The intelligence provided by Li Changyou led us to restart the survey work that we had already announced was over.

After I left the monkey behind, Xue Dong came over and said, "Mr. Duan, our vehicles and everything are ready. We should head to the county town now."

I nodded and pointed to Li Changyou beside me, saying, "Let's go, take him with us too."

After hearing my order, Li Changyou looked aggrieved: "Boss, didn't you just say that there was nothing left for me to do here? Why do you still want to take me with you?"

I threw away my cigarette butt: "You're the one who leaked the news about the old site of Qingyun Town. This information cannot be leaked before we investigate this matter thoroughly."

Li Changyou pouted and said, "Didn't I already say that this news isn't just known to me? Almost all the old people in Qingyun Town know about it. It won't do you any good by detaining me?"

"I need to be sure that this information didn't leak out from you. And what I'm preventing isn't from someone finding the old site of Qingyun Town, but from people knowing that I'm looking for that place."

What I said was my true thought. Miao Xiaoxian told me that the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace was located underground in Qingyun Town. Currently, the only teams that know this news, besides Ping'an Village, are me and Song Laosan, who escaped from the mountains with me.

Most of the teams searching for the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace are currently looking for clues in the mountains. As long as we keep a close eye on the news about Qingyun Town and prevent it from leaking out, these people won't know what we're doing.

As for the monkey saying that someone was watching them while they were exploring Qingyun Town yesterday, in a sense, that's a good thing, because the monkey and his group didn't find anything yesterday, so it can be considered as throwing out a smokescreen.

After we all gathered, we boarded a car and left Qingyun Town to begin our return journey to the county seat.

Because of the miasma, the area outside Qingyun Town has been cordoned off, and no one has been seen along the way.

According to the information Xue Dong obtained, the county's epidemic prevention department had already set up checkpoints on the road leading to Qingyun Town to intercept people. In order to avoid the checkpoints, we took an extra hour to reach the county town.

Having stayed in Qingyun Town for so long, I felt incredibly fortunate to return to this small county town.

Xue Dong glanced at his watch: "It's 2:20 now, forty minutes before our agreed time with the Black Robe Organization. Jintu Mining has a lot of influence in this county. Should we talk to them in advance and ask them for some help?"

"Forget it. Jintu Mining is related to Uncle Tian. If we use them to do things, it will be more troublesome if the news leaks out."

I glanced at the three travel bags containing the animal heads at my feet and declined Xue Dong's offer: "The reason I chose the government square as the transaction location is to prevent any conflict between the two parties during the transaction! Although the people in black robes have no bottom line, there are still some rules they have to abide by. If they dare to cause trouble in the place I chose, then they've reached the end of their rope."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

After listening to my explanation, Xue Dong took a deep breath: "I hope our transaction goes smoothly today. If anything happens to Miss, my career will end today."

"Don't worry, to Duan Jinyan, all of our lives combined are not worth as much as those three beast heads."

I wasn't too worried about this: "Let's go to the government square first and check it out."

The county government building is located in the city center, in front of a very large square, and looks particularly impressive.

This square serves as a center for citizens' activities at night and as a public parking lot during the day.

After we parked the car in the square, Xue Dong said to the burly man next to him, "Before the transaction starts, go to the nearest car rental shop and rent a few cars. Park them around our car, and send two cars to block the entrance and exit of the parking lot. If anything unexpected happens during the transaction, prioritize protecting Miss's safety. At the same time, send people to block the entrance and exit of the parking lot. No matter how big the situation gets, we must get Miss back."

I did not comment on Xue Dong's instructions. Although I believed that today's transaction would not involve violence, I could understand his feelings.

Just as Xue Dong was instructing his men to prepare for the transaction, my phone rang. I saw it was a local number calling and answered, "Who is this?"

"Xiao Duan, I am Song Laosan."

After revealing his identity, Song Laosan continued, "I have made a new discovery. I think the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace is not in Qingyun Town."

I didn't quite understand what Song Laosan meant: "What do you mean by that?"

"To be precise, the current Qingyun Town is not the real Qingyun Town. According to my investigation, Qingyun Town underwent a relocation once, but not the entire town moved. Instead, a small village was also incorporated into Qingyun Town. That village has a long history and is very likely the place we are looking for."

Song Laosan paused for a moment: "I am currently working on finding the exact location of this village, but the people of Qingyun Town have been evacuated by the government. I am looking for someone who knows the details."

"Such a thing is true?"

When I heard Song Laosan's explanation, I pretended to be surprised and said, "Qingyun Town is in a remote area, and we don't know much about its history. I will have someone verify this information. I'm already preparing to trade with the people in black robes. If all goes well, Wei Shengnan and the others will be safe soon."

Although I have sent monkeys to investigate the old site of Qingyun Town, I have not mentioned this to Song Laosan.

At this moment, I am already preparing to use the three beast heads to exchange Jiang Man, Lin Que, Wei Shengnan, Qu Ruilin and others who are bound by black robes, which can be considered as saving their lives.

As for the next competition, it will naturally be a one-on-one contest between Duan Jinyan and me.

To put it bluntly, now that things have progressed to this point, Wei Shengnan and her group have been eliminated, and naturally I don't want Song Laosan, who belongs to their group, to have any more information.

Song Laosan, unsuspecting, continued, "Alright, let's act together, share information, and pass on messages at any time."

By the time Xue Dong's people finished their work, it was already 2:50 PM.

As the transaction time approached, Xue Dong looked at me nervously: "Mr. Duan, you only agreed to meet those people at three times, but you didn't say where to meet them. How are we supposed to find them?"

I opened my travel bag, took out the chicken head and put it in my pocket, then opened the car door: "You guys wait for me here. We don't need to look for each other; the men in black robes will come looking for me."

Xue Dong concealed the dagger in his sleeve: "I'll go with you!"

"No need, just wait here."

I patted Xue Dong's arm, then got out of the car alone and walked to the steps in front of the government building.

Less than five minutes later, a figure walked straight toward me from a distance. I glanced at the person and recognized him as Cao Xiong, who had kidnapped Jiang Man and the others.