The night of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the senior scholar Guan Shuchun, lead editor of the *Northern Prefecture Chronicles*, sought out Li Wangyi.
Before the *World Anecdotes* gazette was established, the intelligence scouts reporting to the *Northern Prefecture Chronicles* served as the primary source of information for Hanshan Academy. In other words, this elderly scholar, Guan Shuchun, was the academy’s "intelligence chief." While not a high-level cultivator, he possessed an exceptionally sharp mind and a talent for distilling critical insights from fragmented pieces of information. He was well-regarded among the faculty and deeply respected even by the former deputy hill masters, Zhou Lengxi, Dong Xieyang, and Liu Buming.
Upon arriving at Tingxi Garden and confirming they were alone, Old Scholar Guan spoke directly: "Hill Master Li, Xiangli Yinggong, a Young Mohist Master from one of the three Mohist schools, is dead. He died in Liuye County of the Yingchun Kingdom, in the southern reaches of the Northern Prefecture. The state of his body was horrific; his Great Dao essence had been stripped away."
Chapter 324