Cultivation begins with planting techniques

The intense pain throughout his body, the continuous loss of his magical power, and the feeling of rapidly weakening awakened Liu Ji, the patriarch of the Liu family, from his coma.

He instinctively tried to move, but suddenly found that all four of his limbs were bound and he could not break free at all.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw a handsome young man, a stranger, pressing his hand against his chest. The man was rapidly absorbing his proud magical power and even his life force.

The feeling of rapidly aging and weakening, as if he would become an ordinary mortal and die of old age on the spot, suddenly became clear.

This person seems to be using some kind of demonic method to seize his cultivation foundation and even his lifespan!

Liu Ji was immediately terrified and hurriedly shouted:
"Fellow Taoist, please show mercy!"

"I have many treasures hidden away, and I am willing to exchange them for my life!"

His reaction was remarkably quick.

Without asking any unnecessary questions, not even inquiring about the relationship between this handsome young man and the old man who had previously stormed into his Liu family and slaughtered everyone, he directly begged for mercy with a huge reward.

Li Ye raised her eyelids slightly and gave him a smile.
"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to rush. It will be over soon, and then you can go and join your blood relatives."

His words were calm, even gentle, but Liu Ji felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave upon hearing them!
"you……"

Liu Ji wanted to say something more, but the man in front of him seemed to have been waiting for him to wake up just to see his reaction. After he said a few words, the efficiency of his secret technique suddenly increased!
His already dwindling cultivation and lifespan suddenly poured out like water being released from a dam.

Liu Ji, who had just managed to maintain his youthful appearance, suddenly found his skin becoming dry, wrinkled, and patchy, and his jet-black hair turning a dull gray.

A moment later, the light in Liu Ji's eyes faded, and he collapsed to the ground, all his magical power and vitality drained from his body.

In contrast, Li Ye.

He slowly withdrew his hand from Liu Ji's body, and his magical power surged, making his already handsome and youthful appearance even more vibrant.

However, the aura seemed somewhat mixed, with a hint of Liu Ji's aura mixed in.

Stepping back slightly, Li Ye's figure swayed and instantly transformed into a lush willow tree. A faint light emanated from his body, cleansing the surrounding spiritual energy and clearing away the impure energy within him.

By circulating the Green Wood Sword Technique and combining it with the Foundation-Seizing Method to clear away impurities, Li Ye quickly absorbed the magical power from Liu Ji, and the Purifying Willow's ability to cleanse impurities took effect.

The aura contained in that other person's magic was not his and was easily dispelled. Li Ye's powerful magic returned to its pure state, leaving only a few barely perceptible remnants.

Even the unstable life force and vitality that he had seized contained a considerable portion of genuine purity, which was integrated into Li Ye's body and became his accumulation.

After circulating his energy until his magical power was stable, the remaining faint impurities could not be completely eliminated in a short time, but they would not affect him either. Only then did Li Ye stop his practice and transform back into human form.

Looking at Liu Ji, who had lost his last vestige of life, was emaciated, and was already dead, he felt a slight stirring in his heart, and his soul suddenly felt a little lighter.

The gap was too large; even if Li Jue left some traces of his obsession, it would have a negligible impact on Li Ye.

After this, Li Ye had fulfilled all his obsessions, and the boy left no trace behind.

"Once this matter is completed, there will be no more constraints or limitations on this body..."

Li Ye murmured something.

With a casual flick of his wrist, he unleashed a burst of spiritual light, instantly destroying the temporary restraints binding Liu Ji on the ground. The power that erupted from within a small area directly obliterated Liu Ji's corpse, turning it into ashes.

This cave was merely a temporary hiding place he found so that he could test the effectiveness of the method of seizing power from Liu Ji.

Although it's remote, it's not necessarily completely safe.

He caused such a commotion at the Liu family patriarch's birthday celebration, a gathering of numerous guests. By now, the news has likely already spread through the mouths of those who fled. After all, the Liu family is a clan under the control of Medicine King Valley.

Such a massacre by demonic cultivators would surely alarm them, prompting them to send people to investigate and, ideally, to find the real culprit.

Although Li Ye was confident that he had done everything himself without leaving any loose ends and had cleaned everything up before leaving, he could not guarantee that there would be no flaws that Medicine King Valley could find.

Therefore, the sooner we leave, the better!

Having done this, he didn't linger for a moment. He leaped into the air and transformed into an ordinary kingfisher, disappearing into the mountains and forests.

………………

"The Liu family, under the command of Medicine King Valley, was attacked by some unknown demon who poisoned them with insidious means, and then mobilized a puppet army to slaughter them all..."

"Such methods are far too cruel, directly enraging Medicine King Valley, which launched a massive search..."

"Eh! Greetings, Steward Li!"

"Greetings, Steward Li!"

The Lingnong, who were having a lively conversation, were suddenly startled. They saw the handsome young man walking up to them without them noticing and quickly stopped talking, greeting him politely.

"No need for such formalities..."

Li Ye waved his hand and casually asked, "Are you talking about the destruction of the Liu family? Has Medicine King Valley found the culprit?"

"cough……"

Lao Chunhe replied, "It is said that after that person made the move, he disappeared without a trace along with the Liu family patriarch. No matter how much Medicine King Valley searches, they have not been able to find any trace of him. Perhaps they are still searching..."

Most of these Lingnong disciples lacked a foundation and were therefore unaware of Li Ye's background and origins.

Upon hearing Li Ye's question, no one made any connection; they simply shared what they knew.

Li Ye nodded, said nothing more, and slowly left, leaving the Lingnong disciples completely baffled.

The Lin family, who knew his background, wrote to him immediately after the news broke, without daring to inquire further, and simply explained the situation.

However, Lin Zhian visited him not long afterward and brought up the matter with great significance.

Li Ye simply put down his teacup and sighed softly.
"Although this was done by demonic cultivators, I, Li, am truly delighted. If I weren't only recently promoted to the Innate Realm, I would still take up my sword and make the Liu family pay their blood debt when I achieve full cultivation..."

"It's a great pity that someone else beat us to it..."

Looking at Li Ye's completely genuine expression, Lin Zhian, though somewhat probing, inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

If that matter had nothing to do with Li Ye, then so be it. But if it really was him who did it, or even if it was only somewhat related to him, then this young man's danger far exceeds what he has shown.

Continuing to investigate will benefit no one!

The old man immediately changed the subject and started talking about other things, never mentioning the Liu family again.

The fact that Medicine King Valley and its various forces were allowed to make such a fuss over the Liu family's affairs had no effect on Li Ye, who was far away in the Heavenly Sword Sect's Spirit Herb Garden.

Compared to this matter, Li Ye, having already resolved his past obsessions, is now more concerned with the effectiveness of the Foundation-Seizing Technique and the performance of the giant frog when it was in decline back in the Liu family. (End of Chapter)