In Where Winds Meet, 'What Goes Around' is an Encounter side quest that involves an isolated hunter, worried over what the fortune teller has told him. But the truth is different from what it appears and what fate holds is much darker. It's a straightforward quest that underscores the inevitability of fate. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Rewards

  • Echo Jade - x25
  • Qinghe Exploration - x25
  • Enlightenment Points - x100
  • Stored EXP - x10000
  • Coin - x10000

Location

What Goes Around takes place in the northeast of the Sundara Land region, near Wildmane Ranch.

The exact location is given above.

Walkthrough

Step 1

Make your way to the location. Talk to Hunter Zhou twice to trigger the encounter.

Step 2

After the conversation, turn around and make your way to the quest marker.

Step 3

Talk to Scarred Zhang.

Step 4

Submit Rabbit meat to initiate a conversation.

Step 5

Scarred Zhang is scared that something bad will happen soon, as said by the fortune teller. But it is his wife, Madam Zhang, that you must persuade.

Step 6

Go meet the fortune teller nearby under the tree.

Step 7

After a brief conversation, you must persuade the Fortune Teller and use Gift of Gab to talk your way through.

Step 8

Defeat the fortune teller with your Gift of Gab.

Step 9

After defeating him, return to the Scarred Zhang couple. Scarred Zhang would have gone on his own.

Find Scarred Zhang.

You tell him about the fortune teller, but he still looks worried as he goes back. Wait until the next day to talk to him again.

Step 10

Speed up to the next day using Time.

Step 11

Return to the Scarred Zhang couple's abode. The villagers will be gathered outside and you'll learn that Scarred Zhang has killed the fortune teller and is taken away by the cops.

Step 12

When you meet Madam Zhang, you'll learn that Scarred Zhang has actually killed several people in the past, that he was a notorious criminal.

Scarred Zhang got what he deserved, and so do you (rewards!).

Hope you enjoyed this short Encounter quest. These side quests do wonders to make Qinghe feel like a lived-in place full of people with their own troubles and travails, and your journey in their lives makes a real impact.