"We've discovered that Qiao Yuan boarded the vessel at Wen Bu. He was riding on one of the vessels we lost! He then entered the city alone from the forest with a large quantity of wild animal pelts on his back." Yan Pei was flushed red, and his voice was as clear as a bell. After so many days with no progress, the old man had become distraught. Now, to suddenly have found a clue, the old man's spirits were stirred.
While Zeng Yushan had been looking at the description of Qiao Yuan in the Black-Line Star Listing, he had wondered whether he had any connection to the snow shuttle vessels being seized. An ace suddenly showing up among the top 100 in the Black-Line Star Listing had gotten his attention. When he had told his suspicions to Yan Pei, Yan Pei had immediately organized a party to investigate the matter.
Qiao Yuan certainly knows what actually happened! Zeng Yushan and Yan Pei had the same thought simultaneously.
