The Clan Master Can’t possibly Be A Mortal

Chapter 2187: Chapter 2187: The Mystery of the Wenren Family

Zhen Daozi said:

"The original price for five portions of Supreme Grade Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid is fifty billion Origin Stones. Considering Misty Daoist is a friend introduced by Daoist Liu Ji, I’ll give a fifty percent discount; twenty-five billion."

"Alright, deal." Ye Feng paid the money on the spot.

Seeing so many Origin Stones, Zhen Daozi couldn’t keep his mouth closed with laughter, and took out five jade vials, each the size of a fist, each containing one portion of Supreme Grade Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid.

Both parties exchanged money and goods.

Thus, the transaction was completed.

Zhen Daozi earned a huge sum, feeling exuberant, and invited Ye Feng, Xue Rongqing, and Liu Ji to have a feast here, which everyone gladly agreed to.

With delicious food, they wouldn’t miss it.

Inside a banquet hall.

Everyone toasted and exchanged cups, the atmosphere was harmonious.

Ye Feng also realized one thing: In the Origin of All Things, having powerful allies is indeed convenient, wherever you go, there are friends.

Of course, these friends are not very reliable.

But, it doesn’t matter.

They are all interests-based relationships; as long as they are useful, it’s enough.

If you truly want to find friends who are lifelongs companions, it will rely on yourself to keep your eyes open, to be kind to others, and to establish peaceful exchanges to slowly acquire them.

And lifelong companions, Ye Feng already has.

Ancestor of Demons, Xiao Cangtian, Tyrant Emperor, Tian Qi, Zhou Yan, they could all be considered such friends.

"Misty Daoist, I don’t know which force you’re from? Is it convenient to reveal?"

A Dao Venerable asked.

This person is Zhen Daozi’s son and also the current head of the Formation Dao Family.

Around them were more than a dozen Dao Venerables.

They were all high-level members of this family.

Usually, Zhen Daozi doesn’t handle affairs, entrusting almost everything to this group of Dao Venerables.

"It’s inconvenient to say."

Ye Feng waved his hand, but still took out a special jade talisman, played with it in his hand for a moment, then immediately put it away, maintaining a smile on his face throughout.

Everyone, sharp-eyed, could discern what it was.

Especially Zhen Daozi who was a Grand Dao Venerable, even his eyes momentarily sharpened, he smiled and said, "It is the Phantom God Talisman left by a Grand Dao Venerable; didn’t expect your elders hold you in such high regard to leave you with this item."

The surrounding Dao Venerables were very envious.

They are the direct descendants of Zhen Daozi, yet none of them possessed a Phantom God Talisman.

But Misty Dao Venerable has it.

This made them envious.

Ye Feng laughed, "My elders were worried I’d be bullied outside, so they left me this thing."

Elders?

Upon hearing this, everyone was even more shocked.

Could it be that there are not just one but several, or even more Grand Dao Venerables behind Misty Dao Venerable? With so many Grand Dao Venerables as allies, there might be Boundless Venerables behind them.

Thinking of this, everyone’s hearts trembled.

Even Zhen Daozi and Liu Ji were surprised.

No wonder they were so wealthy; mystery solved.

"Come on, let’s continue drinking." Ye Feng proactively raised his glass, breaking the somewhat silent atmosphere at the scene, and everyone laughed heartily, exchanging drinks.

The night.

The bright moon in the sky was large and round; the moonlight was as pure as water, draping the courtyard with a veil.

Ye Feng and Xue Rongqing sat in the courtyard, with an old bamboo behind them swaying in the wind.

"Sect Leader, where to go tomorrow?"

Xue Rongqing nestled in Ye Feng’s embrace.

"To find a place to refine Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid, but before leaving, I want to ask Zhen Daozi if there are any methods."

Ye Feng said softly.

The Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid he obtained currently was still a bit lacking.

He decided to refine it.

If he could raise its quality to another level higher, he could gather materials and complete the Cosmic Sea within his body.

The next morning.

Ye Feng found Zhen Daozi.

"Misty Friend, you think even Supreme Grade Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid is not good enough, unable to meet your demand? But, the old man can only refine such a quality!"

Zhen Daozi repeatedly waved his hands.

Ye Feng’s original intention was to ask Zhen Daozi for help in refining, but the latter expressed it was not possible.

"Is it impossible?" Ye Feng felt unreconciled.

This was the most crucial link; it couldn’t fail now.

Zhen Daozi thought for a moment and said, "I suddenly recalled that in our Central Continent, there was once a mysterious Formation Dao Family that could refine Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid of higher than Supreme Grade."

