Honey, you didn’t really drugged me, did you?

Chapter 79: Chapter 76 Saving the Savage and Acquiring the Divine Technique (10,000 Words to Solicit Subscriptions)_4@@novelbin@@

The firelight illuminated the cave, and Chen Jie could even see their faces from just a few dozen meters away. They were looking everywhere, and their eyes even swept over Chen Jie’s hiding spot more than once.

Chen Jie’s heart leaped into his throat.

At that moment, Ni Manzi narrowed his eyes, not panicking, but resolute instead.

If discovered, given his current severely injured state, the chances of escaping safely were slim. However, the possibility of taking a few with him in a fight to the death could not be ruled out.

So, he appeared calm.

It was just life and death after all!

He dared to kill officials and rebel, he wasn’t afraid of this!

Life and death were just a bit of frost and hardship!

Huff, huff…

Chen Jie’s breathing became labored. He wanted to know if his setup would work. According to his plan, there shouldn’t have been many faults, but he had no idea if these Energy Transformation Masters had some special skills that could help them make determinations.

Then he would really be in a bind.

While he was pondering this, an official from Huangzhou Prefecture’s criminal justice department said, “The smell of blood is strong here; that bastard must have fled here!”

Zhang Liye then said, “Should we split up and search?”

Ghost Hand Gu Qingfeng said, “No, that won’t work. Ni Manzi is astonishingly strong. The five of us struggled against just him and still lost Brother Ding Shun. If we split up, it would be even more dangerous.”

“Exactly, we shouldn’t split up. If any of us encounters Ni Manzi alone, we wouldn’t stand a chance. There might even be a threat to our lives!”

Having heard this, everyone fell into brief silence. Then, the arrest officer from Huangzhou Prefecture took out a small bottle containing a blood-red bee.

Seeing the bee, Ni Manzi’s expression immediately changed as he whispered, “Brother, run! Don’t stay with me. They’ve found us!”

“I can’t!”

Chen Jie said in a lowered voice.

Ni Manzi replied, “Brother, I appreciate your loyalty, but now’s not the time for that. See that bottle? It contains a Blood-seeking Bee that can track us by the scent of blood. It’s quite formidable!”

Chen Jie grinned, “No worries, they won’t find us.”

Ni Manzi said incredulously, “You, how can you be so confident?”

Chen Jie replied, “Why, Hero, don’t you believe me?”

Ni Manzi replied, “Of course I don’t believe it. The scent of blood on me can’t be normally detected by people, but in front of a Blood-seeking Bee, there’s nowhere to hide. Being found is inevitable!”

Chen Jie chuckled and said, “How about a bet then?”

“What kind of bet?”

Ni Manzi frowned at Chen Jie, thinking it insane to make a bet at such a time.

Chen Jie proposed, “If I lose, I don’t have anything else to offer to the Hero. I’ll just die beside you. But if I win, could the Hero agree to one condition of mine?”

“What condition?”

“We’ll talk about it if we escape this!”

Chen Jie teased, leaving Ni Manzi curious, “Alright. If you’re seeking death, I’ll play along. Whatever the condition, I agree!”

Chen Jie beamed.

He then pulled a bit of white powder from his pocket, scattering it at the entrance of the cave, and then stood with arms akimbo, watching what would happen.

Ni Manzi was baffled.

At that moment, the released Blood-seeking Bee fluttered in the air. After a while, as if catching a scent, it slowly flew towards Chen Jie’s direction.

“Over here!”

The official called out, and the four men followed the Blood-seeking Bee.

They had only taken a few steps when the Blood-seeking Bee suddenly started circling in place, right where Chen Jie had sprinkled the white powder.

Soon after a few turns, the bee abruptly changed direction, following the trail of blood Chen Jie had laid out.

The group hurried after it, and then Gu Qingfeng called out, “Look!”

The four men gathered and saw a piece of blood-stained black cloth hanging on a tree branch.

“This is Ni Manzi’s outer garment. He’s headed up the mountain!”

Peng Shizhong from White Tiger Hall then spoke up.

The arrest officer Zhang Liye slightly frowned, but seeing the Blood-seeking Bee head up the mountain, he didn’t suspect anything and directly chased after it.

Watching the four men moving farther away, Ni Manzi’s eyes widened in disbelief, “They just left like that? How did you do it?”

He looked at Chen Jie, his gaze filled with baffled amazement.

Chen Jie smiled and explained, “The Blood-seeking Bee, in the medicine classics known as ‘Blood Honey’, is a top-grade medicinal ingredient among the ‘Eight Precious Nutrients.’ It’s mainly used for blood deficiency, dizziness, palpitations, and is an excellent restorative for postpartum women, known for its ‘one honey binds a hundred.’ Among the records in the medicine classics, there is also a method of raising Blood-seeking Bees, which includes an art of ‘drawing a chalk circle.'”

“When raising these bees, it’s quite troublesome as they like to fly everywhere. Sometimes, they might even get lost, which is distressing. Thus, after many experiments, beekeepers found out these bees are averse to lime!”

“So, some beekeepers use lime to draw a large圈, ensuring the bees don’t stray from it, which is called ‘drawing a chalk circle.'”

“I took your outer garment just now; it was all covered in blood. While setting it up, I also made some cover tracks. The bee definitely smelled the blood, but it was stronger here, so it wanted to come here.”

“However, when I sprinkled the lime, the Blood-seeking Bee sensed it and instinctively avoided it, naturally taking the route I had laid out.”

Having heard this, Ni Manzi’s jaw dropped in awe, “Wow, your strategy is incredibly meticulous! How did you even think of this? I definitely couldn’t have! Amazing, truly amazing!”

Ni Manzi was more and more convinced that the young man before him was no ordinary person.