Chapter 1456: Recovering Memories

Back when he was in Tianzhou, Xu Que had coincidentally encountered the souls of Xuan Yuan Wanrong's parents and thus knew that Xuan Yuan Wanrong had a tragic past.

It was an unfortunate family; because Xuan Yuan Wanrong's mother was a Demoness, the Heavenly Palace Academy insisted on forcibly tearing them apart, until finally, Xuan Yuan Wanrong's parents perished, their remnant souls eternally imprisoned within the Rear Mountain Ancestral Land of the Heavenly Palace Academy.

As for exactly what transpired between them, Xu Que remained unaware.

Therefore, upon arriving in this Memory World, seeing Xuan Yuan Wanrong acting normally and still remaining within the Heavenly Palace Academy, he subconsciously assumed her parents were still alive and that the tragedy of those years had not yet occurred.

But now, with Er Gouzi reminding him about the Memory Pearl, Xu Que suddenly realized something was amiss.

When Xuan Yuan Wanrong's parents met their misfortune, Xuan Yuan Wanrong should have still been a young child, certainly not as grown or as voluptuous as she was now!

So, had this Memory Pearl already extracted a certain segment of Xuan Yuan Wanrong's memories?

Was this also the reason Xuan Yuan Wanrong remained within the Heavenly Palace Academy?

"Good heavens, I feel like something huge is about to happen!" Xu Que muttered to himself with a click of his tongue.

He certainly would not stop Xuan Yuan Wanrong from recovering her memories; after all, this was a fake world, and furthermore, the real Xuan Yuan Wanrong must have recovered her memories back then, otherwise she would not have later left the Heavenly Palace Academy to travel far to Buried Immortal Valley at Five Elements Mountain to enter slumber.

Moreover, Er Gouzi's words just now had been clear enough: if it could not escape Xuan Yuan Wanrong's pursuit, it planned to throw out the Memory Pearl to distract her.

Obviously, that fellow had escaped using precisely this method back then; otherwise, given the situation just now, if Xu Que and Duan Qide had not stepped in to interfere, Er Gouzi would definitely have been caught by Xuan Yuan Wanrong!

At this moment, Xuan Yuan Wanrong's heart was shaken.

She had never known that the Heavenly Palace Academy's Treasure Library concealed a Memory Pearl belonging to herself.

She knew very well what a Memory Pearl was: it was an indelible memory forcibly extracted from one's mind.

This method differed from forcibly erasing memories; forcibly erasing memories would damage the Divine Soul and have a massive impact on cultivation, whereas extracting memories via a Memory Pearl caused no harm whatsoever.

The only flaw was that the memories within a Memory Pearl could not be erased; if one forcibly destroyed the Memory Pearl, the memories sealed inside would return to the original owner's mind.

But the crux of the matter now was that, as the Heavenly Palace Academy's most heavily groomed Chief Disciple, her memories had been extracted without her ever noticing.

The Mighty King had just revealed that this was a Memory Pearl concerning her lineage, yet her understanding of her own origins was quite clear: she had grown up within the Heavenly Palace Academy since childhood, both her parents were members of the Heavenly Palace Academy, and they had died during a Secret Realm mission.

There was nothing unusual about any of this!

"Eh, why are you all silent? This Divine Venerable isn't lying! This Divine Venerable has already investigated that Memory Pearl; everything within it is too terrifying. That group from the Heavenly Palace Academy is simply wicked to the extreme."

Er Gouzi shouted loudly, and as he spoke, he truly pulled out a jade bead.

The jade bead was covered entirely in golden Runes, obviously sealed by some expert with powerful Restrictions; within, faint scenes flickered, and unless one's divine sense was sufficiently strong, one could not penetrate the Restrictions to spy on what lay inside.

That Er Gouzi could peer into its contents without damaging the Restrictions clearly indicated his divine sense was extraordinary.

"Brother Duan!" At this, Xu Que looked toward Duan Qide and smiled: "Surely you wouldn't covet this Memory Pearl; could you undo it, let the memories manifest, and return the object to its owner?"

