Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 98 Plant Front
"what happened?"

Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei were pulled back to the villa by Gu Mo to ask about the situation.

"It seems that those killers are not going to let us go." Gu Mo took a deep breath. Just now, his spiritual sense detected that there was a group of monks approaching this side in the distance.

These people were dressed the same as the killers who had ambushed them before.

Moreover, one of them discovered Gu Mo's spiritual sense detection, which means that there is a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment period in that team. Only a Foundation Establishment cultivator who has also condensed his spiritual sense can discover Gu Mo's spiritual sense.

"This is how to do!"

Upon hearing that the killers were coming and that some of them were enemies in the Foundation Establishment Stage, both Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei showed uneasiness on their faces. At the same time, their hearts were full of confusion. What kind of killer organization could dare to so blatantly ambush and kill them, the disciples of a major sect.

Just at this moment, the inner disciple token on Yuan Niya began to vibrate, and then a message emerged from the inner disciple token.

"It's an emergency call from the sect."

As an inner sect disciple, Yuan Niya naturally knew what was going on. Every inner sect disciple's identity token had the function of receiving the sect's emergency messages. This message ignored distance and formation obstacles and could be sent directly to the inner sect disciple's identity token.

Because sending such an emergency message each time costs a lot, the sect will not easily use this function unless it is a particularly important matter.

"It seems that we are not the only ones who are being ambushed. There are other forces targeting the entire Qinglu Sect." Gu Mo and the other two gathered together, reading the message on Yuan Niya's identity token, with solemn expressions on their faces.

This can no longer be considered an ordinary ambush, but a confrontation between the Qinglu Sect and an unknown force.

Both sides sent out their disciples in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages to carry out an ambush and counter-ambush in this area. If the unknown force can send people to ambush the Qinglu Sect's disciples, then the Qinglu Sect can also launch a counterattack.

The message clearly states that as long as one kills a hostile assassin, the sect will give generous rewards. The more you kill, the higher the reward. At the same time, this will also be included in the assessment of true transmission. The inner disciples who were previously ranked low can get higher scores by killing those assassins and thus enter the true transmission sequence.

Of course, the sect did not forget to remind all disciples in the message that they should first meet up with their protectors before starting to act, because the enemy's team all have foundation-building cultivators.

"Where is the protector?" Yuan Niya looked around. If they had a foundation-building cultivator, they wouldn't have to worry about the enemy's foundation-building cultivators.

By then, the protectors on their side will lead away the foundation-building cultivators of the killer team, and they can kill all the remaining Qi-refining cultivators as before.

"He was lured away by the enemy's foundation building and is not here now." Gu Mo said helplessly.

Without a protector at the Foundation Establishment stage to resist the enemy's Foundation Establishment cultivators, the three of them would be more likely to be killed by the enemy, let alone kill the enemy. Facing the Foundation Establishment cultivators directly, Gu Mo simply cannot defeat them now.

"Then, what should we do?"

Chu Feifei looked worried. Based on what Gu Mo had just said, they should have been discovered. If Gu Mo hadn't pulled the two back in time, they might have crashed into it.

"We can only defend here and wait for the protector to find us." Gu Mo didn't have any worries about this. If he took the initiative to attack, Gu Mo would be no match for the Foundation Establishment Monk, but if it came to a positional battle, Gu Mo would not be afraid of the Foundation Establishment Monk at all.

This is also why, after discovering that something was wrong, Gu Mo did not choose to escape, but directly took Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei back to the villa. There was an acre of first-grade top-quality spiritual field in the villa, which could completely become a venue for Gu Mo to set up a plant battle line.

In addition, the villa itself has a large formation of a high grade, supported by spiritual veins, which can definitely block the enemy's offensive steps and buy more time for the three people.

"Sister, you should activate the formation of the villa as soon as possible." Gu Mo said to Yuan Niya. The formation of the villa is complete and can be activated as long as there is a control jade talisman.

"it is good!"

Yuan Niya nodded.

As for Gu Mo and Chu Feifei, they went straight to the spiritual field. On the way, Gu Mo took out nine first-grade top-quality nuts and asked Chu Feifei to set up a defensive formation.

Nine first-grade top-quality nuts can definitely withstand the attack of a foundation-building cultivator. As long as the nine nuts are not broken instantly, the nuts can absorb the spiritual power in the spiritual field to heal themselves.

As for Gu Mo himself, he took out ten Pea Shooter plants and planted them in the spiritual field. These ten Pea Shooter plants were part of the fortune that Gu Mo had saved. Among them, there was one second-grade lower-quality Pea Shooter, two first-grade top-quality plants, and seven first-grade upper-quality plants.

