"I am loyal not to a fool like Prince Yan," Shura said with disdain in his voice and eyes when mentioning Chao Yan. "I am loyal to..."
The last three words were not heard by Ling Luo Yi and Gu Yun Cheng, but they could tell from Shura's eyes filled with reverence and loyalty that he was referring to that person.
After a moment, Ling Luo Yi said, "Alright, I've asked what I needed to ask. Your drug effects will wear off in half an hour, and then I'll have them send you back to where you belong. But for now, I need to take something."
"What?"
Shura was startled. Before he could react, Ling Luo Yi's hand clasped his head. As Ling Luo Yi's spiritual energy surged in, he instantly felt something churning in his mind. The intense pain caused him to faint.
Seeing this, Ling Luo Yi said emotionlessly, "Sorry, it's my first time using it, so I'm not very skilled."
In just a moment, Ling Luo Yi withdrew her hand. Her spiritual energy detached from his mind, bringing with it a colorless, transparent rhombic crystal.
Seeing this, Gu Yun Cheng's curiosity grew even more. When did Luo Luo start interacting with the King of the Underworld? Not only did she know the curses of the Underworld, but she also knew the King of the Underworld's exclusive memory extraction technique. He had been by her side all along, and hadn't been gone for long. How could he not have seen her interact with anyone from the Underworld?
Ling Luo Yi put the crystal away and said to the person beside her, "Alright, send them back."
"Yes."
"A Su, let's go back."
"Okay."
Upon returning to Luo Yun Palace, Ling Luo Yi not only told Gu Yun Cheng about her grievances with the Demon Clan but also about her relationship with the King of the Underworld. Similarly, she omitted the matter of Xiao Feng Xi.
It turned out that not long after the original host's soul went to the Underworld, the King of the Underworld discovered that the original host's body was still alive in this world, and thus she became his target. However, Ling Luo Yi's soul was not within his jurisdiction, so he could not punish her. Furthermore, Xiao Feng Xi had forcefully merged Ling Luo Yi's soul with this body. The King of the Underworld could not forcibly extract the soul of a living, innocent person, so he could only keep an eye on her.
As he watched for a long time, he noticed she was different from others and became interested, wanting to see how far she could go. Thus, he taught her the curses of the Underworld and his memory extraction technique.
The reason Ling Luo Yi was able to survive being struck down by the Heavenly Dao last time was not only due to Jing Chen, Xin Tan, and Xiao Feng Xi, but also because the King of the Underworld had let her off easy. Her soul should have dissipated, but the King of the Underworld had reassembled her soul, allowing Jing Chen and Xin Tan to find it, and thus she was able to live.
After hearing all this, Gu Yun Cheng held her tightly, as if she were the only treasure in the world.
"Luo Luo, how can such big things happen when I'm not around?"
On that occasion, Gu Yun Cheng had returned to the Demon Realm to handle affairs but vaguely felt that something had happened to Ling Luo Yi. However, as soon as he returned, he found that Ling Luo Yi was only unconscious. Afterward, Ling Luo Yi simply said it was an accident, so he knew nothing about it.
"Luo Luo, is there anything else you haven't told me? For example, something like this again, or a similar situation?" Gu Yun Cheng looked into Ling Luo Yi's eyes and asked very seriously.
Ling Luo Yi thought carefully and said, "No, just that one time. You know everything else, don't you?"
Except for the matter of Xiao Feng Xi, she had told him everything she could. Moreover, Gu Yun Cheng knew her personality, so apart from this near-death experience, all other times were merely close calls.
Gu Yun Cheng was very helpless about this, but he didn't want Ling Luo Yi to change anything, so he could only endure it himself.
"Forget it, Luo Luo, you must be careful in the future."
"I know," Ling Luo Yi agreed with a smile, but her true thoughts were known only to herself.
And where Ling Luo Yi could not see, Gu Yun Cheng's gaze also dimmed.
"Alright, I need to inform the Domain Lord about this matter. Wait for me here."
"Okay." Gu Yun Cheng quickly composed himself. When Ling Luo Yi looked over, he was already as usual.
Ling Luo Yi took out a stone mirror, cast a spell, and the mirror split open in the middle, projecting the Domain Lord's figure into the air.
"Domain Lord."
"Si Zhan, what do you need me for?"
Ling Luo Yi told the Domain Lord everything that had just happened. The Domain Lord was also surprised. "Si Zhan, how confident are you?"
"I used A Yuan's improved Truth Serum, so it should be true."
"Si Zhan, no matter what, we cannot let their plans succeed! I will inform the Demon Lord. Si Zhan, I cannot return for now, so you first investigate what that broken cauldron is, what its purpose is when the fragments are gathered, and you must obtain the fragment on the Ancient Spirit Continent."
"I understand."
Ling Luo Yi suddenly remembered that when the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons attacked the Ancient Spirit Continent, the large figure behind the black hole, who was clearly the leader of those Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, seemed to be holding something, which looked like a fragment.
Ling Luo Yi also told the Domain Lord this. The Domain Lord asked, "Si Zhan, can you ensure that what you are saying is true?"
"I am sure. That Outer Realm Heavenly Demon leader was holding an orange-yellow fragment. However, when I saw it, the fragment looked like ordinary debris, so I didn't pay much attention. Moreover, I've always suspected that the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were so aggressive. I clearly checked and found no passage, yet they still came in. I think something must have been obscuring my vision at the time, preventing me from noticing a passage about to open."
Hearing the latter part, the Domain Lord's expression became serious, and he asked, "Si Zhan, can you guarantee that you didn't make any similar mistakes when you were patrolling the lower realms before?"
"You can rest assured about this. I stayed in each place for one or two days and rechecked. There were no anomalies."
"That's good." The Domain Lord finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Si Zhan, let's not talk about the past. I'll handle things here in the outer realm. You focus entirely on investigating the matter of the fragments, and you must obtain the fragment on the Ancient Spirit Continent!"
"Yes, I know."
After cutting off communication, Ling Luo Yi looked at Gu Yun Cheng, who had no intention of leaving, and teased, "What? My human race has business to attend to. Does the Demon Emperor Venerable still want to watch?"
Seeing her like this, Gu Yun Cheng chuckled, "Luo Luo, this is not just your human race's business; it concerns the entire Six Realms."
"No! Let's not talk about the Six Realms for now. We still don't know the Demon Lord's stance. Her people caused such a major incident in her territory. Doesn't she, the ruler of the Demon Realm, know? I don't believe it."
"Luo Luo, the Demon Lord has only been in power for a few hundred years. Her subordinates naturally have those who are not convinced of her. So, Luo Luo, don't be emotional."
"A Su, I know the Demon Realm and the Demon Realm have always been on good terms, but you don't have to defend her like this." Ling Luo Yi felt a little stifled, but her smile became even more enchanting.
"Luo Luo~" Gu Yun Cheng was very helpless at Ling Luo Yi's unreasonable behavior.
"Alright, I won't make it difficult for you. A Su, you go back to the Demon Realm first and look for any records related to the broken cauldron in the Demon Realm's books. I'll check the human realm's."
"Okay." However, Gu Yun Cheng didn't move at all. He simply ordered Xing Yu to bring all the books from the Demon Realm.
Ling Luo Yi: "..."
Ling Luo Yi stopped bothering him and had everyone in Luo Yun Palace move three-tenths of the Imperial Palace's collection to Luo Yun Palace, asking them to look for records about cauldrons. She also began to read.