Ye Feng was overjoyed: "Please introduce me."

Zhen Daozi spread his hands and said, "It is pointless to introduce; that family was destroyed."

"What?" Ye Feng was astonished, "Why?"

Zhen Daozi thought for a moment and said, "Misty Friend really doesn’t know anything?"

Ye Feng shook his head: "I just came here from the remote area of the Origin Land, and I am completely ignorant of many things here. Please explain."

Zhen Daozi sighed and said:

"This mysterious Formation Dao Family was the Wenren Family. Back then, it was very popular, with several Grand Dao Venerables overseeing it. It possessed special secret techniques capable of refining Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid beyond Supreme Grade, potentially creating super formations that could counter Boundless Venerables."

"But later, the Wenren Family was destroyed overnight, and all family members died. I suspect a Boundless Venerable acted."

"Judging from this, those high and mighty Boundless Venerable lords don’t want us mere Grand Dao Venerables to affect their stable positions."

Saying this, Zhen Daozi looked helpless.

The structure of the Central Continent was basically fixed.

Ninety-nine towers stood in the most central area of the Central Continent, occupying the most fertile cultivation ground. Enlightenment there is a hundred times more efficient than other places, attracting countless prodigies, making it difficult for new Boundless Venerables to be born in other areas.

And indeed, this was the case.

There hasn’t been a new Boundless Venerable born in the Origin of All Things for many years.

The world structure is basically fixed.

Those Boundless obviously don’t want another formation to emerge capable of countering them.

Hence, the Wenren Family was eradicated.

"This... how unreasonable!"

Ye Feng clenched his fist in anger.

He had finally learned of a channel to obtain Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid that met usage conditions, only to find this channel had already been destroyed.

And the one who acted was likely a Boundless Venerable.

"Misty Friend, the quality of Supreme Grade Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid is high enough. Make do with it!"

Zhen Daozi persuaded.

Ye Feng could only nod as he inquired about the exact location of the Wenren Family.

One hour later.

Ye Feng and Xue Rongqing left Zhen Daozi’s family.

In front of the gate.

Zhen Daozi watched the two depart, feeling puzzled.

"Strange, what exactly does this person want Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid beyond Supreme Grade for? Is it for formation? Forget it, it’s not my business, I’ll stay out of it."

Having said that, he returned home to cultivate.

...

An abandoned Ancient City.

This place stretches for tens of thousands of miles and was once a super-sized city with tens of billions of residents.

The master of this city was the Wenren Family.

A renowned formation Dao family capable of crafting many top-tier formations, including the real Five Elements Dao Origin Killing Formation, and has even trapped and killed a Grand Dao Venerable with formations.

Such achievements made the Wenren Family famous in the world.

However, ten thousand years ago.

A terrible disaster struck this city, destroying the Wenren Family in its prime, and even the super-sized city they controlled was shattered to pieces.

Of nearly ten billion people, only hundreds of millions remained.

As time passed, those hundreds of millions of people moved away long ago, leaving only an abandoned city.

Ye Feng and Xue Rongqing walked among it.

Everywhere were abandoned buildings, but after all, this was once a super-sized city, with prohibitions on the ground and various structures, so there were no weeds growing on the ground.

Dust was even non-existent.

The whole city looked clean and tidy, yet it was eerily deserted for thousands of miles around.

In some courtyards.

Various divine trees grew, now lush and verdant, but no one dared to come and harvest them.

This place seemed to have been cursed.

"It’s really eerie!"

Xue Rongqing looked around, full of surprise.

For such a place to become a ghost town overnight, there might truly be a Boundless Venerable Realm entity at work behind it!

"We’ve arrived."

Ye Feng pointed ahead.

At the end of the street was a grand gate, a hundred meters wide and several tens of meters tall, attached to a circle of golden walls twenty meters high, encompassing an area of a hundred miles in length and width, with various pavilions and towers inside.

This was the Wenren Family.

Once a top-tier formation Dao family.

The gate was wide open.

Inside, the remains of the Wenren Family had disappeared; according to legend, a terrifying entity acted that night, instantly shattering the souls of all the Wenren Family members, causing their deaths.

People within thousands of miles also perished.

Of the remaining hundreds of millions of survivors, some were grateful to the Wenren Family and buried their remains.

"Who are you?"

A golden puppet emerged from nearby, possessing a cultivation level of Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable peak.

Ye Feng glanced over and smiled.

"Why aren’t you dead yet?"

According to legend, only this puppet of the Wenren Family remains in the whole ancient city, responsible for guarding the Wenren Family’s gate, routinely questioning anyone who comes.

