"Brother Li, long time no see."
Deep within Wang Xiao's sea of consciousness, Li Xuan's spiritual sense finally managed to awaken Wang Fatty's memories. As Wang Fatty's voice echoed, Li Xuan's spiritual sense let out a slight sigh of relief.
"We'll discuss this later," Li Xuan transmitted telepathically, then quickly ascended towards the sea of consciousness, carrying Wang Fatty's memory spiritual platform.
Meanwhile, at this moment, Xiu Jun, who had confirmed that Li Xuan and the other two were performing some kind of ritual on Wang Xiao, felt his fear dissipate.
After all, based on the intelligence he had gathered earlier, Li Xuan possessed strength at the Shiyuan Realm level. Now, with two more individuals present, even though Xiu Jun was at the peak of the Shiyuan Realm, he couldn't contend with Li Xuan's numbers.
"It seems this child is the key," Xiu Jun now understood, his heart solidifying the belief that Li Xuan and the other two already knew the secret. The key to unlocking it must be this child before him.
With this thought, Xiu Jun immediately struck downwards with a palm towards Jiao Le.
"Scram!"
Just as Xiu Jun's palm was about to land on Jiao Le's back, Jiao Le's eyes suddenly snapped open, and a furious roar erupted. In the next instant, a terrifying force instantly sent Xiu Jun flying backward.
*Pfft!*
Xiu Jun spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with shock. With just a single word, he had been severely injured!
Xiu Jun was filled with regret, but before he could ponder further, his consciousness was struck and he promptly passed out.
Time gradually passed. An hour later, Li Xuan, Jiao Le, and Shi Lezhi opened their eyes in unison. All three had somewhat pale complexions, clearly indicating that the process had been quite taxing.
"It went reasonably well. Now it's up to him to integrate the memories," Shi Lezhi said, exhaling. Then, his gaze shifted, landing on Xiu Jun, who lay not far away.
"I was too careless. I almost got ambushed by a mere junior in the Shiyuan Realm," Jiao Le also breathed a sigh of relief and said.
Li Xuan glanced at Xiu Jun and then spoke, "This person probably came for me. I almost implicated both of you, senior."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Le smiled and waved his hand. "Since we decided to send this little fatty into reincarnation back then, this is the cause. Today's events are the effect of that cause. Alright, you can deal with this person."
With that, Jiao Le moved and entered the Zhenyu, while Shi Lezhi nodded to Li Xuan and also disappeared.
Seeing this, Li Xuan walked towards Xiu Jun. The next moment, Chong Feng appeared in his hand.
*Swoosh!*
With several ripping sounds, Xiu Jun's hand and leg tendons were severed by Li Xuan. Not only that, but Li Xuan's sword intent surged, entering Xiu Jun's dantian and suppressing it.
"Wake up!"
Li Xuan let out a low shout and then punched Xiu Jun directly in the abdomen.
*Hmph.*
With a muffled groan, Xiu Jun's eyes slowly opened. In the next instant, an intense pain washed over him, making his face turn deathly pale.
"You, what did you do to me!" Xiu Jun's expression changed drastically, and he looked at Li Xuan in terror as he found himself unable to mobilize the spiritual energy in his dantian.
Li Xuan's Chong Feng pointed directly at Xiu Jun's brow, and he said in a deep voice, "I ask, you answer. If I'm not satisfied, I can't guarantee the consequences."
Xiu Jun snorted, "You think you can extract information from me? It's a pipe dream!"
Li Xuan smiled slightly, then with a thought, the sword energy within Xiu Jun's dantian churned it. The next moment, Xiu Jun's face turned as white as paper, and large drops of sweat began to stream down his forehead uncontrollably.
"You have one more chance. Otherwise, I don't mind entering your sea of consciousness directly," Li Xuan said with a smile. He casually slid Chong Feng, but this resulted in more wounds appearing on Xiu Jun's body.
"You ask!" Xiu Jun could not bear the excruciating pain from his dantian. Moreover, if his dantian was destroyed, he would be crippled.
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction. "Name."
"Xiu Jun!" Xiu Jun immediately replied.
Li Xuan nodded. "Tell me, why are your Asura and Rakshasa tribes targeting the scattered humans?"
Xiu Jun fell silent. Sensing the sword energy in his dantian stir again, he immediately said, "It all originates from the scattered humans' 'Sacred Scripture.'"
"'Sacred Scripture'?" Li Xuan frowned, then looked at Xiu Jun with interest. "Tell me everything you know, bit by bit. Of course, you can choose to withhold some information."
Xiu Jun was now certain that Li Xuan did not know the secret, otherwise, he wouldn't be asking about this. As for withholding information, Xiu Jun dared not do so now.
Soon, Xiu Jun revealed the news from within the scattered human race to Li Xuan. Not only did he not conceal anything, but he also divulged all the clues he knew.
After listening to Xiu Jun's account, Li Xuan took a deep breath, his face already etched with coldness.
It turned out that among the scattered humans, there was a handwritten scroll left by a powerful expert from over ten thousand years ago. It not only recorded many divine abilities and cultivation methods but also detailed the fastest breakthrough methods for each stage of a spiritual master. This scroll was later referred to by the scattered humans as the Human Race Sacred Scripture.
Later, for reasons unknown, this scroll suddenly disappeared. The top experts of the scattered humans searched extensively but found no trace. Thus, the scattered humans began to decline. To this day, not even a Shiyuan Realm expert has appeared.
Although the status of the scattered humans in the Nine Netherworld had declined, the Asura and Rakshasa tribes did not dare to easily exterminate them. After all, that powerful expert from the past had fought across the entire Nine Netherworld. It was rumored that the expert had reached the Yin-Yang Realm. And whether they were still alive today was unknown.
Ten years ago, when the Divine Burial Ground opened, the three surviving Sages of the scattered humans approached the Rakshasa and Asura tribes to request a quota. In the end, the three Sages pledged their lives as collateral. That young master was Wang Meng.
After the Divine Burial Ground concluded, Wang Meng perished within it. The Rakshasa and Asura tribes, now having an excuse, launched an attack on the scattered humans. However, they did not expect the scattered humans to have a great formation protecting them. It took them a full ten years to break the formation and enter the scattered human territory, commencing their massacre.
The Sages who remained within the scattered human race were ordered to search for clues about the scroll. According to information obtained from the soul-searching of the Grand Elder of the Rakshasa tribe, a peerless prodigy among the scattered humans would emerge with the Human Race Sacred Scripture and restore the past glory of the scattered humans.
Therefore, both the Rakshasa and Asura tribes dispatched powerful experts to remain in the scattered human territory to search. This search continued for a full two years.
"How did you know I was here?" Li Xuan asked coldly, looking at Xiu Jun.
Seeing Li Xuan's cold expression, Xiu Jun swallowed and said, "Our Asura tribe excels at tracking. We only need to collect the opponent's aura to condense it into a red bead. As long as we get close to the target, the red bead will react."
Xiu Jun then took out the red bead and handed it to Li Xuan. He no longer dared to meet Li Xuan's gaze.
Li Xuan took the red bead and glanced at it, thinking that this method was somewhat similar to Luo Yexue's way of tracking enemies. With a thought, the red bead in Li Xuan's hand turned into a red light and dissipated into the heavens and earth.
"Your Excellency, I have told you everything I can. Will you allow me to leave?" Xiu Jun asked.
Li Xuan remained silent for a moment, then his gaze suddenly shifted towards Wang Family Village. In the next instant, Li Xuan's spiritual sense surged towards Wang Family Village.
In a flash, a terrifying killing intent emanated from Li Xuan.
"You, you actually killed them!"