In the dense forest, Yinghou looked at the footprints on the ground, his expression gloomy and terrifying, because he discovered that Long Chen was very cunning, and sometimes deliberately left footprints to mislead him.
Because as he walked, Long Chen's footprints disappeared. After a little thought, he knew that after Long Chen walked for a while, he walked backwards according to the original footprints, and then escaped to another place.
It's just that the footprints taken the first time were slightly clearer. They were deliberately shown to Marquis Ying, so that Marquis Ying would spend more time searching.
But Yinghou was so angry that he couldn't express his anger. Long Chen was too cunning, because the direction Long Chen sometimes walked was exactly where he left footprints on purpose.
Under the circumstances, Yinghou had to follow him obediently, and he felt that Long Chen was not far from him, but he couldn't find him, and his lungs were so angry that he was about to explode.
Now that a day and a night had passed, Marquis Ying gradually became impatient, but he had no choice but to continue searching based on the footprints.
The two of them started hide-and-seek in this boundless forest. Although Long Chen had a certain advantage, Long Chen didn't dare to be careless at all.
As long as Long Chen wanted to, he could quickly get rid of Yinghou's tracking, but he couldn't do that. He always kept a distance of more than ten miles from Yinghou.
This distance was just enough for a Yijin Realm expert to feel hostility, but it was impossible to determine his location. This was Long Chen's intention.
Now that he has killed Xia Changfeng, the fourth prince sent Yinghou to kill him, which shows that the fourth prince no longer cares about his father so much.
Now the entire Long family is in danger. At this moment, Yinghou is being held back by him. On the one hand, he is trying to buy time for Aman and let him return to the imperial capital quickly.
When the Yinghou appeared, Long Chen quietly told Aman that no matter who escaped, they should return to the imperial capital first.
Sending his family to the Alchemist Guild, given his relationship with Master Yunqi, Master Yunqi would never ignore it. At that time, even if the fourth prince wanted to touch the Long family, he would still need to consider it.
The other is that as long as the Yinghou does not return to the imperial capital for a day and the fourth prince does not get news of his death, it is unlikely that he will take action against the Long family.
So now Long Chen takes a huge risk to hold back Yinghou. There is no other way. He must do this.
While moving forward cautiously, Long Chen suddenly saw a palm-sized beetle crawling slowly on a big tree.
Seeing the beetle, Long Chen's eyes lit up. He recognized the beetle as "One-horned Cow" because it had a horn on its nose, which was very similar to a cow's horn.
This is a beetle with a very gentle temperament. It moves very slowly. Although it is only the size of a palm, its power is amazing.
Such a beetle can drag twenty or thirty kilograms of weight. Because of its amazing strength, people put the word "ox" in its name.
He stretched out his hand and took the palm-sized unicorn in his hand. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he said softly: "Hey, little guy, do me a favor."
Regardless of its anger, he threw the little guy into his pocket and walked forward for a few miles. Long Chen nodded, this is a good place.
Take out a thin thread from the space ring. It is black silk. Although it is thin, it is very strong. One thread can lift a hundred kilograms of weight. Most adventurers will bring some with them.
Whether it is making ropes or setting up traps, it is very ideal. The most important thing is that black silkworms are artificially cultured and the price is very cheap.
Long Chen took out the black silk, looked around, and nodded with satisfaction. The color of the silk matched the surrounding background, making it difficult to spot.
I found a dwarf tree that was as thick as an egg, pushed it gently, and felt amazing elasticity, and gently wrapped the silk around the dwarf tree.
The dwarf tree bends immediately when the silk is pulled, like a bow arm. Once the silk's strength is lost, it will pop out quickly.
When Long Chen did this, he was very careful. If he made a mistake, he might make a loud noise and attract the Yinghou.
But if you think about the effect if this trap is set up, once it is triggered, these risks will be worth it.
After setting up the "Slingshot", Long Chen observed the surrounding situation. There were dense thorns on both sides, and there was only one natural and loose path.
When people are running wildly, they will rely on instinct to choose the path of least resistance, so this is an ideal place to place a trigger device.
I laid out several defense lines of black silk on the ground and checked the distance. No matter what the opponent's pace was, he would definitely hit one of them before I felt relieved.
He reached out and took out the beetle, tied one of its legs with black silk, and placed it on a big tree. The unicorn began to crawl slowly, but it didn't crawl around, but about three feet up the tree.
Climb away.
Because somewhere, Long Chen placed a petal of a butterfly orchid. The butterfly orchid is a medicinal material and its petals are very rich in sugar.
The unicorn's favorite thing is to nibble on flower petals. Although the petals in Long Chen's hand have dried up, the unicorn discovered it instantly with its amazing sense of smell and crawled forward desperately.
The speed of the unicorn was so slow that it took a full stick of incense to reach its destination.
But when the unicorn was about to enjoy the food, Long Chen shook his big hand, and the poor little guy was immediately pulled off.
Long Chen estimated the time and tied a new knot on the unicorn. This knot was a slip knot, and a small ring was tied next to the knot. Once the small ring was touched, it would immediately loosen, and the little guy would be freed.
