After hearing Wang Qing's reply, I quickly asked, "What did the woman you saw look like?"

"I didn't realize you were such a romantic. Why are you acting so nervous?"

Seeing my serious expression, Wang Qing smiled and said, "There's already a beautiful woman in the team, why aren't you satisfied? So promiscuous, aren't you afraid of things going wrong?"

I wasn't in the mood to pay attention to Wang Qing's sarcasm: "This is very important to me, can you please stop joking!"

Wang Qing glanced at me and said, "What I saw was the short-haired woman."

Just before he said that, I was thinking that Wei Shengnan's group had an old hand like Song Laosan, a feng shui master like Qu Ruilin, and the Wei family's bodyguards, so they should be fine.

Unexpectedly, what Wang Qing was talking about was actually Wei Shengnan and the others.

Thinking of this, I stared into Wang Qing's eyes and asked, "Are you sure you're not joking with me, and that you really met a group of short-haired women, right?"

Wang Qing rolled her eyes at me and strode away, saying, "You're sick! Believe it or not, it's up to you!"

"Wait a minute!"

I grabbed Wang Qing's arm: "What exactly happened to them?"

"On our way back, we discovered that two participating teams had formed an alliance and were blocking our way back, preparing to attack the other teams, presumably to steal the tokens they had obtained."

Wang Qing could tell that I was really anxious, so he leaned against the windowsill, lit a cigarette, and continued, "At the time, my junior sister and I were very curious. These two teams had formed an alliance to rob other teams, but how would they distribute the tokens after they got them? I thought that since I had already gotten my token, I stayed to watch the show. I even made a bet with my junior sister to see if these two teams would have internal strife."

A bad feeling crept into my heart: "The short-haired woman's group, they've been ambushed, haven't they?"

"That's right! There are experts among the team that ambushed them! These guys didn't resort to robbery, but set a trap! They even used mechanical devices!"

Wang Qing exhaled a puff of smoke and continued, "In just two days, they ambushed a total of three teams. Two of them were wiped out, but unfortunately, they didn't find anything! I got tired of watching and prepared to return home. Just then, the third team arrived."

I've seen the ambushers' methods before, and they don't seem to have anything new to offer. I didn't expect there to be a skilled person among the short-haired woman's group. They actually detected the ambushers' trap and chose to take a detour, catching the ambushers off guard. Seeing how cautious the short-haired woman's group was, they probably thought they had something, so they launched an attack on them.

I couldn't help but ask, "Did you see them all killed by the ambushers with your own eyes?"

"I'm saying this right now! I have this feeling that you and that woman are actually having an affair?"

Seeing that I was about to curse, Wang Qing pursed his lips and continued, "I was originally going to leave, but when I saw the two sides start fighting, I watched the excitement for a while longer. After being attacked, the short-haired woman's group didn't linger but chose to retreat. One of them was killed on the spot by a catapult set up by the attackers!"

However, the short-haired woman and her group seemed to be skilled in martial arts. After the conflict broke out, the attackers didn't gain any advantage and began to deliberately drive them into a valley. Unexpectedly, that valley had also been set up with traps.

Seeing that Wang Qing stopped there, I urged him, "Can you stop being so mysterious and just get to the point?"

"And that's it. I only saw the woman fall into the trap I had dug. I was about to follow her when someone spotted me and Wang Hong. Since I already had the token, why should I get entangled with these people? So I just left."

Wang Qing threw away his cigarette butt: "Although I didn't see the outcome of their fight, I did see how those ambushers dealt with the previous two teams! These people are obviously desperate criminals who have lived on the edge of a knife. The short-haired woman and her group fell into their trap again, and they are probably in grave danger!"

When I heard Wang Qing say that, I immediately felt depressed.

If what he said is true, then Wei Shengnan and her group are indeed in extremely dangerous circumstances. However, according to the rules of Fengmen Village, if we leave this courtyard, we will be considered to have automatically forfeited the competition and lost our eligibility to participate.

Upon learning this news, I quickly called everyone into the room and recounted how Wei Shengnan had collaborated with me and how we had gotten into trouble.

After listening to my explanation, Jiang Man seemed to have guessed my intention, but still asked, "What are your thoughts on this?"

"Help!"

I succinctly expressed my thoughts: "Wei Shengnan and her group are currently in a state of uncertainty, and the people participating in the competition are all ruthless individuals. If we don't go looking for them, Wei Shengnan and her group will be completely wiped out."

"Young Master Duan, have you gone mad?"

After hearing what I said, Monkey was the first to object: "We've gone through so much hardship to get a spot in Fengmen Village, all for the purpose of finding Duan Jinyan! Leaving this courtyard now not only means that all our efforts have been in vain, but also that the clues we've worked so hard to obtain have been lost! Have you forgotten how Wei Shengnan and her people treated us back in the Far East?"

Lin Que chimed in, "Brother, I also urge you to reconsider this matter! Back in the Far East, the security guards those people hired fired shots at us! We've taken so much risk to get here; wouldn't it be a shame to give up like this?"

I took a deep breath: "I've considered all the factors you mentioned! But the four sects have been fighting for so long. Although Wei Shengnan and the others have done some outrageous things, they have always kept to their bottom line and have never intentionally harmed us! They came to find Duan Jinyan to resolve the grudges between the four sects. If I stand by and watch them die this time, the conflict between us will only deepen."

Ever since being betrayed by Song Laosan, Monkey has harbored hostility towards Wei Shengnan and her group: "But this has nothing to do with us! They came to see Duan Jinyan voluntarily, we didn't force them! If they get into trouble, it's not our fault! Even if these people demand an explanation, it shouldn't be directed at us, right?!"

“That makes sense, but I can’t bear to do it. Song Laosan and Qu Ruilin are the last heirs of their respective families. If something happens to them, the Song and Qu families will be extinct! I’m not saving them to atone for Duan Jinyan’s sins, nor am I trying to reconcile with them. I’m doing this to make amends for the Duan family!”

I paused for a moment, then looked at Jiang Man and said, "We can still look for Duan Jinyan even if we lose his trail this time, but if Wei Shengnan and the others have an accident, I'm afraid I'll regret not helping them today! Since we've decided to withdraw from the competition, I will return the two hundred million yuan that Tianxia Group spent on the jade seal, okay?"