When he retraced his path and returned to the surface, more than half an hour had passed since Huo Hai infiltrated the place. Taking advantage of the empty surroundings, Huo Hai leapt out and appeared aboveground once more.
After restoring the stone slab to its original state, Huo Hai emerged from the corner as though nothing had happened. There was not much time tonight; he could not waste it. He hurried onward, reaching the western part of Bright Yang City from its center in only a few minutes. Whenever no one was around, Huo Hai accelerated and ran at full speed.
"Near West City Garden... the Underground Mercenary Guild is indeed formidable. They actually placed their archives on Feng Family territory." Before the Feng Family had been destroyed, the entire western district of Bright Yang City had belonged to them.
The fact that they could place their archives here, continue storing information inside for so many years, and never draw anyone's attention was enough to show that the Underground Mercenary Guild was far from simple. Who would normally think to look here?
The Imperial Family, which had never seen eye to eye with the Feng Family, had actually placed something so important on Feng Family territory. After the Feng Family's destruction, West City Garden had been reclaimed by the Imperial Family. Such a beautiful place was something they could not bear to destroy. Yet these days, fewer and fewer people came to visit West City Garden. Who knew whether the Imperial Family was secretly restricting it.
Huo Hai had no fondness for flowers. He soon arrived at the warehouses on the eastern side of the garden. These warehouses held great quantities of goods temporarily stored there by passing merchants who had rented them.
Huo Hai had not come for those