Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 81 The Lan Family Siblings
Watching Ye Qiong carefully and quickly pass through the monks and leave the teahouse, Li Ye's eyes gradually calmed down.

He sat still, sipping the floral tea called "Vivid and Fragrant" bit by bit, until he had finished it and his mouth was filled with the fragrance of flowers. Then he stood up and walked towards the counter.

"I want a box."

He said calmly to the shopkeeper.

"Okay, sir, please come this way!"

The shopkeeper behind the counter immediately took down a doorplate from the wall, walked out of the counter and took Li Ye into the teahouse.

After passing through a curtain, the atmosphere inside suddenly became quiet. Each private room was obviously set up with a formation restriction, and no sound from inside could be seen through the closed doors.

The shopkeeper took Li Ye to an empty box and sat down, then left.

Not long after, an old man pushed the door open and came in. Without saying much, he sat down opposite Li Ye.

He asked calmly, "What information do you want to know?"

"All information related to Changcui Mountain."

Li Ye replied.

The old man's eyes changed slightly, but he said slowly,
"Evergreen Mountain...it involves the Mountain Master Alliance, so we need to charge Class A fees."

"Class A..." Li Ye muttered, then nodded, "Okay!"

"Fellow Taoist, please wait a moment."

The old man said no more, took out a bamboo stick and wrote a few numbers on it, then went straight to a place in the box, cast a spell, opened a small secret passage, and threw it in.

Li Ye was not surprised by this, as if he had seen it several times, and his expression was calm.

Not long after, there was a faint sound of a mechanism, and then a jade slip slid out from the entrance of the secret passage.

The old man picked up the jade slip, and Li Ye took out the spirit stone. The two parties exchanged money and goods.

Li Ye took the jade slip and began to read it carefully.

Instructing Ye Qiong to look for the brother and sister was a preparation. With the level of information among the lower classes in this market, perhaps there would be gains that other cultivators would not notice.

But he couldn't really rely solely on Ye Qiong and her group of low-level friends.

It is also necessary to purchase information from this intelligence agency that has been operating in the Red Mountains for a long time.

Perhaps there is a complement between the two that will allow him to find the brother and sister!

……

This information is quite detailed and explains everything related to Changcui Mountain clearly.

Changcui Mountain is one of the top thirty-six mountains in the seventy-two alliances of the Red Land Mountains.

The mountain is gently sloping, with a first-order spiritual vein from the mountainside to the top, and a second-order spiritual vein scattered near the foot of the mountainside.

There is a stable geothermal cave on the mountainside. Except for a little frost and snow during the coldest time of the year, the temperature of the entire mountain can be maintained at a mild level all year round due to the support of geothermal heat, making the grass and trees green.

Under such conditions, it is said that at least six acres of spiritual fields have been cultivated on this mountain, which is quite good!

In addition, there are mortals who rely on the mountain for survival at the foot of the mountain. There are two or three villages distributed there. They not only provide basic expenses for the monks on the mountain, but also serve as a source of monk seedlings. There are harvests from the selection every year.

Just looking at it like this, Li Ye felt his heart pounding.

If he could obtain such conditions, building a foundation would not be a difficult task!
He then looked down and saw the information about the mountain master Lan Chengye.

Lan Chengye has reached the eighth level of Qi training. He has an eldest daughter, Lan Xinyi, a youngest son, Lan Ming, and his second wife, Wang Shuangyan...

Lan Chengye died while exploring a mystery not long ago. It is suspected that it was done by Wang Shuangyan in collusion with her lover Mo Lun. One of them was at the sixth and seventh levels of Qi training. They had mastered the core of the formation and occupied Changcui Mountain.

His children, Lan Xinyi and Lan Ming, escaped with the help of their tribesmen and have now hidden in the mountains... The last time they were spotted was three days ago near Yangyi Mountain!

At present, the Changcui Mountain side has sent people to search for their traces everywhere, and it seems that a bloody massacre of the rebels has been carried out internally. Although there are not many monks left, they have all surrendered to Wang Shuangyan.

The intelligence report then gave a brief overview of the remaining forces in Changcui Mountain, and that was almost the end. Li Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

In fact, there is a key point that is not explained in this information...that is the attitude of the Mountain Lord Alliance!

However, considering that Wang Shuangyan has mastered the mountain-guarding formation and the brother and sister are nowhere to be found, the alliance is most likely still searching for them.

Unless the brother and sister show up on their own to seek refuge with a mountain master, otherwise, in the absence of any benefit, no one will take the initiative to intervene in this matter in the short term.

He still has a chance!

For Li Ye, with his current savings, it should not be difficult if he just wants to deal with Wang Shuangyan and Mo Lun.

But if you want to plan Changcui Mountain, you still need to have a legitimate name to shut up the many mountain masters in the alliance.

Otherwise, even if they were to seize it by force, if these people became covetous in the future, it would be reasonable for them to start a fight in a group.

This situation should naturally be avoided if possible.

The most urgent task... is to find those two siblings!

After a moment of silence, Li Ye asked the old man in front of him, "Is there any more detailed information about the Lan siblings?"

The old man shook his head. "All the relevant information is here."

Without saying anything else, Li Ye stood up expressionlessly and walked out of the teahouse.

He glanced at the sky which was gradually getting darker, took out the map and looked at it, but he went straight out of the market and headed towards Yangyi Mountain.

………………

Two days later.

Li Ye returned again, his disguised gloomy face becoming even gloomier.

He searched almost every area around Yangyi Mountain and the nearby hills without spiritual veins. However, apart from accidentally discovering the Lan family who seemed to be conducting the same search, he didn't even see the shadow of the brother and sister.

Most likely, they have moved away long ago, and we need to look for other clues.

Just as he was about to call Ye Qiong to ask her about it, he saw this woman standing outside the cave he rented, looking around and waiting, with a hint of anxiety on her face.

Seeing Li Ye coming back from outside, the girl was stunned for a moment, then immediately ran over.
"Senior Kuroki..."

"Go in and sit down and talk."

Li Ye raised his hand to open the cave's restriction and took Ye Qiong into the yard.

After resealing the restriction, Li Ye asked in a deep voice, "Is there any news?"

"indeed so!"

Ye Qiong said excitedly, "I just heard from Xiao Zhang, who often goes out to collect herbs. Just half a day ago, when he was collecting herbs on Taihe Mountain, he saw from the cliff below what seemed to be a woman with a child under ten years old carefully passing through the forest. They soon disappeared..."

"But the situation is very similar to that of the Lan siblings. Perhaps it is them!"

Li Ye's expression was a little strange.

Wow! Taihe Mountain and Yangyi Mountain are almost in two different directions. How could these siblings have run so far in such a short time?
He thought about it and immediately asked, "Who else knows this news?"

Ye Qiong hesitated for a moment, "Xiao Zhang might have sold the information to Xiangminglou..."

Xiangminglou is the teahouse where Li Ye purchased intelligence previously. Selling it to them is almost equivalent to Wang Shuangyan finding out soon.

Li Ye was not surprised to hear this. Time was still on his side.

He nodded and took out a low-grade magic sword from someone's storage bag and handed it to the woman.
"You have made great contributions in this matter, so I will give you this as a reward..."

After sending away Ye Qiong who was thanking him profusely, Li Ye flew straight towards Taihe Mountain!

(End of this chapter)