The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3036 Strange Two-Legged Beast

Qian Zhenghao's running speed was definitely the maximum he could run. After all, he had witnessed the previous attack by the alien beast. If he had been touched or grazed by the beast, he would have either lost a chunk of flesh or been half-dead.

So, press the button and run as fast as you can, as long as you get past the restricted area when the monster appears.

Of course, Qian Zhenghao wouldn't be foolish enough to stop after running past the 300-meter limit. Instead, he continued running with his head down after passing the 300-meter limit, and even when Ouyang Nana told him to stop, he pretended not to hear and kept running.

After running past the position where Ouyang Nan and the other three were standing, they continued backward for several tens of meters before stopping.

"Aunt, what's wrong with this guy? I just told him to stop, but is he pretending not to hear me or does he not want to stop?" Ouyang Nana asked Ouyang Nan somewhat angrily as she watched Qian Zhenghao stop after running a distance.

Ouyang Nan chuckled, then turned to look at the lake and said, "Think about it yourself, why should he listen to you? Besides, he's a martial artist at the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. If a strange beast attacks us right in front of him, ignoring our so-called 300-meter limit and directly jumping over to attack us, wouldn't he also be attacked?"

“Of course, but…” Ouyang Nana wasn’t lacking in intelligence, so when she was about to say something, she completely understood why Qian Zhenghao had run to the back.

Immediately, he muttered, "Cowardly bastard!" Then he didn't say anything more and turned to look at the lake as well.

Just as the roaring inside the building was gradually fading away, before it had completely disappeared, a huge figure reappeared underwater, then suddenly burst out of the water, leaping dozens of meters high before crashing down, causing waves to splash everywhere. The shore was also flooded by the waves, resulting in a large area being submerged.

The beast spread its limbs, revealing a massive finger in the middle. With a powerful swipe, its enormous form swiftly traversed the lake from its center to the shore. Its speed in the water was so great that it split the surface into an inverted triangular wave.

With a "splash!", the huge beast leaped from the lake onto the shore, then swung its body from head to tail, splashing water droplets everywhere and quickly shaking off the water.

"Roar!" The beast roared again, its voice echoing throughout the valley.

Looking down, its dark red eyes spotted four figures in the distance. It pawed at the ground and charged forward at incredible speed, the ground trembling as it ran. The beast's enormous size caused the ground to shake, leaving huge, deep footprints in its wake.

"Ruoxi, you and your aunt should step back a little. If this beast breaks through the barrier and gets close, it might hurt you all," Chen Mo said to Ouyang Ruoxi as the beast ran towards them.

"Okay, be careful too." Ouyang Ruoxi understood Chen Mo's meaning, so she obediently retreated immediately. Although Chen Mo was powerful, people are always prone to carelessness. If she was careless when dealing with the beast, or if the beast attacked her, it would become a burden to Chen Mo. It was better to retreat a distance as instructed.

Ouyang Ruoxi is sometimes very sensible and rational, which is one of the reasons why Chen Mo likes her.

As he retreated, he also pulled Ouyang Nana back a short distance, so that neither of them would become a burden to Chen Mo.

Ouyang Nan also took a few steps back, just in case anything went wrong, she could retreat even further. Her main principle was to avoid being a burden and to get out of there as quickly as possible.

This is just a test to see if we can summon the alien beast again, not to fight it. Besides, we've already tested the beast's strength before, so there's no need to continue testing now.

It's better to let Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing deal with the beast. The expedition team's mission is simply to investigate the situation and observe the beast's abilities and limitations.

In the blink of an eye, just as the three of them were retreating, the strange beast also ran up to them.

At a distance of about 300 meters, the beast stopped running and ceased its advance. It shook its head and panted heavily, seemingly displeased that Chen Mo and his companions were pacing back and forth at that distance.

However, due to the restriction, or rather, the inability to move forward, it became somewhat frustrated. Unfortunately, no matter how frustrated it was, it couldn't lift its leg to cross the approximately 300-meter limit. It seemed that the strange beast was restricted by something, or perhaps by something in the lake, which was why it couldn't cross the approximately 300-meter limit.

It hovered back and forth on the boundary of the restriction, constantly hissing softly, its tail thrashing wildly as if it wanted to whip Chen Mo and the others to death. But even when it turned its head and its tail was aimed at Chen Mo and the others, it couldn't reach them. It could only roar in impotent rage, unable to do anything to Chen Mo and the others.

