Duan Gujin's eyes flickered for a moment as he said to the Palace Master, "I just felt something peculiar about that old man. When I approached him, I sensed a faint killing aura emanating from him. The faint killing aura he exudes is quite similar to what Sect Leader Han Zhanyi of the Netherworld Sect released when he was preparing to ambush me!"

"Could that be possible?"

The Palace Master took a sharp intake of breath, her eyes widening in disbelief at Duan Gujin's words.

Duan Gujin continued, "Palace Master, please do not publicize this matter carelessly, and do not let the old man notice that we are suspicious of him. I believe there's a high likelihood that this old man belongs to the Netherworld Sect, and he has been sent here to steal the secrets of the Guanghan Heavenly Palace!"

Upon hearing Duan Gujin's analysis, the Palace Master said sternly, "If that old man truly is a spy sent by the Netherworld Sect, once I find evidence, I will not show mercy just because he is an elder. If he indeed is a traitor from the Netherworld Sect, I will execute him without hesitation!"

The Palace Master understood that if the secrets of the Guanghan Heavenly Palace were to be leaked, it could instantly change the entire situation.

"Palace Master, if there's any information on the Sky Crossing Demon King, please inform me immediately! Our current mission is to track this elder! Let's see what he is really up to!"

Duan Gujin stated.

"Alright!"

Subsequently, Duan Gujin covertly kept an eye on the old man. For two days of observation, he detected nothing unusual. The old man seemed like a very ordinary servant, getting up to sweep the floor at five in the morning and then working until eight at night.

After a good night's rest, he would start another day of hard labor.

"It seems I cannot just wait for him to reveal himself; I have to take the initiative!"

A glimmer appeared in Duan Gujin's eyes as he felt that there might still be traitors from the Netherworld Sect inside the Guanghan Heavenly Palace.

As a result, he had the Palace Master gather all other servants inside the Guanghan Heavenly Palace, and he then infiltrated the group of assembled servants.

Now that his telekinetic power was strong, he could sense the faint aura released by the Netherworld Sect Disciples.

An ordinary martial artist would have a hard time detecting this aura released by the Netherworld Sect Disciples.

But Duan Gujin's telekinesis had been enhanced the last time, allowing him to sense the faint Netherworld Energy exuding from the bodies of the Netherworld Sect Disciples.

The Netherworld Sect Disciples' cultivation method was similar to other martial artists—they all cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Martial Soul. However, their Martial Souls would exude a particular aura akin to Demonized Martial Souls.

Despite this very faint special aura, Duan Gujin, with his powerful telekinesis, was able to sense that small peculiar aura within their Martial Souls.

"It seems that this Netherworld Sect must have some kind of connection with those Netherworld Dark Clan members that were sealed in the Qiankun Continent!"

Duan Gujin closely followed the old man, feeling that it was unlikely for the old man to remain inactive.

A day later, he conceived a plan.

Thus, he found the Palace Master and instructed her, "Palace Master, I need you to release some false information. Announce that we have found a Treasure that can counter the Sky Crossing Demon King. Also, please discreetly deploy the experts from all sects across the Qiankun Continent to other locations, and make sure the servants of the Guanghan Heavenly Palace are kept unaware of this. It needs to be kept highly confidential."

The Palace Master immediately understood his intention; she knew that Duan Gujin was forcing the old man to act prematurely.

"This is a good plan! I'll go prepare right away!"

The Palace Master quickly responded.

Three two-hour periods later, several people from the Guanghan Heavenly Palace purposefully passed by the old man's side.

Just as they passed by the old man, the people from Guanghan Heavenly Palace began discussing among themselves.

"Ha ha, this is fantastic! We actually found a treasure capable of dealing with the Sky Crossing Demon King!"

One of the disciples, Zhang Kuang, burst into loud laughter.

This loud laughter immediately caught the attention of the old man. While the Guanghan Heavenly Palace disciples were not paying attention, a glint of sharpness flashed in the old man's eyes. He pricked up his ears, listening intently to their conversation.

"That's right! It seems that this time our Guanghan Heavenly Palace will definitely become the number one power on the Qiankun Continent!"

"Exactly, as long as we find that treasure which can exterminate the Sky Crossing Demon King, our Guanghan Heavenly Palace will become the number one power on the Qiankun Continent!"

"He he he! This time, we must obliterate the Sky Crossing Demon King just like we did with Han Zhanyi last time, completely annihilating him, scattering his soul!"

Upon hearing the conversation of those Guanghan Heavenly Palace disciples, a chilly gleam erupted in the old man's eyes. His pupils contracted, revealing deep hatred as his body involuntarily emitted a faint killing aura.

Although the old man quickly concealed the killing aura emanating from his body, the aura he had just released was still sensed by Duan Gujin, who pretended to be passing by.

Duan Gujin knew that the conversation of those Guanghan Heavenly Palace disciples must have infuriated the old man.

Yet he remained calm and continued walking past the old man.

Even though the old man's face appeared very calm at the moment, Duan Gujin could feel that the old man was constantly suppressing the anger in his heart.

After the Guanghan Heavenly Palace disciples left, Duan Gujin kept following behind the old man.

He noticed that the old man appeared to be an ordinary person on the surface, as if he had never practiced martial arts before.

Earlier, the Palace Master had told him that besides their own people, Guanghan Heavenly Palace only recruits some commoners to do menial work.

Even if these commoners know some things about Guanghan Heavenly Palace, without cultivation, they cannot spread all the happenings here.

And for a powerful martial artist to disguise themselves as a commoner under the watchful eyes of Guanghan Heavenly Palace is almost impossible.

Therefore, the Palace Master didn't suspect the old man to be a spy.

The Palace Master became open, telling Duan Gujin some of the Guanghan Heavenly Palace's techniques. After hearing this, he believed that the Palace Master really had the ability to thoroughly investigate the identities of the servants.

Yet this old man could still avoid the intense scrutiny of Guanghan Heavenly Palace; his ability was indeed astonishing.

To facilitate the surveillance of the servants, Guanghan Heavenly Palace arranged for them to stay in a fixed place, gathering them together and strictly forbidding them from going out.

These servants who entered Guanghan Heavenly Palace basically would have no contact with their families. They would spend their lives within Guanghan Heavenly Palace and even lack all human emotions and desires.

In order to strip these servants of emotions and desires, Guanghan Heavenly Palace would specifically make them ingest certain drugs each year, after taking which, they would lose their passions.

Duan Gujin extended his Divine Sense, locking onto the old man.

And he paid attention to others, wanting to find the old man's accomplices.

However, Duan Gujin failed, he did not find any accomplices of the old man, and the old man did not make any move.

But come midnight, Duan Gujin saw the old man directly passing through the surveillance Array that Guanghan Heavenly Palace had set up.

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