Another quarter of an hour passed, and anger surfaced on Fang Yun's face.
He had clearly been on the verge of finding that man, but the Literary Guts Mark Han Shuolin had left on him had been erased. He could no longer tell where the man was.
Fang Yun gritted his teeth. Refusing to give up, he flew toward the second man.
Three quarters of an hour later, his sense of the other three men's locations vanished altogether.
Standing on Walking the Blue Clouds, Fang Yun stopped above a stretch of wilderness.
Fang Yun drew a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and flew toward the nearest county town in the Qing Kingdom.
Once he approached the town and connected to its Temple of Sages, his Official Seal immediately received several messages.
After receiving the approximate locations from Han Shuolin, the Qi Lord had actually used the Imperial Jade Seal to survey his entire realm, then sealed and suppressed two criminals with national fortune before sending men to arrest them. Both were already being transported aboard a Flying Page Skyboat and would reach Baling City that night.
The difference in how the two kingdoms treated him was simply too great. Warmth filled Fang Yun's heart. He solemnly thanked the Qi Lord and said that he owed him a great favor, one he would repay generously.
Han Shuolin had yet to send a letter. It seemed finding the remaining men would still take time.
Fang Yun took a deep breath and sent an urgent letter to the Qing Lord.
"To the Qing Lord, for your consideration. Matters have differing degrees of importance and urgency. Forgive my discourtesy, but I shall dispense with pleasantries. The massacre of an entire household in Zhengde County has shaken the world. To solve the