There is no mid-quality one. After all, the mid-quality Pea Shooter is of little help to Gu Mo, unless he can form a numerical advantage, but Gu Mo does not have that much solar essence to consume right now.

Therefore, Gu Mo chose to go the elite route. The attack of a 1st-grade top-grade pea shooter can threaten a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. The attack power of a 1st-grade top-grade pea shooter can be comparable to that of a cultivator in the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The power of a 2nd-grade pea shooter is naturally at the foundation-building level.

In other words, these ten pea shooters are equivalent to adding 1 foundation-building, 2 Qi-refining great perfection, and 7 Qi-refining late stage combat power to Gu Mo.

Of course, the 2nd-level Pea Shooter can probably only launch one attack in a battle because the quality of the spiritual field is not high enough, but for the remaining 1st-level best-quality and 1st-level upper-quality Pea Shooters, this 1st-level upper-quality spiritual field can fully support them.

In addition to the pea shooter, Gu Mo also prepared a lot of potato mines, which are the real killer weapons, especially the potato mines require less solar essence to upgrade. Gu Mo prepared 2 level 2 mines this time. In fact, Gu Mo prepared a total of 5 level 2 potato mines, but 2 of them were triggered by someone before, killing a foundation-building evil cultivator.

There was one left by Gu Mo for guarding the house, so there were only two that could be brought out.

Fortunately, Gu Mo had prepared a lot of level 1 potato mines, including 3 level 1 top-grade mines, 7 level 1 upper-grade mines, and 20 level 1 mid-grade mines. Because of their powerful power, level 1 mid-grade mines can completely threaten cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

In addition, potato mines are passively triggered. Only when there are enough of them buried can the probability of the enemy stepping on them increase. If there are only a few, if you are unlucky, they may not be triggered at all in a battle.

Nuts, pea shooters, potato mines, these are the four kinds of plants that Gu Mo owns. At this moment, he has taken out three of them. As for sunflowers, they are of no use in battle, so Gu Mo will not take them out.

Of course, the ideal plant front envisioned by Gu Mo should have a place for sunflowers. Sunflowers continuously condense the essence of the sun. Gu Mo uses the essence of the sun to purchase and upgrade plants, and then add them to the plant front, making the plant front a desperate place that the enemy can never cross.

However, this battle will most likely not last long. Sunflowers can only play the role of continuously replenishing combat power in a protracted war, and their effect in short-term battles is limited.

"Brother Gu Mo, what is this?"

After activating the formation of the villa, Yuan Niya's uneasiness in her heart settled down a little. She came to the spiritual field and saw the row of pea shooters in the spiritual field. Her eyes were filled with curiosity.

She knew that Gu Mo was a spiritual plant master, and a very talented one, but the plants cultivated by Gu Mo had neither thorns nor venom, nor vines, which were the conventional spiritual plant attack methods. The Pea Shooter, with a round bean pod cannon on his head, kept shaking his body in the spiritual field, looking a bit silly.

"It's the Peashooter!"

Gu Mo, who was burying potato mines, said without turning his head. With the identity of a spiritual plant master, Gu Mo didn't have to worry too much when he took out these plants. It was just that the power of the pea shooter and potato mines would be more amazing and might not be easy to explain.

After all, it was quite amazing that a level 1 spiritual plant master could cultivate a level 2 spiritual plant. However, this situation was not uncommon in the cultivation of immortal arts. For example, a genius formation master spent several years to set up a level 2 formation.

There was an alchemist with special talents who used second-level spiritual medicine to refine second-level pills. These stories were circulated from time to time. Now, it was not a big problem for Jia Gumo, a talented spiritual plant master, to cultivate second-level spiritual plants.

Maybe Gu Mo could use this method of cultivating spiritual plants across levels and, without having to enter the foundation-building stage, be accepted as a direct disciple by the spiritual plant master elder as an exception. Then, with the support of the Jindan elder, Gu Mo would have nothing to fear.

"Oh!"

Yuan Niya looked at the row of pea shooters, reached out and touched them, but couldn't see what was so powerful about them.

Thinking that the enemy would arrive here soon, Yuan Niya calmed down and began to adjust her state, preparing for the next battle.

"Crack!"

Suddenly, Yuan Niya, who was walking towards the thatched hut, felt as if she stepped on something. When she looked down, she saw something that looked like a potato that Gu Mo was burying. According to Yuan Niya's understanding, this thing should be a trigger-type spiritual plant.

