Nan Xian and Diao Yu returned to Rui Zhu's house, trying to find clues about her whereabouts.
Diao Yu is extremely skilled in tracking. Wherever a living creature has passed, it leaves a scent. Even if a long time has passed and the scent has become extremely faint, he can detect these scents just like a shark can smell a drop of blood falling into the sea several kilometers away, and quickly track it down.
However, he failed again.
Just after passing Ruizhu's territory, the aura of the stranger suddenly mixed into the other auras and then disappeared without a trace.
Diao Yu stood there, looking around in astonishment, her face filled with disbelief.
Seeing this, Nan Xian's heart tightened. "What's wrong?"
Diao Yu told her the truth.
Upon hearing this, she unconsciously frowned and thought for a moment, "Last time when you were in the Immortal-Slaying Village, you also said that you couldn't detect any trace of that puppeteer's aura. Could it be that—these two things were done by the same person?"
Without a second thought, Diao Yu quickly dismissed the guess, "No, it couldn't be him."
Nan Xian was quite surprised by his certainty: "Why?"
“Because—” Diao Yu choked, her mouth agape, unsure how to answer.
He couldn't very well say that because he knew the puppeteer was Wu Rao's person, and that the other party had already reached an agreement with him that if he didn't expose them, they wouldn't tell the adults about their past.
Seeing his hesitation, Nan Xian became even more confused: "That puppeteer failed to harm me last time, so he will definitely not give up easily. How do you know that he is not the one secretly plotting this time?"
Diao Yu felt guilty and her eyes darted around, avoiding eye contact. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a group of people walking in the distance. A thought flashed through her mind, and she pointed in that direction, saying, "Hey, they're back! Could they have discovered something?"
Nan Xian subconsciously looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that the one leading the group was the old man from before. He was also dragging a dusty-looking young man, and they seemed to be cursing and swearing. She immediately perked up and rushed forward.
Upon seeing her, the old man immediately shouted, "Gotcha! Gotcha! Look, isn't this the guy?"
After saying that, he turned the young man's drooping head and forced him to raise it.
When the young man saw Nan Xian and the other woman, he became even more flustered, his eyes darting around frantically, trying to find a chance to break free.
Diao Yu stepped forward quickly, took one look, and immediately exclaimed, "It's him!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers following the old man immediately started chattering, and in a few words, Nan Xian and her companion learned what had happened.
It turned out that when the two of them returned to search for traces in the house, the workers in the kiln had all heard the news that Ruizhu was missing.
The reason why their Chai Kiln has become increasingly famous in the past two years is largely due to Ruizhu—all her porcelain is fired here. And when white elephant-patterned porcelain became popular and sought after, the status of Chai Kiln naturally rose as well. Now their workers have more orders than they can handle every month, and their wages have increased significantly. Many workers who used to struggle to make ends meet no longer have to worry about basic necessities.
They had finally started to enjoy a good life, but suddenly someone appeared who wanted to cause trouble. This directly touched the workers' sore spot. Upon hearing the news, they immediately stopped what they were doing and went out to search for him.
One of the workers went back to retrieve something he had left behind and happened to see a man sneaking into the kiln. His behavior was very suspicious, so he thought he was a thief trying to steal something in the chaos. He immediately apprehended him. When the gatekeeper saw him, the "little thief's" appearance and height were very similar to the person described by Diao Yu, so he was immediately taken down.
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