Chapter 1454: The Reason Humans Are Humans
Yes, he wasn’t offering Jin Manshan empty promises or useless consolations earlier. He truly wished to find out the source of the demonic fire and resolve the Sea Burning Demonic Fire at the roots.
On a cliff, Feng Qingyou and Ye Qing stood shoulder-to-shoulder overlooking the golden, clear, and still peaceful sea of Gold Island. Neither of them said a word.
They knew that this peace and tranquility were temporary. It wouldn’t be long before this sea would be eroded and burned into a dead zone.
A moment later, Feng Qingyou broke the silence. “You wish to identify the source of the demonic fire through the Ghost Dragon Boat?” “Yeah.” Ye Qing nodded. Since the Ghost Dragon Boat could control the demonic fire, it was highly possible that it was related to the demonic fire in some way. They might even share the same origin. Through it, they might be able to identify the source of the demonic fire and subsequently the ultimate solution.
Of course, this was the best case scenario. It was possible that the Ghost Dragon Boat had nothing to do with the demonic fire. It was possible that it just happened to be immune to the demonic fire.
In that case, he would have to make a compromise. He would exploit the Ghost Dragon Boat’s characteristics to seek out an outbreak point and hopefully identify the origin of the demonic fire from there.
“This would be a difficult and dangerous endeavor,” Feng Qingyou said.
“It is. But someone’s gotta do it, right?”
Ye Qing smiled. No matter how difficult and dangerous this venture might turn out to be, he had no choice but to give it a try.
After all, a hundred thousand human lives, maybe even hundreds of thousands of human lives were at stake here. How could he just sit by and do nothing about it?
He was no ancient sage or Buddha. He did not have it in him to view an entire people as his responsibility, sacrifice his life for another, or die a million times over just to prove a point. However, he wasn’t a cold, unfeeling person with no want or desire either. He could not ignore the plight of hundreds of thousands and do nothing.
His conscience simply wouldn’t allow it.