At the third quarter of the hour of the Rabbit, the iron door to the Lu Mansion dungeon creaked, startling the bats in the corners of the ceiling. Jiang Wan, clutching a Poison-Detecting Hairpin, crouched to examine the winding trail of blood on the blue stone floor. The smell of mold mingled with the sharp scent of rust. The pearl at the tip of the hairpin caught the bloodstain, casting a sinister, eerie blue glow—this blood had indeed been poisoned with the specific snake venom used by the Sky Wolf Stronghold.
"Wu Mingyuan died after taking poison," she said, frowning. "The dungeon guards are impenetrable. Where could this wolf-head tattoo have come from?"
Lu Jingyuan dipped his fingertip into the bloodstain, the Withered Plum Token in his sleeve catching the light with a cold glint. "Mr. Zhou, what did you find in the Cien Temple’s Book of Reincarnation?"
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