Heroes' Prison

Chapter 616 - 591: The Secret Only I Know

At this moment, the elder was holding a crystal-clear peach in his hand!

The peach was the size of a fist, semi-transparent throughout, and the flesh showed a faint pink color, the variety unknown.

"What is this?" Huang Yi asked in confusion after seeing the peach, having never seen such a thing before.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" Right then, the giant monkey chasing them below saw the elder take out the peach and instantly went mad, bellowing continuously as the ground shook violently. Its aura was extremely terrifying!

Gaspng for air, the elder said with difficulty, "This is a type of Spirit Fruit, called the Spirit Water Peach."

"Spirit Fruits are indeed valuable, but it seems you have grown more than a dozen sprigs of Spirit Grass next to your thatched hut, so you don’t appear to lack Spiritual Medicine. Why take the risk of your life to steal this Spirit Water Fruit?" Huang Yi asked, puzzled. In reality, Spirit Fruits were just like Spirit Grass, only in the form of fruit, and the contained medicinal power was more or less the same. For the elder to provoke such a high-level Holy Domain Beast as the giant monkey over a single Spirit Fruit was entirely abnormal.

"Hm? You know about my thatched hut? Have you been there?" The elder was slightly startled and spoke with some nervousness.

Huang Yi noted the elder’s nervous look and guessed that he must be worried about those dozen or so sprigs of Spirit Grass. Too bad Little Dragon had eaten them all; when the elder sees the mess in the garden later, who knows what he will think.

"Yes! I just flew over from there. Both your disciples are there, and they even gave me this gourd of Sleeping Potion," Huang Yi nodded and shook the gourd in his hand.

"I see!" Upon hearing that both disciples were beside the thatched hut, the elder’s expression immediately relaxed, thinking that with the two disciples looking after them, those more than a dozen sprigs of Spirit Grass should be safe and sound.

Immediately, he returned to the previous topic, "I originally thought the giant monkey was just an intermediate-level Holy Domain Beast, but I didn’t expect it to be a high-level Holy Domain Beast, otherwise, I wouldn’t have risked my life to pick this Spirit Water Fruit. For some reason, this mountain range has been very abnormal lately. Normally, high-level Holy Domain Beasts hide in the deepest parts of the mountains, but now we encounter one here."

"Then just return this Spirit Water Peach to the giant monkey! It’s too strong, I can’t beat it! Once it gets its Spirit Fruit back, it might let us go," Huang Yi urged, as the giant monkey was too powerful, and even if he used all his Major Skills, he couldn’t defeat it.

"It’s already too late!" the elder replied with a wry smile and a shake of his head, the wrinkles on his face deepening, "This Spirit Water Peach isn’t ripe yet; ripe Spirit Water Peaches are transparent. By picking it early, it now has no medicinal power at all, and even if returned to the giant monkey, it would still kill me in a rage."

"If it’s not ripe, then why did you pick it?" Huang Yi’s puzzlement grew. Some Spiritual Medicines could be harvested immature, just with lesser potency, but some needed to be fully mature to contain any medicinal power; otherwise, they would be ruined upon picking. The elder was clearly an experienced Herbalist who surely understood this, yet he chose to pick early, something anyone with even a little knowledge of Spirit Water Peaches would not do.

"That’s a secret, and in this world, I am the only one who knows it," the elder mysteriously shook his head, not willing to continue and obviously reluctant to share this secret with Huang Yi.

Huang Yi looked at the relentless giant monkey still fiercely chasing them below, and turned his gaze back to the pale-faced elder, saying, "This way, we will never shake off the giant monkey, it will chase you to the ends of the earth. What’s more important to you, your life or this secret? Once you die, no one will know the secret."

The elder bit his dry lips, looked down at the fierce giant monkey below, clearly flashing a hint of fear in his eyes, perhaps seeing his own body torn to pieces by it. After hesitating a while, he said, "If you can help me rid myself of this giant monkey disaster, then I will tell you the secret."

Upon hearing this, Huang Yi knew he had triggered a hidden mission. The Second World was very free and open; some missions came without any prompt, and any encounter in everyday life could be a mission. These tasks, not adhering to any strict form, even lacked System Prompts, just like in a real world.

"Okay!" Huang Yi immediately nodded, then pondered, "I can figure out a way to help you with this trouble! But do you mind making the mountain top of yours a territory of mine? You can continue to live in it, I won’t interfere with you, and once it becomes my territory, I can protect you as well."

"Young man, I promise you!" the elder answered without hesitation.

