The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2876 Traces Under the Snow
There were no strange beasts along the gentle slope of the hill, so the two of them sped up and went up to the nursery. Looking up, the numerous green plants swaying in the wind and snow made their eyes turn into money strings. These plants in front of them were really invaluable and could not be estimated. Every plant taken out, as long as it appeared in the martial arts world, would definitely be fought over.

If it were in the past, there might have been bloodshed, and if a group of warriors hadn't died, the value of this plant would not have been revealed.

But the plants in front of me now are simply...

Oh! It would be great if all the plants I could see could be mine.

He felt a little depressed. It would be great if there were no exotic beasts in the nursery. Then their adventure trip would be a journey of wealth.

The two looked again and again, their eyes burning, but they did not take a step forward. They had experienced the dangers in the nursery before, so they decided to observe first. In addition, they came here to explore the abilities of the exotic beasts, and the collection of plants would naturally be done by other warriors.

However, when Qian Ying saw the plants in the nursery, she had a feeling something was not right.

"Elder Zhou, look over there, is there any problem?" Qian Ying pointed at the golden-edged snow lotus not far away and asked Zhou Zixing.

Zhou Zixing looked over and found that several golden-edged snow lotuses had turned into ice lumps, but they were incomplete ice lumps. Some leaves or branches were not frozen, but the whole plant had lost its lively characteristics and had turned black. It seemed that it might have been frozen to death.

This shouldn't be the case. Although the temperature is extremely low now, reaching more than 100 degrees below zero, all the golden-edged snow lotus in the nursery that are not frozen are alive and well, and are not affected by the low temperature at all. But these golden-edged snow lotuses were frozen to death. What was the reason?
"Elder Qian, when we first came to the nursery yesterday before we were assigned the collection tasks, did these golden-edged snow lotuses already look like this?" Zhou Zixing was a little unsure whether his memory was wrong, so he asked Qian Ying again to confirm.

Qian Ying did not reply, but recalled yesterday's scene. After thinking for a moment, he said, "When I first came up yesterday, although the visibility was not very good, I did not see any plants that were frozen to death. And when I assigned tasks, I deliberately walked along the edge of the nursery for a distance and observed it a little. All the plants are very fresh and alive, and they were not frozen to death."

"Well, I also remember that this situation did not happen yesterday. How about we take a look along the edge of the nursery?" Zhou Zixing said.

"Okay! Together!" Qian Ying nodded in agreement. They would not enter the nursery for the time being, otherwise they would be attacked by strange beasts. Since they went up to the nursery yesterday and were attacked while collecting, they had already determined that as long as they did not enter the nursery and did not collect these plants, they would not be attacked by strange beasts.

Now, if you notice something is not right, just observe along the nursery first, then do other things.

Although visibility was low in the snow, it was much better than yesterday, so the two walked and observed, and indeed found that several golden snow lotuses were frozen to death, which made them feel heartbroken. What on earth was the reason for this result? It was really a bit of a waste.

"Huh?" Qian Ying looked at the center of the nursery and asked.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Zixing asked.

"Elder Zhou, please look at the ground in the middle of the nursery, where those thousand-year-old golden-edged snow lotuses are located." Qian Ying said to Zhou Zixing while pointing to a distance of about ten meters.

The two men are different from ordinary warriors. They are innate masters, so their vision can now see a distance of more than ten meters.

When I entered here yesterday, the temperature was not so low, so I could see farther and the entire nursery at a glance. But today, it is no longer possible. Normally, I can only see about five meters away. For a strong warrior, the maximum distance is about ten meters.

The two of them walked here and looked over from the edge of the nursery, where they could just see some thousand-year-old golden-edged snow lotuses about ten meters away.

"It looks like this place has been dug before!" Zhou Zixing said, "I remember when I looked here yesterday, it wasn't like this!"

Because they were very concerned about the thousand-year-old golden-edged snow lotus, they paid special attention to this place at that time. Even when they were collecting it, they were prepared to start with the thousand-year-old golden-edged snow lotus first. So they all remembered the terrain here.

The snow and wind are strong in the hilly nursery, so there is little snow accumulation. Only some places with leeward are thick. If there is no leeward or shelter, there is little snow accumulation, and a lot of it is blown away by the strong wind. Of course, if the blizzard continues and the temperature is so low, the snow may turn into ice and the ground will become a thick layer of snow.

