Elder Wan decided to let Duan Gujin cultivate alone, as Duan Gujin's Spiritual Power and Alchemy skills were far superior to his, and he could not offer any guidance.

Duan Gujin then devoted himself to cultivation in the secret room without any distractions.

Time flowed like water, quickly passing by.

Ten days later, while in seclusion, he suddenly heard three sharp breaking sounds coming from outside.

He frowned slightly, and soon noticed that the three sharp breaking sounds were not an attack on him, but three Flying Knives stuck in the door of his secret room.

The door of that secret room was made of heavy Vajra Wood, as hard as iron.

Yet, despite this, the door was hit by three Flying Knives, directly embedded in it.

Duan Gujin frowned, noticing that one of the Flying Knives had a piece of paper tied to it.

He prepared his defenses, then stepped out of the secret room.

He first extended his Divine Sense to confirm that there were no enemies nearby, and then he carefully removed the Flying Knife with the tied paper.

His face changed drastically when he read the contents of the paper.

"Gu Tianzhen, you are really audacious!"

He was so angry because the paper stated that Gu Tianzhen had kidnapped Yan Chunxue, and asked him to meet at Wangfeng Pavilion on Lonely Peak at 9 p.m.

If he did not show up, Gu Tianzhen would kill Yan Chunxue.

The paper also warned Duan Gujin not to seek backup troops, as he was being closely watched from nearby.

Moreover, the paper threatened Duan Gujin that if he sought help, Yan Chunxue's life would be ended immediately.

"I had anticipated this might happen!"

Duan Gujin took a deep breath, his mind rapidly thinking about how to deal with Gu Tianzhen.

After a moment, he sharply realized that the person who had sent the three Flying Knives towards his door was definitely a master.

"With my current strength, unless the person who made the move was a Martial Emperor Realm master, they couldn't possibly escape my Divine Sense Inspection! Could it be that Gu Tianzhen is so reckless because he has found a Martial Emperor Realm master to support him? The paper warns me not to seek others' help, or else he will definitely kill Yan Chunxue!"

He carefully analyzed it for a while and concluded that his initial judgment was correct.

The paper also specifically stated that the meeting time must be tonight at 9 p.m.

He thought for a moment and then felt he should inform Elder Wan.

"I must tell Elder Wan!"

Thus, he went to seek Elder Wan where he lived.

Unexpectedly, an Inner Sect Disciple who was responsible for taking care of Elder Wan's daily life told him that Elder Wan had gone out.

Hearing this, Duan Gujin slightly frowned.

"What a coincidence! Gu Tianzhen chose the time when Elder Wan was away to kidnap Yan Chunxue. It looks like he planned this deliberately, choosing the time when Elder Wan was out on errands to kidnap Yan Chunxue and threaten me! Should I go or not?"

Duan Gujin scowled, guessing that Gu Tianzhen must have come well-prepared and even accurately predicted Elder Wan's departure time.

If he invited a master, the master behind Gu Tianzhen might indeed kill Yan Chunxue.

However, if he didn't show up, Yan Chunxue might very likely be killed by Gu Tianzhen.

After pondering for a while, he decided to keep the appointment.

"I still have some Flying Knives on hand; I will coat the Flying Knives with poison later."

He couldn't find a master to assist him at the last minute, so he had no choice but to go alone.

Of course, if Gu Tianzhen expected him to surrender without a fight, he definitely would not comply meekly.

"I happen to have some Memory Spirit Stones on hand. I want to record everything that is about to happen!"

Previously, Elder Wan had rewarded him with a pile of items, which Duan Gujin placed inside his storage ring, using them when needed, and now they were finally coming into play.

Duan Gujin set off early and arrived at a place a thousand meters from Wangfeng Pavilion.

He released his Divine Sense, trying to locate where Gu Tianzhen was hiding.

However, from a distance, he saw that there was indeed someone at the Wangfeng Pavilion ahead, but he realized the person was Yan Chunxue.

At this moment, Yan Chunxue was bound by ropes to a pillar of Wangfeng Pavilion, which had been turned into a Killing Array.

Duan Gujin gasped in shock; he knew that if Gu Tianzhen activated the Killing Array, Yan Chunxue would be bombarded and killed by it.

"So that's what Gu Tianzhen meant!"

Duan Gujin's mind raced as he thought of a counter-strategy.

Meanwhile, he looked around with his Divine Sense; he wanted to find Gu Tianzhen's whereabouts.

However, what made him frown was that he noticed several Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection nearby.

And within those Arrays, people seemed to be lurking subtly.

After observing for a while, he analyzed that there were six Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection nearby.

A thought flashed through his eyes; if he wanted to rescue Yan Chunxue, he must first destroy those Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection.

A thought suddenly struck him.

"Why did Gu Tianzhen set up so many Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection here? This seems somewhat illogical!"

After pondering for a while, he decided to take out the Netherworld Treasure Pearl.

Using the power of the Netherworld Treasure Pearl, he quickly discovered that there was actually no one inside those six Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection.

What baffled him most was that inside those six Arrays, there were actually some statues hidden.

"Why would Gu Tianzhen do such a mystifying thing?"

If there had been real people inside those six Arrays, Duan Gujin would have thought these were the people Gu Tianzhen had sent to kill him.

Such an arrangement would have been completely reasonable.

But now, the situation was that Duan Gujin found that there were no real people inside those six Arrays shielding against Divine Sense Inspection, just some statues.

"Why would he create such an illusion?"

He speculated that Gu Tianzhen aimed to confuse him with these deliberate arrays.

But even if he was truly confused, what could that achieve?

Duan Gujin racked his brains for a while, but he still couldn't figure out Gu Tianzhen's purpose for doing this.

"Could it be that he has set up Killing Arrays within those six arrays?"

He thought about the distances of those six arrays and found that they were all located at excellent ambush spots.

If Gu Tianzhen planned to ambush him here, those six arrays would be the best positions.

"So Gu Tianzhen deliberately set these arrays, but there are no people in those six arrays, could it be that Gu Tianzhen has also set up Killing Arrays inside each of them, just waiting for me to step into any one of them, and then the Killing Arrays inside could easily kill me?"

After thinking it over, he felt this possibility was very high.

"It seems I should not focus on those arrays anymore, my goal is to rescue Yan Chunxue!"

To Duan Gujin's disappointment, even with the help of the Netherworld Treasure Pearl, he still couldn't find Gu Tianzhen's whereabouts.

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