"Also, is there a way to calm that giant monkey down for a bit? I just need to buy a little time," Huang Yi asked another critical question. If he could just get the giant monkey to stop for ten minutes, he would be able to plant a Subsidiary Battle Flag of the Hero Guild in the area and summon some Guardians from the Hero Guild. Then the giant monkey would be nothing to fear.

The elder nodded, looking at the gourd in Huang Yi’s hand, "If you increase the dose of this Sleeping Potion, it could have a bit of an effect on that giant monkey. Half a gourd of the potion thrown on its body could put it to sleep for about ten minutes."

"Got it, I understand!" Huang Yi nodded, then sped up his flight, quickly flying to the top of the cliff where the thatched hut was located and set him down.

The little boy and girl sighed with relief when they saw their master return safely, and hurriedly went over to support him from both sides.

Huang Yi turned around and looked down at the cliff below. At that moment, the giant monkey was still in hot pursuit, and although they were atop the towering cliff, the monkey, with its huge body and boundless strength, as well as its agile movements, was quickly scaling the cliff! As it climbed, it roared furiously, as if determined to kill the old man to vent its anger, no matter where he fled!

Huang Yi immediately flapped his wings and flew down towards the giant monkey!

Clutching the gourd in his hands, he stared intently at the giant monkey, aiming for the right moment and angle. Finally, when the monkey reached the middle part of the cliff, Huang Yi found the perfect opportunity and suddenly tipped the contents of the gourd over the monkey!

"Splash!" Instantly, the sleeping potion covered the giant monkey, and the stench wafted through the air.

The monkey staggered as if it had become suddenly drunk, its body began to sway, and its eyelids became increasingly heavy until they could no longer stay open. Its limbs gradually lost strength and could not hold onto the cliff, falling limply down like a child on a swing.

Soon, the monkey’s head tilted to the side as it fell completely asleep. Without the support of its strength, it dropped from the mid-air cliff, crashing into the ground below and breaking a swath of trees.

Huang Yi let out a sigh of relief, quickly returning to the cliff’s edge, and promptly took out a Subsidiary Battle Flag from his storage ring to plant it on the ground.

Instantly, a Slaying Flag fluttered in the wind atop the cliff, the black fabric bearing the blood-red character for "Slay." It stood defiantly at the peak of the mountain range, exuding a contemptuous air toward the world!

From now on, the territory within a fifty-kilometer radius belonged to him, and as long as this Slaying Flag stood, the landscape would never change hands! He was now the eternal king of this land!

Next, Huang Yi quickly took out the Book of Heroes and summoned the Heroes’ Prison! The head of the Dark Demon Dragon appeared at once, its gaping mouth as if ready to devour heaven and earth. Huang Yi rushed into it without a moment to spare, disappearing into the Dragon’s Mouth.

Just seven minutes later, Huang Yi was teleported out again, accompanied by a towering figure.

The towering figure wore a suit of cold metallic armor and a steel helmet, hiding its face. In each of its hands, it held a long steel pincer that ended in a sharp point, reflecting a menacing light in the sunlight that seemed so real it deterred anyone from approaching.

However, what was most peculiar was its shadow. Normal shadows cast by the sun do not move, but this person’s shadow seemed to be alive, moving freely and even existing independently from the body.

Merely standing there, the towering figure seemed to cast an intangible shadow. It was as though its shadow had already crept into one’s heart, placing the steel pincers upon the soul’s neck.

"Alright, Shadowmaster, from now on, you’re in charge of guarding this place. That giant monkey is down by the cliff—go and cripple it, but don’t kill it!" Huang Yi then addressed the towering figure.

Named the Shadowmaster, this criminal had reached the astonishing Level 187, at the Top-level Holy Domain Rank! Although its equipment was merely for show and lacked true might, as a hero, its strength was ridiculously powerful. With a Status Level far surpassing the giant monkey’s, defeating it would pose no problem at all.

"The ignorant cannot escape their fate," the Shadowmaster declared sternly. Its shadow then made its way to the edge of the cliff and leapt down.

Huang Yi watched as its shadow, tangible as though substantive, plunged swiftly toward the bottom of the cliff, landing perfectly next to the giant monkey.

"Puff!" The Shadowmaster performed a motion in the air, mimicking the act of attacking with its steel pincers as if rehearsing against thin air.

Simultaneously, its shadow at the bottom of the cliff executed the same motion, swinging the steel pincers in a loop and striking the giant monkey fiercely.

This offensive mode of the Shadowmaster profoundly impressed Huang Yi! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)