Chapter 390: Memory Retrieval

Under the guidance of Zhuge Ni, Ye Lin quickly found the location of the Spirit Mother within the Heaven-Refining Secret Realm.

Behind the craggy, strange rocks was a hidden cave entrance, surrounded by sky-filling yellow sand and gusts of fierce wind.

Whichever family killed the Spirit Mother would be the decision-maker for the Five Great Families for the next ten years.

In the past, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering battle would inevitably erupt in front of this cave entrance among the people of the Five Great Families; it would have been a contest between the strongest of the younger generation of the Five Great Families.

But this year was clearly somewhat different; the people from the other major families acted as if they had agreed upon it beforehand, having no intention of approaching this place at all, not even daring to glance at it from afar.

"Let's go, let's head in, my three good brothers." Ye Lin was brimming with smiles.

After Ye Nangao was toyed with by Le Kongshuang once, the Ye family trio was clearly much more obedient; they went wherever Ye Lin told them to go.

Especially Ye Zhenbei and Ye Guanhai; a trace of relief even flickered in the depths of their eyes from time to time.

It was fortunate that it wasn't them having a face-to-face conversation with the Yin Wind Demon Wolf, otherwise, it would be hard for them to imagine how much psychological trauma they would have been left with.

As for Ye Nangao, his heart was already dead.

The current him was nothing more than a walking corpse.

The moment the five of them stepped into the cave, it was as if they had stepped into another world; the roaring sound of the swirling yellow sand was instantly blocked out.

Inside the cave, it was extremely quiet, emitting a faint, soft blue light, which felt very comfortable.

In the deepest part of the cave, a massive blue mass of flesh was suspended there, constantly changing; there were many tiny specks of light on the mass, as if it were composed of countless fireflies.

"Is this the Spirit Mother?" Ye Lin looked at the meatball in front of him with some curiosity.

"Correct." Zhuge Ni nodded.

Ye Lin kicked Ye Nangao directly.

"Cousin, go and give her a hit."

Ye Nangao nodded numbly, then walked forward and cast a dark spell onto the Spirit Mother.

The blue mass of flesh pulsed violently at once, and more than a dozen Spirit Prisoners emerged from the darkness, all of them having transformed into human shapes.

Among them were some Ye Lin recognized, such as the Green Thunder Tyrant Ye Yushan and the Dead Water Yin Lord Ye Yuyang, and there were even more that Ye Lin did not recognize, which he assumed were likely important figures in Ye Nangao's mind.

However, these Spirit Prisoners naturally could not affect Ye Lin; with one Forbidden Spell from Ye Lin, these Spirit Prisoners were all wiped of their vitality and taken into the Human Emperor Flag.

Following that, Ye Zhenbei and Ye Guanhai were no exception; under Ye Lin's patient and systematic persuasion, they both launched attacks on the Spirit Mother before them.

After suffering three consecutive heavy blows, the blue light on the Spirit Mother was clearly much dimmer.

"Forbidden Spell? River Chart Luo Book!"

Ye Lin used this Forbidden Spell again to begin his deduction; as his essence, energy, and spirit were drained away, his entire aura withered significantly, and his combat power dropped by at least thirty percent.

But fortunately, he finally knew the answer he wanted!

Carrying the Human Emperor Flag, Ye Lin came before the Spirit Mother and directly plunged the Human Emperor Flag into the blue mass of flesh in front of him.

Can't communicate with the Spirit Mother? Then don't communicate; just refine it directly!

The soul bodies of countless Spirit Prisoners surged out from the Human Emperor Flag and began to gnaw at the Spirit Mother before them; the blue mass of flesh let out screams like those of a human.

The Spirit Prisoners and the Spirit Mother were of the same origin; using the Spirit Prisoners as a medium, Ye Lin could devour the Spirit Mother bit by bit, thereby seeing the memories of Ye Nangao and the others!

The first to appear in Ye Lin's mind was the memory of Ye Guanhai.

