"Hmph, stop acting in front of me, I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense, I now suspect you are involved in my son's death, cease your resistance and let me inspect your Divine Soul, I want to search your memories!"

The masked man replied.

His words confirmed Duan Gujin's previous suspicions - the masked man was actually Wu Wencai.

Knowing now that the person in front of him was Wu Wencai, Duan Gujin's brows furrowed tightly; he certainly didn't believe what the other party said.

"Since you are Wu Wencai, I won't waste words either. This is a Memory Talisman, if you dare to force me, even if I die, others will know what happened to me before I died! Don't casually speculate about me being an Honorary Elder recognized by the Blood Slaughter Sect without sufficient evidence, I remember the Blood Slaughter Sect's explicit rule that if someone wants to search an elder-level Disciple, they must have a search warrant from the Elder Council. Without evidence, you should find more before you speak!"

Duan Gujin coldly replied.

Hearing this, Wu Wencai burst into anger: "Boy, are you not afraid that I'll kill you?"

"Scared! Of course I am scared, but you should consider the consequences. If you kill me, Elder Wan and my Master behind me will definitely seek revenge for me! You better be able to withstand it then!"

Duan Gujin scoffed in response.

"You!"

After hearing Duan Gujin's words and seeing the Memory Talisman in his hand, the enraged Wu Wencai calmed himself down.

He knew that Duan Gujin wouldn't likely lie, and once he truly killed him, there would definitely be someone who would receive the memory image he sent before his death.

This process was similar to the memory image left by his son Wu Wenhua after his death.

Wu Wencai believed that some people with special identities really did possess such Imaging Crystal Stones.

"No wonder I felt that his earlier boldness to come here alone was very strange; it turns out he was utterly fearless!"

Thinking of this, Wu Wencai's internal fury exploded.

His mind began to race, weighing the pros and cons.

If he really killed Duan Gujin on the spot, he would definitely have to face the reprisal of Elder Wan afterward and also invite the wrath of the powerful figure behind Duan Gujin.

He had investigated Duan Gujin before and knew that Elder Wan was not the one who taught Duan Gujin Alchemy Techniques.

From various indications, Wu Wencai was sure that behind Duan Gujin there must be someone with formidable alchemy ability who imparted alchemy knowledge to him.

Moreover, these days, Elder Wan had also been spreading some rumors, saying that Duan Gujin had previously studied under an Alchemy Master of the King of Pills level.

Thus, Duan Gujin's alchemy ability was so terrifying.

For Wu Wencai, he couldn't imagine what kind of terrifying realm the King of Pills level was, but comparing Duan Gujin and Elder Wan, he realized that if he could let Duan Gujin grow, his future development would definitely far surpass Elder Wan.

In fact, although he was now the Hall Master of the Punishment Hall, his position within the Blood Slaughter Sect was still slightly below Elder Wan.

After all, as long as a disciple of the Blood Slaughter Sect didn't violate the sect's penal laws, they wouldn't have any dealings with him.

But within the Blood Slaughter Sect, every disciple had to interact with Elder Wan.

After all, Elder Wan was a true Sixth-level Alchemist; he could refine many of the Elixir Pills they needed.

If someone had a feud with Elder Wan, in situations like poisoning, if Elder Wan didn't make a move, that person was done for.

Moreover, if someone faced a vengeful Alchemist, unless they could strike first and kill the other person, their future would be quite miserable.

Wu Wencai, now reminded by Duan Gujin, reconsidered whether he should provoke Elder Wan behind Duan Gujin.

"It seems, I underestimated his adaptability!"

Wu Wencai originally wanted to intimidate Duan Gujin, so that he would honestly reveal the truth.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not afraid, but instead reminded him, and made him not dare to make a move on Duan Gujin.

Originally, Wu Wencai was not unprepared; he had set up a Shielding Array ten meters around Wangfeng Pavilion.

Even if Duan Gujin released something like a Memory Talisman within the Shielding Array, it would be blocked by the Divine Sense and could not be transmitted out.

However, he did not expect that Duan Gujin would not fall for it and did not enter the range of the Shielding Array.

Moreover, the other party started by telling him that he had already activated the Memory Talisman and Imaging Crystal Stone, and should he die, the image before his death would be transmitted to his Master and Elder Wan.

Wu Wencai was ruthless, and he did not believe that he could threaten Duan Gujin with Yan Chunxue's life and make him surrender.

Moreover, after reading Yan Chunxue's memory, Wu Wencai came to know that she and Duan Gujin did not have much contact.

Clearly, there was no romantic relationship between the two.

Wu Wencai guessed that threatening Duan Gujin with the life of Yan Chunxue was likely not to be effective.