But this is the range of the formation, so when the formation is in operation, there can be wind and snow, and the temperature is very low, but there is very little snow on the ground, which will not affect the growth of the golden snow lotus on the ground. Everything is the result of the operation of the formation. Although Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing don't know why there is little snow, they are not surprised. After all, they have seen many strange sights in the barrier, so they are not surprised by the temperature and wind and snow here. This is a nursery, so this environment is for the golden snow lotus to grow better, not to destroy its growth.

"Elder Qian, I remember there was no such a big hole yesterday. How come there is such a hole today?" Zhou Zixing said, wondering if there were thousand-year-old plants growing in this place and they were destroyed by something, or if they were eaten by strange beasts?
However, when the strange beasts eat these plants, do they dig up the whole plant before eating it? Otherwise, why would they leave a hole behind?
After the two looked at each other, they immediately looked around and found several places with holes. Although there was snow, it was not thick and the holes could still be seen.

What exactly happened? After discussing it back and forth, the two could only attribute all the lost golden-edged snow lotus to the alien beasts, that is, the big white dough. It might be these big white doughs that dug up these plants and ate them.

As for the question of how to dig the white dough without hands and feet, it was not within the scope of their discussion. After all, they were all exotic beasts, so there would naturally be ways to dig them. Besides, these exotic beasts were the companion beasts of the golden-edged snow lotus, so the most likely reason was that they liked to eat the golden-edged snow lotus.

In addition, there were some other traces in the nursery. Although they were covered with snow, the two of them did not go in, but observed from the side. They all agreed that these traces were caused by strange beasts, that is, big white dough.

Alas! This time, the strange beast once again took the responsibility for Chen Mo.

The two walked around the nursery and found that not only were there a dozen or so golden snow lotus plants lost, but some plants were also frozen to death, but the rest were fine. After all, there were still many golden snow lotus plants in the entire nursery, and losing a dozen plants would not have a big impact.

What made them most sad was the loss of the thousand-year-old golden snow lotus in the central area. They saw the thousand-year-old snow lotus yesterday, but did not count the number, so now that they saw the pit, they were not sure how many were lost, but every time they lost one, they felt heartbroken.

Forget it, let's first lure the strange beast to appear, and then prepare to collect the golden-edged snow lotus. The snow lotus in the nursery does not belong to them yet, only the ones they collect belong to them.

The two returned to the gentle slope again, and then walked towards the nursery with a certain distance between them. While walking, they carefully observed their surroundings to see where the silkworms and the big white dough would appear from.

Each plant was carefully walked around, and the purpose of entering the nursery was to determine whether the strange beasts would appear when the plants were not touched.

Just a few steps after the two of them walked into the nursery, a small white figure appeared next to the rhizome of a plant, then jumped and rushed quickly towards Zhou Zixing next to him.

With a "bang!" sound, Zhou Zixing used the engineer shovel to knock it away. It was also this moment of contact that left some ice crystals on the engineer shovel. When the innate power was running, the ice crystals were eliminated, otherwise these ice crystals would spread and might freeze the engineer shovel into an ice block in a very short time.

As the flapping sounds were heard, more and more tiny silkworms emerged from the cracks in the ground. They jumped up as soon as their heads appeared and attacked the two people.

The two of them did not care too much about these small silkworms. After all, they were both innate masters. After expanding their domain, they could easily grasp the attack direction of the silkworms. Even if there were more of them, they would just consume more innate power, and their attacks could be stopped within the domain.

The two men slapped the silkworms away while slowly retreating, observing them to see if they had any other abilities.

Qian Ying even used the domain to trap a silkworm, tightening the control of the domain and exerting his innate power on the silkworm to see how the silkworm would react.

Unexpectedly, as long as the external force squeezed the silkworm, it could not attack on its own and would explode immediately, leaving behind an extremely low temperature attack. If Qian Ying had not reacted quickly and directly used the field to isolate the low temperature attack, he might have been affected.

Qian Ying immediately conveyed this characteristic of the silkworm to Zhou Zixing and asked him to be more careful.

The two men only retreated two steps, and before they reached the edge of the nursery, a large white dough appeared in their sight.

"Shouldn't this big white dough appear on the gentle slope? How come it appears on the nursery now?" Qian Ying and the others were shocked and immediately accelerated their retreat, using the field to isolate the attacks of the silkworms.

"Bang, bang, bang..." In the rapid collision, a large number of silkworms madly crashed into the two people's domain barrier, instantly increasing the consumption of their innate strength.

In front of their eyes, more white dough appeared! Each one was the size of a human head, and they sprayed thin lines towards them to attack.