The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2972: Concern leads to chaos
After cleaning up the entire battle scene and seeing that it was mostly clear with no major traces, he quickly left and sped off towards the hillside nursery.

However, before Chen Mo could return to the meeting point he had agreed upon with Ouyang Nan, which was just as he entered the hill nursery array barrier, he saw Ouyang Ruoxi, Ouyang Nan, and Ouyang Nana anxiously waiting for his return.

Because it's a border area, the line of sight towards the hillside nursery can be seen for tens of meters, while the view towards the canyon is unobstructed.

Of course, this applies during the day. At night, you can't see anything. Especially in the somewhat eerie environment of a valley, once it gets dark, you can't see anything at all. There's no light whatsoever, so there's no way to see anything.

Fortunately, everyone was a martial artist, and with just a little light, they could see their surroundings clearly.

So, Ouyang Nan took a light and turned it on, shining it in front of her, waiting for Chen Mo to appear.

It's not very bright yet, so lighting is crucial; without it, the three of them won't be able to see anything. Therefore, they're only using one lighting device, while the lights on Ouyang Ruoxi and Ouyang Nana are kept off as backup.

In case of any strange beasts appearing, the three of them can react in time and retreat promptly.

The three of them waited there for Chen Mo until they saw a blurry figure running towards them from a distance in the light. They were all very excited.

Upon meeting, the two sides exchanged a barrage of questions, filled with concern for each other.

"Why are you three here? Didn't you say you were waiting in the back?" Chen Mo asked the three as he approached.

"Amo, why are you only arriving now?" Ouyang Ruoxi felt a little relieved after seeing Chen Mo and quickly asked.

The two of them immediately asked each other questions upon seeing each other, which was quite something. Ouyang Nan, seeing and hearing this, could only smile helplessly. Anyway, her niece's husband was very good, and she was quite satisfied.

“I waited for you over there for a long time, but you didn’t come back, so I got a little anxious. My aunt was just as worried, so the three of us discussed it and came here, hoping to wait for you earlier. But we waited all night and didn’t see you. Just as we were about to continue walking, you appeared,” Ouyang Ruoxi said happily.

She was a little anxious all night. Although she believed Chen Mo's words that with his strength, even if he couldn't defeat the alien beast, he could definitely outrun it, so escaping wouldn't be a problem.

However, relationships are complicated, and Ouyang Ruoxi is no exception. Waiting in the dark, especially after a fruitless night, Ouyang Ruoxi naturally couldn't wait any longer and wanted to come here to take a look.

As the eldest member of the group, Ouyang Nan understood Ouyang Ruoxi's thoughts from her expression, so he suggested they come together. Actually, even if Ouyang Nan hadn't said anything, Ouyang Ruoxi would have come to wait for Chen Mo anyway.

Chen Mo reached out and took Ouyang Ruoxi's hand, smiling as he said, "Didn't I tell you? If I wanted to run, those beasts couldn't catch me. It's just that some things got in the way, which is why it's been delayed until now."

Ouyang Ruoxi remained silent, only nodding with a smile. As long as Chen Mo could return, nothing else mattered.

Just as everyone was speaking, the sky turned into daylight. The valley was once again bathed in light.

"It's another new day," Ouyang Nan murmured, looking around at everything.

"Yeah, I wonder when we'll be able to leave here," Ouyang Nana said softly.

Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruoxi stood hand in hand beside each other, gazing at one another. As long as they were both safe, everything was beautiful. Their hearts were already connected, unknowingly.

Despite their reflections, things still needed to be done. Especially now, as they were all members of a small expedition team, they needed to prioritize their main tasks. Now that Qian Zhenghao was away, they could have more time to talk.

"Amo, what happened last night? Can you tell everyone?" Ouyang Nan turned to Chen Mo and asked.

Chen Mo said, "Let's not talk here. Let's go to the canyon to talk. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if Qian Zhenghao showed up and overheard our conversation."

Currently, being located at the edge of the hilly nursery array barrier, the area behind us is shrouded in mist, limiting visibility to only a few dozen meters. Further in, visibility is further restricted, perhaps to around ten meters. The closer one gets to the hilly nursery area, the denser the fog becomes, the lower the temperature, and visibility is further reduced to within three meters.

Martial artists have excellent hearing and eyesight. If Qian Zhenghao comes over but doesn't show himself and instead hides in the distance to eavesdrop, that wouldn't be good. That's why Chen Mo said that.

