Returning to the manor, Li Gewen immediately set about having someone investigate the whereabouts of the tavern keeper. When he personally found the secret passage, he discovered it had already collapsed. A bad premonition arose in his heart. Upon returning to the estate, Liu Muxiang reported that the assassin brought back from the river had nothing whatsoever in his stomach.
"In other words, no traces can be found from the corpse," Li Gewen said.
Liu Muxiang pulled out a booklet. "This is a fragment of memory that Yi Renmei extracted from the bandit leader's mind using the Mind-Stealing Technique."
Chapter 27