continue to hold on to the fact that he hadn't shown up.

The three of them sat down and chatted for a few minutes over tea instead of wine. The atmosphere became very good and they had a great time talking.

Fan Yuanzhou took out the recipe for the Chongyuan Pill, as well as the main and auxiliary medicines that he had painstakingly found, and handed them to Li Ye for inspection.

At this time, the bearded and rather heroic man showed some caution and expectation on his face. He looked at Li Ye intently, waiting for his reply.

Li Ye carefully read the recipe and briefly checked several elixirs before nodding.

"The spiritual medicine is intact, and its medicinal properties are well preserved... Although this Chongyuan Pill is of a higher grade, I am still somewhat confident!"

"You two fellow Daoists can rest for a while in Pingyang Mountain. We will definitely see results within ten days!"

It was rare for Li Ye to speak so fully.

"Ten days will be enough?"

Fan Yuanzhou was slightly excited and clasped his fists again, "Then I'll have to trouble Master Li Dan!"

"Fellow Daoist Fan, there's no need to be so polite..."

Li Ye replied with a smile, "Since it was Brother Deng who recommended me personally, I certainly can't let him down."

"Brother Li, you're joking. The reason I can recommend you to come here is because you have extraordinary attainments in alchemy..."

Deng Tiancheng's smile immediately became even more intense.

Li Ye mentioned this several times, and it was really worth it that he had been trying to make friends with him in the past few years. He even took out some unique items in Jiuding Valley to trade with him.

As long as the alchemy goes smoothly this time, Fan Yuanzhou will remember this favor no matter what.

Once he breaks through, he will have a great helper within the sect, and his status will be further elevated.

Although this person did not agree to join Jiuding Valley, it now seems that his external connections, which are not restricted by the sect's rules, seem to have more advantages.

As he spoke, Li Ye took out the token and cast a spell.

Luo Feibai hurried over soon. Another three years had passed and this person's cultivation had reached the level of perfect Qi training!

Considering his lifespan, he still has a chance to break through to the foundation-building stage!
When Luo Feibai saw the three people in the room, he immediately bowed and saluted.
"Greetings to the leader, and to the two seniors!"

Li Ye said, "Please arrange a place for Fellow Daoist Fan and Brother Deng to practice cultivation. These two are my distinguished guests, so please do not neglect them!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Luo Feibai replied respectfully and immediately went down to deal with it.

Soon, everything was arranged, and he returned again to ask Fan Yuanzhou and Deng Tiancheng, who were now in harmony, to leave.

When there was no one around, Li Ye's smile immediately disappeared and he looked completely expressionless.

With a flash of emerald green light, he disappeared from the spot in an instant.

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Back in the cave, the formation restrictions were fully activated.

Li Ye waved his hand, and immediately many poisonous insects flew out densely, projecting the changes in the lava palace around him over the past few days.

Although some vague details of the formation could not be fully recorded, the general changes were revealed to Li Ye.

He carefully looked at all the changes that the poisonous insects had recorded when he had not gone down to explore.

He wanted to find out the reason why the formation restriction suddenly experienced chain fluctuations and began to expand and loosen on a large scale, so as to make further remedial measures.

After all, the several safe zones he had set up before were quite effective in stabilizing the situation.

Even though he had explored for several years and had been persistently picking up trash around the Lava Palace, he had never caused any major trouble with the dense array of forbidden formations. Although this time, Li Ye was caught off guard by the large-scale changes in the Lava Palace's forbidden formations.

But when the warning measures were activated, he hurried over and relied on the several large safe zone formations to temporarily stabilize the expansion of the formation ban within the range he had explored.

Otherwise, even the entrance he had used for many years would be covered by the formation and become an area where fire beasts could enter!
But this can only have a temporary effect. Apart from his location, changes in other areas are likely to continue.

It would be best if we could find a way to stop the unusual movements in the lava palace. Even if it takes some effort and resources, it would be worth it as long as the place can remain secret and there is a chance to explore it slowly.

If there is nothing else to do, then we can only erase the traces we left behind as quickly as possible and be prepared for the turmoil in the red mountains after the lava palace is known to the world!
Li Ye's spiritual sense, which was almost twice as powerful as that of his peers, reached out and observed all the details displayed by the image and sound recording Gu.

As the content played progressed rapidly, the originally stable formation in the picture suddenly changed.

Li Ye's expression suddenly changed.

"That is……"

He subconsciously rewound the image released by the insect, and his expression became a little uglier when he looked at it again.

The worst has happened!

In the picture, the main body of the lava underground palace, which had stood still like a mountain from beginning to end and had never undergone any abnormal changes since Li Ye discovered it, suddenly trembled slightly and emitted a burst of light.

Even though the noise was not big, it didn't seem like any powerful force was released. It might actually be more like a person shivering.

Even the lava palace itself immediately returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

But then, with it as the center, a series of broken building islands collapsed and scattered from it, and the chaotic array spread throughout this underground lava world quickly triggered a chain reaction like overturned dominoes.

The formation restrictions here have always been a barely achieved balance in the chaos. If you want to break it, it may not require a very strong force.

At this point, the entire lava underground palace began to undergo drastic changes, and the reactions of the various formations were either internally annihilated and offset, or expanded outward.

In the end, the momentum of expansion was stronger than the momentum of annihilation within the formation. Amid the bursts of power of varying strengths, the formation seemed to be suddenly spread out by a long-accumulated stream of water.

Various kinds of fire beasts and fire puppets mixed in like fish swimming in the water, and their range of activities also expanded accordingly!

Li Ye had personally experienced what happened next, so there was no need to see it again.

"I was wondering why such a drastic change would suddenly occur without any warning..."

After collecting all the poisonous insects, Li Ye looked helpless. "The lava underground palace, which is the core of all the forbidden formations, has undergone some changes. This is not something I can predict or control at all..."

He had never been close to the lava palace in person, so he had no way of finding out the reason for its sudden movement.

Whether it was a change in the forbidden formation in the underground palace, or some ancient ghost really awakened inside, everything is unknown!

"Never mind... The main body of the underground palace hasn't been activated yet. It all depends on whether the forbidden formation can slow down after experiencing a round of explosive expansion..."

Li Ye's expression was solemn. "If it can be slowed down, I can use the formation to build nodes to stabilize it for a while..."

"Perhaps this change in the formation will reveal some precious treasures hidden in the various building islands. As long as I can stabilize the situation, I will have another chance to profit!"

Crisis is also opportunity.

Now that things have come to this, and since there is no way to stop it, Li Ye is no longer afraid of the lava palace emerging.

The worst that could happen is that you just have to stay put and pretend to be innocent and know nothing.

But if you can seize the opportunity to form a pill, everything will be worth it!
"But the most urgent thing is to send Deng Tiancheng and Fan Yuanzhou away before the situation comes to light!"

"After all, I don't know if the disciples of their Jindan sect have any means to detect the changes underground. It's still too dangerous to stay here..."

An idea flashed through Li Ye's mind, and he simply walked towards the alchemy room.

(End of this chapter)