"Of course I can! I myself am also quite curious about what memories this famous Chief Disciple of the Heavenly Palace Academy, Xuan Yuan Wanrong, has that are so mysterious they needed to be sealed away!" Duan Qide waved his hand carelessly; the Memory Pearl was not precious, and it was better to do Xu Que a favor.

Xu Que also knew Duan Qide would agree, so he nodded with a smile and looked at Xuan Yuan Wanrong: "Miss Xuan, you must be mentally prepared; what you are about to see may very well cause your entire worldview to collapse, for indeed, certain people within the Heavenly Palace Academy are truly no good."

"Silence. My memories are complete; they have never been sealed. This Memory Pearl has nothing to do with me. What exactly do you intend?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong said in a deep voice, yet her tone and expression were no longer as solemnly indifferent as usual.

At this moment, her heart was already somewhat filled with terror.

If this Memory Pearl was genuine, then what was the truth behind the lineage she had always believed in?

"Er Gouzi, come on, activate the Memory Pearl!" Xu Que did not respond to Xuan Yuan Wanrong; there was no need to argue over this thing—seeing was believing.

Moreover, he was also very curious about what had truly happened in Xuan Yuan Wanrong's past and what connection it bore to the Heavenly Palace Academy's subsequent destruction.

"Activate my ass! You lot have imprisoned this Divine Venerable here; this Divine Venerable cannot activate it! If you know what's good for you, release this Divine Venerable!" Er Gouzi shouted angrily.

"A small matter." Duan Qide said lightly, waving his hand gently, and the jade bead in Er Gouzi's paw instantly flew out.

"Holy crap! This Divine Venerable asked you to undo the Restrictions, not to snatch the item! Is there no justice left?" Er Gouzi instantly flew into a rage.

Duan Qide and Xu Que very tacitly ignored him, their attention already fixed upon the Memory Pearl.

Without even needing Xu Que to speak, Duan Qide tapped his fingertip, directly unlocking the imprisonment on the Memory Pearl; this fellow was clearly proficient in the art of Restrictions.

Whoosh!

The moment the imprisonment opened, a Light Stream shot out from the Memory Pearl.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong did not stop this, nor did she have the ability to; she had almost forgotten to breathe, her eyes fixed intently on that Light Stream.

What exactly was this memory?

Boom!

With a dull thud, the Light Stream exploded in mid-air.

A figure of light appeared, resembling a painting unfolding before the several people; within the "painting," human figures surged, gradually becoming distinct and lifelike.

The gazes of everyone present were all focused on the image of light.

The beginning of the image unfolded from Xuan Yuan Wanrong's perspective, that of a child; she had to look up to see those adults.

The scene within the image was set at the Back Mountain of the Heavenly Palace Academy; ahead, more than ten people blocked the path, among them several familiar faces, such as Wang Chi, the Dean of the Heavenly Palace Academy, along with several Vice Deans and Elders of the Heavenly Palace Academy.

Simultaneously, the scene shifted, as if the camera moved to the side, revealing a large hand holding a small arm; the owner of the large hand was a tall, handsome man with some stubble, radiating masculinity and righteousness.

Xu Que recognized this man; he was precisely one of the two souls from back then, Xuan Yuan Wanrong's father—Xuanyuan Qishang!

"Daddy, didn't you say you were taking me to see Mommy? Why have we come to the Back Mountain? Why won't Uncle Dean and the others let us pass?"

A milky, childish voice rang out, clearly the voice of Xuan Yuan Wanrong in her early years.

When this voice sounded and she looked again at the group within the image of light, all the blood drained from Xuan Yuan Wanrong's face, leaving it utterly pale.

Her body trembled slightly, and a fierce sorrow and anger gradually welled up in her eyes.

Obviously, as the image of light unfolded, her memories were also recovering bit by bit!

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【Alright, done, everyone goodnight!】