Chapter 79 (1/2)

Chapter 79

Chapter 79 Sending a Lump

Deep within the dense forest, Ying Hou was looking down at Long Chen’s tracks . His expression was so dark that it was frightening . That was because he had realized Long Chen was extremely crafty . Sometimes he would purposely leave footprints to mislead him .

He would follow those footprints and find that any trace of Long Chen completely disappeared after a while . After just a moment of thought, he realized that Long Chen must have backtracked into a previous location and once more fled in a different direction .

These footprints were purposely a bit more clear to intentionally let Ying Hou see them . Now he had to go back and spend even more searching for where Long Chen had split off into a different direction .

Ying Hou had a stomach full of anger with nowhere to release it . Long Chen was too cunning . Sometimes the footprints he left behind intentionally would actually be the direction he went, so Ying Hou couldn’t even rule that out .

In order to tell his true direction, Ying Hou had no choice but to patiently follow along slowly . He could sense Long Chen wasn’t that far, but he was unable to find him . He was so angry that his lungs felt like they were about to explode .

A whole day had already pa.s.sed since they had entered the forest . Ying Hou was starting to get impatient . But he also had no way around this . He could only continue searching for his tracks .

In just this manner, the two of them continued playing hide-and-seek in the endless forest . Although Long Chen had a slight advantage at this time, he didn’t dare be the slightest bit overconfident .

If Long Chen wanted to, he was actually able to quickly break away from Ying Hou’s search . However, he refused to do that . He only continued to keep Ying Hou at a distance of five miles .

That was the perfect distance from which a Muscle Rebirth expert could sense an enemy was in the vicinity, but would be unable to pinpoint that enemy’s location . This was done intentionally by Long Chen .

After sending Long Chen to kill Xia Changfeng, the fourth prince had sent Ying Hou to kill him . This meant the fourth prince was no longer worried about his father .

In other words, the entire Long household was in danger . He had to continue this in order to stall Ying Hou . One reason for this stalling was that as long as Aman did what he had told him, he would quickly return to the capital .

Aman would bring his household’s people to the alchemist guild . With his relations.h.i.+p to grandmaster Yun Qi, Yun Qi would definitely not ignore them . At that time, even the fourth prince would have to reconsider whether he should make any moves against them .

The other reason was that if Ying Hou continued not to return to the capital, the fourth prince who hadn’t received a report of his death would definitely not attack the Long household .

That was why Long Chen continued to risk his life to hold up Ying Hou . It was also why he had no other options . He had to do this .

He carefully continued advancing . Long Chen suddenly saw a huge tree with a fist-sized beetle on it .

Seeing that beetle, Long Chen’s eyes brightened . He recognized that beetle as the ‘horned bull beetle’ . That was because it had a horn on its nose that was just like a bull’s horn .

This was a very mildly tempered beetle . Its movements were especially slow . But it shouldn’t be underestimated for being small . Its strength was actually greatly shocking .

Just such a small beetle was capable of moving ten to twenty kilograms . He smiled, “Hehe, little guy, help me out a bit . ”

Ignoring its outrage, Long Chen picked up the little beetle and placed it into his robes . Once more advancing another mile, he found a good location and stopped .

He took out a thin thread from his spatial ring . That was black silk, and despite its thinness, it was extremely st.u.r.dy . Just one thread of it could withstand half a ton of force . Most adventurers would also keep a bit of it on hand .

Whether it was to use as rope or to make a snare, it was extremely convenient . Most importantly, it was made from black silkworms that were raised by humans, so its price was extremely low .

Long Chen looked around and nodded in approval . The black silk’s color was not easy to notice against the background .

He found a tree brush around the size of an egg and gently pushed on it, feeling a good elasticity . He lightly twined the black silk around the bush .

By tying it back with the black silk, the bush was just like an arm ready to pitch . Once it lost the force of the black silk, it would immediately shoot forward .

Long Chen did all this extremely carefully . The slightest mistake might make a large enough noise to attract Ying Hou .

But thinking about the result of this trap if it worked, that little danger was definitely worth it .

He finished setting up his ‘slingshot’ . Looking around, both sides were covered by th.o.r.n.y thistles and there was only one straight path through this area .

While people were rus.h.i.+ng they would naturally choose the easiest path . So this was the ideal place to place the trigger .

Putting up a couple obstacles around his ‘slingshot’ to protect it, he confirmed the distance . No matter how Ying Hou arrived, he would definitely step upon a certain root .

He took out the horned beetle and bound one of its legs with the black silk . Placing it on top a large tree, the beetle began to slowly crawl, but it wasn’t randomly crawling around . It was crawling up to a spot ten meters up on the tree .

That was because Long Chen had placed a petal from a b.u.t.terfly Orchid there . That was a kind of medicinal ingredient . That petal contained a very rich sweetness .

It was also the favorite food of the horned bull beetle . Although that petal was half withered, with the beetle’s amazing sense of smell, it immediately noticed it and began to crawl over to it with all its might .

Its speed was extremely slow though . In only managed to reach there after the time it took for an incense stick to burn .

But just as it was preparing to eat its favorite food, Long Chen picked up the pitiful fellow and pulled it away .

Long Chen made some calculations and tied a knot over the beetle, keeping it in place . That knot had a small loop in it . If that loop was touched then the knot would immediately loosen, releasing it .