The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2943 Preparing for Battle

Looking at the pills in Chen Mo's hand, Ouyang Nan was filled with emotion. Even her own clan leader didn't have so many pills. Moreover, before this expedition, her niece had told her that the pills Chen Mo had given her were numerous in both variety and quantity, making her quite jealous.

"I didn't expect you to even have this kind of pill prepared. It really surprises me."

"An expedition? How can you participate without preparing some things?" Chen Mo chuckled and said.

“However, Amo, I still can’t agree to that. After all, it’s better for two people to work together to keep watch over the monsters in the canyon. That way, I can lend a hand in case of an emergency,” Ouyang Nan said.

After all, as an elder, she couldn't let the younger generation stand in front while she stepped back; she couldn't do such a thing.

Chen Mo shook his head, rejecting the suggestion, and said, "Aunt, you know my strength, so if there is any danger, I can escape the beast's pursuit in time with my strength. If both of us are here, we won't be able to escape the beast's pursuit in time."

After a brief exchange, seeing Chen Mo's resolute attitude, Ou Yannan didn't insist further. Instead, she nodded in agreement and instructed, "Alright, I'll leave ahead of time. However, protecting yourself is the most important thing. If things can't be changed, abandon the situation immediately, understand?"

“Okay.” Chen Mo agreed, “Aunt, you should catch up with Ruoxi and the others as soon as possible. Danger is everywhere in this valley. I will feel more at ease with you by Ruoxi’s side.”

Then, urged by Chen Mo, Ouyang Nan turned and left, speeding up to catch up with Ouyang Ruoxi and Ouyang Nana.

After watching Ouyang Nan leave, Chen Mo flashed to the edge of the canyon and looked down into it.

Today, while crossing the canyon, I felt the sensation of being watched from below. My intuition told me that the owner of that gaze was probably the leader of the beasts, but without seeing the owner, it was hard to be sure.

Last night, I accompanied Ouyang Ruoxi to evacuate relatively early, so we didn't fight the beast guards or the beast leader. I don't know how strong these beasts are.

However, we should be able to find out the true strength of these strange beasts tonight.

Actually, Chen Mo's reason for letting Ouyang Nan leave wasn't just because he cared about the three of them. He also had another purpose: he wanted to stay behind alone to properly assess the alien beast.

After all, back at the hilltop nursery, when dealing with those large white dough balls, he obtained their inner cores, which possessed freezing abilities—truly treasures. Therefore, he also wanted to fight the strange beasts in the canyon to see if they possessed inner cores as well.

If one possesses inner elixir, one doesn't know what functions these inner elixir possesses; perhaps, these functions would be of great use to one.

So tonight he will fight the alien beast for three hundred rounds here. As long as the alien beast cannot break through his defenses, he will continue to fight.

Once the battle began, with so many monsters, he couldn't protect everyone else. So it was better to let them all leave, leaving only himself. That way, he could fight when he wanted, and if he couldn't defeat the monsters, he could simply slip away, ensuring he wouldn't be caught off guard and lose his way.

For some reason, standing on the edge of the canyon, he didn't feel any prying gaze. Did that mean that only standing in the middle of the canyon would attract that prying gaze?

Could it be that the owner of this prying gaze, standing on the edge of the canyon, cannot see himself?
He wanted to verify it, but then he realized that the rope might have been damaged by that old man Qian Ying, so verification was out of the question. He couldn't fly right now; the entire canyon was under a no-fly zone, so if he tried to use the damaged rope for leverage, he would probably fall straight into the canyon.

He doesn't know what's below the canyon, so caution is paramount. While his current strength is considerable, he's not invincible, so he needs to be extra careful where necessary.

Therefore, it's best to wait until nightfall to see the strange beast; perhaps then we'll be able to meet the owner of that peering gaze.

After all, he would be able to sense the prying gaze once it fell upon him again.

I walked along the edge of the canyon for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. After all, apart from the unusual shapes of the rocks on the cliff edge, there was nothing else to see in the canyon. There was hardly any vegetation, and even black mist shrouded the lower part of the canyon, swirling eerily at a certain height, but it didn't rise or burst out of the canyon.

So let's wait until nightfall and observe before making any decisions.

With some time before nightfall, Chen Mo found a relatively flat spot for the upcoming fight. He then prepared his Ghost Pill and Soul-Chasing Nails for use during the night. He also checked the talismans and other items in his storage bag for easy access later.

After completing the inspection, he sat down, took out some food and a jar of medicinal wine, and drank it alone. He hadn't relaxed like this since entering the valley. This was a kind of rest before the battle.

