Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 31: Assault and Gu (Please read!)

"Here are the herbs and utensils you requested. Please check them carefully, fellow Daoist."

Li Ye checked the items in front of him one by one, and only after confirming that they were correct did he point out the corresponding spirit stones for delivery. Then he put away all the items and walked out of the shop with the plaque "Caomu Pavilion" written on it.

"That way, we've almost bought everything..."

Li Ye thought for a moment and muttered something.

After leaving Baibaoju, he went to several shops with relatively affordable prices and bought everything such as talisman paper, other auxiliary tools for alchemy, medicinal materials for practice, firewood, etc.

All in all, he had spent nearly eighty spirit stones!
Adding in the occasional expenses over the past period of time, he now only had a little over a hundred spirit stones.

"It's really not a pleasant feeling to have your wallet suddenly shrunk by half!"

Touching the storage bag, Li Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Especially since he also wanted to repair the black wooden sword and purchase some defensive magic weapons, but in the end there probably wouldn't be much left.

"Forget it, let's wait until we refine the first batch of pills and have a stable income before considering it..."

"Or I can accumulate some experience points to improve my equipment and repair it myself!"

He thought to himself that no one could make money from him.

Looking up at the sky, Li Ye didn't stay any longer and went straight out of the market.

As usual, he moved cautiously, changing routes and changing clothes several times along the way.

But today, he had a vague feeling that there was always someone following him and he couldn't get rid of it.

"I can't see any trace of him. How can he be so close to me at this distance..."

"This market town isn't too far from the Purple Profound Sect's mountain gate. Under such circumstances, would there be any cultivator so fearless as to dare to kill a Purple Profound Sect disciple on the road?"

Li Ye thought to himself.

Apart from the alchemy furnace, his expenses spread out over several times did not leave him with many spirit stones.

Jie Xiu is not brainless.

It's a little unreasonable to take such a big risk for such a small amount of money.

This disaster would only happen if the shopkeeper or waiter of Baibaoju leaked the news to Jie Xiu!

His thoughts turned, and a murderous intent flashed in his mind, but he suppressed it.

He continued to gallop without making any sound. Although he still used the mountains to cover his tracks from time to time, he did not stop or slow down at all. No matter if there was someone chasing him, as long as he returned to the sect, everything would be fine.

He had secretly held the Golden Bell Talisman and the Cold Breath Talisman in his hands.

After walking for a distance, we passed a low hill and saw a hidden mountain stream ahead.

It’s a perfect position for a surprise attack!

buzzing-

A faint chirping of insects was heard, and Li Ye's expression changed slightly, and he immediately activated the Golden Bell Talisman.

A layer of pale golden light instantly enveloped him, and the black wooden sword was in his hand in an instant.

The next moment, several dark bugs crashed into the light curtain.

Li Ye took a glance and saw that it looked ferocious, and even after crashing into the golden bell light curtain, it still had the intention to continue to charge and eat.

If you don't react in time and it gets close to you and penetrates your weak points like your ears, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Without hesitation, he immediately controlled the green leaf boat to take off.

at this time.

A black light flashed behind him, followed by a sound of breaking air, but Li Ye's rising momentum happened to dodge it. He only chopped the green leaf boat with one blow, cutting off a small piece of parts.

Knock him off course.

Swah——

After staggering to steady himself, Li Ye looked in the direction of the attack and finally saw the appearance of the attacker.

He was a man with a covered head and face, and a rough build. His cultivation level was not very high, only at the fifth level.

When the other party saw Li Ye dodge his attack, he grinned fiercely and attacked again with a long knife in hand.

Li Ye had no expression on his face. He simply retreated and activated several talismans with a raised hand.

shhhhh--

Streams of cold air gushed out.

Although the power is not great, it is almost like a direct hit when gathered together.

The black insects that surrounded it were immediately frozen to death and fell down.

The masked burly man rushed forward and there was no time to dodge, so he could only activate a golden bell talisman and rush forward head-on.

But this time Li Ye activated four cold breath talismans, which could not be easily blocked.

Shrouded in cold air, the golden bell light curtain on the masked strong man's body quickly dimmed, froze, shattered and dissipated.

