Hearing the other party's words, Li Xifeng frowned slightly. The purpose of hiring these two people was indeed not for fighting, but just to let two Linghai period talisman masters to narrow the gap in strength between the two sides.
Now Xie Qi was ready to launch a strong attack, and there were two more Spirit Sea Stage Talisman Masters than they expected. Even if the two people they hired wanted to fight, they were somewhat powerless.
Xie Qi heard what the two said from afar and immediately added fuel to the fire, saying, "Hey, you two, I don't have any grudges against you, but if you insist on standing up for them, don't blame us for being rude.
Of course, if you two are willing to give up this commission and choose to leave directly, we will not stop you from leaving."
After hearing Xie Qi's words, the two were silent for a moment.
After exchanging a glance, the older talisman master said to Li Xifeng, "Brother Li, I'm sorry. This mission exceeds the limits of our abilities. We can't protect you."
After he finished speaking, he turned to Xie Qi and said, "Brother, we two don't want to get involved in this mess anymore. Please let us go."
Xie Qi looked at the other party and nodded with satisfaction, saying: "Okay, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. Since you have recognized the situation and made the right choice, I will not embarrass you two. You can go now."
After the two men bowed to Xie Qi, they bowed to Li Xifeng and others, turned around and walked down the mountain.
Li Xifeng wanted to persuade him to stay, but he knew that it was impossible for the other party to stay. This is the world of martial arts, and morality is not as important as practical interests.
Xie Qi's strength exceeded their expectations, and the two talisman masters did have the right to give up the mission. After all, no one was willing to sacrifice their life for a stranger.
"Hahaha, well, now that you've even left your last helper, let's see what else you can do."
Xie Qi looked at Li Xifeng and others and laughed triumphantly.
Lin Shiyu looked at Hongdou, feeling extremely anxious, and said, "Xie Qi, what do you want in exchange for letting us go? If you want spirit stones, we can prepare some for you, but please let Hongdou go, she is just a child.
If you really need a hostage, I am willing to be your hostage."
Xie Qi shook his head and said, "What's the point of you being a hostage? If you commit suicide here one day, what can I use to threaten others
I tell you, I have already investigated you, including the fact that you hired a talisman master before. That is why I called the two Qi brothers to help.
I also understand the relationship between you all very well. That little girl is someone that all of you care about, and you will have concerns as long as you catch her.
And now, in order to ensure that you don't have any other intentions, I will take away the other four people except you.
Hehe, with your friends and relatives as hostages, you can only send me spirit stones continuously.
Aren’t you planning to set up some traveling merchants association? You can try your best to develop it now, take over their businesses, and then give us half of the spirit stones you earn every month.
When I am satisfied with the money I earn and no longer want to earn money, I will let you go."
After hearing Xie Qi's words, everyone's faces turned pale. Li Xifeng said, "How can you not want to make money or be satisfied with making money? It's clear that you want to enslave us forever."
Xie Qi laughed and said, "You understand quickly. This is what I mean."
"If you do this, aren't you worried that I will spread the news and cause public outrage for your Mangxiong Village?"
Lin Shiyu yelled at Xie Qi.
Xie Qi smiled coldly and said, “Since I dare to do this, I naturally won’t worry about these.
Okay, enough of the nonsense. Do you want to come here and be tied up and taken away by us, or do you want us to arrest you
If we were to take action, we would suffer. "
The faces of Li Xifeng and the others looked very ugly at this time. Hongdou, who was far away, also heard their conversation. She knew that her grandparents were going to fall into the hands of the bad guys, so she started crying again.
"Brother Lin, there is no other way now. We can't escape under the circumstances today.
Our business is a partnership, and you can control it by yourself. It depends on you.
Don't worry, as long as we are alive, we will do our best to ensure Hongdou's safety. We can only take a long-term view and hope that we can escape from this predicament one day."
Li Xifeng spoke to Lin Shiyu.
Lin Shiyu's face looked extremely ugly at this time. He looked at Li Xifeng, Tie Xiaohua and the Chen brothers with his eyes full of guilt.
"Xifeng, Xiaohua, Fatty Chen, and Shou Chen, it's all my fault. If I hadn't failed to keep an eye on Hongdou and let the other party snatch her away, you wouldn't have been implicated."
Tie Xiaohua reached out and patted his shoulder, saying, "Brother Shiyu, this is not your fault, this trouble started because of our trade meeting.
He has set his sights on us, which is beyond the ability of you and Hongdou to defend against.
Even if they don't catch you and Hongdou, they will catch us. Now that we are being targeted by them, something bad will happen to us sooner or later unless we leave Katayama County.
Don't blame yourself. Our business will depend on you from now on."
"What are you guys still talking about? Have you reached an agreement? If you don't come and surrender, we will take action."
Xie Qi's smug and annoying voice sounded again.
Li Xifeng frowned, then walked out first and said, "No need to do anything, we accept the defeat.
We can provide you with spiritual stones, but you must ensure our safety.
And Hongdou, she is just a little girl, you must not hurt her, otherwise, even if we risk our lives, we will not let you get any benefit from us."
After hearing what Li Xifeng said, Xie Qi finally nodded and said, "Okay, but we don't keep useless people there. You guys must do odd jobs, and as for the little girl, she doesn't have to work.
Come, tie them up and take them all away."
Following Xie Qi's order, his men nearby had already walked up with ropes and quickly tied up the four people except Lin Shiyu tightly.
When Lin Shiyu saw these people being tied up, his heart was filled with sadness and guilt. He felt that he and Hongdou were the ones who harmed everyone.
"Grandpa, Grandpa..."
Hongdou's cries came from the cage, and Lin Shiyu felt a pang of pain in his heart.
"Hongdou, you have to be good and listen to your grandparents. When grandpa thinks of a solution, I will come and take you home."
Lin Shiyu endured the pain in his heart and shouted towards Hongdou.
Although Hongdou is young, she is very sensible and understands the current situation.
She suppressed her fear and shouted to Lin Shiyu, "Grandpa, I will take good care of myself, and I will listen to Grandpa Xifeng and the others. Don't worry, Hongdou will wait for you to take me home."