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After carefully tying the knot, he tied a stone weighing five or six kilograms to the other end of the silk. He checked it several times and looked at the route the unicorn was crawling.
Make sure that when the unicorn is about to climb to the butterfly orchid petals, the slip knot will scrape the protruding dead branches on one side, untie the knot, and let the stone fall to the ground.
After Long Chen checked the trap from beginning to end, a strange smile appeared on his face. He found a leaf like a cattail leaf around and then hid behind the big tree furtively.
After a while, Long Chen placed the beetle on the tree again, and saw that the beetle was still crawling along the original route, but it was slightly slower because it was dragging a stone.
Nodding, Long Chen retreated quietly. Now everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind. As for whether he could succeed, it was up to the Yinghou. He stretched out his body and disappeared deep into the dense forest.
Half an hour later, Yinghou carefully searched for traces of Long Chen, and suddenly there was a strange sound, which was the sound of stones rolling down.
The sound was originally very faint, but in the ears of Yinghou, who was listening attentively to what was going on around him, it was simply a thunder.
"Whoosh"
Without thinking, Marquis Ying galloped away in that direction, as fast as a gust of wind, and the distance of seven or eight miles was reached in an instant.
That sound was definitely not a sound that should be found in nature. He knew that it should be the sound made by accidentally stepping on a stone.
In this dead forest, apart from him, only Long Chen could make such a sound.
Thinking of Long Chen Yinghou, there was a burst of anger in his heart. Last night, he basically didn't rest all night, and he didn't even have time to recover his luck.
Those damn beasts were approaching him like crazy. Although those beasts could not pose a threat to him, they disturbed his healing.
His injuries could not be healed by pills alone. They had to be treated with spiritual energy, but he never had the time or opportunity to do this.
Unable to maintain peak combat power, Yinghou felt very insecure, so he urgently needed to kill Long Chen and return to the imperial capital to heal.
It only took a few breaths for Yinghou to arrive at the location of the sound, but there was no sign of Long Chen. Under a big tree, there was a fallen stone, and there seemed to be some writing on the stone.
Yinghou glanced around and found that there was no figure of Long Chen around. He couldn't help but look a little ugly. He knew that he might have been tricked.
Slowly walking towards the stone, he wanted to see what Long Chen's message was to him. Just after taking a few steps, his feet suddenly moved, and then the short tree not far away shook, and a green ball wrapped in leaves came towards him.
He flew over.
Yinghou Shengsheng sneered, swung his long sword in his hand, and slashed directly at the mass of things.
"Humph, you are so small..."
"puff"
What he didn't expect was that when his long sword touched the mass, the mass wrapped in green leaves suddenly exploded, and juice flew out all over the sky.
Because the incident happened suddenly and the distance was so close, Marquis Ying was caught off guard and was splashed all over by the juice, and a strange smell filled the air.
A lot of it spattered into Marquis Ying's mouth, and suddenly the stench in his mouth was extremely bad. Marquis Ying couldn't help being frightened, and hurriedly backed away. His first reaction was that this thing might be poisonous.
However, although the thing smelled extremely bad, he showed no signs of poisoning, and his qi and blood were running normally.
At this time, he discovered that after being hit by the trap, the stone that originally fell on the ground reversed its body, revealing the writing on it:
"A small gift is not a sign of respect. I wanted to give you a big one, but my stomach has not been feeling well recently, and I am really unable to do so. Please forgive me, Mr. Yinghou."
After reading the handwriting, Yinghou suddenly turned pale. Looking at the sticky things on his body, his stomach turned for a moment.
"vomit……"
"Long Chen..."
Ying Hou let out a heart-rending roar, the sound was like piercing the clouds and cracking rocks, shaking the entire forest, and countless birds and beasts were frightened and fled in all directions.
Long Chen was on a big tree, looking at the flying birds in the distance. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The embarrassing mood of being chased by the Yinghou finally eased.
Since that day, Marquis Ying's expression has become even more gloomy, and Long Chen has become more cautious, not daring to set up such a trap again.
After all, if he failed during the arrangement process, he would be in dire straits. What he did before was just to cheer himself up and increase his confidence.
Now that everything has been done, it's time for him to stop. Only by being careful can he win the Wannian Ship. He doesn't want the favorable situation he created to be reversed all of a sudden.
After chasing and escaping, eight days passed quickly. During these eight days, Long Chen escaped during the day and used various techniques to get rid of the entanglement of the beast at night, and then began to heal his injuries.
Because of the assistance of the healing pill, Long Chen recovered very quickly. The meridians in his right hand had been completely restored, and the injuries in his body had also fully recovered.
Ever since Yinghou killed the beast and caused trouble for himself on the first day, he began to learn to be smart. When resting at night, he would jump to a tall tree, away from the ground, so that he could have time to rest and start healing. He has profound skills.
The recovery speed is also very fast.
Until the ninth day, when Long Chen crossed a stream and entered a dense forest ahead, there was a sudden movement above his head.
When Long Chen raised his head and opened his eyes, his expression changed drastically: My life is at stake!