The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3020 Revenge does not last overnight

"Elder, a pillar of light! A pillar of light has appeared over the beehive!" The martial artist standing on the treetop shouted to Zhou Zixing, who was waiting below.

"Okay! Understood." Zhou Zixing responded calmly, then turned to Ouyang Nan beside him and said, "I'll go support Elder Qian. You keep a close eye on things. If you see any pillars of light, set off immediately to support us. If you don't see any, keep an eye on the path ahead. We'll release light when we return."

The defensive structures under Ouyang Nan's command are located inside the passage. If Zhou Zixing returns to support Qian Ying, the two defensive structures will meet inside the passage, causing a blockage. That's why Zhou Zixing reminded them to be careful of the light inside the passage. Once they see the light, Ouyang Nan's side can retreat to ensure the passage through the bushes remains clear.

If another pillar of light rises into the sky from the Hive, Ouyang Nan will lead a team to provide support; this was a rule that had been established long ago.

"Yes, Elder Zhou, I will be careful," Ouyang Nan replied.

Zhou Zixing didn't delay any longer. He went straight into the second defensive structure and then directed the people inside to push forward, gradually accelerating towards the hive.

Ouyang Nan gave a few words of advice to the martial artist still perched in the treetop, telling him to be careful, before gazing into the distance along the passage, hoping everyone would return safely. Of course, the most important thing was for her niece's husband to return safely.

Standing in the dark passage, Ouyang Nan felt for the first time as if she had returned to her family's old mansion, where she could worry about nothing, eat and drink well, and then sit in her favorite recliner, gazing at the sunset in a daze.

Sigh, maybe this whole adventure was a mistake.

The betrayal of his own team, Ouyang Min's treachery, Elder Qian's underhanded tactics, and the Han family's instigation—all of these were directed at him. If he were alone, he probably wouldn't be able to return this time.

Fortunately, he had his niece's husband; otherwise, he said he definitely wouldn't be alive today.

As Ouyang Nan stared into the dark passage, a jumble of thoughts raced through his mind.

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"Elder, Elder Zhou and the others are here!" Qian Ying, who was focused on dealing with the first line of red attacking defensive bodies, heard his own warriors shouting and quickly turned to look through the glass window. He saw another defensive body rushing out of the bush passage.

Qian Ying's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was finally at ease; she could finally go home.

During the honey-collecting period, he was diligently guarding against the attacks of the First Line of Red; otherwise, his defensive structure wouldn't have lasted so long. If he had allowed the First Line of Red to attack unchecked, his current defensive structure would likely have been breached by it.

Turning to another martial artist from the Qian family, he said, "Notify Steward Qian to prepare for retreat. Regardless of whether the harvesting is complete, we must evacuate."

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the martial artist immediately turned around and crawled into the tunnel to inform Qian Wantong.

Seeing Zhou Zixing's defensive form rapidly approaching, he said to the other martial artists, "Everyone, listen to my command and prepare to move and change positions."

"Yes." Upon hearing this, the martial artists all took their positions and laid the prepared wooden planks across the tunnel, providing them with a foothold. However, they did not block the entire tunnel entrance; instead, they left half of it open.

These martial artists stood on the wooden planks, ready to exert their strength at any moment and push their defensive structures up.

The defensive formation commanded by Elder Zhou had already arrived. Upon seeing it, Qian Ying immediately said, "Forward!"

The martial artist within the defensive body immediately began to exert his strength, while Qian Ying simultaneously consumed a pill to replenish his innate power, and in turn, unleashed his innate domain. Yi Xian Hong, who was attacking the defensive body, sensed the threat of the domain and retreated with lightning speed.

Of course, some Red-line Crimsons failed to evacuate in time and were trapped within Qian Ying's Innate Domain. However, these Red-line Crimsons were few in number; they were likely some of the more foolish ones in the group who were directly strangled after being enveloped by Qian Ying's Innate Domain.

At the same time, the defensive body commanded by Elder Zhou went directly to the excavated tunnel, forming a 'T' shape with the defensive body where Qian Ying was located.

"Back off!" Qian Ying shouted again.

The defensive structure immediately retreated and then crashed into the side of the defensive structure that Zhou Zixing was supporting, completely blocking the sky above the tunnel.

During this time, Qian Ying continuously used her innate domain to drive away all the Red Ones, preventing them from entering the tunnel. Therefore, when the two defensive structures were positioned horizontally and vertically above the tunnel, they also completely protected the area above the tunnel entrance.

"Remove the wooden planks and move to the defensive structure next door," Qian Ying said to the martial artists inside the structure.

These people immediately removed the wooden planks under their feet, then entered the tunnel and then the defensive structure brought by Zhou Zixing.

On the other side, Qian Wantong was also leading all the martial artists to retreat towards the reinforcements.

