Mo Hua returned to the Cave Abode shared by the four master and disciples after gathering information.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi had also returned and told Mo Hua the leads they had uncovered.
Bai Zisheng had gone to noisy places such as the market, Tea Houses, and restaurants. Most of what he learned concerned the Lu Family's misdeeds and scandals.
Bai Zixi, meanwhile, had visited some female cultivators and the wives and daughters of cultivators in Nanyue City. Most of what she learned was gossip and romantic scandal surrounding the Lu Family.
Mo Hua began compiling the information and listing suspects.
Then he calculated who within the Lu Family was most likely to be that traitor.
But the Lu Family had many members, and its clan relationships were tangled and intricate, making them difficult to investigate for the moment.
There were not only elders from the main clan, but also guest retainers from outside.
Some elders of the main clan were not truly of the main clan, while some outside guest retainers might be related by blood or marriage...
Mo Hua felt dizzy just looking at it all and could not help saying:
"What a mess..."
Bai Zisheng nodded. "Families are like that. The larger the family, the more complicated its bloodlines, relationships, and connections become..."
"The Lu Family is actually not too bad. If it were our Bai Family, it would be even more complicated."
"Even visiting people and giving gifts during holidays comes with a whole heap of rules."
Just listening made Mo Hua tired. He shook his head helplessly.
Bai Zisheng glanced at the pile of Lu Family relationships before them and asked:
"Do you have the Lu Family genealogy? It would be easier to understand with one. Otherwise, who is related to whom, who gave