Chapter 244: Xiao Yun (1/2)
Ju Shoufen and Jia Wenhe had managed to construct a make-shift water system, which directed the water from the reservoir to every house's water tank via pipes. They also made a drainage system, which released excess water to the moat outside the city.
The goblet treasure also got more powerful as time passed. Ten minutes after Cao Mao had dropped the diluted pill water into the cup, it now produced 10 liters of water per second.
The power of the cup was so fierce that the center of the pond bubbled and occasionally sprang water to the sky as if there was a natural fountain at the center of the reservoir.
Jia Wenhe and Ju Shoufen were astonished by the phenomenon. As the fountain was too eye-catching, they immediately placed a concealment array to cover the pond to hide the pool.
It would take a while before they could finish their maintenance job here.
…
Meanwhile, Ma Moxi had returned and reported his finding to Cao Mao.
Upon hearing the number and the rough strength of the red orcs, Cao Mao's face darkened. He looked at Ma Moxi, asking for an assurance, ”Do you think that your grandfather can defeat them like he defeated 10,000 demons in the past?”
”I haven't seen his fight in person, so I don't know. But if we have multiple 7th-stage cultivators on our side, I think we have a shot.”
Currently, Ma Ping and Zhao Bao were the pillars of this city. But soon, Jia Shan should be recovered from his previous injuries, and they would join the main fighting force. As for Mao Xueyan, Cao Mao didn't know what she would do, so he chose not to include her in the list of the available fighting force.
Three 7th-stage cultivators were on their side, which should be reassuring. However, Cao Mao's right eyebrow twitched when he thought about cooping inside the city and protect the city behind the walls.
Something had told him that staying in the city was not the solution to the potential crisis.
Cao Mao needed more information, ”Do you know what they're planning?”
”So far, the orcs seem to be very organized. The short orcs without clothes worked at the backlines, but the bigger orcs with battle gears have formed ranks and gathered at the outer perimeters. Some of them went out to scout the north and the east. They haven't sent their troops south, though. I don't know why.”
”Oh? They are ignoring south?”
”Probably. I don't see any soldier platoon or guards facing south. They totally focus on the north and the east.”
Cao Mao rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought. Then, he decided to take another gamble.
”We'll ignore the orc army and cultivate! Moxi, go back to your house and eat the divine pill. You need to get stronger ASAP!”
”Roger that! But, what if they attack us when we're busy cultivating?”
”If they are intentionally avoiding the confrontation against us, they might not actually plan to invade us any time soon since Qiang Sui, Liu Bian, and other powerhouses should still be around. They are probably too busy dealing with those guys and they don't want to spread their army too thin.”
”… I get the picture. They want to concentrate on the current obvious enemies first without provoking another force. But how do they know that we're not with the others?”
”I don't know either.”
”But how did you come up with this theory?”
”It's just a hunch.”
”…”
Though reluctant, Ma Moxi acknowledged Cao Mao's order and entered a closed-door training, so he could eat the pill and get stronger.
Cao Mao also picked an empty storehouse to be his temporary resident. He, too, would eat an immortal-grade pill that he had made.
He sat down and took out a mutated pill from his spatial ring.
'The pill was made from the discarded skin of the fused divine hearts. It should increase my strength, too, right?'
Cao Mao closed his eyes and thought of the earlier pill-making incident. He had made the divine pills out of impulse as he was on the verge of dying from the gold element Qi poisoning.
At that moment, he had thought that if he were to die, he should at least try his best to survive first. If it didn't work, he could confront King Yama with pride that he had done everything he could.
Fortunately, Cao Mao succeeded in making the pills with everybody's help. Moreover, he didn't even need to pill to overcome the gold element Qi poisoning.
Ding
[Your [Flashback] has resonated with Heavenly Fate Fragments.]
[Your physical strength, cognitive abilities, and innate potential will be boosted for 10 minutes.]
'Whoops!'
Cao Mao scratched his head and had a wry smile on his face as he unintentionally used his plot armor. He forgot that he could simply activate his plot armor by thinking of what he did in the past that led to the present.
'Oh, well. I wonder if Buddha's blessing and my plot armor's buff stacks…'
Cao Mao shrugged and popped the immortal-grade pill in his mouth.
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RUMBLE
Later that day, four Heaven Eyes gathered above Siren City, looking at the people, who had consumed the divine pills.
Ma Moxi, Mao Xueyan, and Jia Shan had already consumed their pills and were in the middle of digesting the divine beast's power.
Jia Shan's wooden house was clouded with black, white, and blue gas after the nascent soul of Jia Shan and the soul of Divine Black Tortoise merged together. An illusive dao avatar of a giant black tortoise with a porcupine shell, made of various treasure swords, appeared over the house.
On top of Ma Moxi's house, an illusion of a tall pagoda building with the Azure Dragon coiling around it manifested. The house also shone in a green light, and the leaked blue gas contained dense wind element Qi.