Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Inside the outpost.

A plump but not glamorous woman, with a somber air about her, stepped into a grand hall with a black and gray color scheme and decorations resembling wolf heads.

The interior is quite spacious, with only a pool of water that is dark in color and faintly glows like moonlight.

In the dark pool, a tall, handsome man with a naked body sat cross-legged, most of his body submerged in the water.

Faintly visible, black wolves, resembling tattoos, roamed about, trailing black mist as they chased the flowing silver light.

It exuded a terrifying aura, unlike a human cultivator, but rather like a wild and savage beast!
The beautiful woman dared not look at her for long, but bowed her head and said respectfully:

"Sect Master, another group of cultivators has arrived, including two Nascent Soul cultivators. I have already made arrangements for them... When the time comes to switch from defense to offense, with them at the forefront, we will surely be able to break through the encirclement with minimal losses!"

"You did a good job."

The man slowly opened his eyes. His eyes seemed to be clearly black and white, and upon closer inspection, his pupils resembled a black moon, which could easily trap one if one was not careful.

"But with the foundation of my sect, once we arrive in this place rich in spiritual energy and are no longer bound by the Ancient Huan Realm, why would we need to resort to such methods..."

He spoke slowly and deliberately.

The beautiful woman's expression changed slightly, and she looked somewhat frightened. "I was being unreasonable. I hope the sect leader will forgive me!"

"It's alright... You're also thinking of the greater good of my Shadow Moon Sect, so what's wrong with that?"

The handsome man smiled, stood up, stepped out of the dark pool, and walked towards the beautiful woman.

In a few steps, he arrived before the beautiful woman who stood trembling slightly, lifted her chin, and said in a calm yet unquestionable tone:
"Once I have mastered my supernatural powers, I will be able to kill all of these people who have this excellent place to cultivate but lack any real foundation, and bring a new world to my sect!"

Looking into those dark, moon-like eyes, the beautiful woman trembled even more, a faint blush rising on her gloomy face, her gaze becoming fervent.

"And since you've done a good job, I can give you a reward..."

As the handsome man spoke, he began to lead the beautiful woman toward the dark pool.

However, the day did not fulfill everyone's wish.

Just then, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged, and the shockwaves from the impact on the great formation directly affected the entire outpost.

The handsome man paused, then released the beautiful woman.

His mood was ruined, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.

"They narrowly escaped with their lives last time, and now they're rushing here to die again..."

The blush on the gloomy, beautiful woman's face faded, replaced by anger and murderous intent. A smaller, silver wolf pattern appeared on her face.

"Sect Master, you are at a crucial time in your cultivation, how can you be disturbed by them!"

"I will gather my men and take care of them!"

Her cultivation level was only at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

The reason for such confidence is that the great formation has been able to leverage more power in recent days, further enhancing its strength, and many Nascent Soul cultivators from the Ancient Huan Realm have come to join it, expanding its power to an unprecedented scale.

Even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could be directly killed!

The handsome man ignored him and strode out. "Although the cultivators in this realm lack sufficient foundation, the late-stage Nascent Soul realm is already a peak existence. Since they dare to come, they must have some new methods..."

"I'll handle this myself!"

The beautiful woman said no more, but stared intently at the handsome man's back before quickly following him.

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"As expected of two veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they are not far from the Divine Transformation stage. Their supernatural abilities are indeed domineering!"

Li Ye watched the charging scene from afar. Meng Jingde wielded a pale gold flying sword with unparalleled skill, like a swimming dragon.

Bai Minghua's body was surrounded by six illusory demons of different shapes, each emanating a strange aura that stirred the desires in people's hearts and transformed them into tangible power.

With the two working together and with guidance from a master of array formations like Jiang Ziming, even though the outpost's array was embedded in the void, making it even more powerful and stable, it still had a loophole directly breached in front of them.

We will attack and break in!

In coordination with their actions, the cultivators from the Southern Frontier Alliance have also dispatched elite forces to approach the outpost.

Once the great formation is broken, they will immediately advance and defeat the Southern Border cultivators led by the Shadow Moon Sect!

However, this was also part of the arrangement to attract the enemy's attention. Although it was intended to be used to coordinate the encirclement and annihilation after the formation was broken, at this time it served to make the enemy think that Meng and Bai were confident in breaking the formation, and thus focus their attention on them.

"I should get going too..."

Seeing that the three of them had already entered the formation, Li Ye also transformed into a beam of light and quietly arrived at the other side of the formation, which was not the main battlefield. After making a few calculations, he threw out a few formation flags, which dissolved the surface defenses of the formation, and then he entered the formation.

However, even if one manages to enter, without the authority to control the grand formation, one will still fall into a state of chaotic void where it is difficult to discern directions and one will be unable to escape.

Li Ye looked at the seemingly chaotic and disorienting array, but remained calm and composed.

At this moment, most of the cultivators at the outpost had their attention drawn to Meng and Bai, who were forcibly charging into the formation. He deliberately used a secret method to find a loophole and enter the formation, but no one noticed him for the time being.

With a flick of his hair ornament, the wooden cauldron rose from behind his head and hovered above it.

His body was covered in dark blue armor, and a hazy spiritual light rippled from the clear mirror on his chest.

It is surrounded by talismans that can be activated at any time in response to stimuli.

With all these protective measures in place, the spirit tortoise robe draped over Li Ye's nascent soul suddenly fell off, transforming into a stream of light that appeared in his hand, becoming a compass-shaped treasure with intricate runes.

The Xuanzhong Demon King possesses extraordinary bloodline, and its tortoise shell is imbued with unique Dao patterns, giving it the innate ability to conceal heavenly secrets and serve as an array artifact.

After being refined into a treasure by Li Ye, it has two forms.

When it is used as a robe, it can be worn by the Nascent Soul, and has the effects of protecting the Nascent Soul, enhancing the divine soul, and concealing heavenly secrets and perceptions.

If it is this compass, it is an excellent magic weapon for array formations, with many wonderful uses such as assisting in calculations and acting as the core of the array!

Holding the tortoise-shell compass, he began to calculate by making hand seals, quickly moving through the array and setting up array devices with the least possible movement.

With each placement of a formation, a spiritual light appears on the tortoise shell compass, connecting with each other to generate more nodes, seemingly corresponding to the entire grand formation.

At the same time, in addition to the array he had personally set up, spiritual light also quickly appeared on the other side of the array.

Different directions correspond to each other, quickly outlining parts of this grand formation on the compass.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

The grand formation shifted, the void became chaotic, and Meng Jingde and his two companions were also caught in the maze of the formation's evolution.

With his supernatural abilities and Jiang Ziming's precise guidance, he moved almost as if he were in an empty field, charging left and right, breaking through one large array node after another.

It demonstrated a much higher efficiency in breaking through enemy lines than the last time.

However, just as observed in the last observation of the great formation, simply breaking one branch of the formation node is not enough to cause the great formation to become unbalanced and collapse.

They merely opened up a path to charge into the enemy lines.

Before they could even penetrate to the very core of the array, the man with dark eyes and an almost otherworldly handsome appearance reappeared before them. (End of Chapter)