Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 144 Enemies meet
Lu family spiritual field.

Gu Mo was playing with the emerald green bamboo sword. After being refined by the fake elixir incarnation, Gu Mo himself could also activate this top-grade magic weapon. However, Gu Mo's body currently only had the liquid spiritual power of a foundation-building cultivator, which was not as strong as the elixir power of the fake elixir incarnation. Therefore, he was unable to bring out the full power of this top-grade magic weapon.

But once Gu Mo refines the complete third-level solar essence and his body is filled with golden elixir power, these problems will no longer exist.

After handing the bamboo sword to the fake Dan incarnation, Gu Mo picked up the jade slip of the wind escape technique. Next, he planned to comprehend this escape technique carefully.

"Senior, someone wants to see you!"

At this time, Lu Lingmei's voice came from outside the formation.

"Who's looking for me?"

Gu Mo put down the jade slip in his hand in confusion. If someone was looking for his fake Dan incarnation, Gu Mo would not be surprised. After all, the fake Dan incarnation had made a lot of connections in the past few years.

But Gu Mo himself has hardly been out in these years. Who would come to see him at this time?

After thinking about it, Gu Mo glanced at the fake elixir incarnation beside him. Immediately, the aura of the fake elixir incarnation quickly dropped from the fake elixir realm to the foundation-building stage.

Then the face of the fake Dan incarnation also changed into that of the original body. Of course, this appearance was not Gu Mo's real appearance. He did not forget that Fenghua Sect still had a wanted poster for him, with his portrait on it.

"Let's go!"

Gu Mo's incarnation walked out of the formation and called Lu Lingmei to go to Lu's house. Gu Mo naturally would not invite anyone to the spiritual field, as this place held many of his secrets.

When he arrived at the Lu family's reception room, Gu Mo saw the person who was looking for him. He was shocked. He never expected that he would meet an old acquaintance here.

However, Gu Mo hid the fluctuations in his heart very well.

"Master Hu!"

Seeing Gu Mo, He Shaogang immediately stood up and bowed.

"You are not worthy of being a master!"

Gu Mo waved his hands quickly, because he had already sensed He Shaogang's golden elixir aura. He was shocked that He Shaogang had become a golden elixir cultivator in such a short time.

Not only He Shaogang, but Yao Shifeng beside him also exuded a faint foundation-building aura, but there was a hint of discomfort in Yao Shifeng's aura.

"Master Hu's strength in the cultivation of sword bamboo is obvious to all, and he deserves to be called a master." He Shaogang said with a smile, "To be honest with you, Master, I am the next leader of Fenghua Sect. I heard of your name and would like to invite you to join my Fenghua Sect." After some greetings, He Shaogang extended the invitation.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master He. However, I have promised the Lu family that I would stay for some time, so I cannot agree to Master He's request for the time being." Gu Mo said with a flattered look on his face.

At this moment, Gu Mo was thinking about whether he should lure He Shaogang to the spiritual field and then use all his strength to keep He Shaogang.

But in the end Gu Mo gave up because he was not sure. He Shaogang said that he was the next leader of Fenghua Sect, so he must have something to save his life.

If we act rashly and fail to keep the other party, there will be a lot of trouble later, and even the Lu family will be implicated.

"That's such a pity, but the gate of my Fenghua Sect will always be open to you, Master." After a pleasant conversation between the host and the guest, He Shaogang took Yao Shifeng and left.

Looking at He Shaogang walking away, the smile on Gu Mo's face disappeared. At this moment, his eyes were full of solemnity. He Shaogang actually found this place, which really scared Gu Mo.

Gu Mo was confident that his great-accomplishment breath-concealing technique plus the camouflage technique would not reveal any flaws unless a Yuanying Zhenjun came up close to search him. But if He Shaogang used his soul lamp to investigate him, Gu Mo would be 100% exposed.

As a former disciple of Qinglu Sect, Gu Mo naturally left the soul lamp inside the mountain gate of Qinglu Sect. This soul lamp has two functions. One is to determine the life and death of important disciples in the sect, and the other is to confirm their identities to prevent someone from sneaking in disguised as an important disciple of the sect.

Apart from this, the soul lamp has no other effects. As for using the soul lamp to cast curses, lock locations, etc., it is simply impossible.

So many major sects use soul lamps to confirm the safety of important disciples. If the soul lamp had this kind of flaw, it would be impossible for it to spread.

But at this moment, the soul lamp was a flaw for Gu Mo. Of course, if the people from the Qinglu Sect destroyed the soul lamp when they evacuated, then everything would be fine.

But the people of Fenghua Sect should also know that the soul lamps can be used to find the remnants of Qinglu Sect. Before they implement their plan, they will definitely give priority to seizing the soul lamps of the disciples of Qinglu Sect.

