Yang Qing smiled to himself, thinking that today hadn't turned out so bad after all. When he left the Order to conduct this little investigation, truth be told, hopeful as he was, he hadn't expected to find much on this excursion.
At best, he'd hoped to cross it off his list—to say he'd at least tried, even if it led nowhere. Never in his mind had he imagined he'd get the kind of results he did. His trip to the Silver Crane Sect had gone as smoothly as one could hope. Not only did he find answers to Xia Fang's request, but he also uncovered truths tied to his own questions, like why the Silver Crane Sect allowed the Xia clan to be destroyed despite their deep-rooted relationship.
