When Old Village Chief Ma stepped inside, Chu Feng intended to follow him in.
"Chu Feng, are you really going?"
"Do you truly trust that old scoundrel? Aren't you afraid that once you're inside, he'll kill you to silence you?" Egg Egg's sweet voice suddenly rang out in Chu Feng's ear, brimming with caution and worry.
"If he wanted to kill me, he would have done it long ago. Inside this Sealed Ancient Village, I can't escape his grasp no matter what."
"Egg Egg, I know you're worried about my safety, but at this point, I have no choice but to keep trusting him. There's no other way." Chu Feng said to Egg Egg.
"What you say isn't without reason. In that case, you decide for yourself," Egg Egg replied.
"Don't worry, my Queen. Even for your sake, I'll think it through carefully," Chu Feng said with a grin. He secretly enjoyed it whenever Egg Egg worried about him.
"Mhm, even for my sake, you'd better think it through carefully." After hearing Chu Feng's words, Egg Egg let out a soft laugh, her voice not only sweet but remarkably gentle for once. Her seductive eyes, though only slightly narrowed, were utterly captivating.
Hearing those words, Chu Feng's heart skipped a beat. Egg Egg lived inside his body, so her image was constantly reflected in his mind. Seeing that entrancing smile of hers now, he found himself inexplicably flushed, not knowing what to say.
"Young friend Chu Feng, come in," Old Village Chief Ma's voice called from beyond the barrier.
With that, Chu Feng leaped forward and soared through the entrance of the barrier.
Passing through the entrance, Chu Feng entered an independent space. It wasn't very large — like an exquisite hall. But this hall was no ordinary thing. It was, in fact, quite extraordinary.
Chu Feng could already tell that this was no ordinary hall, nor an ordinary space. It was, in truth, an array formation, and the entire hall itself was one remarkable formation.
Around the outer edges of this formation, a great quantity of Sealed Cold Water had accumulated. By Chu Feng's rough estimation, there were at least a hundred and twenty thousand drops here. That rich, dense aura pervaded the entire hall, invigorating the spirit.
Yet beyond that, Chu Feng also sensed an aura that surpassed the Sealed Cold Water — similar in nature but far more potent, many times more intense.
Chu Feng deduced that this aura must come from the Sealed Ice. He believed that Sealed Ice should have been stored here.
Unfortunately, no matter how carefully he looked, he could find no trace of the Sealed Ice.
Though he hadn't discovered the Sealed Ice, Chu Feng did notice that the source of that aura lay at the center of the formation. Only now, that central spot was empty.
"Could it be that's where the Sealed Ice was kept?" Chu Feng asked Old Village Chief Ma, gazing at the vacant space.
"Exactly as you said. This is where the Sealed Ice was stored. This formation was laid down by the ancestors of our Sealed Ancient Village, and the Sealed Cold Water here is derived from the Sealed Ice through this very formation."
"However, the Sealed Cold Water here is no longer being produced, because this formation has stopped running."
"And the reason the formation has stopped running is that its core — the Sealed Ice — is gone."