The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2977 Quick Retreat

As Chen Mo retreated, he used his divine sense to observe his surroundings. Upon closer inspection, he discovered scattered plants called Red Thread Fruit growing among the bushes.

According to Qingxuan Zhenren's memories, this Red Thread Fruit is the favorite food of Yixianhong and one of its sustenances. The plant shape of this Red Thread Fruit is somewhat similar to that of a human, but it produces more green fruits, each about the size of a soybean, with fine red lines on the fruit, hence the name Red Thread Fruit.

To cultivate *Acer buergerianum*, one must first plant its red-line fruit. *Acer buergerianum* can survive solely on the red-line fruit.

Red thread fruit is not only one of the favorite foods of the red thread fruit, but also an antidote for the toxins in the red thread fruit.

If you are poisoned by the red thread fruit, you can detoxify by chewing the fruit and drinking or applying the juice. Of course, you can also detoxify by chewing the fruit and swallowing it without applying it, but the detoxification effect may not be as immediate and there may be some side effects.

So Chen Mo chopped down the obscuring shrubs and brambles, collecting some of the red thread fruit that he could find. Since it was impossible to harvest the entire red thread fruit plant, he could only collect some of the fruit, so that if anyone was bitten by a red thread fruit, they could use the fruit as an antidote.

Although the gallbladder of the Red Thread Fruit possesses detoxifying properties, and its effects are quite potent, Chen Mo didn't want others to know about its efficacy. Instead, he preferred to use the Red Thread Fruit for detoxification.

As for the snake gall, wouldn't it be better for him to take it himself, or give it to Ouyang Ruoxi and others?
Although the small exploration team consisted of only five people, they still needed to retreat slightly before dealing with the attack from the First Line Red. They needed to understand the characteristics of the First Line Red and explain how to prevent it.

By doing so, they can provide experience for the main force behind them. In this way, if the main force continues to move forward and encounters linear problems, they can follow the clues and find the right solution to solve the problem.

To solve the problem of redness on the first line, detoxification is the key.

Originally, the gallbladder of the One-Line Red snake was a key ingredient for detoxification and also had the effect of enhancing and accelerating cultivation. Using detoxification as only one of its effects was a huge waste. Furthermore, how could Qian Ying and the others possibly know about such a valuable resource as the gallbladder?

The gallbladder of the One-Line Red snake is so precious, especially since the One-Line Red is as fast as lightning. Even if Chen Mo himself wanted to catch it, he could only do so after being bitten. Therefore, given how difficult it is to catch the One-Line Red and how rare its gallbladder is, even if Chen Mo could catch the One-Line Red, he wouldn't do it for someone like Qian Ying.

Good things should be enjoyed by oneself, or by Ouyang Ruoxi, wouldn't it be better? Why give them to those guys? It's already good enough that they know how to solve the problem of Yixianhong's poison.

Therefore, red thread fruit, as an effective antidote for red thread toxin, becomes essential.

Once we find a large number of red thread fruits and conduct an experiment to prove that they have detoxifying effects, then we can naturally consider the first task of the exploration completed.

As for the experiment, it was naturally conducted on people. They would be bitten by a red thread fruit, and after being poisoned, they would use the red thread fruit as an antidote.

But who will do the test? Chen Mo glanced at Qian Zhenghao walking ahead and smiled.

It's impossible for me, Ouyang Ruoxi, Ouyang Nan, and Ouyang Nana to be the ones to test this out, so the martial artist from the Qian family is perfect.

Qian Zhenghao, who was running quickly ahead, felt a chill down his spine for some reason. But he was in the middle of a retreat and couldn't look back. "Oh well," he thought, "a chill is a chill, as long as I'm safe."

As for anything else, he didn't want to know, nor did he want to stop.

The group moved quickly through the bushes, retreating rapidly. However, the entire passage was shaded by bushes, making it very cool and dark. Apart from a faint buzzing sound coming from behind them, there was no other sound.

Chen Mo walked at the back, looking rather leisurely. He occasionally gathered some red thread berries hidden in the bushes. The more red thread berries, the better, so that if more people were bitten, the antidote could be met.

However, Chen Mo was somewhat surprised that these red thread fruit plants were still growing healthily under the dense shrubs that blocked out the light, creating a dim environment. It was quite strange.

You should know that under the huge, towering trees, these shrubs and red thread fruits should grow sparsely because they don't get any light.

Unexpectedly, not only were the trees tall and lush, but the shrubs under the trees, as well as other plants such as red thread fruit, were also growing well.

However, conversely, considering this is a valley, a solitary little world, with light even without the sun, it's not surprising. Some things in this little world grow against the natural environment.

