Jia Yixiao's eyes swept across everyone's faces like knives, but he didn't move for a long while.

If I were in Jia Yixiao's shoes, I wouldn't know how to handle the situation either. I couldn't just kill all my subordinates because of a suspicion, could I?

After a long silence, Jia Yixiao turned to me, cupped his fist, and said, "Hall Master Li, could you give me some time and not touch the secret burial for now? I guarantee I will bring you Hua Wuxin's Earth Soul in three days, no, one day."

I sized Jia Yixiao up and down. "Are you sure you can walk out of Maticao Village alive?"

"What do you mean!" The Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren behind Jia Yixiao drew their blades simultaneously, assuming a defensive stance.

Jia Yixiao scolded, "What are you doing? All of you, step back. Hall Master Li is thinking of us."

Jia Yixiao understood my meaning: Hua Wuxin was mixed among them and could strike at any moment. Perhaps they wouldn't even reach the foot of the mountain before Jia Yixiao became Hua Wuxin and led them straight to their deaths.

Jia Yixiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Hall Master Li, how about we listen to your orders from now on?"

I couldn't help but laugh. "I'm starting to suspect you're Hua Wuxin. You're Wu Sheng's subordinate, and it's not like you're at your wit's end. Why would you listen to the orders of an outsider like me?"

"Besides, what would I order you to do? You should stay away from me to avoid Hua Wuxin in the crowd. I have to guard against you too. Hurry up and leave!"

While I was speaking, I kept observing Jia Yixiao's expression. When I said, "I have to guard against you too," a glint flashed in Jia Yixiao's eyes.

I guessed right. The reason Jia Yixiao came to me was because he had already discovered Hua Wuxin lurking in his ranks.

He also knew that I had a way to restrain Hua Wuxin!

Back then, Chang Sheng Hun and Bu Si Jiang were equally famous in the martial world, and they had fought many times, each with their own victories and defeats.

Neither could do anything to the other. Finally, they agreed to "not meet within a hundred li." That is, if one of them arrived at a certain place first, the other had to retreat more than a hundred li.

However, this agreement was broken by them not long after.

Chang Sheng Hun and Bu Si Jiang last fought before Bu Si Jiang retired. Although Bu Si Jiang didn't explicitly say who won that time, I could tell from his expression that he had defeated Hua Wuxin.

I am the successor of Bu Si Jiang, so he naturally taught me how to deal with Hua Wuxin.

Jia Yixiao brought his team here to get me to deal with Hua Wuxin.

Jia Yixiao said, "Hall Master Li, isn't your purpose to capture Hua Wuxin? Wu Sheng is willing to fully cooperate with you, and we don't ask you to open the secret burial. As long as you can take Hua Wuxin away, that's enough."

Jia Yixiao's reaction was normal, but what he didn't know was that Hua Wuxin wasn't in his team at all.

The reason why Bu Si Jiang could compete with Hua Wuxin on equal terms was because he could see through the other's disguise at a glance.

When Bu Si Jiang taught me the secret method, he said: If you don't even know where your opponent is, what's the point of fighting him?

While Jia Yixiao was looking back at his team, I also scanned through their ranks—Hua Wuxin was not there.

The condition Jia Yixiao proposed was "each gets what he needs."

I wanted Hua Wuxin, and he wanted the secret burial.

But I always felt that there was something I hadn't seen behind this condition!

While I was pondering, Xiao Ying ran out in a panic. "Li Po, something bad has happened! Ye Yang went into the Shibu Dao from there!" (Ten-Step Fall)

"What did you say?" I had just heard Ye Yang's chanting of witch incantations stop. I originally thought he had taken care of the lock core in the secret burial, but I didn't expect that he had gone in himself.

I didn't have time to pay attention to Jia Yixiao and rushed into the mine.

The stone pillar door frame stuck at Shibu Dao was still there, but Ye Yang was gone. I looked forward along the door, and there were only scattered bones on the road below the mine.

Were those the villagers who went down the mine back then?

How come I didn't see any human bones in the mine before?

I turned to look at Xiao Ying. "How did Ye Yang go down?"

Xiao Ying said, "After you guys went out, Ye Yang was originally setting up a formation here. After a while, I saw him stop and walk towards the pillar."

"Later, Ye Yang stood by the pillar, looking up at it. He was mumbling something, I don't know what he was saying."

"Then, the sound of his mumbling got louder and louder, and after a while, it was like singing. My ears were hurting from the sound, so I covered my ears while watching him."

"I didn't look at him for long before I saw the pillar move. Then the ground moved too. I saw a lot of human bones coming out of the ground, and Ye Yang stepped on those human bones and went down the mine."

"Look over there!" Xiao Ying pointed with her finger. "Ye Yang disappeared at that bend. I quickly ran up to find you."

I looked in the direction Xiao Ying was pointing.

That should be the turning point of the mine. There seemed to be another similar stone door faintly visible over there.

After taking a few steps back, I looked at Xiao Ying's feet.

Xiao Ying said in a low voice, "Li Po, why are you looking at me like that?"