With the help of Jiang Man and Lin Que, the three of us dragged Duan Jinyan and quickly arrived at the stone door connecting to the main tomb chamber.

Jiang Man glanced at the tomb passage and asked me, "According to Lin Que, he came from the main tomb passage. Now that we're evacuating through the secret passage, what if we miss the others?"

"We don't know the terrain here, let's go to the secret passage and wait."

I thought for a moment, then pointed to the wall next to the secret passage and said, “Leave a conspicuous mark here so that anyone who sees it can come in and meet us. Then leave markers along the way to guide them to evacuate along this path. If anyone comes here, they can also leave through the secret passage. We can then check the mechanisms connecting those secret passages along the way and enter other tomb passages to find them.”

Upon hearing my response, Jiang Man raised her knife and carved a pattern for entering the door on the side of the door, then asked me, "Are you confident you can open all the secret passages?"

"He's here!"

I pointed at Duan Jinyan, then pulled him into the secret passage. I handed the flashlight to Lin Que, then held the knife to Duan Jinyan's neck and pulled the gag out of his mouth: "Do you know who I am?"

Duan Jinyan looked at me calmly, his eyes devoid of any emotion: "In the netherworld, it's a matter of life and death. Who you are is unimportant to me."

Hearing Duan Jinyan's response, my heart suddenly ached.

Since the Wei family found me, starting from Li Fan's tomb, we have been walking into the Miao Jiang Xian Gong (a celestial palace) until today.

Every step was fraught with danger, a life-or-death struggle.

Everything I've done is to find the man in front of me.

From initial anticipation to later confusion, and finally to despair.

Although I had made up my mind to capture Duan Jinyan alive, vent my anger, clear the Duan family's name, and sever all ties with him as father and son.

But his cold words at that moment felt like a mountain was pressing down on my chest, making it hard to breathe.

I had imagined countless ways Duan Jinyan would react after meeting me, but I never expected him to have this kind of attitude.

Cold, indifferent, and completely ignoring it.

This lack of any real response is even more infuriating than contempt.

Seeing Duan Jinyan's appearance, Jiang Man couldn't help but angrily rebuke him: "Duan Jinyan! He is Duan Shenxing, your own son! It is said that even tigers don't eat their cubs, but you just fought with him, and every move you made was a killing blow. Do you really have no feelings for him at all?"

Upon hearing Jiang Man's words, Duan Jinyan smiled and said, "I, Duan Jinyan, am all alone, merely a wandering soul in the mortal realm and a wild ghost in the underworld, with no ties or attachments, and I have never remembered having any family."

"How did you come into this world without family?"

My arms trembled with anger at Duan Jinyan's words: "As a descendant of the Duan family, you have disgraced the four clans and destroyed the Duan family's foundation and reputation. Don't you feel any remorse?"

"Guilt?"

Duan Jinyan smiled and said, "I have long since severed all ties with the Duan family and removed my name from the family genealogy. The Duan family you speak of is as worthless to me as dirt. Why should I feel guilty?"

"you……"

When I heard Duan Jinyan say these words, my body trembled with anger, and I wished I could tear him to pieces.

"Bang! Bang!"

The gunfire from the main tomb chamber was still intense. I thought of Monkey and the others being trapped in the maze, and I suppressed my anger towards Duan Jinyan: "I don't care if you admit you're a member of the Duan family, but if you don't want to be killed by me right now, you have to help me find the mechanisms to other places and help me find the people who got separated."

“I, Duan Jinyan, have been wandering the world since I was sixteen, and no one has ever forced me to do anything for them.”

Duan Jinyan narrowed his eyes, looking at me with disdain: "With my methods, I could easily use the traps here to kill you. Aren't you afraid of bringing about your own destruction?"

"I don't care what tricks you have up your sleeve, but I guarantee that while you're playing those tricks, I can also take your life."

I increased the pressure on my hand, and the blade sliced ​​through the skin of Duan Jinyan's neck, leaving a trail of blood: "You only have one chance to choose."

Duan Jinyan looked at me with a calm expression: "Since you're not afraid that I'll drag you all down with me, then let's see what happens."

"Walk!"

Seeing that Duan Jinyan agreed, I and Lin Que pulled him forward.

"brush!"

We hadn't gone far when we suddenly saw the beam of a flashlight ahead.

Jiang Man saw the light ahead, raised her flashlight, and pointed her gun in that direction: "Who goes there?"

Before they could answer, I could already see their three figures: Wei Shengnan, Qu Ruilin, and Song Laosan.

Upon seeing Duan Jinyan, Qu Ruilin, his eyes bloodshot, strode over, brandishing a knife: "Duan Jinyan! You bastard!"

"Bang!"

Jiang Man knew Qu Ruilin's temper. Without uttering a word of nonsense, she fired a shot at his feet and then aimed it at his forehead: "Within this distance, I can hit the bullseye every time. If you take another step, I'll make sure your blood is splattered here."

Seeing Qu Ruilin's appearance, I knew he was so enraged that he had lost his mind and was incapable of communication. So I turned my gaze to Wei Shengnan: "We had an agreement before, that each side would capture Duan Jinyan by virtue of their own abilities, and if one side succeeded, the other side would voluntarily withdraw! You proposed this condition, so I don't think you would go back on your word, would you?"

"Duan Shenxing, you don't need to provoke me. I made this condition, and of course I won't go back on my word. But I hope that while we fulfill our agreement, you can do the same."

After saying this, Wei Shengnan flicked her wrist forward, and the head of a Luoyang shovel landed right at my feet.

I recognized the Luoyang shovel used by monkeys and was immediately stunned.

This Luoyang shovel made of meteorite iron was a gift I gave to Monkey when I was in Fengmen Village. He has always treasured it and won't let anyone else even look at it.

The monkey is a clever creature. It knows that although the treasure is of great value, this set of tools is what can save its life in critical moments, and it is also its livelihood, so it never leaves its body.

The fact that his shovel was in Wei Shengnan's hand made me wary: "Wei Shengnan, what do you mean by this?"

"Both the monkey and Manjing are in my hands."

Jiang Man looked at me calmly: "Hand over Duan Jinyan, and I'll return him to you. Then we can live in peace."

"Brother, don't listen to her nonsense. The Marquis probably dropped this shovel somewhere and they found it. Otherwise, how could they only have the item and not the person?"

Lin Que glared at Wei Shengnan and her group: "You think you can trick us into handing over people with just a broken shovel? Do you really think we're three-year-olds?"

“Xiao Duan, they weren’t lying. We did encounter Manjing and Monkey on our way here, and we’ve already taken them into custody.”

Old Song nodded to me: "It's just that the two of them struggled too fiercely, so we took them into custody and locked them up in another place."