33 Pursuit

It turned out that after listening to Yan Sidao's analysis, the two Venerables Jishui and Minghuo didn't dare to stay any longer, and both left the "Love" stone chamber on the tenth floor of the Ink Tower, and went down the Ink Tower along the ice path. You must know that when the two of them went to the east to catch up, because most of the hidden piles in the south, west, and north had not had time to withdraw to Mota, they only brought more than 300 sergeants with them, and now they still stayed near the fourth hidden stake in the east to continue the search, and only about a dozen horsemen rushed back to Mota with them to resume their lives. At that moment, Venerable Jishui sent sergeants to the fourth hidden stake in the east to give an order, informing the more than 300 sergeants who remained there to chase straight to the south, and at the same time, he also asked several hidden stakes farther in the east to evacuate and chase after the south.

At this time, the dark piles in the south, west, and north had already been withdrawn, and more than 500 soldiers gathered on the "Lake Khalibai" west of Meta. Venerable Jisui ordered all the sergeants present to immediately chase after him to the southeast, and directly took the southern wall of the northern vein of the Tianshan Mountains directly south of the fourth hidden pile in the east, so that several groups of men and horses could meet in the southern wilderness.

By the time the arrangements were made, it was already two o'clock in the Shen hour, Jishui and the two Venerables of Minghuo discussed it for a while, and ignored the more than 500 sergeants under the Mo Tower, and started their own light work and walked in the southeast direction. You must know that the two of them served as the "Five Elements Protector" in the Shenhuo Sect, and their reputation was naturally far inferior to that of the sect leader Gongsun Mo Ming, so they were not included in the top ten of the "Jianghu Celebrity List"; Now the two of them will show their light skills without reservation, and they can really be said to be able to resist the wind and shadow, tread the snow without a trace, and the speed is far better than the horses ridden by the sergeants. In addition, the cultivation of the two of them is extremely high, and they are not afraid of long journeys at all, but in half an hour, they have traveled seventy or eighty miles, not to mention the more than five hundred sergeants behind them for more than twenty miles.

Unexpectedly, just as the two of them were running with all their might, a pale green firework suddenly rose from the fourth dark pile in the east thirty miles to the south, shining a green light in the dusk of the northern veins of the Tianshan Mountains, which was the signal used by the secret pile sergeants everywhere to mark Zhao Xiaoling and his party of four. The two Venerables Jishui and Minghuo were both stunned, if that Jin Wanjin's analysis was good, then the Gongsun Sect Master should have reached the southern wall of the northern vein of the Tianshan Mountains at this time, and thus stepped into the wilderness to the south, how could there be a fireworks signal thirty miles south of the fourth hidden pile in the east? Could it be that Jin Wanjin's judgment had gone wrong again?

At the moment, the two discussed a few words, but they could not confirm the authenticity of this fireworks signal, although it was very likely that the two-eyed young man had prepared a means in advance to confuse the public, but it was also possible that the more than 300 sergeants who were chasing south from the fourth hidden pile in the east had indeed discovered the traces of Zhao Xiaoling and his party, so they released fireworks signs. The two Venerables of Jishui and Minghuo were already suspicious of the words and thoughts of the pseudonym "Jin Wanjin", and besides, he had already misjudged once before, so seeing this pale green firework rising, the two of them did not dare to sit idly by, and finally only split up, and the Venerable Jishui continued to chase in the southeast direction, while the Venerable Minghuo turned around and rushed to the place where the fireworks rose to find out.

Just as the two were parting, Venerable Jishui couldn't help but tell Venerable Minghuo, saying, "After you get there, you need to investigate carefully, and you must not take it lightly. Don't let them escape from under your nose like you did. Venerable Minghuo snorted fiercely and scolded: "Don't worry, can I actually fall in the same place twice in succession? This time, even if I dig three feet into the ground, I must check it clearly! Hmph, when I catch that little baby with two eyes, I will definitely break him into pieces to vent my hatred!"

