Heroes' Prison

Chapter 650 - 625: Eyes Meeting

Meanwhile, at a second-floor window of a tea house near the city gate, two men were sitting there drinking tea. They had both changed their appearances, looking like two ordinary players, but their temperament was strikingly different from that of common folk.

One of these two men was none other than Miyamoto Musashi, who had caused quite a stir on Hero’s Continent a few days earlier. He was sitting cross-legged on the tatami, with a bowl of tea in front of him on the low table, the scent of the tea wafting through the air. His eyes unwaveringly fixed on the direction of the city gate, he seemed lost in thought.

"When do you think God of Slaughter will arrive here?" the man sitting opposite Musashi sipped his tea and asked.

This man was dressed in a black samurai robe, with a thin, long face and a mustache shaped like the number eight, tied with a black headband emblazoned with the character for "Martial." He sat upright, the tea bowl always placed and picked up at the exact same spot, the lid also always set at the same angle, without spilling a single drop, revealing a distinctly old-fashioned style. His name was Meng Junlin, one of the Four Great Protectors of the Martial Arts Guild.

"The group from Hero’s Continent should now be traveling here on Thunder God’s Divine Ship. That ship defies conventional predictions, so I’m not sure when they will arrive. But we have people using tracking skills on them all the time. If they come, we’ll definitely be able to track them, unlike me, they can’t get their hands on that many Anti-Reconnaissance potions."

"After his reincarnation, God of Slaughter’s hope for the best individual award must be very slim! Let’s just wait for his arrival these next few days," Meng Junlin also turned his head to look out at the city gate, his gaze profound, pondering something unknown.

"I’ve prepared a generous gift for him this time, he will definitely love it, the best individual award is very important to me, I can’t let someone else win it," the tone of Miyamoto Musashi’s voice carried a sense of determination to win at all costs.

Just then, under the watchful eyes of Miyamoto Musashi and Meng Junlin, Huang Yi’s incarnation walked straight in through the city gate, entering the bustling Northern Sea City!

"Hm?" At that moment, Huang Yi suddenly looked up at a tea house next to him, gazing toward the second-floor window!

That very moment, Miyamoto Musashi was looking down from the second floor!

Their gazes briefly collided in the air!

Time seemed to stand still, and the noisy Northern Sea City appeared to freeze at that moment, turning into a still picture, with only the sparking exchange of looks between Huang Yi and Miyamoto Musashi.

The next moment, Huang Yi lowered his head and continued walking.

Miyamoto Musashi also shifted his gaze back to the city gate.

Both of them instinctively ignored each other, as if they were two strangers who had never met. However, the reason for their averted gazes was different.

Miyamoto Musashi hadn’t recognized Huang Yi in his Big Baddie guise and thought he was just an ordinary player who had looked up by chance.

On the other hand, Huang Yi recognized the person upstairs as Miyamoto Musashi and deliberately looked away without a hint of disturbance! As he entered the city gate, his Treasure-sniffing Ability suddenly detected nine pieces of Legendary Equipment in that tea house!

The Treasure-sniffing Ability could detect treasures within ten kilometers, but if the enemy deliberately hid or was in a special location, the perception ability of the Treasure-sniffing Ability weakened. Normally, Miyamoto Musashi was well-hidden, but when Huang Yi passed under the tea house, their proximity allowed the Treasure-sniffing Ability to finally detect the Legendary Equipment on him!

Nine pieces of Legendary Equipment, distributed among two people: one had six pieces, and the other had three. Miyamoto Musashi had originally been awarded three pieces of Legendary Equipment for winning the individual championship at the martial arts competition, and along with the Legendary Equipment he obtained elsewhere, he definitely had a total of six pieces. Based on this, Huang Yi easily deduced that the man he made eye contact with on the second floor of the tea house was indeed Miyamoto Musashi, even though his appearance had changed, he could not escape Huang Yi’s discerning eye.

Having located Miyamoto Musashi’s position, Huang Yi naturally decided to launch an ambush. Without drawing attention to himself, he entered the tea house and casually took a seat on the first floor, ordered a cup of tea from an NPC, and sat down cross-legged to wait quietly. By keeping an eye on Miyamoto Musashi, he could gain some valuable information.

At the same time, he sent a message to Dragon Soaring Nine States, one of the Chief Hunters from the Hero Guild, instructing him to leave the Divine Ship immediately and head for Northern Sea City.

The Hunter class boasted exceptionally outstanding surveillance and tracking abilities, and Dragon Soaring Nine States was among the best. Since Miyamoto Musashi was now with another expert, if they parted ways, Huang Yi could only keep an eye on Miyamoto Musashi, leaving the other to Dragon Soaring Nine States.

