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Gongsun Yuxia and Ji Yongao talked for a while more, and both of them surrounded the Hornless Lamp. Uncle Yan knew the secret, but he was afraid of being discovered by the two if he left. He took a detour to the back of the building and quietly left the garden after the two had left. After that, he openly returned to prevent Gongsun Yuxia from becoming suspicious. From then on, Uncle Yan began to think hard about how to deal with the internal troubles of the Kongtong Sect, the two siblings, Ji Yongao and Gongsun Chunqiu.

After more than a year of trepidation, Uncle Shan came up with a plan — the snipe and clam fight was going to pay off. Uncle Dan could tell that Ji Yongao was not only interested in the Sect Leader's position. What he was after must also be the Horned Lamp Pan. He and Gongsun Chun Qiu and his two siblings were just taking advantage of each other. Therefore, he used the Horned Lamp to incite a fight between the two sides. When both sides were fighting to the death, Uncle Dan would come back to clean up the mess and eliminate the three in one go.

Later, he pretended to be unintentional and told Gongsun Yuxia that he had hidden the Hornless Pan in the attic. Afterwards, Uncle Dan found some trusted aides and spread the news that he wanted to give the position of Sect Leader to Ji Yongao. And find the right opportunity, also told Ji Yongan the location of the Hornbeam. Following that, Uncle Yan took the opportunity to invite Gongsun Chun Qiu. He pretended to be discussing about giving the position of Sect Leader to Zen. This naturally met with opposition from Gongsun Chun Qiu and Gongsun Yuxia. Everything seemed to be in his hands, including the fact that the Gongsun Chun Qiu and his sister had captured and taken away the Hornbeam when Ji Yongao stole it on his own.

At that time, Ye Mo Han had already shaken the martial arts world, and the news of him joining hands and killing Lu Mingjie, along with Nan Gong and An and An Ran, had spread like wildfire. At that time, Yan Bo wanted to collect the leaf sheet and the good wind for his own use, but he didn't have the opportunity. Gongsun Yuxia, who had obtained the Hornless Lamp, immediately wanted to kill Uncle Yan, but was stopped by Gongsun Chun Qiu. Gongsun Chunqiu wanted to let Uncle Yan hold Ji Yongang back, to let the two of them be at odds so that he could take over the Kongtong Sect. For this reason, Gongsun Chun Qiu imitated Ji Yongao's notes and left a letter in the hiding place of the chandelier. It was the letter that Ye Mo Han and Chi Feng had seen. Gongsun Chun Qiu left Kongtong after obtaining the Hornbeam. After that, Gongsun Yuxia intentionally or unintentionally wanted Uncle Yan to go to the attic to take a look, so that he could quickly discover that the Hornbeam was missing.

After the news of Ye Chanhan and Chi Feng killing dozens of experts had spread in the martial arts world, Uncle Yan thought it was a good opportunity. He decided to discuss it with Gongsun Yuxia and wanted to recruit two people so that the Kongtong Sect could gain a foothold in this chaotic world. The Gongsun Chunqiu siblings panicked a little. They were afraid that if Ye Mo Han and Chi Feng were to enter the Kongtong Sect, they would hold the power of Kongtong in their hands. So Gongsun Chunqiu had Gongsun Yuxia kill Uncle Dan while receiving Ye Shuanghan and Chi Feng, blaming both of them for the crime. All of this was naturally anticipated by Uncle Zuo. Therefore, he decided to risk his life to drink the poisoned wine. Sometimes, it was easier for the dead than it was for the living.

Everything seemed to be within his expectations, but the venomous wine was too powerful. Although Uncle Yan was lucky enough to survive, he had already lost his power, and was practically a cripple. The thin man and the innkeeper were people that Dan Bo had trusted in just in case when he disappeared. After Uncle Yan drank the poisoned wine, the skinny man took advantage of the chaos to secretly appear and rescue Uncle Yan. Of course, Liu Yiyi was also taken away by him. As for the fact that the Gongsun and Chunqiu had colluded with the true Jade Pavilion, Uncle Dan really had no idea.

Ye Chanhan looked at the half-dead Uncle Yan, not knowing whether to gloat or sympathize with him. ”You captured my friend to help you kill the Gongsun, Chunqiu, and Ji Yongao?”

Uncle Yan nodded heavily and said, ”That was my original plan. But now, I hope that Lord Ye can kill the three of them and do something else.”

”For what?”

”Take over the position of Kongtong's head.”

Ye Mo was stunned for a moment. He shook his head and said, ”You should invite Gao Xian to take the Sect Leader's position. You should ensure Lady Liu's safety. I will help you get the Hornless Lamp back.”

Ye Mo Han turned and left, completely ignoring the pleas from Uncle Yan behind him. To have something to do, to have something to do, to do what he wanted to do, to refuse something he did not want to do, this was Ye Mo Han's choice.