Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 68: First-level intermediate formation, Earth Dragon Ginseng! (Please recommend!)
"The art of formations is indeed extremely complex and intricate. It is truly the most complex of all the immortal arts I have encountered!"

Taking the jade slip from his forehead, Li Ye sighed with fatigue on his face.

Even with his mental strength now so strong that he could do two things at once after practicing the Thousand Thoughts Divine Art, he still felt quite strenuous when trying to deduce the most basic formation according to the inheritance.

“Although my efficiency will be significantly improved after I make further progress in the Thousand Thoughts Divine Art and study and master it on my own, it’s still too slow…”

Li Ye had an idea and opened the panel.

[Name: Li Ye]

[Spiritual Roots: Low-grade Earth and Wood Spiritual Roots]

[Remaining lifespan: 72 years (overdrawing vitality reduces lifespan by 3 years)]

【技能：种植二阶下等（57/7000）、丹药一阶上等（587/8000）、炼器未入门（12/2000）、符箓二阶下等（81/8000）、蛊术一阶中等（76/4000）、阵法未入门（2/3000）】

[Plant Spiritual Essence: Green Bud Spiritual Essence*88, Blood Spiritual Essence*1400, Fiery Sun Spiritual Essence*5]

[Spiritual Essence Entries: Vitality Level 1, Absorption Level 1]

【Experience: 8170】

……

The formation is indeed already there!

However, that was an experience value that completely exceeded the skills Li Ye had mastered before, which still made him take a deep breath.

"It's worthy of being a skill that allows cultivators to master the power of transcending levels. It really can't be saved at all..."

He smiled and directly invested his experience in the formation!

Inspiration surged from his mind, and many obscure contents were quickly deconstructed and understood and mastered by Li Ye.

Coming back to his senses, he glanced at the panel.

[First-level array, low level (0/5000)]

And the experience points he has left now are exactly 5,000!

Without hesitation, Li Ye once again immersed himself in the experience, immersing himself in the sublimation of the complex deductions that he had mastered...

……

"Looking at this, the restrictions on this residence are really crude. It's just the simplest combination that barely provides isolation and protection. It can only protect against gentlemen, but not villains..."

Li Ye's eyes flashed. The restrictions on his residence, which he could only use through the token, now had an extremely clear structure in his eyes.

Even felt a bit disgusted.

"If I make a slight modification to this node and then connect it to that..."

He used his magic power to dig out the forbidden nodes arranged in various places in the house, and then modified them based on the original ones.

"In this way, it becomes a simple Three Talents formation. Although the function remains the same, the effect is much better than before!"

He stood up, looked at the house and courtyard where the restrictions had stabilized, and nodded with satisfaction.

In this way, from his current perspective, this residence can be considered much safer and more secure.

"The art of formations is truly profound... This transformation couldn't be simpler, yet the effect is so miraculous..."

"I've already reached the intermediate level of the first rank. Further advancement requires 8,000 experience points, which is still a long way off. However, being able to help me overcome the difficult entry and limited lower levels in one go is much easier..."

"Now I can directly delve into the various basic formations contained in the inheritance..."

"It shouldn't take long before I can comprehend and master the first-level Green Vine and Jade Wood Formation recorded in this inheritance..."

Expectation appeared in Li Ye's eyes.

…………

After the auction started, a large number of monks dispersed, and the originally bustling market gradually returned to a certain calm.

Although Li Ye won the longevity elixir recipe at the auction, he also took the initiative to reveal his identity and publicize the matter.

But after a few days, although the commissions for pill refining continued to come in, even when someone asked about the longevity pill, they only expressed interest.

So far, no one has actually brought the corresponding spiritual medicine materials to Li Ye for refinement. After all, the materials involved in this pill are precious. Even if someone really has the earth dragon ginseng, it would probably be quite difficult to make a decision.

He could understand this and was not in a hurry.

Every day he still maintains a regular life of taking care of the spiritual mulberry forest, refining medicine, making talismans, studying formations, and practicing physical training.

From time to time, he would accept invitations from some good disciples, either to have a drink and chat, or to listen to music in brothels.

It’s quite fulfilling!

Until more than ten days later.

When Li Ye was about to go out that day, he found that a barrier had blocked a sound transmission talisman with an unfamiliar aura.

After listening to it, he smiled slightly and simply turned back to carefully brew a pot of tea.

Not long after, as the number of people coming and going to the disciple's residence gradually decreased, a man wearing a conical hat and ordinary clothes came to Li Ye's courtyard.

Before I even knocked on the door, the restriction was lifted and the door opened by itself.

The man was slightly stunned, and after a little hesitation, he walked in. He saw Li Ye sitting in the front hall looking at him with a faint smile.

"Fellow Daoist, you are acting so secretly. I wonder what important matter you want to discuss?"

Li Ye asked calmly, picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup and pushed it to the man.

The man in the bamboo hat sat in front of Li Ye and smelled the spiritual fragrance of the tea. He seemed to be tempted but still did not drink it.

Li Ye didn't care when he saw it. He poured himself another cup and drank it leisurely.

The man in the bamboo hat said slowly in a hoarse and indistinguishable voice,

"Life-extending pill."

After saying that, he stopped, as if waiting for Li Ye to react.

Unfortunately, to his surprise, the young monk opposite him kept a calm look and did not show any excitement at all.

The man in the bamboo hat had no choice but to continue,
"I stumbled upon some medicinal herbs. I heard that Master Li, your skills are so high that they're almost at the second level. I've come to you specifically to entrust you with refining a longevity elixir... but you must swear not to reveal this to anyone!"

"can!"

Li Ye simply nodded and said,

"But if you can refine more than two, I'll ask for one as a reward. You also have to swear that the things I've concealed for you will not harm me. And if you reveal your true identity and others know about it, it will have nothing to do with me!"

This person's magical power has reached the late stage of Qi training, but the aura he exudes does not contain any bloody or evil intentions, so he should not be an evil cultivator.

Either he is a lucky independent cultivator, or he is a member of a family whose ancestor has a short life span.

Even if there are some problems, it is just to refine a special elixir like the longevity pill for him, so he has to be careful not to put Li Ye himself in trouble.

The request he made did not seem to be beyond the expectations of the man in the bamboo hat. He agreed without hesitation and took out a storage bag and put it on the table.

Li Ye had a complete set of protective talismans under his robe. He was about to take them and check them out, but this person suddenly reached out and pressed the storage bag, saying in a deep voice,

"You need to swear first!"

Li Ye also smiled, "In that case, why don't you and I swear an oath together, so that we can trust each other."

The man in the bamboo hat hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

After the two of them swore their oaths, Li Ye reached out his hand again, and this time the man in the bamboo hat did not stop him.

Li Ye tensed up as he took the storage bag in his hand. If there was any trick, he would immediately activate the formation that he had improved in the house in the past two days and capture this person!
But the worst situation did not happen. As Li Ye opened the storage bag, he took out various jade boxes.

He looked directly at the jade box with several talismans attached to it, which was kept very carefully without leaking any medicinal power, and opened it carefully.

Then, a light yellow spiritual ginseng with a strong medicinal fragrance, spiritual soil entangled on its roots, and as thick as half a palm came into his sight.

Li Ye immediately made a judgment.

"It's indeed Earth Dragon Ginseng... At this size, it must be at least two hundred years old, enough to be the main ingredient in the longevity elixir!"

Similarly, there is no problem in using it to refine the foundation-building pill!
(End of this chapter)