Upon receiving Huang Yi’s message, Dragon Soaring Nine States on the Divine Ship promptly informed Thunder God and Yun Sihai and left for the Land of Dongying.

Dragon Soaring Nine States wasn’t a particularly obvious target. Miyamoto Musashi and his group wouldn’t be tracking him without good reason. Even if they were tracking someone, it would be Huang Yi, Thunder God, or Yun Sihai. Moreover, the people aboard the Divine Ship all had small props for changing their appearances, so identity could not be discerned from looks alone.

At that moment, gentle breezes blew in from the direction of the ocean, carrying with them a salty scent.

Huang Yi’s real body was walking slowly through a forest. Many of the trees in the forest had fallen towards the continent. Looking at the break, it seemed they had been forcefully snapped by a typhoon. The ground was incredibly damp, suggesting that there had been a storm recently. Scanning the vast continent to find Qin Shiyu was like searching for a needle in a haystack. She was now in captivity, which rendered many means ineffective, making it hard to trace her exact location.

He immediately sent a message to Qin Shiyu, "Are you being held in isolation, or are you with others? Can you provide any valuable information? I will see if I can deduce where you are being held."

Qin Shiyu quickly replied, "I’m being held alone, and I don’t know where the others are. After I got off the ship, one of their mages created a temporary Teleportation Circle and teleported me away. I’m in captivity and cannot receive location prompts from the system, so I don’t know where I was teleported to."

"How long did the mage take to cast the spell when setting up the Teleportation Circle?" At this point, Huang Yi’s mind raced, and he asked a critical question.

"About two to three seconds!" Qin Shiyu replied promptly. She was clearly a meticulous person and remembered the details very distinctly.

"Then you must have been teleported somewhere between one hundred to two hundred kilometers away." Huang Yi started calculating. The teleportation range of a mage’s skills heavily depended on the casting time. For every additional second of chanting, the distance that could be teleported increased geometrically. There had been discussions on the forums about this, and someone had even developed a formula for it. Based on that teleportation formula, completing the spell in two to three seconds meant the teleportation range would be between one hundred and two hundred kilometers!

Huang Yi took out a map of the Land of Dongying and examined it. The port city of the Martial Arts Guild was called Hengjing, and it was likely that the warships had docked there. Therefore, Qin Shiyu’s initial teleportation point must have been Hengjing, and she was subsequently teleported to a city one hundred to two hundred kilometers away!

With this, the search radius had greatly reduced!

After further scrutiny, Huang Yi identified that there was an arc-shaped volcanic mountain range located inland, one hundred to two hundred kilometers from Hengjing. This range frequently erupted with magma and was considered a forbidden area. There were twelve cities in the vicinity. Four of these cities were located deeper into the continent, on the far side of the volcanic range, while the other eight were closer to the coast.

It was highly likely that Qin Shiyu was being held in one of these twelve cities. Searching each one could take at least half a month to a month, which was obviously too long!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Right then, the cloak Huang Yi wore rustled loudly as the wind from the sea blew over it.

He looked at his fluttering cloak, and as if an idea had suddenly struck him, he immediately sent another message to Qin Shiyu, "Did you smell sulfur in that city?"

Qin Shiyu responded promptly, "I did! When I arrived at this new city, the first breath I took almost choked me. There’s a strong sulfur smell in the air."

Upon seeing this message, Huang Yi relaxed a bit and analyzed, "It’s May now, and the summer monsoon is blowing. At this time, the monsoon on Dongying blows from the ocean to the land. The fact that you can smell sulfur indicates you are on the far side of Flame Mountain Range. When the monsoon blows over Flame Mountain, it carries the sulfur scent to your city. If you were on this side of the mountain range, you would not be able to smell sulfur. Therefore, you are probably in one of the four cities on the far side of the volcanic range."

After examining those four cities closely, Huang Yi asked again, "You mentioned smelling sulfur; did you feel any wind blowing through the city?"

"No, I didn’t feel any. The city was very calm when I arrived yesterday. There was no wind!"

Hearing this response, Huang Yi immediately made an assumption, "Then you must be in Muyi City!"

"Why?"

"I have seen many signs of trees being knocked down here, which suggests that a strong typhoon recently blew through this area. Your location is only about one to two hundred kilometers from here. Although the Flame Mountain Range would reduce the wind’s force, you should still have been able to feel the wind yesterday. The fact that you didn’t means that the city you’re in has a special terrain, and a basin is a kind of terrain that blocks the wind. Among those four cities, only Muyi City is located in a basin. So, you are in Muyi City! I’m coming to Muyi City to find you!"

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