Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 385: Fendao Mountain

Not long after they left, another monk suddenly flew over. He was wearing a black robe and his face was shrouded in a dim light and could not be seen clearly.

His aura was fluctuating, as if he had suffered some injuries. He kept making hand gestures and chanting spells here, as if trying to sense something, but to no avail.

The aura he exuded became increasingly violent.

"There's someone else's presence here. He must have saved Xiang Tao and helped Feng Lingchuan force my soul out... but I didn't suffer any serious backlash, so my soul should still be there!"

He murmured softly, "But why did I lose the ability to sense the soul fragment? What method did that person use?!"

The split soul is closely related to him. If it falls into the hands of others, it will be a huge trouble for him. If he encounters a demon who has special research on the soul, he is likely to be manipulated by the other party using the split soul as a medium.

Even if it is destroyed, it must not be left in the hands of the other party!

But this time, he couldn't even trace the direction the other party had left, so how could he pursue them... If he really let them hand over the split soul to the headquarters of Jubao Pavilion, he would definitely be severely punished by the sect!

When he thought of that horrible thing, his body couldn't help but tremble.

"Damn it... I can only go to that branch pavilion and try to wait for a while!"

He cursed and fled away in a flash of light.

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"Brother Han, you have accompanied us all the way. We are deeply grateful to you two... If there are any items that can help you overcome tribulations in this pavilion, we will definitely do our utmost to retrieve them and give them to Brother Han!"

Xiang Tao made a solemn promise to Li Ye.

After resting and healing on the way, his injuries were stabilized, his breathing was steady, and he finally regained some composure.

Feng Lingchuan, on the other hand, still seemed a little weak.

Being possessed and controlled by that split soul, his struggle had already damaged his Nascent Soul, and his physical body was almost broken by Li Ye's heavy punch. Such injuries were impossible to fully control in a short period of time.

But he did not dare to complain at all. Instead, he thanked Li Ye with gratitude and made a promise.

The injuries were serious, but if this person hadn't showed up at the right time, they might have lost their lives!
However, what was in front of the three of them was not the Tiangu Market of Wu State, but a majestic peak that towered into the clouds like a pillar of heaven.

From bottom to top, various buildings are arranged in the mountains, one by one matching the large formation that covers the entire mountain.

The higher one goes, the thicker and purer the spiritual energy becomes. By the time one reaches the top of the mountain, it has reached the fourth level. Amidst the surging sea of clouds, it seems as if the top of the mountain is floating alone in the air, isolated from the mountains below.

On top of the mountain that seemed to have reached the top, there was another small mountain that was truly stable and suspended in the sky under the influence of the formation.

The most essence of spiritual energy from the entire mountain below is all gathered there. Almost every wisp of cloud is condensed from pure spiritual energy, like a fairy mountain.

However, this mountain was covered by clouds, and the cultivators could only look up at it and could not touch it at all.

Most of the time, the monks passing by were in awe of it and tried to ignore it as much as possible, not daring to look at it directly for too long.

"Very well, very well. Since I already need your help in obtaining the treasure to overcome the tribulation, and I changed my route to Fendao Mountain for my own sake, there's no need for you to be so polite..."

Li Ye waved his hand and ascended the flying boat towards the mountaintop. Within these mountains, numerous cultivators gathered, a constant stream of them. Some possessed a brilliant spiritual light, while others were enveloped in various forms of demonic energy. Both righteous and demonic cultivators, as well as independent cultivators, all gathered here, though most kept a distance from one another, quite wary of one another.

Li Ye and his group were mixed in among the monks coming and going. Of course, a flying boat was not conspicuous, but the sight of three Nascent Soul cultivators gathered together was quite unusual even in front of Fendao Mountain. The surroundings were completely empty, and no monk dared to approach rashly.

Li Ye casually looked at the situation along the way, with a look of interest on his face.

He discovered that most of the cultivators only relaxed a little when they actually reached the mountain, as if they were more confident.

Even if the righteous and evil monks met each other when entering the mountains, they would at most exchange a few sarcastic remarks without any further action.

Even if cultivators from different parties happened to meet and have grudges against each other, they would not dare to take action at all. Most of them would kill the other party with their eyes.

It seemed that once they arrived here, all these monks became good children who abided by the rules.

This situation occurred because Fendao Mountain was built by the only Divine Transformation cultivator in Southern Xinjiang, with the purpose of welcoming everyone. Any cultivator can come and communicate here, but they must abide by its rules, otherwise they will be the enemy of Fendao Mountain!
The small hill floating above the top of the mountain, which gathers the essence of the spiritual energy of this place, is the location of his Taoist temple.

The entire mountain was under his domineering pressure. Even though he had not appeared in person for many years, with his forces managing the mountain, he could make the cultivators obey him and not dare to violate the rules at all.

To a certain extent, those who can act on Fendao Mountain are basically the forces under its command... and the Jubao Pavilion is one of them!

It was precisely because of this that Li Ye did not bother to change the route midway and specially escorted Xiang and Feng here.

The treasure for overcoming tribulations is of course one aspect.

More importantly, with such a powerful backer, even if they bring up the matter of Yanshen Sect, the forces behind them are capable enough to deal with Yanshen Sect, which may be lurking for an unknown amount of time.

Even if we cannot catch them all in one fell swoop, we can probably clean them up and suppress them, so as to prevent them from accumulating enough power to overthrow southern Xinjiang and bring trouble to ourselves!

This can be considered as a small revenge against Yanshen Sect before he becomes powerful enough.

The flying boat passed through the sea of clouds and landed on the top of the mountain along the path formed by the formation. Immediately, two Yuanyings came to greet them.
"Fellow Daoist, please come in front...Brother Xiang! Brother Feng!"

They were just about to handle their business in an official manner, conduct a brief inspection of the newcomers and explain the local rules, but they never expected to see Xiang Tao and Feng Lingchuan on the flying boat.

"What are you..."

They saw the injuries of the two men at a glance and asked in surprise.

These two shopkeepers of Jubao Pavilion were either stationed outside or traveling around, so how come they both came back with serious injuries?
"It's hard to describe what happened. If we hadn't met Brother Han, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to come back..."

Xiang Tao shook his head sadly and said nothing more.

Seeing them like this, the two Nascent Soul cultivators on duty said no more.

Fendao Mountain never refused anyone, and with Xiang and Feng as guarantors, Li Ye easily got the credentials and entered the mountain without having to do anything else.

After officially entering the mountain, Li Ye glanced around and found that almost all the cultivators coming and going were at the Jindan or Yuanying stage, and only those handling various chores had low cultivation levels.

It can be said that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers here. It is possible that any one of them can be the supreme elder of a major sect, with extraordinary cultivation and immense power!
Just by taking these few steps inside, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators that Li Ye had seen in his life almost doubled!
(End of this chapter)