Hearing my confident response, Jiang Man said to me, "All twelve passages outside lead to the main tomb passage. If what we see outside isn't the main tomb passage, but just a branch, then we won't be able to find Duan Jinyan."

"No, this path is for sending the coffin into the main burial chamber, so it must also go through the main tomb passage. I just don't know how far this tomb passage is from the third door."

I said confidently, "As long as Duan Jinyan gets there, he will definitely take this road. Even if the people from Ping'an Village are not lying in ambush outside the gate, they will definitely be on this road outside. Both sides have firearms, and once they encounter each other, there will definitely be gunfire. We can just act according to the situation."

After deciding to stake out Duan Jinyan, Jiang Man and I hid at the entrance of the passage.

We are now hundreds of meters underground, where the temperature is extremely low. The movement we had been doing had generated some heat, but now that we've calmed down, the low temperature makes me shiver uncontrollably, and fatigue is overwhelming me, making my eyelids droop.

After about half an hour, Jiang Man was also freezing cold and shakily grabbed my hand: "Duan Shenxing, I feel so cold!"

"Hold on, repeat the state of muscle tension and relaxation to keep your body warm."

I felt Jiang Man's arms trembling violently. After hesitating for a moment, I held her in my arms to keep her body temperature warm.

Now, we are only one step away from completing our plan. The next encounter with Duan Jinyan will surely be a fierce battle, so we absolutely cannot do anything while our bodies are frozen. We must maintain a good condition.

Jiang Man nestled in my arms, burying her head in my chest and asking, "Duan Shenxing, do you think we can catch Duan Jinyan today?"

I replied firmly, "Of course, I've been thinking about this for over a year now, and I absolutely cannot let Duan Jinyan get away today."

Jiang Man continued, "After capturing Duan Jinyan, have you thought about the future?"

I looked at the darkness around me and shook my head slightly: "Let's catch him first. There are too many grudges between us, and we have to settle all the old scores one by one. As for where to start, I don't know."

"You've misunderstood. The future I'm talking about isn't today, it's your future."

Jiang Man paused for a moment: "Revenge has always been your greatest motivation. Now that you are about to get your revenge, you also need to think about your future. What I'm asking is, after you've resolved today's matter, what do you want to do after that?"

"I haven't thought about it."

When I heard Jiang Man's question, I was also a little confused: "We're only one step away from Duan Jinyan. I just want to catch him first. We can think about the rest later. Besides..."

Before I could finish speaking, I suddenly saw a flash of light outside the door, and immediately lowered my voice: "Someone's coming."

Seeing the flashing light outside, Jiang Man and I simultaneously hid near the doorway and grabbed two throwing knives.

While Jiang Man and I were concealed, the passage outside was illuminated by flashlights, and a deep male voice came from behind us: "Boss, there's a door here, and it's open."

Along with that sound, a beam of light from a flashlight shone in from outside.

Immediately afterwards, Duan Jinyan's voice followed: "This door opens outwards and is difficult to open from the inside. Moreover, at this point, there is no need to build another door. It's likely that those people from Ping'an Village took a shortcut."

When I heard Duan Jinyan's voice, I instinctively gripped the knife in my hand and even unconsciously held my breath.

This is the second time I've been this close to Duan Jinyan.

The last time we dealt with each other, I cornered him in the tomb chamber of the Far East Zewang Tomb, but Jiang Man's appearance ruined everything.

This time, after going through tremendous effort, I finally arrived at the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace and successfully tracked down his whereabouts.

For a fleeting moment, I really wanted to rush out and capture Duan Jinyan.

Hearing the noise outside, Jiang Man grabbed my wrist and squeezed it gently.

I knew Jiang Man was reminding me not to act impulsively. After all, we had encountered Iron Fist in Black Robes, Cao Xiong, and others, all of whom were highly skilled. For Jiang Man and me alone, capturing Duan Jinyan alive would be an impossible task.

Sensing Jiang Man's movement, I gently patted the back of her hand, indicating that I wouldn't act impulsively.

At that moment, the male voice outside asked again, "We still have some explosives, should we blow up this passage?"

"No! The shortcut those people from Ping'an Village can find is definitely safer than the tomb passage we're taking. Let's keep this door; it'll be a backup plan when we retreat."

Duan Jinyan did not agree to blow up the passage: "Leopard, go check if there are any ambushes in this passage. Everyone, load your guns."

"good!"

The leopard agreed, and immediately a beam of flashlight shone in our direction, stretching the shadow of the stone gate deeper into the distance.

I heard footsteps outside the door. I gripped a throwing knife and moved my hand to my chest, ready to subdue Leopard as soon as he walked in.

Just as the leopard reached our door, someone outside suddenly said, "Boss, there are lights behind us!"

"Lights out!"

As soon as Duan Jinyan spoke, all the lights outside went out.

In the darkness, a series of hurried footsteps were accompanied by a male voice: "Boss, the people behind us are unidentified, but they are definitely enemies. Should we go into the passage next door to hide?"

Duan Jinyan replied without hesitation, "No, this door is very likely a trap set by those people from Ping'an Village, forcing us to take another path! Now that we've reached the main tomb chamber, there's no reason to take another path. Leave a dim light behind and let's move forward!"

After he finished speaking, the sound of rustling footsteps came from outside, growing fainter and fainter.

Seeing that there was no more movement outside, I gripped the throwing knife in my hand and slowly moved towards the door, cautiously looking outside, also wary of them using tricks to make the people in the passage show themselves.

I looked out the doorway for about five seconds and, seeing no movement outside, whispered to Jiang Man beside me, "After I turn on the flashlight, shoot whoever you see."

After I finished speaking, I immediately turned on the flashlight switch.

The light illuminated the two-meter-wide tomb passage outside, but apart from the carved patterns and murals on the walls, there was no one there.

Seeing that the people outside weren't playing tricks, I covered the lamp and walked outside the stone gate: "The one who just reported to Duan Jinyan should be their rearguard. He saved us once."

Jiang Man then asked, "Who do you think they just discovered the person behind them?"