Miao Yu followed Duan Gujin back to the castle. After a while, Zhan Luan came back fuming with rage.

"Dad, did you find that traitor?" Miao Yu asked.

"Don't ask, when I was chasing it just now, that traitor suddenly disappeared. Later I discovered that the traitor had squeezed into a cave, and as I entered, the cave collapsed!" Zhan Luan sighed.

"Oh!"

Duan Gujin immediately thought that the traitor had been ready to escape all along. As soon as the traitor entered the cave, the cave would collapse, and the traitor would escape through a tunnel that had been dug out beforehand.

"That Duan Gujin, do you have a way to help me find out who's behind all this?" Zhan Luan asked.

"Uncle, please investigate who dug that cave and what exactly is the situation with the traitor; what was it doing? All these must be thoroughly investigated! If uncle doesn't get this information clear, it'll be hard for me to find the real culprit!" Duan Gujin said.

"Fine! I will have my subordinates investigate right away. You two just stay here and wait! Miao Yu, go prepare some food for Duan Gujin! And make it yourself!" Zhan Luan said.

"Alright!"

Miao Yu immediately went to the large courtyard where she kept chickens, ducks, and geese. She caught some of them, then began to slaughter the poultry.

She was busy for a good while until she finally prepared a meal for Duan Gujin.

This time, Duan Gujin carefully examined the food for a while to make sure there was no problem. After having his fill, he went with Miao Yu to investigate the situation with the traitor.

The next day, Duan Gujin asked Zhan Luan to gather all the Devil Clan members working in the kitchen; he wanted to inspect those Devil Clan members.

Zhan Luan immediately did as requested, summoning all the Devil Clan members responsible for taking care of his daily life and meals.

Duan Gujin, discerning in observation, noticed that three of the Devil Clan members had flickering eyes, so he had Zhan Luan take those three under control.

The three Devil Clan members were then taken to the prison cell by Zhan Luan. Duan Gujin entered and administered the Divinity Transformation Pill to the three of them.

When the minds of the three Devil Clan members became hazy, Duan Gujin used the Divine Control Technique to forcefully manipulate their consciousness.

Afterwards, he made the three Devil Clan members speak and reveal their true identities.

At that moment, Miao Yu was by Duan Gujin's side, and it was then that she learned the three Devil Clan members had infiltrated Zhanluan's Castle due to the coercion of a masked Devil Clan member.

After some interrogation, Duan Gujin learned that the escape of that Devil Clan member had been prearranged.

Once they were discovered to have poisoned the victim, the strongest among them would fight their way out, making it seem like the poisoner had already escaped, while the other Devil Clan members remained inactive.

"Good heavens! Who is that masked Devil Clan member?" Miao Yu was startled after hearing this; she hadn't anticipated such a complex scheme behind the poisoning of Zhan Luan.

Upon hearing the words of the three Devil Clan members, Duan Gujin realized that this masked Devil Clan member was no simple character.

"Miao Yu, go ask your father to come here, then let him listen to what these three Devil Clan members have to say!" Duan Gujin said.

"Okay!"

When Zhan Luan heard what the three Devil Clan members said, he was immediately furiously enraged.

"Damn you rascals, I treated you decently enough, and you dare to all betray me!"

Without uttering another word, he annihilated all three Devil Clan members with a single palm strike.

Zhan Luan acted so swiftly that even Duan Gujin could not intervene in time.

Seeing the heads of the three Devil Clan members smashed into a pulp, he was speechless.

"Good thing I asked them beforehand, otherwise we'd have no leads now!"

"Dad, what are you doing? By killing those three Devil Clan members, how will we find the real culprit now!" Miao Yu said anxiously.

"Don't worry, Duan Gujin will think of a solution for us!"

Zhan Luan was actually very calm.

When Duan Gujin heard that Zhan Luan wanted him to serve, he immediately refused.

"Uncle, I'm completely in the dark now. I'm not familiar with the internal affairs of your Devil Clan. I haven't even figured out the investigation, and you've already killed those three demons! Uncle, in the future, you must not act impulsively!"

Duan Gujin said resentfully.

Zhan Luan exhaled heatedly from his nostrils, saying, "Can't you make those three demons confess the truth? I think you should have a way to make other demons confess too."

"Uncle, that's what you don't know! I can only make demons with much lower cultivation levels confess the truth. If I meet an enemy who is stronger than me, then it becomes very difficult for me to make them tell the truth!"

Duan Gujin understood in his heart that those who could become enemies with the Chaos-cutting Demon Saint were very likely to be Demon Saints themselves.

And as for why the enemy would consider poisoning Zhan Luan, Duan Gujin thought that they might not wish for Zhan Luan to perish just yet, or perhaps their cultivation, although of the Demon Saint level, was somewhat weaker than Zhan Luan's.

What the truth really was, Duan Gujin felt that he should find out those lurking enemies within the castle.

"From now on, you will be responsible for this matter. If the enemy is too strong, call for me to help you!" Zhan Luan said.

Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin immediately realized that Zhan Luan intended to be a hands-off manager!

His mind raced and he asked, "Uncle, I have a question for you. Among the many demons, has anyone captured a high-level alchemist from the Human Clan?"

"I really don't know about that, but as far as I know, many demons have captured many human experts and are using them as slaves," Zhan Luan said.

"Then how about you, Uncle? Have you captured any human experts?"

"Yes, I captured those humans to build this castle for me. Why do you think this castle looks so much like the ones outside? It's all built by your Human Clan!" Zhan Luan spoke.

Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin didn't know what to say for a moment.

At any rate, Zhan Luan was a Demon Saint-level master. He could tell from the look on Duan Gujin's face that there was dissatisfaction with him.

"Don't worry, those human experts were later taken in by Miao Yu. They have been well arranged and are almost all living well!" Zhan Luan continued.

"Then I ask you to release those humans, Uncle!"

Duan Gujin said.

"No problem, but not now. You know as well that the whole Hundred Saints Mountain's Demon Saints have all been provoked by Shi Potian recently! Better to send the people out later!"

Zhan Luan spoke.

"Alright, thank you, Uncle!"

"You don't need to thank me; first find out the truth!"

"Okay!"

After Zhan Luan left, Miao Yu instructed her subordinates to clean up the bodies of the three demons, and she then discussed with Duan Gujin how to find the real culprit.

"Duan Gujin, how confident are you in finding the real behind-the-scenes murderer?"

Miao Yu asked.

"I don't know much about the internal affairs of your Devil Clan. Just tell me some of the most important clues. Does your father have any grudges with Hundred Saints Mountain?"

Duan Gujin asked.

"My father has grudges with at least several Demon Saints at Hundred Saints Mountain. I cannot accurately judge who would poison my father."

Miao Yu pondered for a moment before answering.

"In that case, please tell me in detail about the situation in Hundred Saints Mountain!"

"Okay!"

Miao Yu then told Duan Gujin everything about Hundred Saints Mountain.

Only after hearing this did Duan Gujin have an epiphany.

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