The Imperial Clan and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects were the top powers in all of Chu. Whether it was the Dark World or the Zhao Xing Office, both exercised some degree of caution around them.
The Zhao Xing Office had spies scattered throughout the Demon Realm, claiming to leave no hole unplumbed.
But even they did not dare extend their reach into the Imperial Clan.
If the Zhao Xing Office monitored even the Imperial Clan, would that not amount to treason?
Unless the Zhao Xing Office received a secret order from the Chu Emperor to investigate the Imperial Clan, they absolutely would not dare stretch their hands inside.
The Zhao Xing Office had the Chu Emperor backing it, but the Dark World had no one to back it up.
Thus, the Dark World rarely reached into the Imperial Clan or the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
Just now.
After Qiao Mo and Qin Yao finished relaying the news they had brought back from the Dark World, it had all turned out to be useless information.
Although the Dark World had provided an enormous amount of information, it had not helped in the slightest with finding the Posthumous Child.
But to Lin Bai, the useless information was precisely the best news.
Because he had finally determined where the Posthumous Child was. He was either within the Imperial Clan or among the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
Qin Yao suddenly understood. She asked in astonishment, "So when you had us investigate the intelligence in the Dark World, you never actually expected us to bring back anything useful? You were really just trying to determine whether the Dark World also couldn't find the Posthumous Child. If even they couldn't find him, then you could roughly determine where he