The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2971 Restoring Traces
Walking through the underground tunnels once again brought a different feeling.

After all, he had arrived in fear and was even chased by the nine-headed king-like beast, but now he was leaving openly and honestly, so his mood was naturally different. However, there were no beasts appearing in the passage now; he had already cleared it twice, so how could there still be any?

Although there are still Yellow Springs Flowers in the underground space that Chen Mo didn't take away, and they are still producing small strange beasts normally, the speed is really pleasing, so there's basically no need to think about it anymore.

After slipping out of the passage, he stood on the canyon floor again and looked around. The same dense array of holes still surrounded him, making him feel a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, Chen Mo didn't have trypophobia, so he didn't feel anything else.

Although Chen Mo hadn't explored the entire canyon floor before, there was no need to now. This was mainly because Qingxuan Zhenren had a vivid memory of every single detail of the canyon's surface. This was because Qingxuan Zhenren usually did what he did after leaving underground with the help of the King-level Beast when he had nothing else to do.

After all, Qingxuan Zhenren was still human, and even as a remnant soul, he still had emotions and desires. Although he no longer had a younger brother, he still wanted to relax, look at the sun, and enjoy the scenery.

Of course, there was no sun in the canyon, only strange beasts, rocks, and a little bit of green vegetation, along with the scenery above the canyon. But for some reason, Master Qingxuan was unable to leave this canyon, and was forcibly suppressed here for thousands of years, which was truly pitiful.

Perhaps it's because this guy is ruthless, or because he betrayed his friends that he's been suppressed in the Rift.

Recalling Qingxuan Zhenren's memories, this guy was truly heartless. Not only had that personal disciple saved his life, but after becoming friends, he would also occasionally give him some pills passed down by the sect leader, treating him as a true friend. However, he never expected that the disciple would betray him in the end, causing him to perish in the underground space. It's truly a pity.

Thinking about it this way, it really is a classic example of how good people don't get good rewards, while bad people can live for thousands of years!
Well, without a physical body, only a soul remains, yet it has lived for over a thousand years. By any measure, Master Qingxuan has gained a great advantage.

Chen Mo stood at the cave entrance and looked around. Since there was nothing good left, and the good treasures he could obtain were either in his possession or in the underground space, this was about it for the canyon.

He darted forward and sped along the canyon cliff face towards the top. Even though his flight ability was suppressed and unusable, he could still use the protrusions in the canyon walls to rapidly ascend. Even without the protrusions, he could use the Jade Sword to gain leverage on the cliff face, so it didn't take him long to reach the top of the canyon.

It is still dark in the valley, but judging from the time, it will be dawn in about half an hour.

Fortunately, although they were delayed in the underground space, it was still not dawn, so Ouyang Ruoxi and the others should still be waiting for them.

Immediately, Chen Mo went to the rope bridge and retrieved the king-level beast from the token.

Looking at this enormous body, even larger than an elephant, I thought of the king-like beast I had fought, whose body was as tall as a building dozens of stories high. There was really no comparison.

However, this king-level beast had shrunk considerably, only slightly larger than an elephant. This was mainly because Chen Mo had given a command when he took it out, preventing it from reverting to its original size. After all, these king-level beasts were resurrected using Yin Soul Water and Yin Soul Pearls, so their bodies could change according to their will. Otherwise, the passages beneath the canyon would need to be even larger, making it impossible for these king-level beasts to leave the underground space.

After Chen Mo brought this king-like beast out, it was different from before. It had regained its self-awareness and was looking at Chen Mo, its current master, with wide eyes.

They directly removed one end of the original rope, let the king-like beast go to the other side, and removed the rope completely there as well. Since the rope was no longer usable, they took out the king-like beast that had been prepared beforehand from the token.

He directly commanded it to transform into black mist, sealing off the sky above the canyon once again. As long as he didn't control the King Beast's body through its soul, the King Beast could possess its own intelligence and execute all his commands.

During the previous battle, when Qingxuan Zhenren's soul left the body of the Nine-Headed King Beast, the beast became motionless. This was because Qingxuan Zhenren prevented the Nine-Headed King Beast from regaining its senses in order to protect the Yellow Springs Flower.

If the nine-headed king beasts were to become uncontrollable and regain their original consciousness, attacking Chen Mo together, the Yellow Springs Spider Lily would not survive; it would be destroyed even at its roots. The destructive impact of the battle would be immense, and True Person Qingxuan needed the Yellow Springs Spider Lily to restore his soul.

Of course, Chen Mo was also too fast and too targeted. He wandered around for a bit before heading straight for the Yellow Spring Flower, which caught Qingxuan Zhenren off guard.

