As the search continued, the situation across the entire island gradually came to light.
First, this truly was an uninhabited island. Located in a windless zone near the equator, it was extremely difficult to reach without a ship equipped with enough power.
Second, the island held an active volcano—judging by its appearance, it looked like the type that erupted frequently.
One could imagine that every time the volcano erupted, the entire island would be shrouded in dense sea fog.
So even satellite positioning systems would struggle to locate the island precisely during bad weather.
Because of this, Long'e Island naturally became an extremely mysterious place.
"Lin Feng, do you think that the Seal Sword and the remaining Ma Fengka Pearl are really on this island?"
As Jingxiang followed Lin Feng through the island's dense forest, she asked curiously.
To be honest, the scenery here was quite beautiful.
And since humans rarely came here, it had preserved a completely untouched, pristine environment.
But with their time short and task urgent, they had no mood to stop and admire the surroundings.
"Since even the elder of the Wind Village said it's here, I don't think he would be wrong."
"It's just that we might need to spend more time searching."
Lin Feng held Jingxiang's hand as they crossed a shallow stream, replying to her.
At the same time, a faint helplessness lingered inside him.
His plan had failed.
Originally, Lin Feng had thought that once they landed on the island, he could use the mutual sensing between the Ma Fengka Pearls to let Fengzi and Xiao Hei track the location of the other pearl.
After all, the reason Uranda managed to find Lin Feng's home before was because Xiao Hei could sense Fengzi's presence.
But the moment they set foot on the island, he had already found a chance to communicate with Xiao Hei and Fengzi.
The two of them were actually unable to sense the position of the other Ma Fengka Pearl.
This made Lin Feng curious.
Could it be that the pearl sealed by the Seal Sword had lost its aura, making it impossible to detect?
Whatever the reason, since the pearls could not sense each other, they could only rely on manpower to search.
Judging from the fact that no conflict had happened yet, and no signal flare had been fired—
It meant that not only had the Seal Sword and the remaining pearl not been found yet, even the Lan Clan members had shown no signs.
Lin Feng and the Wind Village people were likely among the first batch to arrive on the island.
Thinking about it that way made things much easier to handle.
Since there were no competitors for now, there was no need to rush. They could take their time and thoroughly search the island to ensure nothing was missed.
But since this was a sword meant to seal the Ma Fengka Pearl, it definitely wouldn't be placed casually in some random corner.
And that active volcano was Lin Feng's primary target.
From the very beginning, he hadn't chosen to search along the way like the others from the Wind Village. Instead, he brought Jingxiang directly toward the volcano shaped like a dragon's head.
If he remembered correctly, in the original story, Uranda—possessing Xiaofu's body—revived the wind monster Ma Fengka near the crater of that volcano.
So logically, the Seal Sword and the remaining pearl should also be there.
"Lin Feng, are we actually climbing that volcano?"
Seeing that Lin Feng's direction hadn't changed at all and that he clearly had a goal in mind, Jingxiang asked curiously.
"Mm. Because Fengzi and Xiao Hei both like warm energy, I'm guessing the remaining Ma Fengka Pearl is sealed somewhere that always has warm air."
"And on this entire island, the only place that fits that condition… is near the volcano's crater."
Lin Feng nodded and shared his reasoning.
"I see… no wonder you've been heading toward the crater from the very beginning. So you already planned this."
After hearing his explanation, Jingxiang finally showed an expression of realization.
"There's still quite a distance left. Jingxiang, are you okay? Do you need help?"
"Help?"
"Mm. If you get tired and can't walk anymore, I'll carry you."
Lin Feng said it very naturally.
With his current physical abilities, not to mention carrying Jingxiang—
Even carrying ten Fat Tigers wouldn't be a problem.
Of course, carrying Jingxiang was different—she was a girl, soft and sweet-scented, and he wouldn't get tired at all.
Carrying ten Fat Tigers was only a metaphor.
Even if he could carry twenty Fat Tigers… what of it?
It wasn't like he actually wanted to carry Fat Tiger.
"Car— No, n-no need. I can walk on my own… I'm fine…"
The moment she heard Lin Feng offer to carry her, Jingxiang's face instantly turned pink, and even her speech became stuttered.
She didn't dare look Lin Feng in the eyes and instead glanced randomly elsewhere, politely declining his offer.
Although their relationship had grown very close after everything they'd been through, and even when Lin Feng held her hand while moving through the woods earlier she had only been shy at first before getting used to it—
Handholding was one thing. They were classmates, desk-mates, close friends—holding hands wasn't that big of a deal.
But getting carried on his back was far too embarrassing.
Jingxiang was the kind of girl who got shy very easily.
So she couldn't bring herself to accept being carried up a mountain just like that.
"All right, then. But if you get tired later, make sure you tell me before you run out of strength."
Seeing her face turning red all the way to her ears, Lin Feng couldn't help smiling. Her shyness was exactly what he expected.
"Mm…"
Still blushing, Jingxiang gave a tiny nod.
"Then let's keep going. There are still many areas we need to investigate."
With her agreement, Lin Feng continued leading her through the island's dense forest, heading straight toward the towering volcanic crater ahead.