Especially the soul lamps of key figures like Gu Mo and Yuan Niya.

Of course, the soul lamp needs to be close to the target to confirm its identity. Therefore, Gu Mo was not worried that the soul lamp would be obtained by the people of Fenghua Sect and they would be able to find him.

But he did not expect that He Shaogang would suddenly come to his door, which really caught Gu Mo off guard. No matter how good the disguise was, it could not withstand the enemy's bad luck.

However, He Shaogang did not take action immediately. Gu Mo was not sure whether the other party had his soul lamp, or whether Gu Mo was just an incarnation at the moment, so there were some errors in the identification of the soul lamp.

In this situation, it depends on whether He Shaogang will continue to test. If He Shaogang does not have the soul lamp, then he will not be able to discover Gu Mo's identity and will not continue to test.

But if He Shaogang continues to come over to test, then it can be almost certain that He Shaogang has Gu Mo's soul lamp in his hand, and he has begun to doubt it. At this time, Gu Mo can only take action.

On the other side, after He Shaogang took Yao Shifeng away from Lu's house, he suddenly took out a small lamp from his arms. At this moment, the fire on the small lamp was flickering.

He Shaogang looked at the small lamp in his hand and frowned slightly. This small lamp was exactly the soul lamp that Gu Mo left in Qinglu Sect. Every time he visited those spiritual plant masters, he would carry this small lamp with him.

The soul lamp had been silent before, but this time it reacted, but the reaction was not strong, and He Shaogang didn't know what was going on.

"Shifeng, do you think that Hu Shuo is Gu Mo?" He Shaogang asked Yao Shifeng beside him, who was also an old acquaintance of Gu Mo.

"I can't tell."

Yao Shifeng shook his head. It was true that he and Gu Mo were familiar with each other, but after the group disbanded, Gu Mo's growth rate was faster than he had imagined. It was no exaggeration to say that Gu Mo was now a stranger to Yao Shifeng.

"Send someone to keep an eye on this place." He Shaogang said after thinking for a while.

Although it is impossible to confirm that Hu Shuo is Gu Mo, since the soul lamp has reacted, this is a suspicious point. He Shaogang is just about to find an opportunity to investigate again.

Or he could just arrest Hu Shuo and interrogate him to see if he had any connection with Gu Mo. As long as he could find out Gu Mo, He Shaogang didn't mind offending people. If Hu Shuo dared to resist, he would just kill him. A spiritual plant master with no background was just an ant that could be crushed to death at any time by Fenghua Sect.

Of course, if possible, He Shaogang still hopes that the other party can cooperate. After all, killing people directly is not good for the reputation of Fenghua Sect, especially since this is the fairy city.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, you should start preparing to evacuate your family to the Immortal City at any time." Gu Mo called Fang Jiaoyan over and said in a deep voice.

Gu Mo was not sure whether He Shaogang had made any discoveries before, but when his spiritual sense detected some strange cultivators appearing near the Lu family, Gu Mo knew that the worst situation had occurred.

Based on his understanding of He Shaogang, since the other party has found some clues, he will not give up so easily. Therefore, Gu Mo can imagine that the other party's temptation will appear soon. At that time, a battle is inevitable. Of course, Gu Mo can also choose to escape now.

But now there are people watching outside, and if Gu Mo escapes, it would be tantamount to confessing his crime. Moreover, Gu Mo's combat power is only at the fake elixir level, and he cannot beat He Shaogang who is at the golden elixir level.

If he defends on the spot, Gu Mo's combat power, with the help of the plant front, will be at the real Jindan level, and can even threaten the middle Jindan stage. There is a chance that he can kill He Shaogang directly.

At present, He Shaogang is still unclear about Gu Mo’s true combat power. This is definitely the best opportunity to get rid of this annoying fly in one fell swoop.

However, this battle will implicate the Lu family, so Gu Mo asked Fang Jiaoyan to prepare for the evacuation of the entire family. As for why they only prepared and not evacuated now, it was because if they retreated now they would definitely be intercepted, and they would not be able to retreat then.

The real chance to evacuate is to wait for Gu Mo to kill He Shaogang. After that, there will be a vacuum period. This is the real time for Gu Mo and the Lu family to evacuate.

It won’t work either way.

"what!"

Faced with Gu Mo's sudden request to evacuate, Fang Jiaoyan didn't react for a while. Why did they have to evacuate in such a good situation?

"Okay, I'll prepare it right away." After a moment of surprise, Fang Jiaoyan immediately went to make arrangements. Although she was not sure why, since the master said so, he must have sensed some danger.

Return to Lingtian.

谷默查看着这些年来积攒的家底，5株3阶太阳花，1株3阶豌豆射手、1个3阶火炬树桩，两者联合足以威胁到金丹中期修士。

There is also a level 3 potato mine, a level 3 cherry bomb, and a level 3 nut located in the core of the nut array.

