No wonder the tiger just circled around under the tree after it chased us, and didn't do anything aggressive!
He patted his head, but didn't dare to go any closer.
This is, after all, the king of the forest; it's not someone an ordinary person can provoke.
Zhou Jie nodded innocently: "We knew each other before, but we haven't seen each other for many years. I didn't expect her to still recognize me..."
The man was speechless; the tiger he feared most was actually the girl's playmate.
"Did your family come looking for you?" the man asked, still a little reluctant.
"Probably not, but we can go back with the pod!"
Zhou Jie said nonchalantly, "She might get lost in this forest, but Doujia won't!"
"Bean Pod?" The name sounds strange and doesn't seem to fit the image of a fierce and powerful tiger at all.
"Yes, that's the name his owner gave him. Isn't it a nice name?"
Zhou Jie asked with a smug look on her face.
The man's lips twitched violently; he couldn't hear anything good about the name.
However, when the two of them sat on the tiger's back and were carried back by it, she was completely at a loss for words.
Looking at the few tents set up in front of him, the man was a little bewildered.
"Zhou Jie, this is a forest! Do you want to die? How dare you run around like this at night!"
Seeing Zhou Jie approach, Zhou Yuan felt an urge to slap his younger sister twice.
Fortunately, Han Luoxue brought Tiger, otherwise how would they have found the person in the middle of the night?
Seeing that her older brother was angry, Zhou Jie shrank back in fear and ran to Han Luoxue's side, hiding behind her: "I, I was just taking a walk, how did I know I would get lost?"
Han Luoxue looked at the man who came with Zhou Jie: "Who are you?"
"Madam, I'm here to search for treasure! Are you here to search for treasure too?"
Upon hearing the word "treasure hunt," Han Luoxue's expression changed slightly: "What treasure hunt?"
"A while ago, I accidentally obtained a treasure map, which said there was a large treasure hidden in these mountains. So I gathered a few people and came here to search for the treasure, but..."
The man had no intention of hiding it. There were no villages or shops in sight, and it would take several days to reach any inhabited place. He knew without a doubt that these people were people of the same ilk.
Besides, they saved my life. Whether I admit it or not, these people will continue their treasure hunt. I might as well travel with them. Maybe I really can find that legendary treasure?
Han Luoxue looked thoughtfully at the tent not far away. Heh, why would news of the Western Yao Kingdom's treasure get out? There's even a treasure map. Who would believe that this has nothing to do with the Western Emperor?
"What did you say? You said there's a treasure here, and you're here to find it, and you even have a treasure map?" Zhou Jie was stunned when she heard this, staring at the man in disbelief.
The man looked at Zhou Jie with surprise: "Miss Zhou, didn't you come here to search for treasure?"
"There's no village or shop in sight here. The nearest inhabited place is several days' journey away. What are you doing in this remote mountain wilderness?"
The man looked at the people around him and the tents, and without a doubt, he knew that they had brought quite a few people with them.
And there were women too, more than the people I had brought back.
Could it be that I was just walking and passing by?
Zhou Jie's face darkened. She grabbed Han Luoxue's arm and snorted angrily, "Xue'er, I knew that old man was wicked. Look at what he's done! Is this something a human being should do?"
"I thought we were the only ones who knew about this place. I never expected..."
Zhou Jie even wanted to run into the tent and chop that old man up; she had never seen a worse old man than him!
If I had known he had already spread the word about the treasure here, I should have killed him back in the capital.
Han Luoxue was also upset by the sudden leak of news about the treasure. Her face darkened. "Let's go in and ask!"
Just as the two were about to enter the tent, Princess Yaoxiang ran over: "Madam, this really isn't his fault!"
She heard everything while she was in the tent, and she never expected things to happen so coincidentally.
"This treasure map has existed before, decades ago. Although they can find this area, they don't know exactly where the treasure is!"
“I just asked my dad, and he said he had brought people here to search before, but they never managed to get inside!”
Hearing this, Han Luoxue scoffed: "So this treasure was just a cover-up all along?"
Princess Yaoxiang was also a little embarrassed. This was a treasure of their Xiyao Kingdom. Who would have thought that even their emperor had never seen it?
"May I ask what you meant by what you just said?"
Seeing that they were talking and he didn't quite understand what they were saying, he couldn't help but chime in.
"Actually, I spent a lot of effort and money to get this treasure map! I only brought people here out of curiosity, but I didn't expect..."
His eyes dimmed. "We found a place that looked remarkably like the one marked on the treasure map. But when we went inside, we discovered a very strange poison! It was colorless and odorless, and people went in without realizing it! All the friends I brought died inside!"
"Then how come you're alright?"
Zhou Jie glared at him, annoyed. The man was also shaken by the experience: "I had some antidote on me, but it wasn't effective against all poisons, so I crawled out! But I was much weaker than usual. I knew this place was no place for me, and my men were all dead. I had no choice but to head back, but I encountered wild beasts on the way and was chased to the edge of a cliff, where I almost fell off."
Zhou Jie was at a loss for words when it came to luck.
"Okay, I believe you!"
Han Luoxue was speechless. Sister Zhou was really easy to talk to; she believed her after just a few words.
However, thinking that there might be a place ahead that was highly poisonous, one that ordinary people wouldn't even be able to detect, Han Luoxue's expression hardened. She wasn't sure if the Western Emperor knew this.
"You said you encountered a poisonous place?"
Han Luoxue frowned, her expression stern.
"Yes, we didn't expect to end up there. It was just like any other place, nothing different. By the time we realized something was wrong with me, it was too late. If I hadn't had something that could save my life, I might have died there too!"
Han Luoxue sneered and looked at the tent: "Drag him out!"
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