Since she couldn’t rely on someone else’s eyes, Zhu Yu decided it was more reliable to count on herself.

She thought hard, carefully recalling the process of entering that small wooden building twice, not missing any details that she might have seen but overlooked at the time.

Suddenly, a scene from her memory flashed by, and Zhu Yu sharply captured it, instantly feeling invigorated.

"I thought of a detail." She sat up straight, her eyes reflecting the flame of the oil lamp, looking bright and shining, "The first time we went in, we were in a hurry and didn’t notice much.

But after recalling in detail just now, I remembered that the second time we sneaked in, there was a strand of cobweb next to the door, slanting across from the top of the door.

I didn’t think much of it at the time, but recalling it just now, it felt a bit odd.

Leaving aside whether a thin cobweb would easily be snapped by opening or closing the door, the more important thing is that cobwebs are sticky, and in such a humid mountain hollow, after it had rained earlier, there wasn’t a single drop of water on that cobweb.

This seems very unreasonable.

So I think it might not be a cobweb but instead a thin wire like a hair, connected to something underneath.

As soon as someone opens the door, the person inside would be alerted."

Lu Qing followed Zhu Yu’s recalled location, also searching his memory, and seemed to vaguely glimpse that inconspicuous "cobweb."

"We went both times at night, and each time as soon as we entered, we were discovered. Maybe the other side just happens to be on a nocturnal schedule.

If so, let’s go during the day tomorrow. Let’s not rush inside; first, see if there’s really a cobweb by the door. If it’s really a thin wire or something, we should first cut off their ’tentacle’ and then take the antidote to sneak in." He shared his plan with the other three, "Remember, when we leave tomorrow, do not alert the townspeople."

Zhu Yu immediately showed agreement.

She had confidence in Yan Daoxin’s skills, as Lu Qing knew him even longer and better, naturally having no worries.

Now piecing together these bits of information, many of Lan Country’s strange and chaotic events seemingly began after Lu Qing’s family had their incident. So, could the person who faked death and fled to Lan Country back then be significantly related to this coincidence?

The person in the small building probably left to hide sometime after that incident. Who is he, why hide for so long, who is he avoiding, and why does the window material on the small building bear patterns unique to Lu Qing’s family...

All these questions need to be answered by catching that person.

The talisman seeing that both the masters had made up their minds, didn’t say anything more out of turn and, following Lu Qing’s orders, went back to rest early. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Thus, early the next morning, as the day was just breaking, the four left a note for the innkeeper couple saying they were going for a walk by the river and did not need breakfast prepared for them, then quietly left the small town.

On the way back to the mountain hollow, the four of them discussed their next steps. Upon reaching the vicinity of the small wooden building, they slowed their pace even further, cautiously inching towards the target.

After the talisman’s observation, seeing nothing unusual around the small building, they finally approached it, tiptoeing to the door. Zhu Yu signaled the talisman to check the "cobweb" next to the door.

The rune leaned closer and indeed saw a long, thin line slanting from the doorframe, indistinguishable from a cobweb without a closer look, and surely in a place that would definitely be brushed by the door when opened or closed.

This made things interesting.

Even without discussing whether cobweb stickiness or water droplets, having this "cobweb" exactly matching Zhu Yu’s memory here is already quite absurd.

Clearly, this "cobweb" was the key through which the person inside always quickly noticed an arrival.

Following Zhu Yu’s earlier instructions, the talisman carefully traced the thin wire, discovering it went through a pinhole-sized hole in the wall to the inside.

This confirmed their previous speculations even further.

The talisman searched around and found a lifted wooden wedge near the small hole, with enough width on the raised part to wind a few loops of thin wire.

Then, he carefully pressed one end of the thin wire by the hole to ensure it wouldn’t twitch at all, and signaled the talisman to pull the other end off the door, wrapping the extra tightly around the wedge.

After doing all this, he gently released his hand, and the wire they had fixed remained perfectly still.

They had successfully moved the "alert cobweb" aside.

Lu Qing took out the adjusted Awakening and Detoxification Pills left by Yan Daoxin, and the four each took one, sticking to their pre-discussed plan. The rune slipped in quietly first, while the other three waited by the door, and after about a tea’s worth of time, the rune reappeared at the doorway, opened the door a crack, and nodded, letting the other three slip inside quietly.

Inside the small wooden building, it was dead silent. At this hour, with daylight fully outside, although the windows were mostly sealed, it was brighter than at night.

Zhu Yu quickly surveyed around the empty ground floor, then looked at the talisman who pointed upstairs and around, nodding to indicate the upstairs had the same situation.

Clearly, this bare environment with no divisions was impossible for someone living in hiding, fearing discovery, to inhabit.

Which was strange since they repeatedly checked the small building’s exterior without finding any livable space. Surely the person didn’t descend from nowhere each time?!

Zhu Yu furrowed her brows, her gaze dropping to the floor.

Descending from the sky was unlikely; she felt "emerging from the ground" was a more feasible option.

But, discovering such an entry point... that remained the issue.

After all, they couldn’t just openly search everywhere, lest they alert whoever was hiding.

At this moment, Zhu Yu suddenly recalled the cause of the uneasiness she felt their first time entering – the unintentionally found chicken bone gnawed clean.

Her gaze once again turned to the shadows beneath the wooden staircase.