The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3101 Diamond Golem

Qian Wantong's arrangement was actually a way of taking care of the Ouyang family. Originally, the Ouyang family had a relatively large number of members in the main team, so by concentrating their experts, even if the Ouyang family didn't have any martial artists at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, they would still bring in those at the ninth level to join the support team.

However, since Ouyang Nan had just so magnanimously agreed to the reconnaissance mission, Qian Wantong couldn't go too far. Therefore, he decided to let the Ouyang family pass through the support team of experts, using this method to reciprocate Ouyang Nan's magnanimity.

Although he didn't tell Ouyang Nan explicitly, and did so after Ouyang Nan had already set off, it seemed like he wasn't being open about it, but in reality, Ouyang Nan would find out sooner or later.

Besides, if their strength is insufficient, forcing them to join might only drag the team down. It's better not to let members of the Ouyang family join, which is also an indirect way of showing goodwill to Ouyang Nan.

As for what Ouyang Nan thinks, it's no longer important. Some things must be done, but they don't have to be said. That's just how things are. People are perceptive; even if something isn't explicitly stated, those who are interested will see it.

Whether Ouyang Nan is a scheming person or not, is there any need to say more?

As for Qian Wantong still looking for an opportunity to kill Li Mo and Ouyang Nan, that's another matter. Everyone should have goals when doing things, and when using people, one must have a broad mind.

Qian Wantong arranged the team in a very orderly manner. The team of dozens of people was not chaotic at all, and they prepared for the retreat in a busy and orderly manner.

Then, at a command, everyone lined up in pairs and marched toward the towering gate tower.

Everyone felt a little lost, unsure of what lay beyond the gatehouse and what dangers lay ahead. Fortunately, following Manager Qian's instructions, Ouyang Nan's advance team had already set off to scout for danger. Therefore, although the warriors in the team were confused, they were relatively calm, and their mindset was much better than when they first heard the roar of the strange beast.

Chen Mo followed behind Ouyang Nan, glancing back at Qian Zhenghao who was following not far away, and the support team of martial artists a hundred meters away. He couldn't help but sigh. Tonight's time was too tight; otherwise, he would have had enough time to prepare some methods.

However, he now has to resort to other means to ensure the safety of his own people. But later, he might also protect the other martial artists as well. Although it's not his original intention, it's something he can do as it's convenient. After all, these guys are needed to hold the line in the back, while he himself will continue to be the sixth man in the back.

At this moment, they had reached the stone statues, and as the sound of their footsteps rang out, some of the statues seemed to be awakened, and dust began to fall from their bodies.

In fact, when Chen Mo was setting up the formation earlier, he observed these stone statues as he passed by. He realized that these statues were not real stone statues, but rather puppets made of stone. Behind the mountain gate, standing on both sides of the road, there were probably thousands of them, likely used to guard the mountain gate.

The stone that forms its body is not an ordinary stone, but a diamond, which is relatively rare in the cultivation world. It is extremely hard, and even cultivators in the Qi Refining stage don't need to think about breaking it. After all, diamonds are not only hard, but also have the function of guiding energy.

By etching energy patterns onto the diamond, attacks can be directed into the core of the puppet, serving as its energy source. In this way, the outer diamond is extremely hard and can also channel the energy from attacks into the core, recharging it. It's practically a nuclear-powered donkey; as long as external attacks continue, the stone puppet's energy supply will be plentiful.

This also shows that the overall strength of this Supreme Sect is quite considerable. After all, being able to refine thousands of diamond puppets to guard the sect's gates indicates a formidable strength. If it were a smaller sect, these diamond puppets would have wiped out their entire fortune. Diamonds don't exist on ordinary planets; these stones are produced on planets with extremely harsh environments, requiring unique conditions to form. Otherwise, diamonds wouldn't be such a rare commodity in the cultivation world.

Therefore, when Chen Mo saw these puppets, his first thought was to take them for himself. However, after scanning them with his divine sense and examining their internal cores, he discovered that there were several layers of restrictions inside the stone statues, protecting the puppets' energy core and control core.

Chen Mo might be able to break through the outermost layer of these restrictions using some methods. However, that would only be the outermost layer; the second layer was beyond his ability to break. After all, this layer of restrictions was beyond the capabilities of a Foundation Establishment Stage 6 cultivator like himself.

The second layer of restrictions requires at least a Golden Core cultivator to break. As for the third layer, Chen Mo couldn't even use his divine sense to examine it; a chilling restriction made him afraid to probe it. Besides, this was only the third layer; there were still fourth and fifth layers to come.

All the restrictions and enchantments protected the energy core and control core, extinguishing his desire to remove these puppets.

These stone golems truly live up to their reputation as guardians of a sect. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator came here, these stone golems could probably fight them and hold their own.

This reminded Chen Mo of his master Ye Shang, whom he had never met. Ye Shang was also a Nascent Soul cultivator, but he left him a treasure that changed his life. He could never forget the gratitude he felt for him.

Chen Mo had long ago decided that after spending some time on this planet and having nothing left to cherish, he would go to the cultivation world to fulfill Master Ye Shang's last wishes and return his belongings. He would also bring news of Master Ye Shang to the sect.

A "click!" sound rang out, its origin unknown, but it sounded very abrupt in the darkness, causing everyone to turn their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

It was this sound that brought Chen Mo back from his wandering thoughts. Damn it, thinking about other things at a time like this is really too much.

Chen Mo scanned the stone statue with his divine sense. Although it was only three and a half meters away, he was able to see the stone statue in front of him and found that the energy core inside its body had been awakened and started to operate.

If everyone continues along the road, it might not even take half a minute before all the stone golems come to their senses!
Then, the entire team will face an attack from thousands of stone golems.

These puppets, however, become stronger when facing stronger opponents and weaker when facing weaker ones, making them a real headache for Chen Mo.

No, it was envy. If he could have these stone golems, they would be invaluable helpers. But unfortunately, his wish could not be fulfilled.

(End of this chapter)