After Venerable Minghuo left, Venerable Jishui walked alone, and traveled for several miles, but saw a clear line of goat's hoof prints in the snow, all the way to the west. He couldn't help but be curious, and said secretly: "This row of hoof prints in the snow is clearly visible, and it is obvious that it has just been left short. But goats are social animals, and even if they go out to forage, they should travel in groups, so how can a goat run west alone and leave such a line of hoof prints?"

However, at this moment, he didn't care about it, so he just started to work hard. After another half an hour, it was already past the unitary hour, and a large downward slope appeared in front of Venerable Jishui, and it was several miles long to the south, which was the wall south of the northern vein of the Tianshan Mountains; although it was not very steep, it was also a bit of a slope, but now it was covered with snow, and it was even more difficult for ordinary people to walk. Looking south, beneath the mile-long slope, there is a vast expanse of wilderness that has left the northern veins of the Tien Shan Mountains, now covered in snow, gilded in the last rays of the setting sun.

In a hurry, the Venerable Jishui rushed to this slope, and suddenly found the hoof prints of a group of goats in the snow, about a dozen of them, all the way down the slope to the south, into the wilderness to the south. He followed the goat's hoof prints and looked towards the south, only to see that in the wilderness under the slope, more than ten miles away, there were clearly two figures, a man and a woman, who were supported by the woman beside him, slowly moving forward step by step, looking at the clothes and appearances of the sect's leader Gongsun Mo Ming and the demon girl surnamed Ning.

At this moment, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind him, and the sergeant of the brigade of fearful soldiers had already chased after him from due north. It turned out that Venerable Jishui had already calculated the direction all the way to the southeast, and now the mountain wall to the south of the northern vein of the Tianshan Mountains was exactly south of the fourth hidden pile in the east, so that the goat's hoof prints left on the snow could be discovered. At this time, the group of Dreadugal sergeants who came from the direction of due north were the more than 300 people who had gone with him to search for the fourth hidden pile in the east before, and after receiving the order to continue the pursuit to the south, they went straight to the south, and the distance was naturally much shorter, so the more than 100 people in front of the team arrived here almost at the same time as the Venerable Jishui.

Venerable Jisui immediately asked the leading sergeant in a fearful language, "What's the matter with that firework?" The leading sergeant shook his head and replied respectfully, "The last general doesn't know either. We waited from the fourth hidden pile in the east all the way to the south, and when we reached more than 80 miles, the fireworks suddenly rose from behind, and we were also inexplicable. The last general couldn't rest assured, so he ordered the 100 or so people in the rear team to turn around and go back to find out, and he took 100 people as the front team and continued to chase south. As for the remaining 100 or so, they stayed in the middle and slowed down, ready to meet the front and rear teams at any time. ”

As soon as these words came out, Venerable Jishui's face suddenly darkened, and he shouted and asked, "Didn't you set off the fireworks?" Seeing that his expression was not good, the leading sergeant replied in a trembling voice, "Of course...... Of course not. ”

Just as the two were talking, many of the sergeants who arrived found Ning Cui and Zhao Xiaoling walking in the southern wilderness, and immediately drove up, and they wanted to chase down the slope with their horses. Unexpectedly, Venerable Jishui raised his hand to stop everyone, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Wait!" All the sergeants were at a loss, and the leading sergeant even asked, "Venerable, ...... Isn't it the Gongsun Sect Leader of your sect that we are chasing this time? I had already recognized it clearly in the last general of Motari before, it was the young man in the wilderness right now, why...... Why ......"

Venerable Jishui said sharply: "There is fraud in this matter!" After that, he stared coldly at Ning Cui and Zhao Xiaoling in the southern wilderness, a sneer appeared from the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly: "It's like this kind of carving insect skill, it's just a matter of deceiving the open fire, and you actually dare to show off in front of me!"