But shortly before his parents were murdered, a body had indeed been pulled from the river. The woman was said to have been pregnant.
Presumably, that woman had been the Black-Clad Man's younger sister.
The Black-Clad Man had not lied, and his father truly had not done those things either.
Then why had the Black-Clad Man believed his father was the faithless lover who had ruined that woman?
What evidence had the Black-Clad Man possessed that convinced him his father had done it?
Someone must have committed the deed, then turned around and pinned it on his father.
Qi Luo spent a long time analyzing it.
His father had already been an elder at the time. Only a handful of people in the entire Witch Tribe could have harmed him.
Apart from the Tribe Chief, the elders, and a few shamans, probably no one could have framed his father.
Qi Luo had narrowed the culprit down to the Tribe Chief, the elders, and the shamans.
Next, he would have to investigate those people thoroughly.
That evening, Qi Luo stuck an Invisibility Talisman on himself and went to the Grand Elder's house.
Holding his breath, he hid outside the Grand Elder's study and eavesdropped. He listened for three nights in a row but heard nothing unusual.
Next, Qi Luo went to the Second Elder's house...
He continued eavesdropping at each house in turn, until he reached the home of Feng Yan, the Ninth Elder.
Feng Yan had been sent away by the Tribe Chief during that period and was not in the tribe, so Qi Luo did not visit his house.
After eavesdropping at every elder's house, he went to the Tribe Chief's home as well, but found nothing unusual there either.
With the Tribe Chief and the elders checked, only