"Granny has already told me everything she knows."
Hu Ma returned to the mansion, had a simple meal, and then went back to the room prepared for him by the old servant.
That day, he finally met Granny and saw the legendary ancestral hall, asking about the things he most wanted to know.
Though Granny could not answer everything, he understood in his heart that she had given him answers in her own way. Ever since he met the State Preceptor on Old Yin Mountain, the lingering doubt in his tumultuous heart had finally dissipated on this day.
Outside the mansion, white lanterns still hung, with mourners and porters still eating in the courtyard, while he remained in the unlit room, quietly sorting through his thoughts.
His mind flashed through Zhensui Mansion, the Walking Ghost Bridge, the ranking in the so-called Daluo Dharma Sect Merit Book, and...
...the Little Hongtang Granny had left for him.