If someone leaves, it doesn’t stop them either.

"Dead? I am undying and indestructible." The golden puppet responded to Ye Feng, "Why have you come?"

"I’m going in for a look." Ye Feng said.

"Please." The golden puppet allowed passage, standing back to one side of the gate to guard there.

"Why is it still alive?" Xue Rongqing was curious.

"Hasn’t it said, undying and indestructible." Ye Feng casually waved his hand, sending a Sword Qi that cut the golden puppet, but soon, golden light gathered, re-forming into the golden puppet, continuing to guard as before.

"Not even the Sect Leader can kill it?"

Xue Rongqing was surprised.

Ye Feng explained, "That’s the Spirit of Formation Dao crafted by the Wenren Family; as long as formations exist in this world, the golden puppet won’t die."

"Doesn’t that make it invincible?" Xue Rongqing was shocked, her ample chest rising and falling.

"How could it be?" Ye Feng spread his hands, "The golden puppet can be said to be the incarnation of the Spirit of Formation Dao in the world, but its cultivation level is stagnant, only capable of exerting Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable peak power, equivalent to an undying person, not very useful."

"Alright then!" Xue Rongqing understood.

Ye Feng scouted within the Wenren Family, surprisingly finding that all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside remained, showing no signs of being taken.

"After so many years, didn’t anyone have the guts to come and steal?"

Ye Feng blinked.

Later, he understood.

This place had the Grand Dao Venerable and numerous Dao Venerable experts die overnight, and all things of the Wenren Family seemed cursed; who would dare take them?

Once taken away, they might also be entangled by disaster.

Moreover, it was also hard to take away.

Because until now, all of the Wenren Family’s Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Scripture Pavilion, and Treasury Pavilion items were protected by formations, real Grand Dao Venerable level formations, which even a Grand Dao Venerable would find hard to crack.

That’s why, after all these years, the Wenren Family’s things basically remained.

"Let’s go to the Scripture Pavilion."

Ye Feng took Xue Rongqing to a floating five-colored tower, pushed the door open, and saw countless stars inside, with each representing an ancient book.

"Welcome to the Scripture Pavilion of the Wenren Family, where countless books exist. What would you like to read?"

A gentle voice sounded.

Ye Feng followed the sound.

Numerous starlights refracted from the walls, weaving into a luminous figure in mid-air, like holographic projection technology, serving as the Scripture Pavilion’s steward.

"Information on Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid."

Ye Feng said.

But the Scripture Pavilion steward didn’t respond.

Ye Feng tried several times again with no response, then changed the request, saying, "Information on the Wood Elemental Dao Origin Killing Formation."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A large number of stars surged, hovering in front of Ye Feng, all related to the "Wood Elemental Dao Origin Killing Formation," including construction materials, array patterns, deployment methods and insights, methods for crafting array plates and formation flags.

"It seems the information on Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid is sealed off." Ye Feng concluded.

Xue Rongqing asked, "Why is that?"

"It’s simple; the entire Wenren Family died because of the Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid. The person behind it must have erased all materials related to this item."

Ye Feng sighed helplessly.

Without various materials on Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid, he can’t refine it and thus can’t break through.

Is there someone plotting behind this?

But clearly, that’s impossible.

The Wenren Family was destroyed over ten thousand years ago.

Ye Feng only emerged remarkably in recent decades. Even if there were other timeline’s superpowers planning, they couldn’t possibly calculate this far, could they?

Ye Feng thought to himself.

Moreover, if someone could foresee that Ye Feng’s Cosmic Sea needed the Spirit-Extend Holy Liquid, they certainly could determine Ye Feng’s whereabouts, and could take action when he was weak, why wait until today?

One could only say, this is a huge coincidence.

"Sect Leader, are we leaving?"

"Since we came, why leave? After all, what we lack least is time. Next, I plan to temporarily reside in the Wenren Family to study the knowledge here."

Ye Feng stretched lazily.

The Wenren Family’s Scripture Pavilion contains a lot of knowledge related to formations, many top-tier formation Dao laws, insights, and experiences, vast and rich.

Staying here for some time can greatly enrich Ye Feng’s knowledge in formations.

"Alright, then let’s settle here."

Xue Rongqing gently nodded.

After all, wherever Ye Feng went, she would follow, without concern for whether the Wenren Family was cursed.

After all, there’s nothing to worry about.

With Ye Feng by her side, there was a sense of security.

From that day on, Ye Feng and Xue Rongqing stayed in the Wenren Family’s Scripture Pavilion all day, reading its seemingly endless library, and time passed quickly.

[PS: More than 4000 words in this Chapter, goodnight!]