Chapter 830: Chapter 830: For Balance, the Heavenly Venerable Secret Art, Eye of Decryption
The Ancient Holy God didn’t know how to respond.
Ye Feng didn’t continue to ask either.
The scene maintained its silence.
“After a long while, the Ancient Holy God began to explain, “Perhaps, it’s for the balance and completeness of the Great Dao.”
Ye Feng’s eyebrows lifted, “How so?”
The Ancient Holy God explained:
“There are three thousand Great Dao in the universe that exist since time immemorial.”
“Some ancient races are born close to the Great Dao, and even carry a trace of it. If their race were to be exterminated, it might cause a loss in the Great Dao, which could then affect the balance of the entire universe.”
“If the universe loses its balance, it will move towards destruction.”
“This is a constant of the Great Dao that no one can stop.”
“Perhaps, after the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables suppressed the many ancient races, they realized this point. Hence, they sealed them in Shenzhou to ensure the completeness of the Great Dao and the balance of the universe.”
Hearing this, Ye Feng sank into deep thought.
After pondering for a long time, he felt that this explanation was very likely and held water.
“Perhaps, the ancient races sealed beneath Shenzhou are not limited to the Ancient Barbarian Tribe alone; there are probably many more.”
The Ancient Holy God added another sentence.
Ye Feng nodded in agreement and said,
“If that is indeed the case, there must not be only one Ancient Barbarian Tribe as the ancient race; all those ancient races in the universe must be present.”
“It’s just that I don’t know where they’ve all been sealed.”
“Ah… that’s right!”
Ye Feng suddenly remembered something.
The Mad Drunkard discovered the Wild Desolate Great Canyon, a secret realm, and opened it but then resealed it. All related information was recorded on that endless scroll.
Therefore, among the countless secret realms discovered by the Mad Drunkard, there must be many places where ancient races are sealed.
Ye Feng immediately took out the Destiny Treasure Bead, ready to make a calculation.
However, the Destiny Treasure Bead had absorbed ten origins of the Power of Heaven and Earth and was currently undergoing transformation, so it couldn’t be used for the time being.
With no other options available, Ye Feng could only calculate on his own.
The Ancient Holy God didn’t disturb him in any way.
After the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.
Ye Feng opened his eyes and suddenly said,
“Just as I thought!”
“A thousand years ago, the Mad Drunkard had once opened the Wild Desolate Great Canyon to search for wine to drink, but finding none, he had no choice but to reseal the Wild Desolate Great Canyon.”
“However, being limited by the Mad Drunkard’s strength, the seals have now become loose over time. They have been severely struck as Hu Feifei underwent the Saint Ascension Tribulation, accelerating their disintegration.”
“Therefore, the seals left by the Mad Drunkard are currently collapsing one after another, and it won’t be long before countless ancient races reemerge.”
All of this was the result of his calculations.
All in all, if the ancient races were emerging, it was all thanks to the Mad Drunkard.
If he hadn’t roamed the world looking for wine and discovered the locations of countless ancient races’ seals and didn’t open them, the ancient races wouldn’t emerge.
“If the ancient races really are linked with the completeness of the Great Dao, then the continuation of the ancient races must be ensured.”
Ye Feng said so.
At the same time, he was also curious about why the Mad Drunkard could break the seals of the ancient races.
Logically speaking, those seals should be quite strong.
“It seems I will have to have a chat with the Mad Drunkard.”
Ye Feng thought to himself.
At this time, the Ancient Holy God spoke:
“The secrets involved with the ancient races are rather significant, and we must do our utmost to maintain the continuation of their races. Ye Feng, you are the Saint of Shenzhou, with great strength, and you are very persuasive within the bounds of Shenzhou. The task of protecting the ancient races can only rely on you.”
“No problem,” Ye Feng nodded in assent.
After chatting a bit more, Ye Feng tore through the void and returned to Misty Peak.
In a mountain cave.
Long Tianxing was with a group of brothers and sisters, sealing odd Bizarre Spirit Fruits in huge fermenting vats.
“Delicious, hahaha!”
Sitting on the ground, the Elder, known as Mad Drunkard, hugged a large jar and gulped down the wine, his face aglow with crimson joy.
“The Elder really does drink too much; he consumes half of the wine we brew. How will we ever sell it?”
A female disciple couldn’t help but complain.