Furthermore, if he indeed used Yan Chunxue's life to threaten here, it might cause Duan Gujin to sacrifice Yan Chunxue directly to strike at him.

Thinking of all these, Wu Wencai began to hesitate due to the potential risk involved.

He was very clear in his mind that he had miscalculated before.

In fact, he was merely suspecting and guessing, and he had no solid evidence to prove that Wu Wenhua was killed by Duan Gujin.

"It seems I really miscalculated before and underestimated Duan Gujin's methods!"

He broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, unsure of what decision to make.

Duan Gujin, seeing the other party frowning as if considering, suddenly felt apprehensive.

"It seems Wu Wencai really doesn't have sufficient evidence to prove Wu Wenhua was killed by me, but since he is the Hall Master of the Blood Evil Sect Punishment Hall, if he tells the Sect Master that he has been investigating the cause of death of several Inner Sect disciples in recent days, then the Sect Master of Blood Evil Sect will suspect that Zhu Xiao, Luoluo, and others were killed by me. Now that I've fooled him, I should take the opportunity and retreat gracefully!"

His eyes gleamed as he said, "Elder Wu, in capturing a person, evidence is needed. Don't assume just because you suspect someone is a murderer, they are the murderer! I know about your son's death, and I can understand your grief! But I really don't know how your son died, however, I can give you a clue, the Blood Evil Sect has recently seen a Tomb Robber at the base of the mountain. This Tomb Robber, who has been active all over the Jiuzhou Continent for years, recently came to Blood Evil Sect after discovering there's an Ancient Relic here. This Tomb Robber specializes in various secret techniques to locate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects based on the terrain and landscape of a place. I think your son's death might be related to that Tomb Robber. Zhu Xiao and Luoluo died due to their own actions, I admit, they were killed by people behind me! I am also very helpless about this!"

Duan Gujin deliberately gave Wu Wencai a misleading tip to allow him an easy way out.

Wu Wencai heard Duan Gujin's words and immediately thought this was the other party lowering his stance and seeking a reconciliation.

For Wu Wencai, Duan Gujin admitting that the deaths of Zhu Xiao and Luoluo were related to him was not the reason he pursued Duan Gujin.

The reason he was troubling Duan Gujin was because he felt Duan Gujin was connected to his son's death.

But so far, he really had no evidence to prove Duan Gujin was the murderer of his son, so he could only speculate that Duan Gujin might be the killer.

"Is what you said true? How do you know my son's death is related to that Tomb Robber?"

Wu Wencai immediately asked.

Duan Gu took a deep breath, unsure if Wu Wencai was playing any schemes, but until now, he could only continue his lie until the end.

His mind raced, and he quickly thought of a plausible lie.

"My Master is a High-level Alchemist, he knows many people, naturally including some Tomb Robbers. In the past, some Alchemists would take their Elixir Recipes with them into their tombs when they died, and my Master benefited greatly from those tombs' Elixir Recipes. Therefore, my Master told me that under any circumstances, I should try to maintain good relationships with those Tomb Robbers. They not only can sell you the Elixir Recipes for refining elixirs at a low price, but also sell some useful Dark Weapons or Treasures at a low price, killing two birds with one stone! Thus, I really heed my Master's words. I have good relationships with many Tomb Robbers on Jiuzhou Continent, and recently I found out that a very formidable Tomb Robber has sneaked into Blood Evil Sect, looking for a treasure belonging to a previous Heavenly Master Xun Yuan. I don't know if that Tomb Robber has found the treasure of the Heavenly Master Xun Yuan, but I soon heard that your son died. Reportedly, your son died at night, how could a normal person wander around at night? Thus, I speculate that your son was likely killed by that Tomb Robber. Of course, these are just my speculations!"

Listening to Duan Gujin's words, Wu Wencai started to think seriously.

"That's right, if not for his reminder, I would have overlooked a very important time factor. My son was killed by someone at night, at that time my son knew his black python had been killed, and then he led people down the mountain to find the person who had killed his python, after which my son encountered mishaps. I previously thought it was the people around my son who had betrayed him, now I think there's another possibility, my son wasn't murdered, but was killed by a Tomb Robber. In Blood Evil Sect, not many people know that my son liked and cared deeply about that black python, logically speaking, Duan Gu should not know about my son's special hobby. Plus, Duan Gu is an authentic Fifth-level Alchemist, if he really wanted to harm my son, he could have simply poisoned my son to death, he didn't need to use a poisonous snake and then lure my son out in the dead of night to finally kill him! He could have used other methods to kill my son, it wouldn't need to be this complicated!"

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