The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3287 A Sudden Appearance

In the afternoon, both teams stopped and began preparing for the night.

Ouyang Nan, who was in front, instructed Ouyang Bei to stand at the entrance of the mountain path on the platform. He waved a strip of cloth in his hand at Qian Ying and the others behind him to indicate that everything was safe and there were no problems.

Qian Ying and her team also arranged for someone to wave their arms to indicate that they had received the message.

Then each team began preparing supplies to get through the night.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing took action, resuming their frantic demolition of the house. However, it took them about ten minutes to break through each barrier before they could dismantle the timber and supporting pillars, attack the pillars, and finally collapse the entire house to collect the timber more quickly.

Therefore, the team would advance up the mountain in the morning and stop on the platform in the afternoon to prepare wood and supplies for the night.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing assigned Qian Wantong and Zhou Ke to lead separate teams to break down the doors of the houses on one side of the platform, while the two of them, Xiantian, went to demolish the houses next to them and collect wood.

Upon receiving the order, Qian Wantong and Zhou Ke began to have the martial artists take turns attacking the house door with maximum force. After all, their strength was much lower than that of a Xiantian martial artist, so to open the door, they had to use all their strength to attack it, and all the martial artists had to take turns attacking.

It took nearly an hour before the door to the house was opened.

With two innate beings demolishing houses nearby, the martial artists in the group were relatively calm.

All the warriors placed the logs they had been carrying at the main entrance, then lit them and threw them into the open house. One purpose was to dispel the darkness in the house, and the other was to illuminate the house to prevent shadowy attacks.

After everyone placed burning wood inside the house, they gathered together and began dismantling the two partition walls. All the martial artists lined up and took turns attacking the walls. Since no shadowy figures had appeared during the entire two days, and the sounds of the two innate-level martial artists demolishing the walls next door were also in their ears, the martial artists were somewhat relaxed.

Besides, it's impossible to stay on edge for two days if you're constantly on edge.

As a result, the martial artists became somewhat complacent. The wood in the house was already burning, so there were no shadows.

But just as the warriors were attacking the partition wall, a dark figure suddenly jumped down from the roof beam.

With a "thud!", a martial artist was cleaved in two by the black shadow.

"It's the shadowy figure!" All the warriors immediately scattered and threw the pieces of wood they were holding at the shadowy figure.

"Retreat!" Qian Wantong shouted loudly!
"Elders!" The martial artist stationed at the door immediately called out to the two Innate Elders!
Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing immediately appeared inside the house.

But at that moment, the shadowy figure braved the attack of many torches once again and killed another warrior beside him!
"Damn shadow!" Qian Ying no longer held back, swinging his innate short sword and slashing at the shadow.

"Get out!" Zhou Zixing shouted to the other martial artists, who immediately retreated towards the gate. Then Zhou Zixing drew his innate short sword and attacked the dark figure.

Since this black shadow was not a fused black shadow, it was equivalent to a martial artist at the peak of the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, only extremely fast!

However, due to the attacks from both sides by Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing, the black shadow's speed was limited. Especially since they had encountered the black shadow so many times, they had gained some experience. Unlike when they ambushed the black shadow, they were no longer as flustered.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing's innate short swords struck the black figure simultaneously from both ends, severing its two arms. The black figure roared continuously, then its body swelled up again, as if it wanted to explode and use its black spots to attack the two of them.

Unfortunately, the two were prepared. Qian Ying swung her sword at the chest of the shadowy figure, causing the figure's body to swell up and slow down slightly. Meanwhile, Zhou Zixing flashed his sword from behind and chopped off the shadowy figure's head.

Suddenly, the shadowy figure's body gradually deflated, and then the headless body collapsed to the ground.

"Phew!" Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing breathed a sigh of relief. Although these shadowy figures were of average strength, their speed, defense, and agility were extremely high. That's why they were able to fight for more than a dozen moves against the two innate masters.

Therefore, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing attacked with all their might, without holding back, and only then were they able to kill the black shadow in just over ten moves.

After eliminating the shadowy figure, Qian Ying looked at the two martial artists lying on the ground, who were beyond dead, and his face darkened. One of the martial artists was a member of the Qian family, and he felt a little regretful.

"Manager Qian, clean this place up, and then continue dismantling the partition wall!" Qian Ying said to Qian Wantong. Then, she and Zhou Zixing took torches and flashed to the roof beam. They carefully observed the area and found no more shadows hiding there.

"Manager Qian, get some burning wood and put it on the roof beam so that it won't be shadowed." The roof beam is protected, so there's no problem putting burning wood on it; it won't damage the roof beam in a day.

Qian Wantong immediately led his men inside, then put the mangled body on the ground into a sleeping bag and had it carried outside. He also dragged the dark figure out and burned it with firewood.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing walked out of the house, looked at the two sleeping bags on the ground for a moment, and then prepared to go to the next house to dismantle the wood.

As she turned to leave, Qian Ying gave her another instruction: "Manager Qian, you must be careful. Although there are fewer shadows during the day, they are not nonexistent. In the room, place burning wood in every hidden corner or shadowy place to illuminate every area, leaving no gaps."

"Yes, Elder." Qian Wantong nodded, feeling a pang of fear in his heart. It had really been a bit dangerous just now, but fortunately there were many martial artists who were able to slow down the shadowy figure's movements until two innate masters arrived and eliminated it.

"Elder, do we need to send someone to inform Ouyang Nan and the others to be careful of a sneak attack by a dark figure?" Qian Wantong looked at the platform in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.

Qian Ying also looked up at the platform in front of her, then shook her head slightly: "No need. Some things they need to handle themselves. Besides, you underestimate the strength of that young man named Li Mo. He and Ouyang Nan together can easily deal with the shadowy figure."

However, he thought to himself that since Ouyang Nan had taken on the expedition himself, he would have to face any danger alone. Asking for their help was out of the question. After all, they were very busy and needed to gather enough wood before nightfall.