"Over here! Over here! Come on! I see them! They're running that way!"
All of a sudden, excited shouts sounded in the originally quiet mountain forest, followed by constantly dancing torches.
That jumping bright flame is so fiery red, so dazzling!
"Where is it?! Did you run to the front?!"
Constant screams and shouts came from behind, and the sound of messy footsteps became even more messy. People who were still searching in other directions ran over shouting.
As they ran, the torches in their hands waved back and forth, cluster after cluster, like flame elves dancing and jumping in the darkness.
Firelight, most of the time, represents light and hope.
However, now, for Xia Liang and Nie Jie, these flames represent destruction and despair.
a moment later—
"Who said they saw it?! After chasing him for so long, where is there anyone?! Ah!" Sikong Han asked with a ferocious and angry expression, waving the torch.
The servants of the Sikong family behind were startled by his appearance, shrunk their necks, lowered their heads, and did not dare to speak out at all.
"Han'er, calm down for a while." Sikong Yuande came from behind and said in a deep voice.
"Father, that's a heavenly puppet! You haven't seen her, she's really powerful and smart! If we can get her, our Sikong family can become the number one family in Yaoyue Continent!" Sikong Han clenched his fists, his expression full of anticipation and excitement,
"Father, after you met her, you can't calm down."
"Hey..." At this moment, Nie Xuanye came from behind, and behind him, followed by a group of disciples of the Nie family, "Sikong Yuande, your son has a lot of ambition! To become the number one Dare to dream of the noble family?! It seems that you really teach well!"
"Your Nie family's actions are not slow." Sikong Yuande looked at the crowd behind Nie Xuanye, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said sarcastically.
After Xia Liang and Nie Jie fled into the forest, Nie Xuanye arrived alone at that time. After learning all the ins and outs, he was naturally shocked!
However, he also knew that the secret of Nie Jie's possession of a heavenly-ranked puppet could not be kept at all, and even after tonight, the entire Qingyan City would know about it.
Because, even if they issued a gag order, once so many people were involved in the hunt, how could it be possible to keep the word out.
After sending Nie Jia'er back to the family for treatment, Nie Xuanye immediately gathered all the members of the Nie family and went to the mountains to find Nie Jie's whereabouts.
"Old man Sikong, this Nie Jie belongs to our Nie family, so the heaven-level puppet in his hand naturally belongs to our Nie family!" Nie Xuanye said in a deep voice, "Now you are going to rob our Nie family in a fair and just manner. , shouldn't you give me an explanation?!"
"You belong to the Nie family?!" Sikong Yuande smiled sarcastically when he heard this, and said, "Once the news of the heavenly-ranked puppet spreads, do you think your little Nie's family can keep the heavenly-ranked puppet? "
"My Nie family can't keep it, so your Sikong family can?!" Nie Xuanye's face darkened, and he returned ironically.
"When did I say that this sky-rank puppet belongs to our Sikong family." Sikong Yuande stroked his beard and said, "This priceless treasure, my Sikong family will die."
"Father, what do you mean by saying that?!" Sikong Han stood aside, and when he heard this, he became unhappy for a moment, frowned, and said.
"Stupid! I only think of wealth and honor, but I can't think of the calamity after this wealth." Sikong Yuande scolded, "Once the royal family knows that my Sikong family has a puppet of heaven rank, you will wait to be exterminated! Especially this heaven rank puppet. A puppet has no intelligence but no strength. Even if there are infinite possibilities for future growth, what is the use of it now! Now, not only can she not protect the family, but she will only cause endless disasters for us."
Sikong Han's heart sank when he was scolded, and after thinking about it for a while, he realized that what his father said was right, "Then...then why are we hunting her? We can't get it anyway."
"Stupid, stupid!" Sikong Yuande looked at Sikong Han with hatred, and said, "Why did I give birth to such a stupid son like you! It's so simple, I can't even figure it out!"
Sikong Han lowered his head in grievance, and being scolded so fiercely in front of everyone made him feel that he lost all face.
"Sikong Yuande, you really are an out-and-out old fox!" Nie Xuanye twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "It seems that you are educating your son, but actually, these words are for me Bar!"
"Hehe..." Sikong Yuande stroked his beard with a smile, turned his head, looked at him, and said, "Patriarch Nie, your Nie family is the largest in Qingyan City, but you are just here to invite Yancheng. Get out of this city Men, your Nie family is nothing.
This special heavenly puppet is not something we can hold on to. Therefore, the relationship between Patriarch Nie and I is not a competitive relationship, but a cooperative relationship.
When we capture this celestial puppet together and dedicate it to the people of the royal family, we may also want some practical things that we can have, don't you think, Patriarch Nie? "
"Hmm." Nie Xuanye snorted angrily, "Since we can't get it, our Nie family caught it and offered this puppet alone, wouldn't we be able to get more benefits?"
"Patriarch Nie, don't forget that just now, because my son and Ling Qianjin wanted to take over this puppet all by themselves, Nie Jie provoked a wedge between them and let him seize the opportunity, so they managed to escape! This mistake, We can't do it again." Sikong Yuande said,
"Currently, this mountain forest is not particularly large. Our two families will dispatch troops to search and arrest them, and they will be found soon. However, before that, I will clarify the situation first. It is cooperation and not competition. Patriarch Nie, agree?"
"En." Nie Xuanye nodded, feeling that what he said was indeed reasonable, turned around, and warned the rest of the Nie family.
After this conversation, the Nie family and the Sikong family immediately became one, and the suspicion and rift between them disappeared, and the search became more and more careful.
At this time, Nie Jie and Xia Liang, who were hiding in a secret cave not far away, just heard what Sikong Yuande said, and couldn't help cursing secretly in their hearts, old fox.
Nie Jie understood that their luck was really bad.
In this way, it becomes more and more difficult to escape from here.
What they had thought before was to take the initiative to show up, and then sow dissension, let the two fight each other, and they could take the opportunity to escape. However, following what Sikong Yuande said, their plan was completely ruined!