"What a disgrace, truly a disgrace."

Li Changxun was quite annoyed, but Yun Ziliang remained silent, quite unlike his usual self.

Seeing Lao Yun with lowered brows, Li Changxun asked with concern, "Grandmaster Yun, has your junior brother upset you to the point where you don’t even want to speak? Let me tell you, venting is necessary at a time like this. Only by venting can you clear your mind..."

Li Changxun, at heart, was still a "fun-loving person," picking up on the scent of fun, he was even chattier than usual.

But Yun Ziliang was unusual in this matter; he wasn’t a bystander; he was directly involved.

Zhou Xuan gently moved Li Changxun aside and said, "Old Li, don’t add to the chaos; Lao Yun is worried."

"What’s he worried about? Such a treacherous disciple, once caught, should be executed to clean up the sect."

The more Li Changxun spoke, the more out of line he became, finally provoking Yun Ziliang to anger, who scolded directly, "Shut up, you just keep babbling endlessly..."

In the past, Yun Ziliang, when angry, would scold in a somewhat sarcastic manner, but this time, he scolded Li Changxun very harshly, speaking his mind bluntly.

Li Changxun, scolded harshly, instantly became crestfallen.

Zhou Xuan, playing peacemaker, said, "Old Li, you really should stop nagging. If Mr. Nayan is truly the ’Master Ziyan’ of old, then the calamity of Hidden Dragon Mountain might have some unexpected twists."

"Does this have something to do with the calamity of Hidden Dragon Mountain?" Li Changxun asked weakly.

"Think about it. On the eve of the calamity of Hidden Dragon Mountain, Lao Yun consumed Yun Ziyi’s Human Pill and had a grand dream,

and after the calamity of Hidden Dragon Mountain, all the disciples of Hidden Dragon Mountain were erased. Lao Yun barely survived, clinging to half a life,

but Yun Ziyi not only lived comfortably but transformed himself into a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan, becoming the Gatekeeper of the Heavenly Dome. Isn’t there something odd here?"

Hearing Zhou Xuan’s words, Li Changxun finally reacted and said, "Oh, are you suspecting that this calamity is inevitably related to Yun Ziyi?"

"Exactly." Zhou Xuan nodded in agreement.

Yun Ziliang also cast a grateful glance toward Zhou Xuan. In his chaotic state of mind, only Zhou Xuan could guess his complicated thoughts.

Those who know me, know my troubled heart.

Yun Ziliang, calming down, followed Zhou Xuan’s words and said, "Then Xuanzi, what do you think my junior brother played a role in the calamity of Hidden Dragon Mountain?"

Zhou Xuan pondered for a while, then finally spoke. He shook his head and said, "It’s hard to say. The events of that year are far-reaching, and to clearly understand what role Yun Ziyi played in that calamity, we must first find him."

"How do we find him?" Yun Ziliang asked.

Zhou Xuan turned to Danzi and said, "Mr. Nayan must be hiding in some space. Danzi, do you have any way to find him?"

"I can’t find him."

Danzi said, "However, I can tell you about the mystery of space within Jing Country."

"Please do." Zhou Xuan listened attentively.

Danzi quickly said, "Mr., we can assume that Jing Country is a mighty divine tree. Within this tree, there are many branches, which is where we live, and you call it the ’real world.’

But inside this main trunk, there are countless tree nodes. The internal structure of each node is inconsistent with the trunk. They have their unique energy, which is the ’spaces’ within Jing Country,

all around us are these nodes. They overlap and interweave with each other, and the energy of one node affects the energy of the next, making them indistinguishable, so I truly can’t find Mr. Nayan out of thin air."

"Now, this is rather tricky."

Li Changxun sighed and said.

Yun Ziliang, meanwhile, lowered his head in silence. The key figure from the Hidden Dragon Mountain calamity had surfaced, yet remained unreachable, leaving him rather dejected.

However, Zhou Xuan crossed his arms over his chest and said softly, "Since we can’t find him, then let him come to us."

"Would he come straight to us?" Li Changxun asked.

"We set the bait, position the trap, and reel him in."

Zhou Xuan, determined, said, "Doesn’t he want Danzi? Then we’ll use Danzi as bait."

"You want Danzi to leave this stone temple? That’s too risky." Yun Ziliang felt this plan was inadvisable.

Danzi wasn’t an ordinary elixir; he was a "Gradeless Elixir," without a grade.

The reason he had no grade wasn’t due to poor quality, but because his grade was so high that even designating him as a First-grade Elixir wouldn’t be sufficient to define his value.

Hearing that he might be put out as bait, Danzi became understandably nervous.

Zhou Xuan then took out a Ring Watch and pointed at its metal casing, saying,

"When fishing, the bait is usually earthworms or small fish, but have you ever heard of lure slices—fishing lure made from metal like this, a small lure slice."

"Using metal for fishing, will the fish bite?" Li Changxun asked.

"Even though lure slices aren’t real earthworms or small fish, they work better than the real ones. We can use Danzi as bait, position the trap, but we don’t necessarily need the real Danzi."

Zhou Xuan looked toward the stone temple gate and said, "As long as this bait makes Mr. Nayan believe it’s real, that’s enough."

"So what exactly should we do? What’s our role?"

Yun Ziliang naturally trusted Zhou Xuan’s planning abilities and asked for guidance.