"Why would I deceive you? This elixir recipe is really good. I didn't expect that mixing these spiritual medicines together could replace my previous formula. It seems that the alchemist who arranged this elixir recipe for you has a very profound knowledge in this field!"

The alchemist said to Duan Yi.

"All you need to do is grab the medicines according to this elixir recipe!"

The alchemist finally assured Duan Yi.

"Alright!"

Duan Yi pondered for a while, judging that the alchemist before him should not be deceiving him.

In order to cure his hidden illness, he had previously spent a considerable cost, even traveling to other countries, disguising as a citizen of other nations, and letting the alchemists of those countries diagnose him.

Hence, he was very clear about the hidden sickness within his body.

The ailment within him was a remnant of past cultivation. Whenever there was a sudden change in the weather, his whole body would begin to suffer from excruciating pain, as if thousands of silver needles were piercing into his head.

Although he suppressed this severe pain with special methods, such measures were often symptomatic rather than curative and had very serious side effects.

Up to now, the hidden sickness inside him had not shown any improvement but signs of worsening.

"I hope this elixir recipe won't disappoint me!"

Duan Yi immediately purchased the spiritual medicines listed on the elixir recipe, then followed the steps to refine the elixir pills.

Five days later, after taking the elixir pills for five consecutive days, Duan Yi indeed felt much better.

"It seems that Gujin really has received full support from a King of Pills!"

Duan Yi's eyes gleamed with fervor, internally marveling at Duan Gujin's luck, which was simply against the heavens.

"Unexpectedly, there's a King of Pills in a small place like Country Gulai!"

Meanwhile, Duan Gujin visited the place where Ye Tang and his sister Ye Manxiang lived, according to his usual habit. However, even before he entered the yard where the siblings resided, he noticed three sneaky figures outside.

"There's a situation!"

Duan Gujin's eyes suddenly brightened, and he immediately determined that those three people must be targeting the Ye siblings inside.

All three had cultivation at the Postnatal Ninth Layer, and if they grouped together to attack Duan Gujin, he would have been in quite a frenzy. However, they were scattered, each keeping watch from different positions.

Thus, Duan Gujin hid in the shadows and, after some effort, he launched surprise attacks and captured all three of them.

Seeing Duan Gujin bring the three captured individuals into the courtyard, Ye Tang and Ye Manxiang looked at him with perplexion.

"Duan Gujin, why did you capture these three people?"

Ye Manxiang asked.

Duan Gujin replied, "I saw these three people acting sneakily outside, and I think they must be under Prime Minister Cao. I've handed them over to you for interrogation!"

Ye Manxiang uttered an acknowledgment, then she began to interrogate the three.

They told Ye Manxiang that they were not Prime Minister Cao's men and they didn't know who Prime Minister Cao was.

"They say they are not Prime Minister Cao's men!"

Ye Manxiang said helplessly.

Duan Gujin sneered, the reason he let Ye Manxiang interrogate them was because he wanted her to gain worldly experience, to broaden her horizons.

"Ye Tang, you interrogate them!"

Duan Gujin immediately asked Ye Tang to take over the interrogation.

Ye Tang quickly shook his head and said, "Duan Gujin, if my sister said they are not Prime Minister Cao's men, then they shouldn't be! We don't have any evidence to prove that they are Prime Minister Cao's men either!"

Duan Gujin glared at them fiercely and said, "You will encounter Prime Minister Cao's men in the future. If they beg you like this, will you let them go? In this world, you can't judge a book by its cover; just tell us who you really are!"

"I'm just a scholar passing by; I truly don't know who Prime Minister Cao is!"

One of the young men, whose complexion was slightly pale, said.

From the expressions and words, Duan Gujin knew that the young man was lying.

"I'm asking you one last time, what did Prime Minister Cao send you here to do?" Duan Gujin asked coldly.

"I really don't know who Prime Minister Cao is!"

The young man continued to deny it resolutely.

Duan Gujin shook his head and then used his palm force to disable the young man's cultivation.

"Ah! You've disabled my cultivation!" The young man screamed in agony.

"You've been lying all along. Why should I preserve your cultivation? You can completely be a commoner here!" Duan Gujin said.

The other two men, seeing Duan Gujin directly disable the young man's cultivation, immediately broke out in sweat on their foreheads.

To them, their greatest fear was becoming useless in the eyes of Prime Minister Cao without cultivation, having witnessed many such incidences before.

Duan Gujin had encountered similar situations in the past and he knew that for some people, they would not shed a tear until they saw the coffin!

"It's your turn! Tell me, what did Prime Minister Cao send you here to do? The one who speaks first will not die!" Duan Gujin quickly questioned the other two.

"He sent us here to surveil Ye Manxiang and Ye Tang!"

Finally frightened, the two spies spoke up together.

"Keep talking! You both spoke so quickly earlier; I couldn't tell who spoke first. Only one of you can leave here alive with your cultivation intact. Bring two tables, and write down everything you know on them. After you've finished writing, I will read them carefully. Whoever writes the most will not have their cultivation disabled. If someone writes the least, then that person will end up like this one on the ground, with their cultivation disabled by me!"

"Alright! Alright!"

The two of them immediately trembled, filled with fear.

Seeing this, Ye Tang and Ye Manxiang widened their eyes, inwardly exclaiming that the three earlier individuals were really good actors.

Ye Manxiang asked excitedly, "Duan Gujin, how did you know they were Prime Minister Cao's men?"

Duan Gujin answered helplessly, "I saw them skulking outside earlier and knew they weren't locals. All three of them are at the Postnatal Ninth Layer, and their clothes are very neat and tidy. Look at the people living here, which one of them isn't wearing tattered clothes? This is a poor district!"

"Right! Now that you mention it, they do seem very suspicious!" Ye Tang quickly agreed.

"It's not enough to just be suspicious. You must learn to read people's expressions. I noticed they were very calm. Obviously, they had undergone special training. If they were just ordinary people, they'd think we were robbers or kidnappers – how could they remain so composed? Doesn't it make you wonder? Their reactions earlier were very unusual. Why would they categorically deny being Prime Minister Cao's men?"

Duan Gujin analyzed.

"Oh, I see now!"

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