The remaining cold instantly froze him to the bone, his body covered in white frost, he was frozen stiff and shivering, and his vision became blurred. He couldn't help but curse.

"Damn it!"

He was quick to react, immediately following his memory and hiding in the forest below. He also used the Golden Bell Talisman to guard against attacks and buy himself time to recover.

Boom boom boom!
Just then, the chill dissipated and the scorching heat came.

Several fireballs came down on his head. The masked man barely dodged two of them and was hit on the spot.

Flames exploded, and the masked man screamed and slammed his head against the hillside, rolling around trying to put out the flames. In a blink of an eye, his body was torn and covered with burn marks.

Swah——

A sword flew over and landed on the man's neck.

Feeling the sharp touch, even though the burning pain made the masked man almost crazy, he did not dare to struggle any more.

I had to shout,

"Fellow Taoist, have mercy on me! Fellow Taoist, have mercy on me!"

Li Ye stepped on the flying boat and looked down at this person from the air with a cold gaze.
"If you want to live, then tell me who sent you!"

"I said it, I said it!"

The masked man hurriedly said, "It's you... ahem, no—"

Before he could finish his words, his eyes bulged suddenly, his voice became unclear, and in the end he only let out a scream before his life was instantly cut off.

"What kind of method is this..."

Li Ye frowned.

But it's not because of killing that I feel uncomfortable.

Since he had died once and inherited the memories of his previous life, this no longer had any impact on him.

However, this method of killing someone instantly without leaving any trace at the slightest hint of intention should never appear on a Qigong disciple!

The next moment, his expression changed.

With a roll of magic power, he tore open the man's clothes and saw a thumb-sized object wriggling under his skin at the position of his heart.

With one slash of the black wooden sword, the skin and flesh were cut open.

As the blood flowed, a small insect crawled out, struggled a few times, and then became motionless.

"Gu insect?"

Seeing this scene, Li Ye immediately remembered some records he had seen in ancient books and made a vague guess.

"If he reveals anything, he will be immediately bitten by the poisonous insects in his heart and die. This kind of method is not something that ordinary people can possess. Could it really be the work of Baibaoju?"

He thought to himself.

After all, apart from this, he really couldn't think of who could make a fifth-level Qi training cultivator come to kill him.

And if this is really the case... he will definitely be rewarded in the future!

As the strong man died, the tiny black insects that had been attacking him secretly suddenly scattered and flew away to an unknown place.

After testing the little bug a bit, he found that although it was not dead, it had lost its ability to move. Only then did Li Ye feel at ease and took out the jade bottle and put it away.

He pulled back the burly man's mask, revealing a rough, pockmarked face he had never seen before.

Since you can't recognize it, there's no need to waste time.

After rummaging around for a while, he put away the dropped magic weapon and its storage bag, then took out a fireball talisman and burned the strong man's body. Then Li Ye set off again.

This time, he encountered no more accidents on the rest of the journey and returned smoothly.

Residence, a quiet room underground.

"How could a dignified Qi training fifth-level Tribulation Cultivator be so shabby?"

Looking at what was poured out of the storage bag of the burly man in front of him, Li Ye cursed out loud.

Apart from some odds and ends, there were only a dozen spirit stones, a few pounds of spirit rice, some jade bottles filled with insects, and a common copy of the Rapids Technique.

It seems that the only thing that is really worth a lot is the low-level black long sword left behind by the masked strong man!
"Hmm...this is quite interesting!"

However, when Li Ye took out a booklet without a cover, his expression suddenly froze.

There are actually some records and introductions about poisonous insects on it!

For example, the small black insect with sharp teeth and beak is the iron-eating insect. However, judging from its power and effectiveness, it seems that it has not been fully refined and is only a semi-finished product.

There is also the Xunxi Gu that can track distant objects by absorbing their breath.

And the insect that killed the strong man instantly was actually a creature called Tongxin Gu...

Two people are needed to jointly feed and train two with their essence and blood. Finally, each of them swallows one into their stomach and lets it attach to the heart meridian.

If one of them betrays the other, he will be attacked instantly by the poisonous insect and die from having his heart eaten away.

"And it's often used by couples in southern Xinjiang to make marriage vows..."

When Li Ye read this, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

If that's the case, he actually provoked a woman recently!
(End of this chapter)