Cheng Wanqing Investigation

[GGanbu Ni player 001]

Okay does this side quest do anything or is it a waste of time?
I spoke to everyone it told me and then the quest is over.

From what the quest said, Wanqing's men sprinkled the aphrodisiac stuff iin the horses pasture to dispose of it
Might have caused the horse Cheng Yu was riding to almost run over that little girl.

Lastly the unsellable item "Blood Red Coral" belonged to the Cheng family in it's item discription.
It's probably a quest item.
It almost feels like Cheng Yu should be in the party and he realizes his "father" has long been unfaithful to his mother/betraying his uncle because of these pieces of evidence and it allows him to remove his father from position.

Edit: Blood red coral belongs to mr cheng in Li City

[Angrypokstick]

If you got to the point where Cheng Yu has been kicked out of his home then teh quest is over at that point for now, later on the frosty condor side quest line features a follow conclusion of sorts to this quest as wanqing's ulterior and political/religious motivations are revealed.

[GGanbu Ni player 001]

Really? The quest is only available after we bring Cheng Yu back to wudang and decide his fate.
Shame there isn't a follow up. The whole Frosty Condor side quest works but as you need to recruit Di Zui, and he kills Cheng Wanqing... This makes this side quest kind of superfluous.
There are so many quests in this game that feel like they deserve one.

[Watashiwa]

Originally posted by GGanbu Ni player 001:

Might have caused the horse Cheng Yu was riding to almost run over that little girl.

Ah you're totally right. I never understood what that quest was hinting at with the horses. There's still a loose end too, the girl mentions that you're even more skilled than "her ladyship", which I assume is supposed to be about Xiaotong? But there's no follow-up.

I think there might have originally been a quest chain about disentangling the Xuanhuo Cult from the Western region, maybe even as the main quest for that area. Then they wrote out the bandit quest and realized that settled things better. That whole arc is primed for a Southern Chronicles style overhaul, so fingers crossed.