Corpse Camel Temple, Mahā Hall.
Qu Zan was summoned to the scripture room again. Cangyang Konghai sat on a cushion with a grave expression. "Gyatso, we have made progress on your lead. I sent people to investigate. After Duowang was expelled from the temple, he settled in Yumai Village. He lived there until he died two years ago. He has already been cremated."
"Dead?" Qu Zan was somewhat surprised.
But the timing of his death was certainly coincidental. Last year had been precisely when Hell's Beings attacked Corpse Camel Temple.
"After the cremation, what happened to his bones?"
"According to the local corpse bearer, before Duowang died, he instructed the person performing his cremation to pour his bones into the river and leave no grave. Moreover, nothing bearing his aura was found where he lived."
"Then that lead has gone cold," Qu Zan said.
"All the leads going cold is itself a lead." A keen light flashed in Cangyang Konghai's eyes.
"Nothing bore his aura. He must have deliberately dealt with everything to prevent divination. Why would a dying monk expelled for breaking his vows take measures against divination?"
Qu Zan said, "If he made all those preparations, it would be difficult to divine anything about him now, wouldn't it?"
Divination required certain mediums. Now that Duowang had left nothing behind, divining anything about him would be very difficult.
"An ordinary diviner naturally would find nothing. But since he lived in Corpse Camel Temple, we need only find something he left here."
Qu Zan said, "What could that be? The cell he lived in? Scriptures he read? No, those should all have been contaminated by too many mixed auras."
Cangyang Konghai smiled. "His certificate of recognition and temple seal from when he became a Geshe. After he broke his vows