The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3014 Experimental Defense System

Everyone was busy all day long; no one was idle.

On Chen Mo's side, since the path through the bushes was being expanded, there was no need to confirm the direction; they just needed to widen it. So, the group took turns moving forward, and they moved very quickly.

However, they soon approached the area where Yixianhong was active. At that moment, a martial artist who did not believe in the power of Yixianhong did not immediately activate his own blood and qi protective shield after seeing Yixianhong appear. Instead, he swung his long sword and attacked Yixianhong.

Unexpectedly, Yi Xian Hong was too fast. Before his long sword could fall, Yi Xian Hong had already taken a bite and disappeared.

With a cry of "Ah!", the martial artist dropped his long sword to the ground and then cried out while clutching his bitten arm.

Ouyang Nan was in charge of widening the bush passage, so when she saw the injured man, she could only carefully protect herself. She quickly stepped forward, crushed a red thread fruit, and applied it to the bite site. She then fed him another red thread fruit and said, "You don't need to shout so loudly. As long as you use red thread fruit for external application and internal administration, the snake venom will be relieved."

The martial artist who had been bitten felt a bit numb in his arm, but after hearing what Ouyang Nan said, he felt much more at ease and stopped shouting.

"However, wasn't it instructed that when encountering a red line, you should deploy your protective shield? Why didn't you deploy it?" Ouyang Nan questioned with a frosty expression.

Although this team was only temporary, as the person in charge, she also bore responsibility for the accident. At the very least, there might be one less bottle of honey when it was distributed later.

These points were emphasized during the meeting: every team member must take action, and every team leader must take responsibility to accomplish the task together.

"I..." The martial artist was momentarily stunned. He dared not say that he was a stubborn person who had heard that the First Line of Red was fast, so he wanted to try it. But he really couldn't say it; if he did, he would definitely be in trouble.

After stammering for a while, he finally said, "Captain, I didn't realize it."

Ouyang Nan looked incredulous, but didn't press the matter further. Since it had already happened, there was no point in pursuing it further. After all, this guy was risking his life, and she would only end up with one less bottle of honey because of it.

Ouyang Nan immediately turned around and called over a martial artist, instructing him to take the injured person back, and also called Elder Zhou over, as the bushes had reached the area where Yixianhong was active and they needed his support.

The warrior who was escorting the person off accepted the order and left, while the others continued on their way.

However, because of what had just happened, the others did not dare to disobey orders, so they immediately activated their own blood energy shields and continued to cut through the bushes.

"Everyone should prepare a red thread fruit. If you get bitten, immediately take one and chew one to apply to the wound. Poisoning is nothing serious, as long as you act quickly, you won't be poisoned. However, if you don't treat the poisoning in time, the consequences will be very serious," Ouyang Nan instructed.

The other martial artists also agreed upon hearing this.

"That martial artist was really frustrating. He had a plan in mind, but he just wouldn't follow it. Now look what happened, not only is he injured, but my aunt might also get scolded," Ouyang Ruoxi whispered to Chen Mo.

"Hmm! That Elder Qian isn't a good person either. Maybe after the honey is collected, he'll give Aunt Nan less honey because of this incident," Ouyang Nana chimed in.

"Hehe, it's nothing, don't worry. If Elder Qian allocates a bottle less than the allotted, I'll make up the difference," Chen Mo said generously. After all, he had put quite a few Red Bee hives into the Qiankun Pearl, so he was now flush with honey and could drink as much as he wanted.

As the three of them talked, they chopped down the bushes around them as instructed.

About an hour later, Zhou Zixing arrived. He glanced at Chen Mo out of the corner of his eye but didn't go to him. Instead, he went directly to Ouyang Nan and arranged for all the martial artists to follow him.

He walked ahead, while the others focused on widening the bush passage within their own innate domains. As for the attacks from Yixianhong, he would handle them.

Sure enough, with the protection of the innate master's domain, all martial artists not only moved faster, but also no longer had to worry about their own safety.

Of course, this excludes Chen Mo; he wouldn't entrust his safety to the enemy. From beginning to end, he used talismans and true essence to set up numerous defenses within his own territory. This way, even if Zhou Zixing or Qian Ying secretly sabotaged things within the Innate Realm, he wouldn't be afraid.

If Zhou Zixing knew what Chen Mo was thinking, he would definitely apologize immediately. He would never dare to harm Chen Mo. How could someone be so foolish as to attack Chen Mo?

