The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3054 Both Beasts Were Subdued

On this side of the canyon, since Ouyang Nan and her companions had a large quantity of honey, the three women seized the time to cultivate, hoping to improve their strength as quickly as possible.

Being in a valley is extremely dangerous; every step forward presents various perilous situations. Therefore, given the opportunity to improve one's abilities, why not seize the moment and work hard?

Especially in the last two days, no one came to disturb them, and there were no other trivial matters. The entire temporary camp was quiet, and all the martial artists were cultivating.

Originally, Chen Mo had planned to stay by Ouyang Ruoxi's side as a protector and keep an eye on them while they cultivated.

Unexpectedly, in order not to delay Chen Mo, the three of them took turns, thinking that he should also have time to cultivate.

So, during the day, Chen Mo used the ropes above the canyon to return directly to the hilltop nursery and collect some snow lotus. After all, the snow lotus was just sitting there anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to collect some when he had time.

At night, Chen Mo returned to the Red Bee area and went to a spot near the edge of the valley to collect some honey. This honey was mainly for his own and others' later use.

Although the Qiankun Pearl already contains a lot of honeycomb, it is inconvenient to use in many situations. It would be better to collect some more and put them in the Qiankun Bag so that they can be used as needed, which is more convenient.

Of course, when he arrived at the Red Bee area at night, he didn't run towards the lake, since Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing were also there, and he needed to keep an eye out.

Since both sides were collecting honey at night, and because they were far apart, and Chen Mo started collecting honey relatively early, they did not disturb the red bees, nor did they see the red bees wake up and chase after Qian Yi and Zhou Zixing at night.

It could be said that with Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing away, Chen Mo, Ouyang Ruoxi, and the others were living quite comfortably, undisturbed and able to do whatever they wanted.

In fact, Qian Zhenghao had been spending most of his time these past few days cultivating near Ouyang Nan's place, where he found a spot not far away. After all, he had been given some honey when they were collecting it, so if he wanted to improve his strength, he naturally had to focus on cultivating diligently.

If he returned to the Qian family and was seen by Qian Wantong, there might be trouble. Therefore, Qian Zhenghao told Ouyang Nan that he would cultivate in the vicinity of her. His excuse was that as a member of the exploration team, staying by Ouyang Nan's side would allow him to better observe the team members.

Therefore, Qian Zhenghao was also cultivating with great enthusiasm, and his cultivation level increased significantly in just a few days. If he had enough honey, he could have directly cultivated from the eighth level of the Acquired Realm to the ninth level of the Acquired Realm in a few months.

With their free time, the group's skills continued to improve.

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Qian Ying was naturally unaware of the situation on this side of the canyon.

He and Zhou Zixing, the two old men, were now relentlessly attacking the two strange beasts. If they stopped attacking or if there was any gap in their defenses, the beasts would stand up and run away. This made it very difficult for the two old men to fight the beasts; they couldn't stop at all and had to keep attacking the two beasts.

Although the beasts continued to howl in agony and their internal injuries gradually worsened, their outer scales provided extremely high defense. Apart from the horned beasts having damaged scales, the hornless beasts remained completely unharmed.

This was also due to the hornless beast's constant struggle; no matter how Qian Ying attacked, it would continuously retaliate to reduce the frequency of attacks on itself. Therefore, the hornless beast's internal organs did not experience much turbulence, and its injuries were not very serious; it only coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.

Perhaps with no hope of escape, or perhaps exhausted from the beating, the two beasts leaned on each other, each protecting their vulnerable areas, and simply endured the attacks of the two old men, making no other moves except for screams.

After attacking for a while, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing stopped when they saw this situation.

"Elder Qian, it seems these two strange beasts have been subdued." Zhou Zixing calmed his breathing and said to Qian Ying.

In just a short while, due to the all-out attack, a significant amount of innate power was consumed; one-third of the innate power in the dantian had already been depleted.

"It seems so." Qian Ying's innate power was also greatly depleted. He had just been a key player in the attack and had also blocked the newly arrived hornless beasts, so he had consumed even more power than Zhou Zixing.

Fortunately, neither of the two beasts is resisting or running away anymore; they're just lying on the ground howling, so there's no need to continue expending energy.

"Elder Qian, what should we do with these two strange beasts? Should we kill them, or cut off their horns?" Zhou Zixing asked.

"First, try to cut off the horn. If these two beasts don't resist, then spare their lives," Qian Ying said.