Finally, the beast discovered that no matter how much it provoked the creature, the few two-legged creatures nearby simply wouldn't come over; they just stood there watching it.

The strange beast was also puzzled. These two-legged creatures summoned it, but then fled far away. Was it really alright? Didn't these two-legged creatures summon it to fight it? Why summon it and then hide so far away? What did that mean?
It roared and threatened relentlessly, but the two-legged beast remained motionless. Finally, left with no other option, the beast turned away dejectedly, went to the lakeside, leaped in, and disappeared into the water. "Captain, that button is for summoning this beast," Qian Zhenghao said to Ouyang Nan after the beast disappeared into the lake. "That deep hole might correspond to the beast's fangs. If we insert the beast's fangs into the deep hole in the building, we'll definitely find a way to cross the lake."

“That’s right, I guessed so too.” Ouyang Nan now had a high opinion of Qian Zhenghao’s character; the guy was a clever rascal, and a slippery one at that. But what he said was true; if it could summon this strange beast, then its fangs must have some purpose.

After all, the size of the deep cave and the fangs of the strange beast were a perfect match. If we could defeat the strange beast and put its fangs into the deep cave, perhaps, just as Qian Zhenghao said, a way to cross the lake would appear.

“Alright, let’s patrol the lakeside again now and see if there have been any changes along the shore since the strange beast appeared. Then, we’ll meet up at the building. When it gets dark, we’ll observe the button in that round hole to see if it disappears. Then, tonight, under the cover of darkness, we’ll return to the canyon and report the situation here to Elder Qian and the others,” Ouyang Nan said to the group.

"Okay." None of them had any objections and nodded in agreement.

The five people split into two groups again. Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruoxi were in one group, while Ouyang Nan, Ouyang Nana, and Qian Zhenghao were in another. The two groups patrolled along the lake shore, centering on the building, in both directions.

However, since they had already patrolled in the morning, this patrol was only to see if there would be any other changes after the appearance of the strange beast, so it was relatively quick. About half an hour later, the two groups reunited.

"Did you find anything?"

After seeing Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruoxi, Ouyang Nan asked them.

"No, I didn't see anything, just like this morning. What about your end?"

"Same."

"Then let's wait until tonight and see if there are any changes to the protruding button on the stone in this round hole."

"it is good."

The group returned to the defensive structure, took out some food and drink, as well as a bottle of honey, from their backpacks, and then returned to the building. After replenishing their food and drink, they drank the honey and began their cultivation.

Qian Zhenghao was no exception; he was seizing the time to cultivate, because every bit of improvement meant more security.

Especially after encountering that strange beast today, they could only retreat and flee due to their weakness. If they were as strong as Chen Mo, they wouldn't have retreated and fled.

As darkness fell, the group stopped their cultivation and began to stare at the button in the round hole. They even turned on their lights, hoping to see it more clearly, because the light in the valley changed very quickly.

Sure enough, as darkness fell, the cylinder at the entrance of the round hole slowly lowered until it was flush with the wall of the round hole. Without careful observation, one could not tell where there had once been a cylindrical protrusion as thick as a child's arm.

"It seems this button only appears during the day and disappears at night," Qian Zhenghao said with a sigh as he watched the cylindrical protrusion disappear.

"But this valley has been deserted for at least a thousand years, and yet this cylinder could appear and disappear so smoothly. I really don't know who made it back then, with such craftsmanship." Ouyang Nana was also somewhat moved.

Chen Mo watched the cylinder disappear, then withdrew his divine sense after probing it. He overheard their conversation but didn't mention that these things weren't man-made, but rather that they were affected by an array. If they were truly man-made, then whatever materials were used, they would all become ineffective after a thousand years.

Chen Mo sensed the array's operation through his divine sense just now. However, as long as spiritual energy exists, the array's energy patterns will continue to operate without any malfunctions. This is the power of array patterns, and also the strength of cultivators.

Unfortunately, what exactly was the reason that the Supreme Sect moved away a thousand years ago?

Because Qingxuan Zhenren's memories had faded too much, he didn't retain much about the Supreme Sect. He only had some important books, names, sect elders, and cultivation resources in his memory. Everything else had disappeared.