"This map… I've seen something similar before. When I was exploring with Sister Qiao Ying these past few days, I drew maps of the places we visited, and parts of it look very much like what you've drawn, Big Brother…"
As Xiao Xiao spoke, Qiao Ying had already brought over the paper she and Xiao Xiao had been drawing on.
"This is a map of Arcanum City?"
Ye Feng looked at the map in Qiao Ying's hand for a moment, somewhat surprised.
"Mhm!"
Xiao Xiao nodded. "Sister Qiao Ying said it's so we can plan escape routes in emergencies!"
"Big Brother, why are you also drawing a map of Arcanum City? Some of the routes seem different from the ones I took…"
After a pause, Xiao Xiao spoke again.
"Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, come, let's study this map carefully…"
…
Half an hour later,
"The Flame Ranger's treasure location… is in the Golden Tower, the building where Hua Xin, one of the Arcanum Five, is located!?"
After studying it together, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying confirmed the location indicated by the map within the Flame Ranger's golden medal crack.
"Hua Xin… Let's go, let's go check it out~"
After some thought, Ye Feng decided to investigate.
…
Soon,
Dressed in black, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying, all wearing black masks, arrived near the tall building owned by Hua Xin.
"Big Brother, that's why you didn't need the environmental concealment potion~"
On top of a house with black tiles, Xiao Xiao observed through binoculars with night vision. A group of people was rapidly approaching them. These were the same people they had encountered in the Ghost Market, the ones who had wanted to attack Ye Feng and the others at the behest of Lin Wu Rui.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "This Hua Xin is one of the Arcanum Five, and Lin Wu Rui is the great-grandson of Lin Ba Sen, another of the Arcanum Five. The Lin family can provide us with cover…"
When the Lin family members were not far from the three of them, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying quickly approached the wall of the Golden Tower and leaped over it…
"Hurry, it's just ahead, and all three of them are here!"
"The scent is strong, getting closer!"
"Wait a moment, stop!"
"Director Lin, what is it?"
"Are you sure it's here? This is Master Hua Xin's Golden Tower!"
…
Not long after Ye Feng and the other two entered the compound, a somewhat noisy commotion could be heard from outside the wall.
"Go!"
Ye Feng nodded to Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying and then began to scout the tall building stealthily.
…
"Big Brother, what kind of treasure are we looking for? Are there any more specific clues?"
After searching the tall building with Ye Feng for a while, Xiao Xiao whispered curiously.
Not knowing precisely what to look for, and only having a very large location, she felt a bit lost.
"Uh… it's a divine artifact…"
"According to the clues left by the Flame Ranger in the golden medal, the treasure he hid here is the Counterattack Divine Armor of Ares, one of the Twelve Main Gods, and the Zephyr Bow and Arrows of Cynthia, also one of the Twelve Main Gods!"
Ye Feng nodded and quickly replied to Xiao Xiao.
"Counterattack Armor… Zephyr Bow and Arrows?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Ye Feng with some confusion. "Big Brother, don't Uncle Arac and Sister Xiao Lu have those two items respectively?"
"I'm a bit puzzled too… but judging by the combat strength displayed by Arac and Xiao Lu at the time, they didn't seem like divine artifacts at all… perhaps they just happen to have the same name…"
"But those two items were given to them by the Flame Ranger, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on…"
"That's why I came here to see what the situation is…"
Ye Feng scratched his head and replied quickly.
"Ye Feng, Cynthia, whom you just mentioned, isn't that Artemis, one of the Twelve Main Gods?"
At this moment, Qiao Ying spoke.
"I'm not sure… the person recorded by the Flame Ranger in the golden medal crack is Cynthia… is Cynthia Artemis?"
Ye Feng turned to look at Qiao Ying and asked.
"Mhm!"
Qiao Ying nodded. "Cynthia is another name for Artemis, but fewer people know it…"
"Qiao Ying…"
"Beep beep~"
Ye Feng was about to ask Qiao Ying more about Cynthia, but his watch on his left wrist vibrated.
"It's time, let's get out of here quickly!"
Saying that, Ye Feng led the way downstairs.
Earlier, he had learned from Jiang Si Shan that Hua Xin disappeared for a period of time every night after dusk, and would return to his Golden Tower precisely around midnight.
…
Soon, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying left the Golden Tower.
Of course, as they left, Ye Feng deliberately knocked out a few patrolling guards of the Golden Tower, sprayed them with environmental concealment potion, and then they departed.
Not long after Ye Feng and the other two left, screams could be heard from outside the Golden Tower as people were sent flying and collapsing. It was the sneaking Lin family members who had been discovered by the returning Hua Xin.
…
"The Golden Tower has 20 floors… tens of meters high… If I'm to find the treasure left by the Flame Ranger… I'll need to plan carefully…"
Back at Tingfang Yuan, Ye Feng looked at the distant night sky twinkling with golden light and mumbled.
"Ye Feng… I…"
At this moment, Qiao Ying walked over but didn't finish her sentence.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Feng looked at Qiao Ying's conflicted expression and asked with some confusion.
"Uh, it's nothing, you should rest early~"
After saying that, Qiao Ying turned and went back to her room.
"Phew!~"
Ye Feng didn't think much of it. He let out a sigh of relief, returned to his room, and lay down on his bed to check the messages on the survivor channel. He hadn't looked at the "news" in quite some time.
"Knock knock!~"
As Ye Feng was looking at the strange tales posted by survivors, suddenly, a message came from the [Private Chat Channel]. He clicked on it and saw it was from Yan, "Does it look good?"
Following Yan's text was a video. Ye Feng curiously clicked on it and found it was a video of fireworks.
"Holy cow…"
After watching for a while, Ye Feng exclaimed in surprise because the fireworks video Yan sent was precisely the fireworks he had set off with Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying earlier.
"This shooting angle is from a very high position… This Yan… it seems she really is Yue Yan, the City Lord of Arcanum City…"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and replied to her, "It looks very good. I haven't seen fireworks in a long time. Where was it?"
"Arcanum City! Do you want to come over?"
Yan replied quickly.
"No, I don't want to be captured and studied by you!"
Ye Feng's reply was just as fast, and he retorted.
"Don't worry, I won't capture you. How about I introduce a super beautiful woman to be your wife!"
Yan sent another message after a short while.
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