"I don't know either," Feng Ruoxing shook his head. "The legends of the exiled sorcerers are too ancient. All I know is this much!"

I said to Wang Xiaohuan, "Notify Lao Liu and have him check the Huangquan secret files to see if there's any record of it. Also, ask Xiao Chengzi to look into it."

I pondered, "Based on the current situation, the Bei Yan family is likely descended from an exiled sorcerer who changed their surname to avoid trouble."

"Of course, they could also be people who escaped from Xianyang River."

"There's a reason they have to return to Xianyang River, which is why they fly back and forth like migratory birds every so often. That's why they changed their surname to Bei Yan."

Feng Ruoxing said, "I'm more inclined towards the latter!"

I continued, "Alright, let's continue to deduce based on the latter."

"Bei Yan Jingyun is the one from the Bei Yan family who should return to Xianyang River this generation. However, for some reason, he left himself a way out."

"Or rather, he sensed the danger of this trip and left clues that could save him."

I held up three fingers. "Currently, what we know is that Bei Yan Jingyun has three women, and he hid the things that could save him with each of them."

"He knew that Jing Henyun was a woman who knew how to be grateful, even to the point of sacrificing herself to repay a debt. He left the SOS letter with Jing Henyun."

I took out the note. "This note also represents a woman."

"That woman should be good at hiding. As long as she wants to hide, no one can find her. Therefore, he left the map to Xianyang River with that woman."

While speaking, I took out the letter again. "This letter mentions the Unrighteous Daoist, who is actually keeping the thing that can save his life."

"This should also be what the person impersonating Bei Yan Jingyun is trying to find."

"Bei Yan Jingyun hid the item with an unrelated person, which is why that guy killed the entire Bei Yan family but still couldn't find the secret treasure."

Wang Xiaohuan said, "Didn't you say that the three women each had a role? What was the role of Bei Yan Jingyun's wife, Luo Qingyan?"

I replied, "Looking at it now, we're still missing something from the clues we have. That is, the token to enter the Road of Exile, or to enter Xianyang River."

"I suspect that the reason why the people of the art of Dao don't know the reason for the Road of Exile is likely because that road requires some kind of token to open."

"Judging from Bei Yan Jingyun's style, he wouldn't put everything together. That token should be in Luo Qingyan's hands."

Wang Xiaohuan frowned. "Jing Henyun didn't mention that Luo Qingyan had a token. Could it be that Luo Qingyan, like Jing Henyun, didn't even know that she was keeping something crucial?"

I nodded. "That's a possibility. If Luo Qingyan hadn't died, we could have obtained more information. But with her dead, things are not so easy to handle."

Wang Xiaohuan said, "If all your judgments are correct, then there's one person missing from Bei Yan Jingyun's arrangements."

"A messenger who would tell Jing Henyun that Bei Yan Jingyun was in danger, so she could do her best to rescue him."

"That's right!" Feng Ruoxing said, "There's another characteristic of Jing Henyun that you haven't noticed."

"That is, she has a very accurate eye for people. Yue Hailou's ability to have today's scale and Jing Henyun's ability to influence the mundane martial world all depend on her eye for talent. Bei Yan Jingyun should be the only person she misjudged."

Wang Xiaohuan nodded. "It seems that women can't fall in love. Once they do, they become blind and can't see anything clearly."

"Ahem..." Feng Ruoxing coughed twice to change the subject. "Only when Jing Henyun moves will those women arranged by Bei Yan Jingyun all move."

"Someone interrupted Jing Henyun's line from the start! That's what caused the tragedy of the Bei Yan family."

"Who is that person? Was he killed by the murderer impersonating Bei Yan Jingyun, or did he not appear for some other reason?"

I pondered, "Clues are something you have to look for before they will appear. Let's sort things out slowly!"

Feng Ruoxing said, "Should we split up?"

"Not this time!" I looked at Ye Yang. "I have to keep an eye on this dog, lest he let go and disappear."

I know Ye Yang's dog temper too well—insidiously bad, insidiously bad.

Many times, he just gets things done silently without even a hint.

If he were to grasp the key clues first, he might knock his partner unconscious and sneak off to Xianyang River.

By then, I wouldn't be able to find that dog even if I wanted to.

If things go wrong, by the time I find him, the dog skin that was peeled off of him will already be dried.

We definitely can't split up this time!

I said, "Our first stop is to find the woman who hid the map!"

But when I found it, I was dumbfounded. The note said it was a house number, but what I found was a hospital. Moreover, that hospital was built there decades ago, and the house number has never been changed.

There has never been a woman named Luan Jingfan in the hospital either!

This is a bit ridiculous!