Liu Li and Yun Jin exchanged a glance, releasing all the captured primordial souls.
The moment these primordial souls were freed, their first instinct was to flee in all directions.
Liu Li and Yun Jin watched calmly, showing not the slightest concern.
A faint cold smile appeared at the corner of Di Xiao's lips. With a subtle lift of his hand, all the primordial souls seemed bound by invisible ropes, unable to move.
This was the King of Spiritual Beasts, one of the strongest combatants in this realm. If even now these primordial souls could escape, it would be nothing short of a joke.
"I have pills to interrogate primordial souls," Yun Jin said, producing several pills. "Senior Di, do you need them?"
Di Xiao arched an arrogant brow. "No need. I have my own methods."
Yun Jin had only asked casually, and before Di Xiao could finish speaking, she retracted the pills.
Every bit saved was worth it.
Seeing Yun Jin's stingy attitude, Di Xiao could not help but snort coldly. Then he spread his palm, and the primordial souls were sucked toward him, screaming in pain.
"Master, Master, save me!" one primordial soul wailed.
Yun Jin glanced at Liu Li Zhēnzūn. This was the primordial soul she had captured first, claiming to be Liu Li's disciple.
A cold smile curved Liu Li Zhēnzūn's lips. She spoke with impassive composure, "You have betrayed your sect, your order, and the human race. This is the consequence of your choice."
The primordial soul continued to wail, "Master, why do you say this? Everything I did was under your guidance, Master, I—"
Liu Li Zhēnzūn narrowed her eyes.
Before she could explain further, Di Xiao had already grown impatient.
"You talk too much. You will be first."
He placed his hand lightly above the primordial soul's head. Then, seemingly using some secret mental technique, Yun Jin felt a powerful wave of psychic energy.
As Di Xiao probed the memories, the primordial soul's wailing grew even more painful.
Yet his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. With his spiritual power, combined with the secret method, there should have been no secrets left in this primordial soul.
Yet he could find nothing at all.
This person's memories… were completely blank.
"Senior Di, you cannot discover anything! Our Beastmaster lineage excels at spiritual cultivation and has long mastered techniques to seal primordial soul memories," the soul said weakly. "You will find no proof from me!"
Yun Jin raised an eyebrow.
Just by looking at Di Xiao's expression, she knew the truth.
This time, he truly could not uncover anything.
She was not the least bit surprised.
These demon clan infiltrators hid extremely well. If it were not for Yun Jin's improved cultivation method, they might never have been revealed.
"Master, I understand," the primordial soul suddenly said, glancing at Liu Li Zhēnzūn. "I would rather die than give them any excuse to attack the sect."
In the next moment, power condensed. With a bang, the primordial soul exploded in front of everyone.
Di Xiao narrowed his eyes, casually dispersing the shockwave from the blast.
Liu Li's expression darkened. She said calmly, "Senior Di, this person is speaking recklessly. If our Beastmaster Sect truly acted so, why would I and the elders be here immediately? The goal of these demon clan infiltrators is to incite war between the Spiritual Beasts and humans so the demons can profit. I ask you to judge clearly."
Di Xiao looked at Liu Li impassively. "I could have stopped that primordial soul's self-destruction but did not. After self-destruction, not a trace of demonic aura was emitted."
Liu Li's expression changed drastically.
When these infiltrators practiced Yun Jin's improved cultivation method, there had indeed been varying degrees of demonic aura leakage.
After a primordial soul explodes, all energy should disperse, yet there was not a single trace of demonic aura?
"This is impossible!" Liu Li murmured.
Di Xiao's cold gaze met hers. "The human race must give me an explanation for this matter. I will give Yun Jin seven days, and the same to you. After seven days, if there is no reasonable explanation, I will personally go to the Beastmaster Sect to demand an answer."
Liu Li paled slightly.
After a great battle, the Beastmaster Sect was already severely weakened. If Di Xiao brought the Spiritual Beasts to attack again, their only recourse might be to use Immortal Artifacts.
But how easily could Immortal Artifacts be employed?
Seven days.
Seven days!
How could she possibly give an explanation in that time?
"Seven days? That won't be necessary," Yun Jin said suddenly, stepping forward with a smile.
Di Xiao looked at her. "Oh? You have a solution?"
Yun Jin spoke calmly, "Just because you cannot probe a primordial soul's memories does not mean I cannot."
Di Xiao laughed angrily. "Are you calling me incompetent?"
"I did not!" Yun Jin retorted boldly. "You are already excellent, just slightly inferior to me in one matter."
Di Xiao gritted his teeth and stepped aside. "Fine, fine. You handle it. Let's see what extraordinary method you have."
"Then watch carefully," Yun Jin said, unflinchingly stepping in front of the primordial souls.
The souls, seeing Yun Jin, could not hide sneers on their transparent faces.
Even Di Xiao was helpless. What could a little girl possibly do?
Yun Jin looked at them and smiled slyly.
A bottle of green liquid appeared in her hand.
The primordial souls' expressions shifted slightly.
"What is that?" Liu Li asked with curiosity.
"In the Demon Realm, this is called Yimu Xieshui," Yun Jin said with a light laugh. "The ingredients are not hard to find, but refining it is difficult. You must mix poisonous herbs and spiritual herbs in precise proportions. Only by a rare coincidence does it result in such a small bottle."
The moment Yun Jin said "Yimu Xieshui," the primordial souls' faces changed drastically.
Without hesitation, they all tried to self-destruct.
But this time…
Di Xiao acted instantly. The newly condensed energy of the primordial souls vanished in the next moment.
"None of you are allowed to self-destruct without my permission," Di Xiao said coldly. Previously, the soul had succeeded in self-destruction because he allowed it.
Trying again would be too naive.
Unable to self-destruct, despair appeared on their faces.
Yun Jin chuckled and directly forced the green liquid into their mouths.
Di Xiao focused, observing closely.
Why were these primordial souls so afraid of this bottle?
How did Yun Jin know they would react to this liquid?
This was truly incomprehensible.
As the liquid entered, the primordial souls seemed to boil. White steam rose from their bodies. They screamed in agony, and their already transparent forms became increasingly distorted between real and illusory.
Soon, in their minds, a green seed-like object faintly appeared. Thousands of fine threads extended from the seed, spreading through their meridians. Yun Jin opened her palm. The green seeds seemed to respond to a summons and emerged from all the souls.
Losing the green seeds, the primordial souls let out final wails and instantly turned to ashes.
No one paid them any attention.
Everyone quietly watched the seeds in Yun Jin's hand.
"Xiao Jin, what is this?" Liu Li asked, a mix of surprise and suspicion.
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I'm not sure if I already tell you about this. But the Author write Mahayana's formal title as Zhēnrén. And I change it to Zhēnzūn.