After Hong Yi left, Huang Xiao could not help asking, "Could you tell me the details again?"
Liaochen nodded, then recounted everything the two of them had seen, along with some of their conjectures.
After hearing him out, Huang Xiao sank into thought.
Huang Xiao did not think he could discover anything from it. Hong Yi and Liaochen had pondered it for so many days without finding any clues.
"As you said, since no bodies were left at the scene, they should still be alive. We just don't know whether they escaped from the Taixuan Sect or fell into their hands," Huang Xiao said with a frown.
"If they fell into the Taixuan Sect's hands, by rights, they would certainly have killed them. But I heard Hong Yi mention that the Tai Chi Sword Li Wujing taught Brother Dugu was actually only part of it, while Brother Dugu himself had obtained another part. I think that might be a chance for them to stay alive," Liaochen said.
"Yes. If not for the complete Tai Chi Sword, the Taixuan Sect's men would probably have struck to kill at once. Perhaps, while fighting for his life, Brother Dugu used his set of sword techniques and greatly surprised the Taixuan Sect's experts. Let's hope they wanted that swordsmanship and imprisoned them for the time being. That way, we still have a chance to rescue them," Huang Xiao said with a nod.
Even without any other evidence, they had identified the Taixuan Sect as the perpetrators. After all, only they had a motive.
Liaochen had no one who could help him gather information, so he stayed at Huang Xiao's residence. Compared with the Beggar Gang, their Shaolin was far too lacking in its ability to gather information.
Moreover, Liaochen could not compare with Hong