Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 282 Waste Utilization, Entry Upgrade

He personally led the multinational coalition forces to attack the secret realm of the Demon Cave, killed three golden elixir demons in a row, and killed the demon leader.

Since Li Ye broke through the Golden Core, his battle record has been refreshed again!

At this point, the demon clan was leaderless and trapped in this strange world. The low-level demons and the demon cultivators who sincerely surrendered to them completely collapsed.

Under the command of the coalition forces, they defended the secret realm and surrounded and killed most of the demons there, so that they no longer posed any threat!
At this point, the demonic disaster that had descended to invade the four countries' world of immortal cultivation and nearly swept across the four countries and caused a huge catastrophe was completely suppressed!

Such deeds can be regarded as a significant event in the history of the four countries' cultivation world.

As a newly promoted Jindan, Li Ye managed to accomplish such a feat with magical powers that were no less powerful than any other demon cultivators or demons, thus becoming the undisputed number one cultivator in the four countries' cultivation world!

All powers in the world bow down to him, and all cultivators in the world admire him!
However, after enjoying it for a while, Li Ye no longer cared about this false reputation.

As the demonic disaster was wiped out in the outside world and many monastic forces began to re-divide the interests, he quietly left and went straight back to Pingyang Mountain, staying indoors and refusing to see visitors.

This attitude really surprised several leading forces in the coalition, and many monks who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to curry favor with them were also confused.

This is such a big matter of interest distribution... How dare we do anything without your permission!

Several former Jindan sect masters were sweating and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Instead, more praises came from the independent cultivators praising Master Li for his devotion to the public and his indifference to fame and fortune. These praises became widely circulated and talked about with great relish.

Although many people secretly speculated that Master Li must have gained a lot in the battle in the secret realm of the Demon Cave, and wanted to go back to seclusion to digest it, so he ignored worldly affairs.

There are even those with dark thoughts in their hearts who guess that Li Ye’s insistence on exterminating the demon clan might be for the treasure in the secret realm!
The monks from the four countries are nothing more than pawns controlled by him.

But who dares to say this out loud?

It would be useless to say anything else, not to mention that the successful elimination of the demonic disaster benefited all cultivators in the world.

Furthermore, if someone were to accuse him of slandering Master Li or coveting his gains, he would probably be punished immediately by the major sects and regarded as an achievement in currying favor with Master Li.

Black Dragon did know some of the truth, but there were some things he would never say out loud in his lifetime.

In this way, apart from the constant disputes over the redistribution of interests, the immortal cultivation circles of the four countries are all praising Master Li and are very peaceful.

But these things are really boring to Li Ye.

………………

"Let them figure it out for themselves... During this period, no one is allowed to disturb my retreat. There's no need to be nice to them. Even if they have the guts, do they dare to take my share?"

Li Ye said this unhappily and sent out a sound transmission note.

Then, he looked at the Sky Realm Tree in front of him, and poured a pile of dead, dark green, almost ink-colored outer wood of the mother tree around it.

Crash, crash.

The loose soil stirred slightly, and tree roots seemed to emerge like tentacles, pulling it all into the ground.

Then the Sky Realm Tree seemed to fall into silence, but the faintly emerging emerald green spiritual patterns on its body and the slightly rising aura told that the outer layer of rotten wood also had an effect.

Li Ye was not in a hurry. He took out a jade slip and immersed his spiritual consciousness into it, then began to deduce on his own.

Time flies, and two or three days have passed.

Information popped up on Li Ye’s eye panel.

[......]
The fourth-tier spiritual plant [Jianmu subspecies, Sky Realm Tree Strain] that you are connected to absorbs the same origin, its essential rank is slightly improved, its understanding deepens, and its spiritual essence is solidified by +0.1%...
After a brief understanding of the feedback, Li Ye quickly became clear-headed.

Although the progress only jumped by 0.1% at a time and the feedback was very little, what was consumed was the rotten outer sawdust that was almost discarded and had few other uses.

Li Ye's various storage instruments were piled high with wood chips. "If I can rely on these wood chips to complete the third solidification of the spiritual essence..."

"Then, when the Sky Realm Tree truly absorbs the essence of its mother tree, perhaps I can push its essential rank to the fifth rank in one fell swoop, turning it into another true Jianmu subspecies Sky Realm Tree, and begin to solidify a large amount of progress in my fourth spiritual essence entry!"

He looked a little excited.

Even if he could achieve the third solidification of spiritual roots and reach the earth spiritual root level, it would be worth his trouble to wipe out the demons.

If he could really achieve the fourth solidification and his aptitude could reach the level of Heavenly Spiritual Roots, that would be quite a dream!
"However, if I have to use up some of the best wood to refine my natal magic weapon and upgrade my natal puppet, I'm afraid it may not be enough..."

The outer layer of the mother tree of the Void Realm is withered, and when the inner trunk, which truly contains power, is peeled off, there is very little left.

If there are demands from multiple parties, it may indeed be difficult to meet the needs.

But even though improving the Sky Realm Tree is important, his natal magic weapon and puppet are related to his own means of protection. He has high hopes for them and they also need to be taken seriously.

It is impossible to give up looking for other materials.

Li Ye shook his head. "Forget it! Let's focus on the present first!"

So he simply handed the storage bags filled with dry sawdust to a puppet, created a clone, and ordered it to operate according to the basic puppet mind and regularly dump the sawdust to the Sky Realm Tree.

Not far away, he summoned his natal puppet, disassembled it, and took out a long, green and purple piece of wood that was several feet long.

He casually threw the jade slip, which hung in the air, projecting the puppet blueprint that had just been modified and optimized. The whole figure was centered, and the details around it were clearly differentiated.

Li Ye compared it and began to cut the Sky Realm Wood with the Green Wood Divine Light. He spit out another breath of Wood God True Fire and refined the cut spiritual materials into the puppet skeleton or core components one by one to upgrade and modify them.

The sacrifice and refinement of one's natal magic weapon must be done in one go without any delay. It cannot be done at the time of upgrading the Sky Realm Tree.

What if a feedback comes and makes Li Ye's mind immersed in comprehension, wouldn't it be useless?
However, upgrading puppets can be done step by step, one by one, so there is no need to worry about this, so it is better to perfect them first.

If the puppet and his natal magic weapon can be upgraded to the level he expects, then perhaps he can try to enter the underground palace again to obtain the secrets of the fourth level of the Tiangong Sutra!
Time passed like this day by day.

Until more than half a year passed.

Li Ye watched as the last batch of dry sawdust was consumed, and glanced at the panel again.

【Tongtian Level 89.2 (%)】

"It's still a little short... Then I'll have to use the tree trunk!"

He felt a little regretful.

He had already used the seeds he had collected earlier, and had been watering them with his essence and blood continuously, but his hope of filling up the third entry directly with these miscellaneous items was dashed.

However, at this point, he took out a piece of the mother tree trunk that had been cut off long ago without hesitation and threw it to the Sky Tree.

When Li Ye updated his natal puppet, this tree had long coveted the mother tree's trunk.

Now that the last of the dry sawdust has been refined, it is time to become active.

Before this piece of tree trunk fell, it was wrapped up by the branches of the Sky Realm tree and firmly bound to its own trunk.

The pure purple original power was quickly drawn and absorbed, and the whole tree continued to sway and grow, with an inexplicable aura rising rapidly.

The faint green spread out again, benefiting all the trees.

The structure of the realm also gradually adjusted and became stronger.

A message like a panel popped up in Li Ye's eyes.

[......]
[Building a connection with you...]
(End of this chapter)