The fake Elder Song, Lao Mu, followed Mo Yan's orders and found Elder Pang, but he didn't tell him not to leave the forbidden area; instead, he told Elder Pang to go look for Gu Ling outside.
"The master wants us to search the City Lord Mansion first and find where Gu Ling is hiding." Lao Mu looked serious and pointed in one direction. "You go that way, I'll go the other. We'll meet here in half an hour, regardless of whether we find anything."
Elder Pang didn't realize Lao Mu's disguise and left the forbidden area without hesitation, heading towards the garden.
Meanwhile, Lao Mu turned back and approached the cave again, standing outside, listening for any sounds from inside. However, the cave was so deep that he couldn't hear anything from the outside.
Lao Mu was considering finding an excuse to go back in and take a look, but he couldn't come up with a good reason.