Learning that Ye Feng was behind the trouble in Fulong Town, Ye Ling's thoughts became active, but he didn't hold out much hope of catching Ye Feng.
With Wu Shuyi's interference midway, coupled with Ji Xue's sudden rampage, the commotion in Fulong Town was too great.
Even if Ye Feng were stupid, he would know that something had happened in Fulong Town.
If Ye Feng were to appear in Fulong Town at this time, Ye Ling would doubt if he had brought his brain with him.
Although Ye Ling had not met Ye Feng in person, after several investigations, he had a fairly thorough understanding of Ye Feng's personality.
Ye Feng was someone who would not take any risks and who hid his identity exceptionally well. For Ye Feng, his own safety always came first. He would not take any risk of his traces being exposed.
To this day, besides learning some of Ye Feng's past experiences from Zhang Muya, Ye Ling had no other information about Ye Feng.
Whether it was people Ye Feng personally contacted or his trusted subordinates, their understanding of Ye Feng was limited to knowing his name was Ye Feng...
Snapping back to reality, Ye Ling continued, "Ji Xue, tell me everything about your interactions with Ye Feng."
"Yes..."
Ji Xue dared not hesitate and quickly said, "The first time Ye Feng came to Fulong Town was sixty years ago. He found the magic formation that sealed me in Wolong Mountain and helped weaken the seal, but did not remove it."
"You mean Ye Feng found you directly from the start?" Ye Ling raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Mm..." Ji Xue nodded. "At that time, Ye Feng had not contacted the Kasi tribe. After weakening the seal for me, he left directly."
"Although I suspected Ye Feng's motive for saving me, I had been sealed by the gods for over two thousand years. After my child was born, I could no longer absorb spiritual energy from the outside world. I could only use my meager strength to barely sustain her life."
"With Ye Feng opening that gap for me, I couldn't care about anything else. I gritted my teeth and sent Xiao Lan out, letting her absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, hoping that after she gained some strength, she could escape from here."
"Unexpectedly, the Kasi tribe was already prepared. After I sent Xiao Lan out, the Kasi tribe began to hunt Xiao Lan..."
"You were tricked," Ye Ling frowned.
Ji Xue was also filled with grief, "At that time, I realized I had been tricked, but I had already used all my strength to send Xiao Lan out. I had no ability to break through the seal and could only watch as Xiao Lan was killed by the Kasi tribe."
"Later, Ye Feng reappeared with a forbidden scripture. He traded the Divine Stone with the Kasi tribe using that forbidden scripture, and at the same time, he found me again, telling me he had a way to revive Xiao Lan."
"Although I knew that Ye Feng was behind all of this, and my daughter's death was directly related to him, I had no choice but to seek his help and cooperate with his actions..."
"Even now, I am still a pawn."
Ye Ling lowered his eyelids, "It seems that from the moment Ye Feng found you, he had already planned to capture both you and the Kasi tribe in one fell swoop."
After asking Ji Xue for more details, he confirmed that Ye Feng was the mastermind behind everything from beginning to end.
Judging from Ye Feng's actions in Fulong Town, his initial objective was not the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Stone.
His objective was to continuously escalate the conflict between Ji Xue and the Kasi tribe, so that after Ji Xue broke through the seal, he could use Ji Xue's hand to eliminate the Kasi tribe.
And when Ji Xue failed to revive her child using a secret technique, the anger that had been suppressed for over two thousand years would erupt at that moment, resenting the Heavenly Dao, and then she would most likely go to the Immortal Realm without regard for consequences!
With Ji Xue's strength, she would only be annihilated if she went to the Immortal Realm.
In this way, Ye Feng achieved three goals with one stone. With just a forbidden scripture, he obtained the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Stone and eliminated all others who knew about this matter without bloodshed...
Such meticulous and vicious thinking, coupled with Ye Feng's connections in the Immortal Realm...
Ye Ling became increasingly curious about what had happened to Ye Feng in the past hundred years after being devoured by the Heavenly Mystery Diagram, to have grown to such a degree!
If Ye Feng were to be thrown into the Eastern Xuan Continent, even the ancient sacred lands and orthodox sects would be played around by Ye Feng.
"However, what secrets are hidden within the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Stone?"
"Or rather, what do the Kasi tribe and Ji Xue know... to the extent that Ye Feng had to resort to such a ruthless and poisonous scheme..."
Ye Ling's thoughts raced, and he asked Ji Xue for more information about the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Stone. However, Ji Xue's knowledge of the Divine Stone was limited to knowing that the stone could cure strange illnesses.
Beyond that, there was nothing else.
From this point of view, Ye Feng eliminating Ji Xue and the Kasi tribe was not because they knew the secret of the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Stone, but for other reasons.
Unfortunately, Ji Xue had never met Ye Feng before and did not know why Ye Feng had targeted her.
With the clues broken here, Ye Ling shifted his attention to Wu Shuyi.
It was then that he remembered that besides Ye Feng's involvement in this matter, there was also a "Hundred Wise Scholar" from the Red Dust Pavilion who was implicated.
Ye Ling did not believe that an extraordinary person belonging to the Red Dust Pavilion, during the period when Ji Xue's seal was broken, would coincidentally inform Wu Shuyi about the Dragon's Saliva Fruit in Snow Hidden Valley, merely wanting to share heavenly treasures with Wu Shuyi.
Moreover, according to Wu Shuyi's description, this Hundred Wise Scholar's swordsmanship was divine, matching the mysterious swordsman in the Kasi tribe's murals.
Although he learned from Ji Xue that the person manipulating this entire affair, from beginning to end, was Ye Feng, the so-called Hundred Wise Scholar might not be another identity of Ye Feng.
No matter how meticulous a person's thoughts or how cautious their actions, as long as they do enough things, they will inevitably leave traces and reveal flaws.
Currently, Ye Feng was still hidden flawlessly, but the Hundred Wise Scholar could be Ye Feng's breakthrough point.
Seeing Ye Ling's gaze on him, Wu Shuyi's scalp tingled, and infinite fear surged in his heart.
After witnessing Ye Ling's power, he deeply realized the gap between himself and Ye Ling. Now, he wished he could dig a hole and hide!
Even though Ye Ling's aura was not pressing down on him, he still felt immense pressure, as if he were on the verge of death at any moment!
"M-My Lord..."
Wu Shuyi looked at Ye Ling, who was walking towards him, with a panicked expression, trembling all over, his brain almost ceasing to function.
Ye Ling withdrew the demonic energy that had bound Wu Shuyi and looked at him calmly, asking indifferently, "I have some questions for you. Will you answer me honestly, or should I search your soul directly?"
Wu Shuyi blurted out without thinking, "My Lord, rest assured! I will tell you everything and answer honestly!"
"Very good."
Seeing Wu Shuyi's cooperation, Ye Ling smiled slightly, then his tone turned cold, "Tell me everything you know about the Hundred Wise Scholar... from how you met him to him sending you to Snow Hidden Valley."