At 4:30 PM on Friday afternoon, behind seven layers of soundproofing arrays in the Eastern Palace study. Second Prince Qian Ye [Regressor Halo: 76%] spread the yellowing sheepskin scroll across his mahogany desk and weighed down the corners with four black-iron daggers.
Drawn in blood-red cinnabar ink across the parchment were three secret mountain and lake coordinates within fifty miles of Sky-Crown City:.
1. Secret Realm #1: The Hidden Flame-Marquis Tomb (Red-Leaf Valley, 15 miles west — contains a Rank 4 Early Two-Headed Flame-Spirit Hound and a bed of Thousand-Year Fire-Lotuses);.
2. Secret Realm #2: The Sunken Star-Lake Grotto (Moon-Mirror Lake, 25 miles south — contains a Rank 4 Star-Iron Vein and ten chests of Moonlight Spirit Pearls);.
3. Secret Realm #3: The Ancient Sword-Saint Cliff Cave (Cloud-Piercing Peak, 40 miles north — contains a pool of Rank 4 Sword-Tempering Jade Marrow and the Sword-Saint’s Inheritance).
“In my previous life, these three Rank 4 Ancient Secret Realms remained hidden beneath stealth formations. Year 6 of the Frost-Moon Era,” Qian Ye murmured, his fingers trembling with greedy anticipation as he traced the three red circles on the map. “Because I alone know the exact blood-key frequencies and lunar tide timings, I don’t have to wait five years!
