The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3018 Everything is proceeding as expected
Hearing the thumping sounds coming from outside the defensive structure, the many martial artists swung their shovels and quickly dug into the soil.

All the excavated soil was piled up in front of the interior of the defense. When there was no more room to pile it up, a rope was used to pull up the front of the defense, and the group used the wooden planks they had prepared to push the soil out.

In this way, the pushed-out soil is piled up outside the defense, and it can withstand the attack of the first line of red without even having to lower the raised surface in front of the defense.

This was something we had already thought of when we were making the defensive structure; otherwise, if the excavated soil couldn't be moved out, wouldn't that delay the excavation?

When the excavation was nearly complete, several martial artists worked together to lift the back of the defensive structure, then pulled on the rope behind it to drag the log that had been trailing behind the structure over and put it directly into the large pit that had been dug.

The newly dug pit needs to be large enough to hold all the timber. There's a lot of wood; if they're taken one by one, Yi Xian Hong might seize the opportunity and rush in, potentially harming the martial artist.

Of course, during this time, Qian Ying naturally had to guard against Yi Xian Hong's attacks. When he raised his defensive body, he directly expanded his innate defense, forcing back the surrounding Yi Xian Hong and protecting the safety of the many martial artists.

Once the wood was inside the tunnel, they began digging towards the honeycomb, reinforcing it as they went. Of course, since the wood was limited, they used slightly sparser supports for reinforcement. The tunnel was only to be used once and wouldn't be used again; as long as it survived this time, it would be fine.

Chen Mo didn't do anything underhanded in the team. He just followed orders when digging and took turns when it was time to rotate. He just joined in for the fun of it.

After all, even if the honey is harvested, he and Ouyang Nan will each get a share, so contributing a little effort is nothing.

While martial artists might be lacking in skill when fighting alien beasts, sometimes even weaker than them, these individuals were remarkably fast and adept at digging tunnels.

There were no large rocks in the soil; it was all loose mud. So, during excavation, as long as the engineers pounded the soil on both sides, they could compact it and prevent the tunnel from collapsing.

In particular, the tunnel is very sturdy because it uses spaced supports, not only near the sides but also at the top.

Furthermore, when martial artists dig, they have a lot of strength, so the tunnels they dig are relatively wide and high, enough for two people to walk through without having to bend over.

The defensive structure was not far from the hive, probably less than forty meters away.

The beehive Qian Ying found was near the forest, and less than ten meters from the edge of the black soil. This was because Chen Mo had been so close to the beehive when he collected it earlier. Now, it allowed them to get very close to the beehive, and digging a tunnel was also very easy.

The red bees in the sea of ​​flowers, upon hearing the commotion, naturally rushed over to attack the defenses. However, since only one group of red bees was attacking, those around the other hives were still hesitant.

After all, the red line around a beehive is meant to protect that beehive. If all of them were to be mobilized, what would happen to the beehive that was being protected?

Therefore, the number of red targets attacking the defensive structures is gradually increasing, but not very rapidly.

Especially now, the defensive entities are only close to the hive, not very close, and have entered the sea of ​​flowers. So even though there is a line of red around the target hive, not all of them are rushing over.

Even so, the defensive structures attacked by the First Line Red were gradually being destroyed, and in the distance, many more First Line Reds were still rushing towards this side, wanting to join the attack.

During the excavation, no trace of the 'One Line Red' was found, suggesting that these highly poisonous plants do not burrow underground.

Therefore, with three groups taking turns, the excavation process is naturally very fast.

Qian Ying controlled the entire perimeter of the defense system through his domain. If any branch was torn and could not hold on, he would use his innate domain to drive away the first red line and prevent the outermost branch of the defense system from breaking.

This would allow the defensive structure to hold out for a longer period of time.

Especially now, unlike the daytime experiment, there is only a line of red attacks, without the participation of red bees. The defenses inside and outside the body are reinforced, and larger and stronger branches are used, so it can naturally last longer.

"We've found it!" A shout of surprise rang out as a martial artist ran over and called out to Qian Ying.

"Okay! Be careful, dig open the beehive, collect the honey, fill all the prepared bottles, and then we'll leave!" Qian Ying was overjoyed upon hearing this. However, he needed to protect the defensive structure, so he couldn't go over to see what it looked like.

Fortunately, Qian Wantong was in charge of organizing things, which made Qian Ying feel a little more at ease.

As expected, under Qian Wantong's organization, the many martial artists did not dig up the beehives immediately, but instead expanded the space, which would reveal more beehives and provide more space for harvesting.