“Okay. Let’s go.” Ouyang Nan wasn’t one to be coy; upon hearing this, she immediately slung her backpack over her shoulder and led the way. Chen Mo, Ouyang Ruoxi, and Ouyang Nana also shouldered their backpacks and followed. Although Chen Mo had told them about his strength, he had only mentioned that it was equivalent to the innate level of a martial artist. He hadn’t mentioned anything about his Qiankun bag or anything like that. Therefore, the four of them were still carrying a large backpack.

Chen Mo could only pretend not to see it. After all, although Ouyang Ruoxi and the others were women, they were all very strong, so carrying a backpack weighing a hundred or eighty pounds was a piece of cake for them.

Even Ouyang Ruoxi, the weakest member of the team, has already reached the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. While she might not be able to tear apart a mountain with a single punch, she could easily tear apart a tiger; a force of several thousand kilograms is nothing to her. Therefore, carrying the supplies wasn't a problem for her.

Before last night, Chen Mo's backpack had naturally been taken by Ouyang Ruoxi and they had left, so it was now being carried by her as well. Chen Mo reached out and took his backpack, just like Ouyang Ruoxi and the others, and put it on.

They traveled quickly together, and when they arrived at the place where Chen Mo had fought the alien beast the night before, all three women were surprised and turned to look at Chen Mo.

"Are these traces left from last night?" Ouyang Nan asked.

"Haha, yes. Last night I wanted to fight the alien beasts, and since there was no one else around, I just went all out in the battle. I didn't expect the scene to be so chaotic," Chen Mo chuckled and said.

Ouyang Nan and the other two were completely dumbfounded. Was this scene a mess? It was practically the surface of the moon!

"Let's keep going and talk about it when we get to the rope bridge in the canyon." Chen Mo didn't say much more, but urged the three of them to continue.

In fact, he had already cleaned up all the traces of the battle left at the scene. In particular, he had cleaned up the traces of his battle with the king-level beast, so Ouyang Nan and the other two didn't notice anything amiss.

The scene was incredibly chaotic, filled with pits of all sizes and rubble. Even the martial artists' temporary camp had been completely destroyed, leaving behind a mess of mounds, pits, and rubble, as if the earth had turned upside down.

Hearing Chen Mo urging them on, the three of them stopped delaying and continued to follow him until they arrived at the rocky base of the canyon.

However, Ouyang Nan arranged for Ouyang Nana to act as an observer, standing in a higher position so that she could spot Qian Zhenghao immediately and notify Ouyang Nan and the other two, thus avoiding any awkwardness for everyone.

"Amo, tell me what happened last night," Ouyang Nan urged anxiously. Ouyang Ruoxi also looked on with curiosity, waiting for Chen Mo's answer.

Chen Mo didn't delay any longer and explained to them everything that had happened the night before.

Of course, Chen Mo kept the details about the King-level Beasts and the black mist floating above the canyon a secret. After all, the King-level Beasts had already become his own, so there was no need to talk about them. He only revealed what he could about the canyon's entrance, passages, and underground spaces.

They even concealed the condition of Qingxuan Zhenren's remnant soul.

After all, it's not appropriate to discuss matters concerning Master Qingxuan or anything related to him with these two.

Chen Mo planned to go to the underground space tonight to store the Yellow Springs Flower inside the Qiankun Pearl, which is why he told the two of them about the general situation below the canyon. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wanted to tell them what was down there.

"What? You mean you went down this canyon last night? There are many openings on the canyon floor that lead to an underground space with a precious plant inside?" Ouyang Nan asked in surprise.

“Yes, that’s right,” Chen Mo said.

"Amo, does the black mist floating above this canyon serve no purpose other than to cover it up?" Ouyang Ruoxi asked as well.

"It's not that it's useless. This black mist is corrosive. If you're shrouded in it, your skin will definitely be corroded. Fortunately, I'm a Primordial Being, so I can use my domain to isolate these corrosive gases," Chen Mo said.

"You're too daring! You can't see anything under the black fog, yet you still followed the retreating beasts down. What if something unexpected happened?" Ouyang Ruoxi glared at Chen Mo and said worriedly.

"It was out of curiosity, especially with those strange beasts. There were so many of them that I almost couldn't defeat them, but then they retreated. So, driven by curiosity, I couldn't help but follow them," Chen Mo said.

When he was telling Ouyang Nan and Ouyang Ruoxi, he avoided mentioning the king-level beasts and only described the battle between the beast guards and the beast leader. They eliminated many beasts, but for some reason, the beasts' fighting spirit was not very strong. Perhaps they felt that too many beasts had died, so under the leadership of the beast leader, they retreated directly into the canyon.