Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 212: One Sect, Five Foundations, Perfection of Body Refining
Under the sky tree.

Li Ye looked at the palace on the top of the mountain with a gloomy look.

Of the four maids he had taken in back then, two had failed to establish their foundations, and their vitality had been severely damaged. Even the effectiveness of the anti-aging pills had been largely lost, and they had become haggard and no longer beautiful.

Li Ye actually didn't care that much about this.

If they were willing, he had the ability to restore them to their previous state, so that their appearance would not be damaged until their lifespan ended.

Even if you do not want to continue serving, you can take on other responsibilities in Pingyang Mountain to ensure that you can spend the rest of your time safely.

But Xia Qiong and Ruan Jin came one after the other, both of them were firm in their attitude and unwilling to stay.

Perhaps for them, their lifespans are constantly decreasing and the aging of their bodies is becoming more and more obvious. It is also a torture when they face a young man like Li Ye who looks as lively as ever.

Although Li Ye could not fully understand their feelings, he still chose to help them.

In consideration of the long-standing master-servant relationship, he naturally instructed his subordinates to take good care of the families and forces to which Xia Qiong and Ruan Jin belonged, and sent his men to visit them from time to time.

He even went to visit them when he had some free time, but they basically avoided him and didn't want him to see their current appearance.

Now it’s Hongyao’s turn again…

Li Ye has given all the help she should have, and whether she can successfully break through depends entirely on her own luck.

Compared to them...

Li Ye somehow thought of Lan Xinyi.

He had never seen this woman since they parted that year, but he could occasionally learn about the current situation of the Lan family from the documents compiled and submitted by Luo Feibai.

Although he will no longer have any dealings with the Lan family, who in the Red Land Mountains doesn't know about his past relationship with Lan Xinyi?

With the deliberate protection and friendship between Pingyang Mountain and the various mountaintops, as the years went by, some cultivators with spiritual roots gradually emerged from the mortal bloodline of the Lan family, and the family has gradually grown stronger.

There is a trend of returning to its heyday.

As the head of the family, Lan Xinyi, grows older, she rarely shows up in public. Now she lives in seclusion in the mountains and there is little news about her.

"If this continues...by the time I complete my foundation building and even reach the Golden Core stage, how many of my old friends will still be alive?"

Li Ye sighed softly.

In fact, as a foundation-building cultivator, he is less than a hundred years old and is still young.

It is not yet time to consume the lifespan increased by the spiritual essence of the void world to maintain longevity.

But even so, as a time traveler who was just an ordinary person in his previous life, he is a cultivator who has completely stopped aging in this life.

He also began to feel the cruelty of time and the loneliness of this path of cultivation.

Perhaps apart from the avenue and panel he built, nothing else can truly accompany Li Ye to the end.

As his thoughts wandered, Li Ye's eyes moved.
"here we go!"

Under the cover of the formation, he could clearly sense that spiritual energy was converging towards Hong Yao's retreat room in large quantities, and a small vortex of spiritual energy had already formed in the retreat room.

Although he was not present at the maid's breakthrough scene in person, with the formation as an extension of his perception tentacles, he could have a certain grasp of Hong Yao's current condition.

If something goes wrong, he can save people in time.

To avoid a situation like what happened to Ruan Jin, where serious consequences were caused by unstable mentality.

Under his gaze, Hong Yao's aura in the retreat room continued to rise, and she kept trying to restrain it. Finally, she got through the most difficult moment. The aura of her magic power suddenly changed, and the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy increased a lot.

As time passed, her magic power finally stabilized and she entered the foundation-building stage!
"It's done..."

Li Ye muttered softly, a smile on his face. After all, after Hong Yao's breakthrough, he now had someone by his side who could accompany him for a while longer.

………………

Among the four maids serving Li Ye, two of them broke through to the foundation-building stage, and the family forces behind them also prospered.

Such a proportion really makes the other mountains in the red land envious and in awe.

Even the two who failed to break through were taken care of by Pingyang Mountain and received countless benefits after they resigned and returned home.

As long as you can please Li Ye, you can have this opportunity. Everyone inside and outside the red land and mountains is yearning for it.

Before this, the deacons of Pingyang Mountain were only Luo Feibai and Wen Chu, who subsequently performed well and proved his loyalty. The two were rewarded by Li Ye and were able to establish their foundation.

Counting the number of people, Li Ye has only been the master of Pingyang Mountain for a few decades, but he has already trained four people to build their foundation.

Including the intentionally revealed mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator he was, this kind of force is the top existence below the Golden Core Sect even among the four countries!
In this rural area among the red mountains, it is something that almost no one dares to even think about!

Now, the people in the Red Mountains no longer have any extra thoughts and only want to climb up Pingyang Mountain and Li Ye in various ways.

Over the years, they have sent many beautiful women from the clan to Pingyang Mountain. As long as they catch Li Ye's eye, perhaps their family will be the next to rise.

For example, the family forces behind Xia Qiong and Ruan Jin wanted to rely on their relationship to let Li Ye take in more maids in order to maintain the previous relationship.

Their figures and appearances are almost exactly the same as those they had when they were young!
Li Ye didn't care much about these things, and basically left them to Rong Yue and Hong Yao to deal with after their breakthrough.

For him, the only things that are truly important are cultivation and the collection of third-level spiritual plants!
………………

Another year has passed.

In the hall shrouded by numerous formations.

Li Ye's blood and energy were surging, and the black dragon scales and striped tiger skin appeared and disappeared from time to time. They had been completely mixed and integrated into the crystal membrane.

There is no sign of abnormality, but it is condensed and strengthened to the extreme.

Behind him, the power of his qi, blood, and artistic conception transformed into real black dragons and tigers, entangled and evolving with each other.

The cold and feminine power conflicted with and blended with the fiery and fierce power, creating wave after wave in the hall.

It's like they complement each other, creating a picture that's almost like the Tai Chi diagram.

Li Ye's body was continuously tempered in the power of yin and yang, water and fire, and his physical strength and blood power were constantly increasing.

It made his qi and blood harmonious, as if his elixir was intact and he was completely one.

Almost at the level of Qi, Blood and Golden Elixir!

Compared to a few years ago, this kind of dragon and tiger artistic conception has obviously been thoroughly cultivated and has completely reached the state that Li Ye expected!
This state continued until Li Ye's body shook, and the rising power broke through a bottleneck.

Climb to the perfect level amid the roars of tigers and dragons!

With a thought, the phantoms of dragon and tiger disappeared into the body.

Li Ye's energy and blood turned from intense to calm in an instant, without any disturbance.

He looked delighted.
"I've been cultivating my mana to the late stage of foundation building for ten years... and now I haven't even reached the halfway point of perfecting my mana, but my body cultivation has been advancing by leaps and bounds..."

"This is complete and I am qualified to form a Qi and Blood Pill..."

"Although I have no intention of forming a golden elixir through this method, I have cultivated such a strong physique, and with the blessing of [vitality], even if I were to be hit by a golden elixir, I would not be in any danger of death..."

"The threat that the Golden Core poses to me is becoming less and less!"

(End of this chapter)