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The forest was dense, and by the time Gu Chuan had returned, Gu Daiyan was no longer in the house.

Gu Liuyan only knew the general direction, but she did not remember the time. She carefully slid across the steep slope, barely grabbing onto a branch as thick as her wrist before stopping. The forest in front of her was a bit more relaxed, so she dusted her hands and carefully lifted her dress as she walked over.

She recalled that when she first came to the outskirts of Sky Flame Country to gather herbs, Duan Chengxuan had extended his hand out to her in the pouring rain. Now, when she turned around to look at the tall slope, the only thing that could help her was the thick branch.

His field of vision was wide, but beneath his feet was a cliff.

She stopped and did not move forward, but she did not turn back either. She only stared blankly at the scene before her.

A field of flowers had been tidied up, but there was a small house surrounded by a fence in the field. Beside the stone table in the yard stood a tombstone, which made Gu Pingyan subconsciously support the tree.

Although she could not see it clearly, she knew that it was her tombstone the moment she saw the person beside the stone table.

Duan Chengxuan was still wearing the same clothes as before as he sat beside the tombstone. He was still holding a cup of Green Plum Wine as he looked at the tombstone and muttered to himself, "This place is quite suitable for you."

After he had finished speaking, he spilled the Green Plum Wine on the ground and didn't do anything.

Gu Liuyan was standing on top of the cliff. She had already walked back and forth twice, but she didn't move.

Only when the sun set did Duan Chengxuan reluctantly leave, slowly and unhurriedly leaving the small path in the flower fields as if he was afraid he would step on the grass at his feet and be careful along the way.

After Duan Chengxuan's black figure disappeared from his sight, Gu Danyan turned around and continued to search around the forest. When they arrived at the entrance of Sky Flame City, it was already close to the city gates, and the ghosts were extremely worried. They saw that her eyes were glazed over and quickly brought her back to the mansion. "Did you see Yun Shu?"

"Yes." Gu Danyan came back to his senses and grabbed the ghost's sleeve in a daze. Seeing that he was in a sorry state, he quickly said: "Let's continue with the plan, she will definitely come."

"But why are you so upset?" The ghost carried her and climbed over the wall. As they landed, they even lightly touched her forehead.

Gu Danyan lifted his hand away and shook his head: "Nothing, I just lost my consciousness because of those endless woods."

"Look at you, I'm afraid you'll get lost wherever you go."

There was nothing she could do, she was usually lost in that part of the Yun clan, she did not bother to do what he thought.

Returning to the second floor of the bamboo tower, she removed the clouds from her waist and carefully felt around. When she left, she took almost everything with her, but she didn't take any of the items that Duan Chengxuan had given her.

Why, despite the fact that he clearly did not care about her, he still went to his grave to pay his respects?

She had a nagging feeling that she seemed to be unable to understand Duan Cheng Xuan's actions. The feeling of knowing seemed to have vanished, and at the same time, she could only clench tightly onto Yun Yi's sheath as she awaited news of her actions.

Gu Liuyan had already disappeared from the outskirts of Sky Flame City, but it was not good for them to openly send people to search for him. Liu'er had already been sent to find Yun Dian to think of a way, and when Ah Zi in the backyard cried out, the guests all shouted: "Why is your building so noisy today!"

"I had a lot of things to do today, and disturbed Young Noble Ya's mood. I heard that it was the Wind Hall's fault." Ye Zichen hurried over with a glass of wine and asked the young lord to treat him well the next time he came.

Pingchuan walked quickly to Ah Zi's side, only to see that there was still some blood on the ground. A Zi was squatting on the ground, picking up a piece of paper.

"What's going on?" He pulled her under the eaves.

Ah Zi pointed at the roof eaves. "Just now, there seemed to be a person who was heavily injured and ran over. I was scared out of my wits just time to see a piece of paper stained with blood, followed by the Third Prince's men."

Heavily injured?

Ping Chuan looked at the bloodstains on the ground. If it was as A Zi had said, that person had only been here for a short while and there were still people chasing after him. How could she leave so much blood on the ground? She must have been heavily injured.

He then quickly took the paper. The words on it caused Ping Chuan to be in a daze. He hadn't even spoken a word to A'Zi before he climbed over the high wall and ran out.

Fanchuan hurried over to Yun Que's house. Yun Que had just changed into a new set of clothes and was about to personally leave when Fanchuan breathed heavily and stuffed the piece of paper into her hands. He said in a low voice, "The Third Prince's goal really is you."

Opening up the paper, Yun Que's expression immediately changed.

Yan'Er was at the 3rd Prince's Mansion. The 3rd Prince wanted to meet her in person, and give her a final chance.

The few numbers seemed to have been hastily written in soot.

After explaining everything A'Zi saw, Ping Chuan said in a deep voice, "That black shadow must be a ghost. His kung fu is high and strong, and he was heavily injured. It seems like Miss's situation is also …"

"But if we go over now, isn't it because someone is looking for us?" However, Liu'er grabbed onto Yun Dian and said, "Master, this is no small matter. It could also be a trick of the Third Prince's estate."

Yun Qi's face darkened, "If you want to know if this is a trick, all you have to do is find a ghost."

As soon as he finished his sentence, Zhizhi from Wind Listening Tower also ran over while gasping for breath. She held her knees and quickly said, "Oh no, I just got the news that my subordinate saw the ghost being taken away by the third prince's men near the city gate. I seem to be seriously injured and was thinking about Miss …"

Before he finished speaking, Yun Que had already put on his black veil and ran out.

Upon seeing this, Liu'er stomped her feet in anxiety, "Isn't this like a lamb entering a tiger's mouth?!"

"I'll follow her." He hurried to keep up.

Hearing Liu'er finish her sentence, he could only helplessly say, "Master has always felt guilty towards Gu Danyan. If it wasn't for us orphans that year, Master wouldn't have wasted his time to bring Miss out."

"Forget it. Even if Master isn't here, we still have to think of a way to resolve Gu Cheng's problem." Hearing those words, Liu'er calmed down as well. She frowned as she looked in the direction that the two disappeared in, clenching her fists tightly.

She had originally thought that the Third Prince was different from the other dynasties.

However, from the looks of it, the people of the royal family were all fickle people. Gu Danyan used to work for the Third Prince, but now he was being used again by the Third Prince.

"Then what should we do?" Zi Ming entered the yard and drank a mouthful of water. "We can't just sit and wait for death."

"Contact our subordinates and spread out. Don't let anyone see anything these days. Pull some subordinates out of our building and don't show up for now." Liu'er's eyes were cold. "Even if Master is dead, we cannot really lose our lives. Someone has to properly take revenge on this cold-blooded and heartless Royal family."