After all, this is a lake area, and we don't yet know how to cross it. What if killing the beast now and cutting off its horn isn't the way to cross the lake?

Since the two beasts have surrendered, let's try the unicorn first before considering anything else. Hearing Qian Ying's words, Zhou Zixing understood the implication and nodded without saying anything more. Instead, he drew his innate short sword, walked to the head of the unicorn beast, grabbed its thick horn, and slashed down at its base.

Although the Innate Short Sword is a short sword, it is tough on both sides, so it can be used for slashing without any problem. Moreover, although the blade is short, it is quite wide, about the width of four fingers. It can also be used like a knife to chop things.

With a crisp "clang!", the blade of the innate short sword failed to sever the unicorn horn, and the blade even vibrated, producing a metallic sound.

"Damn it, this horn is really sturdy!" Zhou Zixing said speechlessly. Unwilling to give up, he cleaved it open again with all his might, striking it more than a dozen times, but the horn remained completely undamaged. Fortunately, the innate short sword was of excellent quality, with several rare metals added during its forging, so the blade was intact and there were no problems.

"It's met its match." Zhou Zixing examined his innate short sword and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that it was still intact.

He would be heartbroken if the innate short sword were damaged. After all, innate short swords are not easy to make, and only innate masters registered with the Special Administration Bureau can obtain one. If an innate short sword is damaged, the damaged one must be handed over to receive a new one.

If it is lost, it will be extremely costly to continue the claim.

Upon seeing it, Qian Ying clicked his tongue twice and said, "I'll give it a try too." He was quite interested, not expecting the single horn to be so sturdy.

Sure enough, even after Qian Ying used the innate short sword and slashed it more than a dozen times, he still couldn't cut off the unicorn horn.

Qian Ying looked at the innate short sword in her hand, then at the marks left by the horn. Seeing that they were just some marks, she said, "It seems that to use this horn, we either need to drag the beast behind that building, or we need to cut off its head. That would make it easier to use the horn. This beast's body is too huge; dragging it over will be difficult."

They're not far from the lake, only a few dozen meters away. But they're over a hundred meters from that building.

"Then kill one and leave the other. If we can't cross the lake, we can find another way," Zhou Zixing suggested after hearing Qian Ying's suggestion.

"Then that's the only way." Qian Ying thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Zhou Zixing's idea.

As for the fact that the beast's scales were thick enough to make it difficult to kill, the two old men didn't think it was a big deal. After all, scales could be broken off. As long as they used their innate domains to attack a single point, a continuous and powerful attack could break off the scales.

However, even if the beast does not resist, it is still difficult to kill it and cut off its head.

I really want to tell this beast that it would be so much better to just walk over and stick its horn into that building.

The two old men observed the strange beast's unicorn horn while discussing their plan.

However, what they didn't expect was that when they were discussing how to kill the unicorn and take its head and horn to the building, the two beasts seemed to understand them and trembled violently.

Then, the strange beast with the unicorn uttered a strange howl, then slowly crawled to the ground with its limbs, its head and jaw pressed against the ground. After opening its eyes to look at the two old men, it instantly closed its eyes.

The beast's movements prompted the two old men to quickly move aside and stand near the lake, preventing it from retreating into the water. They each held a short sword, ready to make the beasts feel the pain they had felt before if they dared to attack them.

However, after the beast lay down and its head emerged, it did nothing more.

"What's going on?" Qian Ying asked curiously, wondering what this horned beast was trying to do by making such a move.

"I don't know. Could it be sticking its head out so that we can cut it off?" Zhou Zixing thought about it but felt it was impossible. This beast had been so careful with its life before, and now it was doing this. It definitely wasn't to make it easier to chop off its neck.

But just as the two old men were complaining, the scales on the horned beast's head began to slowly wriggle.

"What is this?" Zhou Zixing was curious, but he couldn't figure out why the scales on the head of this strange beast were wriggling.

Especially the scales on the forehead area, it looks like something is crawling under the scales, with the scales rising and falling.

Zhou Zixing wanted to get closer to observe, but Qian Ying stopped him.

"Let's take a look first." Since neither of the two beasts is moving now, let's observe them first.

Furthermore, Qian Ying had his own thoughts upon seeing this scene. Perhaps this strange phenomenon was related to the single horn. Maybe the beast understood his and Zhou Zixing's conversation, and thus made this commotion to save its life.