The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3102 Activating the Array Protection
Chen Mo suppressed his emotions and quickly used a restriction to activate the formation that had been set up here.

Then, waves of mist surged and appeared, filling the space around the road in just a few seconds, and all kinds of isolation, silencing, and illusion arrays were activated.

As a result, everyone who was walking along the path paved with bluestone slabs behind the mountain gate was trapped by the formation. In an instant, their companions who were a little further away disappeared into the mist, and they lost their sense of direction, only able to grope their way forward.

Because the formation shielded all the movements of the martial artists after it was activated, the energy core of the diamond golem, which was in the process of activating, gradually extinguished under the control of the core, and became silent. If these stone golems were to activate, even Chen Mo would have to run away.

Fortunately, although the stone statues are placed on both sides of the road behind the mountain gate to guard the gate, they will not be activated as long as they are not disturbed.

This was what Chen Mo observed when setting up the formation. That's why he didn't tell anyone else about it. After all, as long as the sound was blocked and there was no noise, the stone golem would be no threat.

What does it matter if they are powerful? As long as they don't disturb these stone golems, all the martial artists will be safe.

Therefore, by activating the formation, Chen Mo indirectly saved the lives of all the martial artists. However, he couldn't reveal this, and could only keep his merits hidden, quietly protecting everyone.

"Amo, what is this..." Ouyang Ruoxi, seeing the thick fog obscuring their vision, quickly pulled Chen Mo aside, surprised and wanting to say something.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Chen Mo held Ruoxi's soft hand and came to Ouyang Nan's side before saying, "Aunt, you and Nana come with me."

Ouyang Nan was initially anxious, but the swirling fog obstructed her vision and blocked her path. Especially in the darkness, even with the light shining on her, she couldn't see anything more than ten meters away, which left her completely at a loss.

The rising fog reminded her of how, when she crossed the suspension bridge and continued exploring, she was attacked by a pack of wolves because the fog obscured her view.

Furthermore, because the thick fog obscured their vision, the group did not notice the wolves charging towards them. When they were surrounded by the wolves at close range, they might have perished in the wolf bites if Chen Mo had not come to their rescue in time.

Now, with another scene of dense fog obscuring their vision, does this mean that something, or perhaps a strange beast, might be hiding in the fog, waiting for them to continue forward before emerging from the fog to ambush them?
No, we need to go back to Qian Wantong, tell him about the situation, and then have all the martial artists prepare to be attacked.

Of course, since Chen Mo was following behind her this time, Ouyang Nan was not too anxious. Just as she was observing the thick fog and stopped to turn back, she saw Chen Mo step forward and say something to her.

So Ouyang Nan gave up the idea of ​​finding Manager Qian and instead followed behind Chen Mo with Ouyang Nana.

My nephew-in-law is a master of innate martial arts. Since he said he would follow him, then following him is the right thing to do. He won't harm me.

As Chen Mo led the group forward, all the other martial artists were already trapped in an illusion. After all, if they were to stop all the martial artists from advancing and prevent them from leaving the main road and entering the stone statue puppet area on both sides of the road, then they would have to be put into an illusion to restrict their movements.

Fortunately, apart from Chen Mo, the others in the team, including Ouyang Ruoxi, didn't have high mental strength. Therefore, controlling them into the illusion through the formation was relatively easy and didn't consume too much energy. Chen Mo led Ouyang Ruoxi, Ouyang Nan, and Ouyang Nana to an area within the formation. This was the core area of ​​the formation; even if an enemy broke through, they wouldn't reach here quickly. So, bringing them here was considered safe.

As for Qian Zhenghao following behind, he was now completely immersed in the illusion, perhaps having encountered something good, and was in a dazed, smiling state. Everyone else was the same, controlled by the illusion, each one standing or sitting, completely absorbed in it.

"Don't worry, everyone. Actually, the thick fog here is protecting us. If it weren't for this fog, we might be in grave danger right now," Chen Mo said to the three women.

"Huh? What? This thick fog is protecting us?" Ouyang Nana asked in surprise.

"Amo, how do you know that this thick fog is protecting us?" Ouyang Nan naturally believed that what Chen Mo said was true, but she was also a little incredulous. How did you know that this thick fog was protecting everyone?

Ouyang Ruoxi remained silent. She trusted Chen Mo completely and would stay by his side no matter what.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Mo said, "Here's what happened. Before we retreated, I came here specifically to investigate and see what was going on. But I discovered that the stone statues here are not ordinary stone statues, but a kind of mechanical puppet. Whenever someone passes by, these mechanical puppets will activate and attack the person who passes by."

"Ah, those stone statues are mechanical puppets?" The three women were all surprised.

“That’s right, it’s a mechanical puppet.” He naturally wouldn’t explain what a diamond puppet was, or what diamond was, etc. He would also have to explain the puppet’s energy core and control core, which would be a long story.

Therefore, he tried to explain in words that could be quickly understood: "However, I discovered that these mechanical puppets can also be prevented from activating by releasing this fog mechanism, using the fog to conceal the activation of the mechanical puppets. So, when I said that this fog was protecting everyone, I wasn't just making it up."

"Amo, how did you discover these fog traps and puppet traps? I didn't find anything when I came here," Ouyang Nan asked curiously. He had carefully observed the ground and surroundings while leading the team, but hadn't found anything.

There was only a narrow bluestone path, less than ten meters wide, with lifelike stone statues on both sides. Yet, I never imagined these statues were actually mechanical puppets. Could it be that what I saw was completely different from what Chen Mo had seen?

“Aunt, I found the mechanism on the stone pillar behind the mountain gate. Once you enter the mountain gate, just walk along the bluestone path, and naturally you won’t see anything.”

"I see, that's good." Ouyang Nan was relieved.

Immediately, Chen Mo took out a low-grade spirit stone, and with a flick of his true essence, the spirit stone vanished into the thick fog in an instant.

Originally, the composite formation contained a spirit-gathering array that could constantly replenish the formation's energy. However, just to be on the safe side, Chen Mo placed a spirit stone in the core area. If someone were to damage the formation, this spirit stone would provide spiritual power to the core area, instantly strengthening its defenses and preventing enemies from breaking through in a short time.

(End of this chapter)