When Chen Mo first came over, he not only overlooked the red thread fruits in the bushes, but also naturally ignored the little thing called "One-Line Red". As he continued forward, his divine sense failed to detect any of these little creatures.

However, during their retreat, these streaks of red appeared in unusual numbers, flashing like lightning from afar towards the bush passage where Chen Mo and his group of five were. Fortunately, Chen Mo and the others retreated in time, so what could have been an encirclement by the streaks of red turned into a pursuit.

Although the Red-lined Red was very fast, the dense bushes greatly slowed down its pursuit.

Just moments ago, Chen Mo was complaining that the bushes were too dense, blocking their path and forcing them to cut through the bushes step by step to carve out a passage.

Now that they are being chased by the Red-haired Beasts, these bushes have unexpectedly become items that slow down the Red-haired Beasts and protect them.

"Hurry up and don't look back!" Chen Mo walked while collecting red thread fruits, and also seized some red thread fruits that appeared within his divine sense range.

This is not the same as before. He was caught off guard, focused on the buzzing sound, and because the distance was close enough, he was able to be ambushed by the Red-lined Beasts. However, these Red-lined Beasts attack from a distance and are not very heavy. Even though they are fast, Chen Mo was on guard and constantly monitoring them with his divine sense, so he could easily catch them one by one.

Before long, Chen Mo had caught several red-haired girls. He also caught some of the girls who had attacked Ouyang Ruoxi.

Hearing the commotion behind her, Ouyang Ruoxi was a little worried about Chen Mo and wanted to turn around to look at him, but Chen Mo refused and instead told her to speed up and catch up with Ouyang Nana in front of her.

The group quickly ran outside, but just then, they heard a scream from ahead: "Ah!"

Immediately following was Qian Zhenghao's painful wail: "Captain, I've been bitten by a snake! I've been bitten by a snake! Ah, I'm poisoned!"

For a moment, the other three women, apart from Chen Mo, were all startled and stopped their retreat.

"Don't stop! Continue the evacuation," Chen Mo said again immediately upon seeing the situation.

Hearing Chen Mo's words, the three women obediently continued walking. Chen Mo then stepped forward, grabbed Qian Zhenghao, and carried him in his hand, following behind Ouyang Ruoxi as they continued on their way.

There are still ten breaths left, so this guy won't die within ten breaths.

Besides, the fact that this guy was bitten by Yixianhong was actually intentionally facilitated by Chen Mo. His divine sense can extend a distance of three and a half meters, so with the team following closely, he was naturally able to see Yixianhong attacking this guy.

However, Chen Mo did not remind him. He was just thinking about doing an experiment. Should he catch a red leopard and let it bite Qian Zhenghao, or should he let Qian Zhenghao come behind him and wait for the red leopard to bite him?

Before he could even make a choice, Qian Zhenghao had already been bitten, so Chen Mo didn't even have to choose, which suited his mind perfectly.

"Help me, I don't want to die..." Qian Zhenghao was being dragged along by Chen Mo, but he felt that his calves had lost all feeling and that the pain was spreading upwards along his legs, which terrified him and made him cry out in pain.

"Shut up!" Chen Mo was very impatient. This was supposed to be a martial artist at the eighth level of the Acquired Realm, yet he was so bizarre. He reached out and pressed the guy's mute acupoint, silencing him.

Then, he took out a red thread fruit, stuffed it into the guy's mouth, and whispered, "Crush it and swallow it; it's an antidote!"

At this point, although there wasn't enough time to apply the red thread juice to the wound, there weren't any major aftereffects. The bitten area would just feel numb for a while, and it would probably recover in an hour or two.

Qian Zhenghao, who was unable to make a sound after his acupoints were sealed, turned ashen-faced. He wondered if he was going to die here, and in such a humiliating way—being bitten by a tiny blue snake. It was truly unbearable.

Unexpectedly, a small object was inserted into his mouth, and upon hearing that it was an antidote, he instinctively chewed and swallowed it. Instantly, a cool, herbal sensation spread from his mouth to his stomach, and then slowly from his stomach to his limbs and bones.

Although the process was slow, you could clearly feel the cool sensation, which was quite magical.

It was this cooling sensation that made Qian Zhenghao realize that he might be saved. However, the area on his calf that had been bitten remained numb, which worried him. He hoped that what he had taken would be effective and relieve the numbness in his calf.

Just as Qian Zhenghao was lost in thought, the five of them finally emerged from the bushes and arrived at an area where the trees and bushes were relatively sparse.

At this moment, Yixianhong, who was following behind the group, had also stopped the pursuit and disappeared into the bushes.