Black Clouds Begin to Emerge

"Xuan Mo has returned to Mount Mang?"

Sha LiFei was confused. Seeing how excited Golden Eye Feng was, he could not help complaining, "Senior, we didn't study much. Could you explain it more clearly?"

"Sorry for the trouble. This old man overlooked that."

Suppressing his excitement, Golden Eye Feng explained, "The reason I'm excited is that this matter confirms my conjecture."

"Wang Xuanmo was born into the Taiyuan Wang Family, a prestigious and renowned lineage. His grandfather, Wang Lao, once served as Prefect of Shanggu in Southern Yan. His father died young, and he grew up arrogant and aloof before eventually pledging himself to Liu Yu."

"Official histories have offered mixed praise and criticism of him."

"In the twenty-seventh year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of Song launched a northern expedition. Wang Xuanmo was appointed General Ningshuo, but he failed to maintain strict military discipline, made strategic mistakes, and even retreated from the battlefield. Zizhi Tongjian criticized him as 'a subordinate general from the southern lands, not considered talented.' Yet in his later years, he 'forgot himself and devoted himself to the state,' preserving the greater principles."

"But looking at it now, there was clearly something strange. He was the sect master of the Northern Dynasties' Yin Talisman Sect and a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang Family, yet he pretended to be incompetent while hiding in the Southern Dynasties. He certainly wasn't doing it for a little glory and wealth."

"Back then, the First Emperor suppressed the resentment and killing intent of the Six States. Xu Fu presided over the effort, and not only did he crush many experts from the Six Dynasties, he also carried out massive construction at Mount Mang. He must have left some sort of arrangement there, making it difficult for outsiders to enter."

"Wang Xuanmo only