Chapter 92

"Alright, it's about time to head back. These wild mountain bees, no matter how strong they are, can't stay in the bag for too long. We need to hurry and put them in the beehives. And what about that clumsy woman? Hasn't she finished collecting the materials yet? Meow?" Wen Long looked around and soon spotted someone running from a distance. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed Catherine, holding a large bag. The bulging bag in Catherine's hand clearly showed that her harvest was substantial.

"Mr. Cat! I'm back!"

Catherine said this as she opened the bag and showed her results to Wen Long. The bag indeed contained quite a few things, but what made Wen Long laugh and cry at the same time was that the dyer's fruit, sticky grass, and herbs only made up about two-thirds of the contents, while the remaining one-third was a strange plant that Wen Long felt familiar with but couldn't recall its name.

"What is this? Didn't I ask you to pick dyer's fruit, sticky grass, and herbs? What's with that pile of strange plants? Meow..." Wen Long then noticed that these plants were vines, and they had some green berries growing on them.

"Mr. Cat, this is catnip. I saw it while picking the dyer's fruit, so I picked it along... Don't you like it...?" Catherine quickly explained.

"Catnip..." Hearing this name, Wen Long finally remembered, "Oh... So it's catnip. Although I've always known about it, I hardly used it when I played the game, so I completely forgot what this plant looks like, meow."

Recalling the use of catnip, Wen Long only remembered that it was something the Ailu cats loved very much, which could make them excited and attract their attention. The reason catnip had this effect was mainly due to a substance called "actinidine," which was said to have a significant impact on felines.

"Woman, how do you know what catnip looks like...?" Wen Long found it strange why Catherine, who was not a top hunter in the game, knew this so well.

"Because I love Ailu cats the most, so I specifically asked my brother about this... My brother told me what catnip looks like..."

"Is that so..." Wen Long then said, "Alright, since you've picked it, take it back. Anyway, you're the one carrying it... meow."

"Eh, Mr. Cat, don't you want these catnips?" Catherine asked.

"This great lord doesn't want such things, meow." Wen Long said disdainfully.

In Wen Long's mind, it was only natural to think that such things used to play with cats were rather childish and not worth knowing about, especially since Wen Long had always remembered that he was human at heart, even after being in this world for so long. This led to a certain psychological aversion to things that Ailu cats liked.

But upon further thought, Wen Long realized that if Ailu cats liked catnip, then Dahu and Xiaohui should also like it. So, taking the catnip back for them might not be a bad idea.

So, Wen Long agreed to let Catherine take the catnip back.

Thus, Wen Long and Catherine, one human and one cat, carried their respective spoils and hurriedly made their way home.

Wen Long and Catherine's home, of course, referred to the cave where they had been staying. When they returned to the cave, Wen Long noticed that the sun was almost setting, leaving only a crimson sunset in the sky.

"Hero, Miss Catherine, welcome back, meow!" Seeing Wen Long and Catherine return, Dahu and Xiaohui immediately ran over, raising their paws in a warm welcome.

Wen Long nodded at Dahu and Xiaohui and asked, "How did today's task go? Meow?"

"Report to the hero, the task has been completed. We have cleared an entire acre of land, ready for planting various plants, meow!" Dahu said.

"Also, we built a wooden shed for the beehives you bought to protect them from wind and rain, meow!" Xiaohui added.

"Um... Very good, then take me to see the beehives... meow."

"Sure, hero, and Miss Catherine, please follow me..." Dahu said.

So, Dahu and Xiaohui led the way, with Wen Long and Catherine following behind. They soon arrived at a flat area on the mountaintop, where Wen Long saw a newly built wooden shed, and under the shed were three beehives.

"Looks good. I didn't expect you to be able to do carpentry work, meow?" Wen Long praised.

"Hero, you flatter us. This is because we were members of the Ailu Cat Rescue Team and often had to repair the carts we used for work, so we naturally learned some carpentry skills... meow." Xiaohui explained to Wen Long.

"Um, then stand back a bit. This great lord is about to move these wild mountain bees into the beehives. Standing too close could result in getting stung, meow!"

"Sure, Mr. Cat." Catherine said.

"Sure, hero." Dahu and Xiaohui said in unison.

Then, Catherine, Dahu, and Xiaohui moved a considerable distance away from Wen Long, who then took out some gauze from his bag and wrapped the exposed parts of his body again.

After confirming that Catherine, Dahu, and Xiaohui were at a safe distance, Wen Long carefully opened the bag containing the wild mountain bees' nest. Instantly, a large number of wild mountain bees swarmed out, seeing only one living being nearby, they immediately surrounded Wen Long, preparing to attack.

However, Wen Long's protective measures were very thorough. Even with the swarm of wild mountain bees surrounding him, they couldn't do anything to him. At most, it just took Wen Long more time to drive away the bees that blocked his view.

Once Wen Long had completely emptied the nest from the bag, he placed it on a flat stone slab. Then, he took out his hunter's knife and began to carefully cut the wild mountain bees' nest.

Previously, Wen Long had also cut another wild mountain bees' nest, but at that time, his goal was to obtain honey, so his methods were rather rough.

But now, things were different. Wen Long knew that to make the wild mountain bees move, the most important thing was to find the queen bee in the nest and move her to the beehive. Once the queen bee was moved, the worker bees and drones would follow. In this situation, to avoid hurting the queen bee, Wen Long had to be even more careful.