Salomon proceeded cautiously, slowly making his way toward the Zijing Continent.
In Liang'an Prefecture, Prefect Asude, who had been in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes and immediately emerged.
During this time, he had shut himself away, seeing no one and ignoring the turmoil outside.
But on this day, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Something's wrong. Very wrong. What Boyi said back then was wrong!"
Asude suddenly realized that there were some suspicious details.
Boyi's final words on the wall had seemed intended to mock him, but while they could anger him, they held little real meaning.
The first thing to consider was whether Boyi had guessed why he had been killed.
If he had not known, then that action was very strange. He did not know Asude had come for the crown, so how could he be certain that crushing the spatial ring would anger him?
On the other hand, if he had known why Asude wanted to kill him, then it was entirely different.
Seeing the words Boyi had left behind, Asude would immediately assume that the spatial ring had been crushed—and that the crown was gone as well.
But from another perspective, it was equally possible that this had been meant as a cover-up, to conceal where his spatial ring had truly gone.
As long as the idea that the spatial ring had been crushed was firmly planted in his mind, he would likely stop pursuing the matter, thereby missing the real crown.
He truly had not found Boyi's spatial ring, but that did not mean Boyi had crushed it.
On the contrary, Boyi had most likely given the ring to someone else. Since he had established such a hideout in the city, he might also have arranged for some members of the clan to flee.