The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2875 Carrying Too Many Beasts

"What are you thinking about?" Ouyang Ruoxi asked as she looked at Chen Mo who was frowning beside her.

After hearing this, Chen Mo smiled helplessly and said, "Just now your aunt said that Qian Ying was going to lead a team to the hilly nursery to collect the golden-edged snow lotus there, so I was wondering if I should secretly stop them. Otherwise, some of my traces from last night might be discovered by them."

He couldn't tell Ouyang Ruoxi that all the golden-edged snow lotus in the hilly nursery were considered his private property. Qian Ying would damage some plants whether she was collecting them or attracting those strange beasts. You have to know that the plants in the nursery are at least two hundred years old. Once they fight with strange beasts, they will definitely be damaged.

These injuries are the destruction of his private property, and I absolutely don't want him to do that.

After hearing this, Ouyang Ruoxi looked at the snow and wind around her and said, "Looking at the snow and wind, the traces you left last night should have been covered by the snow and wind. They may not be able to see them after they go up there, so there's no need to worry."

Chen Mo nodded and replied, "The snowstorm in the hilly nursery is stronger than here, so there may not be too much snow in the nursery, and some traces will not be covered up. This is what I am worried about. However, when I left the nursery, I also cleaned it up on purpose. If you don't pay attention, the possibility of discovery is relatively small."

Alas, one lie requires more lies to maintain it, and he can only use white lies to deceive Ouyang Ruoxi.

Ouyang Ruoxi smiled, took his hand and said, "That's good! In fact, even if they found out, they wouldn't think it was you who was there last night."

Chen Mo smiled back and changed the subject, saying, "Wait, you and Nana should not join the collection team. It is better for you to evacuate here."

Ouyang Ruoxi was stunned and looked at him without saying anything.

He could only explain, "I will follow your aunt and join the collection team. After all, the monsters in the hilly nursery are quite strong and can perform low-temperature attacks, which are difficult to deal with. So if you are here, I will not be able to guarantee the safety of your aunt and the others. In addition, I also need to see if Qian Ying and the others will find any traces of me last night, so that I can take some preventive measures."

Ouyang Ruoxi nodded and said, "Okay, but you must remember to protect yourself first."

The two of them were talking quietly, and even Ouyang Nana beside them couldn't hear them. But when Ouyang Nan started to divide into teams, Chen Mo waved to her.

Originally, transmitting sound was the best option, but a post-natal warrior had no way of transmitting sound. On the surface, he was only a post-natal warrior of the tenth level, so if he wanted to call Ouyang Nan over to talk, he could only wave his hand to signal.

Ouyang Nan nodded and asked Ouyang Min to be in charge of the team assignment. She walked over and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Mo told her his plan and asked Ouyang Ruoxi to join the team leaving.

Ouyang Nan smiled and said, "That's what I had planned. I let Ouyang Ruoxi and Ouyang Nana lead the team that left. They are both quite strong and can ensure the safety of the team after we separate. After all, the people who left were all injured and had just recovered. There were also two people with lower strength."

"Well, that's good." Chen Mo also nodded.

After Ouyang Nan explained some things to Ouyang Ruoxi, he let her lead the team away.

When Ouyang Ruoxi left, she held Chen Mo's hand and said, "Remember what I said, and be sure to protect yourself."

"Okay, go ahead." Chen Mo inadvertently released a Vajra Talisman to her, which not only isolated some of the cold, but also protected her. As for whether she would find out, that was another question, so he didn't consider it too much now.

Time passed as the various families were assigned tasks. The sky gradually brightened, and visibility naturally improved a little. However, the wind and snow did not change much and were still strong, so visibility was not much better. Five meters away, there was only white fog. Of course, visibility was better than yesterday, perhaps because of the wind and snow that had lasted all night.

Except for the innate masters, their vision is stronger and they can see ten meters away.

Of course, Chen Mo could see farther, which he could foresee. The unclear vision was mainly because he was in the formation, and there was fog in the formation, so he couldn't see far. But after the battle between him and the big white dough last night and the early morning, and the explosive flame talismans he released, the energy of the entire hilly nursery formation was consumed, so the formation operation was weakened.

This is why the temperature remains balanced and is even lower than yesterday, but the visibility is better than yesterday.