Alas! It all stemmed from greed and the desire to survive. If Qingxuan Zhenren had disregarded everything and directly ordered the nine-headed king beast to attack Chen Mo, the outcome would have been entirely different.

If Chen Mo controls or manipulates these king-level beasts through the token, then the beasts' true consciousness will be blocked. Therefore, the beasts' true consciousness and Chen Mo's controlling consciousness can be switched at will.

Chen Mo commanded the king-like beast to run to the other side of the canyon, untie the rope, and retrieve it. He then took the rope, which was already bound, from the rocky base and held it in his hand. The king-like beast obeyed the command and immediately galloped away. As it entered the high sky above the canyon, dark clouds formed beneath its limbs. Although the beast was incredibly fast, the clouds formed just as quickly, almost as if they had suddenly appeared in the void, been trampled by the king-like beast, and then dissipated – a truly magical sight.

Perhaps this situation already represents the true power of a king-level mythical beast.

After the mythical beast reached the other side, although its limbs were quite agile, it was impossible for it to use its nimble fingers like a human. Therefore, this mythical beast simply used its tail to wrap around the rope, then used its sharp claws to cut the rope before running back.

One end of the rope naturally followed the tail back, leaving Chen Mo with nothing but a chuckle. He picked up both ends of the rope and pulled them back. As he did so, he used his divine sense to examine the rope. Sure enough, in the middle of the rope, the inside had completely broken, with only the outer ring still connected.

If someone were to use this rope to move forward, the rope would immediately break.

It's obvious that this was Qian Ying's doing. Ever since the rope was tied, only Chen Mo and Qian Ying have used it to cross the canyon and get to the other side.

Damn it, now's not the time to deal with Qian Ying. When the time is right, he'll make sure Qian Ying gets what's coming to him. To resort to such underhanded tactics, what a ruthless bastard.

However, although Chen Mo deduced that Qian Ying was ruthless, did Qian Ying really intend to send even his own martial artist, Qian Zhenghao, to his doom? After all, Qian Zhenghao would be crossing the canyon with them after dawn to explore the environment on the other side.

It seems we'll have to wait and see what Qian Zhenghao does after dawn. Hehe, crossing the canyon might be quite an exciting experience.

Chen Mo put the broken rope into his Qiankun bag, took out another spare rope, tied a slipknot at one end, and handed it to the King Beast, asking him to run again and put the slipknot ring on the rock base opposite.

The mythical beast obeyed and immediately stepped into the air again, running rapidly over.

After securing one end to the rock base, Chen Mo gently pulled, tightening the rope and binding the other end firmly to the rock base. Chen Mo then tied the remaining section to the rock base, and a rope bridge spanning the canyon was once again erected.

He stomped over and sped over, untied the slipknot, and then tightened the binding again.

The slipknot was already good, and it allowed the rope to be tightened without having to go over it. However, since the rope wasn't slipknotted at either end last time, Chen Mo needed to make the rope the same as the previous one. Otherwise, if Qian Ying saw it later, she might turn on him.

It's best to keep this kind of thing a secret if possible, and pretend you don't know anything. This will buy time before things escalate. After all, we still have to explore the canyon further, and who knows what we'll find later.

After everything was in place, Chen Mo directly commanded the king-level beast to transform into black mist, once again enveloping the entire canyon.

The mythical beast obeyed Chen Mo's command and flew away, transforming into black mist above the canyon. The mist gradually filled the entire canyon, restoring the original scene of black mist covering the canyon. If Chen Mo hadn't done this, and Qian Ying had noticed the canyon's anomaly, he might have sent a reconnaissance team to investigate.

Chen Mo had already thoroughly explored the area, so there was really no need to go down further. In that case, it was better to leave the sky above the canyon as it was, so that no one could see what was below, thus avoiding any further trouble.

After the black mist had completely dissipated, Chen Mo returned to the canyon via the rope bridge. He looked around and, finding nothing amiss, sped off towards the rock nursery area.

As for the traces of last night's battle, Chen Mo only cleaned up the marks left by his fight with the King-level beast. After all, the King-level beast was enormous and had great destructive power, so the traces it left were too difficult to explain.

Especially since there were various battles and talismans last night, the ground was even crystallized and vitrified. Therefore, these things that could not be exposed were naturally cleaned up casually, while the traces of battles with ordinary beasts and guardian beasts were ignored.

Otherwise, cleaning up these traces would take more than two hours, which is too much of a waste of time.

Therefore, as long as the main traces are cleaned up, the rest can be left untouched, and no one will suspect anything. After all, he did fight with the beast guards and the beast leader last night, and the battle was probably quite intense, which is why the traces are naturally more messy.