Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 362: Enthusiasm Increases! The Fourth-Level Puppet is Right Before Our Eyes!
"Hmm... This indirectly suggests that the Yanshen Sect might not be an ancient sect, and its danger may be slightly reduced..."

"And if that's the case, why would I bother to accumulate contributions and exchange them for spiritual materials to refine the most basic infant shell myself? Wouldn't it be better if I could just take one of the finished products from the Yaohua Sect?"

Li Ye's eyes gradually lit up.

Infant shells also have differences in quality and attributes.

After the modification, the infant shell, which serves as a container for refining demon souls and refining fake infants, is a little special, but it still does not deviate from its original purpose.

Even its quality is better than most baby shells!

With just a little bit of ritual refining and adjustment, it can be restored to its purity and used directly as the core infant shell required by the natal puppet!
According to the design of the Tiangong Sutra, the infant shell can be upgraded through replacement and sacrifice. If a better quality infant shell can be used to upgrade the natal puppet from the beginning, its power after the fourth stage will naturally be stronger!
If he could really reach the top in one step like this, and then combine it with his physical training combat power, he might be able to possess the true Nascent Soul combat power!

Originally sent as an undercover agent by the envoy of Yanshen Sect, Li Ye's main purpose was only to get access to the fourth-level spiritual vein to help the Sky Realm Tree advance, thereby helping his spiritual root qualifications truly reach the level of Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

As for the rest, I can only say that it’s about the same. The main goal is to protect myself and find the opportunity to condense the Infant, and by the way, see if there is a chance to trick Yanshen Sect!
But now, after gradually finding clues about the infant shell from these many refining tasks, Li Ye finally mobilized some enthusiasm in his heart...

Such an opportunity is truly rare!
As long as he can get the infant shell, his natal puppet can be promoted to the fourth level almost immediately. When the fourth-level combat power of the puppet and the physique are superimposed, Li Ye will be more confident when the time comes to overturn the table!
"Looks like I have to show off a bit! If I don't get involved, how will I ever get a chance to snatch an Infant Shell? Hmm... after all these years of preparation, it shouldn't be a problem for me to show off a little improvement, right?"

Li Ye thought silently, this time he was really going with the flow.

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With a goal and decision in mind, Li Ye really started to take it seriously.

Since that delivery of the task, Li Ye would submit the refining tasks slightly earlier in the future, and the quality of his refining tasks was gradually improving.

It should be noted that Li Ye's attainments in alchemy and weapons have been of top-notch quality since the sect entrance examination, and his external performance has fluctuated slightly.

Now, with his gradual improvement, he has directly reached the top level of the third order, which makes him second only to the two mountain masters in the Yaohua Sect!

This time, only a few years had passed and Li Ye was suddenly summoned in secret.

"This timing is perfect. Even with all the preparations, it's still not easy to refine the shell of a demon beast or Nascent Soul. It requires a lot of complicated steps..."

"If the Yaohua Sect is greedy and plans to refine more than one infant shell, the time required will be greatly extended. Participating in this way will definitely be enough to complete the final accumulation and achieve the Heavenly Spiritual Root before the finished product is produced!"

Li Ye's thoughts raced as he watched the Three Crown Mountains in front of him land their escape light directly on the mountain in the middle.

As soon as he approached, the faint golden mist dissipated, revealing a road, as if it had been waiting for his arrival.

Flying into it, the familiar and surging pure spiritual energy rushed towards him, like a surging wave hitting Li Ye, causing his body to stagnate, and it seemed that his spiritual light was a little unstable, but he quickly suppressed the abnormality and landed on the top of the mountain.

"I didn't expect Junior Brother Hei Mu's cultivation to be so profound. He could adapt to this kind of spiritual energy so quickly. Even I didn't find it so easy when I first came to pay my respects to the Grand Elder... Junior Brother's performance is truly extraordinary!"

Looking at the majestic middle-aged man coming towards him, Li Ye bowed, but said humbly,
"I just rely on daily refining and alchemy to control my magic power more precisely, but I can never compare with the master brother."

He had been a member of the Yaohua Sect for decades, and including the two times he first joined, he could probably count the number of times he had met the Sect Master on one hand. However, even Li Ye couldn't fully grasp how long this person had secretly arranged for the sect's cultivators to observe him, and how well he knew him.

Seeing him showing such enthusiasm at this time and even waiting to greet her in person, Li Ye couldn't help but smile.

"Brother Kuroki, you are still so humble..."

The headmaster shook his head, then his expression became serious, "The Grand Elder wants to see you, so follow me."

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Like the gorgeous and ostentatious golden glow outside, the series of arrangements on Sanguan Mountain are also complicated and gorgeous. The palace is shrouded in the layers of golden glow, like a fairy's mansion, which is very extraordinary.

But Li Ye had seen the magnificent and powerful structure of the Tiangong Palace. Although the palace was gorgeous, he only admired it for a moment and then his emotions did not fluctuate much. His attention was more focused on observing the forbidden formation on this mountain.

Sanguan Mountain is the location of the fourth-level spiritual vein. It is the real core of the Yaohua Sect's mountain gate, and naturally it is also the eye of the mountain gate formation.

There were things that were still unclear from the outside, but with the leader leading the way himself, Li Ye understood a lot along the way. Combined with the deduction of many arrangements from the outside world, his understanding of this formation made great progress!
"Hmm... With these missing nodes, if the time comes to escape, there's no need to use any forbidden talismans. All I need to do is use the Wood God Cauldron to slightly disrupt the void, and I'll be able to open a way out and escape freely..."

"Junior brother, we are here. Please be careful with your manners and don't upset the Grand Elder."

The headmaster gave a reminder and was the first to step into the hall.

Li Ye followed closely behind and saw several deputy mountain masters with the best skills from Danxiang and Bailian peaks waiting respectfully.

The two mountain masters standing in front of them, each with the fourth level of attainment, were slightly better, but they did not dare to relax too much. They stood there motionless as if they were in a trance, but looking at their flickering eyes, it could be seen that their minds were probably never idle for a moment.

The person who made them behave cautiously and respectfully was an old woman with a slightly hunched figure, dressed in majestic and gorgeous clothes.

There were many spiritual objects or magic weapons of various shapes hanging in front of her. The old woman looked at them thoughtfully and didn't care about them at all.

"Report to the ancestor, Junior Brother Heimu has arrived!"

The headmaster reported, and Li Ye, who was following beside him, was nervous. His energy, blood and magic power were not affected at all under the suppression of the Wooden God Cauldron.

This old woman is the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Yaohua Sect!
Although he looked a little old, Li Ye instinctively sensed that he did not detect much signs of old age in him. He seemed to be full of vitality and had at least a few hundred years to live!
And when his eyes swept over the waiting monks, his heart moved slightly again.

Among them was a person who was just like him, having come here in recent years, but he unexpectedly appeared here as well.

But this is not enough to make him pay attention!
Li Ye's perception... seemed to have detected something familiar wrong with this person!

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