Tales index: starts, hand-ins and unfinished source chains

Long chains already routed

The healer chain spans the early flower, herbs, wounded bandits and Pangzhen’s father scene. The driver, Lan and Baishan quests each require a later region return. Zhang’s five-region route is split into the regional collection guides and late treasure guide.

Additional starts

Xiaocui starts beside the red-lantern alcove after the well boss, giving a red hair cord. Undying Chivalry starts with the purple-clad Wolf leader at the underground tavern entrance. Square starts with the fisherman by the hall’s far exit. Demon’s Daughter starts with the disciple before the camp’s left uphill tower. Later objectives are now cross-checked below; the few remaining locator gaps are identified explicitly.

Brother reunion and the jar

Talk to the tavern’s ox shopkeeper for Huang Mansion’s key. Search the hanging-puppet area for the chain fragment, the table by the stairs for the handle, the first upper room for the body, and the broken-stair corpse for the lid. Collect the reunion flower in the upstairs bedroom and report to the shopkeeper; his later clue points to Meigu Lake’s village-side shallows.

A safe audit

Keep a save before regional bosses and read failed entries in the Journal. A flower collection gate, a repaired armament and a story-gated return are different reasons for a stalled marker. The linked completed guides give concrete steps; Cui’s final parent location remains less precise than the other routes. Use the current quest marker rather than guessed coordinates.

Next steps

Evidence

Guide evidence checked November 1, 2026; not our own gameplay test.

• https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202610/2236093_18.shtml
• https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202610/2236093_20.shtml
• https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202610/2236093_21.shtml
• https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202610/2236093_23.shtml
• https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202610/2236093_26.shtml
• https://www.gamersky.com/tools/guide-map/roadbooks/53/map

Cross-checked later steps

Brother reunion: after Niu’s clue, travel to Village of Lu Shallows Dock at Meigu Lake, defeat Grief-Stricken Jin and interact with the dock memory for the Embroidered Shoes.

Cui: free Lu Sanqian in the mountain camp; find Rootless Dew southwest of Commander’s Platform beyond the gazebo, open the mountain gate and use the shrine-area levers to free him again. Give the dew, then check his later body near the shrine approach for the ribbon and final letter. Deliver them to Cui’s parents and watch for Lu Jieyuan on the mountain path.

The Cube: at Meigu Village East Dock inspect the central island building’s middle floor for Mortise. At Blackwater Crew Dock go east and defeat the enemy emerging from boxes near green lights for Tenon. Return to the tavern fisherman, then speak to Myst upstairs for the completed accessory.

Daughter of the Dark Sect: speak to the disciple outside Dovecote, confront the Red Wraith atop the tower, then follow the identity conversation. Her Seven-Stars joint-fight branch is explained separately.