The honeycomb is buried several meters underground. Therefore, collecting honey is quite easy; the soil provides a barrier against the red bees' attacks. As long as we are careful not to disturb the red bees, this honey-collecting operation should proceed without much trouble.

The excavated space was supported with wood, revealing the massive outer wall of the honeycomb. "Everyone get ready. We'll dig open the honeycomb in three places and collect the honey," Qian Wantong said to the surrounding martial artists. There was enough space to collect honey from three separate locations, allowing them to complete the task more quickly.

After all, although the defenses are thickened and reinforced, they cannot last for long, and the number of red lines outside is constantly increasing. If the speed is not increased, there will be a lot of trouble later.

The warriors obediently divided into three teams, working in pairs, and then used entrenching tools to dig open the outside of the beehive.

With a cry of "Ah!", just as the beehive was being dug open, several snakes suddenly darted out and opened their mouths to bite.

Fortunately, although these martial artists couldn't guess why Yixianhong was in the beehive, they cautiously activated their qi and blood defenses early on. So only one unlucky soul was bitten by the darting Yixianhong.

This guy didn't expect that a red line would suddenly emerge from the dug-up beehive, which startled him so much that his own blood shield instantly dissipated, allowing the red line to seize the opportunity and take a bite.

Fortunately, only one of the excavated areas showed a faint red line; the other two areas showed none.

In fact, the red-horned bee and the red-horned honeybee have a symbiotic relationship. The red-horned bee protects the red-horned honeybee's hive, while the red-horned honeybee provides food to the red-horned bee, which is honey.

So, the red honeybee burrows a hole beneath the honeycomb's surface, and whenever it gets hungry, it burrows inside to feed on the honey. In this way, it not only doesn't affect the flow of honey into and out of the honeycomb, but it also protects the area beneath the honeycomb.

However, at night, the red-lined bees are nocturnal, so there are very few of them under the hive; they mostly dart around the hive on the ground.

Therefore, when the martial artists dug into the bottom of the honeycomb, they happened to reach the tunnel, and it was normal for about ten red streaks to fall down. Fortunately, the tunnel was blocked in time with mud, so the red streaks couldn't dig through the mud at that point, and the rest of the red streaks couldn't enter the tunnel to attack the martial artists.

So when Qian Wantong saw that a line of red was still sticking out from where the excavation had been made, he immediately shouted, "Stop it quickly! Stop it quickly! Block it with soil!"

A martial artist quickly stepped forward, blocked the excavated area, and used an entrenching tool to forcefully pound and compact the part.

The stinging red serpents that had sprung out tried to escape after biting someone, but found the space was too small. Before they could react, several martial artists wielded entrenching tools and chopped down several of them. A few others darted into the tunnel, only to be trapped and killed by Qian Ying's domain.

Upon hearing that a martial artist had been bitten, Qian Ying immediately rushed into the tunnel to check the situation. However, she unexpectedly encountered Yi Xian Hong as she emerged from the tunnel and killed her without hesitation.

Qian Wantong immediately stepped forward and reported the situation. Qian Ying then instructed, "We must be extremely careful and speed things up."

“Yes, Elder,” Qian Wantong replied.

Qian Ying turned around and dragged the bitten martial artist out, then had him take the Red Thread Fruit and apply it externally, and they stayed together in the defensive body.

Meanwhile, Qian Wantong began collecting honey.

The martial artists, disregarding the injured man, carefully began to excavate the honeycomb piece by piece, placing it into a simple separator to collect the honey.

This time, we were well prepared, and we even made a honey separator.

The main thing is that this thing is very simple to make. You just need to take two round wooden blocks, one large and one small, hollow out the middle, and then put them together. The outer wooden block has a hollow wooden tube at the bottom, and the inner wooden block has many round holes carved out on the side. It can be turned by hand in the large hollow wooden block and then used.

When the time comes, the honeycomb containing honey will be placed into the hollow wooden block inside. As it is rotated, the honey will be flung out and flow out through the guide tube into the bottle.

Because it was simple to make, several were made. So some people took turns digging up the honeycomb, some shook the separator, and some held bottles to collect the flowing honey.

With the various martial artists working together, the honey collection was quite fast, and they collected over a hundred bottles in a short time.

Of course, while digging up the beehive, we also encountered some red bees that were lying inside. When we dug out the beehive, we also dug out the red bees.

However, many martial artists were prepared. They not only drank some honey but also applied it to their exposed skin. So even if they were stung, it wouldn't be a big problem; it would just hurt a bit.

The martial artist who was stung immediately turned around and left, returning to his defensive body to wait, while the other martial artists continued.

If you're careful, you won't get stung by the red hornets, as they also need to sleep and rest.