Gong Pan shook his head. He sighed and said, “I only have my own dullness and lack of aptitude to blame; I was unable to find out anything. I was also unable to get revenge for these brothers who wrongfully died.”

When he saw the man grit his teeth and clench his fists tightly, and how his entire body was shaking a bit as he spoke, Zu An thought to himself, If this person is acting, his acting skills are out of this world. He coughed lightly and reminded the other party, “Then, where are those guards’ belongings located?”

Gong Pan thus woke up from his daze. He took out six pouches from some drawers and said, “The items are stored inside. They were all unfortunate souls who did not leave behind too many belongings.”

Zu An walked over and opened the six pouches one by one. These were the belongings of the six deceased guards. His attention naturally focused on Chen Zhou’s belongings. He chatted leisurely with Gong Pan while secretly examining the belongings in Chen Zhou’s pack. Inside were a scorched personal blade, a waist token, a fingernail file, a slightly shriveled canteen, a badly burned book, as well as a few books that were still intact.

“What is this?” Zu An noticed that the other people’s belongings all had the same book. He randomly picked one up and flipped through it.

“That is something all...