A person's memory is extremely chaotic; facing such a massive torrent of information, Ye Lin's brain instantly overloaded, and his head ached as if it were splitting.

This is just like insisting on using a laptop with integrated graphics to play Black Myth: Wukong; it's perfectly normal for it to burn out.

But fortunately, relying on the regenerative function of his Undying Body, Ye Lin still managed to sort out Ye Guanhai's memories.

From Ye Guanhai's memories, Ye Lin did not obtain much useful information; after all, he was only a collateral branch member, and the Ye family would not tell too many secrets to a collateral member.

But when he saw the latter part of Ye Guanhai's memories, Ye Lin's body shook violently.

Because he actually saw Duan Ling in Ye Guanhai's memories!

From Ye Guanhai's perspective, he saw Duan Ling performing acupuncture on them, as well as the scene of Duan Ling being respectful toward a blind old man.

Ye Lin opened his eyes abruptly, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"Bright Moon Realm?! Why would there be a Bright Moon Realm expert beside Duan Ling? And why would she appear in the Ye family?"

Ye Lin's brain was a mess, but it was a pity that Ye Guanhai didn't know Duan Ling at all, let alone that blind old man.

He did not pause in the slightest; after switching to a fresh brain, he immediately began to read the memories of Ye Nangao and Ye Zhenbei!

Both of these men were direct descendants of the Ye family and sons of the current Ye family head; the things they knew must be far more than what Ye Guanhai knew!

The memories of the two unfolded slowly before Ye Lin like a movie.

As sons of the Ye family head, the lives of Ye Nangao and Ye Zhenbei could be described as having everything go their way from childhood; they had hardly encountered any setbacks, and the greatest hardship they had ever endured was an iced Americano without sugar.

Compared to the two brothers who were as bright as the scorching sun, Ye Lin, who hid in the slums and eked out a living relying on his Undying Body, was like a rat in a gutter.

If not for the Undying Body, Ye Lin estimated he would never have lived this long and would have starved to death before changing his profession to a Forbidden Spellcaster.

Ye Lin flipped through them expressionlessly; he did not care about the experiences of Ye Nangao and Ye Zhenbei, quickly searching for the information he wanted.

And Ye Nangao and the others did not disappoint Ye Lin.

Soon, Ye Lin learned the identity of the blind old man Duan Ling was following; the blind old man was known as the Poison Venerable, the strongest poison-type job-changer within the Great Xia territory!

Even the Hundred Herbs Medical Venerable would not dare to say he could resolve the poisons he created with one hundred percent certainty.

And Duan Ling was the new disciple taken in by this Poison Venerable; this time, the Poison Venerable had also been invited by the Ye family to help stimulate the life potential of Ye Guanhai and the other four.

"Poison Venerable..."

A dangerous light flashed in the depths of Ye Lin's eyes; he finally knew why the people he sent out to find Duan Ling had all disappeared without a sound.

Facing such an old poison master, it was simply impossible for the people of Bajin City to gather information and return safely.

From the current perspective, this Poison Venerable... was an enemy, not a friend.

It was just unknown where this old thing had taken Duan Ling.

After taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, Ye Lin began to continue searching through the memories of the two.

As long as he found the memory fragments related to Ye Xueqing, he should be able to know why he had the Eternal Balance on him.

Soon, Ye Lin locked his gaze onto the memory of Ye Nangao when he was twelve years old!

At that time, twelve-year-old Ye Nangao and eleven-year-old Ye Zhenbei were at an age where they were lively, active, and had a strong desire for exploration; the two brothers broke into a place: the Ye family forbidden ground!

That was the first time in Ye Nangao's memory that the two brothers had been beaten.

Their father, Ye Yutian, who usually doted on them, flew into a rage for the first time and strictly forbade the two brothers from approaching the forbidden ground by even half a step again.

It was not until both brothers were adults that Ye Nangao and Ye Zhenbei finally learned why the Ye family had a forbidden ground!