Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 184 Old Friends
"My fellow Taoists, I, a small clan from Pingyang Mountain, really don't dare to have too much interaction with you. I just want to keep myself safe..."

"This is the pass token my mountain master prepared for you. It can be used for ten round trips before it is scrapped. I think it should be enough for you to complete the purpose of this trip..."

"You are free to explore the underground treasures. Just be careful not to trigger the forbidden formation and cause lava to erupt, destroying these barren mountains..."

"The Mountain Master and I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you fellow Taoists!"

Outside Pingyang Mountain, Luo Feibai carefully handed the three tokens to Liao Shengtao, Zou Zifu and Kong Changsheng respectively.

Behind him, the entire mountain gate formation had been completely activated and closed, with no intention of opening it to receive the three people.

When the leaders from the three major Jindan sects saw this scene, they were immediately confused and amused.

He was not even afraid of offending them, and he didn't even dare to meet them. Was he afraid that they would have some conflicts and fights that would affect him?

Li Ye is so cautious... This means that he wants to stay in the mountains and wait until everything is settled before he shows up!

"Hey! For the sake of his life, not only did he not dare to take the risk to seize the opportunity at his doorstep, he even dared not to get involved with us in the exploration..."

Liao Shengtao smiled sharply, "This Li Ye is quite interesting!"

Most of the people from the three sects had strange expressions on their faces, but Deng Tiancheng and Fan Yuanzhou looked normal as if they had expected this.

Cai Shiwei even smiled faintly, feeling a bit nostalgic, and subconsciously licked his lips.

Seeing that Luo Feibai was about to retreat back into the mountain immediately after he finished speaking, Zou Zifu glanced at Deng Tiancheng.

The latter immediately understood, "Fellow Daoist Luo, please stay!"

"Ah?" Luo Feibai paused and immediately turned his head with a hint of fear in his eyes.

Deng Tiancheng just stepped forward and took out a storage bag and handed it to him.
"Since Brother Li has made things easier for us, our Jiuding Valley is not using its power to bully other sects. We must naturally abide by the rules Brother Li has set... This is the travel expenses for all the cultivators of our Jiuding Valley this time. Please consider it."

Luo Feibai was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief. He scanned the storage bag with his spiritual sense and nodded immediately.

"The amount is correct, Guigu is thoughtful!"

Seeing this, Liao Shengtao and Kong Changsheng's expressions changed slightly, and they each snorted.
"You guys at Jiuding Valley just love to do these empty things. Are you going to refuse us this little money?"

The monk next to them stepped forward and handed the storage bag to Luo Feibai.

The person who did this on the Feiyu Sect side was Cai Shiwei, who also said,

"Please also tell Brother Luo... an old friend is visiting. Once everything is settled, I hope to sit down and talk with Junior Brother Li."

what?
The mountain master actually still has a relationship with this Feiyu Clan member...

Wait a minute! He called the Mountain Master "Junior Brother"? Was the Mountain Master a member of Feiyu Sect before?
Luo Feibai's mind was full of thoughts, but he didn't dare to neglect it. "I will definitely convey it."

Then he said goodbye to everyone present with changed expressions and quickly escaped into the formation.

"Fellow Daoist Cai calls Li Ye his junior fellow disciple..."

Kong Changsheng was outspoken and said directly after glancing at Cai Shiwei,
"Could it be that this person is from your Feiyu Sect? You have long known that there are ancient relics here, so you sent this person to explore?"

Zou Zifu also looked strange. He glanced at Deng Tiancheng but only got the same confused look from him.

Before this, he had never found out Li Ye's origins!
"Hey! Brother Kong, you are slandering me!"

Liao Shengtao was unhurried, "As everyone knows, my Junior Brother Cai has been lurking in the Purple Profound Sect for many years..."

"This Li Ye is not from my Feiyu Sect, but was just an outer sect disciple of the Zixuan Sect back then..." "If you really want to put the blame on me, you should say that he was the one who was set up by the Zixuan Sect!"

"Why are you bringing up the Purple Xuan Sect again..."

Kong Changsheng and Zou Zifu frowned, somewhat confused as to what was going on.

Especially now, even the Zixuan Sect hasn’t sent anyone here!
In the end, the former waved his hand and said, "Forget it! If Li Ye was really sent by the Purple Xuan Sect, how could he have made it known to the world and let us come here to compete for the benefits..."

"We're here for the underground treasure. Instead of wasting time here, why don't we go down that passage and take a look!"

Having said this, he called his companions and flew away.

Seeing this, Liao Shengtao and Zou Zifu had no intention of saying anything more. They all had a flash of inspiration and quickly followed suit.

But as they approached the vicinity of Dengyunfang City, they all dispersed tacitly and chose different entrances to the underground fire passages.

Without hesitation, he passed through the blockade and went straight in.

As the people from the three major sects went underground again, it didn't take long before rays of spiritual light came to the underground fire passage they had chosen and followed them one after another.

Since they can't find a master of formations themselves and can't produce a second-level forbidden-breaking talisman, can't they just follow the path they created and take advantage?

The big sect eats meat, so it’s okay for them to drink some soup!
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"Cai Shiwei... hehe!"

Li Ye, who was manipulating the formation to water the spiritual plants, took the spiritual object in the storage bag. After hearing what Luo Feibai told him, he chewed on the name for a while and suddenly smiled.

Luo Feibai couldn't tell whether Li Ye was happy or angry, so he said goodbye without asking any questions and left, returning to his mansion on the mountain.

The three major sects sent people here, and many large and small forces as well as independent cultivators gathered here, gathered in the underground fire passage.

The sheer number of foundation-building stages in total really frightened him.

Without Li Ye mentioning it, he took the initiative to express his desire to return to Pingyang Mountain and defend it with Li Ye, so that he could provide timely assistance if anyone showed up to do something wrong.

Dengjin Mountain is right there anyway. It’s okay for him to go back after these people have taken all the benefits and everything is settled!

Returning to being alone, Li Ye carefully prepared the Polygonatum fruit and walked back slowly.

His thoughts involuntarily emerged from the time when he and his predecessor were in Zixuan Sect, and the sneer on his face became more and more intense.

"Cai Shiwei, Cai Shiwei... If you really want to reminisce about the past, come sit down with me and chat for a while. Perhaps we can finally put aside all our past grudges and laugh it off..."

"But you openly mentioned our relationship in front of the people from the other two sects. You're probably worried that they might be wary of me or hostile to me... It would be fine if they could succeed, but if they suffer a great loss, they might suspect me and target me..."

"I just rejected a few of your offers back then, which only embarrassed you a little... You've remembered this insignificant thing for so many years, and you've even framed me like this. Do you really want me dead?"

Li Ye's eyes were cold, but his smile became more intense.

"If I hadn't been cautious enough and hadn't had anything to do with you, I would have been trapped by your sudden assassination attempt and would have been unable to recover..."

"There's also the revenge for my previous incarnation's death. Now that I've taken over his body, I need to settle some of that karma..."

"Since you've come to me yourself, let's take advantage of this rare opportunity to settle accounts with you all at once!"

(End of this chapter)