"Yun Gong..."
After Tian Yuan went to collect information on Yun Gong, Ye Ling did not idle and continued to check Yang Qi's computer.
In Yang Qi's computer, Ye Ling found a lot of news about Yun Gong, and Yang Qi had even figured out the specific locations of Yun Gong's branches in China!
"Looking at Yang Qi's skills just now, he is at most a third-grade异士 (yi shi). Yun Gong is a hidden aristocratic family, with a heritage of two to three thousand years. Within its power, there have been two Red Dust Immortals, one of whom has ascended to the Immortal Realm... Yang Qi wants to provoke such a force?"
Ye Ling flipped through the information on Yang Qi's computer, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
Even if Yang Qi was a top hacker, all he could do was steal some classified information from Yun Gong.
If he wanted to be an enemy of Yun Gong, with Yang Qi's strength, perhaps anyone from Yun Gong could easily crush him.
"Yang Qi has been investigating Yun Gong. He should know that the gap in strength between them is too large. He wouldn't be foolish enough to attack Yun Gong... In that case, Yang Qi's goal should be to find something out from Yun Gong, or to find someone?"
"Tian Yuan still needs some time. I'll go meet that Yang Qi fellow first."
After Ye Ling copied all the information from the computer, he had just stood up when Wang Liren rushed in with a yellowed photograph, "Your Majesty, look, I found this photo in the room!"
"A photo?"
Ye Ling was surprised and took the yellowed photograph from Wang Liren's hand. He saw that the photo was a group photo from a class reunion of the Computer Science department of Xichuan University.
Wang Liren said, "Your Majesty, the fat guy on the far left of the table is my friend. The one in the middle wearing glasses is Yang Qi, and on the far right corner is Li Xiaomei!"
Ye Ling recalled Li Xiaoxiao's memories slightly and could easily recognize the woman on the far right of the photo as the young Li Xiaomei!
Ye Ling looked at Wang Liren and asked, "Where did you find it?"
Wang Liren chuckled foolishly, "In a locked box. I found it after I pried the box open."
Hearing Wang Liren's words, Ye Ling walked out of the bedroom and saw that the entire room had been turned upside down by Wang Liren, everything was messy, as if a thief had broken in.
No...
It was indeed a thief!
"You this..."
Ye Ling was speechless at Wang Liren's actions. As a member of an official organization, he was doing the work of a thief... it was truly detrimental to the Dragon Department.
However, Wang Liren's reckless actions could be considered a small merit.
This photo, although it seemed like an ordinary group photo, Ye Ling could read a lot of information from it.
Li Xiaomei seemed out of place with the others in the photo. No one else noticed Li Xiaomei, but Yang Qi's gaze was fixed on Li Xiaomei when the photo was taken.
This small gesture alone indicated a hidden connection between Yang Qi and Li Xiaomei. Moreover, Yang Qi had preserved this photo from over a decade ago so completely, which showed that Yang Qi still remembered Li Xiaomei.
When a person is so devoted, it is unlikely that he would betray Li Xiaomei for some benefit.
Wang Liren continued, "Your Majesty, this Yang Qi definitely knows how Li Xiaomei died! Should I call the brothers from the Dragon Department? Yang Qi is alone anyway. If the brothers from the Dragon Department surround him, he definitely won't be able to escape this city!"
Ye Ling put away the photo and said, "Don't alert anyone else. Draft a list of everyone in the Dragon Department who participated in the investigation of Li Xiaomei for me."
Wang Liren was stunned, "Your Majesty, what do you need that list for?"
Ye Ling said, "This matter involves too many people, and too many people shouldn't know about Li Xiaomei. Give me a list, and I will erase their memories and give them some compensation."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren opened his mouth, unsure how to describe his feelings for a moment.
Regarding the Li Xiaomei case, all relatives and friends related to Li Xiaomei had died bizarrely. It involved too many people, and the Dragon Department had already started to pay attention to this matter!
When the Dragon Department investigated the Li Xiaomei case, although they did not publicize it, there were already hundreds of investigators involved, and even high-ranking officials of the Dragon Department were following up!
If the memories of hundreds of people were erased...
Wang Liren couldn't imagine what the consequences would be!
"Your Majesty, aren't you being a bit too hasty in doing this?" Wang Liren asked Ye Ling cautiously, always feeling that this matter was too hasty.
Ye Ling pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, it is a bit hasty..."
Wang Liren was slightly relieved, but before he could relax, Ye Ling continued, "It's too troublesome for me to erase memories one by one, and I don't have that much time."
"You handle this."
Wang Liren was stunned, "Huh?"
With that, Ye Ling condensed a demonic crow in his palm and let it fly to Wang Liren's shoulder, saying, "This crow is condensed from my demonic energy and soul power. Take it to meet everyone who has participated in the investigation of Li Xiaomei's case. It will automatically erase their relevant memories, and at the same time, it will increase their cultivation realm according to the amount of memory lost."
"Increase... increase their cultivation realm?" Wang Liren was a bit dazed, not understanding what Ye Ling meant for a moment.
Ye Ling said casually, "It means exactly what it says. If he is a second-grade 异士 (yi shi), I will compensate him to reach third grade. If the memory loss is more significant, I will compensate him to reach fifth grade, or even more."
"Directly increase cultivation realm?"
Hearing Ye Ling's explanation, Wang Liren was even more shocked. He stared at Ye Ling incredulously, his mind blank.
Can this be done?
In this world, spiritual energy is already quite scarce.
For an 异士 (yi shi) with ordinary talent, it would take several years to cultivate from second grade to third grade, and more than ten years from third grade to fourth grade. Many people might never reach fourth grade in their lifetime!
But now, with a casual sentence from Ye Ling, it could compensate for years or even decades of hard cultivation by others?
Wang Liren couldn't imagine it... but he knew that Ye Ling had no reason to lie about this matter!
If Ye Ling wanted to, he could have solved this matter directly through soul searching!
This kind of symbolic compensation, which sounded like humanitarianism, even made Wang Liren himself tempted.
Wang Liren tentatively asked Ye Ling, "Your Majesty... if I erase my own relevant memories, can I directly improve my cultivation?"
Ye Ling gave Wang Liren a sideways glance and said, "You can't. I still need to have an informant in the Dragon Department. If anyone else is investigating Li Xiaomei, you must tell me immediately."
"Is that so..."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren's eyes instantly dimmed, seeming disappointed that he could not receive compensation.
Compared to the improvement in cultivation, losing the memory of a completely unrelated person was not a loss at all!
Seeing Wang Liren's dejected look, Ye Ling also shook his head and smiled, then walked towards the door, saying to Wang Liren, "If you help me do this well, I will let you directly advance to seventh grade."
As soon as Ye Ling said this, Wang Liren's mind exploded with a "boom," and his brain went blank again!
Wang Liren stammered, "Di... directly advance to seventh grade?"
He was only at fourth grade cultivation now. Advancing directly to seventh grade... how big of an improvement was that?
"Your Majesty, can you really..."
Wang Liren asked Ye Ling, only to find that Ye Ling had already disappeared, leaving him standing there dumbfounded.