But why would such a dangerous thing be buried right on the road, and there was no mark on it? Now look what happened, I stepped on it.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, what should we do?" Yuan Niya quickly asked for help.

"Don't worry, it won't explode." Gu Mo comforted. He had already put Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei on the whitelist. The two of them could not trigger the potato mines, and the Pea Shooter would not attack them either.

When fighting in this way, there is no need to remember where the potato mines are buried, and the enemy needs to be careful to avoid stepping on the mines, which is enough to greatly reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, is this used to scare people?" Yuan Niya raised her foot and found that nothing was wrong. She couldn't help but ask. Cultivating some spiritual plants that look powerful but actually have no attack power and use them for deterrence is also a way of cultivation.

"Of course not. It will explode if the enemy steps on it. The explosion range is 3 meters. Remember to dodge then." Gu Mo reminded him that the potato mine has a small explosion range. Even if the enemy steps on it during battle, the friendly side can quickly leave the explosion range.

If this happens to those with a larger range, if the enemy steps on them, our side will probably be affected as well.

"Was the two big pits in your spiritual field last time caused by this thing?" After hearing Gu Mo's words, Yuan Niya suddenly realized that the explosion diameter of 3 meters did not seem to be very strong.

As she spoke, Chu Feifei also completed the arrangement of the defensive formation. Nine nuts, each as tall as a person, were half-buried by Chu Feifei in the spiritual field, forming a formation.

At this point all the preparations were completed. Yuan Niya handed over the control of the villa's formation to Chu Feifei, and began to adjust her state, preparing for the upcoming tough battle.

"Gu Mo, can we win?" Chu Feifei held the formation jade talisman, her expression showing nervousness.

"Don't worry, they can't get in." Gu Mo said with a smile. He was not trying to comfort Chu Feifei, but was telling the truth. As for the team that Gu Mo observed, it should be no problem to break through the mountain villa formation, but it would be difficult to break through the defense formation composed of 9 first-grade top-grade nuts!
If their protectors could arrive in time, they could even launch a counterattack and even keep that team in its entirety.

Of course, it is also possible that the enemy will seek support after discovering that the nut formation cannot be broken. If another foundation-building cultivator comes, it will be more difficult.

At that time, Gu Mo can only find a way to kill one with the help of the level 2 pea shooter and potato mine, so the limit of Gu Mo's plant front is to deal with two foundation-building monks at the same time.

No matter how many more there were, Gu Mo would have no way to deal with them. However, it was not very likely that three foundation-building cultivators would be able to deal with the three Qi-refining cultivators.

"Ok!"

Gu Mo's words gradually relaxed Chu Feifei's nervous mood.

……

Several miles away from the villa, a team of monks were searching for something.

"Brother, it seems that our target this time is a true seed of the Qinglu Sect. If we can kill a true seed, I wonder what the reward will be." A cultivator in the late Qi training stage in the team said to the leading cultivator with an expectant look.

"My current code name is Yisan. Remember, don't reveal our identities easily." Upon hearing this, the leading cultivator who had reached the great perfection of Qi training shouted.

This time they surrounded and killed the disciples of Qinglu Sect who were participating in the True Transmission Trial. They acted in the name of an assassination organization and must not let outsiders know. They came from overseas sects, so when they came, they had already given themselves code names in order to avoid revealing their identities during conversations.

"Yes, boss!"

Upon hearing this, the cultivator in the late Qi training stage quickly changed his words.

Seeing that his teammates realized their mistakes, Yisan softened his tone, "Don't underestimate the enemy. Except for the senior who had established the foundation, all the others from Team 13 have perished. Our strength is not much different from theirs. If we are careless, we will be capsized." Although Yisan was eager to hunt down a true seed of the enemy, he was also very clear that no one who could become a true seed was easy to deal with.

However, the opponent must have used up a lot of life-saving cards in the last battle with Team 13, which is good news for them.

In addition, the last battle separated the opponent from their protectors. Without a foundation-building protector following them, and their trump card had been used up, they had a huge advantage in this battle. Now all they had to do was find their target.

"found it!"

Suddenly, an elderly monk at the end of the team glanced towards the villa in the distance. He was the foundation-building monk that Gu Mo sensed.

The disciples of Qinglu Sect have now reunited with their protectors, so if the overseas sects want to ambush them, they naturally need to go with the foundation-building cultivators. Otherwise, it would not be an ambush, but a delivery.

(End of this chapter)