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Chapter 78: Chapter 76 Saving the Savage and Acquiring the Divine Technique (10,000 Words to Solicit Subscriptions)_3

Chen Jie nodded, and Ni Manzi said, “He is a good doctor.”

Then he didn’t demur, allowing Chen Jie to lead him through a complicated path until they reached a cave. To call it a cave was a bit of a stretch—it was merely a two-meter-deep hole that was even hard to stand up in, but it was indeed well hidden. Even the locals scarcely knew of it.

After settling Ni Manzi, Chen Jie left behind a water gourd and three coarse flour buns, saying, “Here, Hero, eat these first.”

“By the way, let me use your blood-stained outer garment.”

Saying this, Chen Jie took the blood-stained garment and hurriedly rushed out.@@novelbin@@

Since he needed to rescue Ni Manzi, he couldn’t afford to abandon the effort midway. As long as Ni Manzi lived, the benefits would be maximized.

Thus, he needed to tidy up the scene a little. On his way here, he had been extremely careful to leave as few traces as possible in the surroundings.

Chen Jie continued to search and found no traces.

At that moment, he looked up at the peak, only to see a layer of gray mist that lingered there all year round.

No one dared to venture to the top of the mountain.

It was said that great terrors dwelled there!

That part of the peak connected to the Daba Mountain Range, which was also known as forbidden lands. According to legend, inside there were extremely terrifying fierce beasts that, as if bound by an agreement with humanity, never crossed down from the mist-covered mountains. But if any human entered the mist…

Then it was assumed they were fair game for attack. The reason humans would enter the mist was because it contained many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that mankind needed.

Wealth moved the human heart, and thus, many dared to venture into the misty depths.

Holding Ni Manzi’s coat, Chen Jie made marks along the way as he traveled, like hanging a piece of torn cloth on a tree branch, or smudging blood on the leaves.

He fashioned a semblance of someone who had panicked and rushed into the mist.

Chen Jie made his way to the dividing line of the gray mist, where the boundary was clearly demarcated, as if one had reached a different world altogether.

Standing outside the gray mist, Chen Jie could feel the terrifying presence emanating from within.

Assaulted by waves, standing there, he felt like he was facing a primordial fierce beast.

The beast appeared mountainous, with blood-red eyes, drooling from the corners of its mouth, staring at him. He felt as insignificant as an ant before it.

Whoo whoo…

Chen Jie shook his head to dispel the terrifying image he had conjured.

He was curious about what kind of world lay within the mist, but he knew his current strength was far from sufficient to explore it.

Tossing such fearful and dangerous thoughts aside, Chen Jie flung Ni Manzi’s blood-stained outer garment into the mist, and then he seemed to hear the sound of a mighty tiger roaring through the forest.

Chen Jie didn’t dare linger and turned to leave the area, circling around through the forest for quite some time before making his way back to the cave.

By this time, Ni Manzi’s complexion was even paler, but the water from the water gourd and the buns on the ground were all gone.

Chen Jie checked his wounds and found that they weren’t too bad; the gentleman had timely sealed his meridians and stopped the bleeding.

He felt Ni Manzi’s pulse again and discovered that inside him was a very Yin Cold Power, ceaselessly swirling and attacking his viscera, which appeared dangerously unstable.

Chen Jie said to Ni Manzi, “I can treat your external injuries, but I’m afraid I might not be able to handle that Yin Cold Power inside you.”

Hearing this, Ni Manzi said with a chuckle, “Heh, no matter. That fellow’s Twenty-four Forms of Water Control Palm is indeed formidable. It’s a pity his Inner Strength isn’t strong. If he had the corresponding Internal Cultivation Methods to match the Twenty-four Water Manipulation Palm, I might not have been able to defeat him!”

“What are you referring to, Hero?” asked Chen Jie, intrigued as he looked at Ni Manzi. Ni Manzi replied with a smile, “Huangzhou State Mansion’s tribute, River Flipping Lip Ding Shun.”

River Flipping Lip?

Chen Jie narrowed his eyes; the name suggested someone skilled in aquatic combat.

Lip is a legendary creature belonging to the Flood Dragon Species, capable of exhaling Mirage to create illusions of buildings. Classic of Mountains and Seas records: “The Mirage resembles a Flood Dragon, with a red mane; below the waist, the scales all point upwards, creating illusions of towers by the sea.”

Such a nickname indicated that this person must be extremely adept at fighting in water.

Sure enough, Ni Manzi continued, “This River Flipping Lip Ding Shun is a formidable character. If it’s a battle in water, I’m no match for him. But the fact that he landed ashore — I couldn’t spare him. I killed him with one palm, but unfortunately, before dying, he struck me with three palms of Water Manipulation.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie understood. Just then, they suddenly heard a commotion outside, followed by a series of torches approaching.

They then saw four heavily injured individuals rushing up, searching in different directions.

Chen Jie, with his keen eyesight, recognized them as the individuals they had encountered today. Leading them was an arrest officer from the Huangzhou government, his face filled with anger, with the arrest officer Zhang Liye following behind him, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

Following them was the Guild Cao’s Ruijin Hall Master, Ghost Hand Gu Qingfeng.

Beside him was the Fishing Guild’s White Tiger Hall Master, fisherman Peng Shizhong!

Seeing these four, all of whom were wounded, Chen Jie thought back to what Ni Manzi had just said.

Combining this with the information he had, it wasn’t hard to deduce that during the ambush of five Energy Transformation Masters against Ni Manzi, Ni Manzi, outnumbered five to one, managed to kill one and severely wound the other four while still escaping, even though he was grievously injured himself.

It had to be said, Ni Manzi’s strength was indeed astonishing!

Terrifyingly so!

And this was all on the premise that he had been injured to begin with.

What kind of strength would he possess in his prime?

These thoughts caused Chen Jie to regard Ni Manzi even more highly.