As long as he is not a late Jindan cultivator, with such a reserve of combat power, he can definitely kill indiscriminately.

He Shaogang's understanding of Gu Mo still remains at the time a few years ago when he reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator. After a few years, all he could think of was that Gu Mo's current strength was at most the early to middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

No matter how wildly imaginative He Shaogang was, he would never believe that Gu Mo had the means to kill him, a Jindan cultivator.

Based on the confidence brought by a lot of information, He Shaogang sneaked into the Lu family quietly on a dark night. As for the Lu family's formation, in the eyes of He Shaogang, a Jindan cultivator, it was equivalent to non-existence and was easily broken.

Afterwards, He Shaogang quickly came to the spiritual field on the top of the mountain. Looking at the flickering light of the soul lamp in his hand, a smile appeared on the corner of He Shaogang's mouth. Gu Mo was indeed here.

That Master Hu, I think, is Gu Mo in disguise. I don’t know what means the other party used to deceive him. If the soul lamp hadn’t reacted, he might have really been deceived.

"Then, how should I make my debut?" He Shaogang stood on the edge of the mountain top, looking at the spiritual field shrouded by the formation, imagining the horrified look in Gu Mo's eyes when he saw him.

"Crack!"

He Shaogang took a few steps towards the spiritual field, and then he heard a crisp sound under his feet. He looked down and saw a small round-headed wooden stick.

“A pretty good spiritual plant!”

He Shaogang already knew that Gu Mo had a special spiritual plant that could explode underground. The spiritual plant he stepped on at this moment was what he did on purpose.

This was the way He Shaogang thought of to make his debut.

"Boom!"

He Shaogang raised his foot, and the triggered potato mine exploded in an instant, but the power of the explosion was blocked by a layer of golden light and did not cause any harm to He Shaogang. He Shaogang wanted to use this method to show Gu Mo that his strongest killing move was useless to him.

With his cultivation level at the Jindan realm, it would be absolutely easy for him to crush Gu Mo to death. However, even after crushing him to death like this, He Shaogang still felt that his Taoism was not smooth. It was really that He Shaogang had suffered a lot at the hands of Gu Mo before, and his identity was almost exposed, which affected the final big plan.

He Shaogang was in a state of panic during those days, thinking all day about how to get rid of Gu Mo, so He Shaogang also wanted to make Gu Mo feel fear and despair.

Gu Mo, who was in the spiritual field, was slightly stunned when he saw He Shaogang's actions, and then he felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have buried the level 3 potato mine in front.

At this moment, all the potato mines that Gu Mo buried on the periphery were low-grade 1st-order mines, and there were no 2nd-order mines. Facing He Shaogang, who was at the Jindan level, there was not much difference between 1st-order and 2nd-order mines. These were all to cover up the 3rd-order potato mines. First, use the low-grade 1st-order potato mines to confuse He Shaogang, and wait for him to relax his vigilance against the potato mines under his feet. Then the 3rd-order potato mines will be the killing blow.

"Gu Mo, why don't you come out to greet your old friend who is visiting?" Seeing that there was no response from the Lingtian formation, He Shaogang spoke indifferently.

From the reaction of the soul lamp, He Shaogang could be sure that Gu Mo was inside. He was not afraid that Gu Mo would escape, because he had already arranged people outside to watch him.

Among them, there is a fake Dan elder leading the group, so it is absolutely impossible for Gu Mo to escape.

In the spiritual field formation, Gu Mo looked at He Shaogang quietly, then waved his hand lightly, and in an instant the pea shooters in the spiritual field fired a volley of shots.

This round of volleys looks fierce, but they are all attacks from level 1 pea shooters. Like the previous potato mines, these level 1 pea shooters are providing cover, and the real killer move is the energy pea shot by a level 3 pea shooter hidden inside.

Gu Mo did not directly use the torch stump to ignite the energy peas of the level 3 pea shooter. After all, a fireball mixed in a wave of emerald green energy pea attacks was somewhat conspicuous, and even a fool would know that there must be something strange about it.

He Shaogang looked at the emerald green energy peas that were shooting towards him, and soon discovered a pea hidden among them whose aura had reached the golden elixir level.

"Interesting! Is this what makes you so confident?"

A faint smile appeared on He Shaogang's lips. Gu Mo saw that he did not run away, which obviously meant that he had some trump cards in his hand. Now He Shaogang saw Gu Mo's trump cards, an attack with a power reaching the Jindan level, which was indeed a very good trump card.

If the one who came this time was an external elixir or fake elixir cultivator, he might not be able to defeat Gu Mo, but unfortunately, he had to do it himself this time.

(End of this chapter)