The dark red bloodstain on the floor had been there for far too long. The current generation of Luodao City Officials could not explain its origins or who had left it. With no other choice, Little Bad King and the others examined the rest of Baoyuan's "former residence" first. Unfortunately... the four searched until midnight, but still found nothing.
The next morning, several Luodao City officials first consulted the historical records in the Prefectural Yamen's Archives, then questioned several highly ranked, veteran officials in the city. Only then did they confirm that the bloodstain in the residence's main hall had indeed been left by Baoyuan himself.
On the night his three-year term ended, Baoyuan had been sitting on his meditation cushion when an old ailment suddenly flared up. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, then fell unconscious. The Punishment Office's case files in the Archives clearly recorded the incident. Because his illness had struck without any warning, the Luodao City Prefectural Yamen had needed to investigate and establish the nature of such a serious incident. Thus, they had documented the bloodstain, along with statements from several Myriad Spirits disciples.
Moreover, some veteran local officials had visited the residence back then and seen the bloodstain themselves. It could therefore be established that Baoyuan had not been poisoned or assassinated. His lifespan had simply run out, and he had passed away in meditation.
Little Bad King was not convinced by this finding. He still believed that Baoyuan was a Dao Realm cultivator with unfathomable cultivation. Even if his lifespan had ended, he could not possibly have suddenly coughed up blood, fallen unconscious, and died without leaving so much as a final word.
Combined with the fact that Baoyuan was still alive, this gave him a few suspicions. He thought the recurrence