“It’s fine, the golden fat goose has a special knack for growing Bizarre Spirit Fruits. It won’t be long before we can produce them in large quantities.”
Long Tianxing always remained optimistic.
Tap tap tap!
Ye Feng had arrived at the spot.
Seeing the Mad Drunkard with his head plunged into a wine jar, constantly drinking, Ye Feng was quite helpless and couldn’t help placing a hand on his forehead.
“Come with me!”
Ye Feng grabbed the Mad Drunkard by his collar and dragged him out.
“My wine, my wine!” The Mad Drunkard struggled for a bit, quickly hooked the wine jar with his foot and then clung to it tightly.
Long Tianxing and the other disciples were all dumbfounded when they witnessed this scene.
This Mad Drunkard truly regarded wine as his life!
They couldn’t help shaking their heads and then continued brewing liquor, storing more Dragonfolk Clan medicinal wine for the Misty Sect.
…
Atop Misty Peak.
“The seal of the Wild Desolate Great Canyon has broken and it has emerged on its own, what do you think is the problem?”
Ye Feng was sitting on a chair, asking the Mad Drunkard.
He had already deduced the reason for the seal breaking, but purposely asked the Mad Drunkard for confirmation.
“What?”
On hearing this, the half-drunk and half-sober Mad Drunkard suddenly sat up straight, throwing away the empty wine jar.
“What?! My seal should have held on for a few thousand more years, how could it suddenly collapse?”
“Could it be that Princess Hu Feifei’s Saint Ascension Tribulation was too powerful, affecting the seal?”
The Mad Drunkard couldn’t help saying this.
Hearing this, Ye Feng smiled.
The Mad Drunkard’s muttering matched his own deductions exactly.
That is to say, the seal of the Wild Desolate Great Canyon had indeed collapsed because it was inherently unstable, coupled with the fluctuations of the Saint Ascension Tribulation.
In that case, the other seals were no better off.
A widespread collapse had already begun.
“We’re doomed!”
The Mad Drunkard was so frantic he was pulling at his own hair. “At this rate, within ten years, all the seals will completely fail.”
Ye Feng said, “That’s not something to worry about.”
“How can I not worry?!” The Mad Drunkard was pacing in distress, arousing Ye Feng’s curiosity.
“What do you mean?” Ye Feng pressed for an answer.
“Ever since I got the ‘Eye of Decryption,’ I keep hearing this strange voice reminding me that I must protect those Ancient Races sealed away. But once they break out, they’re bound to clash with the major powers of Shenzhou, with heavy casualties.”
The Mad Drunkard was getting so agitated he began taking off his clothes.
Seeing this, the corner of Ye Feng’s mouth twitched.
“Hey, Mad Drunkard, don’t strip if there’s nothing wrong… Ah, is this the Eye of Decryption?”
Ye Feng hurriedly tried to stop the Mad Drunkard from undressing.
But soon, he was shocked to discover that on the Mad Drunkard’s back there was indeed a strange crimson tattoo.
An eye vertically aligned!
On closer inspection, Ye Feng realized that this eye was actually composed of countless ancient runes, eerily extraordinary and hard to comprehend. He promptly activated the Eye of Insight.
[Name: Eye of Decryption]
[Category: One of the nine Heavenly Venerable Secret Techniques]
[Function: Break all the seals of the world]
[Note: Created by a Heavenly Venerable, mastering it bestows supreme power, the grander one’s personal origin, the greater the effect when used]
“It’s a Heavenly Venerable Secret Technique!”
Ye Feng took a sharp breath, “Mad Drunkard, how come you have the Eye of Decryption on your back?”
“I was born with it, naturally capable of breaking all kinds of seals. Usually, I use this to break all sorts of ancient prohibitions, making it convenient to find wine to drink.”
After saying this, the Mad Drunkard started putting his clothes back on.
“Don’t put them on so hastily, let me take a look.” Ye Feng quickly went to pull at the Mad Drunkard’s clothes again, continuing to observe the Eye of Decryption.
“Sect Leader, this is improper!” The Mad Drunkard put his clothes on again.
“Take it off for me!” Ye Feng forcefully tugged at the Mad Drunkard’s clothes, looking again at the Eye of Decryption.
“Sect Leader, stop pulling at my clothes!”
The Mad Drunkard resisted once more.
Not far away.
Gong Qingqiu saw this scene, shocked to the point that the book in her hands fell to the ground, making a “whoosh” as the pages flipped.