Li Xifeng and others looked at Xie Qi who was counting the spirit stones with a nervous look on their faces. They were afraid that Xie Qi would take the spirit stones and not let them go. After all, the other party was in control of the situation now, and Hongdou was still with Xie Qi.
Relying on the power of spiritual consciousness to count, Xie Qi quickly counted the spirit stones in front of him, and there were indeed four thousand, not less.
After counting the top-grade spirit stones, he divided the spirit stones in the sack into four equal parts, took out a few more sacks to fill them, and then he and the three people around him each took a bag and put them into the Qiankun bag.
After putting it away, he looked at Li Xifeng and others who looked nervous.
After a slight smile, Xie Qi narrowed his wretched triangular eyes and said, "Are you worried that I will take the spirit stones and not let you go
Don't worry, as the leader of a village, I also have dignity..."
After hearing what he said, the worries in the hearts of Lin Shiyu and others were slightly relieved.
Then Xie Qi continued, “My dignity naturally allows me to be a despicable and shameless bandit, so your worries are justified. I will not return the little girl to you, hahahahaha!”
At the end, Xie Qi actually laughed triumphantly.
The faces of Lin Shiyu and others turned red in an instant.
"Xie Qi, you little bastard, what do you mean? We have already given you all the spirit stones, why don't you let us go?"
Lin Shiyu couldn't hold it in any longer and started yelling again. As it concerned the safety of his granddaughter, it was difficult for him to remain calm as usual.
Xie Qi smiled sinisterly and said, "Old man, I told you to bring that brat along before, but you didn't meet my requirements today, so how could I let him go?"
Li Xifeng couldn't help it either, and said angrily: "Xie Qi, we have just explained to you that Brother Ye is just a hired guard and will leave after the mission is completed. How could we bring him here
For this matter, we have prepared an extra thousand high-grade spirit stones for you, and you have also accepted the gift. How can you bring up this matter again
As the saying goes, even thieves have their own code of conduct. Even if you are a bandit, you still have to follow the rules."
Hearing Li Xifeng's words, Xie Qi sneered and said, "Old man, you were the one who taught me a lesson that day, and you are here again today, who do you think you are
I tell you, the extra 1,000 high-grade spirit stones you gave me can only be used as an apology. That old guy has been mumbling and scolding me since just now. Do you think I am deaf and can't hear it?"
As Xie Qi spoke, he pointed his finger at Lin Shiyu who had a stunned look on his face.
Lin Shiyu didn't expect Xie Qi to push the blame onto him, and he shouted excitedly: "You are talking nonsense. Are my few words worth a thousand high-grade spirit stones? You are clearly blackmailing us on purpose!"
Xie Qi laughed and said, “You are not too stupid to know that I am blackmailing you on purpose.
Yes, I am blackmailing you on purpose. I tell you, I will not let that little girl go.
As long as she is here, you will continue to send me spirit stones, so why would I let her go?"
Lin Shiyu, Li Xifeng and the other four couldn't help but look at each other. They knew that this matter might not be resolved amicably.
"Xie Qi, although we are just some ordinary traveling merchants, we are not someone you can bully at will. Aren't you afraid that we will fight to the death and find people to flatten your Mangxiong Village?"
Lin Shiyu's injury had not yet fully healed, and under the provocation of Xie Qiyi, he almost spoke with a gasp for breath when he just spoke.
"Humph, old dog, why should I be afraid of you? If you have the guts, just come and bulldoze us.
I tell you, today only one of you can go back and gather the spirit stones and send them to me.
As for the others, leave them all to me and do hard labor in the mountain village.
If you don't want the lives of your granddaughter and your friends, you can just find more people to flatten the village.
Anyway, if you find someone to attack us, we will kill them immediately. I want to see who is more ruthless, you, a traveling merchant, or me, a mountain bandit."
As he spoke, Xie Qi's triangular eyes flashed with fierce light.
Hearing Xie Qi say that he wanted to keep all of them, Li Xifeng and the others immediately became alert and winked at the two temporarily hired Linghai-stage talisman masters next to them.
The two of them nodded, then released their auras and released their spiritual energy out of their bodies.
"Brother Xie, we have no grudge against you, and we have no intention of interfering in your affairs.
However, the two of us accepted the spirit stones from Brother Li and his men, accepted the commission, and escorted them back and forth, so it is naturally impossible for us to just stand by and watch.
Please, for the sake of friendship, take back your decision and let us go first.
I think you can make one more request. If they can meet it, you will release the little girl. How about that?"
Among the two talisman masters hired by Li Xifeng and his team, the older one was the first to persuade Xie Qi.
Xie Qi looked at him with disdain, and then said contemptuously: "Who are you to dare to interfere with my decision
I'm telling you, don't think that hiring two Spirit Sea Stage Spirit Talisman Masters can guarantee your safety. I have already made preparations for this.
Second brother, Brother Qi Hu, Brother Qi Bao, I am sorry to bother you for a moment."
Hearing his greeting, the handsome middle-aged man and the two strong men nodded, and then displayed their strength at the same time.
The white-faced man is the second in command of Mangxiong Village, his surname is Qian and his name is Yue. The other two are the second and third in command of Majia Village, the Qi brothers Qi Hu and Qi Bao.
Qian Yue's realm has reached the middle stage of the Spiritual Sea period, which is one level higher than Xie Qi. The other two Qi brothers are at the early stage of the Spiritual Sea period. The spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by the four of them instantly suppressed the two talisman masters hired by Li Xifeng.
"This... You actually have four Spiritual Sea Stage Spirit Talisman Masters!"
Seeing the other party reveal his strength, Li Xifeng was a little dumbfounded.
They initially estimated that the other party might have at most two Spirit Sea Stage Spirit Talisman Masters. They had previously inquired and found out that the leader of Mangxiong Village, Xiong Sanba, did not like managing the village at all. He practiced or hunted and fought all day long and generally would not accompany Xie Qi.
Therefore, Li Xifeng and his men felt that temporarily hiring two people would be enough to counter the opponent. Although they could not defeat the opponent, they could prevent the opponent from acting rashly.
However, four Linghai-stage talisman masters suddenly appeared, making the two talisman masters around them look a little weak.
“Brother Li, Brother Lin, when you issued the commission, didn’t you say that the other party would have at most three Spirit Sea Stage Spirit Talisman Masters? You also said that there would most likely be only two of them, so how come there are four of them now
Moreover, the conditions for our initial commission did not include a forced battle. We only escorted you here to balance your strength."
The elderly talisman master hired by Li Xifeng and his team spoke up.