Taking advantage of the night, Sima Xuan took Dongfang Yan'er to find a cave to live in temporarily.

Dongfang Yan'er hugged her knees and sat in the cave, motionless looking at the constantly beating flames in front of her. After covering up some fresh branches at the entrance of the cave, Sima Xuan came to the fire and sat down. Sima Xuan looked at Dongfang Yan'er, who was shrunk into a ball, and said in a flat voice: "Don't run around anymore, you won't necessarily be so lucky next time." ”

Dongfang Yan'er's beautiful eyes looked at the dancing flames in front of her with a little mist in her eyes, and she didn't speak for a long time. Seeing that she didn't speak, Sima Xuan stopped talking and sat up cross-legged, this time he didn't let down his vigilance, and the flame-like true qi in his body kept running.

"That ......" Dongfang Yan'er's soft voice sounded in the cave, Sima Xuan was slightly stunned, did not speak, he was waiting for Dongfang Yan'er to continue. I could only hear Dongfang Yan'er say softly: "I want you to help me." ”

Sima Xuan looked at Dongfang Yan'er calmly, and said lightly, "Why should I help you?"

Dongfang Yan'er was slightly stunned, but it was only for a moment, and she regained her composure, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I won't let you help me in vain." I can promise to pay you. ”

The corners of Sima Xuan's mouth were slightly raised, with a casual look, and he said, "Oh, what reward?"

Dongfang Yan'er thought for a moment and said, "Tell me, what kind of reward do you want." As she spoke, she glanced at Sima Xuan and quickly added, "Don't make unreasonable demands!"

Sima Xuan laughed dryly, and then said with a serious face: "I want to enter Chongwu Academy, can I do it?"

Dongfang Yan'er was a little surprised, and then said solemnly: "There should be no problem." ”

"Oh?" Sima Xuan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Dongfang Yan'er to agree so happily, Sima Xuan then asked, "Tell me, how can I help you?"

Dongfang Yan'er still has no experience in the rivers and lakes, and when she heard Sima Xuan agree, the expression on her face became much more cheerful, and her tone revealed a brisk feeling, and said: "It's very simple, you just need to protect me out of the mountains and forests, and then return to the martial capital safely." ”

Sima Xuan nodded, and then looked at Dongfang Yan'er with some curiosity. For a while, Dongfang Yan'er was a little uncomfortable by Sima Xuan. Sima Xuan coughed dryly and said, "Why are they arresting you?"

Dongfang Yan'er knew that Sima Xuan would ask, and she didn't plan to tell him the truth. Dongfang Yan'er said with some grievances: "I don't know, the goal of the bounty hunter never asks the reason, I am the victim, how can I know why!"

Sima Xuan naturally understood that she didn't want to say this, so she didn't plan to continue to ask, nodded and said, "You rest, I'll guard it for you." ”

Dongfang Yan'er nodded gratefully. Sima Xuan said lightly: "Remember what you promised me. With that, Sima Xuan walked out of the cave. Dongfang Yan'er, who was originally a little grateful to Sima Xuan, shook her head vigorously and said to herself, "That's right, he is no different from those bounty hunters. ”

Let's say that the angry Leng Mei was almost crazy, although she didn't scold the bounty hunters around her, but the bounty hunters who came out with her knew very well what the failure of the mission meant.

Master Mo, who had been silent, walked to Leng Mei's side and said, "Miss, don't be angry yet, we still have a chance." ”

Hearing Master Mo speak, Leng Mei, who was still angry, controlled her emotions, and then said in a flat voice: "That's right, we still have a chance, they must still be in this mountain forest." ”

Master Mo nodded, this delicate-looking woman actually had the means not inferior to that of an old qualified bounty hunter.

Leng Mei whispered to the bounty hunters she brought out: "Don't be beaten by one or two failures, we still have a chance to complete this mission now, and we have to let you work hard tonight." ”

When the bounty hunters heard their eldest lady speak to them so politely, the effects of their previous defeat were swept away, and some of them took the lead in shouting, "Obey the orders of the eldest lady, and go to the soup and fire!"

Leng Mei's confident smile climbed up her cheeks again, and she could only hear her say softly: "Everyone, I expect that they will definitely not be in a hurry to go out of the mountain tonight, and they will definitely find a cave to settle down, so I ask you to search the mountain at night......"

Hearing this, someone shouted, "Find them, catch them!" and the crowd shouted along.

Leng Mei continued: "Everyone wait a minute, we want to find them, but don't alarm them, we will act when it is dawn." ”

"Yes, obey the orders of the eldest lady!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Good!" Leng Mei said in a loud voice, "Action!"

The figure swayed, and soon only Leng Mei and Master Mo were left in the dark woods. Master Mo said lightly, "Miss, I'll go over and have a look." ”

Leng Mei nodded, and Master Mo's figure gradually disappeared in the night. Leng Mei's beautiful eyes looked at the dark distance, thinking in her heart: The way Sima Xuan rescued himself that day, she couldn't help herself in her mind, why did he want to help his enemies instead of helping himself?

Sima Xuan, who was guarding outside the cave, hid in a big tree, and his keen perception shrouded a three-zhang radius around the cave. This distance is already the limit of Sima Xuan, although he can perceive a farther range, but if he wants not to miss the slightest wind and grass, he can only perceive three zhang.

However, the range of these three zhang was enough for Sima Xuan to react. Just as Sima Xuan was sitting cross-legged on the tree, feeling the tranquility of the night, a bounty hunter quietly touched the neighborhood. Sima Xuan spotted him for the first time, and his figure disappeared from the tree in an instant. The next moment had already appeared behind the bounty hunter, Sima Xuan was like a shadow of the night, following behind the bounty hunter, the bounty hunter seemed to sense something, just as he was about to turn back, Sima Xuan raised his hand and fell, the bounty hunter was knocked unconscious without knowing the situation.

Just when Sima Xuan eliminated the bounty hunter, he had already found that several bounty hunters had entered the range of vigilance, Sima Xuan's body was slightly stunned, and then he used his body technique, as fast as thunder and lightning, and every bounty hunter was knocked to the ground without knowing the situation. Sima Xuan took them to the vicinity of the cave, tied them together, threw them aside, and entered the cave, waking up Dongfang Yan'er who was sleeping soundly.

Dongfang Yan'er was sleepy-eyed, and when she saw Sima Xuan, she was slightly stunned, and asked, "What happened?"

Sima Xuan told Dongfang Yan'er about the discovery of the bounty hunter, and then said: "I think they probably want to find our location at night, but fortunately I found out, we can't wait here for them to come to the door, otherwise it will be difficult to get out, we went out of the mountain overnight, and they shouldn't dare to act blatantly when they go out of the mountains and forests." ”

After Dongfang Yan'er heard this, she nodded and said, "Everything is up to you." ”

Sima Xuan picked up Dongfang Yan'er, Dongfang Yan'er's cheeks were slightly red, Sima Xuan touched the ground with both feet, flew up to the treetops, and several ups and downs disappeared into the dark mountain forest