The Dao Court's forces were powerful, its connections tangled and intricate, and its intelligence network was extremely formidable. Though it might not necessarily be able to peer too deeply into true secrets, at the very least, by using "official" means, it could investigate surface-level clues in great detail.
This saved Mo Hua a great deal of trouble.
If he had been made to search for these things himself, investigating them one by one, he probably would not have made any progress without several months.
"As expected, methods need to be a little flexible. Once in a while, you have to learn to take a shortcut."
"The Dao Court's thigh isn't exactly impossible to cling to..."
Mo Hua nodded, then began staring at the Yanshui River Map in his hands.
Marked on the map were the places where Water Yama had once appeared, as well as the Yanshui watershed where he might have been active.
Mo Hua did not know exactly how Inspector Xia had found all this out.
But Inspector Xia had the Dao Court at his back, so it did not seem strange that he could uncover these things. At the very least, it was within Mo Hua's expectations.
Water Yama was a big fish.
Next, they could cast the net and catch this big fish.
On the Yanshui River Map, there were many places circled, dotted, and outlined.
Looking at them on the map, these might only be small patches, but placed upon the vast and surging Yanshui River, they represented large stretches of river territory.
"The area is still too large. It needs to be narrowed down further."
Mo Hua's understanding of the Yanshui River surfaced in his mind. He judged the locations of the ferries where Water Yama had appeared, pondered Water Yama's temperament and habits,