If we continue to stay in this formation, the visibility will return to yesterday's three-meter state sooner or later. Chen Mo estimated that according to the original formation operation, once the formation is triggered, the temperature inside the formation should be lower than it is now. The reason why it stays in a relatively low temperature range and does not drop is also because of the early morning battle.

When the teams were divided, Ouyang Nan mentioned the Qian family's problem with environmental temperature detection. After the members of each family were separated and gathered together, the members of the weak team began to move forward. The collection team, led by Qian Ying, moved towards the hills.

This time, not many people separated from each family. Each family had only a few people, and even the Han family had only two people leaving. After all, the manpower was already reduced a lot, and if they were divided into teams to do different things, there would be even fewer people.

Fortunately, this time, the team is relatively strong, so they have strong confidence in completing the task.

Nothing, whether it was silkworms or white dough the size of a human head, could stop them from collecting golden-edged snow lotus. Qian Ying's distribution strategy also helped to boost their confidence.

When they arrived at the gentle slope of the hill, the team stopped temporarily, while Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing began to move forward up the gentle slope. This was decided earlier. The team would wait here first, while the two of them would go up to explore the full capabilities of the monster first, so that they could make targeted arrangements to decide whether to adopt the first or second plan.

The gentle slopes were still covered with snow, but after a night of strong winds, the snow had not thickened much, only slightly thicker than yesterday. As for the big white dough, it did not appear.

Therefore, Qian Ying signaled Zhou Zixing to wait for him, and he began to look for the location where he lost the innate dagger yesterday.

Although he had obtained Ma Sanxing's innate short sword as a replacement, who wouldn't want to have an extra innate short sword? Moreover, since the snow was not very thick, it should be easier to find. In addition, due to visibility issues, Ma Xianglong of the Ma family could not see their movements on the gentle slope.

As for whether Ma Xianglong would guess it, Qian Ying would naturally guess it as he was taking this opportunity to look for the lost innate dagger. But so what, he had already paid a certain price when he asked for Ma Sanxing's dagger, so even if he guessed it, what would it matter?
Would Ma Xianglong come to him to question him or ask for Ma Sanxing's innate dagger back afterwards?

But what Qian Ying didn't expect was that after searching for a long time, even using a shovel in his hand to search everywhere, he still couldn't find his dagger.

Where did the innate dagger that he had lost go? Could it be that the strange beasts had taken the dagger away?

"Elder Qian, are you looking for your dagger? Do you need help?" Zhou Zixing looked at Qian Ying for a while and asked. After all, two people might be able to find it faster.

He knew that Qian Ying had lost the dagger yesterday. After returning to the campsite for the meeting, Qian Ying left Ma Xianglong alone. Today, Qian Ying was carrying an innate dagger, so Zhou Zixing could guess who the innate dagger belonged to.

Zhou Zixing was not surprised by this kind of thing, and even supported it. After all, the innate dagger would have better value in the hands of an innate master, but in Ma Xianglong's hands, its value was not great.

That's why Zhou Zixing asked if they were looking for a dagger.

Qian Ying didn't act pretentiously, she nodded and said, "Okay!"

"You confirm the approximate range, and then we can search together, which will be faster." Zhou Zixing said.

"It's right here, from here to here." Qian Ying gestured with his hand and continued, "I got lost here yesterday, so I remember the terrain very clearly."

Zhou Zixing nodded, took out the engineer shovel, and started searching with Qian Ying.

The area Qian Ying had divided was not large, and he had even expanded it based on the terrain yesterday. But after searching for more than ten minutes, they still couldn't find it. Even after they shoveled away the snow in this area to expose the rocks underneath, they still didn't find the innate dagger.

"Elder Qian, if you remembered the place correctly, and we can't find the lost dagger, then there can only be one reason, that is, those strange beasts took the dagger away." Zhou Zixing said.

Elder Qian had this guess in his mind just now, but he was not sure. But he would not have remembered the place wrong, and he even paid special attention to the terrain when he lost it. Now that he can't find it, and there won't be anyone else here, then it can only be that the alien beast took the dagger away, which is why the two of them can't find it.

He let out a long sigh, had no choice but to give up looking for the dagger and continue moving forward.

Passing by those ice blocks, he felt sad. There were descendants of the Qian family inside, but now they could only be frozen here. If time permits, he will have someone send them away and then find a place to bury these people.

As for now, we can only let them stay frozen.

After all, the person is already dead, so the golden-edged snow lotus is more important.