Since this defensive structure was built as support, it was constructed with internal platforms at both ends to hold items and people. This is where the honey will be placed, and where the wounded will be stored, ensuring a safe evacuation while also caring for the injured.

The collected honey had been placed in backpacks and positioned below the tunnel entrance long ago. So when Zhou Zixing's reinforcements arrived, they began relaying the honey from top to bottom, placing it on one of the platforms at each end of the defenses. The wounded were also placed on the other platform.

Of course, in the area where Zhou Zixing was located, the collected honey was placed, and the observation window was exposed so that the direction of the defense could be directed.

Otherwise, if they lose their way and can't get into the bush passage, wouldn't everyone just have to wait to die?

The evacuation was swift; within minutes, all the warriors had retreated to the reinforcement defensive structure. This structure was longer, as it needed to accommodate cargo and more people, hence its construction.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Chen Mo grabbed two red venomous snakes and threw them directly at Ouyang Min and Han Chengye, who were lying on the ground. Then, suppressed by Chen Mo's divine sense, the two snakes frantically sprayed venom onto the skin they had bitten.

These two creatures were already poisoned by red bees and also by red thread fruit. Although they had consumed honey and red thread fruit, the amount of poison was still quite high, so they had to consume honey and red thread fruit again to remove the poison.

But now these two were lying on the ground, waiting to be moved, and because of the stings from the Red Bees that were like motors, they were both unconscious. The other martial artists gave them honey and applied it to their wounds, and then fed them Red Thread Fruit, thinking that they should be fine.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo took advantage of the chaos of the evacuation to inject two lines of red ink into each of them, and then frantically sprayed out the poison.

So, both of their faces began to turn pale, but no one noticed.

The evacuation was tense at the moment, and everyone was being careful and busy. There was no time to observe the two wounded who had already lost consciousness.

Someone picked up the two people and threw them onto a platform behind the defensive structure, so that they could lie there and wait for evacuation. That was good enough; no one cared about anything else.

After controlling the two lizard snakes to frantically release their toxins, Chen Mo approached the two lying people, retrieved the two somewhat limp snakes, and put them directly into his storage bag. He planned to extract and consume the snake gallbladders from these two snakes once they returned, making the most of their resources.

As for Han Chengye and Ouyang Min, whether they were severely poisoned or not and could recover, these were not things he needed to consider.

Since the two people wanted to harm him while he was collecting honey, they should be prepared to retaliate.

The saying "revenge should not be delayed overnight" perfectly describes this.

If the two of them go back and immediately die, then they deserve it. If they regain their senses and recover, then they are incredibly lucky to have survived.

The knowledge about the First Line Red and the Red Bee comes from Qingxuan Zhenren's memories. However, Qingxuan Zhenren's memories do not actually contain information about the proportions of these toxins and the antidotes, or whether the antidotes can prolong the duration of use. Perhaps these memories have been lost with Qingxuan Zhenren's abandonment of the practice.

After finishing everything, Chen Mo pretended that nothing had happened and stood in the pre-arranged position, ready to activate the defensive structure.

"Elder Zhou, apart from Elder Qian, all the other personnel have been evacuated," Qian Wantong said to Zhou Zixing after counting all the personnel.

While dealing with the red line outside the defensive structure, Zhou Zixing nodded in agreement and then transmitted his voice to Qian Ying, "Elder Qian, it's all set here. Come over quickly."

"Okay!" Qian Ying agreed and immediately withdrew her innate domain, then flashed through the tunnel into Zhou Zixing's defensive body.

After Qian Ying arrived, Qian Wantong immediately directed his men to cover the tunnel entrance with wooden planks. Then, at Zhou Zixing's command, the defensive structure carrying the spoils of war began to rush frantically toward the entrance to the bush passage.

Meanwhile, numerous red-lined creatures around them also chased after it and frantically destroyed the defensive structure.

As for the defensive structure that remained near the hive, it was breached by the Red Lines, who then entered it only to find nothing inside. In a series of crackling sounds, the entire defensive structure was dismantled by these Red Lines.

After entering the bush passage, the supporting defensive structure took off running towards the camp. Numerous Red-lined Beasts pursued and attacked relentlessly. However, thanks to the defense of two Innate Realm experts, the defensive structure held out; only some outer branches were damaged, while the inner soil and other internal structures remained intact.

Even when the first line of red stopped attacking, the outer layer of the defensive structure remained mostly intact, with little damage.

Zhou Zixing shone his flashlight through the window, and Ouyang Nan, who was anxiously waiting in the distance, immediately shouted to the people in the tree, "Come down quickly, they're back!"

The martial artist on the tree quickly jumped down using the light source, then together with Ouyang Nan, they crawled into the defensive structure and began pushing it forward. Not far away, the supporting defensive structures followed.

With a whooshing sound, the two defensive entities rushed out of the bush passage one after the other and arrived at the temporary camp area.