Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Not long after Li Ye was settled, Bai Minghua came looking for Meng Jingde.

His opening question was:
"Have you seen Li Ye?"

"I've seen it, but I can't see it very clearly."

Meng Jingde's tone was slightly strange.

"Oh? Even you can't see through his true colors?"

Bai Minghua's expression became slightly more lively, and his gaze also changed somewhat.

"Li Ye's aura was so impeccable that even I couldn't fathom his true strength..."

"According to Junior Brother Fang, when he captured that lurking ancient Huan Realm cultivator, he only used two moves. They didn't even see his face before Li Ye easily subdued him..."

"Junior Brother Tang even said that his divine sense was powerful, and he detected their pursuit even when they were still quite far away, which is why he went to investigate..."

"The divine light and supernatural powers I've cultivated even possess the wonders of the void, allowing me to traverse the void..."

Before Bai Minghua arrived, Tang and Fang had already recounted their entire encounter with Li Ye to Meng Jingde in detail.

Although these are just fragmented pieces of information gathered from observation, when put together, they are enough to piece together a general outline of Li Ye's strength.

If this young man truly used such supernatural abilities with such ease, perhaps his actual combat strength is not necessarily inferior to the two of them.

As Meng Jingde grew increasingly serious, a smile appeared on Bai Minghua's face.

"His ability to do this is actually good news for us in breaking through the formation!"

"indeed so……"

Meng Jingde nodded. "If he can maintain cooperation with us in subsequent actions, then our attack on the Ancient Huan Realm will be much more secure!"

"This Li Ye rose from humble beginnings, and his ability to assess situations is perhaps even greater than yours or mine. I don't believe he can't see the significant benefits involved!"

Bai Minghua said, "Even if he doesn't want to cooperate with us, it's fine as long as he doesn't interfere with us..."

As for becoming enemies?

The ancient world is so vast that even if people are not on the same path, they can still fight their own battles.

They couldn't fathom what compelling reason Li Ye might have to be their enemy.

Li Ye's path to promotion was crystal clear, and the traces he left in the Southern Frontier on several occasions were quite profound.

Despite the apparent contradictions, this person, who has been quite proactive in the unification of the five domains and has gained immense benefits, is definitely not someone who cannot adapt.

This can put your mind at ease.

Although Bai Minghua and Meng Jingde belonged to the righteous and demonic paths respectively, they had clashed with each other before.

But in this vast southern border region, only the two of them actually cooperated in their pursuit of the Dao, and they trusted each other.

Having received Meng Jingde's evaluation of Li Ye, Bai Minghua felt relieved and, without intending to take any further action, left.

They are just waiting to go into battle and break through the enemy lines.

………………

While Bai and Meng were discussing, Li Ye had already entered the cave.

As a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Li Ye naturally received top-tier treatment.

The cave dwelling arranged for him was meticulously prepared. Even though there were no spiritual veins to utilize, it was built with spirit stones and array formations to ensure the needs of his cultivation were met.

However, he has no intention of taking a break for the time being.

After inspecting the layout of the cave and replacing the restrictions, he simply went into a secluded room, and the golden turtle shell hanging beside him followed him in.

The barrier was activated, isolating the inside from the outside. Half an hour later, Li Ye walked out of the house, seemingly lost in thought.

He took out a tea set and began preparing the spiritual tea.

His hands kept moving, and his mind was also processing the information he had just obtained from searching the soul of the burly man in bone armor.

Just as it was originally passed down from the sect leader of the Yanshen Sect, the Ancient Huan Realm is a cultivation system based on physical or spiritual cultivation, relying on refining blood food, then refining essence into qi, and condensing magical power.

However, the path of the soul is relatively rare, and only those with exceptional talent can cultivate it.

In the ancient Huan Realm, at least 90% of cultivators today have entered the Dao by tempering their physical bodies.

Some of these similarities are quite similar to those of the Ancient Tree Realm. After struggling with the ancient cultivation methods that required abundant spiritual energy, they began to try to utilize the new methods of the demon race system.

In the capital, one can refine the bloodline or organs of the demon race and incorporate them into one's body to lay the foundation for cultivation. This will allow one to make better use of blood and food, and at the same time, one can possess the supernatural powers of the demon race.

Such cultivation and attainment of the Dao could perhaps be called demonic cultivation!

They are remarkably similar to demonic cultivators who have been corrupted by demonic energy!

However, Li Ye had no interest in this method.

His current path of cultivation is quite smooth. Although he lacks some techniques after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, this new method also lacks content at that level.

Compared to the new methods, the spiritual energy of the ancient Huan Realm was clearly insufficient to support cultivation, but the ancient methods passed down through generations, with their myriad wonders far surpassing those of today, were more useful to him.

Unfortunately, this burly man was not the kind of person who liked to collect ancient books. Li Ye glanced through his memories and found that the contents he possessed were quite limited.

On the contrary, he has collected quite a few new methods and monster materials.

Once it falls into the human realm, a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy, such materials are not considered to have much value.

What truly requires Li Ye to ponder is his memory of the various forces in the Ancient Huan Realm.

"Although the cultivation methods practiced in the Ancient Huan Realm have now been largely replaced by the new methods of demon cultivation, some long-established sects should still have complete collections of ancient cultivation texts..."

"The grand formation used by the Shadow Moon Sect to seize the opportunity, take control of the descent passage, and establish an outpost is a sect formation passed down from ancient times..."

"Given the current state of spiritual energy in the Ancient Huan Realm, it's simply impossible to set this up, yet they've managed to shine brightly in the mortal realm using this method!"

"If we can seize the ancient methods and inheritances of ancient Huan Realm forces like the Shadow Moon Sect, even if we can't gain any resources in this realm, it will still be worth fighting for!"

With that thought in mind, the spiritual tea in front of Li Ye was already prepared. He picked up the tea and took a sip, his gaze filled with unwavering determination.

One person's strength is ultimately insufficient, and it's unclear how well this descent passage is maintained.

However, if we cooperate with Meng Jingde and Bai Minghua, at least in terms of the inheritance of ancient methods, since the classics can be directly copied and each of us can keep a copy, we should only have interests and no conflicts.

As for resources... at least so far, the information he obtained from searching the soul of this burly man has not revealed any treasures related to breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Since there was no one of that level, and all three were late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they would not easily become enemies.

Even if the Ancient Huan Realm truly lacks suitable spiritual artifacts, and they are able to successfully suppress the Ancient Huan Realm cultivators and launch a counterattack.

This matter of seizing the ancient methods can be much easier, without having to cause too much bloodshed.

"Since that's the case... then let's break through this tortoise shell as soon as possible and shatter the illusions of these ancient Huan Realm cultivators!"

Li Ye thought to himself.

Timely.

The cave's restrictions were activated, and Elder Tang knocked on the door from outside.

The spoils that Meng Jingde and his group obtained during their earlier raid have also been delivered. (End of Chapter)