In the hilly nursery area, his confidence had long been shattered by Chen Mo, which is why he made a point of checking Chen Mo's expression before coming over.

After another two hours, the team had expanded the bush passage to a suitable size. Everyone in the team could now see the red bees flying and hear the buzzing sound they made.

Through a thin layer of bushes, swarms of red bees could be seen flying ahead, rushing towards the flowering flowers, while others carried nectar back to their hives.

The entire flower field area is divided into two parts by black soil, but because of this, these red bees rarely fly over the middle soil area, and instead collect nectar within their respective hives.

This was the first time Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zixing had ever seen the Red Bees at work. The previous time was at night, and they hadn't had time to observe them closely, and they had even been attacked by a large number of Red Bees. Now, seeing the fist-sized Red Bees flying lightly through the sea of ​​flowers, and how their slightly transparent wings on their backs were able to make such large Red Bees fly, they were quite interested.

Of course, I'm just interested in observing; I have no intention of actually going out. Going out now would be suicide.

"Ouyang Nan, lead the team to evacuate," Zhou Zixing said.

“Okay.” Ouyang Nan nodded in agreement and began to call all the martial artists to start heading back.

Zhou Zixing glanced at Red Bee and One Line Red again, then walked to the front of the group once more, using his innate domain to envelop everyone, and retreated towards the Grand Canyon.

By the time they returned to the Grand Canyon, most of the other teams that were doing the missions had already finished.

"Elder Qian, the passage has been widened." Zhou Zixing said to Qian Ying after returning, with Ouyang Nan following behind.

"Okay, I understand. But how did Qian Hai get injured? I was elsewhere after he was brought back, so I didn't have time to ask," Qian Ying asked. Qian Hai was the disobedient martial artist who thought he had been bitten by Yi Xian Hong.

Ouyang Nan recounted the incident, and Qian Ying nodded after listening, but said nothing, instead telling Ouyang Nan to go back and rest.

Qian Hai is a junior member of our team and has already been injured and punished, so there's no need to say anything more. As for Ouyang Nan, the team leader, she will naturally face punishment later, but there's no need to mention it now.

Zhou Zixing naturally wouldn't concern himself with such matters; he would simply focus on doing his own job well.

"Have you finished all your work here? If not, my people can join in," Zhou Zixing said.

"Oh, no need. I've almost finished on my end, and I've also checked the supporting structures and the defensive framework. They're all in good condition," Qian Ying said.

Zhou Zixing looked at the ten-meter-long defensive structure in the arena and was quite curious whether it could withstand the attack when they encountered Yixianhong.

This defensive structure resembles an ancient siege ram, with a rounded top and rounded ends, and a thick ring of wooden planks around the bottom. No, it shouldn't be called planks, but rather wood, with a smooth surface in contact with the ground to reduce friction when moving forward or backward.

So he said to Qian Ying, "Elder Qian, while we still have time, why don't we take this thing into the passage and test it with Yixianhong? If we don't test it, we won't be sure of its effectiveness, and if it doesn't work, wouldn't that cause a problem?"

Qian Ying nodded. He had also been thinking about testing it, but since Zhou Zixing hadn't returned yet, the bush path hadn't been widened, so the test couldn't be conducted. Now that Zhou Zixing was back, the test could proceed.

“Okay, the two of us will take a few people to do some testing and see if this thing works,” Qian Ying said.

The overall weight of the defensive structure reached several tons. Actually, the two layers of woven shrub branches were not heavy; the main weight came from the soil in the middle, which was made several tens of centimeters thick to protect against attacks from the First Line of Fire. This naturally made the whole structure heavy.

Fortunately, the weight is not a problem for martial artists; a few martial artists at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm can lift it.

To ensure the success of this experiment, Qian Ying gathered several martial artists at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, and together they entered the defensive structure and began rushing towards the bush passage. Han Chengye and Ouyang Min were naturally among those present; as the ones who proposed the method, they also wanted to see if it was feasible.

There's a small but sturdy glass window in front. There's also a glass window at the back, so you can move forward or backward without turning around.

The martial artists who enter can not only lift and walk on it using the handles inside, but also push it forward. The front and rear parts that contact the ground are sloped, so that they can move forward smoothly during the pushing process without being blocked by uneven ground or tree branches.

Inside the defensive structure, everyone except the two innate masters worked together to propel it forward, and its speed increased dramatically, moving smoothly through the widening bush passage. By the end, their overall speed was comparable to that of a martial artist walking at full speed.