"Mm!"
Yuan Ling nodded. "I heard about it from Master Flame Ranger before. He seemed drunk back then and very sad..."
Under Ye Feng's gaze, Yuan Ling slowly spoke. "In the beginning of the Great Cataclysm, finding the Creation Lamp was almost the dream of every explorer... Later, due to various disasters, outlandish monsters, and the Creation Lamp being too ethereal, most people gave up..."
"Many even thought the so-called Creation Lamp didn't exist..."
"But Master Flame Ranger told me that the Creation Lamp truly exists... and it's related to the last hope of this world... the 'Ark of Doom'!"
Yuan Ling spoke slowly, as if recalling.
"Ark of Doom?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was surprised again.
Because before, in Mech City, Shen Potian had also mentioned this. That person had directly given him the seed recorder, hoping that after he found the Ark of Doom, he could take her daughter with him...
"That's what it's called, but I'm not very clear about the specifics. It might be some kind of sanctuary!"
Yuan Ling paused and spoke again. "Because Master Flame Ranger said that the Creation Lamp... points to an extremely desperate outcome... When Master Flame Ranger said this, his expression was incredibly dejected..."
"I'm not very clear about that extremely desperate outcome either... I've never seen Master Flame Ranger like that. He seemed to be talking to himself back then, and I didn't dare to ask..."
"Later, Master Flame Ranger mentioned a word... 'The Final Judgment Day'!"
As soon as Yuan Ling finished speaking, Ye Feng's surprised voice rang out, "The Final Judgment Day?!"
"Mm!"
Yuan Ling nodded slightly. "Ye Feng, do you know about this?"
"I can't say I know, I've just heard this term before!" Ye Feng was very surprised.
"That strange witch in Mech City and Shen Potian both mentioned this Final Judgment Day..."
"And this inexplicable system is asking me to find the Creation Lamp... What the heck is going on?"
"Where did this strange system come from?"
...
For a moment, a jumble of messy thoughts appeared in Ye Feng's mind.
"By the way, Ye Feng, there's something about Master Flame Ranger that I have to tell you!"
At this moment, Yuan Ling's voice pulled Ye Feng back from his thoughts.
"Mm?"
Ye Feng looked at Yuan Ling questioningly.
"Ye Feng, if you leave here, I hope you won't reveal any information about Master Flame Ranger, especially to people from the City of Arcane Arts!"
"Master Flame Ranger was being chased here by someone, and those who were chasing him were precisely people from the City of Arcane Arts!"
Yuan Ling looked at Ye Feng with a serious expression.
"I'll be damned..."
Ye Feng was taken aback. He nodded seriously at Yuan Ling and agreed.
...
Afterward, Ye Feng didn't continue cultivating or anything like that. Instead, accompanied by Yuan Ling and Xiao Lu, he wandered around Blackwater Town with Xiao Xiao, enjoying himself...
Beautiful and leisurely days always fly by unconsciously...
...
A few days later,
Morning,
Outskirts of Blackwater Town,
A large crowd of people was gathered at the entrance of Blackwater Town, all there to see Ye Feng off. At the front of the group were Yuan Ling, Xiao Lu, Alak, and He Shang.
"Ye Feng, are you sure you won't stay a few more days?"
Although Yuan Ling knew this day would come, when it truly arrived, her heart still felt a pang of sadness. Xiao Lu's expression was also filled with grief.
"Yes, Ye Feng, stay and play for a while longer. This world is so vast, you can always explore later!"
"Besides, such warm and beautiful days are rare!"
He Shang chimed in, his tone quite emotional.
"Ye Feng, please stay a little longer!"
Even Alak, who usually spoke very little, pleaded.
"No, no, we've been here for a long time and had a lot of fun!"
"Thank you, everyone!"
Ye Feng smiled slightly and waved his hand.
"Oh, I almost forgot!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng remembered the dozens of bags of high-yield crop seeds in his spatial storage.
The next second, a flash of light appeared in front of him, and a pile of large and small bags materialized next to He Shang.
"Those are high-yield crop seeds, corn, rice, soybeans, etc. They should be helpful to you!"
Under the astonished gazes of Yuan Ling and the others, Ye Feng nodded at them, then looked at the villagers behind them and waved, "Farewell, if fate allows!"
"Farewell!"
"Explorer, goodbye!"
"Have a safe journey!"
"Brother Ye Feng, come back often!"
"Brother Ye Feng, I will learn from you and strive to become stronger!"
"Goodbye, Brother Ye Feng!"
...
Amidst the gazes and blessings of Yuan Ling, Xiao Lu, Alak, He Shang, and a large number of villagers, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's figures slowly disappeared...
...
In the evening,
Blackwater Town,
"Uncle He Shang, what's with this statue you're making?"
"Yeah, you've been carving for days!"
"The statue looks a bit like Explorer Ye Feng!"
...
A group of children were gathered around He Shang, curiously discussing the stone statue he was carving.
"This is a Bodhisattva!"
He Shang wiped his sweat, pointed at the almost finished statue, and said with a smile.
"Bodhisattva? I've never seen one shaped like this... And doesn't that look like Explorer Ye Feng?"
A slightly older girl with twin ponytails looked up at He Shang with some confusion.
"Yes!"
"That's right~!"
...
The twin-tailed girl's words were met with agreement from many children.
"Little ones, Bodhisattvas save people and help the world, this is a Bodhisattva!"
He Shang said with a chuckle, then picked up a carving knife and continued to carve the statue.
...
In a wooden house not far from He Shang,
A group of children were playing a game.
"Today we'll talk about the legend of a hero from Blackwater Town who wore colorful armor. His name is Ye Feng..."
As she spoke, a girl took out a stack of sketch comic strips.
"Hey, it's Brother Ye Feng! I know a big secret about him!"
"What big secret?"
"He and the Saintess are a couple!"
"Really? Don't talk nonsense, lying is wrong!"
"It's true! I accidentally saw it. Near Windmill Lake, I saw him kissing the Saintess..."
...
On the other side,
"Achoo!"
Ye Feng, sitting in the Hummer driven by arcane energy, suddenly sneezed.
"Big brother, are you okay? Do you have a cold?"
Xiao Xiao, who was driving, cast a concerned glance.
After Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao walked away from the rugged mountain road outside Blackwater Town, they got into the Hummer and continued to advance in the direction indicated by the arcane pointer...
"I'm fine~"
Ye Feng waved his hand gently. "Perhaps someone is thinking of me."
"Screech!"
As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, a sharp screech of brakes sounded. It was Xiao Xiao who had suddenly slammed on the brakes because a strange figure had suddenly appeared in front of the Hummer...
...