Looking at the somewhat ethereal and magnificent buildings in the distance, I really don't know what awaits me there to explore.

As dusk settled, the roars that had been faintly audible in the canyon during the day fell silent, replaced by a profound stillness. In fact, apart from the sound of the wind, the entire canyon was completely silent, which was quite strange. Could the strange beasts below the canyon sense the passage of time within it? Did they know that as soon as it got dark here, it was time to set off?

Hehe, Chen Mo chuckled to himself, feeling that he had been overthinking things.

He then recalled that when he first arrived at the canyon yesterday, he hadn't heard any martial artist mention the roars of beasts emanating from it. In fact, during the period from yesterday until the beast attack, there had been virtually no sounds coming from the bottom of the canyon, except for the churning of the black mist. It was quite strange.

As Chen Mo was lost in thought, the sky indeed darkened instantly. The sky in this valley changed very quickly; night and day alternated rapidly, with very little time between them.

Let's wait and see if the strange beasts in the canyon will reappear tonight.

Chen Mo sat there, waiting for time to pass.

They waited until late at night.

The quiet moment was broken by a rustling sound.

Chen Mo stood up, drew the Onimaru from its sheath, and put the sheath back into his Qiankun bag before staring at the direction of the canyon.

He is currently about a hundred meters away from the other side of the canyon, and there are no obstacles around him. Once the beasts rush out of the canyon, it means he will be surrounded by them.

However, Chen Mo didn't care much about being surrounded, since he was just waiting for the alien beasts to surround him.

"Clang, clang..."

In the silent night, a series of sounds rang out. These were the sounds made by the strange beast as it crawled out of the canyon and its body bumped into the simple warning posts set up above the canyon.

However, the strange beasts were startled. Some of them leaped into the air, causing the others behind them to pause in their movements, thus altering the formation of the strange beasts in the surrounding area.

The strange beasts that attacked the martial artists yesterday were initially startled by these simple warning setups, but they were all killed by the martial artists. So, the strange beasts they encountered tonight were just as curious as those from yesterday.

Then, after hissing at the empty cans still swaying and clanging on the ropes, the beasts opened their mouths and tore them apart. Some even pounced, crushing the empty cans into flattened pieces, then slashing with their claws, turning the flattened metal pieces into several fragments. This demonstrates just how sharp the claws of these beasts were.

The simple warning empty cans, one after another, were bumped into by the strange beasts, producing a series of noises before being torn apart into dust. The beasts behind them then bypassed these can-biting creatures and headed towards Chen Mo.

Because of his daytime vision, Chen Mo saw the same scene as during the day. So, at a glance, it was the same as yesterday: a large group of strange beasts crawled up from the bottom of the canyon, and as they sniffed Chen Mo's scent above the canyon, they rushed towards him.

On the other side of the canyon, another strange beast climbed up, sniffed around like the creature on this side, then roared for a while before turning back into the canyon.

Seeing this, Chen Mo deduced that these strange beasts were able to attack in the dark because they relied on their powerful sense of smell, not their eyes.

Of course, the beasts also have eyes, emitting a dim glow in the darkness. The red eyes the martial artist saw yesterday only shone under their own light. But now Chen Mo hadn't turned on his flashlight, so there was no reflection, and what he saw were the eyes emitting a dim glow.

In addition, he glanced over the rope. Because the rock base was somewhat low, he could only see half of the rope from where he was standing, but that was enough to determine whether the rope would be affected.

Unexpectedly, the rope, stretching across the canyon, swayed from side to side in the wind, but apart from this swaying, there was no other movement. It seemed that these strange beasts were not tearing or gnawing at the rope; it seemed that the beasts would not damage the rope hanging from the rock base.

Seeing the strange beast running towards him step by step, he reached out and threw the Soul-Chasing Nail. The Soul-Chasing Nail instantly began to spin around Chen Mo's body.

Originally, the Soul-Chasing Nail's attack range should have been over a thousand meters. However, in this valley, it was unfortunately limited to only three meters. This was only because his mental strength was so powerful that it could be controlled within three meters; otherwise, the Soul-Chasing Nail would have been unusable after entering the valley.

Chen Mo took out the Soul-Chasing Nail to prevent any alien beasts from ambushing him or breaking through his defenses. He could then use his divine sense to control the Soul-Chasing Nail and kill any attacking alien beasts directly.

He casually swung the Onimaru in his hand, the blade pointing at the charging monster, and shouted in his heart: "Come on, I'm ready. You trash, don't you know you're ready to face my blade?"