The sudden internal strife in Ping'an Village made me realize instantly that it was Duan Jinyan's conspiracy.

When we first contacted Ping'an Village, Wei Shengnan and her group didn't have much interaction with them, so the infighting among the people of Ping'an Village definitely wasn't related to them.

Previously, I only thought that among these people, I was the only one who had cooperated with Miao Xiaoxian from Ping'an Village. It wasn't until I saw that person from Ping'an Village shoot his companion that I suddenly realized that Duan Jinyan could do the same thing that I could do.

Moreover, it was Duan Jinyan and his group who blew up the council chamber and stole the internal documents of Ping'an Village back then, which forced the clan chief to reveal the location of the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace.

Looking back now, the whole thing is very strange. If there weren't spies inside Ping'an Village, how could Duan Jinyan have known that something was buried in the basement of the council chamber?

Faced with the sudden chaos at the scene, I had no time to think about where Duan Jinyan was. My first reaction was to resolve the situation at Ping'an Village and absolutely not let Duan Jinyan's men take control of the scene.

As I was running towards the Ping'an Village camp, someone suddenly covered the flares with something, and the surrounding light immediately dimmed.

"Bang bang bang!"

As the light dimmed, the gunfire continued incessantly in the distance. Suddenly losing my sight, I raised the flare gun again, aimed it at the sky above my head, and pulled the trigger.

"call out--"

The signal flare rose again, and the light once more illuminated the cave.

The sudden attack by the traitors from Ping'an Village caused heavy casualties among their men. After turning back from the hillside, they began firing at the traitor. With their suppression, the traitor found cover on the other side, and the two sides began firing at each other. The other members of Ping'an Village who had escaped the attack also quickly found new cover.

"right!"

A man from Ping'an Village saw us running in that direction and immediately pointed his gun at me.

"careful!"

Jiang Man, who was behind me, saw what that person was doing, grabbed my collar, and tackled me to the ground.

"Bang! Bang!"

The people from Ping'an Village opened fire again, and the bullets struck the rocks near us, making a clanging sound.

The monkey hid behind a nearby rock and pointed to the hillside behind, shouting, "Big brother, look behind us!"

I looked in the direction the monkey was pointing and saw several more figures appear on the hillside behind us.

A fourth party has emerged!

At this moment, we, Wei Shengnan, and the people from Ping'an Village all appeared inside this cave.

The only remaining group is very likely Duan Jinyan's group.

We had been lying in wait for so long without seeing Duan Jinyan's people appear, but now that there's chaos at the scene, their people have suddenly appeared. This means they're planning to take advantage of the confusion.

I guessed Duan Jinyan and his group's intentions, turned around, pointed at the people on the hillside, and shouted, "Catch them! Don't let them get away!"

Upon hearing my shout, Manjing instinctively ran towards that direction. Seeing this, Jiang Man shouted to stop him, "Everyone, take cover! Duan Jinyan and his men can use grenades for defense, so they must also have guns. If we confront them head-on, we'll be the ones who suffer. We need to find a way to get some guns from Ping'an Village for self-defense!"

The monkey looked at the people from Ping'an Village who were firing at each other with guns and turned to say, "Those people have gone mad. If we rush in, won't we just get riddled with bullets?"

“Going to Ping’an Village, we can still take advantage of the chaos. But if we go to deal with Duan Jinyan and his group, it will be like a low-level attack against a high-level one, and the outcome will only be worse.”

Jiang Man, fearing I would act impulsively, gripped my arm tightly: "We're here to arrest people, not to be killed!"

"Jiang Man is right. If we want to deal with Duan Jinyan, we can only use our wits."

I listened to the piercing gunshots in the distance and stared at Duan Jinyan and his group: "We need to find a way to draw the attention of Ping'an Village to Duan Jinyan and his group, but the situation is so chaotic right now, it will be difficult for us to get the people of Ping'an Village to do that."

"I have a way."

Lin Que suddenly stepped forward and shouted to the people behind him, "Hey, don't open the mechanism yet. The entrance to the second door is over at Ping'an Village. Open the door now and let them in!"

"Bang! Bang!"

Upon hearing Lin Que's shout, Duan Jinyan's men fired two shots downwards. However, the gunfire also attracted the attention of the Ping An Village men. After suppressing the traitor, they quickly sent three men to run towards them.

Seeing the people's actions, the monkey kicked Lin Que: "Damn it, before you yelled, at least let us prepare and move to another place! We're right on the only way for Ping An Village to attack. With that yell, aren't you just selling us out?"

Jiang Man saw the people from Ping'an Village approaching and began to move along the rocks, bending low: "Hurry up! Both sides are currently using pistols. As long as we keep a distance of more than 20 meters and move in a serpentine pattern, they won't be able to hit us!"

I saw the people from Ping'an Village rapidly approaching this way, and I shouted, "The people from Ping'an Village are coming! We'll hold them off, and you guys open the mechanism as soon as possible!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The people from Ping'an Village fired two shots in the direction I was shouting, and then someone yelled, "Take care of the people on the slope!"

"You little brat, trying to shift the blame onto me?"

The people on the slope saw the people from Ping'an Village rushing towards them and roared in anger.

Before the echoes from those people on the slope had even faded, a black object suddenly fell from above.

Before the thing even hit the ground, I ducked behind a rock: "Watch out for grenades!"

"boom!"

I had just taken cover behind the rocks when the grenade that fell exploded, sending up a plume of smoke and dust as the ground shook.

I instinctively dodged the grenade thrown from above, and after avoiding the explosion, I found myself hiding behind a lone rock. This position was right within the firing range of the people rushing over from Ping'an Village.

When the three men saw that I was alone, one of them immediately set aside to take me out. But as soon as he moved, another grenade exploded not far away, and the shockwave knocked him over.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, several grenades exploded in a chain reaction. I seized the opportunity and turned to run back to meet up with Jiang Man and the others. But just as I stood up, the ground shook even more violently, causing me to fall to the ground with a thud.

Just as I was wondering what kind of explosive could be so powerful, countless stones rained down from the sky, and then the entire space began to shake.