"Old Man Wuchuan returned to the Imperial Capital?"
Lin Bai furrowed his brows slightly, a look of astonishment crossing his face.
The first time he heard the name Old Man Wuchuan, it had been from Ren Xin.
At the time.
Lin Bai was investigating the causes of the First Prince and Second Prince's deaths. He happened to be going to Ren Xin to retrieve the Sea God Pearl and Heaven Measuring Ruler, and it was then that he learned about the God-Devil Calamity Poison from Ren Xin.
Unfortunately, before Ren Xin could tell Lin Bai the origins of the God-Devil Calamity Poison, he was attacked and killed by a villain.
Before Ren Xin died, he told Lin Bai to look for Old Man Wuchuan.
His words seemed to imply that Old Man Wuchuan knew the truth.
When Lin Bai searched the archives in the secret chamber of the Zhao Xing Office, he also discovered that after the First Prince and Second Prince died, Emperor Chu had dispatched the Celestial Mystery Pavilion's chief alchemist and chief artificer to assist with the investigation.
At that time, the Celestial Mystery Pavilion's chief artificer was Old Man Wuchuan.
However, beginning a thousand years ago, Old Man Wuchuan had retired, resigned from his position as the Celestial Mystery Pavilion's chief artificer, and returned to his hometown.
After that, he never showed his face in the Imperial Capital again.
Lin Bai had been planning to find an opportunity to leave the Imperial Capital and pay Old Man Wuchuan a visit.
Yet he never expected Qiao Mo and Qin Yao to say that Old Man Wuchuan had already returned to the Imperial Capital—and had even resumed his position as the Celestial Mystery Pavilion's chief artificer.
This left Lin Bai utterly baffled.
After the First Prince, Second Prince,